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

Townland in the civil parish of Columbkille, barony of Granard, Co. Longford; in Irish Achadh na Cloiche.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 955,305 m² (95.53 ha, 236.06 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,469 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Residential, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 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/33022
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 130046
- Centre: latitude 53.84365, longitude -7.604727 (WGS 84)

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

56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghnacliff, from 125 m² to 168,736 m² (16.87 ha, 41.7 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 64536: 168,736 m² (16.87 ha, 41.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/64536.md
- Parcel 5082782: 107,120 m² (10.71 ha, 26.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5082782.md
- Parcel 78229: 106,116 m² (10.61 ha, 26.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/78229.md
- Parcel 66272: 102,807 m² (10.28 ha, 25.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/66272.md
- Parcel 57835: 76,909 m² (7.69 ha, 19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/57835.md
- Parcel 66491: 72,777 m² (7.28 ha, 17.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/66491.md
- Parcel 62388: 68,852 m² (6.89 ha, 17.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/62388.md
- Parcel 66291: 41,788 m² (4.18 ha, 10.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/66291.md
- Parcel 53296: 33,576 m² (3.36 ha, 8.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/53296.md
- Parcel 82017: 30,418 m² (3.04 ha, 7.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/82017.md
- Parcel 70306: 20,158 m² (2.02 ha, 4.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/70306.md
- Parcel 67544: 12,870 m² (1.29 ha, 3.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/67544.md
- Parcel 72988: 11,218 m² (1.12 ha, 2.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/72988.md
- Parcel 84356: 7,486 m² (0.75 ha, 1.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/84356.md
- Parcel 55971: 5,926 m² (0.59 ha, 1.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/55971.md
- Parcel 56990: 5,421 m² (0.54 ha, 1.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/56990.md
- Parcel 5097810: 5,380 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5097810.md
- Parcel 4760978: 4,772 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4760978.md
- Parcel 54232: 3,866 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/54232.md
- Parcel 81677: 3,702 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/81677.md
- Parcel 56241: 3,685 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/56241.md
- Parcel 76055: 3,678 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/76055.md
- Parcel 64646: 3,574 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/64646.md
- Parcel 76054: 3,315 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/76054.md
- Parcel 4674172: 2,953 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4674172.md
- Parcel 5201013: 2,815 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5201013.md
- Parcel 54250: 2,625 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/54250.md
- Parcel 3469354: 2,541 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3469354.md
- Parcel 58047: 2,397 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/58047.md
- Parcel 67388: 2,358 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/67388.md
- Parcel 81831: 2,148 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/81831.md
- Parcel 71230: 2,040 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/71230.md
- Parcel 80754: 2,002 m² (0.2 ha, 0.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/80754.md
- Parcel 57056: 1,913 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/57056.md
- Parcel 5888359: 1,749 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5888359.md
- Parcel 5097935: 1,705 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5097935.md
- Parcel 5990658: 1,663 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5990658.md
- Parcel 55495: 1,580 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/55495.md
- Parcel 56842: 1,463 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/56842.md
- Parcel 3798648: 1,337 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3798648.md
- Parcel 69761: 1,294 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/69761.md
- Parcel 59057: 1,229 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/59057.md
- Parcel 3469389: 1,069 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3469389.md
- Parcel 69036: 1,034 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/69036.md
- Parcel 57335: 972 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/57335.md
- Parcel 62588: 913 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/62588.md
- Parcel 53834: 908 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/53834.md
- Parcel 51747: 746 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/51747.md
- Parcel 3798654: 652 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3798654.md
- Parcel 4722889: 624 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4722889.md
- Parcel 5097309: 415 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5097309.md
- Parcel 6020732: 268 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6020732.md
- Parcel 3798663: 264 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3798663.md
- Parcel 5200551: 157 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5200551.md
- Parcel 54792: 125 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/54792.md
- Parcel 5080564: 125 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5080564.md

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

- R2 Residential (Existing residential): LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford; 17 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.longfordcoco.ie/services/planning/longford-county-development-plan-2021-2027/volume-2-appendices-compressed.pdf
- G3 Recreation/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: https://www.longfordcoco.ie/services/planning/longford-county-development-plan-2021-2027/volume-2-appendices-compressed.pdf
- M2 Town Core (City/Town/village Centre, central area): LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford; 5 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.longfordcoco.ie/services/planning/longford-county-development-plan-2021-2027/volume-2-appendices-compressed.pdf
- S1 Social/Community/Education/Public Utility (Education): 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
- S3 Social/Community/Education/Public Utility (Community facilities): 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
- R4 Strategic Residential Reserve: LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford; 0 parcels. 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)

7 applications, newest first.

- 16 Jan 2026, Longford County Council 263: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/263/0
- 4 Feb 2025, Longford County Council 2560019: Conditional. Permission. (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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560019/0
- 19 Dec 2024, Longford County Council 2460321: Refused. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460321/0
- 12 May 2023, Longford County Council 2360030: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360030/0
- 17 Apr 2023, Longford County Council 2360008: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360008/0
- 3 Dec 2021, Longford County Council 21335: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/21335/0
- 27 Mar 2019, Longford County Council 1987: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/1987/0

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## 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 Aghnacliff.

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

- LF006-016: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF006-016----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF006-017----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF006-072----. 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

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)

- Saint Colmcille's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1830–1940, Regional interest, registry number 13400603, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LF&regno=13400603. 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.

## 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 Aghnacliff, 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 Aghnacliff.
- 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/aghnacliff.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/longford/aghnacliff.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/longford/aghnacliff.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Aghnacliff 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)

- Aghakine: https://everytownland.com/longford/aghakine.md
- Carrickadorrish: https://everytownland.com/longford/carrickadorrish.md
- Dunbeggan: https://everytownland.com/longford/dunbeggan-130485.md
- Fostragh: https://everytownland.com/longford/fostragh.md
- Rathmore: https://everytownland.com/longford/rathmore-130804.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.

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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.

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