Shanco

65 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shanco, from 30 m² to 117,126 m² (11.71 ha, 28.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Shanco 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.

• 31 Jul 2025Conditional

  permission consequent on the grant of outline permission ref: No 22-398 the development will consist of a dwelling house, a domestic garage, a domestic waste water treatment system, a new site entrance with all associated site development works

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2560

• 10 Mar 2025Conditional

  permission for development at Shanco, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan The development will consist of; the Retention of an extension to a garage previously granted under Ref 05/31, 07/1525 and 07/2192

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2560094

• 20 Feb 2025N/a

  permission for retention of an extension to a garage previously granted under Ref 03/118 and 07/1525

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2560055

• 10 Feb 2025Conditional

  planning permission for the construction of a new agricultural entrance to public road together with all associated works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2560042

• 28 Jan 2025N/a

  permission for development at Shanco, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan The development will consist of; the Retention of an extension to a garage previously granted under Ref 03/118

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2560025

• 3 Jul 2024Conditional

  permission for (a) to construct a single storey type dwelling house (b) to install a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area and to connect to existing group water scheme (c) to use an existing entrance to the adjacent house to serve the new dwelling which will include repositioning of one existing wing wall and also relocating the fence line and entrance pier on the site north-east of the application site (d) all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2464

• 26 Sept 2022Refused

  permission to construct a new two storey residential dwelling comprising 3no. bedrooms; Provision of a detached single storey garage; Provision of a soakaway for use with SuDs for surface water drainage; Provision of an on-site foul drainage treatment system; Provision of hard and soft landscaping, and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 22428

• 12 Sept 2022Conditional

  outline permission for a dwelling house, a domestic garage, a domestic waste water treatment system, a new site entrance with all associated site development works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 22398

• 23 Aug 2021Conditional

  permission to erect a 21m high monopole telecommunications structure together with antennas, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment and remove the existing 18m high timber telecommunications pole

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 21480

• 14 Jul 2021Conditional

  permission for a development consisting of the construction of a two-storey dwelling, attached domestic garage & carport, use of an existing access with new gates & piers, new wastewater treatment system together with all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21409

• 14 May 2021Refused

  permission for a development consisting of the construction of a new two storey residential dwelling comprising 3 no. bedrooms; provision of a detached single storey garage; provision of a soakaway for use with SuDs for surface water drainage; provision of an on-site foul drainage treatment system; provision of hard and soft landscaping, and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21271

• 4 Mar 2021Conditional

  permission for development consisting of to erect a 1.2 metre high fence with gates and lighting around existing football pitch and all associated site works.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2199

• 20 Aug 2020Conditional

  Permission to demolish house and out building and erect a two storey dwelling, treatment plant, percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 20330

• 22 Jul 2019Conditional

  permission for a development consisting of a four bay agricultural dry bedded shed and all associated site works and retention permission for a development that consists of an agricultural structure. The structure is utilised as a dry-bedded shed for cattle.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 19337

• 27 Nov 2018Conditional

  permission to construct a two storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance onto public road, driveway, waste water treatment system and percolation area, landscaping and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 18548

• 25 Oct 2018N/a

  retention permission (ref:11/80) the development consists of an existing 18 metre high telecommunications support structure, with antennas, equipment container, and associated equipment within a fenced compound and access track. The development forms part of Vodafone Ireland Limited's existing GSM and 3G Broadband telecommunications network

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 18499

• 14 Dec 2017N/a

  Retention of development which consists of an existing 18 metre high telecommunications support structure, with antennas, equipment container, and associated equipment within a fenced compound and access track. The development forms part of Vodafone Ireland Limited's existing GSM and 3G Broadband telecommunications network (previous ref No 11/80).

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 17597

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 Shanco.

Recorded monuments

• MO027-100 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located towards the top of a S-facing slope. A circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40m) is depicted on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’, and an arc of hachures W-N-E connecting with a NE-SW field bank at SE is depicted on the 1907 edition. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 34.5m E-W; 34m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (at N: Wth 3.4m; H 0.5m) that is incorporated into a field bank E-SE. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. 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: 1 February 2018

• MO027-101 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise towards the bottom of a S-facing slope. A D-shaped embanked enclosure (ext. dims c. 50m N-S; c. 30m E-W) is depicted on the W side of a NNE-SSW field boundary only on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in improved 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 1 February 2018

• MO027-102 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a shelf just off the crest of the S-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 30.6m NW-SE; 30m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 3.8-4.4m; int. H 0.5-0.8m; ext. H 2.3-2.6m), with an outer water-logged or flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 5.4-6.2m; Wth of base 2-2.5m; ext. D 0.8-1.4m) that survives complete, except NW-NE where there is a farm road. There are breaks in the bank at SW and NW, and a modernised entrance (Wth of base 1.7m) at NE. 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: 25 August 2017

Architectural heritage

• Corvally National School, school, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached U-plan three-bay single-storey school, built c.1850, with lean-to canopy to middle of front facade, between advanced gabled end bays, and with recent single-storey extension to rear. Now in use as church hall by neighbouring Presbyterian church. Pitched slate roofs with kneelered gables and cut-stone copings with profiled ridge, cut-stone chimneystacks with cornices, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Render removed, exposing rubble stone walls with relieving arches over openings and quoins. Square-headed window openings throughout, those to projecting bays having chamfered ashlar stone architraves and sills and carved stone label-mouldings. Cut-stone surrounds and sills to windows to other elevations. Replacement uPVC windows throughout. Square-headed door openings to centre bay of front elevation and to inner elevations of projecting bays, with recent timber battened doors. Exposed site shared with Presbyterian church, dated 1839, to north. Site entrance to east, lined-and-ruled rendered gate piers with stepped pyramidal cappings, metal double-leaf gates. Hedges to site boundaries. Mature trees to north portion of site.

• Corvally Presbyterian Church, church/chapel, 1835–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding three-bay Presbyterian church, dated 1839, having lower gabled porch to front (north) gable, single-storey gabled extension to rear and lean-to extension to west. Pitched slate roof having stone copings and gable finials with replacement rainwater goods. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walls having smooth rendered margins and eaves course set on smooth rendered plinth. Stone date plaque to east elevation reading 'This Church was erected for the worship of the living God AD 1839 Rev. Thomas Gibson Minister'. Square-headed window openings having painted stone surrounds, stone sills and label-mouldings with replacement timber windows. Square-headed door opening to front porch (facing west) having painted stone surround, label-moulding and timber door. Square-plan smooth rendered piers, metal gates, smooth rendered walls and mature trees to boundaries. Interior has raised timber altar table, pulpit and backdrop, flat ceiling with moulded cornice, herringbone tiles to central aisle, flanked by timber pews on raised timber floor, and organ to north end. Square-headed timber panelled double-leaf door opening from nave to entrance lobby. Decorative encaustic tiles to entrance lobby.

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 moderately high, 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 Shanco.

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

Name

Shanco · An Seanchuach

Area

1,738,086 m² (173.81 ha, 429.49 acres)

Civil parish

Magheross, and its townlands

Barony

Farney

Electoral division

Drumgurra, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Drumgurra electoral division: 742 people in 242 households; 90% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardragh, Corvally, Greaghlatacapple, Lisdrumturk, Lisnafeddaly, Mullaghcroghery

Placenames

Shanco 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.