Killyfargy

9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killyfargy, from 2,069 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres) to 245,025 m² (24.5 ha, 60.55 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Killyfargy 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.

• 22 Nov 2023Conditional

  permission for a development consisting of a new rear extension, addition of an external canopy to the side, alterations to the internal layout and the external fenestration of the existing dwelling, a new detached single storey garage and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 23234

• 10 May 2019Conditional

  permission for a new toilet block facility, install a new mechanical effluent treatment system & mounded soil polishing filter, provide additional on site carparking for 40 no. spaces together with all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 19213

• 11 Jan 2019Conditional

  permission to construct a two-storey dwelling, new entrance with gates and piers together with new wastewater treatment system & all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 197

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 Killyfargy.

Recorded monuments

• MO016-011 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on top of a drumlin known as Cush Hill. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 41.3m N-S; 37.3m E-W) defined by a slight earthen bank (at N: Wth of base 4.7m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 1.8m) and hedge, with a slight outer fosse that has probably been re-cut (at N: Wth of base 2m; D 0.65m) N-E. The original entrance is not identified, although there are gaps at SW (Wth of base 1.7m) and WNW (Wth of base 1.9m). It was adapted as a tree-ring and there are deciduous and coniferous trees on the bank. 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: 05 May 2018

Architectural heritage

• Scotshouse Graveyard, Grave monument, 1900–1905 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding carved limestone Gothic-style graveyard memorial, erected c.1901. Comprising square-plan base surmounted by tapered square-plan Corinthian-style column with chamfered corners supporting ringed Celtic cross finial with ogee terminals, on square-plan tapered shaft over base with ogee-headed panels in pointed pediments. Acanthus leaves to top of column. Whole set upon square-plan plinth with rounded inverted shoulder to corners. Pointed pediment to front (east) elevation of base, surmounted by trefoil motif with ogee-headed panel over, containing star, Sacred Heart and cross motifs and inscription 'SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY'. Similar motif with crown to side and rear elevations. Inscribed panel to front of plinth base. Set within chamfered stone kerb with cast-iron railings, within graveyard.

• Scotshouse Graveyard, Grave monument, 1935–1945 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding carved limestone graveyard memorial, erected c.1940, with inscription appended 1976, 1996 and 1998. Square-plan tapered base, surmounted by square-plan tapered shaft, set upon square-plan plinth and having cruciform finial over. Pointed pediment to base, surmounted by trefoil motif to each elevation, supported on corner round-plan engaged composite-style columns, some with acanthus leaf detail and some with fern curl detail, flanking trefoliated recessed panels. Inscriptions to north and west elevations. Set within graveyard.

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 10 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; parts are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Killyfargy.

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 Killyfargy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.

Name

Killyfargy · Coillidh Fearga

Area

541,369 m² (54.14 ha, 133.78 acres)

Civil parish

Currin, and its townlands

Barony

Dartree

Electoral division

Currin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Currin electoral division: 729 people in 255 households; 74% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghnahola, Carnroe, Cavanreagh, Dunsrim, Hilton Demesne, Lisnalee

Placenames

Killyfargy 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.