# Knockconan, Co. Monaghan: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Errigal Trough, barony of Trough, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Cnoc Coinín.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 77,405 m² (7.74 ha, 19.13 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,704 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 12 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Errigal Trough, https://everytownland.com/monaghan/parish/errigal-trough.md
- Barony: Trough
- Electoral division: Anketell Grove, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Anketell Grove electoral division: 1,278 people in 400 households; 86% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Monaghan, https://everytownland.com/monaghan.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/40331
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 171246
- Centre: latitude 54.367547, longitude -6.964107 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockconan, from 317 m² to 38,239 m² (3.82 ha, 9.45 acres); 8 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 355725: 38,239 m² (3.82 ha, 9.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/355725.md
- Parcel 336643: 14,576 m² (1.46 ha, 3.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/336643.md
- Parcel 5116860: 6,649 m² (0.66 ha, 1.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5116860.md
- Parcel 314779: 6,469 m² (0.65 ha, 1.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/314779.md
- Parcel 6054992: 5,704 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6054992.md
- Parcel 5448065: 2,956 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5448065.md
- Parcel 324291: 2,678 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/324291.md
- Parcel 6055011: 613 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6055011.md
- Parcel 6054986: 317 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6054986.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Knockconan in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

12 applications, newest first.

- 27 Feb 2026, Monaghan County Council 2660059: Conditional. Permission. permission for the development which will consist of the extension of an existing playing field/GAA field to facilitate a warmup area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660059/0
- 6 Feb 2026, Monaghan County Council 2660032: N/a. Permission. permission for the development will consist of the extension of an existing playing field/GAA field to facilitate a warmup area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660032/0
- 28 Apr 2025, Monaghan County Council 2560173: Conditional. Permission. Planning permission for i.) construction of standalone single storey classroom and sanitary accommodation, ii.) material change of use of ICT room to provide classroom and sanitary accommodation, together with elevational changes to the North Western Elevation, iii.) and all associated siteworks. Significant further Information received relates to submitted Water Protection checklist, EPA Site report, site assessment reports and revised drawings. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560173/0
- 19 Mar 2025, Monaghan County Council 2560110: N/a. Permission. Planning permission for i.) construction of standalone single storey classroom and sanitary accommodation, ii.) material change of use of ICT room to provide classroom and sanitary accommodation, together with elevational changes to the North Western Elevation, iii.) and all associated siteworks. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560110/0
- 12 Mar 2025, Monaghan County Council 2560097: N/a. Permission. permission for i.) construction of standalone single storey classroom and sanitary accommodation, ii.) material change of use of ICT room to provide classroom and sanitary accommodation, together with elevational changes to the North Western Elevation, iii.) and all associated siteworks; at Knockconan National School, Emyvale, Co.Monaghan. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560097/0
- 31 Jan 2024, Monaghan County Council 2460036: Conditional. Permission. permission for development consisting of the extension and alteration of the applicants’ existing facility. The proposed extension comprises of multi-functional rooms for use by service users, staff accommodation, office space and storage areas. Planning permission is also sought for connection to the existing waste water treatment system and all ancillary site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460036/0
- 21 Mar 2023, Monaghan County Council 2390: Conditional. Permission. Permission for development consisting of construction of 29 additional car parking spaces, including 1 no. electrical vehicle charging port and 1 no. accessible car parking space and all associated works significant further information relates to revised plans. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2390/0
- 19 May 2022, Monaghan County Council 22225: Conditional. Permission. permission for a development consisting of the repair and refurbishment of the Holy Family Church (which is a protected structure), demolition of the sacristy, and erection of a replacement sacristy and meeting room. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22225/0
- 10 Mar 2022, Monaghan County Council 22107: Conditional. Permission. permission for development consisting of demolition of existing agricultural sheds and the erection of a replacement dry agricultural shed to serve farm holding and the erection of a domestic garage to serve the residential dwelling on the site and associated works. Significant further information received relates to revised development description.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22107/0
- 28 Aug 2020, Monaghan County Council 20345: Conditional. Permission. permission for a development consisting of the erection of a part single storey, part two storey enterprise and community building comprising a commercial kitchen, teaching and conference spaces, office and hot desk accommodation, exhibition space, shop, multi-purpose hall and ancillary accommodation. Also included is a proposed access road from the public road, entrance gates and piers, car parking, boundary fencing, external landscaping, retaining structures, lamp standards, wastewater treatment plant with percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20345/0
- 8 May 2020, Monaghan County Council 2087: N/a. Permission. permission to erect a new two-storey Church Building (670m2 approx.) to include a place of worship, a community hall, meeting rooms, an office, ancillary accommodation and wastewater treatment system, together with car parking and associated landscaping. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2087/0
- 22 Feb 2017, Monaghan County Council 1775: Conditional. Permission. Permission for development which will consist of an extension to the rear (south-east) elevation of the existing school building to include the provision of an additional classroom, toilet and store along with new fire escape door and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/1775/0

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Knockconan.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knockconan.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Catholic Church of the Holy Family, church/chapel, 1815–1910, Regional interest, registry number 41400309, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MO&regno=41400309. Freestanding gable-fronted barn-style rendered Catholic church, rebuilt 1904 to designs by E & J. Byrne Architects, incorporating earlier church, built 1819-20 and remodelled 1829, with bell tower added 1844. Consisting of five bays, recent sacristy to south-west, bell tower to centre of west elevation. Pitched slate roof, perforated blue/black terracotta ridge tiles, painted stone verges and cross finials to all gable apexes, limestone bracket course and moulded cast?iron gutters, and with bitumen flat roof to sacristy. Cut, coursed and snecked limestone gabled bell tower with pyramidal spire and crocked finials to all gables and spire. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walls, with stepped buttresses, diagonal to corners and lateral between bays. Sandstone plaque to south (rear) gable inscribed with crisply serifed letters 'Erected by Very Rev. C McDermott P. O. Errigal Truagh 1820'. Round-headed niche with statue in wall-head half dormer. Square-plan bell tower with belfry stage pierced with pointed-arch aperture containing single bronze bell. Pointed-arch doorway with recent timber battened double-leaf door with stop-ended edge-roll moulding, painted and gilded fresco of Holy Family to tympanum, with block label-ended hood-moulding over. Set back from road by terraced rubble limestone boundary wall, with milled steel gates hinged to square gate posts. Situated in sloping graveyard site rising to west, with mature trees to east and west. On roadside to west of central footpath, a substantial Celtic High Cross-style memorial with inscription 'Erected / by the / Irish Nationalists of Glasgow / in Memory of / James Simpson, / whose labours amongst them / on behalf of Faith and Fatherland / are gratefully remembered in the / Land of His Adoption. / Died / September 13th 1894, Aged 45 Years. / R. I. P.' Interior remodelled c.1990. Original canted stained and varnished timber ceiling with timber ribs and purlins, supported on principal rafters and collars. Nap-rendered walls and recent tiled floors with free-standing recent pine benches flanking central aisle with side aisles running along the walls. Recent timber glazed enclosed vestibule with statues over to entrance, four-stepped carpeted dais with recent altar and lectern, and recent timber sheeted altar wall panelling.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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 the townland of Knockconan.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/knockconan.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/knockconan.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/knockconan.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Knockconan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan: https://everytownland.com/monaghan.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Drumcondra: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumcondra.md
- Killeanly: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/killeanly.md
- Mullabryan: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/mullabryan.md

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.

---

Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/knockconan
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/monaghan/knockconan