Carrownadargny
Carrownadargny is a townland in the civil parish of Shancough, barony of Tirerrill, Co. Sligo. Its name in Irish is Ceathrú na Dairgní.
Parcel 5399011
- Area
- 69,026 m² (6.9 ha, 17.06 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 811 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Carrownadargny
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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
- 675.3 ha
- 1,669 acres
- Land parcels
- 81
- registered freehold, median 27,803 m² (2.78 ha, 6.87 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
81 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrownadargny, from 53 m² to 1,202,355 m² (120.24 ha, 297.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 36 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Carrownadargny 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
19 May 2025N/a
(a) demolition of single storey sunroom to the rear of existing dwelling house and existing shed on site (b) raise walls and roof level of existing dwelling house (c) alterations to elevations of existing dwelling house (d) extension to both sides, front and rear of existing dwelling house (e) installation of new wastewater treatment system including installation of an Effluent treatment unit and soil polishing filter together with all ancillary site works and services at Carrownadargny, Geevagh, Co. Sligo.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560201
19 Mar 2025Conditional
I, BLAISE HARVEY, intend to apply for planning permission to retain 1 of Velux type rooflight in dwelling house and all associated works at CARROWNADARGNY GEEVAGH CO. SLIGO F52 YX27. The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2560106
19 Sept 2024Conditional
a twenty (20) year planning permission for continuations of the operational life of the existing wind farm (SCC Reg. Ref 98/533 & ABP Pl Ref. 21.110572 as amended by SCC Reg Ref.04/1315) from the date of expiration (23rd June 2025) of the current permission. No modifications are proposed to the existing wind farm which comprises the follow elements: a. 4 no. existing wind turbines with a hub height of 44m and a rotor diameter of 52m; b. Existing 1 no. onsite electrical substation compound which includes a control building, welfare facilities, associated electrical plant and equipment, security fencing, associated underground cabling; c. All associated existing underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the turbines to the on-site substation; d. Existing site access tracks of c.1.5km in length and 4 no. turbines hardstandings; e. Existing site drainage and; f. All existing ancillary infrastructure, associated site fencing and signage
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460315
21 Mar 2018Conditional
PP - for development consisting of 1) extend & reconstruct existing dwelling house, 2) decommission existing septic tank and install a new on-site wastewater treatment & disposal system, 3) construct a new entrance and carry out ancillary development works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 1882
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
- Natural Heritage Area: Carrane Hill Bog NHA 002415
Recorded monuments
- SL035-004 Ringfort - rath
Description
In rough pasture, on the narrow shelf of a W-facing slope. A circular area (int. diam. 23.5m x 24.6m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank, best preserved at E (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.55m). There is an entrance (Wth 2.9m) at SE with the remains of stone facing on its W side. The interior is slightly concave and slopes down to W. A stone field boundary crosses the N half of the interior. There is a cashel (SL035-005001-) c. 150m to NE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008
- SL035-005001 Ringfort - cashel
Description
In rocky pasture, on a prominence on a W-facing slope. An oval area (int. diam. 28.5m x 32.4m) enclosed by a ruinous sod-covered stone wall (Wth 1.8m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.65m). The entrance (Wth 1.5m) is in the W arc. The interior is partially overgrown with vegetation; there is a possible souterrain (SL035-005002-) in the W half. A portion of the S half of the interior (17m x 8.2m) is divided off by a stone wall (H 0.6m) and entered by gaps at E (Wth 2.5m) and W (Wth 1.75m). A hollow, surrounded by sod-covered spoil, was noted in the centre of the interior. A rath (SL035-004----) lies c. 150m to SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008
- SL035-005002 Souterrain
Description
In the W half of a cashel (SL035-005001-). A depression (L 5.8m; Wth 2.7m) may indicate a collapsed souterrain chamber extending under the cashel wall to W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008
- SL035-006 Ringfort - rath
Description
On the steep W-facing slope of a ridge. An oval area (int. diam. 20.6m x 17.7m) defined by an eroded and gapped sod-covered earth and stone bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.1m). There is an entrance (Wth 2.7m) at S. The interior is uneven. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008
- SL035-007 Ringfort - rath
Description
On the edge of a high W-facing scarp. An oval area (int. diam. 13.5m x 16.3m) enclosed by a low earthen bank (Wth 1.9m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.3m). The entrance (Wth 3.5m) is at N. An external fosse (Wth 0.8m; D 0.5m) is evident for c. 6m along the S arc. Soil erosion has exposed a limestone pavement at the centre. Support for an electricity pole is erected in the fosse at N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008
- SL035-008001 Ringfort - cashel
Description
In rocky undulating pasture, at the N end of a natural promontory on a slight S-facing slope. A roughly circular area (23.5m N-S; 22.6m E-W) enclosed by a sod-covered stone wall (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.3m). There is a steep natural slope (H c. 10m) at the external base of the wall at W. The interior is undulating and slopes slightly down to S. The remains of a three-roomed stone-built house (SL035-008002-), which utilises the curving cashel wall as its S boundary and an E-W stone wall (H 0.4m) as its N boundary, occupy most of the S half of the interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008
- SL035-008002 House - early medieval
Description
In the S half of Carrownadargny cashel (SL035-008001-). The remains of a three-roomed structure which utilises the curving cashel wall as its S boundary and an E-W stone wall (H 0.4m) as its N boundary. Two N-S orientated stone walls (H 0.3m-0.4m) form the internal cross walls. The rooms (numbered 1-3 from W to E) measure as follows: Room 1: 7m N-S; 4.2m E-W, Room 2: 10.5 N-S; 3.6m E-W, Room 3: 7.2 N-S; 7.5m E-W. Entrance (Wth 1.6m) into Room 3 in N wall. The interiors of the rooms are featureless apart from a small dump of rubble in NE corner of Room 3. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 June 2011
- SL035-010 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture on a slight S-facing slope. A roughly circular raised area (22m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.45m) NNW-ESE and SE-S and by a scarp (H 1.85m) elsewhere. The interior is dry and clear of overgrowth. The W portion of the interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope while the E half slopes slightly down to SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008
- SL035-011001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In rough pasture, on the edge of a shelf above a scarp on a W-facing slope. An oval area (int. diam. 18.6m x 22.4m) enclosed by an eroded earth and stone bank. The bank is highest (Wth 5.1m; int. H 1.75m; ext. H 0.55m) upslope along the E arc. The interior is uneven. There is a hut site (SL035-011002-) in N half of the interior. A stone field boundary extends southwards from the S bank. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008
- SL035-011002 Hut site
Description
In the N half of a rath (SL035-011001-). The remains of an oval stone-built structure (6.6m x 3.7m) with a curving wall (T 1.3m; H 0.5m). The S end of the hut site has been dug into. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008
- SL035-126 Enclosure
Description
In pasture, located on a terrace on a high, limestone ridge, overlooked to the N by a higher ridge. Approximately 20m to N of the enclosure, there is a precipitous drop into a deep, narrow pass which intervenes between the two ridges. Immediately to E of the enclosure the ground rises to a higher terrace; to S and W ground falls away to lower terraces. Roughly oval area (26m N−S; 22m E−W) enclosed by a low, moss-covered stone bank (Wth 1.6m; H 0.3-0.4m). The stone bank is poorly preserved and gapped on the W arc; the largest breaks are at S (Wth 6m) and N (Wth 4m). On the E arc the perimeter of the enclosure is cut into rising ground to form an inward-facing sod-covered scarp (H 0.7m), which has a low external lip (Wth 0.8m; ext. H 0.2m) at NE. The interior is not raised. It is bisected to E of centre by a field wall/property fence on a NNW-SSE axis. There is a rath (SL035-010----) 150m to W. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 11 November 2020
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carrownadargny.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Carrownadargny, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carrownadargny.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Carrownadargny with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Carrownadargny · Ceathrú na Dairgní
- Area
- 6,753,368 m² (675.34 ha, 1,668.79 acres)
- Civil parish
- Shancough, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tirerrill
- Electoral division
- Shancough, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 134 people lived in 49 households in the Shancough electoral division. 96% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 25% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Boleymaguire (Co. Leitrim), Braudphark (Co. Leitrim), Cabragh, Carrowcashel, Carrowmore, Tap, Ummeryroe
- Placenames
- Carrownadargny 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.