Bough

110 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bough, from 27 m² to 79,479 m² (7.95 ha, 19.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• G3Landscape Protection/Conservation (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  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.

• 24 Jul 2026N/a

  permission to erect extension to & refurbish property known as Scotstown Health Centre for conversion to a domestic storey & a half dwelling house, use existing connection to public sewer and redesign existing exit on to public road and all associated works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2670

• 7 Aug 2025N/a

  Permission for the development consists of the construction of a two-storey dwelling house, domestic garage, sewerage treatment unit and raised percolation area, entrance via existing lane entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2560306

• 1 Jul 2025N/a

  planning permission to consist of the renovations & alterations to an existing office building to be used as multi occupancy offices, alterations to include changes to the north east, north west & south west elevations, to include signage on the north west elevation, and changes to the floor layouts new foul and storm drainage lines to be installed, which will include a new underground water retention tank for emergency services and a rising main connection into the existing village mains the erection of a new bike shelter together with all associated site works, significant further information relates to submitted, revised drawings, water protection checklist, water management solutions, Aquacell model

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560251

• 2 Aug 2023Conditional

  permission for the construction of a new boundary wall with mesh fence on top to the East/South eastern boundary of the existing factory site and all associated site works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 23166

• 22 Sept 2022Conditional

  permission to construct a new boundary wall with mesh fence on top, to the south eastern boundary of the site. The partial demolition and alterations to a section of the factory building leading to the erection of structural steel, new roofing & cladding with the addition of access doors to this renovated section and all associated site works.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 22419

• 19 Sept 2022N/a

  permission for development consisting of the construction of a new boundary wall with mesh fence on top to the south eastern boundary of the site and demotion and alterations to a section of the factory building leading to the reroofing, recladding with the addition of access doors to this renovated section and all associated site works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 22408

• 3 Jun 2021Conditional

  permission for development at Iteery/Bough, Scotstown, Co Monaghan. The development will consist of; retain & complete 8 no. two-storey demi detached dwellings, no.s 11 to 18 from the previously approved application no.03/352. Connect to mains services including water, storm and sewage, using existing entrance and all associated site works. Significant further information received which consists of a revised boundary, revised landscape and layout plan.

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21327

• 22 Apr 2021Conditional

  Permission to retain as-built extension (previous planning file number 15/79) to existing semi-detached house, site boundary amendments (including a new front boundary wall) and all associated site works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 21212

• 17 Sept 2020Conditional

  Permission to contract a single storey extension to side of existing dwelling to provide an en-suite bedroom and utility room and associated works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 20378

• 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

• 11 Jul 2018N/a

  Permission to retain changes to footprint and elevations of extension at gable of dwelling house to that granted permission in planning ref 15/79 and use existing entrance on to public road

  Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 18321

• 21 Jun 2018Conditional

  Permission to provide two car parking spaces at the rear of the property and the removal of conditions 1 & 8 attached to planning permission Ref: 17355 requiring the payment of development contributions in lieu of car parking provision

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 18283

• 16 May 2018N/a

  Permission to retain changes to footprint and elevations of extension at gable of dwelling house to that granted permission in planning ref 15/79 and use existing entrance onto public road

  Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 18204

• 25 Jul 2017Conditional

  Retention of extraction fans & associated flues to side elevation of existing 2 storey fast food takeaway. Significant Further Information comprises of revised plans/proposals consist of retention of alterations to fast food takeaway building from that previously permitted under Ref. 11/139, incorporating installation of extraction fans and associated flues on side elevation, signage and elevational changes to front elevation, retention of as constructed potato store to rear (additional floorspace) and proposed use of previously permitted 1st floor apartment as storage for ground floor takeaway and provision of two car parking spaces within the site.

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 17355

• 19 Jul 2017N/a

  Retention of changes to footprint and elevations of extensions at gable of dwelling house to that granted permission in planning ref 15/79 and use of existing entrance on to public road.

  Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 17350

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 Bough.

Recorded monuments

• MO009-004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on at the crest of the N-facing slope of a broad E-W ridge and overlooking a W-E branch of the River Balckwater which is c. 140m distant. It is described as ‘Lisbough (Site of)’ in gothic lettering on the 1907 and 1949 editions of the OS 6-inch map. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in pasture. 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: 12 December 2017

Architectural heritage

• House, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1860, having gabled projecting west end bay to front (south) elevation, lean-to porch to west, and lean-to entrance porch to front re-entrant angle. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks and clay pots. Timber bargeboards and pointed finials, exposed timber roof truss terminals to eaves, dormer window to front and with replacement rainwater goods. Coursed rubble sandstone walls having block-and-start quoins. Gauged-brick square-headed window openings with red brick surrounds, render sills, and timber sliding sash windows, one-over-one pane to east, west and first floor of front elevations, two-over-two pane to first floor rear (north) elevation. Gauged-brick segmental-headed window opening to ground floor of projecting bay having red brick surrounds and replacement uPVC window. Replacement UPVC window to front of lean-to extension and to ground floor rear. Gauged-brick square-headed door opening, with timber panelled door and stone step to east side of porch, timber battened door to rear, timber panelled door to lean-to to west elevation. Low stone boundary wall having stone coping and single-leaf wrought-iron pedestrian gate surrounding yard to front of house.

• Water pump, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c.1870, having banded cylindrical shaft, fluted neck and fluted domed cap with pointed finial. Spout having ram's head bucket grip, fluted collar and banding above spout. Cow's tail pump handle terminating in ball grip. Pump set in concrete plinth atop concrete platform with square-plan painted concrete piers having render capping and mild steel railings.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Bough.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

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

Name

Bough · An Bhothach

Area

557,141 m² (55.71 ha, 137.67 acres)

Civil parish

Tedavnet, and its townlands

Barony

Monaghan

Electoral division

Scotstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Scotstown electoral division: 1,208 people in 402 households; 82% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annahagh, Carrachor, Carrowhatta, Coolkill West, Foremass, Itereery, Teraverty

Placenames

Bough 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.