Lavagh

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lavagh, from 4 m² to 284,053 m² (28.41 ha, 70.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Lavagh 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 Apr 2024Conditional

  Planning Permission for change of use from existing bar, nightclub and restaurant to social club all as per drawing documentation submitted together with all ancillary site works and services.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460101

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 Lavagh.

Recorded monuments

• SL032-046 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on the lower south-western slopes of Knocknashee Mountain. An oval area (28.3m N-S; 34m E-W) defined by a gapped flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 5.6m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.7m) SW-NNE and by a scarp (H 1.3m) elsewhere. Large boulders are incorporated into the bank along the W arc. An external fosse (Wth 6.7m; max. D 0.9m) is evident along the NE and SW arcs and a counterscarp bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.3m) along the SW arc. There is a slight step (Wth 4m), with rushes growing on it, at the external base of the bank SW-N. The NE portion of the interior is lower than external ground level while elsewhere it has been raised to compensate for the hillslope. There is a pile of stones close to the centre 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

• SL032-047001 Religious house - Franciscan friars
  Description

  In undulating pasture, straddling a N-S rise; in the NW quadrant of a graveyard (SL032-047002-). A Franciscan foundation known locally as 'Court Abbey', the remains of which consist of a rectangular church with a central tower and a rectangular transept on its S side (see plan Harbison 2002, 97). Built of roughly coursed limestone in a lime mortar, except for the tower which is faced with limestone ashlar. The nave and chancel are of one phase but the tower and transept are later insertions. The interior of the church contains many 19th- and 20th-century burials. The chancel (surviving for c. 10m E-W; int. 6.5m N-S; ) is missing its E end; a slight break in slope, 12.3m from the tower, marks the line of the E wall; an illustration by Grose (1791, vol. 1, 52) shows the stump of it in this position. An 18th-century burial vault of the O'Hara family is set into the NW corner. The nave (int. 12m E-W; 6.5m N-S) walls stand to full height but are masked by ivy. In the centre of the W wall is a doorway, missing its surround. On its N side, on the internal wall-face, is a damaged stoup with a semicircular bowl. Near the W end of the S wall is another doorway. The rectangular tower (4.2m E-W; 6.5m N-S) occupies the full width of the church, between the nave and chancel. It rises from four rectangular piers, butted against the side-walls of the church. These form two identical bluntly pointed arched openings facing respectively into the nave and chancel; both arches have a moulded soffit rib. There is a doorway and window in the S wall of the church, between the piers. At approximately the level of the side-walls of the latter, the tower has a segmental wicker-centred vault (axis N-S) terminated at either end by a dressed limestone segmental arch. As the tower rises it narrows to approximately half the width of the church. On the W and E faces the flashing course for the apex of the church roof is evident. Below this on the W side is a doorway that must have accessed a wooden gallery overlooking the nave. In the same position on the E side is a small rectangular opening which probably gave access to an attic over the chancel. Above the roof level of the church, two string courses encircle the tower; the NE corner is missing above the level of the upper string course. At its uppermost level, on the W face, is a central window with a single ogee-headed light (much of the surround is missing). On the S face is a central window with a mullion and transom division and two ogee-headed lights with recessed spandrels and a hood-moulding. The battlements which once crowned the tower are missing but water-spouts draining the wall-walk are evident. An 18th-century plan (Harbison 2002, 97) shows a spiral stairs between the SE corner of the tower and the E wall of the transept but this is completely blocked up. The transept (int. 10.9m N-S; 6.75m E-W) is built against the S wall of the church and a wide archway (Wth 3.95m) gives access to it from the nave. This arch is similar to those in the tower but rises from pillared imposts with plainly moulded capitals (the bases of the imposts are under ground level). The W wall of the transept is blank. In the centre of the S gable is a damaged ivy-clad window; the light is pointed and, judging by the stumps on the sill and jambs, had plain switchline tracery. The E wall has two similar side-altar recesses (Wth 3m). The recesses are square-set and then splayed inwards towards a central window light (most of both surrounds are missing); a tall rounded arch covers both embrasures. On the internal corner of both recesses, on the S side, are square recesses which are covered by quarter-domes. Each has a shallow basin with a drainage hole indicating that these are piscinae (Leask 1960, vol. 3, 181). Between the two side-altars recesses is a small rectangular mural chamber, the round-arched doorway of which is almost completely blocked by a late 18th-century headstone. Flanking this doorway are two flat projecting stones, at slightly different heights. Beneath the ivy cover on the areas of the W wall and the side-altars are faint traces of original paint on plaster rendering, which were noted by Grose (1797, vol. 1, 52). This was a mid-15th-century Franciscan Third Order Regular foundation, at which 'building had already begun in 1454' (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 270); unusually it was probably a joint community of both 'brothers and sisters' (Ó Clabaigh 2002, 93). A late 16th-century inquisition describes it as consisting of 'a thatched church, with cemetery, dormitory and two other thatched houses' (ibid.). The style of the church is consistent with a mid-15th-century date, whilst the tower and transept are not later than the 16th century. A field system (SL032-047004-) is evident to the E and S. The foundation at Kilcummin (SL031-006001-), c. 5km to the W, was described by Gwynn and Hadcock (1970, 271) as 'a small dependency' of Court Abbey. A rath (SL032-047003-) lies c. 20m to the ESE. 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

• SL032-047002 Graveyard
  Description

  The oldest portion of the graveyard is rectangular (c. 50m E-W; c. 30m N-S) and contains the ruin of Court Abbey (SL032-047001-), in the NW corner. It was extended to the N and S in the 19th and 20th centuries and contains many headstones from these periods. The earliest headstone noted was dated 1789 and is located inside the abbey. An 18th-century burial vault of the O'Hara family is set into the NW corner of the chancel. 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

• SL032-047003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, at the N end of a low ridge and c. 20m to ESE of Abbey Court friary (SL032-047001-). A circular area (int. diam. 31m) enclosed by an earthen bank (max. Wth 4.1m; max. int. H 1m) with numerous gaps especially along the W arc. An external fosse (Wth c. 8m; D 0.1m) is evident along the SW arc. The interior is slightly raised. A possible souterrain (SL032-047006-) is associated with this rath and a field system (SL032-047004-) is adjacent to the rath. 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

• SL032-047004 Field system
  Description

  In pasture, on a low N-S ridge bounded on the E and W sides by two streams. At least eleven small rectangular fields are evident to E and S of Abbey Court friary (SL032-047001-) and adjacent to a rath (SL032-047003-). The smallest field measures 12m x 21m while the largest measures 43m x 52m. The field boundaries consist of either low earthen banks (Wth 2-3m), sometimes with silted-up fosses, or scarps (H 0.1-0.4m). These fields may be the remains of gardens and paddocks associated with the abbey. There is a similar field system (SL032-188004-) associated with the ecclesiastical remains at Achonry (SL032-188001-), c. 3.5km to S. 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

• SL032-047006 Souterrain
  Description

  Associated with a rath (SL032-047003-). According to local information, a 'cave' existed within or just outside the rath but there are no visible remains of it. 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

• SL032-078 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope. A D-shaped raised area (dims. 25.5m NW-SE) defined by a scarp on both the straight NW side (L 30.5m NE-SW) and from N-NE and by an earthen bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 2.2m) elsewhere. An external dry flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 8m; D 0.9m) is evident S-W and along the straight NW side. 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 Lavagh, about 1 in 20 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.

Terrain model

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

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 Lavagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Lavagh · Leamhach

Area

981,244 m² (98.12 ha, 242.47 acres)

Civil parish

Achonry, and its townlands

Barony

Leyny

Electoral division

Streamstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

255 people lived in 99 households in the Streamstown electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowcarragh, Carrowmore, Carrownaworan, Carrowntawa, Knocknashee Common, Streamstown

Placenames

Lavagh 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.