Agha
Agha is a townland in the civil parish of Lislee, barony of Ibane and Barryroe, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Achadh.
- Area
- 90.6 ha
- 224 acres
- Land parcels
- 48
- registered freehold, median 10,203 m² (1.02 ha, 2.52 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Agha, from 269 m² to 173,667 m² (17.37 ha, 42.91 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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
31 Mar 2023Incompleted application
Retention planning permission for the prior installation of a single storey garden room with a wc and shower facility for the use as a home office on the existing curtilage of the site, located to the rear of the existing dwelling.
Retention · Cork County Council, 23/4615
13 Dec 2022Conditional
Retention for; A) the demolition of a single storey outhouse attached to the side of the existing storey and a half dwelling, B) the demolition of two single storey elements of the existing storey and a half dwelling, comprising of one room to the side and one room to the rear. Permission is also sought for the following; C) alterations and extensions to the existing dwelling to include the construction of a new storey and a half extension to the rear of the existing, D) the change of use of an existing single storey outhouse into a habitable room to be incorporated into the proposed extending dwelling, along with alterations and extension to this former outhouse, E) the construction of a new single storey link between the existing dwelling, the proposed new storey and a half extension and the proposed outhouse to be incorporated, F) the upgrading of an existing farm entrance to form a new site entrance and access driveway, G) the removal of an existing septic tank and percolation area and replace with a new waste water treatment system and infiltration/ treatment area, H) all associated ancillary site works located at the existing dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6750
9 Nov 2022Incompleted application
Retention planning for; A) the demolition of a single storey outhouse attached to the side of the existing storey and a half dwelling, B) the demolition of two single storey elements of the existing storey and a half dwelling, comprising of one room to the side and one room to the rear. Planning permission is also sought for the following; C) alterations and extensions to the existing dwelling to include the construction of a new storey and a half extension to the rear of the existing, D) the change of use of an existing single storey outhouse into a habitable room to be incorporated into the proposed extending dwelling, along with alterations and extension to this former outhouse, E) the construction of a new single storey link between the existing dwelling, the proposed new storey and a half extension and the proposed outhouse to be incorporated, F) the upgrading of an existing farm entrance to form a new site entrance and access driveway, G) the removal of an existing septic tank and percolation area and replace with a new waste water treatment system and infiltration/ treatment area, H) all associated ancillary site works located at the existing dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6506
21 Jan 2020Conditional
To erect a 2 storey rear extension and single storey side extension to existing 2 storey dwellinghouse. Renovations and alterations to the dwelling and to upgrade the existing on-site waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4067
20 Feb 2018Conditional
To erect dwelling house, detached garage and all associated site works at Agha, Courtmacsherry
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/87
10 Jan 2018Incompleted application
To consist of a dwelling house, detached garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/13
6 Jun 2017Conditional
Permission for retention of: (a) 2 no. loose calf houses, (b) 1 no. extension of slatted calf house and attached store and for permission for construction of (a) open silage silo, (b) extension to existing slatted cubicle house for use as a slatted cow house including feed passage, (c) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/359
17 May 2017Incompleted application
(A) Retention of loose housing, slatted house and store area and (B) Construction of open silo, cow cubicle house with double slatted tank and feed passage in conjunction with extension of existing slatted tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/291
26 Jan 2016Conditional
Renovation of farmhouse, including demolition of existing kitchen and W.C. to rear and adjoining outhouse to east side of existing house; construction of extension to rear and east side of house; incorporation of existing adjoining outhouse at west side into dwelling house living space; alterations to elevations; provision of new wastewater treatment installation and associated siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/43
18 Jan 2016Incompleted application
Renovation of farmhouse, including demolition of existing kitchen and W.C. to rear and adjoining outhouse to east side of exisitng house; construction of extension to rear and east side of house; incorporation of existing adjoining outhouse at west side into dwelling house living space; alterations to elevations; provision of new wastewater treatment installation and assocaited siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/19
17 Dec 2015Incompleted application
Renovation of farmhouse, including demolition of existing kitchen and W.C. to rear and adjoining outhouse to side of existing house; construction of extension to side and rear of house; alterations to elevations; demolition of detached outhouses; provision of new wastewater treatment installation and associated siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/712
10 Jul 2006Conditional
Cattlehouse with integrated underground slurry storage and associated site works; underground soiled water tank for effluent from dairy parlour
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1309
26 May 2006Incompleted application
Cattle house with integrated underground slurry storage and an underground soiled water tank for efluent from dairy parlour
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1017
23 May 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3484
29 Apr 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2877
26 Nov 2003Refused
Dwellinghouse and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/5983
26 Jul 2001Conditional
Bungalow with attic accomodation
Approval · Cork County Council, 01/4307
17 Nov 2000Conditional
Dormer type dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 00/6935
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
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Agha.
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 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 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. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Agha · Achadh
- Area
- 906,420 m² (90.64 ha, 223.98 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lislee, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ibane and Barryroe
- Electoral division
- Courtmacsherry, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 905 people lived in 347 households in the Courtmacsherry electoral division. 63% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 31% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardcoohig, Ballyhigeen, Butlerstown, Curraheen, Knockanemeeleen, Lisleetemple
- 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.