Aghade

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghade, from 79 m² to 264,580 m² (26.46 ha, 65.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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 Aghade 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.

• 16 Dec 2024Conditional

  • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor • the strengthening of foundations at 7no. locations • shear block remedial works at 77no. locations • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 34no. locations • the replacement of 5.1km of earthwire • the painting of all structures • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures • all associated works within the existing Kellis 220kV substation to accommodate the uprated 220kV OHL including uprating of the Great Island bay in Kellis 220kV substation • the installation of a temporary link between the Great Island – Kellis and Dunstown = Kellis 220kV OHLs to create a temporary circuit, which will include the erection of a temporary four-pole timber structure between the existing Angle Mast 191 on the Great Island- Kellis circuit and the existing Angle Mast 157 on the Dunstown – Kellis circuit • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing, and • other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., busy national roads, wide rivers, etc. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. Please see Site Notice for full development description

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460410

• 7 Oct 2024N/a

  for development consisting of works along the ca. 70.3km Great Island – Kellis 220kV OHL between the existing Great Island 220kV substation in the townland of Great Island in southwest County Wexford and the Kellis 220kV substation located in the townland of Kellistown East, central County Carlow. The OHL has a total of 216no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Carlow County Council, there is 44.2km of the existing OHL circuit, with 135no. structures. Within the functional area of Wexford County Council there is 26.1km, with 81no. structures. A separate planning application is being lodged with Wexford County Council. The proposed development within Co. Carlow will comprise: • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor; • the strengthening of foundations at 7no. locations; • shear block remedial works at 77no. locations; • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 34no. locations; • the replacement of 5.1km of earthwire; • the painting of all structures; • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures; • all associated works within the existing Kellis 220kV substation to accommodate the uprated 220kV OHL including uprating of the Great Island bay in the Kellis 220kV substation; • the installation of a temporary link between the Great Island – Kellis and Dunstown – Kellis 220kV OHLs to create a temporary circuit, which will include the erection of a temporary four-pole timber structure between the existing Angle Mast 191 on the Great Island – Kellis circuit and the existing Angle Mast 157 on the Dunstown – Kellis circuit; • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts / piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and • other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., busy national roads, wide rivers, etc.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460319

• 14 Apr 2022N/a

  development consisting of the filling of lands with soil and stone material (application area 7.0 hectares, volume 174,500 tonnes over 15 years) to restore/reinstate quarry lands and all associated ancillary works.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 22130

• 23 Jun 2020Conditional

  for materials recovery and transfer facility consisting of a sorting building, hardstand area, portable office & canteen, portaloo toilet, wheelwash, weighbridge and all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 20197

• 12 Jun 2020N/a

  development will consist of a materials recovery and transfer facility consisting of a sorting building, hardstand area, portable office and canteen, portaloo toilet, wheelwash, weighbridge and all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 20181

• 9 Jul 2018Unconditional

  Extension of Duration of Planning Permission No 11/176 - erection of small Hydro Scheme (containing archimedes screw) utilising existing mill race and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Carlow County Council, 18263

• 6 Jun 2018Conditional

  The development will consist of the importation of inert waste consisting of soil and stone material to improve land for agricultural use and all associated ancillary works.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 18220

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: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781

Recorded monuments

• CW013-032 Enclosure
  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 upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Shown on 1908 'OS 6-inch' map as circular area enclosed by bank (max. diam. c. 40m). No visible surface traces. Possibly a ringfort.

• CW013-033 Standing stone
  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 upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Marked 'Grooved Standing Stone' and 'X' in H. Leask's handwriting on the OPW 1st edition 'OS 6-inch' map. No further information. No visible trace.

• CW013-034 Holed stone
  Description

  National Monument No. 347. Granite stone (L 2.40m; Wth 1.56m; T 0.45m), now standing at angle and propped up. Top is damaged. Equidistant from top and sides is circular hole (D 0.32m) similar in appearance to bullaun basin (JKAS 1933, 248-252). This is a monument in State care (Guardianship), No. 347. The above 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. Revised by: Paul Walsh Revised date of upload: 5 September 2016

• CW013-056 Burial ground
  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 upload: 16 July 2012 Cemetery of at least eight inhumation burials, (extended, head to N or NNW) without grave goods or protection found while digging sand in 1949. One burial excavated. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol. 2, 295-7)

• CW013-057001 Religious house - Augustinian nuns
  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: 16 December 2009 Revised by: J. Farrelly O'Donovan (OSL 1839, 138-40) quotes Archdall Monasticon: '… about the year 1151 an Abbey was founded here, for nuns of the order of St. Augustine by Dermot the son of Murchad King of Leinster…' Aghade Rectory is mentioned in Inquisition of 1549 (JKAS 1933, 255) and shown on Down Survey (1655-6) map. Present remains consist of single basin bullaun stone (CW013-057003-) in granite boulder (the 'Baptismal Font') and unnamed but supposedly holy well (CW013-057004-). (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 372). There is an associated graveyard (CW013-057002-).

• CW013-057002 Graveyard
  Description

  Sub-rectangular graveyard (map dims. c. 104m N-S; c. 60m E-W) with remains of an Augustinian Abbey towards S end (CW013-057001-), a single basin bullaun stone (CW013-057003-) (the 'Baptismal Font') and an unnamed but supposedly holy well (CW013-057004-) S of the Abbey. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW013-057003 Bullaun stone
  Description

  A single basin bullaun stone marked as 'Baptismal Font' on the 1839 and 1908 OS 6-inch maps. To the S of the Augustinian Abbey (CW012-057001-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW013-057004 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  'Holy well' marked on the 1839 and 1908 OS 6-inch maps. To the SE of the Augustinian Abbey (CW012-057001-) between the stream and the boundary wall of the graveyard. Completely overgrown when inspected in 1988. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• All Saints' Church (Aghade), church/chapel, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-cell Church of Ireland church, c. 1780, built on earlier ecclesiastical site. Renovated, c. 1810, with tower added having needle spire. Renovated and refenestrated, c. 1875, with chancel and vestry projection added. Interior retains group of wall monuments and carved timber panelling to chancel.

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 Aghade, about 1 in 10 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 low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2697 (ZIP).

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 Aghade with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Aghade · Áth Fhád

Area

1,058,915 m² (105.89 ha, 261.66 acres)

Civil parish

Aghade, and its townlands

Barony

Forth

Electoral division

Kilbride, the unit of the census

Census 2022

458 people lived in 164 households in the Kilbride electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardristan, Ballygarret or Sandbrook, Ballynoe or Newtown, Ballyvolden, Carrickslaney, Castlegrace, Ouragh

Placenames

Aghade 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.