# Aghafad, Co. Longford: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Ballymacormick, barony of Ardagh, Co. Longford; in Irish Achadh Fada.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 92,379 m² (9.24 ha, 22.83 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 376 m²
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Residential, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Ballymacormick, https://everytownland.com/longford/parish/ballymacormick.md
- Barony: Ardagh
- Electoral division: Longford Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 5,685 people lived in 1,964 households in the Longford Rural electoral division. 51% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Longford, https://everytownland.com/longford.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/33273
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 130014
- Centre: latitude 53.712957, longitude -7.800899 (WGS 84)

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

25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghafad, from 46 m² to 49,225 m² (4.92 ha, 12.16 acres); 10 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 75922: 49,225 m² (4.92 ha, 12.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/75922.md
- Parcel 81473: 20,965 m² (2.1 ha, 5.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/81473.md
- Parcel 78551: 7,344 m² (0.73 ha, 1.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/78551.md
- Parcel 79033: 3,913 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/79033.md
- Parcel 60287: 2,473 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/60287.md
- Parcel 64591: 1,408 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/64591.md
- Parcel 66329: 1,272 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/66329.md
- Parcel 67006: 510 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/67006.md
- Parcel 63137: 494 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/63137.md
- Parcel 80696: 462 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/80696.md
- Parcel 78254: 445 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/78254.md
- Parcel 68754: 377 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/68754.md
- Parcel 65668: 376 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/65668.md
- Parcel 64420: 354 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/64420.md
- Parcel 52924: 344 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/52924.md
- Parcel 68972: 341 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/68972.md
- Parcel 81192: 336 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/81192.md
- Parcel 69168: 335 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/69168.md
- Parcel 53160: 330 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/53160.md
- Parcel 71040: 311 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/71040.md
- Parcel 59922: 288 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/59922.md
- Parcel 61775: 284 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/61775.md
- Parcel 73960: 75 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/73960.md
- Parcel 81741: 70 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/81741.md
- Parcel 81634: 46 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/81634.md

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

- R2 Residential (Existing residential): LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford; 23 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.longfordcoco.ie/services/planning/longford-county-development-plan-2021-2027/volume-2-appendices-compressed.pdf
- C2.1 Industrial/Commercial/Warehousing (Industrial, enterprise, employment): LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford; 3 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.longfordcoco.ie/services/planning/longford-county-development-plan-2021-2027/volume-2-appendices-compressed.pdf
- S6 Social/Community/Education/Public Utility (Other community services/facilities uses): LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.longfordcoco.ie/services/planning/longford-county-development-plan-2021-2027/volume-2-appendices-compressed.pdf

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

No planning application touches the townland of Aghafad in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## 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 Aghafad.

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

- LF013-034: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF013-034----. Within the SE quadrant of an ecclesiastical enclosure (LF013-034001-). A report in 1975 (SMR file) noted that a series of low banks of earth and stone, rectangular in plan and orientated on an E-W axis, possibly marked the site of a church. A smaller square structure, defined by an earthen bank, extended to the N from it. A low earthen bank running to the E off the NE corner of this structure was possibly a subdividing bank associated with the ecclesiastical enclosure. None of these features are visible at ground level. A cross-inscribed pillar (LF013-034003-) is associated. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 3/1979).
- LF013-034001: Ecclesiastical enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF013-034001-. On a NE-facing slope in pasture. Described in 1975 (SMR file) as a slightly raised oval platform (c. 64m E-W; c. 52m N-S) defined by a low bank of earth and stone. The original entrance may have been at NE. A possible church (LF013-034----) was evident in the SE quadrant of the interior as well as a cross-inscribed pillar (LF013-034003-) and an internal subdividing bank. The enclosure is defined by a scarp (H 0.25-0.8m). No visible surface trace of the internal bank survives. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 3/1979).
- LF013-034002: Cross-inscribed pillar, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF013-034002-. Formerly located within the SE quadrant of an ecclesiastical enclosure (LF013-034001-), this cross-inscribed pillar is now in St Mel’s College (see LF013-034003-) in Longford town (LF013-026----). It comprises a large, rectangular, limestone pillar (H 2.45m; Wth 0.35m; T 0.25m) on which a simple Latin cross is carved in relief. In the angles of the arms of the cross, the stone has been cut away to give a ringed effect. The stem is decorated with a transverse groove. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 6 June 2013

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 Aghafad.

## 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 Aghafad, 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 low.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1717, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1717.zip (ZIP).
- 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/longford/aghafad.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/longford/aghafad.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/longford/aghafad.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Aghafad with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford: https://everytownland.com/longford.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Farranyoogan: https://everytownland.com/longford/farranyoogan.md
- Garvagh: https://everytownland.com/longford/garvagh-130533.md
- Glebe: https://everytownland.com/longford/glebe-130545.md
- Mullaghavorneen: https://everytownland.com/longford/mullaghavorneen.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.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/longford/aghafad
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/longford/aghafad