# Aharney, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Aharney, barony of Clarmallagh, Co. Laois; in Irish Áth Charna.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,468,134 m² (246.81 ha, 609.89 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 12,456 m² (1.25 ha, 3.08 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Aharney, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/aharney.md
- Barony: Clarmallagh
- Electoral division: Aghmacart, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 377 people lived in 119 households in the Aghmacart electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Laois, https://everytownland.com/laois.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/27760
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100020
- Centre: latitude 52.80704, longitude -7.410854 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aharney, from 106 m² to 303,308 m² (30.33 ha, 74.95 acres); 29 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 253708: 303,308 m² (30.33 ha, 74.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253708.md
- Parcel 242689: 149,383 m² (14.94 ha, 36.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/242689.md
- Parcel 246518: 121,897 m² (12.19 ha, 30.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/246518.md
- Parcel 234303: 114,055 m² (11.41 ha, 28.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/234303.md
- Parcel 260914: 113,744 m² (11.37 ha, 28.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/260914.md
- Parcel 253538: 107,015 m² (10.7 ha, 26.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253538.md
- Parcel 2387601: 102,139 m² (10.21 ha, 25.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2387601.md
- Parcel 227394: 96,672 m² (9.67 ha, 23.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/227394.md
- Parcel 258860: 96,205 m² (9.62 ha, 23.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258860.md
- Parcel 253130: 87,491 m² (8.75 ha, 21.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253130.md
- Parcel 230600: 83,861 m² (8.39 ha, 20.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230600.md
- Parcel 251014: 83,210 m² (8.32 ha, 20.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/251014.md
- Parcel 248017: 80,552 m² (8.06 ha, 19.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/248017.md
- Parcel 249081: 70,701 m² (7.07 ha, 17.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/249081.md
- Parcel 266324: 62,648 m² (6.26 ha, 15.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266324.md
- Parcel 242155: 51,910 m² (5.19 ha, 12.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/242155.md
- Parcel 256980: 45,485 m² (4.55 ha, 11.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256980.md
- Parcel 225980: 42,937 m² (4.29 ha, 10.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/225980.md
- Parcel 254695: 40,946 m² (4.09 ha, 10.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254695.md
- Parcel 252679: 37,592 m² (3.76 ha, 9.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/252679.md
- Parcel 239339: 35,645 m² (3.56 ha, 8.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239339.md
- Parcel 247605: 34,704 m² (3.47 ha, 8.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/247605.md
- Parcel 239014: 34,376 m² (3.44 ha, 8.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/239014.md
- Parcel 264698: 31,991 m² (3.2 ha, 7.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264698.md
- Parcel 250736: 28,520 m² (2.85 ha, 7.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/250736.md
- Parcel 230160: 18,678 m² (1.87 ha, 4.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230160.md
- Parcel 232626: 16,674 m² (1.67 ha, 4.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232626.md
- Parcel 254676: 15,506 m² (1.55 ha, 3.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254676.md
- Parcel 3305886: 14,041 m² (1.4 ha, 3.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3305886.md
- Parcel 5178714: 12,972 m² (1.3 ha, 3.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5178714.md
- Parcel 254363: 11,940 m² (1.19 ha, 2.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254363.md
- Parcel 226219: 11,303 m² (1.13 ha, 2.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/226219.md
- Parcel 2387793: 9,581 m² (0.96 ha, 2.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2387793.md
- Parcel 240956: 9,221 m² (0.92 ha, 2.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/240956.md
- Parcel 228192: 7,521 m² (0.75 ha, 1.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/228192.md
- Parcel 226465: 5,207 m² (0.52 ha, 1.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/226465.md
- Parcel 258472: 5,067 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258472.md
- Parcel 3420699: 5,050 m² (0.5 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3420699.md
- Parcel 5628516: 4,040 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5628516.md
- Parcel 5628513: 4,014 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5628513.md
- Parcel 225494: 3,832 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/225494.md
- Parcel 252921: 3,801 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/252921.md
- Parcel 4728125: 3,769 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4728125.md
- Parcel 266512: 3,645 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266512.md
- Parcel 251976: 3,333 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/251976.md
- Parcel 253051: 2,968 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253051.md
- Parcel 4948212: 2,836 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4948212.md
- Parcel 243590: 2,747 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/243590.md
- Parcel 5589433: 2,543 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5589433.md
- Parcel 251529: 1,984 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/251529.md
- Parcel 258347: 1,826 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/258347.md
- Parcel 239338: 1,734 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/239338.md
- Parcel 243589: 986 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/243589.md
- Parcel 5176011: 809 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5176011.md
- Parcel 5589431: 697 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5589431.md
- Parcel 2448491: 631 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2448491.md
- Parcel 5176010: 621 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5176010.md
- Parcel 5589434: 341 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5589434.md
- Parcel 254836: 229 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/254836.md
- Parcel 3935701: 106 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3935701.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Aharney 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.

- 6 Jun 2024, Laois County Council 2460319: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct a single storey dwelling, a percolation area and associated site works and retention permission for an existing mobile home, a site entrance and septic tank. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460319/0
- 5 Apr 2024, Laois County Council 2460177: N/a. Permission, 1 home. construct single storey dwelling, a percolation area and associated site works and retention permission for a site entrance and septic tank. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460177/0
- 18 Jul 2019, Laois County Council 19411: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. erect a two storey dwelling, a septic tank & percolation area, a site entrance and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/19411/0
- 31 Jul 2017, Laois County Council 17407: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (a) construct a one and a half storey dwelling and detached garage, and (b) change of use from existing dwelling to a storage shed, including decommissioning of existing septic tank. New septic tank/percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17407/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Aharney.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- LA035-046: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA035-046----. Only S portion of bank remaining. Described as a circular area (diam. c. 40m) defined by a bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H c. 0.5m-0.8m) with a fosse (Wth c. 4m, ext. D c. 0.6m) at E. Entrance at E (OPW file). Known as 'Rathpatrick' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 309). 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
- LA035-047: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA035-047----. Dedicated to St Bridget. Only the featureless W gable survives bu Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 308) mentions that half of E gable and portions of S wall of the church (L c. 12.75m; Wth c. 5.1m) were to be seen c. 1900. No early grave-markers visible. Described by Carrigan as 'Of the Church dedicated to St. Bridget (Feb. 1st), only the west gable, a fragment or two of the south side-wall, and one half the east gable remain. It was 42 and a half feet long, internally and 16 ft. 9 in. wide, the walls being from 2 and a half to 3 ft. thick, and built of small rough stones and grouting. One side of a tall lancet window remains standing in the east gable; the other side is fallen. At present there is no appearance of any division of the church into nave and chancel' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 308). 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
- LA035-047001: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA035-047001-. Dedicated to St. Bridget (Carrigian 1905, vol. 2, 308-09). No visible early grave markers. Described by Carrigan as 'In the graveyard, a small rough headstone has : "I.H.S. William Dullany 1721". This is the oldest of many inscriptions here' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 308). D-shaped graveyard (int. dims. 40m N-S; 42m E-W) with church in N quadrant and road forming S boundary of graveyard. It contains 18th and 19th century memorials. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007
- LA035-048: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA035-048----. Dedicated to St. Bridget. Until the nineteenth century, pilgrims came here on the 1st February (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 309). Well indicated by wet patch in the ground. Described by Carrigan as "St. Bridgets well" was about 200 yards south-east of the church, in the field- formerly townland-known as Booliaduff. It was a holy well, and the scene of many pilgrimages and patterns, down to the beginning of the 19th century. Though destroyed several years ago, its site is still well known' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 309). 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

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 Aharney.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Aharney, about 1 in 10 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, 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 Aharney.
- 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/aharney.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/aharney.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/aharney.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Aharney 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)

- Archerstown: https://everytownland.com/laois/archerstown.md
- Ballykealy: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballykealy.md
- Lisdowney (Co. Kilkenny): https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/lisdowney.md
- Seskin Little (Co. Kilkenny): https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/seskin-little.md
- Seskin North (Co. Kilkenny): https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/seskin-north.md
- Tinnaslatty (Co. Kilkenny): https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/tinnaslatty-91523.md
- Toberboe or Killenny More: https://everytownland.com/laois/toberboe-or-killenny-more.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.

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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.

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