# Cavan (Moutray), Co. Monaghan: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Errigal Trough, barony of Trough, Co. Monaghan; in Irish An Cabhán (Moutray). - Area (Tailte Éireann): 749,863 m² (74.99 ha, 185.3 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,832 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Errigal Trough, https://everytownland.com/monaghan/parish/errigal-trough.md - Barony: Trough - Electoral division: Derrygorry, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 292 people lived in 104 households in the Derrygorry electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 8% 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/40560 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 170269 - Centre: latitude 54.400829, longitude -7.039621 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cavan (Moutray), from 151 m² to 76,376 m² (7.64 ha, 18.87 acres); 30 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 353711: 76,376 m² (7.64 ha, 18.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/353711.md - Parcel 319257: 57,264 m² (5.73 ha, 14.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/319257.md - Parcel 327465: 53,853 m² (5.39 ha, 13.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/327465.md - Parcel 353709: 51,338 m² (5.13 ha, 12.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/353709.md - Parcel 319258: 47,519 m² (4.75 ha, 11.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/319258.md - Parcel 319849: 42,177 m² (4.22 ha, 10.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/319849.md - Parcel 319259: 37,920 m² (3.79 ha, 9.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/319259.md - Parcel 353708: 25,814 m² (2.58 ha, 6.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/353708.md - Parcel 319263: 22,259 m² (2.23 ha, 5.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/319263.md - Parcel 344001: 20,230 m² (2.02 ha, 5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/344001.md - Parcel 4577878: 13,496 m² (1.35 ha, 3.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4577878.md - Parcel 353710: 11,793 m² (1.18 ha, 2.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/353710.md - Parcel 2956442: 10,845 m² (1.08 ha, 2.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2956442.md - Parcel 5494110: 9,822 m² (0.98 ha, 2.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5494110.md - Parcel 2956439: 9,554 m² (0.96 ha, 2.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2956439.md - Parcel 317933: 7,881 m² (0.79 ha, 1.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/317933.md - Parcel 4741966: 6,412 m² (0.64 ha, 1.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4741966.md - Parcel 353706: 6,007 m² (0.6 ha, 1.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/353706.md - Parcel 319264: 5,657 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/319264.md - Parcel 356093: 5,329 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/356093.md - Parcel 4119983: 5,280 m² (0.53 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4119983.md - Parcel 345954: 4,094 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/345954.md - Parcel 4870353: 4,013 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4870353.md - Parcel 334588: 3,680 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/334588.md - Parcel 319390: 3,512 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/319390.md - Parcel 341479: 3,242 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/341479.md - Parcel 319265: 2,988 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/319265.md - Parcel 353707: 2,893 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/353707.md - Parcel 357359: 2,811 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/357359.md - Parcel 319261: 2,645 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/319261.md - Parcel 4870345: 2,490 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4870345.md - Parcel 319260: 2,312 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/319260.md - Parcel 5494114: 2,282 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5494114.md - Parcel 4577858: 1,864 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4577858.md - Parcel 5527264: 499 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5527264.md - Parcel 4095040: 151 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4095040.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Cavan (Moutray) 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) 4 applications, newest first. - 15 Jul 2026, Monaghan County Council 2664: Conditional. Permission. permission to erect new extension to rear and side of existing dwelling, insert new filter unit and percolation area (as replacement for existing septic tank) and re-design existing exit on to public road and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2664/0 - 8 Jan 2026, Monaghan County Council 261: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission will consist of the construction of a new 2 storey dwelling with an attached domestic garage and car-port, including a wastewater treatment plant and raised polishing filter, with new access onto public road, and associated works, significant further information received includes revised drawings. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/261/0 - 11 Dec 2025, Monaghan County Council 25106: N/a. Permission, 1 home. permission for a development which will consist of 2 storey dwelling with an attached domestic garage and car port, including a wastewater treatment plant and raised polishing filter, with new access on to public road and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/25106/0 - 3 Mar 2017, Monaghan County Council 179003: Conditional. Extension of duration. The construction of a bunaglow type dwelling, a detached domestic garage, a waste water treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/179003/0 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 Cavan (Moutray). ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MO001-001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO001-001----. Located on the summit of a WNW-ESE drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 29.6m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by a scarp (at W: Wth 2.2m; H 0.65m; at E: Wth 2.1m; H 1.15m) with the entrance suggested by a dip in the perimeter at E (Wth 3.9m). There is no visible fosse. 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. Date of upload: 17 July 2007 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 Cavan (Moutray). ## 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 Cavan (Moutray), 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 Cavan (Moutray). - 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/cavan-moutray.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/cavan-moutray.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/cavan-moutray.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Cavan (Moutray) 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) - Dernaved: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/dernaved.md - Derrygorry: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/derrygorry.md - Derryrellan: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/derryrellan.md - Drumbirn: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumbirn.md - Esker: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/esker.md - Killyslavan: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/killyslavan.md - Mullaghmore: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/mullaghmore-171509.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/cavan-moutray - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/monaghan/cavan-moutray