Moher
Townland in the civil parish of Annaduff, barony of Mohill, Co. Leitrim; in Irish An Mothar
- Area
- 53.2 ha
- 131 acres
- Land parcels
- 41
- registered freehold, median 5,174 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moher, from 707 m² to 91,123 m² (9.11 ha, 22.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Moher 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
19 May 2026Conditional
construction of a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, access roadway, wastewater treatment system and polishing filter together with all ancillary site works and services at the above address.
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2660127
16 Aug 2025Conditional
retain the extended first floor area used as a gymnasium, inclusive of external stairwell and elevational changes at variance from the viewing platform over stage permitted in the parent permission (Ref P.D. 12373), and planning permission to develop a first floor gymnasium within the footprint of the existing Community Centre building inclusive of minor elevational changes and ancillary works
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2560214
26 Jan 2022Conditional
construction of a MUGA (Multi User Games Area) together with Perimeter Fencing, Roof Netting, Lighting, Pedestrian walkway and all ancillary works
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 227
3 Jul 2019Conditional
the following works: (a) to demolish an existing habitable dwelling; (b) to construct a new single storey domestic dwelling with living accommodation in the roof space; (c) to construct a domestic garage; (d) Upgrade the existing waste water treatment facility to an onsite waste water treatment facility which complies with the current EPA CoP, and all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 19150
18 Apr 2019N/a
1. to demolish an existing habitable dwelling 2. To construct a new single storey domestic dwelling with living accommodation in the roof space 3. Upgrade the existing waste water treatment facility to an onsite waste water treatment facility which complies with the current EPA COP and all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 1982
14 Nov 2018Conditional
(a) Façade enhancements to the front (North East) façade; (b) provision of an outdoor spectator area at upper ground floor level to the rear (South west façade); (c) erection of signage to the front (North East) façade and at the front (North East) boundary; (d) proposed roadside boundary & entrance alterations; (e) erection of a commemorative brick wall, along with associated site works and services
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 18248
18 Sept 2017Conditional
the following works to an existing domestic house: (a) increase the height of an existing single storey dwelling to a storey and a half type dwelling, retain the existing front wall of the dwelling and demolish the remaining walls and upgrade/refurbish/ rebuild as necessary. (b) Extend the dwelling in a single storey extension to the rear of the dwelling. (c) Upgrade the existing waste water treatment facility to an onsite waste water treatment facility which complies with the current EPA COP and all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 17168
27 Jul 2017Conditional
1. demolish existing cottage and decommission existing septic tank, 2. construct a replacement dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance by boundary wall and install a new on-site wastewater treatment & disposal system
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 17131
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 Moher.
Recorded monuments
- LE035-047 Enclosure
Description
Reported by Jean-Charles Caillere; visible on Google Earth aerial imagery (1-3-2010) as a circular area (diam. c. 22m) defined by the cropmark of a narrow fosse (Wth c. 1m) in level former pasture now a football pitch. A second slightly larger enclosure (LE035-048----) is also visible c. 17m to the ENE. See attached image: LE035-047----_01 Snip Google Earth aerial imagery dated 1-3-2010. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 18 May 2023
- LE035-048 Enclosure
Description
Reported by Jean-Charles Caillere; visible on Google Earth aerial imagery (1-3-2010) as a circular area (diam. c. 28m) defined by the cropmark of a narrow fosse (Wth c. 1m) in level former pasture now a football pitch. A second slightly smaller enclosure (LE035-047----) is also visible c. 17m to the WSW. See attached image: LE035-048----_01 Snip Google Earth aerial imagery dated 1-3-2010. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 18 May 2023
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Moher.
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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1568 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Moher with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.
The townland
- Name
- Moher · An Mothar
- Area
- 531,765 m² (53.18 ha, 131.4 acres)
- Civil parish
- Annaduff, and its townlands
- Barony
- Mohill
- Electoral division
- Drumod, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Drumod electoral division: 1,010 people in 376 households; 72% of households own their home; 57% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 17% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghintass, Fearnaght, Finnalaghta, Gortinee
- Placenames
- Moher 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.