Latlorcan
Townland in the civil parish of Monaghan, barony of Monaghan, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Leacht Lorcáin
Parcel 317289
- Area
- 1,192 m²
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it, 189 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- R2 Existing Residential (Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031) The objective
C2.1 Industry/Enterprise/Employment (Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031) The objective - Townland
- Latlorcan
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- No susceptibility class on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2374 (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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 61.5 ha
- 152 acres
- Land parcels
- 237
- registered freehold, median 321 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 35
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
237 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Latlorcan, from 7 m² to 43,135 m² (4.31 ha, 10.66 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 190 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Industry/Enterprise/Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 22 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community Services/Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4Strategic Residential Reserve
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 - C6Existing Commercial (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 4 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 · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
5 May 2026Conditional
retention permission and permission for the residential development as under construction pursuant to permission 19441 (as extended under 25/9002) and as amended under permission 25/60317 Retention Permission is sought for the following works: •Works for plot units 24-27 inclusive to include for retention of works to subfloor level as constructed. Permission is sought for the following works: •A revised unit mix for units 1-27 to provide for a total of 8 no. 2bed and 19 no. 3bed dwellings (change of house types from units as granted); •Associated reconfiguration of curtilage works associated with units 1-27 inclusive; •Amendments to façade and design of units 1-27; •Associated amendments to site landscaping and ancillary works within the site
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2660177
4 Mar 2026Conditional
permission for the erection of 1 No. two storey detached domestic dwelling, together with domestic garage, vehicular access, connection to site services and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2610
25 Aug 2025N/a
permission for development which consists of the demolition of the existing unused house and the construction of a new two storey dwelling house, an altered location of the entrance to serve the site and a plot to the west of the site, connection to the foul sewer in the area and all associated site works, Significant Further Information received relates to submitted, Revised site layout plan, Road Safety Audit stage 1, proposed storm drainage layout & Flood Risk Assessment
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2560343
11 Aug 2025Conditional
Retention permission and permission for the residential development as under construction pursuant to permission 19441 (as extended under 25/9002). Retention Permission is sought for the following works:•Amendments to units 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37, 38 and 39 which incorporate a single storey rear extension;•Amendment to unit 30 to omit the underpass walkway;•Amendments to facades and design of units 28-41 as constructed;•Reconfiguration of rear garden walls to rear of units 36-41.•Reconfiguration of curtilage for units 36-41. Permission is sought for the following works:•Revised phasing within the overall scheme;•Provision of an ESB substation;•Revised boundary wall to rear gardens of units 36-41;•Revised road layout at front of unit 35 so that the shared surface connects into the wider estate road;•Amendments to house units 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 26 to provide for a single storey rear extension;•Amendments to units 2, 8 and 25 to omit the underpass walkways;•Amendments to façade and design of units 1-27;•Associated amendments to site landscaping and ancillary works within the site. Significant Further Information received relates to an Outdoor Lighting Report, Housing Quality Assessment, revised project description, and amended drawings.
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560317
4 Aug 2025N/a
planning permission for a development consisting of demolition of existing unused house and the construction of a new two storey dwelling house, an altered location of the entrance to serve the site and a plot to the west of the site, connection to the foul sewer in the area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2560300
13 Mar 2025Conditional
The outline permission consists of the following particulars: 1. The provision of 31no. residential dwellings. 2. The provision of a new access road, culvert and site works to provide access to the lands. 3. The provision of associated public open spaces 4.The provision of associated site works to include for infilling and reprofiling of site levels along with site drainage infrastructure and all associated works for connections to water, foul and ESB services.
Outline permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560102
5 Mar 2025Conditional
permission from Monaghan County Council for change of use of an existing dwelling to homeless and emergency accommodation and all ancillary and associated works. Significant Further Information received relates to a Water Protection Plan Checklist, Carparking, Site Characterisation Report, revised plans, and other documents.
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560085
3 Mar 2025Conditional
permission for development consisting of (a) site works to facilitate the proposed development to include excavation and general site preparation works. (b) creation of an access point to the lands via Latlorcan estate along with construction of a bridge to facilitate the internal access road to the lands. (c) provision of internal access roads and footpaths to facilitate vehicular and pedestrian access. (d) provision of a residential development comprising 42 no. units in total as follows: house type A - 3 no. 3 bed semi-detached dwellings, house type B - 15 no. 2 bed semi-detached dwellings, house type C - 4 no. 3 bed semi-detached dwellings, house type D - 8 no. 2 bed terrace dwellings, house type E - 5 no. 3 bed terrace dwellings, house type F - 5 no. 4 bed terrace dwellings, house type G - 2 no. 4 bed semi-detached dwellings. (e) provision of associated garden areas and in-curtilage works for each dwelling to include parking boundary fencing and boundary walls as required. (f) provision of residential communal open space areas to include all hard and soft landscape works within the site which includes public lighting, public seating, planting works, a children's play area and boundary treatments. (g) creation of a pedestrian access onto Dublin Road. (h) associated site works and attenuation systems as well as all ancillary site development/construction works to facilitate site drainage and foul networks for connection to the existing foul, storm and public water networks along with connection works to the ESB network. Significant Further Information relates to the submission of a road safety audit, a flood risk assessment and water protection plan.
Extension of duration · Monaghan County Council, 259002
24 Feb 2025Conditional
permission for development consisting of: a) Minor amendments to the elevational treatments to the previously permitted planning application (Reference: 22/510) b) The construction of a new two-storey extension linked to the existing post-primary school consisting of 6 no. general classrooms, 1 no. construction studies room with a preparation area, 2 no. science laboratories with a preparation area, 1 no. specialist classroom, 4 no. tuition rooms and 3 no. classbase special educational need suite and ancillary accommodation (total area = 2,230m², no change to previously permitted planning reference: 22/510) c) The installation of a solar PV array of 32 panels each of which are 1800mm x 1100mm with a total peak output of 12.8kW. d) The installation of polyester powder-coated individual lettering pin-mounted on spacers raised off the surface and rear illuminated (LED) to the north elevation of the proposed extension e) and associated ancillary site works (no change to previously permitted planning reference: 22/510)
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560062
5 Nov 2024Conditional
permissions for change of use of from an existing dwelling to managed accommodation and all ancillary and associated works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460401
25 Oct 2024Conditional
permission for construction of 2no. Industrial units together with ancillary staff facilities, car & bicycle parking, electrical charging points, covered storage structures, building signage, totem signage, standalone ESB substation, new gated access & boundary treatments, new footpath, connection to storm and foul drainage system, all associated ancillary site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460390
7 Jun 2024Refused
permission for change of use from split level bungalow dwelling with integrated garage to 2 no. B & B accommodation units on ground floor and lower ground floor levels, alterations to elevations and associated works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460207
31 May 2024Conditional
permission to retain as constructed changes to two storey type dwelling house with attic storage loft and as constructed changes to detached storey and a half games room and domestic storage area to rear of dwelling previously granted in Planning Permission Ref. No. 22-220 together with all associated site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460199
21 May 2024N/a
permission is sought for change of use from split level bungalow dwelling to 2no. B&B accommodation units on ground floor and lower ground floor levels, alterations to elevations and associated works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460183
24 Apr 2024N/a
permission for development consisting of the demolition of the existing unused house and the construction of a new two storey dwelling house, with entrance via existing entrance, connection to the foul sewer in the area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2432
14 Dec 2022Conditional
permission for development consisting of: a) The construction of a new two-storey extension linked to the existing postprimary school consisting of 6 no. general classrooms, 1 no. construction studies room with a preparation area, 2 no. science laboratories with a preparation area, 1 no. specialist classroom, 4 no. tuition rooms and 3 no. classbase special educational need suite and ancillary accommodation (total area = 2,230m²) b) The installation of a solar PV array of 32 panels each of which are 1800mm x 1100mm with a total peak output of 12.8kW. c) The installation of polyester powder-coated individual lettering pin-mounted on spacers raised off the surface and rear illuminated (LED) to the north elevation of the proposed extension d) Associated ancillary site works including, a 1.8m timber fence inside of and adjacent to the northern boundary, the construction of 2no. ballcourts, realignment and widening of the existing internal access road, realignment of the existing on-site car parking and hard surface play areas. The existing no. of car parking spaces is 48, the proposed new no. of car parking spaces shall be 89, which includes no. 4 universal access car parking spaces and an additional 2 no. universal access set down points
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 22510
27 May 2022Conditional
permission to erect 837.00 m2 or 154.35 kWp of photovoltaic panels on the roofs of our existing manufacturing buildings, behind the office area, in our factory; with all associates site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 22239
25 May 2022Conditional
permission consisting of new ramp access to the sports field and all associated site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 22235
16 May 2022Conditional
permission consisting of the erection of a two storey type dwelling house with side windows and front dormer windows to attic domestic storage loft, constructed on existing completed foundation base/sub floor on partially developed site, proposed detached storey and a half domestic garage and domestic storage area to rear of dwelling, connection to existing public storm water/public foul sewer/public water supply connection on site and all other associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 22219
16 May 2022Conditional
permission consisting of the erection of a two storey type dwelling house with side windows and front dormer windows to attic domestic storage loft, constructed on existing completed foundation base/sub floor on partially developed site, proposed detached storey and a half games room and domestic storage area to rear of dwelling, connection to existing public storm water/public foul sewer/public water supply connections on site and all other associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 22220
13 Apr 2022Conditional
permission to construct new part single storey, part two storey Early Childhood Education & Care Facility containing Entrance Hall, 3 No. Pre-school rooms, one with Sleep Room & Toddler Changing Area, 1 No. Creche Room with ancillary Sleep Room, Milk Room & Changing Area, Staff Room, 2 No. Offices, Kitchen, Utility Room, Laundry and toilets, Plant Room, Bin Store, Store, Games Room, ancillary external signage, also provision of requisite onsite car parking and set down area, outdoor playing areas, perimeter fencing, new entrance gates onto existing access road, connection to existing public storm & foul sewer and public water mains and all other associated site development works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 22170
6 Apr 2022N/a
permission for a development consisting of the construction of a new two storey extension linked to the existing post primary school consisting of 6 no. general classrooms, 1 no. construction studies room with preparation area and store, 2 no. science laboratories with preparation area, 1 no. specialist classroom, 4 no. special tuition rooms and 3 no. classbase special educational needs suite and ancillary accommodation (total area 2,230sq.m). To include associated ancillary siteworks, construction of 2 no. ballcourts, realignment and widening of existing internal access road and realignment of existing on site car parking and hard surface play area. Existing no. of car spaces is 48, proposed no. of car spaces shall be 59. Existing temporary accommodation (262sq.m) comprising 2 no. general classrooms, 1 no. special educational needs classroom and toilet block to be removed upon completion of the extension
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 22153
15 Sept 2021Conditional
permission to erect a single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, treatment plant, percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works. Significant further information submitted including revised location and design of single storey dwelling with detached domestic garage, treatment plant, percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21520
6 Aug 2021Conditional
permission for the erection of a two storey type dwelling house with domestic storage and windows to attic space, constructed on existing completed foundation base/sub floor on partially developed site, connection to existing public storm water/public foul sewer/public water supply connections on site and all other associated siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21451
2 Jun 2021Conditional
permission to erect a two storey type dwelling house with domestic storage and windows to attic space, constructed on existing completed foundation base/sub floor on partially developed site, connection to existing public storm water/public foul sewer/public water supply connections on site, domestic store located to north rear boundary and all other associated siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21314
The 25 most recent of 35 applications.
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 Latlorcan.
Recorded monuments
- MO009-077 Stone head
Description
Attached to the external front wall of a derelict farmhouse which is indicated on the 1835 'OS 6-inch' map. A stone carving of a human head in raised relief. The head is long and narrow, with oval bulging eyes and a full beard and is wearing a scalloped headpiece. Believed to have come from Faulkland Castle (MO009-059----) where it was probably used as a corbel. (pers. comm. Shirley Clerkin, Monaghan Heritage Officer). Date of upload/revision: 23 June 2011
Architectural heritage
- Saint Macartan's Catholic Cathedral, gate lodge, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey gate-lodge, built c.1890, facing east, with gable-fronted porch to central bay, single-bay single-storey gabled return to rear, lower single-bay single-storey cell to north-west angle,and with canted bay window to south gable. Pitched natural slate roof with cut-stone copings with carved sandstone finials and skew-blocks, hooped terracotta ridge tiles, finial of wrought-iron to gable of return, and hipped slate roof to lower part. Carved sandstone eaves course, ashlar sandstone chimneystack with terracotta pots, profile guttering, square-plan downpipes and holderbats of cast-iron. Squared, coursed tooled rock-face sandstone walls with ashlar block-and-start quoins, and dressed sandstone plinth course. Square-headed window openings, shouldered to front and south elevations, with block-and-start sandstone surrounds, chamfered reveals and horned timber sliding sash windows, one-over-one pane except to window of north gable which is two-over-two pane. Paired openings to west elevation with carved iconography with shield motif and religious busts within series of three craved pointed arches and having sandstone hood-moulding over. Canted bay window has roll moulding to window heads, and carved episcopal heraldry and inscription 'PRO DEO ET PATRIA' within trefoil frame with hood-moulding. Shouldered square-headed door opening with carved timber panelled door, with roll-moulded lintel and moulded shoulders, and trefoil-headed stained-glass overlight, all within pointed-arch recess with carved sandstone hood-moulding. Set with grounds of Saint Macartan's Cathedral.
- Saint Macartan's Catholic Cathedral, cathedral, 1860–1895 · National interest
Description
Freestanding Gothic Revival Catholic cathedral, built 1861-92, standing on hill at south-east end of Monaghan Town. Comprises gable-fronted five-bay nave with side aisles, half-octagonal-plan baptistery attached to north two bays along, two-bay transepts, clerestorey to nave and transepts, four-stage tower with elaborate spired top to re-entrant corner of nave and south transept, two-bay chancel with half-octagonal-plan apse, double-pile side chapels to re-entrant corner of nave and chancel, and five-bay two-storey chapter house to east end of north side of nave, with two-bay side elevations. Pitched slate roofs, hip-ended to apse and baptistery, with wrought-iron cross finials, clay tile ridge, broken coursed rubble limestone parapet with moulded stone copings. Sculpted stone crosses to apexes of all gables. Square-profile cast-iron rainwater goods with decorative hoppers. Chapter house has similar detailing, and ashlar chimneystacks with moulded string courses and copings, and half-octagonal-plan ends. Tower spire of octagonal plan with crocketed top with wind vane, string courses, two rows of lucarnes, upper having double-light trefoil-headed window openings with gabled hoods to cardinal points, decorative scalloped sandstone band to base of upper lucarnes and across spires of lower lucarnes, lower row of lucarnes having spired openwork canopies to all facets with cross finials and false lucarnes over trefoil-headed open sides borne on colonettes with capitals and bases, lucarnes to cardinal points having timber louvres. Snecked dressed ashlar limestone walls with high stepped plinth, continuous sloped sill course, moulded cornice to base of parapet. Octagonal-plan turrets to west elevation and square-plan to transepts, latter with octagonal-plan upper parts. Stepped buttresses to all corners of church and tower, between windows of side aisles, chancel and between bays of clerestorey, with gabled tops. Turrets to transept corners, with spires having false lucarnes, and wrought-iron cross finials. West front has openwork spires to turrets, with pointed windows having continuous gabled hood-mouldings, moulded cornices and wrought-iron cross finials, structures to nave corners being taller and finer. Trefoil-headed arcade of seven niches to mid-level of each transept gable with colonettes and statues. Chapter house has similar walling to church, but lacks high plinth. Tower has similar walling to church, with sloping sill course to each stage and with moulded corbel course to top stage beneath moulded cornice. Pointed-arch window openings throughout. Triple-light to nave with trefoils to spandrels, and double-light to clerestorey, all with trefoil heads and having quatrefoils above. Windows to west ends of side aisles similar to those of nave but having sexfoils over instead of quatrefoils. Elaborate rose window to west front comprising sexfoil divided into trefoil-headed lobes with sexfoils to spandrels, and with quatrefoils to outer spandrels, set within moulded surround within pointed-arch recess with colonettes in two orders, roundels and quatrefoil motifs to tympanum and spandrels. Quatrefoil to upper west gable. Baptistery has single-light trefoil-headed windows with quatrefoils. Transepts have double-light windows to lower stage with cinquefoils above, and ten-foil rose windows. Chancel has double-light windows, five to apse, with trefoil heads and having sexfoils over. Chapter house has double-light trefoil-headed windows to ground floor, except for triple-lights to gables, and triangular arrangement of quatrefoils to first floor, again except for double-light windows to gables. Tower has paired pointed-arch double-light windows to top stage with trefoil heads having sexfoils above, and louvres, third stage has trios of simple trefoil-headed lancets, with clock across each face, second stage has statue atop corbel base, with hood, and bottom stage has double-light windows with trefoil heads, and cinquefoil over. All windows having dressed voussoirs, hood-mouldings with stops and sloping sills. All windows, except those to clerestorey, middle stages of tower and chapter house, have engaged colonettes. Entrances to south side of tower, to west front of nave and side aisles, and to north and west elevations of chapter house. Main entrance in west front comprises pair of shouldered square-headed openings with timber battened doors with ornate wrought-iron strap hinges, pier with red marble colonette to middle, and tympanum with carved marble figure sculpture, all within pointed three-order arch with red marble colonettes, with gable above having sexfoil detail to tympanum, and flanked by statues set within pointed-arch niches with trefoil details over, and having gables. Subsidiary entrances to side aisles comprise double-leaf timber battened doors with ornate wrought-iron strap hinges, two order surrounds with red marble colonettes, and plain tympani. Entrances to chapter house comprises shouldered square-headed opening with double-leaf timber battened door with decorative wrought-iron strap hinges, flanked by single order with red marble colonettes, chamfered surrounds to inner and outer openings, eight-foil window to tympanum, and flanked by trefoil-headed sidelights. Interior has polychrome mosaic floor to entrance area, limestone flag floor elsewhere. Elaborately carved timber lobbies to entrances, each with arcade detail to cornice, trefoil frieze, carved corbel details, carved timber panels and double-leaf doors, with stained glass and colonette detailing. Carved white marble font with inlaid red and grey marble panels.Pointed arcades to nave and transepts with round columns except for crossing which has square piers with engaged columns, having moulded bases and sculpted capitals, and moulded archivolts. Pointed barrel vaulted timber ceiling to chancel, timber hammerbeam roof to nave with double trusses, each pair supported on hanging post with colonettes atop limestone human head corbel with billet-moulded cornice. Interior reordered 1980s and high altar and reredos and other altar furniture removed and replaced with modern altar furniture and steps. Organ gallery to west end comprises elaborate five-bay carved timber organ housing with gables to alternate bays, carved detail to top, gallery rail with arcade detail and supported on carved timber brackets, whole atop triple arcade supported on red marble columns. Cathedral stands within lawned grounds, with bishop's house to east, and with gate lodge and elaborate gates to west.
- Saint Macartan's Catholic Cathedral, bishop's palace, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey bishop's house, built c.1890, with full-height canted bays to front elevation, oriel window over entrance, oriel window to west elevation, two-storey projection to east elevation, two-storey returns to rear, two-bay single-storey extension to north-west angle, two-bay two-storey return and single-storey addition to north-east angle, and two-bay two-storey return to north. Hipped natural slate roofs with grey clayware ridge tiles, dressed coursed rock-faced limestone chimneystacks with carved limestone copings and terracotta pots, profile cast-iron guttering and downpipes, hoppers and holderbats. Roof concealed by parapet at front elevation, with carved sandstone pediment to oriel window to entrance bay surmounted by wrought-iron cross finial. Squared, coursed rock-faced limestone walls with ashlar block-and-start quoins, ashlar sandstone walling to first floor of front elevation, dressed stone plinth course, dressed tooled block-and-start quoins to rear two-storey extension. Carved sandstone crest carrying archiepiscopal heraldic crest to east elevation. Square-headed window openings with chamfered surrounds, and one-over-one pane horned timber sliding sash windows. Four-light front oriel window has shouldered openings with moulded reveals and mullion, and leaded stained-glass windows by Michael Healy featuring four Irish saints. Tudor-arch main doorway with carved stone hood-moulding and surround, latter with red marble colonettes to recessed upper part of jambs, carved timber panelled door, coloured-glass sidelights over panelled aprons, coloured glass overlights, and two sandstone steps. Set within own grounds to west of Saint Macartan's Cathedral. Gateway to west comprising carved sandstone piers with square plinth and polygonal upper portion surmounted by octahedral-profile coping, and having gates of wrought and cast-iron, and with low rubble wall with saddleback coping surmounted by railings of wrought and cast-iron to west of property.
- House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey farm house, built c.1800. Now disused. Hipped natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, centred red brick chimneystack with cogged string course, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with block-and-start quoins and smooth-rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings with render patent reveals and two-over-two pane horned timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening with smooth-rendered surround and replacement timber panelled door. Single-storey corrugated-iron lean-to shed to east elevation. Set within own grounds with rendered random rubble wall to roadside at south, having vehicular gateway comprising carved stone polygonal piers supporting gates of cast-iron with alternating arrow-head and fleur-de-lys finials.
- Latlorcan House, bishop's palace, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey over-basement former bishop's palace, built c.1810, having three-bay three-storey rear elevation. Now in use as house. Hipped natural slate roof with grey clayware ridge tiles, smooth-rendered chimneystacks with stepped copings, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings having six-over-six pane horned timber sliding sash windows to front elevation and to first floor of rear, variety of timber sash and replacement windows to rest of rear, all with stone sills. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash sidelights, and geometrically glazed overlight. Single-bay single-storey lean-to service cell to rear. Eight-bay two-storey outbuilding adjoining house to south-west having pitched natural slate roof, random rubble walls, some square-headed window openings, one with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash window, others casement, and oculus windows, and with segmental and square-headed doorways, one a through passage, all openings having red brick surrounds. Single-storey ruined lean-to outbuilding to west having slate roof and random rubble walls with tooled block-and-start quoins. Set within own grounds with gateway comprising coursed squared, rubble wall surmounted by railings of cast-iron with fleur-de-lys finials, carved stone polygonal piers supporting single pedestrian and paired vehicular gates of cast-iron with fleur-de-lys finials.
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; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2374 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Latlorcan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.
The townland
- Name
- Latlorcan · Leacht Lorcáin
- Area
- 615,254 m² (61.53 ha, 152.03 acres)
- Civil parish
- Monaghan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Monaghan
- Electoral division
- Monaghan Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Monaghan Rural electoral division: 6,411 people in 2,320 households; 62% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghananimy, Aghnasedagh, Annahagh, Killygowan, Tirkeenan
- Placenames
- Latlorcan 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.