# Aghnahily, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Dysartenos, barony of Maryborough East, Co. Laois; in Irish Achadh na hAidhle. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 828,327 m² (82.83 ha, 204.68 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,073 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Dysartenos, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/dysartenos.md - Barony: Maryborough East - Electoral division: Kilcolmanbane, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Kilcolmanbane electoral division: 627 people in 208 households; 96% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Laois, https://everytownland.com/laois.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/28487 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100017 - Centre: latitude 53.025128, longitude -7.208793 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghnahily, from 337 m² to 275,337 m² (27.53 ha, 68.04 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 233181: 275,337 m² (27.53 ha, 68.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/233181.md - Parcel 268360: 196,401 m² (19.64 ha, 48.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/268360.md - Parcel 266550: 76,762 m² (7.68 ha, 18.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266550.md - Parcel 266427: 60,114 m² (6.01 ha, 14.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266427.md - Parcel 243899: 47,962 m² (4.8 ha, 11.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/243899.md - Parcel 226411: 42,302 m² (4.23 ha, 10.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/226411.md - Parcel 229075: 40,956 m² (4.1 ha, 10.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229075.md - Parcel 229552: 23,654 m² (2.37 ha, 5.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229552.md - Parcel 262745: 22,520 m² (2.25 ha, 5.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262745.md - Parcel 225460: 8,558 m² (0.86 ha, 2.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/225460.md - Parcel 252284: 5,135 m² (0.51 ha, 1.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/252284.md - Parcel 238599: 5,012 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/238599.md - Parcel 263777: 4,876 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/263777.md - Parcel 260111: 4,231 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260111.md - Parcel 262253: 3,870 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/262253.md - Parcel 258680: 3,552 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258680.md - Parcel 229770: 2,137 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229770.md - Parcel 265431: 2,024 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/265431.md - Parcel 226076: 1,389 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/226076.md - Parcel 257319: 940 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/257319.md - Parcel 249897: 519 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/249897.md - Parcel 245594: 337 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/245594.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Aghnahily in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 4 applications, newest first. - 13 Dec 2023, Laois County Council 2360533: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. construct new dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area,new site entrance and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360533/0 - 14 Feb 2020, Laois County Council 2077: N/a. Permission. construct an extension to existing dwelling house, internal and external alterations, new domestic garage, ancillary site services and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2077/0 - 23 Jul 2019, Laois County Council 19419: Conditional. Permission. revise planning permission 19/20, the construction of a slatted/cubicle shed to house cattle, a silage slab, replace an existing silage slab and ancillary works (ie. concrete yards) - all for agricultural purposes only in existing farmyard. The application includes a revised farmyard plan and a revised design of the slatted/cubicle shed. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/19419/0 - 17 Jan 2019, Laois County Council 1920: Conditional. Permission. construct a slatted/cubicle shed to house cattle, a silage slab, replace an existing silage slab and ancillary site works (i.e. concrete yards) - all for agricultural purposes only in existing farmyard. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/1920/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Rock Of Dunamase, site code 000878 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LA013-062001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA013-062001-. A rath, within which a cist (LA013-062002-) was found, was situated 150 yds from the Rock of Dunamase (Comerford 1886, vol. 3, 288). Not marked on the 1841 or 1909 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. No visible surface remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007 - LA013-062002: Cist, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA013-062002-. Discovered in 1845 in a 'Danish Rath' (LA013-062001-) was a cist containing an inhumed burial and two food vessels. Now in the National Museum (Bradley et. al. 1986, 22). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007 - LA013-063: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA013-063----. National Monument No. 540. Ringfort in woodland on NW facing slope of rising ground with good views from W-N-NE, higher ground to S. Dunamase Castle (LA013-052----) 650m to NW. Depicted as a circular earthwork on the 1839 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map. Present remains consist of a circular area (diam. c. 40m) defined by a well preserved flat-topped bank (top Wth 1.5-3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.7m-1.5m) and shallow external fosse (Wth 2m; ext. D 0.4m) best visible on the upslope side of the monument. The interior of the ringfort slopes from S to N following the natural slope of the land. The ringfort is covered in trees and briars making detailed examination of the monument impossible. Possible entrance gap (Wth 3m) at NE (SMR file 03/01/1973). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 23 March 2015 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Aghnahily. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Aghnahily. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/laois/aghnahily.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/aghnahily.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/aghnahily.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Aghnahily with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois: https://everytownland.com/laois.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballycarroll: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballycarroll-100075.md - Dysart: https://everytownland.com/laois/dysart.md - Grange Upper: https://everytownland.com/laois/grange-upper.md - Loughakeo: https://everytownland.com/laois/loughakeo.md - Park or Dunamase: https://everytownland.com/laois/park-or-dunamase.md - Park Upper: https://everytownland.com/laois/park-upper.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/laois/aghnahily - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/laois/aghnahily