# Briscarnagh, Co. Monaghan: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Currin, barony of Dartree, Co. Monaghan; in Irish An Bhrioscarnach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,029,021 m² (102.9 ha, 254.28 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 21,832 m² (2.18 ha, 5.39 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Currin, https://everytownland.com/monaghan/parish/currin.md - Barony: Dartree - Electoral division: Killynenagh, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 219 people lived in 71 households in the Killynenagh electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Monaghan, https://everytownland.com/monaghan.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/40171 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 170201 - Centre: latitude 54.11568, longitude -7.205904 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Briscarnagh, from 823 m² to 217,978 m² (21.8 ha, 53.86 acres); 17 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 322685: 217,978 m² (21.8 ha, 53.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/322685.md - Parcel 344554: 126,474 m² (12.65 ha, 31.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/344554.md - Parcel 351014: 86,399 m² (8.64 ha, 21.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/351014.md - Parcel 4097048: 73,492 m² (7.35 ha, 18.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4097048.md - Parcel 344697: 67,306 m² (6.73 ha, 16.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/344697.md - Parcel 355639: 59,706 m² (5.97 ha, 14.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/355639.md - Parcel 352553: 57,076 m² (5.71 ha, 14.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/352553.md - Parcel 324663: 52,383 m² (5.24 ha, 12.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/324663.md - Parcel 328999: 49,837 m² (4.98 ha, 12.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/328999.md - Parcel 322233: 37,164 m² (3.72 ha, 9.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/322233.md - Parcel 322599: 30,878 m² (3.09 ha, 7.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/322599.md - Parcel 347079: 26,708 m² (2.67 ha, 6.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/347079.md - Parcel 329395: 21,832 m² (2.18 ha, 5.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/329395.md - Parcel 316378: 21,628 m² (2.16 ha, 5.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/316378.md - Parcel 323501: 21,197 m² (2.12 ha, 5.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/323501.md - Parcel 4393822: 21,030 m² (2.1 ha, 5.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4393822.md - Parcel 346958: 19,116 m² (1.91 ha, 4.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/346958.md - Parcel 324228: 10,399 m² (1.04 ha, 2.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/324228.md - Parcel 348248: 8,267 m² (0.83 ha, 2.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/348248.md - Parcel 331688: 5,621 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/331688.md - Parcel 2398736: 4,565 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2398736.md - Parcel 351479: 3,519 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/351479.md - Parcel 347886: 3,015 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/347886.md - Parcel 350816: 1,715 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/350816.md - Parcel 323444: 823 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/323444.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Briscarnagh 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) 2 applications, newest first. - 4 Jun 2026, Monaghan County Council 2660234: N/a. Permission. permission to construct 2 No. poultry houses together with all ancillary structures (to include meal storage bin(s) and soiled water tank(s) etc.) and site works associated with the above development on an existing poultry farm at Tullynample, Drum, Co. Monaghan 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660234/0 - 7 Dec 2018, Monaghan County Council 18572: Conditional. Permission. The construction of 2 new poultry units together with underground washings tanks, vertical meal bins, use existing agricultural entrance and all ancillary site works. The application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity required a Licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency Acts 1994 to 2013. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted with this planning application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/18572/0 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 Briscarnagh. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MO017-057: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO017-057----. Situated on the summit of and at the centre of a NE-SW drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 27m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank that is best preserved (at W: Wth of base 4.3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.65m) SSE-W and slightly truncated by a NW-SE field bank at NE. There is no visible fosse but the probably entrance (Wth of base 1.8m) is at ESE. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 9 May 2018 - MO017-058: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO017-058----. Situated on the SW tip of a NE-SW spur. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 23m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 4m; int. H c. 0.7m; ext. H 2-2.7m) and hedge with trees and a complete outer fosse (at E: Wth of base 3.5m; ext. D 0.6m) that is frequently water-logged. The original entrance (Wth of base 2.7m) and causeway (Wth of top 4.9m; H c. 1m) are 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 9 May 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 Briscarnagh. ## 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 Briscarnagh, 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 low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Briscarnagh. - 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/briscarnagh.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/briscarnagh.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/briscarnagh.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Briscarnagh 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) - Carnroe: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/carnroe.md - Cavany: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/cavany.md - Corrinary: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/corrinary-170543.md - Drumgrone: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumgrone.md - Drumurcher: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumurcher.md - Lisarearke: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/lisarearke.md - Lurganboy: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/lurganboy-171422.md - Tullynample: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/tullynample.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. --- 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/monaghan/briscarnagh - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/monaghan/briscarnagh