Cornacreeve
Townland in the civil parish of Donagh, barony of Trough, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Corr na Craoibhe
Parcel 317841
- Area
- 17,834 m² (1.78 ha, 4.41 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it, 15 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Cornacreeve
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.
- MO006-002 House - 17th century
Description
Situated on the E-facing slope of the spine of a NE-SW drumlin ridge. Oliver Anketill, a grandson of Christopher Anketill, of Shaftsbury, Dorsetshire, came to Ireland in the middle of the seventeenth century and began to acquire land in north Monaghan, probably through direct purchase or the purchase of the interests of Undertakers and soldiers. He died in 1666 and his memorial (MO009-060011-) is in Monaghan town. In 1667 3300 acres in seventy townlands in the barony of Errigal Trough were confirmed to his son, Mathew. Derrynashallog, which had been owned by a Gareth Rooney in 1640 became the centre of the estate known as Anketill’s Grave (Grove). Mathew died in 1688 and his memorial (MO007-014006-) is in Glaslough but his son Oliver, who was sheriff of Monaghan in 1710 and an MP for Monaghan town in 1759-60, is thought have built a house at Derrynashallog. Oliver died in 1760, and the house was pulled down in 1781 by his grandson Mathew when the family moved to a new Anketell Grove, in Gortmoney c. 1.5km to the S. (Shirley 1879, 154-60) Taylor and Skinners’ map (1778) of the roads of Ireland (Andrews 1969, 267) depicts Anketill Grove as a ruin at Derrynashallog, although McCrea’s map of the Barony of Trough (1793) shows it as a roofed house. The 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map does not indicate the location of the house, but it does portray a designed landscape at Derrynashallog with an avenue rising up the slope from the NE and the direction of Emy Lough. A geophysical survey (08R0058) of the area, known locally as the castle field, which was research carried out by Dr. Siobhán McDermott as part of a PhD thesis in NUI Galway, revealed a T-plan 17th century house (dims 22m NW-SE; 14m NE-SW) within a rectangular enclosure (dims 29m NW-SE; 22m NE-SW) at the SW end of the avenue. The house signals were weak, suggesting that the house might have been constructed of wood, and a number of pits in the interior are likely to be cellars which were back-filled in the twentieth century. 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: 29 August 2017
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. 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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 91.9 ha
- 227 acres
- Land parcels
- 69
- registered freehold, median 1,424 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cornacreeve, from 10 m² to 116,293 m² (11.63 ha, 28.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Cornacreeve in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
18 Jun 2025Conditional
1) retention of partially constructed single storey extension to rear of existing single storey attached dwellinghouse, single storey porch to front of dwellinghouse, 2) permission to complete extension, elevational changes to existing dwelling, conversion of existing attached garage to habitable accommodation and all associated site development works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560237
3 Sept 2024Conditional
permission for the development will consist of the retention of two single storey domestic outhouses with open sided storage area, together with all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2460326
21 Aug 2024N/a
retention of two single storey domestic outhouses with open sided storage area, together with all associated site works
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2460301
29 Feb 2024Conditional
permission to erect a storey and a half style dwelling house, detached domestic garage, packaged wastewater treatment system/mounded polishing filter, new vehicular entrance, hard/soft landscaping and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2460073
3 Jan 2024N/a
permission for development consisting of an extension to the side of the existing storage shed including all associated site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 241
9 Jun 2023N/a
permission to erect a two-storey style dwelling house, detached domestic garage, packaged wastewater treatment system/mounded polishing filter, new vehicular entrance, hard/soft landscaping and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2360111
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Cornacreeve.
Recorded monuments
- MO006-003 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated at the crest of an E-facing slope of a N-S drumlin ridge, with higher ground c. 250m to the NW and c. 150m to the SW. It is depicted as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) described as a ‘fort’ in gothic lettering on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map, and as a hachured enclosure on the 1907 edition. It was described in 1967 as an oval grass-covered area (dims 39m NE-SW; 26m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (at SW: Wth 3.7m; H 0.7m: at NW: Wth 6m; H 1.8m), with a fosse (Wth of top 7m; Wth of base 1.7m; ext. D 0.3m) across the ridge S-W. The original entrance was not identified. It appears to have been removed or eroded away before 1995 (OSAP). 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: 29 August 2017
- MO006-029 Crannog
Description
Situated in boggy ground on the shore at the NW angle of the triangular Tully Lough (dims c. 300m NNE-SSW; c. 140m WNW-ESE), although the lake is represented as larger (dims c. 375m NNE-SSW; c. 200m WNW-ESE) on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It is visible as a slightly raised circular and grass-covered mound of earth (diam. 20m E-W; 18m N-S) with ash and charcoal in evidence. 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: 29 August 2017
- MO006-038 Burnt pit
Description
Located on an E-facing slope in an undulating landscape with drumlins. Archaeological testing (17E0310) on the line of road improvements to the N2 Monaghan to Emyvale road identified two pits (diam. 0.8m: diam. 0.5m) 1m apart, which were fully excavated under another licence (17E0603) when it transpired that the smaller feature was a natural hollow but the other pit (diam. 0.8m; D 0.12m) contained heat-shattered stone and hazel charcoal, from what is interpreted as a roasting pit. (O’Connell 2017, 2018) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 January 2020 O’Connell, A. 2017 N2 Monaghan to Emyvale Phase 3: Carrigans (Corracrin) to Emyvale. Testing Report, Stage (I) Services Licence No. 17E0310 unpublished report, Archer Heritage Planning O’Connell, A. 2018 N2 Monaghan to Emyvale Phase 3: Carrigans (Corracrin) to Emyvale. Stage (ii-iii) pre-excavation & excavation services. Licence No. 17E0603 Excavation Report, Cornacreeve. unpublished report, Archer Heritage Planning
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cornacreeve.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. 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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cornacreeve.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Cornacreeve with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.
The townland
- Name
- Cornacreeve · Corr na Craoibhe
- Area
- 918,519 m² (91.85 ha, 226.97 acres)
- Civil parish
- Donagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Trough
- Electoral division
- Emyvale, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Emyvale electoral division: 1,158 people in 446 households; 67% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrigans, Derrynashallog, Drummully, Scarnageeragh or Emyvale, Tully
- Placenames
- Cornacreeve on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. 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.