Lismacanigan Lower
Lismacanigan Lower is a townland in the civil parish of Castlerahan, barony of Castlerahan, Co. Cavan. Its name in Irish is Lios Mhic Cannagáin Íochtarach.
Parcel 4101445
- Area
- 2,160 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 303 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Lismacanigan Lower
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 156.3 ha
- 386 acres
- Land parcels
- 56
- registered freehold, median 4,150 m² (0.41 ha, 1.03 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lismacanigan Lower, from 217 m² to 220,930 m² (22.09 ha, 54.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Lismacanigan Lower 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
13 Jun 2025Conditional
for the construction of a front porch extension beneath the existing canopy, incorporating new stone walls and relocating the front door forward. Proposed new single-storey flat-roof extension to the side, featuring front-facing bifold glass doors
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560300
26 Nov 2024Conditional
for (1) Elevation and floor plan alterations, amendments and renovation to existing two storey farmhouse (2) Single storey and two storey extensions to existing house (3) Construction of detached domestic garage with carport and home office (4) installation of new sewerage treatment system and percolation area (5) open new site entrance (6) all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460589
21 Nov 2024N/a
for (1) Elevation and floor plan alterations, amendments and renovation to existing two storey farmhouse (2) Single storey and two storey extensions to existing house (3) Construction of detached domestic garage with carport and home office (4) installation of new sewerage treatment system and percolation area (5) open new site entrance (6) all ancillary site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460583
16 Mar 2023Conditional
to retain an extension to 1 No. Pig House, and, alterations to the site layout previously approved under planning ref. 18/446, together with all ancillary structures and all associated site works arising from the above development
Retention · Cavan County Council, 23112
25 Oct 2018Conditional
to construct 1 no. pig house and an extension to 1 no. existing pig house, together with all ancillary structures and all associated site works arising from the above development
Permission · Cavan County Council, 18446
26 Jul 2018Conditional
to upgrade/replace existing site/farm entrance and to retain 10 No. pig houses, together with all ancillary structures and all associated site works arising from the above development
Permission · Cavan County Council, 18310
19 Apr 2018Conditional
to retain existing domestic garage and erect single storey extension to same with all ancillary and associated works. Significant further information and revised plans to include the retention of the basement level and decking to the existing dwellinghouse have been submitted
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18157
14 Mar 2018N/a
to retain existing domestic garage and erect single storey extension to same with all ancillary and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18109
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Lismacanigan Lower.
Recorded monuments
- CV038-043 Ringfort - rath
Description
Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 ed. Not marked on subsequent eds. Situated on SW slope of a drumlin ridge. Not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
- CV038-044 Ringfort - rath
Description
Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 30m) enclosed by two substantial earthen banks with wide, deep, intermediate fosse. Outer bank has been partly modified and incorporated into the field boundary. Original entrance not recognisable. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lismacanigan Lower.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Lismacanigan Lower, 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lismacanigan Lower.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Lismacanigan Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Lismacanigan Lower · Lios Mhic Cannagáin Íochtarach
- Area
- 1,563,340 m² (156.33 ha, 386.31 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castlerahan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Castlerahan
- Electoral division
- Kilbride, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 998 people lived in 338 households in the Kilbride electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barconny (Cuppage), Barconny (Massereene), Cornamucklagh, Dungummin Lower, Lismacanigan Upper, Mountprospect, Tullyagan
- Placenames
- Lismacanigan Lower 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.