Dillagh

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dillagh, from 718 m² to 195,106 m² (19.51 ha, 48.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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 Dillagh 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.

• 9 Sept 2026N/a

  to construct a new single storey dwelling house with detached domestic garage, form new vehicular site entrance onto public laneway, installation of approved proprietary wastewater treatment system & percolation area, together with all associated site development works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660521

• 9 Aug 2023Conditional

  to demolish existing farm sheds and replace them with an agricultural shed which will consist of a milking parlour, dairy, a slatted collection yard with slurry holding tank underneath, calving pens, cubicles, slatted area with slurry holding tank underneath and all associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 23275

• 15 Dec 2021Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21762

• 25 Nov 2020Conditional

  to retain living room erected to side of existing dwelling ref previous planning ref. no. 19/350

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20523

• 11 Dec 2019Conditional

  to construct an agricultural shed which will consist of a slatted area with slurry holding tank underneath, dungstead and all associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 19502

• 11 Sept 2019Conditional

  to erect new dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, boundary walls, piers with sewerage treatment system & percolation area. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 19350

• 8 Feb 2017Conditional

  to construct a six bay sheep shed, also construct a concrete yard with sheep handling facilities and all associated site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 1733

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 Dillagh.

Recorded monuments

• CV031-017 Crannog
  Description

  Situated c. 10m from the old shoreline of Dillagh Lough. The crannóg was revealed following drainage of the lake in 1982. It comprises an almost circular platform (diam. c. 20m) composed of brushwood and horizontal beams held in position by vertical piles or stakes. Finds included two barrel-staves, a wooden weaving spindle, leather, and pottery of the 13th-15th century. 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 4/1982).

• CV031-018 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 39.7m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a narrow, waterlogged fosse recut from W-NW-N. Bank best preserved from NW-N-NNE. 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

• CV031-019 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 ed. and 'Site of' on 1876 ed. Situated on the summit of a drumlin hill. Levelled c. 25 years ago (local information) and modern farm buildings erected on its site. 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 Dillagh.

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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Dillagh

Area

1,031,303 m² (103.13 ha, 254.84 acres)

Civil parish

Ballintemple, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmahon

Electoral division

Ballintemple, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballintemple electoral division: 431 people in 147 households; 88% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghaweely Upper, Carrigan, Corduff, Marahill, Pottahee

Placenames

Dillagh 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.