Magheross

290 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Magheross, from 1 m² to 99,159 m² (9.92 ha, 24.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 227 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C6Existing Commercial (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community Services/Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 7 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
• R1Proposed Residential A (New/proposed residential)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Recreation/Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 3 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

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 25 Aug 2026N/a

  permission will consist of the widening of an existing entrance to a mixed use development complex

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2660351

• 29 Jul 2026N/a

  permission for a development which will consist of a bungalow dwelling with detached garage, new entrance and connection to public services

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2660328

• 14 Apr 2026Conditional

  permission for a development which will consist of the installation of a new predominantly two-storey school building, with a third-storey circulation core at 2nd floor level, and a new pedestrian access bridge from the existing carpark level to the 2nd floor level of the proposed new school building. The proposed development (1010m2) includes 2 no. Mainstream Classrooms, 1 no. Science Lab & Prep Area, 2 no. Art Rooms; and all associated site and ancillary works The above proposed development consists of works within the curtilage of protected structures including: Convent of Saint Louis School Building (Reg No: 41310083); Convent of Saint Louis School Building (Reg No: 41310084); Convent of Saint Louis Church/Chapel (Reg No: 41310085); Saint Louis Convent National School (Reg No: 41310064); Convent of Saint Louis Stables (Reg No: 41310065); Saint Louis Convent/Nunnery (Reg No. 41310066); Convent of Saint Louis Gates/Railings/Boundary Walls (Reg No: 41310067); School House (Reg No: 41310072). There are also two recorded monuments within the curtilage of the proposed site: Fortified House and Bawn: Drummond Otra (Reg No. MO031-034)

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2660135

• 12 Dec 2025Conditional

  permission for a development consisting of the retention of modular staff building and storage shed extension, construction of vehicle maintenance shed, connections to existing services and all associated site works.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560504

• 13 Oct 2025Conditional

  permission to retain and complete the partially complete development at this site the development consists of: -Permission to retain and complete 14 no. 2 beds apartments (Block C) as per previously granted applications Ref no. 04/50005 & 16/386, Retain and Complete -1 level carparking as per previously granted planning applications Ref no. 04/50005 & 16/386,Retain changes to surface level layout from previously granted applications Ref no. 04/50005 & 16/386 to include alterations to road layout & surface level car parking layout and to complete surface level layout to include footpaths, garden areas, open spaces, walls as per previously granted applications Ref no. 04/50005 & 16/386, Retain and complete entrance to lower level car park (level-1) onto Riverside Road as per previously granted planning application Ref no 04/50005 & 16/386 and all associated ancillary site development works and services

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2560408

• 18 Sept 2025N/a

  permission to retain and complete 14 no. 2 beds apartments (Block C) as per previously granted applications Ref no. 04/50005 & 16/386, retain and complete -1 level carparking as per previously granted planning applications Ref no. 04/50005 & 16/386, retain changes to surface level layout from previously granted applications Ref no. 04/50005 & 16/386 to include alterations to road layout & surface level car parking layout and to complete surface level layout to include footpaths, garden areas, open spaces, walls as per previously granted applications Ref no. 04/50005 & 16/386, retain and complete entrance to lower level car park (level-1) onto Riverside Road as per previously granted planning application Ref no 04/50005 & 16/386 and all associated ancillary site development works and services

  Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2560380

• 18 Dec 2024Conditional

  permission for development consisting of 11 number 2-bedroom Apartments together with 10 number 4-bed semi-detached 2-storey dwellings, and 4 number 3-bed semi-detached, 2-storey dwellings, bin store, bicycle shed and electrical store with site works to include boundary walls/fencing, paving and landscaping off existing approved entrance under planning reference 23/81 with connections to public services and ancillary site works, Significant Further Information received relates to, Revised Drawings, Stage 1 & 2 Road Safety Audit, Public Lighting Report

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2460461

• 5 Dec 2024Refused

  APPEALED - ACP - Decision: Refused. permission for the construction of 51no. Dwelling Units. To consist of 24no. 2 bed 2-storey semi-detached houses, 10no. 2 bed semi-detached bungalows houses, 10no. 3 bed 2-storey semi-detached houses, 6no. 4 bed 2-storey semi-detached house and 1no. 5 bed 2-storey detached houses. Including all associated site development works and also realignment works to Drumconrath Road to accommodate a new vehicular entrance including provision of a pedestrian footpath, pedestrian crossings and traffic calming measures, Significant Further Information relates to submitted, Consultant response, Construction & Demolition Management Plan, Public Lighting calculations, Submission response, Drawing register, surface water & ground water management plan, traffic & Transport assessment report, Road safety Audit

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2460437

• 26 Aug 2024Conditional

  permission for the change of use of the existing vacant / unfinished apartment block (unit no.s 01 to 06 Ascaill Rois - Associated with previous grants of planning Reference No.s - 04/1358, 06/2221 & 08/188) to 2no. semi-detached 3 bed room dwellings, demolition of an existing steel and concrete structure in the rear garden area and all associated site development works, Significant Further Information received relates to, submitted Water Protection checklist, revised drawings & a Lighting design report

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2460314

• 20 Aug 2024N/a

  permission to change of use of the existing vacant / unfinished apartment block (unit no.s 01 to 06 Ascaill Rois - Associated with previous grants of planning Reference No.s - 04/1358, 06/2221 & 08/188) to 2no. semi-detached 3 bed room dwellings, demolition of an existing steel and concrete structure in the rear garden area and all associated site development works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460297

• 8 Aug 2024Conditional

  permission for retention and completion of attached garage conversion with new front porch and extended living room to front and side of existing dwelling

  Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2460282

• 15 May 2024Refused

  permission to demolish existing storey and a half derelict dwelling and semi-detached garages and construct two storey detached building consisting of a semi - detached dwelling and 2 no. 2 bed apartments, pedestrian entrance onto Magheross Road, connection to existing public services, boundary treatments and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2460169

• 8 May 2024N/a

  permission sought to demolish existing storey and a half derelict dwelling and semi-detached garages and construct two storey detached building consisting of a semi - detached dwelling and 2 no. 2 bed apartments, pedestrian entrance onto Magheross Road, connection to existing public services, boundary treatments and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2460163

• 7 Nov 2023N/a

  permission for a development consisting of ground floor extension to front and rear and first floor extension to side of existing dwelling, with elevational changes and connecting to existing services on site, Significant Further Information received relates to Revised Site Plan / floor and elevations.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2360274

• 25 Sept 2023Refused

  permission for development consisting of the construction of 50no. Dwelling Units. To consist of 22no. 2 bed 2 storey semi-detached houses, 8no. 2 bed semi-detached bungalows houses, 10no. 3 bed 2 storey semi-detached houses, 8no. 4 bed 2 storey semi-detached house and 2no. 5 bed 2 storey detached houses. New vehicular entrance and all associated site development works, Significant Further Information relates to, Submission of drawings, NRB Transport assessment, Quality Audit, RFI Response, out door lighting report

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2360218

• 30 Aug 2023Conditional

  permission for development onsisting of the construction of a new Discount Foodstore Supermarket with ancillary off-licence sales on an extended site. The proposed development comprises: 1) The demolition of existing single storey Discount Foodstore (with ancillary off-licence use) measuring c. 1,631 sqm gross floor space with a net retail sales area of c. 1,174 sqm; 2) The construction of a single storey (with mezzanine plant deck) mono-pitch Discount Foodstore (with ancillary off-licence use) measuring 2,529 sqm gross floor space with a net retail sales area of 1,652 sqm; 3) Redevelopment / reconfiguration and extension of existing site layout, car parking and hard and soft landscaping, with reconfigured vehicular accesses from existing access road to Oriel Road and reconfigured pedestrian access from Ardee Road; and, 4) Provision and renewal of boundary treatments, free standing and building mounted signage, covered trolley bay, refrigeration and air conditioning plant and equipment, ESB unit sub-station, public lighting, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, roof mounted solar panels, cycle parking, modification of existing drainage, utility and services infrastructure and connections, extension and refurbishment of existing access road, and all other associated and ancillary development and works above and below ground level. Significant further information relates to the submission of an updated waste management plan & road safety audit

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2360183

• 9 Mar 2023Conditional

  permission for development consisting of reducing levels, on existing site of soil and stone approximately 3000 cubic metres including new site entrance and new front boundary post and rail fence 1.8 metre high

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2381

• 21 Oct 2022N/a

  permission consisting of the construction of a two/three storey mixed development unit comprising two commercial units on the ground floor and three two bedroomed apartments on the first and second floor, connection to existing services and all associated site works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 22462

• 21 Sept 2022Conditional

  planning permission for change of front elevation on first floor from cladding to plaster and retain changes to front elevation for bay window and porch roof with brick finish

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 22412

• 2 Aug 2022N/a

  permission for development consisting of 51 dwelling units. To consist of 2 No. 5 bed 2 storey detached house, 1 No. 4 bed 2 storey detached house, 10 No.4 bed 2 storey semi-detached house, 12 No.3 bed 2 storey semi detached houses, 18 No.2 bed storey semi detached houses and 8 No.2 bed 1 storey semi detached bungalows. New vehicular entrance and all associated site development works. Significant further information received in relation to revised development description to include reduction in house numbers and change of house types.

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 22344

• 9 Jun 2022N/a

  permission consisting of the demolition of a single storey semi-detached domestic shed and construction of 3 storey flat roof extension (under existing ridge line) to the rear of existing two storey semi-detached dwelling, alterations and additions to elevations, internal alterations, new entrance and 2 no. car parking spaces to the front of dwelling, connections to existing public mains and all associated site development works.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 22260

• 1 Apr 2022Conditional

  permission to replace existing rear extension with new part single storey and part two storey extension to rear of existing dwelling, off existing entrance and associated site works. Significant further information relates to change of orientation of extension to rear and change of elevations, floor plan layouts to extension.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 22140

• 13 Jan 2022Conditional

  retention permission for development consisting of; retention of single storey extension to side of existing dormer bungalow, alterations and additions to elevations, and all associated site development works

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2210

• 25 Nov 2021Conditional

  retention permission is sought for the following changes made during the course of construction to primary care centre previously approved under planning application ref. no. 18/537; (a) retain revised site boundaries; (b) retain a reduction in the overall number of car parking spaces; (c) retain relocation of services building on site, and changes to services building design; (d) retain extension to front elevation, comprising of enlarged stair core; (e) retain alterations to elevations; (f) retain all modifications to internal layout; (g) together will all associated site works

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 21650

• 25 Nov 2021N/a

  permission for a development consisting of the (i) construction of 46 new dwellings, including 20 two-bedroomed apartments and 26 three-bedroom dwellings. New storm and foul drainage (including storm water attenuation) will be connected to the existing system. Vehicular access to the development will be via Riverside Road, Carrickmacross, and pedestrian access will also be provided from Ardee Road. (ii) The development will make use of the partially complete concrete structure and retaining wall, and the existing below podium car parking provision at Magheross Phase 1 (16/386). (iii) And all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21652

The 25 most recent of 39 applications.

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 Magheross.

Recorded monuments

• MO031-035001 Church
  Description

  Situated on a bluff overlooking the valley of a small NNW-SSE stream, c. 100m to the NE. It is identified as the early church of Cell-rois in Feara-rois (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 375) and the deaths of abbots of Feara-Rois are recorded in AD 825 and 845 (AFM), but this identification is not certain. The original parish church of Magheross is listed as Ros in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV (Cal. doc. Ire, 5, 212), and at the Suppression of the monasteries in 1540 the tithes were largely impropriate to the Crutched friars (LH017-101022-) of Ardee (White 1943, 225). The church was described as standing but not repaired in 1622 and from 1629-1766 it was united with the parish of Kilskeery in Co. Tyrone (Leslie 1929, 30, 222-4). An Inscription over the doorway in the W wall of the present structure states 'this church was ruined in the Rebellion of 1641 and rebuilt in the year 1682'. The Church of Ireland parish church moved to its present location c. 300m to the N on the Main St. of Carrickmacross in 1779 (Shirley 1879, 361). (McKenna 1920, 1, 455-73) This church is a rectangular building (ext. dims 21.5m E-W; 9.1m N-S; int. dims 19.9m E-W; 7.45m N-S) with a well-preserved square tower (ext. dims 3.95m N-S; 3.2m) attached as a secondary feature at the W end. The walls survive fairly well (H 3m), apart from the window openings, of which there are two large ones on the N wall, and two equally large but not opposed windows on the S wall. In addition the S wall has a narrower window towards the E end and there are cupboards towards the E end of the N wall and S end of the E wall. There is a large window opening, now pointed but probably rounded originally, in the E wall, but no dressed stone survives from the windows. The W doorway (Wth 1.33m; H 2.02m) has a flat elliptical arch and dressed surrounds, with the graffiti ‘P 1727’ carved on the external N architrave, but the vandal only managed ‘P 1’ on the S jamb. Overhead is a plaque (Wth 1.13m; H 0.66m) with a legend incised in cursive script describing the church as ruined in 1641 and rebuilt in 1682 (Shirley 1879, 361-2). The tower has a round-headed doorway (Wth 1.14m; H 2.02m) in the N wall with a niche above for a plaque which is missing, and internally there are brick-arched recesses on each wall. The joists for the first floor were set into the N and S walls and the floor would have obscured the plaque on the W wall of the church. The first floor has a doorway on the S side to facilitate bell-ringers. There are no further floors but a second level is featureless and the belfry stage has four narrow elliptical-headed openings and an external string-course. A corbelled spire rises over the crenelations of an inaccessible parapet, and the beam from which the bell would have been suspended is in place beneath the spire. The church is in a circular graveyard (diam. c. 50m) defined by masonry walls with an added wedge at NW connecting it to Magheross Road and the entrance gateway, which is kept locked but the key is held at the council building c. 300m to the ESE. The headstones date from c. 1750 - c. 1850, but the graveslab dated 1664 that was SE of the church (Shelly 2007, 5) is no longer present or was not noted in 2016. The graveslab of John Carver dated 1711 is in the church and just E of the Carver slab is the graveslab (Wth 0.93m; L 1.93m) of John Daniell with a crest and the date 1681. This stone is illegible now but the inscription was recorded by Shirley (1879, 363). A headstone in the graveyard that was probably a late medieval churchyard cross (ibid. 367; ITA Survey 1942) is no longer present. There is a bullaun stone (ext. diam. 0.42-0.45m; H 0.33m plus) with a single basin (diam. 0.29m; D 0.2-0.24m) in the graveyard beside the path to the church. 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 1 December 2016

• MO031-035002 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a bluff overlooking the valley of a small NNW-SSE stream, c. 100m to the NE. The post-medieval parish church of Magheross is in a circular graveyard (diam. c. 50m) defined by masonry walls with an added wedge at NW connecting it to Magheross Road and the entrance gateway, which is kept locked but the key is held at the council building c. 300m to the ESE. The headstones date from c. 1750-c. 1850, but the graveslab dated 1664 (MO031-035003-) that was SE of the church (Shelly 2007, 5) is no longer present. The graveslab of John Carver dated 1711 is in the church and just E of Carver’s is the graveslab of John Daniell (MO031-035004-) with a crest and the date 1681. A headstone that is probably a re-used medieval churchyard cross (MO031-035005-) is no longer present but there is a bullaun stone (MO031-035006-) beside the path to the church. Archaeological monitoring (08E0260) of a sewage scheme in Carrickmacross identified no archaeological features on Magheross Road immediately outside the graveyard on the W side (Delaney 2011, 2012).. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 1 December 2016 Amended: 16 January 2020

• MO031-035003 Graveslab
  Description

  A graveslab dated 1664 that was SE of the Magheross church (MO031-035001-) (Shelly 2007, 5) is no longer present or was not recognized in 2016. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 December 2016

• MO031-035004 Graveslab
  Description

  The graveslab (Wth 0.93m; L 1.93m) of John Daniell with a crest and the date 1681 is in the parish church of Magheross (MO031-035001-) just E of the graveslab of John Carver, the first Master of the Free School, dated 1711. The inscription on the Daniell slab is illegible now but it was recorded by Shirley (1879, 363) as: HERE LYETH THE BODY / OF JOHN DANIELL ESQV. / OF DALESBERY IN CHES / HIRE IN THE KINGDOME / OF ENGLAND WHO / DESEASED JVNE THE / SIXTH IN THE YEAR / ONE THOVSAND SIX / HVNDRED EIGHTY AND / ONE AGED 97 YEARS. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 1 December, 2016

• MO031-035005 Cross - Churchyard cross
  Description

  A headstone that is probably a re-used medieval churchyard cross (Davies ITA Survey 1942) is no longer present in the graveyard of Magheross parish church (MO031-035001-), but it has been described and illustrated by (Shirley 1879, 367). It has an expanded head which has chamfered edges and is decorated with running animals. The head also has the partial inscription: THIS AND / CROS THA / T IEVERM. The reverse had what appears to be intended as a harp. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 2 December 2016

• MO031-035006 Bullaun stone
  Description

  There is a bullaun stone in the graveyard of Magheross parish church (MO031-035001-) beside the path. It is a sandstone cylinder (ext. diam. 0.45m x 0.42m; H 0.33m plus) with a single basin (int. diam. 0.29m x 0.28m; D 0.2-0.24m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 December, 2016

• MO031-138 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Located on the SW bank of a small NW-SE stream, c. 50m SE of the bridge (MO031-105----) and c. 80m NNE of Maheross church (MO031-035001-). A well close to the bridge is depicted on an illustration of Essex Castle (MO031-034001-) from 1736, albeit on the NE side of the stream. Shirley (1845, 171) records a well near the church, which was known locally as ‘Tober Inver’, but as there was no saint of this name in the martyrologies he thought the saint’s name was a corruption of Fionnbharr. However, the well is more likely to have been named after Finnian of Movila, Co. Down rather than Fionnbharr of Cork (Ó Riain 2011, 333-4). A well described as ‘Tober Inver’ in gothic lettering is depicted on the 1834 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. The well does not survive, although there is a shrine to St. Fionnbharr. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 20 July 2017

Architectural heritage

• Magheross Graveyard, church/chapel, 1525–1685 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding medieval parish church of c.1550, substantially rebuilt 1682 as Church of Ireland church, with square-plan three-stage tower to north. Now in ruins. Rubble limestone walls, having tooled limestone string courses and quoins to tower. Building set within graveyard on elevated site. Square-plan late seventeenth-century ashlar gate piers to boundary with blocked cornices and ball finials with replacement metal gates and rubble stone walls.

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 5 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_2667 (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 Magheross with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.

Name

Magheross · Machaire Rois

Area

572,217 m² (57.22 ha, 141.4 acres)

Civil parish

Magheross, and its townlands

Barony

Farney

Electoral division

Carrickmacross Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Carrickmacross Rural electoral division: 4,291 people in 1,518 households; 63% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Drummond Etra, Drummond Otra, Kilmactrasna, Magheraboy, Mullanarry, Tullynaskeagh East, Tullynaskeagh West

Placenames

Magheross 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.