Carrigans Lower

101 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrigans Lower, from 16 m² to 186,701 m² (18.67 ha, 46.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 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 Carrigans Lower 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.

• 15 Oct 2025Conditional

  to build a stepped level detached dwelling house with onsite wastewater treatment system, detached single storey shed, connection to public services and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560426

• 13 Jan 2021Conditional

  development consisting of the following; (1) to retain fenestration changes to the North and West elevations (2) to retain the porch on the East elevations (3) to demolish an existing out building (4) to construct an extension to the South side of the existing dwelling house and all associated ancillary works

  Retention, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 215

• 28 May 2019Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of a dwelling house, integrated garage, septic tank and percolation area on site, together with all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19204

• 28 May 2019Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of a dwelling house, integrated garage, septic tank and percolation area on site, together with all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19205

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 Carrigans Lower.

Recorded monuments

• SL033-017 Hut site
  Description

  In a level garden in front of a house. The remains of a circular stone-built structure (int. diam. 10.5m) with low grass-covered walls (Wth 1m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.8m). 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

• SL033-018 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating ground. A raised circular area (int. diam. 17m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.8m). The interior is concave in profile. 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

• SL033-019 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, near the top of a S-facing slope of a ridge. A circular area (int. diam. 22.5m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.8m). Trees grow along the bank. There is an entrance (Wth 1m) at N with a large block of limestone marking its W side. The interior slopes down 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

• SL033-020 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a break of a SE-facing slope. A slightly raised circular area (int. diam. 26m) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.1m) and an external fosse (Wth 1.8m; D 0.2m). There is an entrance (Wth 1.5m) at S with a causeway across the fosse. The rath is partially covered with overgrowth. 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

• SL033-192 Kiln - lime
  Description

  Not listed in either the SMR (1989) or RMP (1995). This limekiln is cut into N-facing hillside in a small limestone quarry. The limekiln comprises rubble limestone walls laid in rough courses and bonded with a gravely lime mortar. The front elevation (H 3.2m) faces NNE, with a wooden lintelled recess (H 1.6m; D 1.65m) and a stepped lower lintel with a supporting wooden and iron bar. The rear of the recess consists of stepped stones with an ope at the base which is blocked with rubble. The bottom of funnel (diam. 2.1m) is infilled with rubble. This is probably post-1700 AD in date. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC Date of upload: 04 January 2012

• SL033-193 Well
  Description

  In pasture, on a break of a SE-facing slope. This well comprises a circular stone-built platform (Wth 2m; H 0.2m). The opening (Wth 0.8m) in the centre of the platform is infilled with stones. It is not indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and there is no evidence that this is a holy well. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 June 2011

• SL033-210 Kiln - lime
  Description

  Not listed in either the SMR (1989) or the RMP (1995). Not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. In pasture, on the W side of a road. A mid/late 19th-century limekiln which is built against the slope. This is a rectangular structure (3.3m N-S; 5.4m E-W) with rounded corners, inclining inwards with height. Random rubble limestone walls encase an earthen core. The front elevation (H c. 4m) faces N and has a stone-lintelled recess (Wth 1.65m; H 1.8m; D 2m) supported by a wooden pole. The recess is stepped down towards the rear and there is a narrow rectangular ope at the base. The funnel is infilled but its position is indicated by a circular depression (diam. 2m; D 1.5m). There is a low earthen ramp to rear. A small yard area in front of the recess is defined by a scarp on the E side and a stone wall on the W side. This is probably post-1700 AD in date. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC Date of upload: 04 January 2012

Architectural heritage

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

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 Carrigans Lower, 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 Carrigans Lower.

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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Name

Carrigans Lower · An Charraigeach Íochtarach

Area

2,132,401 m² (213.24 ha, 526.93 acres)

Civil parish

Emlaghfad, and its townlands

Barony

Corran

Electoral division

Carrickbanagher, the unit of the census

Census 2022

707 people lived in 241 households in the Carrickbanagher electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrickbanagher, Carrigans Upper, Carrowcushcly, Deerpark, Kilcreevin, Knockadalteen, Rathdoony Beg

Placenames

Carrigans Lower 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.