# Aghakeeran, Co. Longford: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Columbkille, barony of Granard, Co. Longford; in Irish Achadh Caorthainn. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,674,785 m² (167.48 ha, 413.85 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 18,929 m² (1.89 ha, 4.68 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Columbkille, https://everytownland.com/longford/parish/columbkille.md - Barony: Granard - Electoral division: Sonnagh, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 266 people lived in 114 households in the Sonnagh electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Longford, https://everytownland.com/longford.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/33020 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 130019 - Centre: latitude 53.817667, longitude -7.600794 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghakeeran, from 281 m² to 139,626 m² (13.96 ha, 34.5 acres); 40 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 61339: 139,626 m² (13.96 ha, 34.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/61339.md - Parcel 56477: 128,935 m² (12.89 ha, 31.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/56477.md - Parcel 61326: 118,142 m² (11.81 ha, 29.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/61326.md - Parcel 77859: 105,358 m² (10.54 ha, 26.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/77859.md - Parcel 74461: 103,664 m² (10.37 ha, 25.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/74461.md - Parcel 61336: 88,932 m² (8.89 ha, 21.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/61336.md - Parcel 61335: 86,293 m² (8.63 ha, 21.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/61335.md - Parcel 74857: 82,601 m² (8.26 ha, 20.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/74857.md - Parcel 3380185: 69,076 m² (6.91 ha, 17.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3380185.md - Parcel 74862: 68,920 m² (6.89 ha, 17.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/74862.md - Parcel 74864: 65,070 m² (6.51 ha, 16.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/74864.md - Parcel 74863: 43,855 m² (4.39 ha, 10.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/74863.md - Parcel 61333: 38,786 m² (3.88 ha, 9.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/61333.md - Parcel 71076: 36,023 m² (3.6 ha, 8.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/71076.md - Parcel 61330: 33,219 m² (3.32 ha, 8.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/61330.md - Parcel 61328: 32,251 m² (3.23 ha, 7.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/61328.md - Parcel 74856: 29,502 m² (2.95 ha, 7.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/74856.md - Parcel 61953: 28,356 m² (2.84 ha, 7.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/61953.md - Parcel 61327: 28,341 m² (2.83 ha, 7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/61327.md - Parcel 52529: 23,780 m² (2.38 ha, 5.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/52529.md - Parcel 74858: 21,432 m² (2.14 ha, 5.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/74858.md - Parcel 74861: 20,877 m² (2.09 ha, 5.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/74861.md - Parcel 61334: 18,929 m² (1.89 ha, 4.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/61334.md - Parcel 74855: 17,688 m² (1.77 ha, 4.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/74855.md - Parcel 57057: 10,304 m² (1.03 ha, 2.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/57057.md - Parcel 61329: 9,482 m² (0.95 ha, 2.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/61329.md - Parcel 84181: 7,120 m² (0.71 ha, 1.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/84181.md - Parcel 78687: 6,055 m² (0.61 ha, 1.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/78687.md - Parcel 52178: 4,912 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/52178.md - Parcel 57841: 4,668 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/57841.md - Parcel 67130: 4,435 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/67130.md - Parcel 71228: 3,913 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/71228.md - Parcel 2482237: 3,204 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2482237.md - Parcel 80801: 3,022 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/80801.md - Parcel 74250: 2,629 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/74250.md - Parcel 83107: 2,071 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/83107.md - Parcel 4852618: 2,031 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4852618.md - Parcel 61331: 1,988 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/61331.md - Parcel 56846: 1,456 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/56846.md - Parcel 69545: 1,430 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/69545.md - Parcel 56215: 1,314 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/56215.md - Parcel 57338: 1,040 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/57338.md - Parcel 56244: 955 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/56244.md - Parcel 5032889: 659 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5032889.md - Parcel 2503289: 281 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2503289.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Aghakeeran 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) 6 applications, newest first. - 22 Jan 2025, Longford County Council 2560011: Conditional. Permission. to decommission existing septic tank and install new sewerage treatment unit and percolation area and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560011/0 - 5 Dec 2024, Longford County Council 2454: Unconditional. Extension of duration. of 19/335 - to construct a dormer bungalow type dwelling house and detached domestic garage, new entrance, boundary walls, piers and fencing, proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2454/0 - 3 Sept 2024, Longford County Council 2447: Refused. Extension of duration. of 19/335 - to construct a dormer bungalow type dwelling house and detached domestic garage, new entrance, boundary walls, piers and fencing, proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2447/0 - 23 Dec 2019, Longford County Council 19335: Conditional. Permission. to construct a dormer bungalow type dwelling house and detached domestic garage, new entrance, boundary walls, piers and fencing, proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/19335/0 - 16 Oct 2019, Longford County Council 19260: Conditional. Extension of duration. of PL14/165 for proposed filling in of an existing dis-used Quarry together with also raising the level of the adjacent lands to the north of the existing dis-used quarry so that they are level with the adjacent public road and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/19260/0 - 15 Mar 2018, Longford County Council 1853: Conditional. Permission. for the proposed construction of a Bungalow Type Dwelling House with Detached Garage, Entrance, Boundary Fence/Wall, Wastewater Treatment System with Percolation Area and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/1853/0 Applicants are not shown. ## 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 Aghakeeran. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LF006-054: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF006-054----. On an E-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 31.5m) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 3-3.8m; H 0.75-0.95m) from SE–S–N and elsewhere defined by a scarp (H 0.7-1.4m). A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded a wide, shallow, external fosse, which is not visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 22 November 2011 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 Aghakeeran. ## 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 Aghakeeran, 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 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 Aghakeeran. - 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/aghakeeran.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/longford/aghakeeran.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/longford/aghakeeran.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Aghakeeran 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) - Aghacordrinan: https://everytownland.com/longford/aghacordrinan.md - Aghakilmore: https://everytownland.com/longford/aghakilmore.md - Culray: https://everytownland.com/longford/culray.md - Molly: https://everytownland.com/longford/molly.md - Sonnagh: https://everytownland.com/longford/sonnagh.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. --- 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/aghakeeran - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/longford/aghakeeran