Carns

116 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carns, from 22 m² to 437,013 m² (43.7 ha, 107.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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 Carns 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.

• 11 Sept 2025Conditional

  the construction of an extension to existing dwelling house, alterations to front elevation, new site entrance and on-site wastewater treatment system together with ancillary site development works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560379

• 9 May 2025N/a

  the demolition of existing derelict dwelling house and the construction of a new dwelling house, new site entrance. and on-site wastewater treatment system together with ancillary site development works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560186

• 14 Mar 2023N/a

  development consisting of raising the level of approximately 1.76 hectares of excavated land within a disused quarry by importing approximately 100,000 tonnes of inert soil and stone and all associated site works over a five year period. A waste facility permit will also be required.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2333

• 27 Aug 2018Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of a slated shed containing a four bay slatted tank capacity 199.98m2 and to carry ancillary site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 18341

• 27 Mar 2018Conditional

  for development consisting of the replacement of the existing prefabricated timber chapel building with a permanent structure circa 80m2 floor area, the usage to continue for religious and adoration purposes. Planning is also sought to retain the septic tank and percolation area, the station of the cross, the statue of the Blessed virgin complete with its enclosing building, hardstand areas, front boundary wall and access onto the public road all at

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 1892

• 28 Jul 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area, together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17293

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 Carns.

Recorded monuments

• SL023-004 Mound
  Description

  In pasture, located on a low rise on top of a NW–SE ridge, giving good views across falling ground to W, and of the Ox Mountains which define the horizon to S. An oblong or sub-rectangular mound (7.7m N–S; 5.9m E–W; H 0.8m at N, 1.2m at E) with a flat top (Wth 3m E–W). The sides slope in two tiers, giving the effect of a low narrow step or terrace encircling the base of the mound. On the E side several close-set stones form a facing around the upper tier. There are two stones set against the base of the mound on the E side. A number of large stones lying on top of the mound are recent additions. According to local tradition, the mound is known as the ‘Cotteen’ and is said to be a burial site associated with the chiefs of the O’Callaghan clan. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 February 2013

• SL023-005001 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on the S side of a low ridge. Raised oval area (32.5m E–W; 27.5m N–S; H 1.5-2m) with a gently domed profile and broadly sloping sides. Stones protrude from the sod on the slope on the E side. According to local information, it was used as a burial ground (SL023-005002-). A field boundary, on a roughly N–S axis, lies immediately to E, a field drain skirts around the enclosure SE-NW, and there is a road, on an E–W axis immediately to N. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 February 2013

• SL023-005002 Burial ground
  Description

  In an enclosure (SL023-005001-). According to local information, the enclosure is known as ‘the Lisheen’, was used as a burial ground, possibly including Famine-era burials. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 February 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 5 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 Carns.

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

Name

Carns · An Carn

Area

4,715,818 m² (471.58 ha, 1,165.3 acres)

Civil parish

Castleconor, and its townlands

Barony

Tireragh

Electoral division

Castleconor East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Castleconor East electoral division: 239 people in 82 households; 90% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloonkeelaun, Muingwore, Tawnalaghta, Tullylin or Ballyfeenaun

Placenames

Carns 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.