Lurganboy
Townland in the civil parish of Urney, barony of Loughtee Upper, Co. Cavan
Parcel 5352692
- Area
- 323 m²
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it, 111 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- M2 Town Core (Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028) The objective
- Townland
- Lurganboy
Planning applications on this parcel
30 May 2018Conditional
to retain previously permitted change of use of ground floor dwelling to commercial use, also change of use of first floor residential accommodation to commercial use and all associated works, previous approved planning reg. 07991888 relates to this site
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18220
5 Apr 2018Conditional
for living room extension and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18134
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 9 recorded monuments.
- CV020-055 Historic town
Description
Situated on the E bank of the S-N Cavan River, overlooked by higher hills around it. Its name, Cabhan in Gaelic, means a hollow place. Uniquely among Irish towns it was founded by the ruling Gaelic family of Ó Raghallaigh, or O’Reilly c. 1300 when a castle and Franciscan friary were built in close proximity. The annals (AFM, ALC) refer to the burning of the town in 1427, 1429 and 1468 by raiders from the Pale. The Irish towns of Cavan, Longford and Granard were considered such a commercial threat to the Pale towns that trade with them was forbidden by the Irish Parliament in 1479-80. The McBrady family, based in the town during the sixteenth century, also had branches in Navan and Drogheda. The anglicisation of the O’Reilly lordship as the sixteenth century advanced facilitated the development of the town, and in 1598 a government force was established there. The garrison was re-enforced in 1601, although it was abandoned after the end of the war in 1603 (Davies 1948b 84, 101). Cavan was incorporated as the county town in 1610 to serve as the administrative centre of the Plantation. It retained a large Irish contingent in its government up to 1641 when it fell to the supporters of the rising and Sir Phelim O’Neill. In 1690 the town was defended by Jacobites against an assault by Wolseley, and the town was pillaged and burned. A plan of the town made by Netherclift c. 1593 shows the Main Street with Bridge Street extending across the river as the only thoroughfares. Although it might never have been defended by walls (CV020-055001-) amongst its medieval features are the Friary (CV020-055002-), the site of the market cross (CV020-055003-), and the site of O’Reilly’s Castle (CV020-055004-). Among later medieval features are the sites of two other castles (CV020-055005-; CV020-055006-), a bridge (CV020-055008-) and a watermill (CV020-055011-). One, if not two, schools (CV020-055007-; CV020-055012-) and two inns (CV020-055013-; CV020-055014-) were established within the town in the early seventeenth century and the charter of incorporation of 1610 empowered the governing Corporation to build a ‘common hall or toltshill’ (CV020-055010-), but it is not known if it was ever built. (Bradley and Dunne 1989, 34-48) See the attached plan by Netherclift c. 1593 North is at the left Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 11 April 2018
- CV020-055002 Religious house - Franciscan friars
Description
Franciscan friary founded between 1300 and 1330 by Gilla-Isu Roe O'Reilly. Burnt in 1405, again in 1451 through the carelessness of an inebriated friar, by the English in 1468, and finally by an enraged woman of the O'Reilly family in 1576. Depicted on Netherclift's plan of Cavan town (c. 1593). It was demolished in 1815 and all that now remains is a three-storey square tower (ext. dims. 4.3m x 4.3m; H c. 16.7m) with 18th-century moulded opes in E and W walls and similar openings in all four walls at third-floor level. (O'Connell 1937, 335; Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 245) 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
- CV020-055003 Cross - Market cross
Description
Netherclift's plan of Cavan Town, (c.1593) depicts a Latin cross mounted on a stepped base. Original location was at the junction of Main Street and Bridge Street. No visible remains at ground level. (Bradley and Dunne 1989, 40; O'Connell 1937, 300-1) 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
- CV020-055004 Castle - unclassified
Description
Formerly situated at the N end of a long drumlin ridge to SE of Cavan Town. Site is now occupied by a fair green. Probably an O'Reilly castle of late 14th-century date, first mentioned in 1427 when it was destroyed by the English. It was apparently rebuilt, as a castle stood here as late as the early 17th century. A map of 1591 depicts it as a large square building with a door in its W wall, an extramural staircase at S, corner turrets at NW and SE, rising above the roofline, and a bawn enclosing several outbuildings. Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 318) recorded vaults and parts of the foundations surviving in the 19th century. However by the time of Davies' visit in 1946 there were only low banks (H 0.75m) remaining, indicating the former line of a roughly square bawn (dims. c. 29m x 29m). There are now no visible remains of castle at ground level. (Bradley and Dunne 1989, 43-4) 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 revision: 11 April 2018
- CV020-055007 School
Description
In the early 17th century the Plantation commissioners decreed that Tullymongan Friary (CV020-055002-) be converted into a parish church and school. The nearby castle (CV020-055004-) was also to be used as a source of stone for these new buildings. The first schoolmaster was apparently appointed c. 1623 (Davies 1948, 101). It is possible that this is the same school as that mentioned in the Calendar Patent Rolls James I for 1622 (CV020-055----). No visible remains at ground level. (Bradley and Dunne 1989, 42) 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
- CV020-055008 Bridge
Description
Depicted as early as c. 1593 on Netherclift's plan of Cavan Town, crossing Bridge Street in the same location as the present-day bridge. (O'Connell 1937, 301; Bradley and Dunne 1989, 45) 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
- CV020-087 Ring-ditch
Description
Pre-development testing in 2003 revealed a ring ditch (diam. 8.5m; ditch Wth 0.3m-0.5m) on a terrace above a raised bog. Bronze age pottery, large amounts of burnt grain and burnt animal bone was found at the site. Remains of post-holes inside the ring ditch suggested the remnants of a circular house.This was found associated with some d-shaped curving ditches and a burnt mound (CV020-088----; Gilmore, S. 2006,19). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 25 November 2011
- CV020-088 Burnt mound
Description
Pre-development testing in 2003 revealed a burnt mound (L 16m, Wth 8m, T 0.5m) on the east shore of a silted up lake. It sloped downwards to the E, N and S.It was composed of burnt and shattered stone. There was no sign of a trough (Gilmore, S. 2003, 20) Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 25 November 2011
- CV020-090 Ringfort - rath
Description
Named 'Fort' on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map whre it is represented as a circular enclosure named 'Fort' c. 35m in diamter. It is not marked on the OS 25-inch plan (surveyed 1908). This appears to be the 'mud fort' occupied by elements of the Jacobite garrison mentioned in accounts of the battle of Cavan which took place on 11 February 1690 (old style). Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 25 November 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2071 (ZIP).
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 19 ha
- 47 acres
- Land parcels
- 67
- registered freehold, median 136 m²
- Zoning
- M2
- Town Core
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
67 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lurganboy, from 8 m² to 15,959 m² (1.6 ha, 3.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- M2Town Core (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 51 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 25 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Public Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Sport and Recreation (Active open space)
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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
30 Jul 2024Conditional
to erect external stairs to rear of existing clubrooms and all associated works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460340
26 Jul 2024N/a
to erect external stairs to rear of existing clubrooms and all associated works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460335
10 May 2024Conditional
to upgrade and extend existing training pitch / multi-purpose pitch to include new 6 no. floodlights, perimeter fencing, stop nets and all associated works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460200
31 Mar 2023Refused
erect 24m high monopole structure together with antennas, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment
Permission · Cavan County Council, 23152
10 Oct 2022Refused
to erect a 24m high tower together with antennas, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment
Permission · Cavan County Council, 22412
31 Aug 2022Conditional
is sought for change of use on ground floor from Pub to Takeaway with associated alterations to floor plan and elevations and all ancillary works at property previously known as "The Breffni Inn" at James Connolly Street, Cavan, Co. Cavan
Permission · Cavan County Council, 22354
1 Dec 2021Conditional
(1) change of use from retail use to primary use of Café / Restaurant at ground and first floor levels, including ancillary retail use, together with associated storage, food preparation areas, toilets and staff facilities (2) to renovate existing building and carry out material alterations to internal layout and external elevations as required, together with all associates signage, and (3) provision of take-away or pick-up service from ground floor level of premises to facilitate consumption of food and drink off the premises
Permission · Cavan County Council, 21729
28 Jun 2021Conditional
for replacement windows to the front and rear elevations of the former kitchen block, together with all associated site works. These proposed works are in the curtilage of a Protected Structure Ref. NO 62 as part of the Cavan Town and Environs Development Plan 2017 - 2020
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21395
23 Dec 2020Conditional
for development comprising of (1) Change of Use from residential use to Class 2- professional office use, to part of ground floor & first floor levels, comprising of Doctor's Consultancy Rooms, (2) together with provision of associated signage to front elevation
Permission · Cavan County Council, 20603
7 Oct 2020Conditional
to retain changes to approved planning ref: 19/82 to consist of revisions to floor plans, provision of a plant storage shed to the rear of the site, revised landscaping and all ancillary works
Retention · Cavan County Council, 20440
6 Mar 2019Conditional
to demolish existing derelict dwelling and erect fully serviced two storey dental surgery connected to existing services and all ancillary works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 1982
29 Jun 2018Refused
to demolish existing derelict dwelling and erect fully serviced two storey dental surgery connected to existing services and all ancillary works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 18273
30 May 2018Conditional
to retain previously permitted change of use of ground floor dwelling to commercial use, also change of use of first floor residential accommodation to commercial use and all associated works, previous approved planning reg. 07991888 relates to this site
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18220
23 May 2018Conditional
for new external lighting along existing avenue and student walkways, together with all associated site works. These proposed works are in the curtilage of a Protected Structure Ref. No. 62 as part of the Cavan Town & Environs Development Plan 2014-2020
Permission · Cavan County Council, 18204
5 Apr 2018Conditional
for living room extension and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18134
8 Dec 2017Conditional
to develop 2 no. training pitches, floodlights, spectator stand, fencing, form new roadway and access bridge from existing carpark and also alterations to site layout to include widening existing access route and all associated works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 17507
8 Dec 2017Refused
to demolish existing derelict dwelling and erect fully serviced two storey dental surgery connected to existing services and all ancillary works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 17513
25 Oct 2017N/a
(1) modifications to ground floor layout for 1 bedroom apartment to ground floor to include floor plan and elevation modifications (2) alterations to front elevation to allow 2 no. separate entry doorways and alterations to rear elevations to allow 2 no. rear doorways. (3) internal layout of changes for self contained first floor apartment (4) and complete all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 17451
19 Jun 2017Refused
for development consisting of (1) change of use from residential to commercial (Chinese Food Takeaway) to ground floor to include floor plan and elevation modifications, (2) alterations to front elevation to allow 2 no. separate entry doorways and alterations to rear elevations to allow rear doorway, (3) internal layout changes for self contained first floor apartment, (4) terrace to rear of first floor apartment to facilitate private open space, (5) signage and complete all ancillary site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 17281
24 May 2017Conditional
to retain two storey extension to rear of existing mid-terrace dwelling and all associated works
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 17219
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Lurganboy.
Recorded monuments
- CV020-055008 Bridge
Description
Depicted as early as c. 1593 on Netherclift's plan of Cavan Town, crossing Bridge Street in the same location as the present-day bridge. (O'Connell 1937, 301; Bradley and Dunne 1989, 45) 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
- Lifeforce Mill, mill (wind), 1860–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Attached gable-fronted multiple-bay two-storey former mill on cranked plan, built c.1870, resting on concrete stilts to river side, rebuilt from another location c.1990, renovated for use as museum and coffee shop 1995, now vacant. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles and brick eaves course with cast-iron rainwater goods, rooflights to apex c.1990. Random rubble walls with quoins, punched stone surrounds to larger openings, red brick reveals to arrow slit windows and roundel to gable front. Pairs of side-hung timber casement windows, the larger of which rest on tongue-and-grooved aprons, tongue-and-grooved timber door to gable front. Concrete steps to first floor level on inner courtyard elevation, upper yard to the west bounded by random rubble wall. Site entered through wrought-iron double gates.
- Lifeforce Mill, mill (water), 1845–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Attached multiple-bay two-storey former corn mill, built 1846, with three-bay extension on split-level to west and two-storey return to side. Renovated 1995 as a museum and coffee shop, now vacant. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods and sandstone eaves course with timber louvered vent at apex. Roughcast-rendered walls. Irregular fenestration with openings of varying size having with timber louvred windows, one cast-iron lattice window and plain battened doors at ground level. Unusual scales hanging from bracket on west gable. Adjacent mill building to the north, removed from its original site and rebuilt here in 1995. Wrought-iron gates to the yard at the north of the site, upper yard bounded by rubble walls.
- Royal School Cavan, school, 1815–1820 · National interest
Description
Detached neo-classical E-plan five-bay three-storey over basement school, built 1819, comprising gable-ended entrance block linked to parallel three-storey block of equal volume, without basement, forming formal side elevation to the east, flanked by pedimented gables, with a lower hip-roofed two-storey return to rear. Recent extension to the east. Pitched slate roofs with cast-iron and uPVC rainwater goods. Smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walls with cut-limestone string course to ground level plinth and first floor cill level, cut-limestone eaves corbel and gable pediments. Roughcast rendered basement walls to front. Square-headed openings in diminishing heights from ground to attic level with limestone cills and aluminium windows. Six-over-six sliding-sash windows to first floor of north elevation. Square-headed tripartite window at ground level of north-east gable in segmental recess with aluminium windows to centre and side lights divided by panelled pilaster mullions and moulded head profile. Tripartite entrance door opening with limestone surround set within elliptical-headed recess, side-lights and double-leaf panelled door. Smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined plinth wall with ashlar coping, ashlar steps on brick cantilever to front door with cast-iron railings. Courtyard and former outbuildings to the west
- Royal School Cavan, outbuilding, 1815–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Multiple-bay two-storey former outbuildings in three ranges, built 1819, comprising six-bay south elevation adjoining west of school front elevation with advanced pedimented end bay, nine-bay western elevation and four-bay northern range. Now in use as school accommodation and catering. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack, stone eaves corbel and ashlar platbands to pediment, cast-iron and uPVC rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls, with arched recess to pedimented bay. Square-headed openings with cut-stone to historic openings and concrete cills to modern openings in west elevation. Five six-over-six sliding sash windows to courtyard elevation of southern range. Aluminium casements elsewhere. Two elliptical-headed openings to western elevation.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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 made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2071 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Lurganboy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Lurganboy
- Area
- 189,508 m² (18.95 ha, 46.83 acres)
- Civil parish
- Urney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Loughtee Upper
- Electoral division
- Cavan Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cavan Urban electoral division: 3,868 people in 1,581 households; 35% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Lurganboy 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.