Carrickeeny

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrickeeny, from 159 m² to 1,116,668 m² (111.67 ha, 275.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Carrickeeny 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.

• 3 Sept 2024Conditional

  (1). construct a dormer type domestic dwelling. (2). construct a domestic garage, (3). construct a new site entrance, (4). construct a new waste water treatment system to current EPA code of practice, and all ancillary works.

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2460173

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Ben Bulben, Gleniff and Glenade Complex SAC 000623
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ben Bulben, Gleniff And Glenade Complex 000623

Recorded monuments

• LE007-022 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a S-facing plateau or slight N-S spur. Grass and scrub-covered circular area (diam.24.5m WNW-ESE; 23m NNE-SSW) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2-4.5m; int. H 0.4-0.8m; ext. H 0.4-0.8m), with a fosse (Wth of base 1.5m; D 0.2m) S-SW. The entrance (Wth 2.5m) is at SE, and the monument is overlain by an E-W field wall and hedge at N. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

• LE007-026 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Located on a rise called Doon Barnagh at the S edge of the Dartry plateau, and overlooking the floor of Glencar valley. Grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 21.1m N-S; 20.6m E-W) defined by a drystone wall which is best preserved at W (original Wth 3.3m; int. H 1.35m; ext. H 0.4m). There is an entrance gap (Wth 7m) at NE and a second gap (Wth 6.6m) flanked by limestone uprights is at E. See the attached aerial view taken from the E The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

• LE007-027 Earthwork
  Description

  On the summit of an E-W ridge of rock outcrop. Visible as a small circular feature on aerial photographs (GSIAP, G371-70). Grass-covered circular platform (diam. 19m) defined by a scarp (H c. 2.3m), with a depression (diam. 2m; D 0.3m) at the centre. It is possibly a natural feature. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

• LE007-028 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on the S-facing slope of a steep-sided ridge. This is a grass and fern-covered oval area (dims c. 25m E-W; c. 15m N-S) defined by an earthen bank, which is best preserved at N (Wth 2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.55m) but reduced to a scarp elsewhere. The original entrance is not identified, but an external band of lush vegetation suggests a fosse and the monument is circumscribed by a field bank NW-NE. See the attached aerial view taken from the N. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

• LE007-029 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of a S-facing slope in Glencar valley. Circular grass and rush-covered area (int. diam. 26.1m E-W; 25.8m N-S) defined by a round-topped, steep-sided and overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.4m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H. 1.15m), and an external fosse (Wth 2-3m; max. D 0.5m) S-W-NE which was quarried away E-SE. The entrance (Wth 2.45m) is at NE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

• LE007-092 Penal Mass station
  Description

  At the head of a small N-S valley on a gentle S-facing mountain slope in an area known as Teampul Shetric. A rectangular blocked-up swallow-hole (dims 11m N-S; 8m E-W; D 2m at S to c. 8m at E and N) was traditionally used as a location where Mass was celebrated, although there is no evidence of a mass-rock and it may have been celebrated in a cave. There are the remains of a small house (int. dims 6.3m E-W; 2.2m N-S) and an adjacent rectangular plot (dims 11m N-S; 9m E-W) defined by drystone walls nearby. (Gallogly 1993-4, 435; 1999, 400) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Carrickeeny, 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 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 Carrickeeny.

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.

No address of the register names Carrickeeny with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.

Name

Carrickeeny · Carraig Chaonaigh

Area

3,120,346 m² (312.03 ha, 771.05 acres)

Civil parish

Killasnet, and its townlands

Barony

Rosclogher

Electoral division

Glenade, the unit of the census

Census 2022

156 people lived in 62 households in the Glenade electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 22% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrickgooan, Drumdillure, Drummans, Fenagh, Gorteenaguinnell, Largy, Tully

Placenames

Carrickeeny 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.