Lisinisky
Lisinisky is a townland in the civil parish of Aghnamullen, barony of Cremorne, Co. Monaghan. Its name in Irish is Lios an Uisce.
- Area
- 121.7 ha
- 301 acres
- Land parcels
- 47
- registered freehold, median 11,726 m² (1.17 ha, 2.9 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lisinisky, from 63 m² to 359,362 m² (35.94 ha, 88.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Lisinisky 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
22 Oct 2025Conditional
permission for a development which will consist of 1. Redevelopment of existing derelict/fire damaged single storey dwelling house, 2. Redevelopment of attached out-building to include its incorporation into the dwelling house, 3. Construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the dwelling house, 4. Construction of a single storey porch to the front of the dwelling house and 5. Installation of a wastewater treatment system and raised mound percolation area together with all ancillary site development works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560427
5 Jun 2024Conditional
permission to construct a bungalow style dwelling house, domestic garage, new sewerage wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new entrance onto public road and all associated site development works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460203
23 Mar 2023Conditional
permission for a development consisting of temporary retention permission of existing mobile home and construction of single storey dwelling, detached garage, septic tank and percolation area, new entrance and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2360023
24 Jan 2019Conditional
permission for a single storey extension to rear of existing single storey commercial insulation storage shed and all associated site development works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 1924
6 Sept 2017Refused
Permission to construct a single storey extension to rear of existing single storey commercial thermal insulation storage shed and all associated site development works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 17423
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Loughbawn House Loughs 001595
Recorded monuments
- MO027-019 Crannog
Description
Depicted as a wooded promontory (max. dims c. 50m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW) on the SE shore of the S oval part (dims c. 540m NE-SW; c. 220m NW-SE at NE) of Black Lough on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map, and surrounded by marshy land in woodland. It proved impossible to inspect this monument. 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: 30 January 2018
- MO027-020 Crannog
Description
Located in a bay (dims c. 200m NE-SW; c. 120m NW-SE) on the SE shore of the small oval S part (dims c. 540m NE-SW; c. 220m NW-SE) of Black Lough. This is represented as a large island (dims c. 45m NW-SE; c. 35m NE-SW) on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. This is an overgrown platform (diam. 20m; H 0.7m over the water) composed of small stones. W of the crannog about fifteen piles can be seen in the water. 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: 30 January 2018
- MO027-021 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on the summit of a drumlin. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 33.5m NNE-SSW; 28m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank (at SSW: Wth 9m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 3.2m) which is largely reduced to a scarp (at NNE: Wth 4m; H 3m) and hedge separated by a rounded fosse (at SSW: Wth of top 9.7m; ext. D 1.8m) from an outer bank (Wth of base 3.5-6m; ext. H 1-1.8m) and hedge. There is a large depression, probably an old quarry inside the perimeter at S, and there are some tree-stumps in the interior. A modern field bank is built against the outer face of the outer bank NW-NE-SSE, and there is an external fosse (Wth of top 3.8m; ext. D 0.2m) recut as a field drain outside the outer bank SSE-W. The entrance through the inner (Wth of base 2.2m) and outer (Wth c. 7m) banks with a causeway (Wth of top 4.9m; H 1.3m) is at NE. 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: 30 January 2018
- MO027-041 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located at the crest of the S and SE-facing slopes of a drumlin, and overlooking Lough Bane, the W shore of which is c. 180m to the SE. A circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) is depicted on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’, and it is depicted a circular hachured feature on the 1907 edition. This is a circular overgrown area (diam. c. 28m) surrounded by an earthen bank with traces of external fosse. The entrance is at SE. 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: 30 January 2018
Architectural heritage
- Outbuilding, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey outbuilding with accommodation partly in roof pitch, built c.1860, having external rendered staircase to north gable, and with evidence for building being raised from single-storey structure. Full-width single-storey addition to rear with lean-to roof, and single-storey lean-to extension to south gable and having two bays advancing to front (west) of building. Pitched corrugated-iron roof, with metal-framed rectangular roof-lights, corrugated-iron cladding to roof and walls of addition. Exposed rubble limestone walls to front elevation, harl-rendered to north gable, rendered to south addition, and corrugated-iron clad to rear addition. Square-headed window openings with timber louvres and stone sills. Square-headed door openings with timber battened doors. Set back from road at T-junction.
- Handball alley, 1930–1935 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding handball alley, built 1932, having higher wall to north end, sloped east and west walls, and lower wall to south end. Mass concrete staircase leading to viewing platform at south. Roughcast rendered walls, concrete floor. Viewing platform has rendered retaining wall to west. Square-headed door opening with sheet metal door. Smooth rendered walls to interior, with markings painted on walls and floor.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Lisinisky, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lisinisky.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Lisinisky with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.
The townland
- Name
- Lisinisky · Lios an Uisce
- Area
- 1,217,314 m² (121.73 ha, 300.8 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aghnamullen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Cremorne
- Electoral division
- Corracharra, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 323 people lived in 104 households in the Corracharra electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Corgreagh, Corhelshinagh, Corracharra, Cortober, Drumcunnion, Fairtahy, Shantony
- Placenames
- Lisinisky 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.