# Corcrin, Co. Monaghan: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Magheross, barony of Farney, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Corr Chrainn. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 907,950 m² (90.8 ha, 224.36 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 8,592 m² (0.86 ha, 2.12 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Magheross, https://everytownland.com/monaghan/parish/magheross.md - Barony: Farney - Electoral division: Ballymackney, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,001 people lived in 335 households in the Ballymackney electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 11% 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/39287 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 170399 - Centre: latitude 53.979347, longitude -6.679861 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Corcrin, from 919 m² to 239,638 m² (23.96 ha, 59.22 acres); 25 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5117627: 239,638 m² (23.96 ha, 59.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5117627.md - Parcel 342723: 140,314 m² (14.03 ha, 34.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/342723.md - Parcel 356935: 131,705 m² (13.17 ha, 32.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/356935.md - Parcel 317695: 68,826 m² (6.88 ha, 17.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/317695.md - Parcel 340015: 66,528 m² (6.65 ha, 16.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/340015.md - Parcel 338810: 45,037 m² (4.5 ha, 11.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/338810.md - Parcel 353838: 33,588 m² (3.36 ha, 8.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/353838.md - Parcel 352660: 27,307 m² (2.73 ha, 6.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/352660.md - Parcel 344147: 26,020 m² (2.6 ha, 6.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/344147.md - Parcel 3996736: 19,433 m² (1.94 ha, 4.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3996736.md - Parcel 3996735: 13,564 m² (1.36 ha, 3.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3996735.md - Parcel 5182486: 11,750 m² (1.18 ha, 2.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5182486.md - Parcel 1531490: 10,131 m² (1.01 ha, 2.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1531490.md - Parcel 3996734: 8,592 m² (0.86 ha, 2.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3996734.md - Parcel 335410: 6,049 m² (0.6 ha, 1.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/335410.md - Parcel 318620: 5,726 m² (0.57 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/318620.md - Parcel 338501: 4,505 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/338501.md - Parcel 330045: 4,434 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/330045.md - Parcel 339046: 3,382 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/339046.md - Parcel 332626: 3,326 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/332626.md - Parcel 332678: 3,308 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/332678.md - Parcel 1531491: 3,269 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1531491.md - Parcel 356353: 2,084 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/356353.md - Parcel 336467: 2,053 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/336467.md - Parcel 334960: 1,743 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/334960.md - Parcel 350910: 1,396 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/350910.md - Parcel 339129: 919 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/339129.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Corcrin 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) 8 applications, newest first. - 16 Jun 2026, Monaghan County Council 2660249: Conditional. Permission. permission will consist of alterations to site boundaries and re-location of a slatted cattle shed with underground effluent storage tank previously granted under Plan Ref No. 2460041 and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660249/0 - 8 Jun 2026, Monaghan County Council 2660239: N/a. Permission. permission for a development which will consist of alterations to Site boundaries and re-location of a slatted cattle shed with underground effluent storage tank previously granted under Plan Ref No. 2460041 and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660239/0 - 7 Feb 2024, Monaghan County Council 2460041: Conditional. Permission. permission for a development consisting of a slatted cattle shed with underground effluent storage tank and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460041/0 - 16 Jul 2021, Monaghan County Council 21416: Conditional. Permission. permission for (1) existing entrance granted under planning ref. no. 06/1250 to be permanently closed (2) permission to use unauthorised entrance to the north east as the main entrance to site and all associated site works. Significant information consists of revised description of proposed development and entrance to North east of the site is to be widened to achieve required site distance.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/21416/0 - 19 Feb 2021, Monaghan County Council 2176: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission for development consisting of to construct a single storey extension onto the side and rear of existing two existing two storey detached dwelling, alerations to existing dwelling and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2176/0 - 28 Jan 2021, Monaghan County Council 2136: Conditional. Permission. permission for a development consisting of extension to rear of existing storage shed and new perimeter security fencing and all associated site works. Significant further information relates to the submission of a flood risk assessment and alterations to width of building, floor plan and elevations.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2136/0 - 14 Dec 2020, Monaghan County Council 20548: N/a. Permission, 1 home. permission for development consisting of the construction a single storey extension onto the side and rear of existing two-storey detached dwelling, alterations to existing dwelling and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20548/0 - 22 Oct 2018, Monaghan County Council 18488: Conditional. Permission. permission for a new site entrance, new access roadway with car parking area and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/18488/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Spring And Corcrin Loughs, site code 001671 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MO031-046: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO031-046----. Situated at the S tip of a low N-S spur. It is depicted as an embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) described as a ‘fort’ in gothic lettering only on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map. A slight circular rise was visible at ground level in a cereal crop. 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: 27 July 2017 - MO031-047: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO031-047----. Situated towards the top of the W-facing slope of a drumlin. It is depicted as an embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) and described as a ‘fort’ in gothic lettering only on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in pasture. 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: 28 July 2017 - MO031-049: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO031-049----. Situated in a slight col on a NW-SE spur. This is a circular overgrown area (diam. c. 30m) that slopes down to the N, which is defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at S: Wth 3.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.6m) that is reduced to an overgrown scarp at N (H 1.6m). There is no visible fosse or entrance. 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: 28 July 2017 - MO031-050: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO031-050----. Located at the crest of the N-facing slope of a drumlin. It is depicted as an embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) described as a ‘fort’ in gothic lettering only on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in pasture. Ringfort (MO031-051----) is c. 60m to the SE. 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: 28 July 2017 - MO031-051: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO031-051----. Located at the crest of the SE-facing slope of a drumlin. It is depicted as an embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 25) described as a ‘fort’ in gothic lettering only on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in pasture. Ringfort (MO031-050----) is c. 60m to the NW 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: 28 July 2017 - MO031-052: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO031-052----. Located towards the SE end of a NW-SE ridge or spur. It is depicted as an embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35) described as a ‘fort’ in gothic lettering only on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in pasture. 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: 27 July 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) - Corcrin House, house, 1855–1860, Regional interest, registry number 41403104, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MO®no=41403104. Detached four-bay single-storey house with dormer attic, dated 1858, having gabled dormer windows to front pitch, projecting entrance porch with pitched slate roof to south end of front (east) elevation, and two later two-bay single-storey additions with pitched slate roofs to rear elevation. Multiple stone outbuildings to rear (west) of site. Pitched slate roofs having timber finials and ornate eaves boards and bargeboards, red brick chimneystack with clay chimney pots, and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Snecked dressed limestone walls with raised tooled quoins. Square-headed window openings having cut-stone block-and-start surrounds and sills. Early multi-pane timber casement windows to two north end bays of front elevation and ground floor window to north gable, and replacement uPVC windows to all other openings. Square-headed door openings to either side of porch, having timber battened doors. Outbuildings to rear have pitched slate roofs with red brick eaves courses, and rubble stone walls with dressed quoins, and mixed square-headed openings, diamond-shaped window openings, and shouldered door openings, with remains of timber fittings. Water tank on raised rubble stone platform with square-headed opening, with cut-stone steps accommodating level changes. Set back from road having parterre garden to front with rubble stone wall to roadside. Cast-iron double-leaf entrance gate between rendered round piers. Mature trees to entrance avenue. Steep change in ground level to rear of house. ## 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 Corcrin, about 1 in 5 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 low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2699, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2699.zip (ZIP). - 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/corcrin.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/corcrin.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/corcrin.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Corcrin 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) - Annacroff: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/annacroff.md - Coolderry: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/coolderry-170365.md - Corcuilloge: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/corcuilloge.md - Kinallybane: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/kinallybane.md - Kinallyduff: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/kinallyduff.md - Rossdreenagh: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/rossdreenagh.md - Trostan: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/trostan.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/corcrin - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/monaghan/corcrin