Erryroe
Townland in the civil parish of Muckno, barony of Cremorne, Co. Monaghan; in Irish An tOireadh Rua
- Area
- 119.9 ha
- 296 acres
- Land parcels
- 26
- registered freehold, median 39,993 m² (4 ha, 9.88 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Erryroe, from 180 m² to 167,084 m² (16.71 ha, 41.29 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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
No zone of a development plan covers Erryroe 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
24 Apr 2026Conditional
planning permission to construct 2 No. poultry houses together with all ancillary structures (to include meal storage bin(s) and soiled water tank(s)) and site works associated. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (E.I.A.R.) will be submitted with this planning application
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2660157
25 Jan 2019Conditional
permission to retain and complete an existing dwelling previously granted under PI. Ref: 03/907, Install a waste water treatment system and a percolation area, new entrance gates & piers with all ancillary and associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 1930
25 Oct 2018Conditional
permission to construct 2 No. poultry houses together with all ancillary structures (to include meal storage bin(s) and soiled water tank(s) and site works. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under part IV of the Environment protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted with this planning application
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 18501
28 Jul 2017Conditional
The construction of a slatted shed with underground slurry storage tanks, the formation of a new entrance onto public roadway and all associated site development works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 17364
6 Apr 2017Conditional
Permission to construct a slatted shed for the housing of livestock, along with new agricultural site entrance and associated ancillary site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 17158
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 Erryroe.
Recorded monuments
- MO020-002 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a knoll in a relatively low-lying landscape between drumlins. A circular earthwork is marked here on an estate map of Barony of Cremorne by Brownrigg and Longfield (1790) in NLI (21 F. 41, No. 32). No archaeological feature is visible on any aerial images and its precise classification is not known, but it is likely to be a rath. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 22 June 2018
- MO020-003 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a low-lying landscape between drumlins. A circular earthwork is marked here on an estate map of Barony of Cremorne by Brownrigg and Longfield (1790) in NLI (21 F. No. 32). No archaeological feature is visible on any aerial images and its precise classification is not known, but it is likely to be a rath. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Erryroe.
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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Erryroe.
- 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 Erryroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.
The townland
- Name
- Erryroe · An tOireadh Rua
- Area
- 1,198,584 m² (119.86 ha, 296.18 acres)
- Civil parish
- Muckno, and its townlands
- Barony
- Cremorne
- Electoral division
- Carrickaslane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Carrickaslane electoral division: 715 people in 240 households; 81% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Corrintra, Creaghanroe, Drumleek North, Errybane, Oram, Tullynamalra
- Placenames
- Erryroe 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.