Aghaneenagh

13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghaneenagh, from 2,354 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres) to 484,730 m² (48.47 ha, 119.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Aghaneenagh 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.

• 4 Mar 2026Grant with conditions

  Permission to construct a cattle underpass with effluent tank and ancillary works on a public road. The above development to be carried out with all associated ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0520

• 6 Aug 2024Conditional

  Permission for the decommissioning and removal of the existing septic tank and the installation of a new waste-water treatment unit and percolation area to service the existing dwelling house along with all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5484

• 24 Feb 2014Conditional

  Build roof over milking parlour collecting yard

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4352

• 31 Oct 2013Withdrawn

  (1) Retention of stables including toilet, exercise/training area, internal farm tracks, proprietary foul water treatment system, polishing filter, and (2) permission for construction of equine sheds to include loose housing pens with paddocks, stables with fodder/machinery store, covered dungstead with holding tank, hardstanding area, horse training ring area with sand surface and realignment of existing farm entrance to improve sight lines on the public roadway and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/6072

• 19 Nov 2008Conditional

  Erection of prefabricated wooden building on existing garden centre site to be used as a tea room and farm shop

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9761

• 29 Mar 2007Conditional

  Construction of slatted dairy unit with easy feed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6582

• 21 Mar 2007Conditional

  Construction of a Geomembrane lined lagoon for slurry storage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6260

• 22 Dec 2005Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9716

• 6 May 2004Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/3069

• 9 Mar 2004Conditional

  Ground floor extension, conversion of attic space to living space, raising of wall plate level, increase of pitch of roof and installation of 6 no. velux roof lights to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1540

• 18 Dec 2003Conditional

  Prefabricated timber shop unit ancillary to garden centre

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6530

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: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170

Recorded monuments

• CO022-096 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, incorporated into townland boundary on N side. Levelled; circular area (c. 32.5m N-S; c. 32.5m E-W) defined by earthen bank (int. H 1.65m) NW->NE with external fosse; low earthen bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.5m) NE->NW with shallow external fosse (D 0.2m). Causewayed entrance (Wth 7.6m) to S. Linear slightly raised area (Wth 2m; L 43.5m) runs from centre of interior through causewayed entrance S into adjoining field; appears similar to levelled field boundary. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO022-097 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. According to local information, small circular rise (diam. c. 3ft) and hawthorn bush marking site of ringfort were removed c. 1982. Slight rise remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO022-098 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In waterlogged pasture. Grass-covered spread of burnt material. According to local information, horseshoe-shaped mound levelled c. 1974. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 487) on T. O'Leary's land. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO022-099001 Burial ground
  Description

  Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. Marked within ringfort (12030) on 1937 OS 6-inch map; site of church (14457) also shown. No visible surface trace of burials noted except slight stony hollow inside bank in SW quadrant which may indicate location of burial. According to Bowman (1934, 486), 'about 15 years ago (c. 1916) a stone, measuring about 3ft by 2 was found near the church site. This was cross-inscribed, and was used in the building of a fence nearby'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO022-099002 Church
  Description

  Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps; marked within ringfort (12030) on 1937 OS 6-inch map; childrens burial ground (14060) also shown. According to Bowman (1934, 486), 'a mound of stones, having a whitethorn tree at each end, marks the site of church.' No visible surface trace remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO022-099003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope of E-W ridge. Depicted as hachured circular raised area (diam. c. 40m) on 1937 OS 6-inch map; named Children's Burial Gd. (CO022-09901-), with Church (site of) (CO022-09902-) indicated in interior. Circular area (47m N-S) defined by earthen bank (int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.2m) NNW->NE with shallow external fosse (D 0.2m); low rise (int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.55m) elsewhere. Bank NNW->NE incorporated into field fence system. Break in bank to WSW. At SW side of interior is slight, stony, hollow which may be collapsed grave. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO022-175 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture. Low, roughly circular mound of burnt material (5m E-W; 6m N-S; H 0.3m). Not recorded by Bowman. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO022-275 Enclosure
  Description

  Levelled bank of roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) visible in aerial photograph (GSIAP, R724, May 1977). Possible ringfort (12907) c. 70m to SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Architectural heritage

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

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 Aghaneenagh, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Aghaneenagh.

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 Aghaneenagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Aghaneenagh · Áth Naíonach

Area

1,429,614 m² (142.96 ha, 353.27 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmeen (Kanturk Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Duhallow

Electoral division

Ballyhoolahan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

295 people lived in 102 households in the Ballyhoolahan electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhoolahan East, Ballyhoolahan Middle, Cloongeel, Dromanarrigle, Island

Placenames

Aghaneenagh 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.