Mullan

4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mullan, from 111 m² to 155,255 m² (15.53 ha, 38.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Mullan 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.

• 7 Aug 2026N/a

  permission for development including connection to group sewage treatment system, car park and all associated site works. The development consists of the renovation and combined two-storey extension of two derelict structures and change of use to a gin distillery with bar, function room, storage, co-working office space, community facilities and signage. Significant further information received 3/8/21.

  Extension of duration · Monaghan County Council, 269012

• 31 Jul 2024Conditional

  (i) permission for development consisting of a part single storey/part 2-storey extension to the existing factory, connection to existing on-site wastewater treatment system, new hard standing areas, the extension and reconfiguration of existing car park, boundary fences, compensatory flood water storage area and all associated site works. (ii) planning permission is also being sought for the change of use of the ground floor of an existing building from manufacturing/storage to a restaurant/café including kitchen and lounge areas, elevational changes, first floor fire escape gantry, connection to existing wastewater treatment system and all associated site works. (iii) retention permission is being sought for the change of use of the first floor of an existing building from manufacturing/storage to a restaurant/café, amendments to the internal layout, alterations to elevations and new roof coverings. The first-floor restaurant space is currently being used as a canteen for factory workers

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460270

• 6 Apr 2023Conditional

  permission to consist of the construction of a single storey dwelling, single storey garage, connection to group sewage treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2360046

• 13 May 2022Conditional

  permission to construct a new public walkway together with footpaths, lighting, landscaping and all associated site works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 22218

• 23 Mar 2022N/a

  permission sought to change use of an existing storage shed to that of a restaurant together with kitchen, lounge and WC's, alteration of the existing internal layout, alterations to existing elevations, a new first floor fire escape gantry, connection to existing treatment system and all associated works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 22130

• 6 Oct 2021Conditional

  permission for a proposed new treatment system, reed bed percolation area, ancillary plant shed and all associated site works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 21556

• 30 Apr 2021Conditional

  permission for a development consisting of the construction of a new public playpark together with footpaths, lighting, and all associated site works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 21235

• 18 Mar 2021Conditional

  permission for development including connection to group sewage treatment system, car park and all associated site works. The development consists of the renovation and combined two-storey extension of two derelict structures and change of use to a gin distillery with bar, function room, storage, co-working office space, community facilities and signage. Significant further information received 3/8/21.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 21129

• 12 Oct 2020Conditional

  Permission to consist of the demolition of an existing agricultural shed, the construction of a two-storey house, upgrading of existing entrance, connection to group sewage treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 20417

• 12 Oct 2020Conditional

  permission for development consisting of the demolition of an existing lean-too structure, the construction of an extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling, alterations to the existing façade, the erection of a new domestic garage and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 20418

• 3 Sept 2019Conditional

  Permission for the erection of an industrial unit for storage and assembly, connection to existing on-site waste water treatment system, hard standing areas with car parking provision, access roadway including bridge, entrance onto public roadway including entrance walls, gates, piers and boundary fence together with all associated site works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 19413

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 Mullan.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Mullan.

Architectural heritage

• Mullan Mill, mill (water), 1840–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Former flax and woollen mill, built c.1850, comprising L-plan two-storey multiple-bay range to north and west, two-storey multiple-bay range to south, and single-storey range to east of central courtyard. Saw-tooth-roofed loom shed block, built c.1925, to west of main building. Pitched slate roof having cast-iron rainwater goods to L-plan block, hipped to east of north range, corrugated-iron roof to south and east blocks and saw-tooth-roofed block, curved roof to south and lean-to to east block. Harl-rendered walls, roughly coursed limestone and sandstone rubble visible to north elevation of north block. Square-headed window openings throughout, with some tooled limestone sills and some rendered brick sills, timber and metal window fittings. Some three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows to south elevation of south block. Square-headed door opening to east elevation having double-leaf timber battened door over recent timber fire door. Segmental-headed door opening to east elevation with double-leaf timber battened door and timber over-light. Square-headed door openings to south range having timber battened doors. Channel of millrace visible to south-west of complex, brick walls in facer bond and poured cement base. Three-centred-arch wheel pit opening having tooled sandstone voussoirs over and cast-iron grille leading to wheel bed. Gateway to north-east of complex comprising square-plan tooled limestone piers with render capping and rendered boundary walls, flanking double-leaf steel gate. Round-headed opening to north of gateway having tooled and ribbon-dressed limestone block-and-start surround and cast-iron pedestrian gate. Cast-iron water pipes and roof trusses extant to interior of saw-tooth-roofed block, timber ceilings and cast-iron water pipes to former sewing room to upper level of south range.

• O. McKenna, house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay split-level house, built c.1850, with gabled entrance bay. Currently unoccupied (March 2012) no longer in use. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystack in facer bond, and clay chimneypots. Replacement rainwater goods and clay ridge tiles. Render coping to porch. Coursed squared rubble limestone walls, recently partially re-rendered. Square-headed window openings having red brick surrounds, stone sills and timber sliding sash windows, one-over-one pane to front (north-west) and rear (south-east) elevations, two-over-two at first floor level, and six-over-six pane with steel railings at ground floor level to north-east elevation. Openings to south-west gable blocked. Porch comprises brick pediment supported on Doric-style render columns having tooled limestone bases on rendered plinth walls, with round-headed doorway having gauged red brick surround, timber panelled door and boarded fanlight, approached by two nosed limestone steps and concrete pathway. Square-headed door opening at ground floor level to south-west gable with double-leaf timber panelled door, having timber fascia over with 'O'McKENNA’ in raised lettering. Terrace of houses adjoining rear elevation.

• Worker's house, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-storey house, built c.1880, as one of three, with single-bay first floor and two-bay ground floor. Currently (arch 2012) unoccupied. Pitched slate roof with red-brick chimneystack and clay chimneypots, replacement rainwater goods and clay ridge tiles. Red brick walls laid in English garden wall bond. Gauged-brick square-headed window openings having render reveals, tooled limestone sills, and side-margined two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, blocked to ground floor to front and first floor to rear. Gauged-brick square-headed door openings to front and rear, render reveal and opening blocked to front.

• Worker's house, 1875–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-storey house, built c.1880, as one of terrace of three, with single-bay first floor and two-bay ground floor. Currently unoccupied (March 2012). Pitched slate roof with shared red brick chimneystack and clay chimneypots, replacement rainwater goods and clay ridge tiles. Red brick walls laid in English garden wall bond. Outline of outbuilding adjoining wall to rear (north-east) elevation. Gauged-brick square-headed window openings having render reveals, tooled limestone sills, and side-margined two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, blocked to ground floor to front (south-west) elevation. Gauged-brick square-headed door openings to front and rear, render reveal, timber battened door and overlight to front. Timber stairs and some fittings extant to interior.

• Worker's house, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, built c.1850 as part of terrace of eight, having gabled return and recent lean-to extension to rear (north-west), and blank middle bay to front elevation. Pitched slate roof, hipped to east corner, with shared red brick chimneystacks and clay chimneypots, roof-lights and replacement steel rainwater goods. Red brick eaves course and rendered walls having tooled block-and-start limestone quoins. Cast-iron wall-tie to side (north-east) elevation. Square-headed window openings with render reveals, painted masonry sills, and replacement two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Timber casement windows to first floor to front and north-east elevation, and to rear of main block. Square-headed door opening to front having timber battened door and tooled stone step and flanked by integral stone plinths. Square-headed door openings to north-east and south-west elevations of rear return with half-glazed timber battened doors and masonry steps.

• Worker's house, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1850, having recent gabled extension to rear (north-west), and blank middle bay to first floor front. Part of terrace of eight. Pitched slate roof with shared red brick chimneystack and clay chimneypots, roof-lights and replacement steel rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls having brick eaves course. Square-headed window openings with render reveals, painted masonry sills, and replacement two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Timber casement windows to first floor to front and to rear of main block. Square-headed door opening to front having timber battened door and tooled stone step, flanked by integral stone plinths.

• Worker's house, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1850, having recent central gabled extension to rear (north-west), and blank middle bay to first floor front. Part of terrace of eight. Pitched slate roof with shared red brick chimneystack and clay chimneypots, roof-lights to rear and replacement steel rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with brick eaves course. Square-headed window openings with render reveals, painted masonry sills, and replacement two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Timber casement windows to first floor to front and to rear of main block. Square-headed door opening to front having timber battened door and tooled stone step flanked by integral stone plinths.

• Worker's house, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1850, having recent central gabled extension to rear (north-west), and with blank middle bay to first floor. Part of terrace of eight. Pitched slate roof with shared red brick chimneystack and clay chimneypots, brick eaves course, roof-lights to rear and replacement steel rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with render reveals, painted masonry sills, and replacement two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Timber casement windows to first floor to front and to rear of main block. Square-headed door opening to front having timber battened door and tooled stone step, base flanked by inset tooled limestone plinths. Square-headed door opening to south-west elevation of rear extension with timber battened door.

• Worker's house, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1850, having recent central gabled extension to rear (north-west), and blank middle bay to first floor front. Part of terrace of eight. Pitched slate roof with shared red brick chimneystack and clay chimneypots, brick eaves course, roof-lights to rear and replacement steel rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with render reveals, painted masonry sills, and replacement two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Timber casement windows to first floor to front and to rear of main block. Square-headed door opening to front having timber battened door and tooled stone step, base flanked by inset tooled limestone plinths. Square-headed door opening to south-west elevation of rear extension with timber battened door.

• Worker's house, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1850, having recent central gabled extension to rear (north-west), and with blank middle bay to first floor. Part of terrace of eight. Pitched slate roof with shared red brick chimneystack and clay chimneypots, brick eaves course, roof-lights to rear and replacement steel rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with render reveals, painted masonry sills, and replacement two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Timber casement windows to first floor to front and to rear of main block. Square-headed door opening to front having timber battened door and tooled stone step, base flanked by inset tooled limestone plinths. Square-headed door opening to south-west elevation of rear extension with timber battened door.

• Worker's house, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1850, having recent central full-height gabled extension to rear (north-west), and with blank bay to first floor front. Part of terrace of eight. Pitched slate roof with shared red brick chimneystack and clay chimneypots and replacement steel rainwater goods. Rendered walls with brick eaves course. Square-headed window openings with render reveals, painted masonry sills, and replacement two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Timber casement windows to first floor to front and to rear of main block. Square-headed door opening to front having timber battened door and tooled stone step, base flanked by inset tooled limestone blocks. Square-headed door opening to south-west elevation of rear extension with timber battened door.

• Worker's house, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace L-plan three-bay two-storey house, built c.1850, having return to rear (north-west), and blank middle bay to first floor front. Part of terrace of eight. Pitched slate roof with shared red brick chimneystack and clay chimneypots, roof-lights to rear and replacement steel rainwater goods, roof hipped to rear return. Rendered walls with brick eaves course. Square-headed window openings with render reveals, painted masonry sills, and replacement two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Timber casement windows to first floor to front and to rear of main block. Square-headed door opening to front having timber battened door flanked by inset tooled limestone blocks. Door opens onto cement platform enclosed by recent railings. Square-headed door opening to rear with timber battened door and squared stone step.

• Hotel, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached five-bay two-storey former lodging house, built c.1850. Not currently in use. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, two rectangular-plan red-brick chimneystacks having clay chimneypots, and replacement steel rainwater goods. Coursed rubble limestone walls having tooled block-and-start sandstone quoins. Gauged-brick square-headed window openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds, rendered reveals, masonry sills, and original side-margined two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening to front (north-west) having tooled sandstone surround, timber battened door and blocked rectangular over-light. Door opens onto render step. Gauged-brick square-headed door opening to rear (south-east) with timber battened door. Wall surrounding door rendered, porch to rear now absent.

• Worker's house, 1875–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay split-level house, built c.1880, comprising two-storey front (south-east) elevation and single-storey rear (north-west) elevation. Part of terrace of six, adjoining lodging house to south-west by red brick extension having coursed rubble limestone base. Pitched slate roof with shared red brick chimneystack and clay chimneypots and clay ridge tiles. Replacement steel rainwater goods. Red brick walls laid in English garden wall bond, coursed rubble limestone to base of wall to rear, tooled limestone block-and-start quoins and cast-iron oval wall-tie to front. Gauged-brick square-headed window openings with render reveals, tooled limestone sills, and side-margined two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window to extension to front. Gauged-brick square-headed door opening to front having render reveal and double-leaf timber battened door.

• Worker's house, 1875–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay split-level house, built c.1880, comprising two-storey to front (south-east) elevation and single-storey to rear (north-west) elevation. Part of terrace of six. Pitched slate roof having shared red brick chimneystack with clay chimneypots. Replacement steel rainwater goods. Red brick walls laid in English garden wall bond, coursed rubble limestone to base of wall to rear. Gauged-brick square-headed window openings with render reveals, tooled limestone sills, and side-margined two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Gauged-brick square-headed door opening to front having render reveal and double-leaf timber battened door.

• Worker's house, 1875–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay split-level house, built c.1880, comprising two-storey to front (south-east) elevation and single-storey to rear (north-west) elevation. Part of terrace of six. Pitched slate roof having shared red brick chimneystack with clay chimneypots and replacement steel rainwater goods. Red brick walls laid in English garden wall bond, coursed rubble limestone to base of wall to rear. Gauged-brick square-headed window openings with render reveals, tooled limestone sills, and side-margined two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Gauged-brick square-headed door opening to front having render reveal and double-leaf timber battened door.

• Worker's house, 1875–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay split-level house, built c.1880, comprising two-storey to front (south-east) elevation and single-storey to rear (north-west) elevation. Part of terrace of six. Pitched slate roof having clay ridge tiles and shared red brick chimneystack with clay chimneypots and replacement steel rainwater goods. Red brick walls laid in English garden wall bond, coursed rubble limestone to base of wall to rear. Gauged-brick square-headed window openings with render reveals, tooled limestone sills, and side-margined two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Gauged-brick square-headed door opening to front having render reveal and double-leaf timber battened door.

• Worker's house, 1875–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay split-level house, built c.1880, comprising two-storey to front (south-east) elevation and single-storey to rear (north-west) elevation. Part of terrace of six. Pitched slate roof having clay ridge tiles and shared red brick chimneystack with clay chimneypots and replacement steel rainwater goods. Red brick walls laid in English garden wall bond having cast-iron wall-tie to front and coursed rubble limestone to base of wall to rear. Gauged-brick square-headed window openings with render reveals, tooled limestone sills, and side-margined two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Gauged brick square-headed door opening to front having render reveal and double-leaf timber battened door.

• Worker's house, 1855–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1860. Now derelict and roofless. Some cast-iron rainwater goods remaining. Coursed rubble limestone walls having tooled block-and-start sandstone quoins. Gauged-brick square-headed window openings with red brick surrounds, masonry sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Windows absent to rear (south-east) elevation. Square-headed door opening to front (north-west) having render reveal, timber panelled door having blocked glazed panel. Gauged brick square-headed door openings to north-east and south-west elevations with red-brick surrounds and timber fittings. Pair of square-plan rendered piers having render capping, adjoining rendered wall with render capping to front of house.

• Hall, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay two-storey village hall, built c.1850. Now derelict. Frame of pitched roof remains. Coursed rubble limestone walls with remnants of roughcast render, tooled block-and-start sandstone quoins, cast-iron wall-ties, and portion of cast-iron downpipe draining inwards through front (north-west) elevation. Gauged-brick square-headed window openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds, masonry sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, some absent or blocked. Square-headed door openings to north-east elevation at first and ground floor levels, having render reveal and timber fittings. Concrete canopy on square-plan pillars to first floor opening. Square-headed door openings to south-west elevation at first and ground floor levels, with double-leaf timber battened door to ground floor and single-leaf timber battened door at first floor level.

• Worker's house, 1875–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey house, built c.1880 as one of three, with single-bay first floor and to-bay ground floor. No longer in use. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystack and simple clay chimneypots, replacement rainwater goods and clay ridge tiles. Red brick walls laid in English garden wall bond having tooled block-and-start limestone quoins. Outline of outbuilding adjoining wall to rear (north-east) elevation. Gauged-brick square-headed window openings with render reveals, tooled limestone sills, and side-margined two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, blocked to ground floor to front (south-west) elevation. Gauged-brick square-headed door openings to front and rear, render reveal, timber battened door and over-light to front. Timber stairs and some fittings extant to interior.

• Worker's house, 1875–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace split-level house, built c.1880, having two-storey front (south-east) elevation and single-storey rear elevation, having single-bay first floor and two-bay ground floor. Part of terrace of six. Pitched slate roof having clay ridge tiles and shared red brick chimneystack with clay chimneypots and replacement steel rainwater goods. Red brick walls laid in English garden wall bond having tooled sandstone block-and-start quoins and coursed rubble limestone to base of wall to rear. Gauged brick square-headed window openings with render reveals, tooled limestone sills, and side-margined two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Gauged brick square-headed door opening to front having render reveal and double-leaf timber battened door.

• Water pump, 1865–1875 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c.1870, having banded shaft, fluted domed cap and neck, pointed finial, ram's head bucket grip and fluting to spout, curved cow's tail handle. Set on cast-iron base, covering well. Rendered surrounding wall now removed.

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 20 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 Mullan.

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

Name

Mullan · An Muileann

Area

295,854 m² (29.59 ha, 73.11 acres)

Civil parish

Errigal Trough, and its townlands

Barony

Trough

Electoral division

Figullar, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Figullar electoral division: 556 people in 170 households; 73% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghnaha, Ballynahone, Drumturk, Figanny, Figullar

Placenames

Mullan 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.