Middletown

57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Middletown, from 322 m² to 111,623 m² (11.16 ha, 27.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 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 Middletown 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.

• 29 Jul 2026N/a

  for (1) The demolition of the existing single storey front porch. (2) Construct a two-storey extension to the back of the existing dwelling and a front door porch. (3) Alterations to the existing elevations. (4) Install a new treatment system and percolation area. (5) Upgrade the existing entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660416

• 21 May 2026Conditional

  for the proposed change of house plans, garage plans & site layout to those granted planning under planning reference 2475. The revised design consists of a 2 storey type dwelling house, detached domestic garage, site entrance, boundary fence, on site wastewater treatment system with percolation area & all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660278

• 11 Jun 2025Conditional

  for alterations to the plans and elevations of previously approved dormer dwelling & detached domestic garage, alterations to the site layout and boundaries and all and ancillary siteworks, all of which differs from that approved under planning application 23/64

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560295

• 1 Jun 2025Refused

  for the change of entrance location to previous approved planning reference 21/592 and subsequently approved planning reference 24/75, and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560276

• 9 Dec 2024Conditional

  for change of house type and site layout to previous approved planning reference 21/592. The revised design is to consist of a fully serviced two storey dwelling with attached domestic garage, car port, entrance, on site waste water treatment facilities and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2475

• 24 Feb 2023Conditional

  for development consisting of: erect fully serviced single storey extension to the side and rear of existing cottage & raise existing roof level, demolish existing outbuilding, erect new domestic garage, new sewerage treatment facilities, alterations to site boundaries & all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2364

• 8 Jun 2022Conditional

  of sitting room, rear open porch, detached gym, detached garage, location of treatment system & percolation area, and PERMISSION to remove machinery shed, and small store (prev. planning ref no.s 01/1748 & 04/1705)

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22232

• 6 Apr 2022N/a

  to retain sitting room, rear open porch, detached gym, detached garage, location of treatment system and percolation area (prev. planning ref no's 01/1748 & 04/1705)

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22130

• 1 Dec 2021Conditional

  to erect new dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, boundary walls, piers with sewerage treatment system & percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21738

• 27 Sept 2021Conditional

  for the proposed construction of a two storey type dwelling house with detached garage, boundary wall/fence, on site suitable sewerage system with polishing filter, access to be provided from existing laneway and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21592

• 24 Mar 2021Refused

  erect new dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, boundary walls, piers with sewerage treatment system and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21169

• 3 May 2017Conditional

  to construct a four bay slatted shed with underground slurry holding tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 17176

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Gowna 000992

Recorded monuments

• CV030-029 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised almost circular area (int. diam. 44.1m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank, best preserved from NW-E-S and a wide, deep, partially waterlogged fosse, largely infilled throughout most of its circuit. Break in bank with accompanying causeway at N may represent original entrance. 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

• CV030-031 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  Situated 350m E of White Lough on undulating ground. This small chamber, about 2m long, lacks a backstone. There are two portal-stones 0.8m apart at SSE, each about 1.7m high. The chamber sides are of single stones, that at E 1.5m high and the other somewhat lower. Just N of the western one there is a small set stone of uncertain function. A roofstone rests in a sloping position on the western portal-stone and both sidestones. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 130, No. 30) 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 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).

• CV030-032 Enclosure
  Description

  Depicted as a tree-covered enclosure on the OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Raised oval area (int. dims.50.2m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank and traces of an outer fosse which has been modified and incorporated into the field drainage system. Break in bank with accompanying causeway at S is probably modern. Known in the locality as a 'Fort'. 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

• CV030-033 Enclosure
  Description

  Depicted on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. as a tree-covered enclosure. Raised oval area (int. dims.49.7m NW-SE; 25.9m NE-SW) enclosed by an earthen bank and traces of an outer fosse which has been modified and incorporated into the field boundary. Breaks in bank at N and S. Internal area presently utilised as a garden. Known in the locality as a 'fort'. 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 Middletown.

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 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 Middletown.

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

Name

Middletown

Area

910,678 m² (91.07 ha, 225.03 acres)

Civil parish

Drumlumman, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmahon

Electoral division

Loughdawan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Loughdawan electoral division: 329 people in 126 households; 91% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Drumbrucklis, Drumgore, Drumhawnagh, Killycatron, Loughdawan

Placenames

Middletown 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.