Keadew

259 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Keadew, from 2 m² to 73,552 m² (7.36 ha, 18.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 47 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 170 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Core (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 53 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Public Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Amenity and Open Space (Open space, park)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Strategic Residential Reserve
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Sport and Recreation (Active open space)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M3Neighbourhood Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Proposed Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 9 Sept 2026N/a

  for retention of a first-floor extension to rear of existing two-storey dwelling, alterations to elevations and floor plans and all associated and ancillary works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660513

• 7 Aug 2026N/a

  for (1) the change of use from Laundrette to Fast Food Pizza Takeaway with food sold for consumption off the premises (2) internal alterations to the layout of the unit to provide public waiting area, cooking area, food prep. area, food storage, washing up area, staff welfare facilities and ventilation system (3) new external door for deliveries only onto Town Hall Street car park (4) external signage (5) and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660436

• 10 Jun 2026Conditional

  to alter and extend first floor bedroom by removing existing dormer window and part of roof and providing new roof over to align with existing house

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2621

• 3 Jun 2026Conditional

  for the demolition of the original external walls on the right and left side elevations, alterations to the plans and elevations which differ from that previously approved under planning reference 24/60560 and all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660302

• 22 May 2026N/a

  to alter and extend first floor bedroom by removing existing dormer window and part of roof and providing new roof over to align with existing house

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2616

• 19 May 2026Conditional

  for (1) the construction of a first floor pitched roof side extension over the existing garage (2) change of use of the existing garage attached to the south facing side of the house to residential (3) the construction of a single storey flat roof garage attached to the north facing side elevation of the existing house (4) a mono pitch roof over the exposed concrete canopy to the front of the existing house and (5) all necessary ancillary site development works to facilitate this development

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660266

• 17 May 2026N/a

  for planning permission for (1) the construction of a first floor pitched roof side extension over the existing garage (2) change of use of the existing garage attached to the south facing side of the house to residential (3) the construction of a single storey flat roof garage attached to the north facing side elevation of the existing house (4) a mono pitch roof over the exposed concrete canopy to the front of the existing house and (5) all necessary ancillary site development works to facilitate this development

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660264

• 14 Apr 2026Conditional

  for works being carried out to a protected structure, Cavan County Development Plan, 2022 – 2028, Record of Protected Structures; Ref No. CV0453. The proposed works include the installation of 4no. bronze plated columbarium units into the Mortuary Chapel and all associated works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660181

• 13 Apr 2026N/a

  for works being carried out to a protected structure, Cavan County Development Plan, 2022 – 2028, Record of Protected Structures; Ref No. CV0453. The proposed works include the installation of 4no. bronze plated columbarium units into the Mortuary Chapel and all associated works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660174

• 19 Feb 2026Conditional

  for the change of use from office/retail use to medical & related consultancy services

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 2660073

• 2 Dec 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a standalone bus shelter and all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560714

• 26 Nov 2025N/a

  for the construction of a standalone bus shelter and all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560705

• 11 Jul 2025Conditional

  for alterations which include: Relocation of 1 no. pier to widen the existing entrance leading to the Cathedral carpark to the southeast of the property, adaptation of the existing 2 no. entrance gates to the Cathedral carpark, relocation of the central pier to form a reconfigured entrance to St. Augustine's car park utilising the existing 2 no. gates, regrading of existing levels, resurfacing and all associated site works. The entrances and gates are within the Farnham Street ACA and are located within the curtilage of protected structures: Cavan Presbytery Ref: CV0452 and the Cathedral of Saint Patrick and Saint Felim RPS No. CV0453 & NIAH Reg No. 40000113 as per Appendix 19 of the Cavan County Development Plan (2022-2028)

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560378

• 2 Jul 2025Conditional

  to apply for change of use from residential to office use and all associated works at Farnham Street, Cavan, Co. Cavan H12 AH72. The development consists of alterations to internal room layouts and all ancillary works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560358

• 10 Jan 2025Conditional

  to carry out works along front of existing dwelling 1. remove existing front boundary wall and entrance gates. 2. form new vehicular parking area. 3. construct new entrance piers and gates. 4 carry out all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 251

• 19 Dec 2024N/a

  for ground-mounted photovoltaic solar panels with a maximum actual square metreage of 910 m2 distributed over grass areas and two closed tanks in combination with associated ancillary works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460642

• 7 Nov 2024Conditional

  of: (1) demolish existing single storey rear extension and erect part single storey and part two storey extension to the side & rear of existing dwelling, (2) replace existing roof and form habitable first floor accommodation within the roof space, (3) alterations to the existing building layout and elevations, (4) erection of detached Domestic Store, (5) all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460560

• 23 Oct 2024N/a

  for (1) demolish existing single storey rear extension and erect part single storey and part two storey extension to the side & rear of existing dwelling, (2) replace existing roof and form habitable first floor accommodation within the roof space, (3) alterations to the existing building layout and elevations, (4) erection of detached Domestic Store, (5) all ancillary site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460515

• 23 Aug 2024Conditional

  for alterations to the previously approved planning application (Planning Ref: 23/60105) at St Augustine’s Hall. Farnham Street, Cavan, Co. Cavan. Alterations include changes to the layout and elevations of the 3-storey extension to the west (rear) of the property and associated alterations to site layout and landscaping works. This building is within the Farnham Street ACA and is located within the curtilage of protected structures: Cavan Presbytery Ref: CV0452 and Cathedral of Saint Patrick and Saint Felim Ref: CV0453 as per Appendix 19 of the Cavan County Development Plan (2022-2028)

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460400

• 18 Aug 2024N/a

  for alterations to the previously approved planning application (Planning Ref: 23/60105) at St Augustine’s Hall. Farnham Street, Cavan, Co. Cavan. Alterations include changes to the layout and elevations of the 3-storey extension to the west (rear) of the property and associated alterations to site layout and landscaping works. This building is within the Farnham Street ACA and is located within the curtilage of protected structures: Cavan Presbytery Ref: CV0452 and Cathedral of Saint Patrick and Saint Felim Ref: CV0453 as per Appendix 19 of the Cavan County Development Plan (2022-2028). Alterations include changes to the layout and elevations of the 3-storey extension to the west (rear) of the property and associated alterations to site layout and landscaping works. This building is within the Farnham Street ACA and is listed as a protected structure as per Appendix 20 (Dev. Plan. Ref. No. 15) of the Cavan County Development plan (2022-2028)

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460391

• 15 Aug 2024N/a

  for alterations to the previously approved planning application (Planning Ref: 23/60105) at St Augustine’s Hall. Farnham Street, Cavan, Co. Cavan. Alterations include changes to the layout and elevations of the 3-storey extension to the west (rear) of the property and associated alterations to site layout and landscaping works. This building is within the Farnham Street ACA and is located within the curtilage of protected structures: Cavan Presbytery Ref: CV0452 and Cathedral of Saint Patrick and Saint Felim Ref: CV0453 as per Appendix 19 of the Cavan County Development Plan (2022-2028). Alterations include changes to the layout and elevations of the 3-storey extension to the west (rear) of the property and associated alterations to site layout and landscaping works. This building is within the Farnham Street ACA and is listed as a protected structure as per Appendix 20 (Dev. Plan. Ref. No. 15) of the Cavan County Development plan (2022-2028)

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460383

• 2 Aug 2024N/a

  for alterations to previously approved planning application (Planning Ref: 23/60105) at St Augustine’s Hall. Farnham Street, Cavan, Co. Cavan. Alterations include changes to the layout and elevations of the 3 storey extension to the west (rear) of property and associated alterations to site layout and landscaping works. This building is within the Farnham Street ACA and is listed as a protected structure as per Appendix 20 (Dev. Plan. Ref. No. 15) of the Cavan County Development plan (2022-2028).

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460353

• 25 Jul 2024Conditional

  for a new store room on the 2nd floor, installing a new window for roof access and all associated site work

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460333

• 22 May 2024Conditional

  for the development of the provision of a total of 66no. apartments in 1no. building. Particulars of the development comprise as follows: (a) Creation of an access point to the lands from Farnham Road along with construction of a bridge to facilitate the internal access road to the lands. (b) Provision of an internal access road and footpaths to facilitate vehicular and pedestrian access. (c) The provision of 1no. 5 storey apartment block which will comprise a total 66no. apartments of which there are 26no. 1 bed units, 32no. 2 bed units and 8no. 3 bed units all with balconies or ground floor terraces. (d) The provision of associated communal and public open spaces to include a formal play area. (e) Associated bin and bicycle storage facilities. (f) Provision of internal footpaths and communal space areas at ground level to include all hard and soft landscape works, public lighting, planting and boundary treatments to include for retaining walls. (g) Provision of 1no. ESB substation.(h) Provision of a foul pumping station with associated infrastructure. (i) Provision of 49no. parking spaces which are to be provided at surface level within the courtyard and via an under-croft at the rear of the building, electric vehicle charge points with associated site infrastructure and ducting to provide charge points throughout the site. (j) Internal site works and attenuation systems which will include for provision of a hydrocarbon and silt interceptor prior to discharge. (k) Provision of an internal foul, storm and water networks all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460218

• 27 Mar 2024Conditional

  for change of use and alterations to ground floor from commercial use to healthcare use to be integrated into a single facility with the adjacent Healthcare Facility in 95/96 Main Street as per granted planning 23/60010 and all ancillary works & all associated signages. The proposed works are located within the curtilage of a protected structure

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460116

The 25 most recent of 61 applications.

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 Keadew.

Recorded monuments

• CV020-050001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Site has been infilled. An earlier report (OPW 1968) described a small stagnant pool of water, irregular in plan. Two large stones were identified in the water to one side. Davies (1948, 118) speculated that this place may have afforded refuge for a band of friars following the Dissolution (CV020-050002-). 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

• CV020-050002 Church
  Description

  At the site of a holy well (CV020-050001-). Davies (1948, 118) speculated that this place my have been a refuge for a band of friars after the Dissolution. He further suggested that although the townland was not church land, it is possible that there had been an early establishment here. No visible remains of a church 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

• CV020-051 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised roughly circular area (int. dims. 32m NE-SSW; 28.5m WNW-ESE) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide, shallow, partly waterlogged fosse. From W-N-NE fosse has been adapted for use as a field drain in modern times. Break in bank at N with partly destroyed accompanying causeway may represent original entrance. 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

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

  Freestanding gable-fronted single-cell Gothic Revival Presbyterian church, built 1836, with single-storey entrance porch. Four-bay single-storey extension to rear, built c.1890. Pitched slate roof with pinnacles and castellated parapet to gable-front and porch, sandstone eaves course and aluminium rainwater goods. Pitched slate roof to extension with terracotta ridge tiles and smooth rendered chimneystack. Snecked sandstone wall to front elevation, coursed limestone and sandstone walls to the sides, with sandstone plinth course and concave string course to porch. Stone plaque to apex of gable front reads ‘Scots Church, AD 1856’. Smooth rendered walls to rear gable above extension roof, to southern elevation and northern elevation to rear. Pointed arch window openings with block-and-start sandstone surrounds to porch and nave, Y-tracery and stained glass sashes to porch window, switch-line timber sash windows with stained glass to nave, and pointed arch opening to front gable with timber louvres. Square-headed windows to extension with red brick surrounds to openings, timber casement windows and stone sills. Pointed arch door opening to north elevation of porch with moulded sandstone surround, hood moulding and timber panelled door, accessed by sandstone steps. Square-headed door opening to extension with brick surround, overlight and timber tongue-and-groove door. Sandstone flags surrounding church. Cast-iron railings, piers and gates to boundary walls.

• Presbyterian Manse, manse, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached U-plan three-bay two-storey Presbyterian manse, built c.1870, with advanced gabled end bays and single recessed bay to centre. Extended to rear and refurbished c.1990. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks, uPVC rainwater goods and recent bargeboards. Squared snecked sandstone wall to front elevation with recent red brick band between floors of central bay. Rendered lined-and-ruled walls to side and rear elevations. Block-and-start red brick surrounds to tripartite windows with stone sills to front elevation. Half-dormer and plain square-headed openings to side elevations. uPVC casement windows. Square-headed door opening to entrance with overlight and fixed side lights, all with replacement uPVC. Site bounded by wrought-iron railings and sandstone piers, and rendered rubble wall to rear forming yard.

• Abbeyset Print and Design, church/chapel, 1855–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-cell former Methodist church, built 1858, with single-bay entrance to base of truncated tower to the north, spire removed, c.1960. Now in use as a printing works. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge cresting, saddle stone with elaborate cast-iron finial and limestone barge stones resting on corbels, and cast-iron rainwater goods supported by sandstone corbel course. Snecked limestone walls with corner buttresses having ashlar limestone dressing. Pointed-arched window to front elevation with carved sandstone tracery comprising triple lancet lights surmounted by roundels with quatrefoils. Hood moulding to window terminates in decoratively carved foliate drip-stops. Pointed arch window openings to nave with chamfered sandstone reveals and coloured leaded glass windows with storm-glazing. Pointed arch door opening with moulded sandstone surround, limestone hood moulding terminating in corbel drip-stops, limestone steps and a replacement timber double door. King-post trusses to interior ceiling with quatrefoils and mouchettes timbers. Interior refurbished c. 1960. Cast-iron railings and gate set on a limestone plinth wall to front.

• Manse, 1870–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former Methodist manse, built c.1875, with projecting central entrance bay and two-storey return to rear. Now in use as private residence. Hipped slate roofs with bracketed eaves, clay ridge tiles, stepped yellow brick chimneystacks and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Squared limestone walls with tooled limestone quoins and having limestone platbands to ground floor window head level and first floor sill level. Camber-arched window openings with limestone sills, yellow brick surrounds and one-over-one timber sliding sash windows to ground floor and two-over-two timber sliding sash windows to first floor, rear and side elevations. Segmental-headed door opening with moulded yellow brick reveals, glazed overlight and timber panelled door. Cast-iron railings on a limestone plinth to boundary with street. Single-storey outbuilding to rear yard.

• Cavan Masonic Lodge, masonic lodge/hall, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted two-bay two-storey masonic hall, built 1885, with projecting pair of gables to north elevation and lean-to extension to rear. Pitched slate roof with courses of scalloped purple slates, terracotta ridge tiles, timber louvred vent to central ridge and uPVC rainwater goods. Snecked limestone front elevation with dressed quoins and plaque over entrance with mason’s symbol and date 1885. Roughcast rendered walls to side elevation and red brick to extension. Square-headed window opening with stone label moulding to ground floor of gable front with tooled block-and-start sandstone window surround and tripartite timber casement window having stained glass overlights with lead glazing bars. Tudor arched window opening with stone label moulding to first floor of front gable, tooled block-and-start sandstone window surround with stained glass, lead glazing bars and timber mullions. Subtriangular window opening with hood moulding to first floor of entrance bay with sandstone surround and stained glass window. False-arched opening to entrance bay formed of lintel on corbels with sandstone surround, hood moulding and timber tongue and groove door with ornate hinges. Fine open-well stairs to first floor with principal meeting hall. Corbelled trusses to meeting hall ceiling, wainscotting and elevated platform to front wall, retaining original furniture and fittings. Ornate cast-iron railings resting on coursed rubble plinth wall with limestone coping to street, with dressed stone pier to north and coursed rubble wall with pier to northern boundary.

• Rory Hayden Solicitors, house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey over raised basement former house, built c.1860, with gablets added to attic, c.1890. Two-and-a-half-storey return to rear, with recent single-storey flat-roof extension. Now in use as offices. Pitched slate roof with dormer windows with decorative timber bargeboards to front elevation, red brick chimneystack to gable wall with yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Snecked limestone and sandstone façade. Smooth rendered walls to side elevation. Random coursed stone walls with dressed quoins to return. Red brick surrounds and stone sills to uPVC windows. Tripartite windows to rear elevation, with stone sills and uPVC windows. Round-headed window opening to stairs with six-over-six timber sash windows. Segmental-headed door opening with timber Ionic doorcase, leaded fanlight and panelled door with brass door furniture. Sandstone steps to entrance on brick vault which abuts the front wall. Wrought-iron railings with cast-iron finials to front and steps. Two-storey slated stone former outbuilding to rear with one-over one sash windows to upper level, now in use as offices.

• House, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay three-storey over raised basement house, built c.1860, with integral carriage arch and return to rear. Recently used as offices, now vacant. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystack on party wall to north, bracketed eaves and cast-iron rainwater goods. Random coursed squared sandstone walls. Tooled quoins and surround to carriageway with keystone and imposts. Red brick surrounds and stone sills to six-over-six timber sliding-sash windows. Segmental-arched door opening with timber fluted Ionic columns supporting cornice and surmounted by neo-classical-style fanlight, having replacement timber panelled door, accessed up seven limestone steps. Cast-iron railings and gates to boundary with bootscraper at door. Enclosed yard to rear with disused outbuildings and bounded by coursed rubble walls.

• House, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay three-storey over basement house, built c.1860, with integral carriage arch and return to rear. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks over party walls and bracketed eaves with aluminium rainwater goods. Snecked sandstone walls with tooled quoins. Keystone and imposts to carriage arch. Red brick surrounds and stone sills to six-over-six and three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows. Segmental-headed door opening with leaded spider's web fanlight, smooth rendered door surround and plain cornice, six-panelled timber door with tall centre panels. Carriageway retaining original tongue-and-grooved timber gates with pedestrian wicket door. Cast-iron railing with sandstone steps to entrance supported on a brick vault, railings and gate to street.

• Cavan County Council Environment Services, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay three-storey former house, built c.1820, possibly as two houses, now used as offices. Pitched artificial slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and aluminium rainwater goods. Roughcast finish to front elevation with smooth rendered plinth. Random coursed stone to rear elevation at first and second floor with masonry break at centre of elevation, smooth render to ground floor. Square-headed window openings to front elevation with painted sills and one-over-one timber sliding-sash windows. Square-headed window openings with brick surrounds to rear elevation with six-over-six timber sliding sash windows and stone sills. Segmental-headed door opening with Ionic timber fluted columns, leaded spider's web fanlight and replacement timber panelled door. Cast-iron railings with pedestrian gates bounding the street. Single-storey outbuilding running perpendicular to rear.

• Cavan County Council Environment Services, library/archive, 1930–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay three-storey former library and school, built 1935, with three-storey return to rear. Now in use as offices. Flat roof with parapet, rendered chimneystacks to party walls, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with rusticated smooth-rendered piers with flat fluted capitals and stepped platbands forming cornice. Parapet as panelled blocking course with smooth rendered edges. Eight-over-eight timber sliding sash windows with stone sills, some six-over-six timber sliding sashes and bipartite four-over-four timber sliding sash windows to north side elevation. Square-headed opening with recessed glazed double-leaf door, multi-pane overlight and rendered jambs. Cast-iron railings and gates to boundary with street. Two-storey office accommodation to rear added c.1940.

• Lynton House, house, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached two-bay three-storey former house, built c.1800, now in use as apartments with disused offices to ground floor. Pitched slate roof with red-brick chimneystack to party wall and uPVC rainwater goods. Smooth ruled-and-lined rendered walls with architraves to ground and first floor openings, having keystone motifs to ground level openings. uPVC windows. Round-headed opening to historic front door with surround of pilasters, archivolt and keystone to recent timber door and fanlight. Later square-headed opening, replacing ground floor window, with transom light and recent glazed timber door. Wrought-iron railings to boundary with street, with cast-iron corner posts. Single-storey flat-roof extension to rear. Two-storey outbuilding to rear, now in office use.

• Cavan Courthouse, court house, 1820–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached neo-Classical five-bay two-storey over basement courthouse, built 1824, with pedimented breakfront, single-storey portico and double height main entrance hall, refurbished and extended 1987-1989. Hipped slate roof concealed behind parapet with cornice and blocking course, replacement uPVC dome, cast-iron rainwater goods. Ashlar façade of Latt sandstone to front with recessed panels to end bays over blind round-headed arches within arched recesses. Pediment formerly surmounted by acroterion over breakfront with grouping of three windows at upper floor over single-storey tetrastyle Doric portico. Central six-over-six Wyatt window flanked by six-over-six timber sash windows above portico. Square-headed door opening in architrave surmounted by cornice on fluted console brackets flanked by blind door openings with pulvinated friezes. Double-leaf main entrance doors with raised and fielded panels. Squared rubble limestone side elevation with round-headed windows openings having cut sandstone surrounds, square-headed windows inset on ground floor to south elevation. Internally main entrance hall with cupola and bifurcating stairs of reinforced concrete reflecting layout of original staircase with original wrought-iron railings. Courtrooms flanking hall and council chamber on the first floor with largely replacement plasterwork and joinery reflecting style of original. Blocked tunnel in south-east corner of building that historically connected the courthouse to the nearby former gaol. Benchmark inscribed in southern corner of façade. Set back and slightly elevated above the road level, mainly surrounded by tarmacadam car park with small lawn and planting adjoining the cast-iron railings at road boundary. Monument of solider to front with inscription “In commemoration of those members of the Irish Republican Army who gave their lives in defence of the Irish Republic”.

• Kelly Rahill & Co, bank/financial institution, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay three-storey over basement neo classical style former bank, built 1862-3, with single-storey entrance bay to north, dormer attic and return to rear. Now in office use. Pitched slate roof with moulded cornice and pulvinated frieze, rendered chimneystack to gable, two dormer windows to the rear pitch, and some sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with raised block-and-start quoins and shouldered window surrounds and pedestals to second storey, cornice hoods with consoles and keystones to first floor windows. Rendered fascia with dentilated cornice extending across single-storey entrance with traces of former lettering reading “Provincial Bank of Ireland”. Channel-jointed rusticated render to ground floor with shouldered architraves to entrance door. Smooth render and raised block-and-start quoins to the rear elevation and return. Replacement uPVC windows to front, six-over-six timber sash windows to return. Bolection panelled timber main entrance door with single-pane overlight opening onto curved flight of limestone steps with cast-iron railings having fleur-de-lys finials on moulded cut-stone plinth enclosing basement area. Cut jostle stone protecting corner railings.

• Cavan Presbytery, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1960–1965 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay two-storey presbytery, built 1962, with L-plan single-storey addition to north. Flat roof behind parapet with cornice and blocking course, granite chimneystacks with cornice, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Granite ashlar to front and road-facing side with dark pointing and chamfered plinth. Rendered walls to rear and side elevations. Window openings with raised keystone and cut stone sills to front and side, having uPVC windows. Round-head door opening with flush surround of ashlar Portland stone having concave archivolt, block-and-start jambs and stepped voussoirs, enclosing stained glass fanlight over double-leaf hardwood doors with alternating flat and raised-and-fielded panels. Set behind former presbytery, perpendicular to the road, and facing the Cathedral of Saints Patrick and Felim.

• Cathedral of Saint Patrick and Saint Felim, cathedral, 1935–1945 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Latin-cross plan five-bay double-height cathedral in monumental neo-Classical style, built 1939-1942, with Corinthian prostyle tetrastyle pedimented portico, four-stage tower and octagonal spire flanked by cupolas. Seven-bay nave with single-storey aisles, two bay transepts with single-storey side chapels and dome over crossing, apses with half cupolas to ends of transepts and narthex, advanced side entrances to side aisles adjoining transepts, seven-bay single-storey sacristy wing to west having recessed central bay with lantern rooflight. Square-plan four-stage tower of Wicklow granite ashlar and Portland stone, rusticated at first stage with niches in breakfront to each face having statue of Blessed Virgin Mary to front, oculi with margents to each face at second stage with corners surmounted by urns, octagonal-plan third stage with louvred round-arched belfry openings to each face with festoon decoration and engaged Corinthian columns to corners supporting entablature, fourth stage as attic storey with oculi between scrolled buttresses surmounted by spire with bronze cross. Pitched copper roofs behind parapet blocking course, flat roofs to aisles and side chapels. Copper mansard roofs to outer bays of vestry with flat roof around copper-clad flat-roofed multiple-pane lantern light. Copper domes over crossing, side chapels, apses and flanking steeple. Cast-iron rainwater downpipes and hopper heads. Wicklow granite ashlar walls with Portland stone detailing. Five-bay front elevation with central pediment having cross to apex, modillion cornices, tympanum with high-relief sculptural group of Christ with SS Patrick and Felim to either side, frieze reading 'D.O.M. SUB INVOC. S. PATRIT. ET. S. FEDLIM. A.D. MCMXLII'. Portland stone Corinthian columns to portico, responding giant-order pilasters framing outer bays with paired end pilasters. Centrally positioned limestone doorcase composed of square-headed door with architrave, keystone and cornice with semi-circular fanlight in archivolt, central oculus at upper level, door flanked by apsoidal niches with square headed windows within recesses over, plaques between storeys, with coat-of arms to central plaque. Side elevations having frieze with paterae and margents over Doric pilasters flanking round-arched windows in alternate recessed bays having concave reveals, panelled aprons and floral festoons on either side of rock-faced keystone, moulded string course at impost. Square-headed openings with raised keystone to clerestory, square-headed door opening and semi-circular fanlight to side entrance porch. Pedimented transepts with pilasters and impost course taken around semi-circular apse. Single-storey sacristy to rear with parapet over cornice and central doorcase in blocked architrave with keystone. Interior in manner of Roman basilica with compartmented plasterwork ceiling of round panels, clerestory window in architraves over entablature on Corinthian columns of Pavonazzetto marble. Sanctuary extending into crossing with stucco coffered dome over, top-lit side chapels to either side of altar, separated from chancel and side aisles by Corinthian columns of Pavonazzetto marble with black marble pedestals. High altar of green Connemara and pink Middleton marble raised on plinth. Row of twelve stained-glass windows each representing an apostle to bowed apse behind altar over mural of the Risen Christ surrounded by native saints by George Collie (1904-1975). Stations of the Cross also by Collie, six stained-glass windows to nave, window in south transept from the studios of Harry Clarke. Main portico approached by wide granite steps in two flights with ironwork handrails in serpentine form. Square-plan granite piers and wide paved approach in geometric pattern divided by two flights of granite steps.

• Cavan Church of Ireland Parish Church, church/chapel, 1810–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cruciform-plan Church of Ireland church in Gothic Revival style, built c.1815, comprising three-bay nave and four-stage tower and spire, with lower entrance bay and single-storey porch to west end, single-bay transepts and vestry to north-east added c.1855. Octgonal-plan tower of dressed ashlar with moulded pinnacle and iron weather vane over crenellated parapet with sprocketed corner pinnacles. Pitched replacement slate roof with crenellated parapets moulded stone verges to transepts, some cast-iron rainwater goods. Coursed squared rubble sandstone walls, smooth rendered to north transpept and vestry, angled buttresses to all corners all surmounted by gablets and sprocketed pinnacles apart from later transepts, pointed arched openings with hood mouldings. Tower having pointed arched louvred belfry openings with chamfered limestone reveals and hood mouldings to fourth stage, clock faces to three sides within diamond-shaped lozenges of carved limestone at third stage, pointed-arched window openings in champhered surrounds to second stage. Twinlight multiple-pane timber tracery windows to tower, porch and north of nave, latter being replacements of c.2000. Twinlight stone tracery windows to oueter bays at south side of nave. Trefoil openings below apex of transept gables. Stone tracery in Decorated style with stained glass to chancel window in east end, with similar traceries to transepts. Tudor-headed door openings with trefoil-panelled doors decorated with quatrefoils to end porch, and panelled door to entrance bay. Recent opening to north side of entrance bay with sheeted door, shoulder-arched door opening to vestry with sheeted door and decorative ironmongery. Shallow groin-vaulted ceiling to interior, with moulded ribs and bosses terminating in corbels with acanthus and putti decoration. U-plan timber gallery to three sides with panelled front decorated with rosettes and quatrefoils supported on clustered colonnettes, soldiers' gallery above to west c.1850. Pews of c.1880 in twin aisle layout, limestone pulpit and prayer desk c.1880. Enclosed by rubble stone walls with half-barrel coping, low wall surmounted by cast-iron railings to north, cast-iron double gates at Farnham Street and Church Street entrances.

• O'Gorman Solicitors, house, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay three-storey over basement former house, built c.1820, with two-storey return to rear. Now in office use. Pitched slate roof with red-brick chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. One-over-one pane timber sliding-sash window to ground floor and uPVC windows to upper floors. Elliptical-headed door opening with plain fanlight, Tuscan columns and six-panelled historic timber door. Sandstone steps to entrance and cast-iron railings.

• G.V. Maloney & Co. Solicitors, house, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay three-storey over basement former house, built c.1820, with integral carriageway. Now in office use. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. uPVC windows. Elliptical-headed door opening with Tuscan columns, timber panelled door and leaded petal fanlight. Segmental-headed carriage arch with tongue-and-grooved gates having pedestrian wicket door. Sandstone steps to entrance and cast-iron railings.

• L. Courtney Obstetrician, house, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay three-storey over basement former house, built c.1820, with integral carriageway. Now partly in office use. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. Six-over-six timber sliding sash windows to ground and first floor, six-over-three timber sliding sash windows to second floor. Elliptical-headed door opening with Tuscan columns, timber panelled door, and leaded petal fanlight. Segemental-headed integral carraigeway with tongue-and-groove gates having pedestrian wicket door. Sandstone steps to entrance and cast-iron railings.

• Coillte, house, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay three-storey over basement former house, built c.1820, with two-storey return and single-storey lean-to extension to rear. Now in office use. Pitched slate roof with red brick partially rendered chimneystack over party wall and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth ruled-and-lined rendered walls. One-over-one timber sliding sash window to ground floor, six-over-six sliding sash windows to first and six-over-three sliding sash windows to second floor. Elliptical-headed door opening with leaded petal fanlight over Tuscan column door surround and six-panelled timber door. Limestone steps to entrance, with bootscraper and cast-iron railings.

• The Farnham Dental Practice, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay three-storey former house, built c.1820, formerly with integral carriageway to south, now blocked. Recent flat-roofed single-storey extension to rear. Now in use as dental surgery. Pitched slate roof with uPVC rainwater goods. Random coursed limestone walls. Rendered walls to rear elevation. Cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds and sandstone sills to uPVC windows. Round-headed door opening with cut-limestone voussoirs, replacement timber panelled door and replacement fanlight. Boundary to street enclosed by decorative cast-iron railings with anthemion and palmette finials, terminating to north in hexagonal-profile tooled limestone pier.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay three-storey house, built c.1820, with recent extensions and small yard to rear. Now vacant. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystack on party wall to south and uPVC and cast-iron rainwater goods. Random coursed sandstone and limestone walls with recent strap-pointing and plaque. Quarry-faced block-and-start limestone surrounds to window and door openings. Bipartite six-over-six timber sliding sash window to first floor. Six-over-three timber sliding sash windows to ground and second floor. Limestone sills to openings. Round-headed door opening with cut-stone voussoirs, spoked timber fanlight and replacement timber panelled door. Front site enclosed by decorative cast-iron railings with anthemion and palmette finials on limestone plinth.

• Gaffney & Cullivan Architects, house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace L-plan three-bay three-storey former house, built c.1830, with three-bay side elevation and recent extension to rear. Now in use as office. Pitched slate roof, hipped to south with replacement roof tiles, red brick chimneystack on party wall to north, artificial slate hanging to chimneystack to rear gable, and uPVC rainwater goods. Random coursed limestone walls to front elevation. Rendered walls to rear elevation. Block-and-start limestone and sandstone surrounds to openings. Six-over-six timber sliding sash windows, in bipartite arrangement to first floor. Six-over-three timber sliding sash windows to second floor. Replacement timber casements to ground floor. Sandstone sills to openings. Elliptical-headed door opening with cut-stone voussoirs and decorative leaded petal fanlight over slender Tuscan columns flanking replacement timber panelled door. Square-headed opening to side entrance with fixed overlight and recent glazed door. Front site enclosed by decorative cast-iron railings with anthemion and palmette finials terminating to south in hexagonal-profile tooled limestone pier.

• Cavan Town Hall, town/county hall, 1905–1910 · National interest
  Description

  Detached Arts-and-Crafts style T-plan town hall, built 1909, comprising seven-bays façade with central three-bay three-storey gabled breakfront having wide central bay and two-storey end bays with gabled side elevations. Single-storey assembly hall with dormer roof to rear. Extended 1977. Pitched slate roofs with parapets to end bays, eaves to intermediate bays, to rear and to assembly hall roof. Rendered chimneystacks with Latt sandstone coping stones, replacement rainwater goods, roof vents and triangular dormers to hall. Random coursed Latt sandstone walls with ashlar dressings of flush and rock-faced finish. Paired corner piers to breakfront, to end bays and in piers between bays of assembly hall. Segmental-arched tripartite transom and mullion multiple-pane window to first floor of central bay set within arched red-brick recess, having French door opening to first floor ironwork balcony. Narrow eight-pane casement windows between paired piers, and quadripartite transom and mullion multiple pane windows to intermediate bays. Similar multiple-pane mullion windows to central bays of gables at ground and second floors and to assembly hall and dormers. All windows as side-hung casements set flush with flush sandstone sills. Recessed entrance to ground floor with replacement timber double doors and segmental tympanum with sunken relief inscription. Rib and collar truss ceiling to assembly hall. Tongue and groove wainscoting throughout. Neo-vernacular closed string balustrade to main stairs. Site bounded by cast-iron railings from the former Farnham Gardens.

• House, 1935–1955 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1945, with internal porch, pair of advanced gable-fronted bays and three-bay two-storey side elevation. Hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebble-dashed walls with smooth-rendered plinth and surrounds to porch opening and windows. Tripartite windows to gabled bays comprising six-over-six central sliding sashes and four-over-four sliding-sash side lights, six-over-six sliding sash window above door in central bay. Round arch to open porch with recessed square-headed front door opening having tripartite multiple-pane overlight, fixed sidelights, raised and fielded six-panelled timber door and decorative tiled threshold. Central tripartite window to side at ground level matching front elevation, with eight-over-eight sliding sash windows, one opening reduced in size and uPVC window inserted. Smooth-rendered boundary wall and piers with decorative steel railings and gate.

• Cobbles/flags/paving/kerbing, 1810–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Section of sandstone flagged paving, laid c.1815.

• Lynton House, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached two-bay three-storey former house, built c.1800, with first and second floor converted to apartments, and ground floor now in use as solicitor's offices. Single-storey flat-roof extension to rear. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystack to party wall and uPVC rainwater goods. Smooth ruled-and-lined rendered walls with architraves to openings at ground and first floors, rendered keystones at ground level. Oval limestone name plaque reading ‘Lynton House’. Square-headed openings with uPVC windows. Round-headed opening to historic front door with surround of pilasters, archivolt and keystone to fanlight and recent timber door. Second later door opening in place of former window with transom light and recent glazed timber door. Wrought-iron railings to boundary with cast-iron corner posts. Two-storey former outbuilding to rear, now in office use and heavily altered.

• Gates/railings/walls, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Sections of cast-iron railings from former Farnham Gardens, installed c.1880, salvaged and re-erected to boundaries of Townhall, Thomas Ashe and Farnham Street. Comprising upper and lower level vertical spike-headed elements, lower elements terminating in foliated section resting on horizontal sill, upper section terminating in pair of stepped circular moulds resting on upper horizontal sill. Square-profile intermittent piers with square-based seams and perpendicular scrolled bracket supports. Square-profile gate piers with bevelled panels, bead mouldings and studs with finials to the top.

• Post box, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding circular-profile cast-iron pillar post box, c.1880, with royal insignia removed from the door. Stepped necking with slot in band flanked by words 'Post Office' in raised letters. Domed cap with decorative dentillated effect to base. Plain door with trace of decorative insignia, stepped base.

• The Rectory, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached Italianate style three-bay two-storey former rectory, built c.1860, with advanced eastern bay, single-storey advanced entrance porch with door to west elevation, and four-bay east elevation with full-height canted bay. Now in use as private house. Hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves supported on timber brackets to east and south elevations, rendered chimney stacks with cornice, and cast-iron rainwater goods with decorative hopper heads. Ruled-and-lined smooth-rendered walls with raised V-jointed quoins and chamfered plinth. Ruled-and-lined north and west elevations. Square-headed window openings with moulded architrave surrounds supported on corbels to front and east elevations with continuous sill course at first floor, and horizontal panels to canted bay between ground and first floor windows. Tripartite window openings in gabled centre bay to west elevation and moulded architraves to north elevation. Historic one-over-one sliding sash windows. Entrance porch with balustraded parapet over dentil cornice, square-headed door opening with replacement timber panelled door and overlight. Entrance drive now shared with recent housing development in the former grounds.

• Cavan Cattle Mart, outbuilding, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay double-height former goods shed, built c.1865, with single-storey four-bay red-brick former goods office to south, c.1920, and later lean-to extension to west. Now part of livestock mart. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods. Squared rubble stone walls with dressed quoin stones. Semi-circular arch with dressed voussoirs in upper level of both gables comprising blind rendered recess to south and window opening to north. Cut-stone string courses at cill level defining traingular gable. Round-arched openings with dressed voussoirs and raised impost stone to western side of both gables aligned for entry and exit of trains. Later square-headed opening to eastern bay of north gable. Row of four round-headed arches to east elevation. Sheeted timber door to south gable opening, all other openings blocked or with replacement doors or windows. Red-brick walls in English bond to goods office with segmental-head windows, chamfer-stop detail to reveals and heads, stone sills and timber sash windows with horizontal panes.

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Radon

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

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

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2071 (ZIP).

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

Name

Keadew

Area

942,738 m² (94.27 ha, 232.96 acres)

Civil parish

Urney, and its townlands

Barony

Loughtee Upper

Electoral division

Cavan Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cavan Rural electoral division: 8,747 people in 2,931 households; 59% of households own their home; 62% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbeyland, Drumalee, Drumavanagh, Drumlark, Kinnypottle, Latt, Lisdaran, Lurganboy

Placenames

Keadew 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.