Agha
Agha is a townland in the civil parish of Agha, barony of Idrone East, Co. Carlow. Its name in Irish is Achadh.
- Area
- 317.6 ha
- 785 acres
- Land parcels
- 116
- registered freehold, median 4,310 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 21
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
116 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Agha, from 6 m² to 270,156 m² (27.02 ha, 66.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 40 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Agha 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
15 May 2026Conditional
the construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, new entrance, associated boundary works, bored well, septic tank & percolation area, and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2660147
8 May 2026N/a
the construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, new entrance, associated boundary works, bored well, septic tank & percolation area, and all associated site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660136
15 Aug 2025Conditional
to construct a single storey dwelling, garage, septic tank, percolation area, bored well, new domestic splayed entrance and driveway and all associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2560238
6 Aug 2025N/a
to construct a single storey dwelling, garage, septic tank, percolation area, bored well, new domestic splayed entrance and driveway and all associated site development works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2560229
11 Jun 2025N/a
the as-built entrance, commercial vehicle parking area and associated fencing & lighting. Permission sought for the provision of a concrete surface to the parking bays, surface water management to include the provision of a hydrocarbon interceptor and all associated works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted with the application
Retention · Carlow County Council, 2560164
2 Jun 2025N/a
the as-built entrance, commercial vehicle parking area and associated fencing & lighting. Permission sought for the provision of a concrete surface to the parking bays, surface water management to include the provision of a hydrocarbon interceptor and all associated works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted with the application.
Retention · Carlow County Council, 2560148
15 Sept 2023Refused
the as-built entrance and commercial vehicle parking area and all associated works
Retention · Carlow County Council, 2360205
8 Sept 2023N/a
the as-built entrance and commercial vehicle parking area and all associated works
Retention · Carlow County Council, 2360198
5 May 2023Conditional
a single storey link between two existing domestic buildings - the link consisting of a hall and sun lounge
Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2382
5 Apr 2023N/a
a single storey link between two existing domestic buildings - the link consisting of a hall and sun lounge
Retention · Carlow County Council, 2364
5 Dec 2022Conditional
the construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, new entrance, bored well, septic tank & percolation area, and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 22420
8 Nov 2021Conditional
The construction of a single storey dwelling with loft space, detached garage, wastewater treatment system, bored well and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 21425
9 Nov 2020Conditional
Construct a single storey dwelling, single storey garage, new entrance, septic tank and percolation area, connection to mains water and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 20393
13 Aug 2020Conditional
for the construction of a bungalow dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, bored well, new splayed entrance and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 20281
14 Jun 2019Conditional
the construction of a dormer type dwelling, a domestic garage/store, a new entrance, a packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, bored well and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 19240
31 May 2019N/a
the construction of a dormer type dwelling, a domestic garage/store, a new entrance, a packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, bored well and all associated site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 19220
5 Feb 2019Conditional
to construct a two storey dwelling, domestic garage, waste water treatment system with polishing filter, new bored well, new splayed entrance and all associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 1927
18 Jan 2019Conditional
for the retention of, (a) conversion of existing dwelling's attic storage space to habitable use, (b) detached domestic garage to rear and side of said dwelling. Planning permission is sought for (a) the upgrade of the existing on-site domestic wastewater treatment system, (b) single storey extension to side of existing dwelling, (c) provision of 2 no. windows above ground floor level in existing dwelling and all associated site development works
Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 1911
23 Nov 2017Conditional
The construction of a dormer bungalow dwelling, onsite wastewater treatment system, splayed entrance, bored well and all associated site development works.
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 17329
31 Aug 2017N/a
Construction of a dormer bungalow dwelling, onsite wastewater treatment system, splayed entrance, bored well and all associated site development works.
Permission · Carlow County Council, 17260
15 Jun 2017Conditional
for the construction of a dormer bungalow dwelling, domestic garage, onsite wastewater treatment system, splayed entrance, borad well and all associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 17191
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Agha.
Recorded monuments
- CW012-064 Enclosure
Description
Sub-circular shaped enclosure visible on AP (GSIAP R5/22). No surface traces noted when inspected in 1988. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011
- CW012-079001 Church
Description
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 8 September 2020 Revised by: J. Farrelly Pre-Norman rectangular structure (13.9m x 4.7m) of granite with W gable entrance and antae, built on platform against side of valley; two cross bases in immediate vicinity of church. The church is orientated roughly E-W, W of centre within a sub-rectangular graveyard (CW012-079002-). E gable has narrow ope with single stone round head and wide end splay. S wall has two opes. Trabeate lintelled door in centre of W gable. Anta with base batter preserved at SW corner. NW angle has collapsed. Two cross bases: (1) very regular slightly pyramidal rectangular granite block with rectangular socket and tapering mortice; (2) large thin rectangular granite flag, with rectangular socket; comparable shape to late medieval wayside crosses in Co. Kildare. (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 372). A number of quern fragments have also been found associated with the church.
- CW012-079002 Graveyard
Description
Sub-rectangular graveyard (map dims. c. 78m N-S; c. 63m E-W) with remains of a Pre-Norman rectangular church (CW012-079001-) in the N part and two cross bases (see CW012-079003- and CW012-079004-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011
- CW012-079003 Cross
Description
A very regular slightly pyramidal rectangular granite block with rectangular socket and tapering mortice. One of two cross bases (see also CW012-079004-) in graveyard (CW012-079002-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011
- CW012-079004 Cross
Description
A large thin rectangular granite flag, with rectangular socket. One of two cross bases (see also CW012-079003-) in graveyard (CW012-079002-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Agha.
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 Agha, 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, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Agha.
- 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 Agha with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.
The townland
- Name
- Agha · Achadh
- Area
- 3,175,805 m² (317.58 ha, 784.76 acres)
- Civil parish
- Agha, and its townlands
- Barony
- Idrone East
- Electoral division
- Agha, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 419 people lived in 137 households in the Agha electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Agha 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.