Banagher

83 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Banagher, from 5 m² to 124,348 m² (12.43 ha, 30.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 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 Banagher 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.

• 18 Mar 2026N/a

  retention of converted and extended garage for use as an independent residential unit (granny flat) at

  Retention, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2660071

• 20 Feb 2025N/a

  Construction of a new two storey dwelling, alterations to existing access, installation of a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area & all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2560036

• 10 Mar 2022Refused

  extend duration of planning permission P.17/93 for a period of 5 years

  Extension of duration · Leitrim County Council, 2235

• 3 Dec 2019Conditional

  for the addition patio doors modification, removal and addition of windows to the ground floor of the Eastern, Northern and Western elevation, the construction of a balcony to the Western elevation and the construction of a covered entrance to the Northern elevation

  Permission · Leitrim County Council, 19264

• 22 Nov 2019Conditional

  construct one slatted / dry bedded agricultural building and all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Leitrim County Council, 19251

• 5 Sept 2019Conditional

  the removal of one number roof light and one number dormer window at roof level to the north (front) elevation of the existing dwelling house and the addition of 3 new number roof lights at roof level to the north (front) elevation of the existing dwelling

  Permission · Leitrim County Council, 19184

• 15 May 2017Conditional

  construct a single storey domestic dwelling, domestic garage, construct a new waste water treatment system to current EPA code of practice, site entrance and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 1793

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: Lough Gill SAC 001976
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Gill 001976

Recorded monuments

• LE010-046 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a rise towards the bottom of a SW-facing slope. Grass-covered circular area (diam. 31m N-S; 29.5m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.3m at S to 2m at NW). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

• LE010-047 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Located on the tip of a SE-NW spur, which is at the NW edge of a steep-sided and prominent plateau. Grass-covered circular area (diam. 30m E-W; 29m N-S) with outcrop visible in the interior defined by a stone spread (Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.65m) which is reduced to an internal scarp at S. The original entrance is not identified. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

• LE010-048 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Located on a SE-facing slope, overlooking the point c. 70m to the SE where a small E-W stream turns SE before entering a bay at the E end of Lough Gill c. 400m to the SSE. This is a grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 32m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by a stone spread (Wth c. 2m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.6m) and hedge, which is reduced to a scarp at SE. There are slight traces of a fosse at SE and S, but an original entrance is not identified. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

• LE010-052 Enclosure
  Description

  Indicated as a small enclosure only on the 1910 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and located in a slight fold towards the top of the S-facing slope of a prominent hill. Overgrown subcircular area (diam. c. 20m) defined by a drystone wall (Wth 0.4m; H 1m). This is probably a small field associated with the nearby Banagher settlement of small cottages, now abandoned. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 14 April, 2016

• LE010-053 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of a S-facing slope and overlooking a small E-W stream c. 100m distant, and in an area of marshy scrub. This is an overgrown circular area (int. diam. 27m) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (max. Wth 5m at SSW; H 0.15m at E to1m at SSW). The original entrance is not identified. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

Architectural heritage

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

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 Banagher, about 1 in 5 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, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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 Banagher with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.

Name

Banagher · Beannchar

Area

1,629,634 m² (162.96 ha, 402.69 acres)

Civil parish

Drumlease, and its townlands

Barony

Drumahaire

Electoral division

Sramore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

406 people lived in 144 households in the Sramore electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrickanurroo, Doonkelly, Kilmore, Magurk, Moneyduff, Sriff

Placenames

Banagher 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.