Tirkeenan

Townland in the civil parish of Monaghan, barony of Monaghan, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Tír Chianáin

Parcel 321192

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TirkeenanRoosky

50 m

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Area: 2,323 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres)
Buildings: 2 buildings touch it, 1,478 m² on the ground
Zoning: M2 Town Centre (Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031) The objective
G5 Recreation/Amenity (Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031) The objective
Townland: Tirkeenan

Planning applications on this parcel

12 Sept 2019Unconditional
permission for works which will consist of the installation of a 3m wide x 1.5m high box culvert which will cross under the Glen Road and N54 Macartan Road and up Castle Road, upgrade the existing Ulster Canal outfall into the Shambles River, lowering the current weir in the Ulster Canal by approximately 0.5m and install 2no. 1200mm diameter pipes that run approximately 25m in length to connect to the new 3m wide x 1.5m high box culvert, remedial works to the Ulster Canal for a length of approximately 200m from the Glen Road to the proposed 2no. 1200mm diameter pipes inlet location, raising the level of the Castle Road and surrounding footpaths by up to 1.1m in height from the junction with the N54 - to 54.1m OD, the demolition and re-construction of part of the boundary wall in and around St Louis convent grounds (the wall is within the curtilage of protected structures), the temporary closure and relocation of the existing entrance into the credit union car park, and all associated site works.
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 198008

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

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 12 recorded monuments.

MO009-060 Historic town
Description
Monaghan town (Muineacháin – hilly place) is situated on a hill or low ridge between Peter’s Lake to the N and Convent Lake to the S. There are references to a McMahon ‘caislean’ or castle at Monaghan in 1492 (AFM, AU), which is described as a ‘house’ in 1496 (AU). It is probably the crannog in Convent Lake (MO009-037----), which is described on a map of c. 1590 as ‘McMahon’s house’. The foundation of a Franciscan friary (MO009-060002-) nearby in 1462 would have added to the developing nucleus of a settlement, and this has been demonstrated through excavation (MO009-06010-). Monaghan was incorporated as a county with five baronies in 1585, and this location where there was already a friary and a strongpoint of the MacMahons as well as a small settlement may have been selected then for future development as the county town. In 1589-91 the lord deputy, Sir William Fitzwilliam, took advantage of a Mac Mahon dispute to establish a garrison here at the friary. This was part of a political and land settlement that effectively abolished the Mac Mahon chieftainship and the use of Brehon law in the territory. The land settlement was generally accepted by the larger Gaelic magnates as it secured their personal estates, and it also ensured that the county escaped plantation with the other Ulster counties after 1603. However, the infiltration of settlers through the foreclosure of debt and land purchase continued apace. (Moore 1955, 34-7; MacDuinnshleibhe 1955, 49-50; Duffy 1981, 2) Although the garrison at Monaghan was successfully re-supplied after the government defeat at the battle of Clontibret in May 1595, it was probably abandoned soon afterwards and it was not re-established until 1602 when its commander John Berkley built the small fort (MO009-060007-) N of the settlement (Hayes-McCoy 1960, 16; Livingstone 1982, 90-4). In 1604 Sir Edward Blayney was appointed seneschal or governor of the county and the garrison, and two years later he received extensive grants of land around the town and around what would become Castleblayney (Duffy 1981. 14, fig. 5). These were confirmed in 1612, although the castle at Monaghan was specifically excluded (Coyle 1980). In 1606 Sir John Davies, the attorney general, described the town as ‘consisting of divers scattered cabins or cottages, whereof the most part was possessed by the cast soldiers of that garrison. In the northmost part thereof there is a little fort, which is kept by the foot company of Sir Edward Blayney, who is seneschal or governor of the county by patent. In the midst of this village there is a foundation of a new castle, which being raised ten or twelve feet from the ground, and so left neglected for the space of two years, is now ready to fall into ruin again’ (quoted in Shirley 1879, 113; Livingstone 1980, 98). The town was incorporated in 1613, and had up to 100 houses in 1640. In the census of c. 1659 Monaghan town had an adult male population of 32 English and Scots and 101 Irish (Pender 1939, 149). The map by Richard Bartlett of c. 1602 shows a fortified enclosure with fourteen thatched houses and eight bastions. This is a fanciful idealised fortified town, which did not exist at Monaghan then, but the plan does show the ruins of the friary in the foreground and the little fort that was mentioned by Davies in the background. The town is represented on a slightly later map prepared for Sir Edward Blayney, probably c. 1611-13 and now held in Trinity College Dublin (Ms 1209 (32)), which was illustrated by Ó Gallachair (1962, 145). It depicts the town as a fortified rectangular area which was defended by walls or ramparts and outer fosses. It is situated between the two lakes, but both of these would have been larger than at present. There were five bastions in all and a gate on each side. At the centre the castle being built by Blayney is represented as a rectangular structure that has large rectangular corner towers at the angles and a small enclosed court on its N side in the style of fortified houses. This is within a rectangular bawn with corner bastions at the NW and SE angles. Gardens and fishponds lay to its S but in its curtilage, and the market place, now the Diamond, was immediately to the N. Three streets are represented running from the Diamond, that are now called Glasslough, Dublin and Mill Streets, with Market Street / Park Street running S from Mill Street W of the Diamond also represented on the map rather than Dawson Street, which appears to be a late eighteenth century creation (Bradley and Dunne 1989, 19-21). The town would have been a large rectangle (dims c. 500m E-W; c. 400m N-S), but it would not have been as regular as depicted on the Trinity map. The rear of properties on the identified streets provide the best indication of where the perimeter of the town lay, notably the straight lines formed by the backs of properties on the NE side of Dublin St. and the W side of Park St. Excavation (02E1147; 03E0027) on the N side of the Diamond uncovered evidence of a fosse where it might be expected on the N side of the town as well as evidence of floor levels inside it dating to 1550-1590 (O’Connor 2002, 2006). The sites of the friary (MO009-060002-), the original fort (MO009-060007-), the parish church (MO009-060012-), and Blayney’s castle (MO009-06003-) can be identified with some certainty but the only surviving monument from the era of the town’s foundation is the market cross (MO009-060006-), which is intact but no longer in its original location. See the attached images of Bartlett's map (MO009-060_1copy) and the Trinity plan (MO009-060_2-copy) Date of upload: 14 April 2011 Compiled by: Michael Moore
MO009-060001 Burial
Description
According to a note in the IFC Schools MSS (957, 157), 'the monks from the monastery, murdered by English soldiers in either 1540 or 1589 are thought to be buried near the holy well which was on the site of the present provincial bank'. Its precise location is not known. See this web-page accessed on 12/12/2017: https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4742056/4731389 Date of revised upload: 14 December 2017
MO009-060002 Religious house - Franciscan friars
Description
A Franciscan friary was founded in 1462 by Phelim McMahon, but suggestions by Archdall (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 255) that it may have been on an older church site can be discounted (McKenna 1920, 1,3). Phelim McGuire was buried there in 1519 and Ruaraí Mac Redmond Mac Mahon was dragged from sanctuary there and murdered in 1539 (AU). The friary became Observant in 1567, and in 1589 it was sacked by English forces under the Lord Deputy, Sir William FitzWilliam, when the guardian and five others were killed. However, this is recorded under 1540 (AFM) when it might equally well have been perpetrated by a force under the Lord Deputy, Lord Leonard Grey. FitzWilliam left a garrison at the friary, but it was probably withdrawn after the battle of Clontibret in 1595 (Ó Mearáin 1956). Its lands were granted initially to Edward White, but these lands were granted to Edward Blayney in 1606 and confirmed to him in 1612 (Coyle 1980). He is said to have built a castle (MO009-060003-) from the materials of the friary, of which no trace remains. An image of the friary survives on a map of c. 1590 (Mooney 1957, Pl. 12) which shows a simple rectangular structure with a tower attached on the N side of what may have been the junction of the nave and chancel. The tower has battlements and a pointed roof, but a cloister and other buildings are not depicted (Mooney 1955, 140-1) and probably did not exist. The ruins of the friary are also illustrated on Bartlett’s map of c. 1602 as a more complex building at a distance from the town, but this is probably fanciful about the relative locations of these features. In 1835 the OS recorded that in the rear of a large house on the Diamond opposite Glaslough St., which was thought to be Blayney’s castle (MO009-060003-), were ‘some old walls, said to be the remains of an old Abbey, whose burying ground in common with that of the church (MO009-060012-) would seem to have extended beyond its present bounds, as in levelling that open space before the old Gaol a quantity of human bones were dug up..’ (Herity 2012, 175). This account was followed by Lewis (1837, vol. 2, 384). These descriptions would place it between the Diamond and Convent Lake, probably in the vicinity of the Court house and the parish church. Archaeological testing (96E0025; 96E0293) over an extensive area here failed to produce any evidence of such a structure (Swan 1997a; 1997b). 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. See the attached images from c. 1590 (MO009-060002-_1copy) and from Bartlett in 1602 (MO009-060_1copy) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 14 December 2017
MO009-060003 House - fortified house
Description
A castle was being built at Monaghan after 1604 by Sir Edward Blayney using material derived from the Franciscan friary (MO009-060002-). It was described in 1606 by John Davies, the attorney general, as ‘the foundation of a new castle, which being raised ten or twelve feet from the ground, and so left and neglected for the space of two years, is now ready to fall into ruin again.’ It is not represented on the Bartlett map of the town of 1602-03, which was more aspirational than actual. In 1611 the castle is described as ‘a fayre castle buylte at Monaghan on the king’s charge wherein Sr. Edward Blayne nowe dwells, who for making of it more convenient for himself for his owne tyme hath layde out good somes of money of his owne. ‘(Hunter 1975, 81). He is reputed to have spent £1200 on it. A map of the town, probably c. 1611-13 and now held in Trinity College Dublin (Ms 1209 (32)), which was illustrated by Ó Gallachair (1962, 145), shows the castle as a rectangular structure that has large rectangular corner towers and a small enclosed court on its N side in the style of fortified houses. The castle was within a rectangular bawn with a gate at the N and bastions at the NW and SE angles. South of the castle and within its curtilage the map shows gardens and fish ponds. In 1835 the site of this castle was pointed out as being on the Diamond opposite Glasslough St. (Herity 2012, 175) followed by Lewis (1837, 2, 384), but this structure was probably at the N side of the bawn, which would agree with the map of 1611-13. Archaeological excavations (96E0025; 96E0293) in the area to the SW failed to provide any evidence of the castle (Swan 1997a, 1997b). 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. Date of revision: 14 December 2017 See attached image of the plan of c. 1611-13 (MO009-060_2a copy) where it is item 'A' Compiled by: Michael Moore
MO009-060004 Town defences
Description
Monaghan town is situated on a hill or low ridge between Peter’s Lake to the N and Convent Lake to the S. Monaghan was incorporated as a county with five baronies in 1585, and this location where there was already a friary and a castle or strongpoint of the MacMahons together with a small settlement may have been selected then for future development as a county town. In 1589-91 the lord deputy, Sir William FitzWilliam, took advantage of a Mac Mahon dispute to impose a land settlement, and established a garrison here, effectively abolishing the Mac Mahon chieftainship and the use of Brehon law. The garrison at Monaghan was probably abandoned in 1595 after the battle of Clontibret but it was re-established by John Berkley in 1602. In 1604 Sir Edward Blayney was appointed seneschal or governor of the county and the garrison, and two years later he received extensive lands around the town and what would become Castleblayney (Duffy 1981. 14, fig. 5). These were confirmed to him in 1612, although the castle at Monaghan was specifically excluded (Coyle 1980). In 1606 Sir John Davies, the attorney general, described the town but does not mention any fortifications (Hunter 1975). A map of Richard Bartlett of c. 1602 shows a fortified enclosure with fourteen thatched houses and eight bastions. This is a fanciful idealised fortified town, which did not exist at Monaghan then. The town is represented on a slightly later map prepared for Sir Edward Blayney, probably c. 1611-13 and now held in Trinity College Dublin (Ms 1209 (32)) which was illustrated by Ó Gallachair (1962, 145). It depicts the town as a fortified rectangular area which was defended by walls or ramparts and outer fosses. The town would have been a large rectangle (dims c. 500m E-W; c. 400m N-S), but it would not have been as regular as depicted on the Trinity map. The rear of properties on the identified streets provide the best indication of where the perimeter of the town and its fortifications lay, notably the straight lines formed by the backs of properties on the NE side of Dublin St. and the W side of Park St. (Bradley and Dunne 1989, 19-21). Excavations (02E1147; 03E0027) on the N side of the Diamond uncovered evidence of a large fosse (Wth of top 14-20m; max. D 3m) where it might be expected on the N side of the town. The fosse was lined with marl in order to retain water, which it could have taken from St Peter's Lough for the defences on this side, and similar trenches can be expected on the other sides. (O’Connor 2002, 2006) Date of upload: 14 April 2011 See attached images of Monaghan town by Bartlett 1602 (MO009-060_1 copy) and c. 1612-13 (MO009-060_2a copy) Compiled by: Michael Moore O’Connor, D. 2002 Archaeological assessment of site of The Westerna Arms Hotel at The Diamond, Monaghan Town, Count y Monaghan. Licence No. 02E1447, unpublished report, Cultural Resource Development Services Ltd.
MO009-060005 Burial
Description
The following 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. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Burials uncovered during construction of public facilities in Church Square, Monaghan town, in 1940s.
MO009-060006 Cross - Market cross (present location)
Description
The cross is first recorded in 1714 (McKenna 1920, 1, 80-3) and it is described as ‘Market Cross’ in italic lettering on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map at the centre of the Diamond where it had stood with the stocks beside it. Around 1875 the Rossmore Memorial, a neo-gothic memorial fountain, was erected in its stead and the Market cross was discarded. This caused great controversy at the time, when Nationalists rescued it and re-erected in the small square known as the Shambles and now called Old Cross Square. By the time Nationalists had a majority on the council in 1898 the heat had gone out of the issue, and the cross remains in Old Cross Square (McKenna 1920 1, 80-3). It is depicted on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map as being in the centre of the square but this location must have caused traffic problems and it is now at the N side of the square. However, in setting up the cross here the head was attached upside down so that it no longer functions as a sun-dial (McMahon and Walsh 1982, 16). Six limestone steps lead to the rectangular base (dims 0.56m x 0.56m; H 0.446m) which supports a tapering limestone shaft (dims at base 0.44m x 0.43m; H 1.72m) with chamfered edges and curved stops. The head is a polygonal stone with four hemispherical hollows on different facets, each of which was originally aligned on a cardinal point. A gnomen or pointer would cast a shadow on lines in a particular cup depending on the time of day and season of the year. Even the N-facing cup provided readings on long summer’s evenings. (ibid.) See the attached image taken from the E Date of revised upload: 14 December 2017 Compiled by: Michael Moore
MO009-060009 Graveyard
Description
The parish church of Monaghan town (MO009-060012-) was established by 1641 (Shirley 1879, 309-10), and its graveyard that is still extant around the Church of Ireland church of St Patrick as a D-shaped area (dims c. 50m E-W; c. 40m N-S) with straight sides at the E and S where it is defined by buildings but the perimeter is curved W-N where it is defined now by railings. Archaeological testing (03E1672) undertaken in 2003 prior to the erection of a memorial to the victims of the Monaghan bombings in 1974 located c. 8m W of the perimeter of the graveyard exposed both disarticulated human remains and one in situ skeleton oriented in an east-west direction. The remains are part of the graveyard and were preserved in situ (McCarthy 2006). Further archaeological monitoring (05E0219) of trenches in Church Square recovered some disarticulated remains representing three individuals. (Delaney 2008). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 16 November 2016 Amended: 13 January 2020
MO009-060010 House - 16th century
Description
Archaeological excavation (Excavation Licence No. 02E1147) in advance of development at the Westenra Arms Hotel revealed continuous occupation levels dating from the 16th to the 20th century and an earlier phase of activity of which the exact date is unknown. This early phase of activity was represented by a series of post- and stake-holes and possible traces of wattles. Above this layer was a series of clay floors which are believed to date to between 1550 and 1590. A section of the town ditch (MO009-060004-) was also exposed. (O' Connor 2004, 440-1; O' Connor 2006, 401-2) References: O' Connor D. 2004, Westenra Arms Hotel, The Diamond, Monaghan Urban post-medieval. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 440-1 (No. 1546). Bray. Wordwell O' Connor D. 2006, Westenra Arms Hotel, The Diamond, Monaghan Urban. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2002: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 401-2 (No. 1494). Bray. Wordwell Date of upload: 14 April 2011
MO009-060011 Graveslab
Description
The Ancketill graveslab was recovered c. 1830 from the foundations of the present Church of Ireland church of St Patrick (Shirley 1879, 310), which is in the graveyard of the seventeenth century parish church (MO009-060012-). The memorial is now preserved in the porch of the present church at the base of its tower. It is a sandstone slab (L 1.88m; Wth 0.85m) set upright into a wall and it is illustrated by Shirley (ibid. 155). The four corners are cut away in the original design and the inscription in false relief is within a slight moulded border and beneath the Ancketill crest. Oliver Ancketill was the first of the family to come to Ireland from Dorsetshire, and he was the father of Mathew Ancketill, whose graveslab (MO007-014006-) is preserved in St Saviour's Church of Ireland church at Glaslough. The family were prominent in Donagh parish into the nineteenth century (Lewis 1837, vol. 1, 464-5). The inscription reads: HERE LYETH THE BO / DY OF OLIVER ANCKE / TILL OF ANCKETILLS G / ROVE ESQVIRE DESCEND / ED OF THE ANIENT FA / MILY OF SHAWSTONE / IN DORSET SHIRE IN / ENGLAND, WHO DYE / D AT ARD MAGH A / ND WAS BURIED A / T MONAGHAN THE / 28th DAY OF / JVNE 1666. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 16 November, 2016

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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 20 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_2333 (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.

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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: 54.8 ha; 135 acres
Land parcels: 296; registered freehold, median 219 m²
Zoning: R2; Existing Residential
Planning: 57; applications since 2010

Land parcels

Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann

TirkeenanAnnahagh Mullaghmonaghan Latlorcan Tully Aghananimy Killygowan Roosky

500 m

323 parcels, click one to see it.© Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0

296 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tirkeenan, from 3 m² to 71,366 m² (7.14 ha, 17.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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Zoning

Development plans, national zoning

R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 218 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 47 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
S5Community Services/Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
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 · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
G5Recreation/Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
C2.1Industry/Enterprise/Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
R4Strategic Residential Reserve
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 · 1 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

21 May 2026Conditional
permission for the installation of a single biomass boiler enclosure and new 2,000 litre LPG tank located to the rear of the site at, Beech Hill College, Dublin Rd, Tirkeenan, Monaghan H18 P997
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2660206
8 May 2026N/a
permission for the development will consist of: The installation of a single biomass boiler enclosure and new 2,000 litre LPG tank located to the rear of the site at, Beech Hill College, Dublin Rd, Tirkeenan, Monaghan H18 P997
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2660185
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 Feb 2026Conditional
permission for a development which will consist of the following: First floor extension to rear of existing two storey office building and all associated site development works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2660056
10 Dec 2025Conditional
planning permission for the installation of 2 no. modular, portable padel tennis courts, complete with artificial grass surface, 4m high fencing around sections of the padel courts perimeter and 6m high integrated LED lighting and all other ancillary site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560493
7 Oct 2025Conditional
permission to demolish part of existing two storey dwelling/commercial shop and provide two-storey and single storey extensions and convert remainder of building to two semi-detached two storey dwelling houses connect to existing sewer connection, open new access to public road and all associated works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2587
3 Jul 2025N/a
permission to replace existing two-storey dwelling / commercial shop with two semi-detached two-storey dwelling houses, connect to existing sewer connection, open new access to public road and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2552
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
19 Dec 2024Conditional
permission for demolition/removal of existing single-storey structure together with alterations & extensions of existing commercial premises to accommodate additional single-storey ancillary office space, treatment & staff facilities to include external façade & boundary treatments, new signage & all associated works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460465
10 Jun 2024Conditional
permission to construct a single storey discount foodstore (to include off license use) with a gross floor area of 1,814 sq.m. (net retail area 1,254 sq.m.). The development includes the erection of 1 no. internally illuminated sign and opening hours sign at vehicular entrance, 3 no. internally illuminated gable signs, 1 no. poster sign and entrance glass signage. The proposed development will be served by 91 no. car parking spaces. Vehicular access to the site will be provided from Macartan Road. The proposed development includes all engineering works, landscaping works, boundary treatments and site development works on the 0.69 hectare site.
Extension of duration · Monaghan County Council, 249011
11 Apr 2024N/a
planning permission for development consisting of the construction of a single storey discount food store (to include off licence use) with a gross floor area of 1,814 sqm (net retail area 1,254 sqm). The development includes the erection of 1 no. internally illuminated sign and opening hours sign at vehicular entrance, 2 no. internally illuminated gable signs, 1 no. vinyl poster sign at entrance. The proposed development will be served by 91 no. car parking spaces and 20 no. cycle parking spaces. Vehicular and pedestrian access to the site will be provided from Macartan Road. The proposed development includes a standalone mini substation (7 sqm), external plant area, all engineering works, landscaping works, boundary treatments, access and site development works on the c. 0.69 hectare site
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460130
29 Mar 2024Conditional
permission for a development which will consist of: 1. Subdivision of building existing retail unit to provide three number commercial retail spaces and a commercial gym including changes to elevations and internal layout. 2. Proposed new signage. 3. Permission for retention of subdivision of existing retail space into three commercial retail units and one music school. Proposed alterations to elevations and the reconfiguration of the internal layout. 4. Retention of existing signage. 5. Demolition of existing shed, alteration to site layout to include new carparking and footpath layouts. 6. All ancillary site works, Significant Further Information relates to submitted Parking assessment report, Asbestos Survey, Water protection plan, Proposed Drawings, Stage 1-2 RSA Report
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460117
8 Mar 2024N/a
permission for a development consisting of 1. Subdivision of building existing retail unit to provide three number commercial retail spaces and a commercial gym including changes to elevations and internal layout. 2. Proposed new signage. 3. Permission for retention of subdivision of existing retail space into three commercial retail units and one music school. Proposed alterations to elevations and the reconfiguration of the internal layout. 4. Retention of existing signage. 5. Demolition of existing shed, alteration to site layout to include new carparking and footpath layouts. 6. All ancillary site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460086
6 Sept 2023N/a
Permission to demolish 3 No. Mushroom houses and to construct 1 No. poultry house together with all ancillary structures (to include meal storage bin(s) and soiled water tank (s) and site works associated with the above development
Extension of duration · Monaghan County Council, 239010
5 Sept 2023Refused
prmission for The Erection of Advertising Signage and All Associated Work At 8 Old Cross Square, Co. Monaghan.
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2360190
1 Sept 2023Conditional
permission for development consisting of altering and extending an existing two storey dwelling to comprise of the following: 1) Demolition of the existing two storey rear extension 2) Construction of a new two storey extension to the rear 3) Alterations of existing rear elevation 4) Ancillary internal and external refurbishments and all associated works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 23180
30 Aug 2023N/a
permission for the erection of advertising signage and all associated work
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2360181
17 Aug 2023Conditional
permission for development will consisting of the erection 3 No. outdoor handball courts and all associated site works.
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2360171
21 Jul 2023Conditional
development consisting of; 1. Permission for the erection of 6 no. new 18m high columns with 8 floodlights per column to existing training pitch 2. Permission to retain & complete access walking path to training pitch 3. Retention permission for as installed 4 no. 18m high columns with 8 floodlights to the juvenile playing pitch and all associated site development works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 23160
8 Jun 2023Conditional
permission for development consisting of demolition of approximately 44m of the existing chainlink fence located between Beech Hill school and the neighbouring property, 19 Tirkeenan, at the North of the site, Monaghan, H18 C589 and replacement with approximately 24m of new blockwork wall with stone facing to match the existing stonewall and approximately 20m of new timber fence to include a new access gate. (Significant further information relates to the site boundary to encompass both the proposed wall and the proposed fencing)
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2360110
26 Jan 2023Conditional
retention permission consisting of elevational changes, revisions to internal layout and all associated siteworks (previous planning permission reference 20/95) significant further information relates to retention of elevational changes revision to internal layout and all associated siteworks
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2330
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
11 Jul 2022Conditional
permission for the change of use from a disused kitchen manufacturing workshop to a proposed audio visual recording facility. The development will consist of the renovation and alterations to the existing site layout, provision for additional carparking and all associated site works.
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 22316
13 Jun 2022Conditional
retention permission consisting of the following:- 1. As constructed ground floor commercial services treatment rooms. 2. As constructed first floor commercial services treatment room and change of first floor office to commercial services treatment room. 3. All as constructed elevational amendments from previously granted planning permission ref: P06-30059 and all other associated site development works.
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 22264
25 May 2022Conditional
permission consisting of new ramp access to the sports field and all associated site works
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 22235

The 25 most recent of 57 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 Tirkeenan.

Recorded monuments

MO009-044 Burial ground
Description
Situated on the W-facing slope of a drumlin. A small triangular area (dims c. 50m E-W; c. 50m N-S at E) with the apex at W between the main road from Monaghan to Castleshane (N2) and a minor road off it to the NE is described in italic lettering as a ‘Grave Yard’ only on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The area to the E became the location where St Macarthan’s Roman Catholic Cathedral was built in 1861-92 under Bishops Mac Nally and James Donnelly to a design of James Joseph McCarthy in the gothic revival style (McKenna 1920, 1, 110-17). No visible evidence of the graveyard survives. It may have been attached to the Roman Catholic chapel of Latlorcan which was c. 450m to the SE, although no reference is made to it (Moriarty 2012). Date of revised upload: 13 December 2017

Architectural heritage

Bridge, 1835–1845 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch limestone canal bridge and adjacent stone culvert, built c.1840, carrying access lane from Asylum Farm over Ulster Canal and towpath and sluiceway short distance south of seventeenth lock to small roadway and associated farmland to south-east. Parapet walls of roughly squared rubble with heavy, flat capping stones having rounded arrises and punch-finished surface. Square piers having heavy flat stone caps terminate each corner of parapets. Projecting square string course separates parapet from spandrels which have same construction as parapet walls. Segmental arch has punch-finished ashlar voussoirs and stone arch soffit over canal and towpath which is on ashlar sandstone raised eastern bank of canal. Both elevations obscured by ivy and trees growing on embankments either side of disused canal. Tree growth and ivy restricts views of some parts of bridge and top surface overgrown with grass with no evidence of hard surfacing or drainage. Barrel-vaulted ashlar stone culvert over sluiceway just east of canal bridge. Abutment walls are reinforced with concrete and culvert provides channel under earthen bank.
Lock keeper's house, 1835–1845 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey building, constructed c.1840, having canted porch to west, canal-front, elevation. Pitched slate roof with black clay ridge tiles, smooth rendered decagonal brick chimneystack and remains of half-round cast-iron rainwater goods previously held on overhanging eaves, timber soffit of which is supported by carved timber brackets. Roughly squared rubble walling with punch-finished ashlar to canted entrance bay, other window surrounds and projecting base plinth. Visible openings square-headed. All windows, which have stone sills, and door openings, closed with concrete blocks. House partially concealed under heavy ivy overgrowth and trees growing beside but was occupied until at least mid-twentieth century. Fronts onto Ulster Canal short distance south of Seventeenth Lock on roughly surfaced lane.
Saint Louis Convent, building misc, 1925–1935 · Regional interest
Description
Detached cruciform-plan concert hall, built 1930, having gable-fronted entrance to south-west; main south-west-north-east spine being single-storey over raised basement and having seven-bay sides, south-western end bays projecting slightly; rear cross block being three-storey with three-bay gables and returns to latter, and with dingle-bay slightly projecting middle bay to north-east. Four-bay single-storey toilet block recessed to south-east side of entrance gable. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, moulded eaves course, cut-stone kneelers and copings to gables, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rock-faced limestone masonry with ashlar quoins and window surrounds. Relief emblem to upper entrance gable, within oval panel with hood-moulding having panelled stops and moulded sill. Square-headed window openings throughout, tripartite to north-east middle bay, with block-and-start ashlar surrounds, stone sills and with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to all parts except basement level, hall proper and toilet block which have casement windows. Main entrance comprises three square-headed door openings with deep moulded stone surrounds with carved fleur-de-lys detail to soffits, and double-leaf timber panelled doors with overlights having stained-glass margins, all set within carved stone frame with square panels to top corners, and approached by flight of stone steps with metal railings. Connected to main convent buildings and adjacent structure via series of glazed walkways and forming part of the Saint Louis Convent complex.
Store/warehouse, 1835–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached eight-bay two-storey limestone-built former canal store, built c.1838. Now in use as school sports hall (McCarthy Hall), with gable-fronted entrance porch to middle of north elevation. Single-storey lean-to addition of c.1990 to same elevation. Pitched slate roof, with stone chimneystack, and cast-iron and some replacement aluminium rainwater goods. Squared rubble masonry walls with sandstone ashlar quoins and window surrounds. Square-headed window openings with block-and-start ashlar surrounds, stone sills and fixed six-pane metal-framed windows. Wider segmental-headed window opening to upper part of east gable. Square-headed door openings with block-and-start ashlar surrounds and tongue-and-groove timber battened doors. Blocked segmental-arch former vehicular openings to both long walls set into square-headed recesses and flanked by pedestrian doorways, one blocked. Building attached, via recent link, to three-bay two-storey ancillary building to north-west that appears to be former dwelling house of nineteenth-century date, having catslide porch to north-west end of front, pitched slate roof, rubble walls, and square-headed openings, ground floor windows now blocked up. South elevation of former canal store fronts onto disused Ulster Canal, adjacent to road/canal bridge at Dawson Street. Buildings are part of Saint Louis Convent complex.
Post box, 1905–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, erected c.1906, of WB87/2 Victorian Type C with royal insignia of Edward VII, and crown motif. Letter opening sheltered by sloped panel with POST OFFICE cast on top, over door which has slot for collection time notices to top, lock and small cast door handle below. Moulded architrave to outer edge of box and manufacturer's mark 'W.T. Allen & Co. London', is cast below door. Set into smooth cement rendered gate pier outside Elim Pentecostal Church.
Canal (section of), 1830–1845 · Regional interest
Description
Abandoned section of Ulster Canal, built c.1839, consisting of approximately 360m of overgrown, stagnant channel from partially visible stone culvert under replacement bridge supporting Dawson Street at west end, to replacement timber sluice just before now filled-in tunnel beneath Old Cross Square at east end.
Canal Bridge, canal (section of), 1820–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Former Ulster Canal tunnel, built c.1830, running east-west under Old Cross Square. Now disused and largely obscured by vegetation. Segmental arch to west end, with squared, tooled stone voussoirs, squared stonework to vault, and squared rubble to parapet. Similar parapet to east end.
Post box, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Wall-mounted cast-iron post box with hinged door, installed c.1880, set into smooth-rendered boundary wall pier. Moulded margin surround, projecting letter slot with raised lettering 'POST OFFICE', royal insignia of Victoria, and crown motif to upper section, and with foundry name 'W.T. Allen & Co. London' to base. Sited at road junction at south-east side of Monaghan town centre.
Worker's house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached terrace of three two-storey former gasworks workers' houses, built c.1890, with adjoining modern sheds to north and south. Now in use as store. Northern end house two-bay with one first floor window, middle is three-bay, and southern is three-bay with one first floor opening. Pitched natural slate roof with grey clayware ridge tiles, red brick chimneystacks with string course and terracotta pots, and replacement rainwater goods. Coursed squared rubble walls, with red brick to north gable. Square-headed window openings with chamfered tooled, grooved block-and-start surrounds, lintels and sills, and six-over-six pane horned timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door openings with similar detailing and having timber panelled and one timber battened door, with overlights.
Tirkeenan, country house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1800, with later second floor and later flat-roofed porch to front, and with single and two-bay three-storey returns to rear. Pitched slate roof with hooped terracotta ridge tiles, roughcast rendered chimneystacks with polygonal pots, and replacement rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with block-and-start rendered quoins, dentillated string course to level of original eaves. Square-headed window openings with painted sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed replacement uPVC door opening to porch. Set within own grounds, with two-storey outbuilding to rear having pitched corrugated-iron roof and roughcast rendered walls.
Saint Macartan's Catholic Cathedral, gates/railings/walls, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Boundary walls, principal gateway and subsidiary gates to Saint Macartan's Cathedral, erected c.1890. Main gateway to west comprising wrought-iron screen and gates mounted on square-plan carved stone piers with carved stone plinth base surmounted by square-plan piers with recessed panel carvings, octahedral-plan stone coping, caps, and cross finials. Gates comprising vertical square spars, with alternate spars twisted, wrought-iron square panels to lower section forming quadrate cross with diagonal spars incorporating fleur-de-lys detail, and central rosette, square-plan carved outer piers to central gateway with dressed and carved square-plan plinth bases, chamfered central section surmounted by octahedral stone caps, with vehicular gateways to north and south of west boundary comprising double-leaf wrought-iron gates with vertical square spars surmounted by bud finials, and quatrefoil lower panels with diagonal spars formed by exuding fleur-de-lys detail, with vehicular gates mounted on stone piers comprising dressed and carved square plinth bases with chamfered central section, surmounted by octahedral-plan stone caps. Recessing vehicular gateway to north of Saint Macartan's Cathedral boundary with central dressed stone piers comprising carved square plinth bases with chamfered central section, surmounted by triangular pitched stone caps with carved quatrefoil detail, surmounted by double-leaf wrought-iron gates comprising vertical spars, surmounted by bud finials to lower section, quatrefoil panels with stemmed floral finials within, scroll and fleur-de-lys wrought-iron finials to top spar and central cross finial, working hinges and latch mechanisms; identical single pedestrian gate to west of gateway; walls to gateway comprising dressed coursed rough-faced rubble walls surmounted by ashlar saddle-back coping, surmounted by wrought-iron railings with vertical spars surmounted by alternating fleur-de-lys and bud finials of wrought iron. Boundary walls to site comprising squared rough-face rubble walls surmounted by ashlar saddle-back coping. Single pedestrian gateway to shrine at south-east of site comprising square-plan ashlar plinth bases and piers surmounted by triangular pitched stone caps, single wrought-iron gate comprising vertical spars with scroll and fleur-de-lys wrought-iron finials to top spar, and working hinges and latch mechanisms. Single pedestrian gateway to north-west of site comprising ashlar plinth bases and piers surmounted by carved quatre-gabled caps with carved trefoil detail to tympanum, single wrought-iron gate comprising vertical spars with scroll and fleur-de-lys wrought-iron finials to top spar, and working hinges and latch mechanisms. Central section, surmounted by triangular pitched stone caps, single wrought-iron gate comprising vertical spars with scroll and fleur-de-lys wrought-iron finials to top spar, and working hinges and latch mechanisms. Wall and gates form curtilage to Saint Macartan's Cathedral sited to south-east of Monaghan Town. Constitutes part of ecclesiastical grouping, including gate lodge, cathedral, and bishop's house.
Arona, house, 1910–1930 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1920, with stepped plan, having flat-roofed windbreak to entrance bay, and having half-octagonal projection to one re-entrant angle, bowed window to rear, and recent single-storey flat-roofed extension. Hipped natural slate roofs with sprocketed eaves, grey clayware ridge-tiles, roughcast rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots, cast-iron profile guttering and downpipes. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with timber casement windows to front and side elevations, leaded panes to window over entrance and to window in half-octagonal projection, and with replacement uPVC windows to rear. Square-headed door opening flanked by engaged columns supporting moulded cornice, chamfered reveals to doorway, and herringbone-glazed timber door with step. Set within own grounds with boundary wall to front of property comprising roughcast rendered wall with stepped coping.
House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1900, with single-bay single-storey addition to east, and recent modern single and two-storey extensions to rear. Pitched natural slate roof with grey clayware ridge tiles, polychromatic brickwork chimneystacks with terracotta pots, cast-iron profile guttering and downpipes. Roughcast rendered walls with block-and-start quoins. Square-headed window openings with painted smooth-rendered surrounds and replacement double-glazed two-over-two pane horned timber sliding sash windows. Elliptical-headed door opening with leaded-glass overlight and sidelights. Set back from road within own grounds with smooth-rendered gateway to north comprising smooth-rendered wall and piers surmounted by stepped coping.

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_2333 (ZIP).
Flooding: The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Homes sold

Property Price Register

No address of the register names Tirkeenan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.

The townland

Name: Tirkeenan · Tír Chianáin
Area: 547,654 m² (54.77 ha, 135.33 acres)
Civil parish: Monaghan, and its townlands
Barony: Monaghan
Electoral division: Monaghan Urban, the unit of the census
Census 2022: Monaghan Urban electoral division: 2,285 people in 948 households; 36% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 23% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
Neighbouring townlands: Annahagh, Killygowan, Latlorcan, Mullaghmonaghan, Roosky, Tully
Placenames: Tirkeenan 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.