Clowney

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clowney, from 148 m² to 378,013 m² (37.8 ha, 93.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 9 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 Clowney 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.

• 7 Jun 2023N/a

  for site development works comprising the widening of existing vehicular access, provision of new carparking area, fishing jetty and associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2360045

• 6 Apr 2023Conditional

  to construct detached domestic garage to rear of existing dwelling and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 23162

• 22 Jun 2020Conditional

  to retain the following: (A) Previously approved dwelling house and garage as built on site, (B) Building comprising stable & gymnasium, (C) Building comprising utility boiler house, garden shed & fuel sore, (D) Ancillary structures comprising green house, pigeon coops and associated works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20233

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
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Oughter And Associated Loughs 000007

Recorded monuments

• CV014-014 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The site is now occupied by a modern farmyard and farm buildings. It formerly comprised (OPW 1969) a raised circular area (int. dims. 46.3m E-W; 43.2m N-S) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and traces of a fosse. Original entrance was probably at SE. All that survives of the perimeter is a short stretch of fosse and bank at NW. 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

• CV014-015 Structure
  Description

  Depicted as a circular structure with the designation 'Tower in Ruins' on OS 1836 ed. Not marked on subsequent eds. Situated on the summit of a low drumlin hill. 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

• CV014-016 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. diam. 52.6m) enclosed by a low earthen bank and a narrow, shallow fosse, both of which have been incorporated into the field boundary. Perimeter has been levelled from S-SW-W but its outline is nonetheless identifiable. 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 Clowney.

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 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 Clowney.

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

Name

Clowney · An Chluanaidh

Area

862,549 m² (86.25 ha, 213.14 acres)

Civil parish

Drumlane, and its townlands

Barony

Loughtee Lower

Electoral division

Ardue, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ardue electoral division: 897 people in 278 households; 84% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardue, Artidowney, Clonamullig, Gartacara, Keenaghan, Meeltoge, Rahaghan, Tomkinroad, Ture

Placenames

Clowney 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.