Cornamucklaglass
Townland in the civil parish of Ballybay, barony of Cremorne, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Corr na Muclach Ghlas
Parcel 5429848
- Area
- 22 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it, 56 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- M2 Town Centre (Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031) The objective
- Townland
- Cornamucklaglass
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
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
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
- No susceptibility class on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2427 (ZIP).
- 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
- 74.9 ha
- 185 acres
- Land parcels
- 369
- registered freehold, median 257 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 52
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
369 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cornamucklaglass, from 5 m² to 90,600 m² (9.06 ha, 22.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 178 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 135 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Industry/Enterprise/Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community Services/Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Landscape Protection/Conservation (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Recreation/Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Proposed Residential A (New/proposed residential)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C6Existing Commercial (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4Strategic Residential Reserve
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Proposed Residential B (New/proposed residential)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
20 Aug 2026N/a
permission for the change of use of the first and second floors of the building from residential to office use, for the construction of a rear extension comprising new stairwell, toilets and access corridors at first and second floor levels, for the construction of a single storey agricultural dry goods store and for associated siteworks
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2660346
24 Mar 2026N/a
permission to demolish existing first floor extension to the rear of existing two storey dwellinghouse and replace with new two storey over basement extension to the rear of dwellinghouse and ancillary site development works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2660102
11 Mar 2026N/a
permission to erect extension to rear of Terraced dwelling house 103 and 104 at Lower Main Street Ballybay Co Monaghan
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2616
23 Jan 2026Refused
permission for the development which consists of the alteration, extension and refurbishment of existing single-storey storage units, the construction of a new single- storey yard store, the installation of new timber panel fence to the northwest boundary, upgrade surface finishes to the yard area and designated car parking spaces, the installation of a new silt tank, oil water separator tank & stormwater infiltration system together with all associated and ancillary site works. Significant further information received relates to submitted Site layout plan, Traffic Impact report and Flood Risk Assessment
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2660011
5 Nov 2025Conditional
permission to demolish existing front porch and erect canopy & wheelchair accessible ramp, alterations to dwelling elevations, demolish existing detached domestic garage, alterations to existing driveway & parking areas and all ancillary site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560440
16 Oct 2025Conditional
permission to refurbish and convert a 3 storey terrace town house to apartments with localised external staircase to the rear for access to first and second floor apartments and extension/refurbishment of rear building, this consists of 2no. 1 bed apartments, 1no. studio apartment and maintaining shop front on ground floor including all associated site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560418
27 Sept 2025Conditional
Permission to undertake façade refurbishment works to the existing retail premises, incorporating elevational changes/internal modifications associated retail signage, and ancillary site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560390
29 Aug 2025N/a
Permission to refurbish and convert a 3 storey terrace town house to apartments with localised external staircase to the rear for access to first and second floor apartments and extension/refurbishment of rear building, this consists of 2no. 1 bed apartments, 1no. studio apartment and maintaining shop front on ground floor including all associated site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560349
21 Aug 2025N/a
permission to refurbish and convert a 3 storey town house to apartments with localised external staircase to the rear for access to first and second floor apartments and extension/refurbishment of rear building, this consists of 2no. 1 bed apartments, 1no. studio apartment and maintaining shop front on ground floor including all associated site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560337
19 Aug 2025Conditional
planning permission for a development which will consist of the change of use of a vacant supermarket and overhead accommodation to a one bedroomed apartment on the ground floor and a three bedroomed apartment on the first and second floor along with associated services, which includes 1.0 Changes to the front elevation (new windows and doors at ground level and replacement windows on the upper floors), a new entrance to facilitate the development and 2.0 Alterations to the rear elevation (Demolition of part of the existing rear extension, provision of raised terraced areas and provision of external stairway).
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560332
15 Aug 2025Conditional
permission for the development which will consist of; the demolition of part of the supermarket and the construction of two semi detached two bedroomed houses along with associated services fronting on to Castleblayney Road
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2560327
8 Aug 2025N/a
development will consist of the demolition of part of the supermarket and the construction of two semi detached two bedroomed houses along with associated services
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2560310
4 Jun 2025N/a
retention permission for a development to the rear of No.'s 134-135 Main Street, Ballybay the development will consist of the construction of office space over existing domestic garage at first floor level to include external access stairs and level platform area in connection with applicants construction business together with all ancillary site development works. (The office space is not open to the public and is used by the applicant for private use only).
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2560222
14 May 2025Conditional
permission will consist of the following: 1. Alterations to the existing shop front, 2. Alterations to the existing residential configuration to form 4 no. self-contained own door apartments, (1 no. 2 bed apartment, 2 no. 1 bed apartments and 1 no. studio apartment), 3. Change of use of a portion of the takeaway use to residential use,4. Alterations to the roofs of the building including the installation of a dormer window & Velux windows,5. Construction of a new single storey porch to Unit 3,6. New boundary walls to units 1, 2 & 3 and entrance steps to the back of the property, 7. New connections to existing services,8. All associated and ancillary site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560186
14 Apr 2025Conditional
planning permission to amend the previously granted planning permissions, ref: 19/576 consisting of a 3-storey primary care medical centre facility and ref: 19/577 consisting of the change of use of the existing buildings on site and to construct a new 2- storey building for surgery entrance. The purpose of this application is to combine these two separate planning approvals into one comprehensive application, along with the proposed amendments. The proposed amendments to planning reference 19/576 are as follows: (a) Alteration of the mono-pitch roof design to a flat roof. (b) Minor internal reconfigurations to optimize the layout. (c) Minor elevational changes. The proposed amendments to planning reference 19/577 are as follows: (a) Reduction in the number of apartments from three to a single two-bedroom apartment on the second floor. (b) minor elevational changes (c) the addition of a first-floor level above the main surgery entrance, replacing the extended parapet wall section. This new first-floor level will include five additional rooms (135m2) for the primary care medical facility. This application also includes the necessary connections to existing services on-site, along with all associated site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560156
3 Apr 2025N/a
permission to amend the previously granted planning permissions, ref: 19/576 consisting of a 3-storey primary care medical centre facility and ref: 19/577 consisting of the change of use of the existing buildings on site and to construct a new 2- storey building for surgery entrance. The purpose of this application is to combine these two separate planning approvals into one comprehensive application, along with the proposed amendments. The proposed amendments to planning reference 19/576 are as follows: (a) Alteration of the mono-pitch roof design to a flat roof. (b) Minor internal reconfigurations to optimize the layout. The proposed amendments to planning reference 19/577 are as follows: (a) Reduction in the number of apartments from three to a single one-bedroom apartment on the second floor. (b) the addition of a first-floor level above the main surgery entrance, replacing the extended parapet wall section. This new first-floor level will include five additional rooms (135m2) for the primary care medical facility. This application also includes the necessary connections to existing services on-site, along with all associated site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560139
29 Mar 2025Conditional
permission for development which will consist of the construction of a detached two storey building to accommodate a takeaway on the ground floor and an apartment on the first floor, relocation of existing entrance, and all associated site works, Significant further information received relates to submitted flood risk assessment report and revised drawings for ventilation extractor fan.
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560127
20 Jan 2025N/a
permission to erect extensions to rear of terraced dwelling houses
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 254
11 Dec 2024N/a
permission to erect extensions to rear of terraced dwelling houses
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 24115
30 Sept 2024Conditional
permission to construct a rear extension to existing pub to include outdoor seating area, new external steps with gated access & new terrace area to serve existing residential access and all associated works. (A Protected Structure Ref: 41401913)
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460365
24 Sept 2024N/a
planning permission to construct a rear extension to existing pub to include outdoor seating area, new external steps with gated access & new terrace area to serve existing residential access and all associated works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460355
2 Aug 2024Conditional
permission retention for as built extended shop and vacant basement spaces. Planning Permission to extend retail space within premises, new off-licence area, internal alterations and revision to shop front. Planning Permission for external store within existing enclosed compound and alterations to elevations, Significant Further Information relates to, Revised site layout plan, Waste water checklist
Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2460277
18 Oct 2023Conditional
retention permission for development consisting of; retention of two single storey extensions to rear of existing dwelling house, internal and external alterations and additions and all associated site works.
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2360241
30 Jun 2023Conditional
permission for development consisting of small extension to rear, alterations and additions to elevations, internal alterations and additions and all associated site works.
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2360136
30 Apr 2023N/a
permission to upgrade & widen existing site entrance, to include the erection of fencing adjacent to said entrance, along with other associated ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2360062
The 25 most recent of 52 applications.
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 Cornamucklaglass.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cornamucklaglass.
Architectural heritage
- Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1855–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding limestone-built Roman Catholic church on steeply sloping site, erected 1857-9 to designs by George Burnett, tower added 1877 to designs by William Hague Jr., and remodelled 1915 to designs by John McGahon. Cruciform plan consisting of four-bay nave with slightly lower chancel and side aisles, lower single-bay transepts, sacristy to north-east, and with three-stage tower to north-west with spire. Recent porch to south-west re-entrant corner of transept and chancel. Pitched artificial slate roof with cut-stone copings and cross finials to gables, recent rooflights to side aisles, replacement rainwater goods, and rebuilt brick chimneystack to sacristy. Rubble walls with dressed sandstone quoins and plinth course, and having stepped buttresses to corners of plan and between nave openings. Tower has sandstone string course and tapering spire with lucarnes. Pointed arch window openings with cut sandstone block and start surrounds throughout, bipartite to nave and clerestory, lancet openings to gables and to tower, with triple lancets to top stage of tower and to lucarnes of spire, latter with hoods and louvres. Clock to each face of top stage of tower. Stained glass to church proper. Pointed order arch entrance doorway to west side of tower, with colonnettes, hood-moulding terminating in carved head stops, and having double-leaf timber battened door approached by flight of steps. Shouldered doorway to sacristy with timber battened door. Interior has pointed arcade with round-plan columns, timber open scissors truss roof to nave, with timber panelling to side aisles. Carved marble reredos and altar to south end of nave, with timber gallery to rear accessed by cast-iron spiral staircase. Square-pan cut limestone piers to entrance gateway with pointed caps and cross finials, and wrought-iron double-leaf gates, set to rubble limestone boundary wall to west of site. Lawns to west of church and cemetery to north.
- Water tower, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding square-plan railway water tower, built c.1880. Red brick walls laid in English bond, surmounted by concrete water-tank with date '1921'. Round-arch window openings with red brick voussoirs, multiple-pane cast-iron windows, and limestone sills. Square-headed door opening with concrete lintel, having round-arch window above. Fixed wrought-iron access ladder to south elevation. Water supply pump mechanism from Drumore River immediately to west of tower at buttress walls to railway bridge. Tower located north-west of Ballybay town centre, west of former Ballybay railway station.
- Well, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Water fountain or well, inserted or incorporated c.1880 into retaining wall to west of former Ballybay railway station. Round-arched opening with dressed chamfered surround and plinth, with rubble walling to interior of niche, and hinged wrought-iron gate to front. Sited to north-east of Ballybay town centre.
- Ballybay Railway Station, railway station, 1855–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached multiple-bay single-storey former railway station, built 1860, extended c.1890, with projecting gable-fronted two-storey bay towards middle, and with projecting gable-fronted single-storey end-bay to east, and having signal box to west end. Now in use as office. Pitched slate roof with sections of concrete tiles to east bay pitches, grey clayware ridge tiles, painted timber bargeboards to gables, and replacement rainwater goods. Rendered walls to all elevations except trackside elevation. Coursed limestone walling to track-side elevation with tooled ashlar block-and-start quoins and chamfered plinth. Exposed brick and timber to signal cabin. Rendered walls elsewhere. Triangular-arch openings with chamfered sandstone surrounds and sills, windows having four-over-four pane and two-over-two horizontally-paned horned timber sliding sash windows; pointed-arch openings to track-side elevation of first floor of projecting middle bay, with sandstone hood-mouldings and block-and-start surrounds and sills, and three-pane timber casement windows. Square-headed window opening to ground floor of same, with sandstone hood-moulding and rubble stone relieving arch. Two-bay two-storey signal-box attached to west end of station, having pitched slate roof with timber barge-boards having spearhead finial and pinnacle to west; red brick walls laid in stretcher bond to ground floor, timber-framed upper floor with battened timber walls and having segmental-arch window openings to ground floor and pseudo-three-centred windows to upper floor. Replacement double-leaf door towards east end of building and replacement metal door to yard side elevation. Platform and tracks to north. Former stationmaster's house (41307007) to south of station.
- Ballybay Railway Station, station master's house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey former stationmaster's house, built c.1890, having recent porch, and recent single-storey extension to east gable. Now in use as house. Pitched slate roof with grey clayware ridge tiles, projecting eaves, pierced timber bargeboards and eaves boards, red brick chimneystack, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat roofs to single-storey extension and porch. Red brick laid on Flemish bond walling with yellow brick block-and-start quoins, yellow brick string course to front elevation at first floor level, and red brick plinth course with yellow brick coping. Segmental-arch window openings with yellow brick voussoirs and soffits, paired camber-arch window openings to middle bay of rear elevation, round-arch window opening to front middle bay of first floor. Two-over-two pane horned timber sliding sash windows with cut limestone sills. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door. Set within grounds of former Ballybay Railway Station. Rear elevation of property drops significantly to street level by means of integral red brick wall.
- Ballybay House, gate lodge, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Former demesne gateway, erected c.1840, to now-demolished Ballybay House. Comprises four square-plan piers of tooled ashlar limestone with chamfered plinths and pedimented caps, arrow-head wrought-iron double-leaf gate mounted to central piers; low broad-S-curve ashlar flanking walls surmounted by saddle-back copings and arrow-head railings with cast-iron collars to bases. Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge inside gateway, built c.1840, now in use as house. Hipped slate roof with grey clayware ridge tiles, overhanging eaves with timber soffits supported by paired timber brackets, stepped smooth rendered chimneystack stack, and replacement rainwater goods. Painted smooth rendered walls with rusticated block-and-start quoins and projecting plinth course. Square-headed window openings with one-over-one pane horned timber sliding sash windows, with metal grid window protectors, moulded stone sills with corbelled brackets. Square-headed door opening with replacement double-leaf timber battened door with boarded-up overlight. Located east of Ballybay town centre forming entrance to public park.
- House, shop/retail outlet, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey house-over-shop, built c.1840, with replacement timber shopfront to ground floor, and multiple single, two and three-storey extensions to rear. Pitched artificial slate roof with partly rendered rubble limestone chimneystack and replacement rainwater goods. Coursed limestone rubble walls to front, smooth rendered to rear. Square-headed window openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds, stone sills, and replacement uPVC windows. Building constitutes north section of symmetrical five-bay three-storey group with integral carriage arch to middle.
- House, shop/retail outlet, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay three-storey house-over-shop, built c.1840, now derelict, with timber shopfront and integral carriage archway to ground floor, and single-storey extension to rear. Pitched artificial slate roof with smooth rendered chimneystack and remains of cast-iron guttering. Coursed limestone rubble walls to front and smooth rendered to rear. Square-headed window openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds and flat-arches, stone sills, and with three-over-six pane and six-over-six pane horned timber sliding sash windows. Segmental arch to carriageway, with red brick voussoirs. Shopfront comprises square-headed display window now boarded-up, square-headed door opening double-leaf battened timber door, and timber pilasters surmounted by decoratively carved brackets flanking timber fascia. Outbuildings to rear have rubble walls and pitched slate and lean-to corrugated-iron roofs. Building forms south section of symmetrical five-bay three-storey terrace with centrally placed carriage arch.
- Crawford, house, shop/retail outlet, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced six-bay three-storey house-over-shop, built c.1850, with shopfront to ground floor. Possibly formerly three separate buildings. Pitched natural slate roof with smooth rendered chimneystacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walling with rendered block-and-start quoins. Square-headed window openings with one-over-one pane horned timber sliding sash windows and painted sills. Square-headed recessed door opening to shop, with overlight and double-leaf timber and glass panelled door with polychromatic tesserae mosaic tiling to threshold with name 'Crawford'. Decorative wrought-iron gate to entrance. Shopfront to ground floor comprising fixed timber-framed display windows, timber fascia with painted lettering, fluted corbelled brackets surmounted by moulded cornice, and retracting canopy with ironwork mechanism. Carriage archway to south.
- Boylan, house, shop/retail outlet, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced single-bay three-storey house-over-shop, built c.1850, with shopfront to ground floor. Pitched natural slate roof with smooth rendered chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth lined and ruled rendered walling, with render block-and-start quoins to south end. Square-headed window openings with moulded render architraves with chamfered edges, with replacement uPVC windows, and painted sills. Square-headed recessed door opening with overlight and double-leaf timber and glass-panelled door, with encaustic polychromatic mosaic tiled threshold. Shopfront comprises fixed timber-framed display window, timber fascia with applied wooden lettering and with moulded string course below and cornice over, with panelled pilaster to south end.
- Bank of Ireland, bank/financial institution, 1925–1930 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace six-bay two-storey bank, built 1926, southern three bays projecting forward and pedimented and having bank-front to ground floor. Pitched natural slate roof, with moulded corbelled coping and cornice to pediment, moulded corbelled eaves course, red brick chimneystacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Bank front has channelled render, walling elsewhere to front is red brick Flemish bond. Roughcast rendered walls to side and rear elevations. Square-headed window openings with red brick flat arches and six-over-six pane horned timber sliding sash windows, painted sills, and sill course to first floor. Bank front has segmental-headed window openings with fixed timber-framed casement windows, and channelled voussoirs. Recessed square-headed door opening surmounted by segmental pediment on console brackets, double-leaf timber panelled door, and overlight. Square-headed door opening to northern section, with corbelled brackets surmounted by moulded cornice and with fixed three-over-three pane overlight. Roman-numeral double-faced clock suspended by bracket to tympanum of pediment.
- House, public house, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay three-storey house-over-public house, built c.1880, with oriel window to middle bay of first floor. Single-bay three-storey building to north of c.1900 incorporated into premises. Pitched natural slate roof with rendered moulded cornice, smooth rendered chimneystacks, hipped leaded roof, moulded cornice to oriel window, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick walling with rendered block-and-start quoins, smooth rendered walling and painted stone plinth to ground floor. Oriel window has timber panels below windows, timber colonettes flanking windows. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered string-course and margins to upper floors of northern building, and channelled rendered walls to ground floor. Square-headed window openings to upper floors of main building, with rounded chamfered edges, red brick flat arches, painted stone sills, and replacement uPVC windows. Ground floor openings framed by pilasters, some having vegetal capitals. Depressed-arch doorway with overlight and double-leaf panelled timber door, and square-headed doorway to upper floors having replacement timber door, and overlight.
- House, bank/financial institution, 1875–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay three-storey former bank, built 1879, with bank-front to ground floor. Now in use as offices. Roof hidden by parapet, with moulded render cornice. Smooth rendered walling to upper floors with render sill courses, and red brick Flemish bond walls to ground floor with rough-faced dressed stone with sandstone block-and-start quoins below sill level and smooth rendered plinth. Segmental-arch openings to front elevation, upper floor openings having chamfered surrounds, and bank-front having moulded red brick surrounds incorporating sandstone keystones with nail-head detail. One-over-one pane horned timber sliding sash windows to first floor, two-over-two pane to top floor and ground floor, bottom halves of latter having replacement uPVC inserts. Segmental-arch doorway with moulded red brick surround to window sill level, incorporating ashlar sandstone keystones with nail-head detail, ashlar sandstone surround to doorway proper, timber panelled door having decorative lower panels, and overlight.
- House, shop/retail outlet, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced four-bay three-storey house-over-shop, built c.1880, with shopfront and integral carriage archway to ground floor. Pitched natural slate roof with red brick chimneystacks and moulded render cornice. Smooth rendered walling with moulded sill courses to upper floors, block-and-start quoins, and having rendered fascia over shopfront. Square-headed window openings to upper floors with moulded architraves having keystone details. Replacement glazed shopfront, with square-headed recessed shop entrance with double-leaf replacement glazed doors and overlight.
- House, shop/retail outlet, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay three-storey house-over-shop, built c.1850, with disused shopfront to ground floor. Pitched natural slate roof with red brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick English-garden-wall bond walling. Square-headed window openings with red brick flat arches, and one-over-one pane horned timber sliding sash windows and painted sills. Fixed timber display windows to shopfront. Shopfront comprising smooth panelled rendered stall risers, timber end pilasters with brackets, colonettes flanking entrance, fascia not visible. Square-headed recessed shop entrance with double-leaf glazed timber doors and overlight, and with wooden gate. Fronts directly onto Upper Main Street at centre of Ballybay town.
- Ballybay Masonic Hall, masonic lodge/hall, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey former Masonic hall, built c.1860. Now in use as office. Pitched slate roof with grey clayware ridge tiles and smooth rendered chimneystack with stepped cornice and terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with raised smooth render to margins, eaves and plinth. Crest incorporating freemasonry square, compasses and star symbols over doorway. Wrought-iron bracket carrying signage to ground floor. Square-headed window openings with moulded render architraves and cornices. Moulded sill course to first floor. Replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed replacement door with sidelights and overlight.
- Tom McGinnity, house, shop/retail outlet, 1820–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay three-storey house-over-shop, built c.1830 and remodelled as bank c.1870, with bank front to ground floor. Pitched slate roof concealed by smooth rendered parapet with moulded and stepped render courses, paired corbels and stepped coping. Red brick Flemish bond walls with render quoins, and having smooth rendered channelled walls to ground floor with cornice. Square-headed window openings with rendered patent surrounds and six-over-six pane horned timber sliding sash windows and painted sills. Fixed timber tripartite window to ground floor with timber colonettes dividing lights. Square-headed door openings to end bays with overlights and panelled timber doors with pyramidal detailing to panels.
- House, shop/retail outlet, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced single-bay three-storey house-over-shop, built c.1850, with disused shopfront to ground floor. Pitched natural slate roof with red brick chimneystacks and cast-iron guttering. Smooth rendered walling. Square-headed window openings to upper floors with one-over-one pane horned timber sliding sash windows and painted sills. Shopfront with central square-headed door opening with overlight and panelled timber door with door furniture, approached by limestone and rendered steps and flanked by fixed timber display windows flanked by pilasters with corbelled brackets supporting timber fascia and moulded cornice, and with shop canopy having metal supports.
- Monaghan's, house, public house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Corner-sited end-of-terrace two-bay three-storey house-over-shop, built c.1850, with disused shopfront to ground floor. Pitched natural slate roof with red brick chimneystacks. Smooth rendered walling to front, with render block-and-start quoins, and roughcast rendered walls elsewhere. Square-headed window openings with moulded render surrounds incorporating keystone details, and one-over-one pane horned timber sliding sash windows and painted sills. Shopfront has centrally placed square-headed doorway with overlight and double-leaf battened timber door, flanked by fixed timber display windows, timber fascia with corbelled brackets, and moulded cornice.
- House, shop/retail outlet, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace three-storey former house-over-shop, built c.1830, with attic, having two-bay upper floors and four-bay ground floor, and with two-storey extension to rear. Now in use as library and civic centre. Pitched natural slate roof with red brick chimneystack and replacement rainwater goods. Red brick Flemish bond walls with tooled and chamfered sandstone quoins, smooth render to gable and to extension walls. Square-headed window openings with rendered patent surrounds, and flat arches, with timber sliding sash windows, three-over-three pane to top floor and six-over-six pane to first floor, with painted sills. Square-headed timber windows to ground floor having bipartite lights with segmental heads, and painted stone sills with iron window guards. Variety of timber sash windows to other elevations. Square-headed door opening to shopfront with red brick flat arch and rendered patent surround, tooled stone plinth blocks, double-leaf timber panelled door with geometric tracery glazed panels, and overlight. Round-arched doorway to upper floors, having fluted columns and spoked fanlight.
- Outbuilding, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Detached multiple-bay two-storey L-plan outbuilding, built c.1830, in use as social services day centre, with stone access steps to south elevation of northern section. Pitched slate roof with clayware ridge-tiles, and replacement rainwater goods. Random uncoursed limestone rubble walling with roughcast render to ground floor section of east elevation of western section, chamfered corner to south-east corner of northern section, and with red brick surrounds to openings. Flat-arch window openings with battened timber shutters and cut limestone sills. Square-headed door openings with battened doors. Segmental-arch recessed former pitching doorways at first floor level, one blocked up. Segmental carriage entrance to ground floor of northern section with battened door and with cobbled surface to ground at threshold.
- Post box, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding cast-iron pillar post-box, installed c.1880, comprising cylindrical shaft, moulded neck, dentillated frieze and shallow domed cap. Embossed with raised lettering 'POST OFFICE', 'VR' Royal cipher to lower portion, and foundry stamp '…& Co. Ltd London' to plinth. Sited in footpath at corner of Church Street and Main Street outside former Ballybay Market House, Ballybay.
- Ballybay Market House, market house, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay two storey former market house, dated 1848, now disused, with central pedimented breakfront, and arcaded ground floor. External stairway with porch to the rear providing access to first floor. Hipped natural slate roof with ashlar stone chimneystacks, and stainless-steel rainwater goods. Squared coursed limestone rubble walls with chamfered ashlar limestone banded channelled quoins to margins, margined ashlar limestone block-and-start quoins to breakfront; ashlar stone cornice and red brick oculus to tympanum; ashlar stone corniced string course over arches at ground floor. Date-stone below pediment with moulded margins, in profile reads 'A.D. M.DCCC.XLVII'. Square-headed window openings with stone relief architrave surrounds and tooled stone cornice lintels, with six-over-six pane horned timber sash windows and tooled ashlar sill course. Square-headed mock-window reliefs to north elevation with flat arch lintels and stone sills. Square-headed window openings to rear elevation with red brick surrounds, horned timber sash windows and stone sills. Arcade of round arches to ground floor with, square tooled ashlar piers surmounted by corniced coping with moulded stone voussoirs, tooled to distal and with keystone detail; cast-iron gates with fleur-de-lys finials to arcade openings. Two-bay single-storey addition to north comprising hipped slate roof; red brick walls with tooled ashlar block-and-start quoins; segmental-headed window openings with timber shutters; segmental arch headed door opening with matchboard timber door. Stairway and lean-to porch to rear comprising smooth rendered walls and square-headed door opening with battened timber door. Sett-stone paving to front court.
- Ballybay Parochial Hall, school, 1835–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Detached seven-bay single-storey L-plan former Church of Ireland national school, built 1838, having gabled projecting end bays to front elevation. Extended and altered 1878, with lower two-bay portion to re-entrant angle at rear. Now in use as church hall. Gabled single-bay single-storey porch extension to centre of west elevation. Pitched natural slate roof with grey clayware ridge tiles. Timber bargeboards to gables facing to front and rear, with gable-braces incorporating trefoil detail and timber pinnacle finials, overhanging eaves with exposed joists, and replacement rainwater goods. Other gables have scalloped timber bargeboards. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth, date-stone to north-west projection inscribed 'Ballybay National School Enlarged 1879 Patron R.C. Leslie French D.L. Manager Rev. A.B.B. Young M.A. Principal M.D. Ranson'. Four-centred arch window opening to south-west projection, square-headed elsewhere, with rendered patent surrounds, render hood-mouldings, replacement uPVC windows, and painted sills. Square-headed door openings with rendered patent surrounds and replacement battened timber doors. Built on rising site at foot of hill on which stands Church of Ireland church.
- Christ Church (Ballybay), church/chapel, 1795–1885 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding cruciform-plan Gothic Revival Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built c.1800, transepts added c.1822 and chancel added 1881. Pitched slate roof, hipped to transepts, with cast-iron rainwater goods, cut limestone eaves course, cross finial to chancel gable and with vent over chancel arch. Cut limestone pinnacles and concrete crenellations to tower. Roughcast rendered walls, with exposed rubble limestone to tower and chancel walls, with limestone string courses to east gable of chancel. Pointed-arch window openings with timber tracery and cut limestone sills to nave, pointed arch openings to tower with timber louvers, and cut sandstone tracery to two-light window in south elevation of chancel with trefoil headed lights and quatrefoil above. Pointed arch door opening to north elevation of tower with dressed voussoirs, timber battened door with panel above, similar blind opening to north elevation. Interior has pointed chancel arch of carved sandstone in two orders with red marble colonettes having decorative capitals, render hood-mouldings to windows, stained glass to east window, various marble plaques to walls, timber braced collared truss roof to nave, trefoil-profile ceiling to chancel, and carved timber pews, organ and carved timber and brass altar furniture. Polychrome tiled floor to chancel and transepts. Set within graveyard in elevated position overlooking south part of Ballybay town.
- Surgery/clinic, 1930–1940 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding seven-bay two-storey former clinic, built c.1935, with projecting middle bays to front and rear. End bays accessed at first floor level by external stairs with rendered parapets, and with centrally placed entrance door at ground floor. Hipped slate roof to rear portion with terracotta ridge tiles, paired centrally placed red brick chimneystacks with stepped cornices, and with flat roof to front having rendered parapet. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth channelled rendered to ground floor, roughcast to first floor and to rear elevation. Square-headed window openings to first floor front, now boarded up, with painted sills. Square-headed window openings to earlier section at rear having six-over-six pane and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door openings with render architraves, moulded cornices, and timber panelled doors to end bay openings, central door boarded up. Set back from Main Street, Ballybay with concreted forecourt, rendered boundary wall and piers surmounted by Art Deco-style railings of wrought-iron.
- Ballybay National School, school, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
Description
Detached single-storey former boys national school, dated 1894, now in use as house, having projecting six-bay section to street flanked by short blank sections, with entrances to gable ends, and having single-storey return to south. Hipped natural slate roof to street elevation, pitched elsewhere; terracotta ridge tiles, ashlar copings to gables, and red brick and smooth rendered chimneystacks, and replacement rainwater goods. Catslide slate roof with squared stone chimneystack to south-east portion. Random rubble limestone walling with tooled ashlar sandstone block-and-start quoins and dressed plinth, stone plaque to front elevation inscribed 'BALLYBAY NATIONAL BOYS SCHOOL 1894'. Roughcast walling to side and rear elevations. Square-headed window openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds, replacement uPVC windows, and stone and concrete sills. Square-headed door openings with replacement uPVC doors. Set within own grounds to south-east of Ballybay town centre, and overlooking Lough Major to east.
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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 made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2427 (ZIP).
- 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 Cornamucklaglass with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.
The townland
- Name
- Cornamucklaglass · Corr na Muclach Ghlas
- Area
- 749,029 m² (74.9 ha, 185.09 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballybay, and its townlands
- Barony
- Cremorne
- Electoral division
- Ballybay Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballybay Urban electoral division: 318 people in 166 households; 37% of households own their home; 12% of homes were built since 2001; 39% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Corkeeran, Corrybrannan, Derrynaloobinagh, Knocknamaddy
- Placenames
- Cornamucklaglass 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.