Knocknamaddy

99 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknamaddy, from 15 m² to 207,461 m² (20.75 ha, 51.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 36 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 29 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Recreation/Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 8 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
• R1Proposed Residential B (New/proposed residential)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Proposed Residential A (New/proposed residential)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 19 Feb 2026Conditional

  permission for the alterations and extension to existing two storey derelict dwelling, increase in ridge height, new detached domestic garage, new sewerage wastewater treatment system and percolation area, use of existing entrance onto public road and all associated site development works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2660053

• 26 May 2025N/a

  permission for renovation of existing derelict dwelling, extended floor area, elevational changes, new domestic garage, new sewerage wastewater treatment system and percolation area, use existing entrance laneway onto public road and all associated site development works, Significant further information received relates to submitted, Site layout plan, revised house plans, Dereliction report, Consent letter

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560205

• 13 Nov 2024Conditional

  permission for development consisting of the following: Retain existing bungalow and domestic storage shed, Permission for extension to the existing split level bungalow (Dependant Relative Accommodation), all elevational changes, new extended floor areas to east and west side of existing bungalow, raised ridge level and raised floor level over existing on the eastern side, new intermittent landscape screening to front lawn with all associated and ancillary site works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460412

• 26 Sept 2024Conditional

  retention of the existing two storey dwellinghouse, waste water treatment system, site entrance on to the public road and all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2460362

• 17 Jul 2024Conditional

  permission to construct a two-storey dwelling house, single storey detached garage, connection to adjacent public sewer, construct a new site entrance and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2460247

• 19 Jan 2024Conditional

  permission to construct a two storey extension to the side of existing single storey dwellinghouse, with all ancillary site works. Significant Further Information relates to submission of revised drawings.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460019

• 26 Sept 2023Conditional

  permission for the following: a) To retain the upgrading, widening & altering of existing agricultural site access at public road & to complete surfacing, landscaping & drainage works to same; b) To retain the altering & extension of existing agricultural access laneway across lands; c) To retain & complete agricultural shed for private use as equine housing & general agricultural storage. All together with associated ancillary site works. This application also contains a Site Specific Flood Risk Assessment Report. Significant Further Information relates to, Letter from DAFM, Revised floor plans, Water Protection checklist, Supplementary Agricultural Form, Nutrient Management Plan, Revised site lay out plan, Stormwater Attenuation calculation report, Stage 3 Road Safety Audit

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2360222

• 12 Sept 2022Conditional

  permission to develop existing single storey dwelling to include: a) alternations to existing dwelling & b) provision of new single storey extension to front of existing dwelling

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 22399

• 29 Aug 2022Conditional

  retention permission of a single storey detached domestic garage and amended site boundary as previously approved under planning file number 19/107, together with all associated site works

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 22372

• 15 Aug 2022N/a

  permission for a development involving the alteration and extension of existing single storey dwelling to include: (a) miscellaneous alterations to external elevations (b) provision of new single storey extension to front of existing dwelling

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 22361

• 24 Aug 2021Conditional

  permission for development consisting of single storey extension to front elevation and single storey rear extension for dependent relative accommodation, alterations and modifications to the elevations of existing dwelling house including new first flor balcony with all ancillary and associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21483

• 26 May 2021Conditional

  Retain as-constructed single storey, detached domestic garage (inclusive of lean-to extension to same)

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 21295

• 19 Jan 2021Conditional

  permission for development consisting of to erect a roofed milking facility including a milking parlour, dairy, slated collection area, handling & drafting area, wash/plant room, farm office, vertical meal bin and a general storage store.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2122

• 21 Jun 2019Conditional

  permission to construct a storey and a half type dwelling house, construct detached domestic garage, connect to adjacent public sewer & construct new site access along with associated ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 19285

• 8 Mar 2019Conditional

  Permission to construct a two-storey dwelling, single storey detached domestic garage, new wastewater treatment system, new entrance with gates and piers onto shared access lane together with alteration of existing access on public road & associated works.

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 19107

• 5 Jun 2018Conditional

  permission for a single storey garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 18238

• 26 Feb 2018Conditional

  Permission to construct a one and a half storey dwelling, single-storey detached domestic garage, new entrance gates and piers, connection to mains sewer and all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 1872

• 25 Jan 2017Refused

  permission to retain changes to layout and elevations of sports centre and all associated works and use existing entrance

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 1722

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Knocknamaddy.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knocknamaddy.

Architectural heritage

• Ballybay House, walled garden, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Rectangular-plan walled garden, built c.1840, now disused. Coursed rubble limestone walls to exterior, having red brick header-bond copings. Red brick lining in double Flemish garden wall bond to interior walls. Gauged-brick square-headed door opening to centre of west elevation, with block-and-start red brick surround. Gauged-brick segmental-headed door opening to centre of east elevation. Evidence of segmental arch to centre of north wall, now blocked up. Full-height break to middle of south wall. Small lean-to structure to interior of east elevation, with cement rendered walls, cast-iron rainwater goods, corrugated-iron roof, and square-headed openings. Five-bay two-storey farmhouse to north-west, still in residential use. Lean-to former stable buildings to north of walled garden. Ruins of former chicken house to west of walled garden with coursed rubble limestone walls having cut-stone quoins, brick surrounds to door openings, and corrugated-iron roof. Cast-iron gate piers to south-west identify entrance to former burial ground. Concrete plinth to south-west said to be former bell tower.

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 Knocknamaddy, about 1 in 10 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_2476 (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.

• Knocknamaddy, Ballybay9 sales

Name

Knocknamaddy · Cnoc na Madadh

Area

1,398,099 m² (139.81 ha, 345.48 acres)

Civil parish

Ballybay, and its townlands

Barony

Cremorne

Electoral division

Ballybay Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,593 people lived in 581 households in the Ballybay Rural electoral division. 63% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Corkeeran, Cornamucklaglass, Corrybrannan, Drumgrole, Dunmaurice, Knappagh, Laragh

Placenames

Knocknamaddy 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.