Lisnalea

192 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lisnalea, from 3 m² to 76,983 m² (7.7 ha, 19.02 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 41 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 146 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 · 6 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.

• 10 Apr 2026Conditional

  to construct a single storey dormer style extension to rear & side of existing dormer style detached dwelling, new single storey porch extension to front of existing dwelling, alterations to existing internal layout and elevations to existing dwelling, demolition of single storey domestic garage, new single storey domestic garage to rear of site, landscaping and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660170

• 11 Feb 2026Conditional

  for revisions to extensions provided to existing dwelling house from that granted planning permission under planning reference no. 24/60296 comprising the replacement of flat roof elements with pitched roofs; provision of additional windows and doors; provision of a covered open lean-to porch to the side of the dwelling; conversion of first floor (attic) space to a cinema room; associated elevational revisions to include part plaster, part natural stone external finishes together with all ancillary site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660062

• 21 Jan 2026N/a

  for revisions to extensions provided to existing dwelling house from that granted planning permission under planning reference no. 24/60296 comprising the replacement of flat roof elements with pitched roofs; provision of additional windows and doors; provision of a covered open lean-to porch to the side of the dwelling; conversion of first floor (attic) space to a cinema room; associated elevational revisions to include part plaster, part natural stone external finishes together with all ancillary site development works

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 2660019

• 4 Sept 2025Conditional

  for the demolition of a 1970’s flat roof extension to the rear of the existing cottage, undertake restoration works including replacement of existing thatch roof finish with an original natural slate roof finish, construct a new single storey extension to rear of the existing cottage and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560533

• 13 Aug 2025N/a

  for the demolition of a 1970’s flat roof extension to the rear of the existing cottage, undertake restoration works including replacement of existing thatch roof finish with an original natural slate roof finish, construct a new single storey extension to rear of the existing cottage and all associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2560473

• 22 Jul 2024Conditional

  for retention of alterations to floor layouts and elevations of two storey dwelling house and domestic shed. Retain entrance onto the public road at new location and effluent treatment system (Previous planning Ref. No. 87/1741)

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460322

• 30 Jun 2024Conditional

  for the part demolition of existing single storey dwelling house; provision of a single storey extension to the sides and rear; upgrade of existing septic tank to a wastewater treatment system and percolation area together with all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460296

• 5 Jun 2024N/a

  for the renovation of existing single storey dwelling house with the provision of single storey extensions to the sides and rear; upgrade of existing septic tank to a wastewater treatment system and percolation area together with all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460247

• 24 Nov 2021N/a

  construct 8 no. semi-detached "age friendly" single storey dwellings together with all associated site works, including connections to public foul drainage system and watermain

  Permission, 8 homes · Cavan County Council, 21713

• 4 Feb 2020Conditional

  for the construction of a new storey and a half dwelling, new vehicular entrance to site together with all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2037

• 30 Dec 2019Conditional

  for development consisting of; the construction of a two storey style dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 19530

• 20 Dec 2018Conditional

  to (A) construct a new single storey dwelling, (B) construct detached domestic garage, (C) form a new entrance onto R178, (D) carry out all ancillary site development works and (E) form connection to the town water supply and town sewerage

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18543

• 23 May 2017N/a

  to construct three two-storey dwellings and three domestic garages with ancillary site works, connection to the town water supply and town sewage

  Permission, 3 homes · Cavan County Council, 17223

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 Lisnalea.

Recorded monuments

• CV034-037 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. diam. 23m) enclosed by a narrow, low earthen bank modified and incorporated into the field boundary, and a shallow fosse. A low stony platform, roughly rectangular in plan, which extends from the inside of the bank at E to the centre of the interior, may represent a house site. 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

• CV034-038 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Not marked on OS 1836 ed. Indicated on 1876 ed. Raised oval area (int. dims. c. 24m NE-SW; c. 19m NW-SE) enclosed by a low earthen bank and a very shallow fosse encircled from NW-N-NNE by traces of a low outer bank. Modern entrances at W, NE and SE. 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

• King's Cottage, house, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey thatched house, built c.1780. Pitched thatched roof with rendered gable and off centre chimneystacks. Lime washed rubble stone walls. Six-over-six timber sliding sash windows with exposed sash boxes and stone sills. Replacement timber sheeted door.

• House, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house of hearth-lobby plan form, built c.1850, with entrance porch addition of c.1970. Pitched corrugated-metal roof with concrete barge copings, two rendered chimneystacks flanking central bays, and aluminium rainwater goods. Ruled-and-lined smooth rendered walls with smooth-rendered plinth and eaves, rendered block-and-start quoins. Two-over-two timber sash windows with raised rendered surrounds having keystone details, all with stone sills. Set at angle to road with forged metal pedestrian gate and recent blockwork boundary wall.

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 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; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Lisnalea · Lios na Lao

Area

599,963 m² (60 ha, 148.25 acres)

Civil parish

Bailieborough, and its townlands

Barony

Clankee

Electoral division

Bailieborough, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Bailieborough electoral division: 4,230 people in 1,546 households; 73% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloverhill, Greagharue, Lisanalsk, Tanderagee, Urcher

Placenames

Lisnalea 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.