Knocknagrave
Townland in the civil parish of Donagh, barony of Trough, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Cnoc na gCnámh
- Area
- 91 ha
- 225 acres
- Land parcels
- 50
- registered freehold, median 6,233 m² (0.62 ha, 1.54 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknagrave, from 70 m² to 103,121 m² (10.31 ha, 25.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 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 Knocknagrave 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
20 Nov 2025Conditional
planning permission to Demolish 1 No. existing poultry house (and ancillary structures) and to construct 2 No. poultry houses, 1 No. ancillary store and 1 No. Manure loading area together with all ancillary structures (to include meal storage bin(s) and soiled water tank(s) and site works associated with the above development
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560462
4 Jun 2025N/a
Permission for development on this site at Knocknagrave, Tydavnet, Co. Monaghan. The development consists of: permission to retain changes to elevations of dwelling house, erect a domestic garage, exit on to public road and all associated works
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2543
27 Feb 2025Conditional
permission to retain location and elevational changes to as constructed dormer dwelling with attached sun room and domestic garage, location of treatment plant, percolation area, vehicular entrance with piers and gates as amendments to previously approved application no. 04/52, and all associated site works
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2560078
2 Apr 2024Conditional
permission for a development consisting of the erection of a single storey glasshouse, existing entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460119
5 Sept 2023Conditional
retention permission for modifications to a development previously granted planning permission under planning application reference PL20/527. The Retrospective changes comprise the following: • Omission of a window to Existing Building and retention of existing building façade with no window • Provision of two new doorways to the rear of the new building extension • Omission of the proposed concrete ramp and steps to the building extension entrance door • Omission of the four existing high level windows to the rear of the building
Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2360191
13 Mar 2023Conditional
Permission to construct a new bungalow type dwelling house, proprietary waste water treatment unit, sand polishing filter, new entrance onto public road and all associated site works
Extension of duration · Monaghan County Council, 239003
14 Sept 2022Conditional
permission to erect a bungalow, insert filter units and percolation area, exit on to public road by a new single entrance and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 22402
3 Dec 2020Conditional
permission for development consisting of 1) demolition of existing extensions to the rear of former school building 2) construction of new extension to the rear of existing former school building with total floor 122 sq. metres, incorporating office/training rooms and toilet facilities and 3) modification to existing vehicular entrance, boundary wall and driveway incorporating the erection of fencing and installation of new gate, together with associated st edevelment works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 20527
16 Nov 2017Conditional
Permission to construct a new bungalow type dwelling house, proprietary waste water treatment unit, sand polishing filter, new entrance onto public road and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 17542
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 Knocknagrave.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knocknagrave.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knocknagrave.
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 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knocknagrave.
- 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 Knocknagrave with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.
The townland
- Name
- Knocknagrave · Cnoc na gCnámh
- Area
- 910,091 m² (91.01 ha, 224.89 acres)
- Civil parish
- Donagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Trough
- Electoral division
- Killylough, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Killylough electoral division: 614 people in 203 households; 93% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cloghernagh, Derrilla, Derrykinnigh Beg, Derrykinnigh More, Golan, Killycarran, Tonysillogagh
- Placenames
- Knocknagrave 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.