Raheg
Townland in the civil parish of Castleterra, barony of Loughtee Upper, Co. Cavan; in Irish Ráth Thaidhg
Parcel 455135
- Area
- 71,636 m² (7.16 ha, 17.7 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it, 301 m² on the ground
- 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
- Raheg
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
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.
- CV021-069 Ringfort - rath
Description
An almost rectangular raised area (int. dims. 26m E-W; 26m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank. The unusual plan of the site is probably due to its incorporation into the field boundary. The bank is very slight from N-NE-ENE. 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 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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
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
- 90.6 ha
- 224 acres
- Land parcels
- 86
- registered freehold, median 517 m²
- Zoning
- M4
- White Lands
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
86 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Raheg, from 5 m² to 243,937 m² (24.39 ha, 60.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 49 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- M4White Lands (Built up area)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 85 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
18 Oct 2025Conditional
for completion of phase two of previously approved development works (granted approval under Planning Reg No 20/57). Phase One works have been completed and Phase Two shall comprise of the following: (a) New 2 story Club Rooms including 4 no. dressing rooms, meeting rooms, office space, and ancillary accommodation; (b) upgrading and widening of existing access road with a short retaining gabion stone wall section, entrance & public footpaths & lighting; (c) turnstiles and access gates; and (d) all connections and ancillary site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560627
6 Aug 2025Conditional
to complete a partially constructed housing development as previously approved under 06/1410 and 21/58. The development will consist of 16no semi-detached two-storey dwelling houses, connection to existing services, boundary treatments & all ancillary works-SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION RECEIVED
Permission, 16 homes · Cavan County Council, 2560453
15 Jul 2025N/a
TO COMPLETE A PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER 06/1410 AND 21/58. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF 16NO SEMI-DETACHED TWO-STOREY DWELLING HOUSES, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES, BOUNDARY TREATMENTS & ALL ANCILLARY WORKS
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560390
3 Jul 2025N/a
TO COMPLETE A PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER 06/1410 AND 21/58. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF 16NO SEMI-DETACHED TWO-STOREY DWELLING HOUSES, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES, BOUNDARY TREATMENTS & ALL ANCILLARY WORKS
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560361
4 Mar 2025Conditional
for alterations to two-storey detached dwelling currently under construction (Granted under planning reg. Ref. 22/389)
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560075
24 Apr 2024Conditional
for the provision of a total of 29no. residential units comprising of 18no. own-door units contained in 3no. two storey blocks (each block contains 3no. ground floor two bed units and 3no. first floor one bed units), 2no. detached single storey two bed houses, 6no. semi-detached two storey three bed houses and 3no. attached two storey three bed houses in a terrace of 3 units, form entrances, connection to public services, new service road & entrance and all associated works. SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED
Permission, 29 homes · Cavan County Council, 2460162
20 Sept 2022Conditional
for RETENTION of (a) change of house type as built from 4-bed to 3-bed, granted under planning reg. ref. 21/58, comprising 4 no. two storey semi-detached dwellings. PERMISSION also sought for (b) 1 no. detached two-storey dwelling and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22389
26 Jul 2022N/a
for alterations to housing development under construction granted under planning reg. ref. 21/58 (5 no. 4 bed dwellings in 2 blocks) incorporating change of house type from 4 bed to 3 bed and layout to provide 4 no. semi-detached two-storey houses and 1 no. detached two storey house
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22303
10 Nov 2021Conditional
to erect dormer extension and convert attic space to rear of existing dwelling and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21680
15 Jun 2021Conditional
to retain extension to side and rear of existing dwelling and associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21371
11 Feb 2021Conditional
to resume and extend partially completed Housing Development, comprising 5 no. two-storey dwellings on site no's 27-31 (incl.) ie 2 no. semi-detached and block of 3, extend existing service road, develop new communal garden, landscaping and connect to existing services
Permission, 5 homes · Cavan County Council, 2158
6 Apr 2020N/a
to resume and extend partially completed Housing Development comprising :- 4 no. semi-detached dwellings - site no's 27-30 (incl.), extend existing service road, develop new and existing green spaces, landscaping and connect to existing services
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20127
19 Feb 2020Conditional
for (a) New 2 story Club Rooms including 4 no. dressing rooms, meeting rooms, office space, gym space and ancillary accommodation; (b) upgrading and widening of existing access road with a short retaining gabion stone wall section, entrance & public footpaths & lighting; (c) flood lit synthetic grass training pitch and hurling wall; (d) turnstiles and access gates; (e) provision of all associated surface water and foul drainage services and connections and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2057
4 Apr 2017Conditional
to construct a single storey extension to existing dwelling and carry out associated site and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 17130
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 Raheg.
Recorded monuments
- CV016-108 Barrow - unclassified
Description
Sited on the summit of a prominent drumlin hill. Raised circular area (int. diam. 8.2m) enclosed by an external bank and two scarps with outer berms. Outside of the outer bank is a shallow depression which may represent a fosse. Both outer fosse and bank are incorporated into the field boundary. Original entrance not recognisable. The site was formerly planted with trees. 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
- CV021-069 Ringfort - rath
Description
An almost rectangular raised area (int. dims. 26m E-W; 26m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank. The unusual plan of the site is probably due to its incorporation into the field boundary. The bank is very slight from N-NE-ENE. 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 Raheg.
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
- About 1 in 20 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Raheg.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Raheg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Raheg · Ráth Thaidhg
- Area
- 906,283 m² (90.63 ha, 223.95 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castleterra, and its townlands
- Barony
- Loughtee Upper
- Electoral division
- Ballyhaise, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballyhaise electoral division: 1,152 people in 413 households; 72% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghateeduff, Drumaraw, Drumcrow, Keadew, Lisnashanna, Ouley, Townparks
- Placenames
- Raheg 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.