Gortakeeghan

40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortakeeghan, from 136 m² to 164,525 m² (16.45 ha, 40.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 29 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Industry/Enterprise/Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Recreation/Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 5 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 · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C6Existing Commercial (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
  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.

• 23 Apr 2026Conditional

  permission for the retention of a domestic garage as constructed and all associated site development works

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2660153

• 22 Aug 2025Refused

  permission to retain existing single-storey storage structures located to the rear of the existing dwelling house

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2560342

• 15 Jul 2025N/a

  permission for change of use from a three-storey derelict mill to dwelling, to include the following: 1. alterations of existing façade treatments to include openings and materials 2. new carport to side elevation 3. ancillary internal & external refurbishment works 4. upgrade and use of existing agricultural entrance to include new gates & piers 5. new connection to mains water supply 6. new waste water treatment system and all associated site works. Significant information relates to amended site boundary, proposed retaining wall & bridged entrance, amended ground levels & all associated works

  Extension of duration · Monaghan County Council, 259007

• 7 Jul 2025Conditional

  planning permission for a development which will consist of extension and alterations to existing house to include demolition of existing porch, extension at first floor, along with all associated site development works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560264

• 17 Jan 2025Conditional

  permission for the retention of the development consists of the following changes to an existing dwelling granted permission under Planning Permission file number 400/77 1. A single storey extension to the existing kitchen, and addition of a small utility room to the rear of the property 2. An extension consisting of a sun room to the rear of the property. 3. A single story domestic garage to the rear of existing dwelling

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2560019

• 13 Sept 2023Conditional

  permission for change of use of existing unit 2 (planning reference no. 16/96) to children's crèche facility and change of existing elevations

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 23188

• 16 Aug 2023N/a

  permission for development consisting of change of use of existing unit 2 (planning reference no.1696) to childrens creche facility and change of existing elevations

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 23172

• 31 Mar 2021Refused

  permission to construct a 39 meter lattice mobile and broadband tower with headframe carrying telecommunications equipment together with associated equipment and cabinets enclosed within a 2.4m palisade fence compound on Coillte land. Significant further information relates to the submission of Landscape Character and Visual Impact Assessment and an Eir Technical justification report

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 21152

• 12 Mar 2020Conditional

  Permission to erect a dormer style dwelling house with integral domestic garage, provision of windows with obscure glass on ground floor southwest gable of proposed dwelling, provision of high level windows serving garage on northeast gable of proposed dwelling, new entrance from public roadway, relocation of private foul sewer connection traversing site to accommodate location of proposed dwelling and reconnection to public foul sewer, new connections to public foul sewer and public watermain to serve proposed dwelling, landscaping and all associated site works. Previous planning reference P17/275

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2089

• 30 Jan 2020N/a

  permission to construct a 33 meter multi-user lattice tower with 1 no. delta headframe carrying telecommunications equipment, together with associated equipment and cabinets enclosed within a 2.4m palisade fence compound

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2032

• 14 Jan 2020Conditional

  permission for change of use from a three-storey derelict mill to dwelling, to include the following: 1. alterations of existing façade treatments to include openings and materials 2. new carport to side elevation 3. ancillary internal & external refurbishment works 4. upgrade and use of existing agricultural entrance to include new gates & piers 5. new connection to mains water supply 6. new waste water treatment system and all associated site works. Significant information relates to amended site boundary, proposed retaining wall & bridged entrance, amended ground levels & all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2010

• 9 May 2019Unconditional

  permission for development consisting of works to existing 20 number halting sites units to include the following 1) Extensions to 8 number existing halting site units (plot numbers 13-20) to provide bedroom facilities. 2) Conversion of 12 number existing halting site units (plot numbers 1-12) into 6 number 2 bedroom houses. 3) Internal and external alterations to existing units and 4) All associated site development works to include upgraded play facilities. Following development works the total number of dwellings on site will be 14.

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 198007

• 6 Feb 2019Conditional

  permission to construct a dry bedded shed for the housing of livestock, within existing farmyard complex, along with associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 1948

• 8 Feb 2018Conditional

  Retention of as constructed single storey domestic garage structure plus associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 1850

• 7 Jun 2017Conditional

  Outline permission to erect a dwelling house, connect to existing public sewer, all associated works and open new entrance on to public road

  Outline permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 17275

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 the townland of Gortakeeghan.

Recorded monuments

• MO009-063 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  Located on the crest of a hill in a forested area with commanding views of the Twin Lakes to the S. The remains consist of four deeply set orthostats, aligned E-W, and a large boulder-like capstone 0.2m to the N. The capstone rises to a height of c. 0.5m above the surrounding ground level and there is a small cavity c. 0.25m deep underneath it. No evidence of a cairn survives. (CRDS 1998, 33) Date of upload: 14 April 2011

• MO009-064 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the W facing slope at the W end of an E-W ridge with the half of the monument incorporated into Gortakeeghan wood. This is an oval area (max. dim. c. 27m), defined on the N, S and E sides by a flat topped earthen bank (H c. 1.2m) and an external fosse (Wth c. 2.5m). A modern field boundary, aligned NNE-SSW, cuts through the centre. West of this field boundary the monument has been removed although there are still slight traces of the fosse (CRDS 1998, 33). Archaeological testing (06E0234) in an extensive area just to the W produced no related material (Lynch 2009). Date of upload: 14 April 2011 Amended: 14 January 2020

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gortakeeghan.

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).

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_2302 (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.

No address of the register names Gortakeeghan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.

Name

Gortakeeghan · Gort an Chaocháin

Area

548,754 m² (54.88 ha, 135.6 acres)

Civil parish

Monaghan, and its townlands

Barony

Monaghan

Electoral division

Monaghan Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Monaghan Rural electoral division: 6,411 people in 2,320 households; 62% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Camla, Killyconigan, Killycushil, Killydrutan, Mullaghmatt, Skeagarvey, Tullygrimes

Placenames

Gortakeeghan 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.