Cargagh

54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cargagh, from 94 m² to 159,965 m² (16 ha, 39.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 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 Cargagh 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.

• 30 Sept 2026N/a

  for (1) retention of alterations and amendments made during construction to floor plan layouts and elevations of existing two storey type dwelling together with the construction of a dormer type extension to side of existing side elevation incorporating living and sanitary accommodation, (2) retention of revised site layout all from that previously granted under planning reference number 08/1401 together with permission to (a) construct detached domestic garage (b) construct detached domestic storage / gym / plant room building (c) complete all ancillary and associated site works to include entrance walls, piers, boundary walls and associated site structures and services

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 2660565

• 2 Sept 2026N/a

  for Retention of 1) elevation and floor plan alterations from that previously granted under planning Ref 08/1403 to include window and door revisions, raising of storey and ½ type dwelling approved to a full two storey dwelling and the construction of a storey and ½ extension to the side of the two-storey dwelling. Planning permission is been sought to (a) To complete the development (b) To construct domestic garage, (c) entrance area and entrance walls and piers (d) site completions and the placement of sewerage treatment unit and percolation area, (E) all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660497

• 9 Jun 2026Conditional

  to construct a single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, modify existing agricultural entrance to form new site entrance from public road, install septic tank and percolation area, together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660322

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 Cargagh.

Recorded monuments

• CV033-010001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Raised circular area (int. diam. 31m) enclosed from SE-S-NW by a low earthen bank. Site is divided into two roughly equal portions by a roadway aligned NW-SE. ENE of this, the site has been levelled. On the OS Fair Plan the site is designated the 'Remarkable Stone' while the OS 1836 ed. names it 'Cargagh Cross'. Davies (1948, 98) recorded that the cross (1719) had been moved to the priest's garden about a mile away. 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

• CV033-010002 Cross
  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 Cargagh.

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

At the centre of the townland of Cargagh, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Cargagh

Area

1,158,644 m² (115.86 ha, 286.31 acres)

Civil parish

Killinkere, and its townlands

Barony

Castlerahan

Electoral division

Killinkere, the unit of the census

Census 2022

503 people lived in 171 households in the Killinkere electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Coolnacola, Gallon, Greaghadoo, Greaghadossan, Greaghnacunnia, Termon

Placenames

Cargagh 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.