Derrygarra Upper

52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derrygarra Upper, from 38 m² to 69,218 m² (6.92 ha, 17.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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.

• M2Town Core (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M4White Lands (Built up area)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 2 Aug 2023Conditional

  to carry out the following alterations & works to an existing dwelling house (1) Renovate existing single storey dwelling house comprising of alterations to elevations, internal fit-out works, (2) Construct new single storey extension to front, (3) Construct new detached domestic garage to rear, and (4) Install new mechanical wastewater treatment system & percolation area, together with all associated site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2360124

• 15 Feb 2023Conditional

  for EXTENSION OF DURATION of 17/512: to erect single storey kitchen and living room extension to rear of dwelling, erect 1st floor bedroom extension to side of dwelling, also to carry out modifications to entrance porch and associated alterations to all elevations. Also, permission is sought to retain existing sunroom extension to side of dwelling and to retain the detached domestic garage, all at existing residence

  Extension of duration · Cavan County Council, 2353

• 27 Oct 2021Refused

  for the construction of a loose cattle shed and ancillary works (i.e. raising field level with fill to road level height, concrete yards, and roofed manure pit all for agricultural purposes only) in new farmyard area with new farm site entrance

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 21652

• 8 Nov 2019Conditional

  for rebuilding existing stone wall, supporting retaining wall which forms part of enabling works to construct development granted under planning Reg. No 18/557 and also temporary silt fence/curtain constructed during construction, re-piping existing culvert and all ancillary works. Permission also sought to retain canopy to the side of existing building

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 19439

• 21 Dec 2018Conditional

  to erect fully serviced single storey extension to form additional dining area with associated alterations to elevations and all ancillary works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 18557

• 4 Apr 2018Conditional

  to retain partial demolition of existing dwelling and partial construction of replacement structure with all associated siteworks. Planning permission also sought to demolish walls of existing dwelling and re-build the structure with additional floor area in similar design to the existing with all associated and ancillary works (Previous planning Reference No. 16/601 relates to the site)

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18135

• 6 Dec 2017Conditional

  to erect single storey kitchen and living room extension to rear of dwelling, erect 1st floor bedroom extension to side of dwelling, also to carry out modifications to entrance porch and associated alterations to all elevations. Also, permission is sought to retain existing sunroom extension to side of dwelling and to retain the detached domestic garage, all at existing residence

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 17512

• 29 Mar 2017Conditional

  to convert and extend first floor of existing premises known as The Derragarra Inn to form new function and dining rooms, along with all associated alterations to elevations and all ancillary works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 17119

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Oughter and Associated Loughs SAC 000007
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Oughter And Associated Loughs 000007

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Derrygarra Upper.

Architectural heritage

• Bridge, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Five-arch stone bridge, built c.1860, spanning Annalee River, having high point at centre span. Wide central segmental arches diminishing to both sides. Recent render finish to arch soffits. Piers of quarry-faced stone in varying course heights, V-cutwaters support bullnose piers with rounded caps on both elevations. Random rubble spandrel walls and rougly dressed arch rings of equal sized voussoir stones. Parapet walls of smaller random stones capped by curved dressed stone coping. Square-profile end piers on plinths with shallow pyramidal capstones.

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

At the centre of the townland of Derrygarra Upper, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2068 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Derrygarra Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.

Name

Derrygarra Upper

Area

368,011 m² (36.8 ha, 90.94 acres)

Civil parish

Castleterra, and its townlands

Barony

Loughtee Upper

Electoral division

Butler's Bridge, the unit of the census

Census 2022

501 people lived in 192 households in the Butler's Bridge electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 45% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghadrumgullin, Corracreeny, Derrygarra Lower, Drumahurk, Drummany, Kilnaglare Upper

Placenames

Derrygarra Upper 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.