Carricknashanagh
Townland in the civil parish of Drumshallon, barony of Ferrard, Co. Louth; in Irish Carraig na Sionnach
- Area
- 69.8 ha
- 172 acres
- Land parcels
- 41
- registered freehold, median 4,509 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carricknashanagh, from 70 m² to 113,942 m² (11.39 ha, 28.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Carricknashanagh in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
15 May 2025Refused
Permission for development to consist of the construction of a new part single storey part two storey dwelling house and new single storey detached garage / storage shed, new vehicular entrance to the site, new on site waste water treatment system, site works and landscaping.
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2560277
17 Apr 2024Conditional
Permission for the following: 1. Retention permission for existing dwellinghouse and ancillary outbuildings and 2. Permission to upgrade existing septic tank system with new waste water treatment system and all associated site development works
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2460205
25 Jan 2024N/a
1. Retention permission for current location of dwellinghouse and site boundaries from that granted planning permission under Ref. No. 91/20, 2. Retention permission for domestic garage & boiler house both to rear of existing dwellinghouse and 3. Permission to upgrade existing septic tank system with new waste water treatment system and all associated site development works
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2460045
25 Oct 2022Refused
Permission for a new agricultural field access with gate and associated fencing and site works. *Significant Further Information received on 16/06/2023 includes amended entrance width for applicants entrance*
Permission · Louth County Council, 22842
14 Mar 2022Conditional
retention and permission: retention of amendments to previously granted permission, Ref. No. 11/118 to include (1) change of form/increase in floor area of front single storey extension, (2) minor increase in floor area of rear two storey extension, (3) minor elevational changes including provision of additional first floor dormer window to south elevation, (4) conversion of replacement outbuildings granted ref. no. 11/118 to utility area serving the main house and attached family flat accommodation together with permission for proposed removal of existing septic tank and provision of replacement proprietary effluent treatment system and soil polishing filter and all associated works
Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 22189
16 Jul 2021Refused
Outline permission sought for dwelling house, detached domestic garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Outline permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 21897
31 May 2021N/a
Outline permission sought for dwelling house, detached domestic garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21666
8 Aug 2018Conditional
The development will consist of: To construct new single storey house and detached garage, to create new site entrance and to install new waste water treatment system and percolation area together with all associated site works. *Significant Further Information submitted 19/06/2019*
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 18629
20 Jul 2018N/a
The development will consist of: to construct new single storey house and detached garage, to install new waste water treatment system and percolation area, to revise side and rear site boundaries from already approved Outline planning permission (PI.Ref.No.15313) to achieve new increased site area of 0.30 Hectares/0.75 Acres and to create new site entrance together with all associated site-works.
Permission consequent, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18566
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Carricknashanagh.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Carricknashanagh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carricknashanagh.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. 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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carricknashanagh.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Carricknashanagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.
The townland
- Name
- Carricknashanagh · Carraig na Sionnach
- Area
- 697,896 m² (69.79 ha, 172.45 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drumshallon, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ferrard
- Electoral division
- Mullary, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Mullary electoral division: 1,870 people in 560 households; 95% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bankerstown, Brownstown, Cartanstown, Kircock
- Placenames
- Carricknashanagh on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. 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.