Enniskeen

117 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Enniskeen, from 37 m² to 160,618 m² (16.06 ha, 39.69 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.

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 48 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 9 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.

• 26 Aug 2026N/a

  for the removal/demolition of roof structure over existing Innovation facility, construction of a new second floor extension over existing Innovation facility, alterations to existing internal layouts and elevations, construction of a new split-level extension to rear of existing building, installation of roof mounted PV panels, new ESB substation to rear of site, installation of new solar car ports, new additional car parking, connection to all existing services and associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660484

• 24 Sept 2025Conditional

  for the alterations and extension of the existing dwelling attached garage and storage shed, site layout plan and all ancillary works ( previous planning ref 643204)

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2543

• 6 Mar 2024Conditional

  to construct an agricultural dry bedded shed for the housing of livestock together with other associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460084

• 29 Feb 2024Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey extension to front and side of existing two storey dwelling, internal alterations, demolition of existing conservatory, alterations to existing elevations and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460070

• 12 Jul 2023Conditional

  for the construction of a domestic storage shed and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2360090

• 26 Jun 2023N/a

  construct a domestic storage shed and all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2360065

• 8 Feb 2023Conditional

  to construct two storey detached dwelling, with detached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance onto public road, driveway, waste water treatment system and percolation area, landscaping, boundaries and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2333

• 16 Sept 2022Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey detached dwelling, new vehicular entrance onto roadway, driveway, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, landscaping and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22379

• 25 May 2022Conditional

  to retain positions of dwelling numbers 6,7,8 & 9. (2) Retain position of partially constructed service road. PERMISSION to (3) Demolish all existing partially built dwellings. (4) Erect 29 fully No. serviced dwellings as follows - One 2 storey 3 bed detached dwelling, Eight, 2 storey, 3 bed semi-detached dwellings - Four, 2 storey 2 bed semi-detached dwellings - Twelve, 2 storey, 2 bed 3 unit terraced dwellings - Four, 2 storey, 1 bed duplex dwellings (5) With associated service road, site boundaries and open space (6) Install temporary sewage treatment unit and all associated site works. Previously granted under approved permissions 06/1197. This application relates to 33 No. Houses in total when completed

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 22209

• 23 Jun 2020Conditional

  for the installation of a new 6 bay Solar Car Port, and RETENTION to retain car parking area to rear of existing site, traffic control barrier to existing rear entrance, external signage monolith, external lighting, landscaping and all associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 20231

• 17 Jun 2020Conditional

  to construct a single storey extension to front elevation of existing dwelling together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20228

• 29 Sept 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of a three storey extension to front/side of the existing innovation centre, lower level service building to rear, alterations to side and rear of existing building, new ESB substation to rear of site, new yard area, carparking, landscaping, upgrade existing entrance onto public roadway, connection to all existing services and associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 17412

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 Enniskeen.

Recorded monuments

• CV035-041 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 36m) enclosed by two substantial earthen banks with wide, waterlogged intermediate fosse. Outer bank and fosse survive only from. W-N-SE. Outer bank has been modified and incorporated into the field boundary. 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

• CV035-042001 Church
  Description

  Enniskeen Church apparently lay within the now disused large rectangular graveyard. It was abandoned in the 17th century. No visible remains of church at ground level. Davies (1948, 95-6) recorded some 15th-century architectural fragments built into the graveyard wall which are now in the National Museum. He also recorded a socketed dressed stone, probably the girdle of a memorial cross, inscribed on all four faces, cemented to a large boulder and located within a small enclosure W of the graveyard. 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

• CV035-042002 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.

• CV035-042003 Architectural fragment
  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.

• CV035-042004 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.

• CV035-043 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Situated on a slight rise in otherwise low-lying ground. Not visible 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

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Enniskeen.

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 5 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Enniskeen · Inis Caoin

Area

1,106,745 m² (110.67 ha, 273.48 acres)

Civil parish

Enniskeen, and its townlands

Barony

Clankee

Electoral division

Kingscourt, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kingscourt electoral division: 3,705 people in 1,231 households; 66% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Boynaghbought (Co. Meath), Corrakeeran (Co. Meath), Larchfield Glebe, Lisachunny, Lisanisky, Lisasturrin, Lisnahederna, Raloaghan (Co. Meath)

Placenames

Enniskeen 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.