Carn

219 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carn, from 1 m² to 40,034 m² (4 ha, 9.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 149 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Recreation/Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Industry/Enterprise/Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C6Existing Commercial (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Proposed Residential A (New/proposed residential)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community Services/Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Strategic Residential Reserve
  Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, Monaghan · 1 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 · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 7 Jul 2026N/a

  permission for the installation of a modular covered spectator viewing stand with seating accommodation together with associated foundations, hardstanding, pedestrian pathways, accessibility improvements, landscaping, drainage works and all associated ancillary site works within the existing sports grounds at Clones Town FC Grounds, Carn, Clones, Co. Monaghan

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2660283

• 12 Jun 2026N/a

  permission for the installation of a modular covered spectator viewing stand with seating accommodation together with associated foundations, hardstanding, pedestrian pathways, accessibility improvements, landscaping, drainage works and all associated ancillary site works within the existing sports grounds at Clones Town FC Grounds

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2660245

• 22 May 2026N/a

  permission for the Installation of a modular covered spectator viewing stand with seating accommodation together with associated foundations, hardstanding, pedestrian pathways, accessibility improvements, safety fencing, landscaping, drainage works, signage and all ancillary site development works within the existing sports grounds at Clones Town FC, Carn, Clones, Co. Monaghan

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2660208

• 19 Sept 2025Conditional

  planning permission for the following development to an existing building to include the following: • Demolitions of existing single-storey front lobby • Alterations and refurbishment of existing ground & first floor offices; • Alterations to the existing façade, including new openings, cladding and signage; • Alteration of existing foul & storm drainage connections as necessary; • Together with all associated works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560385

• 7 May 2024Conditional

  permission for a development consisting of planning permission for a material change of use from three-storey residential apartment building to 5 no. 2 bed apartments to self-catering / holiday accommodation

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460161

• 8 Apr 2024Conditional

  permission for retention of minor amendments to development approved under Planning Ref:23/148 including:(a) minor elevational alterations to all four elevations including omission of some windows plus alteration to design and size of some windows and front screen;(b)bathroom extension to front added (2.5sqm);(c)utility and entrance hallway increased in size (5.5sqm);(d)3 nr roof windows added; (v) all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2426

• 22 Jun 2023Conditional

  permission for (i) demolition of existing entrance porch and single storey corrugated metal extension (49sqm); (ii) alterations and refurbishment of the existing dwelling including changes to all elevations; (iii) construction of a new single storey side extension (52 sqm); (iv) all associated site works; (v) no change to the existing site entrance and driveway;

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 23148

• 16 Feb 2022Conditional

  permission for development consisting of changes to the elevations of the property, the inclusion of a canopy, a door and a window to the south facing elevation, the installation of new cladding and plaster finishes and all associated site works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2270

• 14 Jan 2022Conditional

  permission for (i) demolition of the existing dwelling house; (ii) construction of a new two storey dwelling house and single storey detached garage; (iii) new entrance gates and piers and (iv) all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2212

• 15 Oct 2020Conditional

  Permission for proposed extensions measuring a gross area of 1046m2 will consist of the following: Ground Floor - a multipurpose space, internal alterations, an extension to the existing gym, a sensory room, changing facilities, offices, stores and all associated site works; First Floor - Extension accommodating a strength conditioning facility, recovery room, physio room, kitchenette, breakout space and toilets. Associated circulation, stairs and lift. In accordance with Article 81 (ca) and 120 (1B)(b)(i) of the above-mentioned regulations, Monaghan County Council, as the competent authority, has concluded from a Screening Determination, based on an examination of the nature, size and location of the proposed development that there is no real likelihood of significant effects on the environment arising from the proposed development and as such has determined that an EIA is not required. The details of which are available to the general public

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 208006

• 18 Jun 2018Conditional

  Permission to construct two-storey dwelling house with attached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter, entrance from public road, entrance walls & piers together with all ancillary site development works (Previously granted under planning reference no. 12/139)

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 18272

• 27 Apr 2018N/a

  Permission to construct a two-storey dwelling house with attached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter, entrance from public road, entrance walls & piers together with all ancillary site development works (Previously granted under Planning Reference No 12/139).

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 18172

• 25 Oct 2017Conditional

  Permission of change of use from commercial unit to a 2 bed apartment with private open space, alterations to elevations and associated works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 17503

• 6 Sept 2017N/a

  Permission to change of use from commercial unit to a 2 bed apartment with private open space, alterations to elevations and associated works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 17430

• 3 Feb 2017Conditional

  permission for a car park and all associated ancillary works including demolition of an existing building formally known as "The Erne Café" and a wall at Fitzpatrick square adjacent to the R183 Newtownbutler Road. The proposed car park will be approximately 600m2 in area, to include footways, landscaping and all ancillary works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 178002

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 Carn.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Carn.

Architectural heritage

• Clones Railway Station, locomotive shed, 1920–1930 · National interest
  Description

  Reinforced concrete structure forming sector of circle, built c.1925. Originally containing twelve bays for housing locomotives, now in use as storage for engineering firm. Vaulted concrete roof. Square-headed window openings with glazed timber-framed windows and concrete sills to north/rear and south-east elevations. Detached six-bay single-storey reinforced concrete office building, with bay window to east elevation, located to south-west of locomotive shed. Square-headed window openings with glazed timber-framed windows and concrete sills. Square-headed door opening with timber door to east elevation. Set in large yard with former goods shed located to south.

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached two-bay three-storey house, built c.1880, with single-storey canted bay window to south bay of front elevation. Pitched slate roof with red and yellow brick chimneystack to south gable, paired timber brackets to eaves, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls and plinth course, with sill course to first floor. Segmental-headed window openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and painted sills. Segmental-headed door opening with replacement timber door and surround.

• House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited two-storey house with dormer attic, built c.1910, having two-bay elevation to Newtownbutler Road, one bay to Fitzpatrick Square and one bay to chamfered corner. Terminates row of similar houses on Fitzpatrick Square. Slate roof, spired to corner, with red brick chimneystack. Slate hanging to sides of dormer windows. Smooth rendered lined and ruled walls with smooth rendered plinth course, and having smooth rendered pilasters to corner entrance and to each flanking ground floor window. Square-headed window openings with replacement uPVC windows, moulded render surrounds with keystone details, and painted sills. Square-headed door opening with moulded surround, timber panelled door with overlight, and moulded surround. Small gardens to each elevation, bounded by rendered plinth walls with wrought-iron railings and pedestrian gates.

• The Manse, manse, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three-bay two-storey L-plan former manse, built c.1870, with slightly lower entrance projection to front re-entrant corner, canted bay window to projecting east end bay of front, and single-storey hipped-roof extension to rear. Hipped slate roof with ridge tiles, smooth rendered shouldered chimneystacks with rendered copings and terracotta pots, and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughly dressed rubble limestone walls built to courses, with ashlar sandstone block-and-start quoins. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth course to return, smooth rendered bay window and smooth rendered upper storey to entrance projection. Square-headed window openings with replacement timber sliding sash windows, red brick block-and-start surrounds, smooth rendered reveals and limestone sills. Round-headed doorway with panelled door, fanlight, moulded surround, set within red brick block-and-start surround. Two-storey outbuilding to northwest, built c.1870, having three-bay first floor and four-bay ground floor, with hipped slate roof, roughcast rendered rubble limestone walls, segmental carriage arch, flanked by square-headed doorways and window. Three-bay single-storey former Methodist church built c.1966 to north-east with gabled porch projection. Set within own grounds.

• House, 1900–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached two-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, built c.1920, with full-height gable-fronted box-bay projection to front elevation. Pitched replacement slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, red brick chimneystack with stepped copings and string course and terracotta pots, and with decorative timber bargeboards to projecting bay. Roughcast rendered walls with coloured bottle glass insertions, smooth rendered walling to lower part of ground floor of front elevation, smooth rendered block-and-start quoins and smooth with rendered strips to attic level, render platband to first floor sill level, and render details highlighting window openings with chevron and roundel devices. Square-headed window openings with timber casement windows to ground and first floor having small-pane overlights, round-headed opening to dormer with one-over one pane timber sliding sash frame, all having smooth rendered reveals and painted sills. Round-headed doorway with timber panelled door, having round-headed upper panels, spoked timber fanlight, smooth rendered reveals and panelled render pilasters and archivolt with keystone. Garden to front, with rendered plinth walls and decorative wrought-iron railings and gate.

• Beechville, house, 1900–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached two-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, built c.1920, with full-height gable-fronted box-bay projection to front elevation. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, red brick chimneystack with string course and terracotta pots, decorative timber bargeboards to projecting bay, topped with carved timber finial, and having cast-iron downpipe. Smooth rendered walls with smooth rendered block-and-start quoins, moulded string courses to projecting bay; roughcast rendered walls and with smooth rendered strips to attic level of front elevation. Square-headed window openings to lower floors and round-headed window to attic, with replacement uPVC frames, having smooth rendered reveals and painted sills, smooth rendered apron details to lower floor windows. Round-headed doorway with replacement uPVC door and fanlight, smooth rendered reveals and render pilasters with plinths, nail-head capitals and moulded archivolt with keystone. Garden to front, with rendered plinth walls and decorative wrought-iron railings and gate.

• Clones National School, school, 1900–1905 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey limestone-walled Gothic Revival former school, built 1902, on almost cruciform plan, with square plan two-stage tower to east end, gable-fronted projection to front elevation, and entrance porch to re-entrant corner of front elevation. Slate roof, pyramidal to tower and pitched elsewhere, with ridge tiles topped with cast-iron cresting, cast-metal vents to roof, cast-iron finials to gables, cut-stone chimneystack to projecting bay and to rear with moulded coping and terracotta pots, cut-stone eaves course to tower, timber bargeboards to gables, and square-profile cast-iron rainwater goods with decorative brackets. Rock-faced walls built to courses with ashlar block-and-start quoins. Limestone plaque to front elevation with lettering 'Clones National School Fort-View'. Pointed arch window openings, paired to projecting bay, four-light to gables of main block, and square-headed elsewhere, two-light to top stage of tower, with lead glazing, chamfered ashlar block-and-start surrounds. Quatrefoil openings above gable windows. Tudor-arch doorways to porch and to tower, with battened timber doors and chamfered ashlar block-and-start surrounds. Set within own grounds, bounded by rock-faced limestone wall with double-leaf cast-iron gate hung on rubble stone piers with caps.

• House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Two-storey end of terrace house, built c.1910, with two-bay first floor and three-bay ground floor. Canted bay windows flanking entrance doorway, all under lean-to roof that continues along front of adjoining houses of terrace. Two-storey return to rear. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks, red brick eaves course and square-profile cast-iron rainwater goods. Yellow brick walls with red brick block-and-start quoins, and with red brick to walling of canted bay, and rendered walling to return. Blank carved sandstone plaque to first floor. Segmental arch double window opening to first floor and square-headed openings to bay windows, with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, red brick block and start surrounds, and painted sills. Square-headed door opening with panelled timber door. Decorative wrought-iron railings over smooth rendered plinth with similar wrought-iron pedestrian gate to garden to front of house, and similar double-leaf wrought-iron vehicular gate to west with rendered piers.

• House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Two-storey mid-terrace house, built c.1910, with one-bay first floor and two-bay ground floor, having canted bay window under lean-to roof that continues along front of adjoining houses of terrace. Two-storey return to rear. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks, red brick eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Yellow brick walls with red brick block-and-start quoins, and with red brick to walling of canted bay, and rendered walling to return. Blank carved sandstone plaque to first floor. Segmental arch double window opening to first floor and square-headed windows to canted bay, with replacement uPVC windows, red brick block and start surrounds, and painted sills. Square-headed replacement uPVC door. Wrought-iron railings over smooth rendered plinth with wrought-iron pedestrian gate to garden to front of house, and with rendered piers to vehicular gateway to east.

• House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Two-storey end of terrace house, built c.1910, with one-bay first floor and two-bay ground floor, having canted bay window under lean-to roof that continues along front of adjoining houses of terrace. Two-storey return to rear. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks, red brick eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Yellow brick walls with red brick block-and-start quoins, and with red brick to walling of canted bay, and rendered walling to return. Blank carved sandstone plaque to first floor. Segmental arch double window opening to first floor with replacement uPVC windows, red brick block and start surrounds, square-headed window openings to canted bay with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, with painted sill. Square-headed door opening with replacement uPVC door. Wrought-iron railings over smooth rendered plinth with wrought-iron pedestrian gate to garden to front of house, and with rendered piers to vehicular gateway to east.

• House, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached two-bay three-storey house, built c.1880, with canted bay window to north bay of front elevation. Pitched slate roof with red and yellow brick chimneystack to north gable, paired timber brackets to eaves, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls and plinth course, with sill course to first floor. Segmental-headed window openings with replacement uPVC windows, and painted sills. Segmental-headed door opening with replacement uPVC door and surround.

• House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, built c.1910. Slate roof with red brick chimneystack. Smooth rendered lined and ruled walls with smooth rendered plinth course. Slate hanging to sides of dormer window. Square-headed window openings with replacement uPVC windows, moulded render surrounds with keystone details, and painted sills. Square-headed door opening with moulded surround, timber panelled door with overlight, and moulded surround. Small garden to front, bounded by rendered plinth wall with wrought-iron railings and pedestrian gate.

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

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

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 Carn with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.

Name

Carn · An Carn

Area

582,768 m² (58.28 ha, 144.01 acres)

Civil parish

Clones, and its townlands

Barony

Dartree

Electoral division

Clones Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Clones Rural electoral division: 1,612 people in 603 households; 74% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clonboy, Clonedergole, Crossmoyle, Largy, Liseggerton, Lisnaroe Far, Mullanamoy

Placenames

Carn 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.