Aghnacliff

56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghnacliff, from 125 m² to 168,736 m² (16.87 ha, 41.7 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Residential (Existing residential)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Recreation/Amenity/Green Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Core (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S1Social/Community/Education/Public Utility (Education)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Social/Community/Education/Public Utility (Community facilities)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Strategic Residential Reserve
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 16 Jan 2026Conditional

  construction of a bungalow type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, connection to the existing foul sewer, watermain networks servicing the Village of Aughnacliff and all ancillary site work

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 263

• 4 Feb 2025Conditional

  (1) Construction of a single storey extension to the southwest of the existing school consisting of a 2-classroom SEN base, associated toilets, central activities area and ancillary spaces along with 2 SET Rooms. The work includes the installation of roof mounted PV panels, (2) Alterations within the existing school to form a changing places room along with any alterations needed to form the link to the extension, (3) The provision of a new playing court, parking and set-down area to the Southeast of the school. An existing access is to be upgraded to a vehicular access/exit to the site at the Southern boundary onto Dolmen Court (4) The provision of an EV (Electric Vehicle) charging point (5) The construction of a gas tank compound (6) All siteworks associated with the above

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2560019

• 19 Dec 2024Refused

  demolition of existing commercial unit and construction of 1 no. block of self-contained tourist/short term let accommodation containing four no. 1 bedroom units with kitchen, bedroom, WC & living space attached to existing building. The site will provide parking, bike parking, garden/amenity area, connection to public services and all ancillary site works all at existing guest house accommodation

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2460321

• 12 May 2023Conditional

  change of use of existing residential dwelling to use as guest accommodation to include relevant changes to layouts and elevations and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2360030

• 17 Apr 2023Conditional

  to construct a single storey extension to the side of the existing building and entrance lobby to front, to include internal and external alterations and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2360008

• 3 Dec 2021Conditional

  to (1) Demolish existing derelict buildings (2) construct 2 no. storey and a half type dwelling houses with separate domestic garages (3) permission is also sought for associated new entrance, foothpaths, roadway, boundary fencing and walling, connection to adjoining utility services and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Longford County Council, 21335

• 27 Mar 2019Conditional

  proposed construction and completion of existing residential development previously granted planning under 04/1061 & 05/302 where it is proposed to construct 30 no. dwelling houses consisting of a) 12 No. two storey semi-detached 3 bedroom dwellings, b) 15 no. single storey semi-detached and terrace type 2 bedroom dwellings, c) 3 no. terrace type two storey 3 bedroom dwellings, d) provision of access from existing service roadway, e) green open space, boundary fences/walls, internal access road, f) connection to existing public services with sewer and water supply and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 1987

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Aghnacliff.

Recorded monuments

• LF006-016 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low rise in pasture. A raised circular area (33m E-W; 30.5m N-S) enclosed from NW-N-SSE by a wide low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.7-7.2m; H 0.6-0.75m) and elsewhere defined by a scarp (H 1.4-2.1m). There is no trace of a fosse. A report in 1990 (SMR file) suggested that the original entrance was probably at S. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF006-017 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  At the foot of a low hill, some 70m from a stream, in rolling farmland. A short chamber is aligned N-S. On the E side are a tall portal-stone (H 2m) and, to its S, a sidestone (H 1.2m). The portal-stone on the W side is missing but an inward leaning sidestone (H 1.2m) survives. Above the orthostats are two large roofstones resting one above the other. The lower of these (L 1.7m; Wth 2.2m; T 1.2m) rests upon the two sidestones. The upper roofstone (L 3.2m; Wth 2.3m; T 1.5m max.) rests upon both the portal-stone and the lower roofstone. A preservation order was placed on this monument in 1933. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 88, no. 3; O'Donovan 2002, 16) See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972). Compiled by: Eamon Cody Date of upload: 3 October 2011 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 10/1932).

• LF006-072 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On top of a high drumlin hill. Marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort; a 19th-century church occupies most of its interior and its associated graveyard surrounds it. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 February 2012

Architectural heritage

• Saint Colmcille's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1830–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached Roman Catholic church, dated 1834 and substantially altered in 1934, comprising five-bay nave elevations (north and south) with side aisles, single-bay chancel and single-storey sacristy to the east, single-bay flat-roofed projection (confession box) to the centre of the north aisle, and a two-stage tower (on square-plan) attached to the west gable end having rendered corner pinnacles. Gabled entrance porches to the front elevation, flanking tower, and gabled single-bay projection to the centre of the south aisle. Modern single-storey extensions to the west end, attached to the sacristy. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystack to the west gable apex. Church extended and reordered to interior in 1995. Raised parapet to tower having blind round-headed arches, rendered cross final to the centre of the west side of parapet. Painted roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth, and with rendered quoins to the corners of aisles, chancel, and to side porch (south), sacristy and to extensions to the rear. Ruled-and-lined pilaster buttresses to entrance gable, flanking tower, rising to tall pyramidal pinnacles over. Cut limestone date plaque with inscription reading ‘Erected A.D. 1834; Rev. P. Rhategan P.P.’ Round-headed window openings with render hoodmouldings with projecting keystone detail, render surrounds, concrete sills, and with coloured, stained and leaded glass. Single round-headed window opening to chancel gable having figurative stained glass window with caption ‘St. Columbkille lands at Iona’. Round-headed door opening to base of tower (west face) with render surrounds and tympana, timber panelled double doors with raised panels and having leaded glass overlight. Round-headed doorways to porches flanking tower to west end, having headed timber panelled doors with raised panels, set in round-headed recesses with hoodmouldings over. Full-height statue set on corbel in niche with hoodmoulding over to the west face of tower, above tower doorway, with figurative statue (probably St. Columbkille). Round-headed openings to tower at belfry level having render hoodmouldings over and with louvered vents. Interior has glazed timber screen to entrance, timber gallery over entrance (west), square-profile piers to round-headed nave arcades, and barrel ceiling with render decoration, and carved marble altar furniture. Fifteenth-century cast-bronze bell to interior. Set back from road in extensive grounds to the northwest of Granard. Rendered and rubble stone boundary walls. Wrought-iron railings over rendered wall to the north boundary. Graveyard to site with collection of mainly upstanding grave markers.

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 Aghnacliff, about 1 in 10 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 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 Aghnacliff.

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 Aghnacliff with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Aghnacliff · Achadh na Cloiche

Area

955,305 m² (95.53 ha, 236.06 acres)

Civil parish

Columbkille, and its townlands

Barony

Granard

Electoral division

Sonnagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

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.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghakine, Carrickadorrish, Dunbeggan, Fostragh, Rathmore, Sonnagh

Placenames

Aghnacliff 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.