# Carrickleagh, Co. Louth: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Louth, barony of Louth, Co. Louth; in Irish An Charraig Léith.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 368,886 m² (36.89 ha, 91.15 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 32,541 m² (3.25 ha, 8.04 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Louth, https://everytownland.com/louth/parish/louth.md
- Barony: Louth
- Electoral division: Castlering, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,092 people lived in 352 households in the Castlering electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Louth, https://everytownland.com/louth.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/33706
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 140143
- Centre: latitude 53.992296, longitude -6.521245 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrickleagh, from 5,095 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres) to 129,218 m² (12.92 ha, 31.93 acres); 9 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1122366: 129,218 m² (12.92 ha, 31.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1122366.md
- Parcel 1122367: 72,933 m² (7.29 ha, 18.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1122367.md
- Parcel 1119398: 72,136 m² (7.21 ha, 17.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1119398.md
- Parcel 1119399: 34,139 m² (3.41 ha, 8.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1119399.md
- Parcel 1121254: 30,943 m² (3.09 ha, 7.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1121254.md
- Parcel 1098975: 27,135 m² (2.71 ha, 6.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1098975.md
- Parcel 1119400: 17,756 m² (1.78 ha, 4.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1119400.md
- Parcel 1095730: 5,095 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1095730.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Carrickleagh in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

1 application, newest first.

- 18 Mar 2026, Louth County Council 2660137: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission for the construction of a new detached two storey house, domestic garage, new proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, provision of new vehicular entrance together with all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660137/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Carrickleagh.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- LH006-047001: Burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH006-047001-. The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Local tradition of graveyard situated on rocky outcrop with three grave-slab-like stones on a ledge near the summit. Area dug into c. 1904 but nothing was found.
- LH006-047002: Mass-rock, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH006-047002-. Local tradition of a Mass Rock at SE of possible burial ground (LH006-047001-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 9 December 2011
- LH006-049: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH006-049----. The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Isolated souterrain, situated in out-crop hillock immediately above an area of marshy ground. The site is first recorded in 1903 (CLAJ 1904, 36-9) but was reclosed until land reclamation removed several lintels in 1982. The souterrain consists of an upper passage (L 2.5m, Wth 0.9-1.2m) extending NW-SE, much disturbed by the removal of lintels and the collapse of surrounding soil. At the SE end of the passage a shelf at floor level is created by the first lintel of a gallery. The drop-hole to the gallery is obscured by collapse. The gallery extends NW-SE-S in a gentle curve (L 8.8m, H 1.4m), widening gradually from the NW (Wth 0.8m) to form a bulbous terminal at the S (Wth 2.2m). The souterrain is drystone-built throughout, with large boulders forming the basal course.
- LH006-112: Sweathouse, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH006-112----. Situated at the bottom of a knoll of rock outcrop where there was a small collection of houses as marked on the 1835 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The remains of a collapsed sweathouse are set into the outcrop and composed of drystone walling with some small boulders. It was originally circular in plan (diam. c. 1.45m). The sweathouse has been removed since it was last inspected in 1966 but a photograph taken by Rev. Seamus Quinn, who was the parish priest of Knockbridge 1927-54, shows it complete with a rounded roof and a rectangular doorway. See the attached image, which is provided courtesy of Elizabeth McArdle. (SMR file) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 18 December 2015

Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carrickleagh.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Carrickleagh, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carrickleagh.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/louth/carrickleagh.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/louth/carrickleagh.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/louth/carrickleagh.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Carrickleagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth: https://everytownland.com/louth.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Annagh (McCanns): https://everytownland.com/louth/annagh-mccanns.md
- Ash Big: https://everytownland.com/louth/ash-big.md
- Ash Little: https://everytownland.com/louth/ash-little.md
- Ballinloughan: https://everytownland.com/louth/ballinloughan.md
- Carrickacreagh: https://everytownland.com/louth/carrickacreagh.md

A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/louth/carrickleagh
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