Cornacarrow

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cornacarrow, from 87 m² to 180,897 m² (18.09 ha, 44.7 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cornacarrow in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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

• 26 May 2026Conditional

  permission to construct a 2 storey dwelling house, detached garage, new access off the main road, new waste water treatment system and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2642

• 24 Feb 2023Conditional

  permission and retention permission for development consisting of; the construction of rear and first floor extension to existing single storey style dwelling house, demolition of shed, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and consists of; retention of mobile home and storage container and all associated site works.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2360003

• 23 Feb 2023N/a

  permission and retention permission for consisting of the construction of rear and first floor extension to existing single storey style dwelling house, demolition of shed, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and consists of; retention of mobile home and storage container and all associated site works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2360002

• 6 May 2020Conditional

  Permission for the importation of soil, concrete and inert waste along with construction and demolition material to raise existing ground levels, and all ancillary site development works (in connection with a waste permit application). Significant further information relates to screening for an environmental impact assessment report and submission of flood risk assessment report.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 20150

• 20 Apr 2020Conditional

  permission for works consisting of (1) the retention of imported fill material onto lands, together with associated increase in ground levels and (2) permission to complete the works which include filling the remainder of the existing agricultural field with imported fill material onto lands, together with associated increase in ground levels and all required site works (in connection with a waste permit application)Significant information includes an environmental impact assessment screening report and flood risk assessment report.

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 20132

• 6 Nov 2017Conditional

  Permission to retain imported fill material onto lands, together with associated increase in ground levels

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 17524

• 4 Oct 2017Conditional

  Permission to construct a two storey style dwelling house, domestic garage, new sewerage wastewater treatment system and new entrance onto public road and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 17477

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Egish 001605

Recorded monuments

• MO024-036 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on top of a drumlin overlooking the S shore of Lough Egish which is c. 200m to the N. This is a subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 40m E-W; 35m N-S) defined by a grass-covered earthen bank and an outer fosse. There is a gap (Wth of base 1.6m) at W but the original entrance (Wth of base 2.5m) is at ESE. Outside the fosse at SW is a large cist (MO024-036----). 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 9 May 2018

• MO024-037 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Located on top of a drumlin and immediately outside the fosse of rath (MO024-036----) at SW. A grass-covered subrectangular cairn (dims 15.7m NW-SE; 9.5m NE-SW; H 0.85-1m) is truncated by the bank of rath (MO024-036----) at E and by a N-S field bank at W. A large cist protrudes from the cairn at N. The cist (dims 1.5m N-S; 0.5m E-W; H 0.4m) has long side-stones at E (dims 1.55m x 0.2m; H 0.4m) and W (dims 1.15m; x 0.2m; H 0.4m) and an end-stone at S but it is open at N. It is covered by a large roof-stone (dims 1.3m NE-SW; 1.2m NW-SE; T 0.45-0.5m). 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 9 May 2018

• MO024-037001 Cist
  Description

  Located on top of a drumlin and immediately outside the fosse of rath (MO024-036----) at SW. A large cist protrudes from the cairn (MO024-027----) at N. The cist (dims 1.5m N-S; 0.5m E-W; H 0.4m) has long side-stones at E (dims 1.55m x 0.2m; H 0.4m) and W (dims 1.15m; x 0.2m; H 0.4m) and an end-stone at S but it is open at N. It is covered by a large roof-stone (dims 1.3m NE-SW; 1.2m NW-SE; T 0.45-0.5m). 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 9 May 2018

• MO027-011 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the summit of a NW-SE spur. This is a D-shaped and domed (H 2m at NE; 4m at SW) grass-covered area (dims 52m NE-SW; 47m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (at NE: Wth 3.4m; H 2.1m; at NW: Wth 1m; H 1.2m) with some bushes. There is no visible fosse or entrance, but the perimeter is slightly truncated by a NNE-SSW field bank at NW (L c. 30m), and an NW-SE field bank bisects the interior. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 30 January 2018

• MO027-012 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located at the SE tip of a NW-SE spur. This is a circular slightly domed (H c. 1m) and grass-covered area (diam. 29.7m NNW-SSE; 27.5m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.6-5m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 1.2-1.8m) covered with furze and some bushes that is incorporated into a field bank SW-NW-NNE. There is no visible fosse and the original entrance is not identified. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 30 January 2018

Architectural heritage

• House, 1910–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan four-bay two-storey house, built c.1930, having recent flat-roof glazed timber porch to front elevation, three-bay elevation to north-west side, and single and two-storey flat-roofed extensions to rear (south-west) elevation. Pitched slate roofs, hipped to corner of front and return, with mixed cast-iron and replacement rainwater goods, and red brick chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls, with render quoins and plinth course. Square-headed window openings to front and north-west elevations with moulded render surrounds, render sills, and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, with some replacement uPVC windows to front. Square-headed window openings to rear having render reveals, painted sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Single-leaf decorative wrought-iron pedestrian gate to garden to front of house set to chamfered square-plan panelled rendered piers having moulded caps with finials. Double-leaf wrought-iron gate to north of house, set to similar but stouter piers.

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 Cornacarrow, 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

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

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

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

Name

Cornacarrow · Corr na Cora

Area

1,440,414 m² (144.04 ha, 355.93 acres)

Civil parish

Aghnamullen, and its townlands

Barony

Cremorne

Electoral division

Laragh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

576 people lived in 197 households in the Laragh electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Coose, Dooraa, Laragh, Lurgangreen, Tullynamalra, Tullynanegish, Tusker

Placenames

Cornacarrow 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.