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

Townland in the civil parish of Magheracloone, barony of Farney, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Cluain Tréin.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 792,338 m² (79.23 ha, 195.79 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,611 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Magheracloone, https://everytownland.com/monaghan/parish/magheracloone.md
- Barony: Farney
- Electoral division: Lough Fea, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 686 people lived in 234 households in the Lough Fea electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Monaghan, https://everytownland.com/monaghan.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/39580
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 170339
- Centre: latitude 53.932144, longitude -6.745742 (WGS 84)

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

40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clontrain, from 70 m² to 78,034 m² (7.8 ha, 19.28 acres); 17 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 346459: 78,034 m² (7.8 ha, 19.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/346459.md
- Parcel 333029: 68,032 m² (6.8 ha, 16.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/333029.md
- Parcel 334005: 61,223 m² (6.12 ha, 15.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/334005.md
- Parcel 339922: 60,578 m² (6.06 ha, 14.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/339922.md
- Parcel 334209: 52,939 m² (5.29 ha, 13.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/334209.md
- Parcel 318880: 50,607 m² (5.06 ha, 12.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/318880.md
- Parcel 314679: 45,177 m² (4.52 ha, 11.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/314679.md
- Parcel 316283: 40,030 m² (4 ha, 9.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/316283.md
- Parcel 315642: 38,084 m² (3.81 ha, 9.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/315642.md
- Parcel 322110: 37,686 m² (3.77 ha, 9.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/322110.md
- Parcel 343089: 37,107 m² (3.71 ha, 9.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/343089.md
- Parcel 355307: 30,379 m² (3.04 ha, 7.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/355307.md
- Parcel 339150: 26,935 m² (2.69 ha, 6.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/339150.md
- Parcel 350501: 25,544 m² (2.55 ha, 6.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/350501.md
- Parcel 334004: 25,136 m² (2.51 ha, 6.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/334004.md
- Parcel 346991: 23,537 m² (2.35 ha, 5.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/346991.md
- Parcel 321095: 21,228 m² (2.12 ha, 5.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/321095.md
- Parcel 5806180: 8,339 m² (0.83 ha, 2.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5806180.md
- Parcel 329446: 8,137 m² (0.81 ha, 2.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/329446.md
- Parcel 331233: 4,771 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/331233.md
- Parcel 331234: 4,452 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/331234.md
- Parcel 4852506: 3,940 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4852506.md
- Parcel 2687486: 3,785 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2687486.md
- Parcel 4165238: 3,401 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4165238.md
- Parcel 2687508: 3,180 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2687508.md
- Parcel 329278: 2,993 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/329278.md
- Parcel 351318: 2,851 m² (0.29 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/351318.md
- Parcel 4897526: 2,557 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4897526.md
- Parcel 322852: 2,417 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/322852.md
- Parcel 352421: 2,411 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/352421.md
- Parcel 2411840: 2,242 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2411840.md
- Parcel 335875: 2,226 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/335875.md
- Parcel 5806179: 2,200 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5806179.md
- Parcel 323962: 2,151 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/323962.md
- Parcel 349785: 1,571 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/349785.md
- Parcel 351819: 1,376 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/351819.md
- Parcel 5806255: 183 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5806255.md
- Parcel 349420: 112 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/349420.md
- Parcel 5806258: 84 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5806258.md
- Parcel 349273: 70 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/349273.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Clontrain 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.

- 23 Aug 2023, Monaghan County Council 23176: Conditional. Permission. permission for the change of house type to that as approved under planning ref 18/605 Significant further information received relates to Additional planning fee, revised site location map, revised site layout plan, revised domestic garage plans, revised dwelling plans. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/23176/0
- 11 Apr 2023, Monaghan County Council 2360045: Conditional. Permission. ****APPEALED - ABP - Decision: Granted****(1) Excavation of the former (Drumgoosat) underground mine by open cast mining methods for the purposes of gypsum extraction. (2) The continued ongoing restoration of the existing Knocknacran Open-Cast Mine. (3) The continuation of use and refurbishment of the existing Knocknacran Processing Plant. (4) Further development of a Community Sports Complex (permitted under Reg. Ref. 20/365) and associate works. Please see copy of site notice for more details.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360045/0
- 27 Jan 2022, Monaghan County Council 2234: N/a. Permission. permission for a development consisting of (1) excavation of the former (Drumgoosat) underground mine by open cast mining methods for the purposes of gypsum extraction at Knocknacran (East & West) and Drumgoosat, Co. Monaghan. Development will include the construction of a Cut-and-Cover Tunnel under the Carrickmacross to Kingscourt regional road (R179) for the transport of gypsum (by haulage truck and covered conveyor) to the existing processing plant area at Knocknacran, and for the transport of overburden and interburden (by haulage truck) to the existing Knocknacran Open-Cast Mine site for ongoing restoration purposes. The construction of the proposed tunnel will necessitate a temporary realignment of the R179 during the tunnel construction period to allow the R179 to remain in constant use. Development will also include: the demolition of one house and three unoccupied houses and sheds in the townlands of Knocknacran (East & West), Co. Monaghan; and the pumping of water from the existing Drumgoosat underground workings via an existing borehole on the Knocknacran West Mine site. (2) The continued ongoing restoration of the existing Knocknacran Open-Cast Mine located in the townlands of Derrynascobe, Derrynaglah, Enagh, Knocknacran (East & West) and Drummond, Co. Monaghan, permitted under Reg. Ref. 17/217 and operating subject to Industrial Emissions (IE) Licence P0519-04 and Mining Lease M139. The proposed development includes a modification to the existing (approved) restoration plan to return the existing Knocknacran Open-Cast Mine to near ground levels. (3) The continuation of use and refurbishment of the existing Knocknacran Processing Plant area, including water treatment facilities and associated infrastructure (including discharge pipeline to the River Bursk) in the townlands of Enagh, Derrynaglah, Drummond, Derrynascobe and Clontrain, Co. Monaghan. The proposed development will include a replacement vehicular access to the existing Knocknacran Open-Cast Mine and Knocknacran Processing Plant area site from the L4816. (4) The further development of a Community Sports Complex (permitted under Reg. Ref. 20/365) located in the townlands of Drummond, Derrynaglah and Knocknacran West, Co. Monaghan which provided for a playing pitch, dressing rooms, welfare facilities, ….View Scanned Files for complete description. Significant further information received in relation to the submission of technical reports.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2234/0
- 21 Dec 2018, Monaghan County Council 18605: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission for the construction a new single storey dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment system, creation of a new entrance onto a public road and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/18605/0

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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 Clontrain.

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

- MO034-003: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO034-003----. Located on a slight rise. This is a circular grass and rush covered area (int. diam. 33m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.6-6m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 0.8m at NE to 1.9m at SW), with a fosse surviving E-SSE that widens into a pool S-SW, which may be modern. There is an entrance (Wth 2.5m) and causeway (Wth of top 3m), probably modern, at SW, but a gap (Wth 2.5m) at N is more likely to be original. The perimeter is incorporated into a field bank N-E. Farm sheds abutted the bank at SE in 1967 but a shed was built on the perimeter at S before 1995, and the interior is now scrub-covered. 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 revision: 17 June 2017

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)

- Spa well, 1880–1920, Regional interest, registry number 41403402, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MO&regno=41403402. Spa well, surmounted by square-plan painted masonry superstructure, built c.1900. Superstructure has round arch to stepped base, topped by concrete cross. Now in use as holy well. Recent timber fence surrounds structure.

## 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 Clontrain, 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.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Clontrain.
- 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/clontrain.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/clontrain.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/clontrain.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Clontrain 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)

- Clonsedy: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/clonsedy.md
- Derrynaglah: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/derrynaglah.md
- Derrynascobe: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/derrynascobe.md
- Drumcargy: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumcargy.md
- Leitrim: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/leitrim-171306.md
- Rahans: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/rahans-171597.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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