# Blackraw, Co. Monaghan: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Drumsnat, barony of Monaghan, Co. Monaghan; in Irish An Ráth.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,387,955 m² (138.8 ha, 342.97 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 101 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,277 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 12 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Drumsnat, https://everytownland.com/monaghan/parish/drumsnat.md
- Barony: Monaghan
- Electoral division: Drumsnat, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,069 people lived in 392 households in the Drumsnat electoral division. 70% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Monaghan, https://everytownland.com/monaghan.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/40632
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 170181
- Centre: latitude 54.192336, longitude -7.030838 (WGS 84)

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

101 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Blackraw, from 7 m² to 180,154 m² (18.02 ha, 44.52 acres); 37 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2438220: 180,154 m² (18.02 ha, 44.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2438220.md
- Parcel 346463: 146,043 m² (14.6 ha, 36.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/346463.md
- Parcel 321425: 90,879 m² (9.09 ha, 22.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/321425.md
- Parcel 339986: 85,074 m² (8.51 ha, 21.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/339986.md
- Parcel 345455: 77,116 m² (7.71 ha, 19.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/345455.md
- Parcel 323718: 66,466 m² (6.65 ha, 16.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/323718.md
- Parcel 335511: 62,291 m² (6.23 ha, 15.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/335511.md
- Parcel 320101: 47,079 m² (4.71 ha, 11.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/320101.md
- Parcel 346338: 46,188 m² (4.62 ha, 11.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/346338.md
- Parcel 317429: 42,843 m² (4.28 ha, 10.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/317429.md
- Parcel 352894: 42,260 m² (4.23 ha, 10.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/352894.md
- Parcel 329853: 40,193 m² (4.02 ha, 9.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/329853.md
- Parcel 324649: 36,105 m² (3.61 ha, 8.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/324649.md
- Parcel 331592: 33,717 m² (3.37 ha, 8.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/331592.md
- Parcel 354320: 33,568 m² (3.36 ha, 8.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/354320.md
- Parcel 321273: 33,156 m² (3.32 ha, 8.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/321273.md
- Parcel 323089: 25,589 m² (2.56 ha, 6.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/323089.md
- Parcel 354685: 23,211 m² (2.32 ha, 5.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/354685.md
- Parcel 315354: 22,172 m² (2.22 ha, 5.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/315354.md
- Parcel 331852: 21,024 m² (2.1 ha, 5.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/331852.md
- Parcel 353849: 14,425 m² (1.44 ha, 3.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/353849.md
- Parcel 330517: 13,463 m² (1.35 ha, 3.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/330517.md
- Parcel 347770: 11,304 m² (1.13 ha, 2.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/347770.md
- Parcel 320536: 10,990 m² (1.1 ha, 2.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/320536.md
- Parcel 315980: 10,588 m² (1.06 ha, 2.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/315980.md
- Parcel 326516: 9,718 m² (0.97 ha, 2.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/326516.md
- Parcel 5484356: 8,464 m² (0.85 ha, 2.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5484356.md
- Parcel 351459: 8,318 m² (0.83 ha, 2.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/351459.md
- Parcel 319169: 8,188 m² (0.82 ha, 2.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/319169.md
- Parcel 315993: 5,829 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/315993.md
- Parcel 353996: 5,690 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/353996.md
- Parcel 5445783: 5,429 m² (0.54 ha, 1.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5445783.md
- Parcel 3668221: 5,315 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3668221.md
- Parcel 3996350: 5,248 m² (0.52 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3996350.md
- Parcel 345665: 5,085 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/345665.md
- Parcel 324873: 4,674 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/324873.md
- Parcel 332496: 4,456 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/332496.md
- Parcel 332316: 4,318 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/332316.md
- Parcel 3346911: 4,276 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3346911.md
- Parcel 5620434: 4,131 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5620434.md
- Parcel 349355: 4,037 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/349355.md
- Parcel 4118448: 3,893 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4118448.md
- Parcel 349300: 3,543 m² (0.35 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/349300.md
- Parcel 325257: 3,529 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/325257.md
- Parcel 5445740: 3,501 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5445740.md
- Parcel 333464: 3,255 m² (0.33 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/333464.md
- Parcel 350838: 3,244 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/350838.md
- Parcel 5445781: 3,071 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5445781.md
- Parcel 4901976: 2,823 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4901976.md
- Parcel 327210: 2,566 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/327210.md
- Parcel 351991: 2,277 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/351991.md
- Parcel 2438249: 2,234 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2438249.md
- Parcel 3996349: 2,192 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3996349.md
- Parcel 348299: 2,049 m² (0.2 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/348299.md
- Parcel 335367: 1,965 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/335367.md
- Parcel 3996351: 1,947 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3996351.md
- Parcel 324335: 1,820 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/324335.md
- Parcel 334418: 1,813 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/334418.md
- Parcel 329235: 1,764 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/329235.md
- Parcel 316708: 1,721 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/316708.md
- Parcel 316539: 1,682 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/316539.md
- Parcel 2438235: 1,516 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2438235.md
- Parcel 326286: 1,491 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/326286.md
- Parcel 3720550: 1,453 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3720550.md
- Parcel 347161: 1,425 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/347161.md
- Parcel 352136: 1,382 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/352136.md
- Parcel 335865: 1,377 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/335865.md
- Parcel 347427: 1,107 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/347427.md
- Parcel 351146: 1,035 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/351146.md
- Parcel 3996352: 934 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3996352.md
- Parcel 319976: 843 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/319976.md
- Parcel 351942: 696 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/351942.md
- Parcel 324083: 643 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/324083.md
- Parcel 328479: 620 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/328479.md
- Parcel 320799: 599 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/320799.md
- Parcel 351035: 558 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/351035.md
- Parcel 341651: 556 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/341651.md
- Parcel 352142: 556 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/352142.md
- Parcel 350845: 527 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/350845.md
- Parcel 324344: 518 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/324344.md
- Parcel 349610: 504 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/349610.md
- Parcel 349601: 504 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/349601.md
- Parcel 338588: 483 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/338588.md
- Parcel 356664: 476 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/356664.md
- Parcel 349606: 453 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/349606.md
- Parcel 315534: 435 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/315534.md
- Parcel 5721545: 422 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5721545.md
- Parcel 338619: 396 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/338619.md
- Parcel 322394: 358 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/322394.md
- Parcel 353213: 358 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/353213.md
- Parcel 348500: 316 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/348500.md
- Parcel 350933: 297 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/350933.md
- Parcel 5721139: 260 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5721139.md
- Parcel 347066: 242 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/347066.md
- Parcel 350298: 204 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/350298.md
- Parcel 5550451: 202 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5550451.md
- Parcel 5721485: 76 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5721485.md
- Parcel 5550452: 57 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5550452.md
- Parcel 5721469: 39 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5721469.md
- Parcel 6210236: 36 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6210236.md
- Parcel 5721385: 7 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5721385.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Blackraw 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)

12 applications, newest first.

- 19 Aug 2026, Monaghan County Council 2660345: Conditional. Permission. permission for the development will consist of: amendments to the previously approved planning permission (ref:25/60288) including alterations to the orientation and design of garage incorporating elevational changes together with all ancillary and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660345/0
- 16 Jun 2026, Monaghan County Council 2660251: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. retention permission for change of use of school to detached single storey dwelling and detached domestic shed with existing entrance, septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works. and entrance gates and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660251/0
- 12 Mar 2026, Monaghan County Council 2660088: N/a. Permission. permission for a development which will consist of: • The demolition of existing slatted shed and decommissioning/infill of existing underground effluent storage tank.• Permission for replacement slatted shed for the housing of cattle with associated underground effluent storage tank and complete with concrete apron together with all ancillary and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660088/0
- 5 Mar 2026, Monaghan County Council 2660069: N/a. Permission. permission for a development which will consist of: • The demolition of existing slatted shed and decommissioning/infill of existing underground effluent storage tank.• Permission for replacement slatted shed for the housing of cattle with associated underground effluent storage tank and complete with concrete apron together with all ancillary and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660069/0
- 24 Jul 2025, Monaghan County Council 2560288: Conditional. Permission. planning permission for a new two-storey detached garage together with all ancillary and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560288/0
- 10 Sept 2024, Monaghan County Council 2485: Conditional. Retention. planning permission to retain the location of Domestic entrance previously approved under P. 20/4042 together with all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2485/0
- 11 Jul 2023, Monaghan County Council 2360147: Conditional. Permission. permission to construct 2 no. poultry houses together with all ancillary structures (to include meal bin(s), and soiled water tank(s)) and ancillary site works (in lieu of 2 No. Poultry houses, ancillary structures and associated site works previously approved under planning reference No. 18/315, but not yet completed) associated with the above development. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (E.I.A.R.) will be submitted with this planning application. Significant Further Information received relates to submission of site specific Flood risk assessment,. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360147/0
- 27 Apr 2022, Monaghan County Council 22185: Conditional. Permission. permission to construct a new extension for dependent relative accommodation to include an additional ground floor bedroom, bathroom, kitchen/living room and all associated site works. Significant further information received in relation to revised development description.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22185/0
- 28 Jan 2021, Monaghan County Council 219002: Conditional. Extension of duration. Permission - to construct 1 No. poultry house and 1 No. storage shed together with all ancillary structures (to include meal storage bin(s) and soiled water tank(s)) and site works associated with the above development. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/219002/0
- 5 Oct 2020, Monaghan County Council 20402: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission for development consisting of permission to construct a new bungalow style replacement dwelling house & detached domestic double garage, Install new mechanical effluent treatment system, Raised/Mounded soil based percolation area, new domestic entrance together with ancillary site works. Significant further information relates to revised site layout plan and revised garage plan.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20402/0
- 6 Jul 2018, Monaghan County Council 18315: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission to construct 2 no. poultry houses together with all ancillary structures (to include meal bin(s), and soiled water tank(s) and ancillary site works, this application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under part IV of the Enviromental Protection Agency (Licensing ) Regulations 1994 to 2013. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/18315/0
- 21 May 2018, Monaghan County Council 18208: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission to construct a dormer/storey and a half type dwelling house and to install proprietary waste-water treatment system with new site entrance onto public road together with associated ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/18208/0

Applicants are not shown.

## 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 Blackraw.

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

- MO013-024: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO013-024----. Located just SE of the summit of a small NW-SE drumlin ridge, and overlooking Blackraw and Greagh Loughs that are now combined in to one lake, the E end of which is c. 200m to the S. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 36.4m E-W; 32m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base c. 6m; int. H 0.9-1.5m; ext. H c. 3-4m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top c. 9m) from an outer earthen bank (at N: Wth of base 4m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1.4m) that is incorporated into a field bank ESE-SW, replaced by a stone wall SW-WNW and has a field bank on top of it NW-N. A field bank also sits on top of the inner edge of the outer bank NE-ESE. The entrance through the inner (Wth of base 4.1m) and outer (Wth of base 6.3m) banks and a causeway (Wth of top 4.8m; H 0.45m) is at NNE. A depression (dims 12.7m NNE-SSW; 3.1m E-W; D 1m) extending from the centre to the bank at NNW could be a collapsed souterrain although no stone is visible, and there is a circular hollow (diam. 6m; D 0.4m) inside the bank at S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 23 February 2018
- MO013-024001: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO013-024001-. Located just SE of the summit of a small NW-SE drumlin ridge and extending from the centre to the bank of rath (MO013-024----) at NNW is a depression (dims 12.7m NNE-SSW; 3.1m E-W; max. D 1m) which could be a collapsed souterrain, although no stone is visible. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 February, 2018

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 Blackraw.

## 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 Blackraw, about 1 in 20 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Blackraw.
- 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/monaghan/blackraw.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/blackraw.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/blackraw.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

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

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

- Ballagh: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/ballagh.md
- Calliagh: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/calliagh.md
- Corrataghart: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/corrataghart.md
- Drumhillagh: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumhillagh-170865.md
- Drumleny: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumleny.md
- Drumsheeny: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumsheeny-170934.md
- Greagh: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/greagh-171086.md
- Tattintlieve: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/tattintlieve-171701.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.

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