Lavey

51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lavey, from 129 m² to 252,725 m² (25.27 ha, 62.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 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 Lavey 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.

• 29 Oct 2025Conditional

  for construction of a two storey type dwelling, domestic garage, formation of new site entrance onto the public road, installation of proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and completion of all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560649

• 18 May 2023Conditional

  EXTENSION OF DURATION OF Planning Reg. No. 18/101; to (a) demolish 2 no. existing pig houses and to construct 2 no. replacement pig houses to aid compliance with animal welfare and nitrates regulations, (b) to retain existing office/canteen, plant room, storage unit and water storage tank(s), and, (c) to install an on-site waste water treatment system and percolation area, together with all ancillary structures and all associated site works arising from the above proposed development

  Extension of duration · Cavan County Council, 23208

• 26 Jun 2020Conditional

  of (1) revised site boundary and site layout (2) alterations and amendments made to floor plans and elevations of detached two storey type dwelling all previously granted under ref. no 19/61 and planning PERMISSION is being sought to construct pitched roofs to single storey side section and front porch previously granted as flat roofs and complete all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20242

• 25 Feb 2019Conditional

  (1) construction of detached two storey dwelling, (2) detached domestic garage, (3) proprietary treatment system and percolation area, (4) site entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 1961

• 5 Mar 2018Conditional

  to (a) demolish 2 no. existing pig houses and to construct 2 no. replacement pig houses to aid compliance with animal welfare and nitrates regulations, (b) to retain existing office/canteen, plant room, storage unit and water storage tank(s), and, (c) to install an on-site waste water treatment system and percolation area, together with all ancillary structures and all associated site works arising from the above proposed development

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 18101

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 Lavey.

Recorded monuments

• CV026-022003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated in the bed of the river, adjacent to St Dabnet's chapel (CV026-022001-). Deep oval-shaped hole (dims. 0.22m x 0.18m) which according to local tradition was formed by a horse's hoof (local information). One of the stations of the pilgrimage of St Dabnet. 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

• CV026-050 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. dims. 32.2m NNW-SSE; 31.3m ENE-WSW) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank which has been scarped and planted with trees, and a fosse, largely infilled from SSW-W. Break in bank at SSW 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

• CV026-051 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. dims. 39.2m NNW-SSE; 38.2m ENE-WSW) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide, deep fosse which has been infilled from E-S-SSW. Wide break in bank at ESE may represent original entrance. Densely overgrown with vegetation. 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

• CV026-052001 Church
  Description

  Davies (1948,111) recorded an early church site at this location and Guest (1936,109) recorded a sheela-na-gig from the site (CV026-052002-). 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

• CV026-052002 Sheela-na-gig
  Description

  Found at the site of Lavey church (CV026-052001-). Described by Guest (1936,109) as having arms flexed in front of splayed thighs and hands directed towards the lower abdomen. Now located in the Cavan County Museum (CV038-071----). According to Guest the sheela-na-gig was 'found about 1842 by Dr. Chas. Halpin laid loosely on a gate pier built "recently" at the entrance of the old church-yard. The finder believed it to come from the old church, of which scarcely a trace was then left' (Guest 1936, 109). This sheela-na-gig has been moved from the NMI to the County Museum in Ballyjamesduff, Cavan where it is on display. One of two sheela-na-gigs (CV038-070----) on display at the County Museum in Ballyjamesduff. Described by Freitag as a sheela-na-gig (dims. H 0.43m; Wth 0.23m) with ‘right side damaged from top to bottom giving the impression that figure was cut off vertically. Big head; ovoid eyes with pupils; fleshy nose with clearly cut nostrils; open mouth with protruding tongue and beading round lips, possibly representing teeth. Two or three bands round forehead, and hair seems to be indicated’(Freitag 2004, 127-8). 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. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 24 May 2012

• CV026-052003 Graveyard
  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.

• CV026-065 Burial ground
  Description

  Traditionally known as an ancient graveyard associated with St Dabnet's Chapel (1631), 450m to NNE (local information). Situated in low-lying ground close to a stream. No visible remains 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

Architectural heritage

• Lavey Church of Ireland Church, church/chapel, 1820–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding hall-and-tower Church of Ireland church, built 1822, with three-bay nave, three-stage tower to west, and gabled vestry to north elevation. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, plain barges without kneelers, cut-stone slim corbel, cast-iron rainwater goods. Brick chimneystack to north elevation near vestry. Roughly-coursed stone walls with low plinth course. Roughcast rendered walls to vestry gable. Buttresses of ashlar stone with cut-stone caps against corners of east gable. Three-stage tower with string courses dividing levels and slight setback to each stage. Crenellated parapet of crisp ashlar masonry with pinnacles at corners, all projecting over wall below on corbel table. Roughly coursed masonry walls. Louvred lancets to belfry stage. Square-headed window to first stage of tower with splayed dressed stone to opening and panes in diamond pattern with margin panes in iron framework. Lancet window to ground floor having elliptical head and hood moulding with sloping sill, replacement uPVC window. Pointed entrance in ground floor of tower with timber sheeted door and tympanum. Lancet windows to nave with hood mould and stone sills, lancet in east gable with later insert of three-light switch-line tracery and low set sill, replacement uPVC windows with opaque glass. Window to gable of vestry similar to window in ground floor of tower having elliptical head and hood moulding and sloping sill with replacement uPVC window and blind upper panel. Metal roof trusses and tie bars supporting purlins with common timber rafters to open roof interior. East window stained glass depiction of Hope c.1900. Double-leaf inner timber door each with three panels and blind Y-tracery to tympanum. Historic bench seats. Wainscoting below window level. Furnishings of east end – pulpit, reader’s desk, communion table, altar rails, reredos and blank Decalogue panels – all of a piece having trefoil motif in arch spandrels and castellation to reredos. Timber framed plinth to pulpit. Octagonal-profile stone font. Medieval church to south-west, and graveyard to west. Set back from the road with ironwork gates and octagonal-profile stone piers set in rubble-stone boundary walls.

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; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Lavey · Leamhaigh

Area

1,857,481 m² (185.75 ha, 458.99 acres)

Civil parish

Lavey, and its townlands

Barony

Loughtee Upper

Electoral division

Cuttragh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cuttragh electoral division: 454 people in 141 households; 86% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cargagh, Corragho, Corraneary, Corrawillin, Feaugh, Killyconnan, Knockanoark, Lisnananagh, Raheelagh

Placenames

Lavey 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.