Aghafin
Townland in the civil parish of Mostrim, barony of Ardagh, Co. Longford; in Irish Achadh Fionn
- Area
- 137.9 ha
- 341 acres
- Land parcels
- 71
- registered freehold, median 2,889 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Residential
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
71 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghafin, from 57 m² to 306,727 m² (30.67 ha, 75.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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
- R2Residential (Existing residential)
LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 38 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S1Social/Community/Education/Public Utility (Education)
LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Social/Community/Education/Public Utility (Community facilities)
LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Recreation/Amenity/Green Space (Open space, park)
LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4Strategic Residential Reserve
LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
16 Apr 2026N/a
(a) the conversion of attic space to living accommodation to include internal and external alterations to existing dwelling house and (b) retention permission for alterations to garage fenestration
Retention, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2660122
21 Aug 2025Conditional
the proposed construction of an extension to the front of existing dwelling house and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2560182
6 Feb 2020Conditional
(A) proposed construction of a walkway around the perimeter of existing football pitch (B) proposed erection of adequate lighting to facilitate the proposed walkway (C) proposed installation of park benches around the perimeter of the proposed walkway and all ancillary site works
Permission · Longford County Council, 2026
15 Feb 2019Conditional
proposed demolition of existing shed type structures together with the proposed renovations and extension to existing two storey terrace type dwelling house and all ancillary works
Permission · Longford County Council, 1941
13 Dec 2018Conditional
proposed retention & completion of existing partially constructed two storey type dwelling house with an attached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, proprietary wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary works, of which was previously granted full planning permission under Planning Reference Number PL07/836 and further Extension of Duration of Planning under Planning Reference Number PL13/4
Permission · Longford County Council, 18298
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 Aghafin.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Aghafin.
Architectural heritage
- Saint Elizabeth's Convent, convent/nunnery, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey former convent on U-shaped plan, built c. 1905, with advanced gable-fronted end bays to either end of the main elevation (south) and with single-bay two-storey return with hipped roof and multiple-bay multiple-storey extensions to rear (north). Pitched slate roofs with timber bargeboards (bracketed to gabled breakfronts), render eaves course, terracotta ridge crestings, yellow brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Wrought-iron cross finials to apexes of gables. Painted render walls over render plinth. Square-headed window openings to first floor with painted stone sills, decorative render surrounds and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Those to end bays having decorative render hoodmouldings with render panels and plaques above. Segmental-headed window openings to ground floor with painted stone sills, decorative render surrounds and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, replacement windows to south end bay. Central pointed arch door opening with render surround, timber panelled door, overlight, limestone steps and with render hoodmoulding over. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds to the east of Edgeworthstown. Wrought-iron railings to site. Rendered boundary walls to road-frontage (south). Pair of dressed limestone piers (on square-plan) with carved limestone capstones to main entrance to site (southwest).
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 10 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; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1873 (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 Aghafin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.
The townland
- Name
- Aghafin · Achadh Fionn
- Area
- 1,379,226 m² (137.92 ha, 340.81 acres)
- Civil parish
- Mostrim, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ardagh
- Electoral division
- Meathas Truim, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Meathas Truim electoral division: 2,477 people in 844 households; 46% of households own their home; 59% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghadonagh, Cranalagh More, Curry, Edgeworthstown, Lisnageeragh, Rinnenny
- Placenames
- Aghafin 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.