Portruan

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Portruan, from 233 m² to 48,408 m² (4.84 ha, 11.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 8 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Portruan 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.

• 24 Mar 2021Conditional

  to retain A. loft conversion, porch extension and alterations to elevations of existing dwellinghouse, B. studio and attached garage, C. mobile home / accommodation unit ancillary to existing dwelling and associated works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21170

• 27 Apr 2020Conditional

  to retain alterations to existing dwelling comprising conversion of out-building to living accommodation, raised slated roof, alterations to elevations, carport, exposed stonework, garden enclosure and associated works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20154

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Oughter and Associated Loughs SAC 000007

Recorded monuments

• CV011-025 Mound
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Portruan.

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

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, low (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 Portruan.

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 Portruan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.

Name

Portruan

Area

450,394 m² (45.04 ha, 111.29 acres)

Civil parish

Annagh, and its townlands

Barony

Loughtee Lower

Electoral division

Grilly, the unit of the census

Census 2022

512 people lived in 165 households in the Grilly electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clowninny, Corleggy, Edenterriff, Loughdooly, Quivvy, Shancorry

Placenames

Portruan 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.