# Ardagh, Co. Louth: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Tullyallen, barony of Ferrard, Co. Louth; in Irish Ardach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 487,195 m² (48.72 ha, 120.39 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,202 m² (0.52 ha, 1.29 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Tullyallen, https://everytownland.com/louth/parish/tullyallen.md - Barony: Ferrard - Electoral division: Monasterboice, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Monasterboice electoral division: 1,445 people in 491 households; 93% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Louth, https://everytownland.com/louth.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/34023 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 140020 - Centre: latitude 53.734884, longitude -6.462186 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardagh, from 647 m² to 181,585 m² (18.16 ha, 44.87 acres); 25 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1094612: 181,585 m² (18.16 ha, 44.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1094612.md - Parcel 1136927: 117,329 m² (11.73 ha, 28.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1136927.md - Parcel 1125941: 70,737 m² (7.07 ha, 17.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1125941.md - Parcel 1129107: 35,697 m² (3.57 ha, 8.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1129107.md - Parcel 1134355: 21,251 m² (2.13 ha, 5.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1134355.md - Parcel 1091563: 17,424 m² (1.74 ha, 4.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1091563.md - Parcel 2758745: 7,824 m² (0.78 ha, 1.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2758745.md - Parcel 2759049: 6,611 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2759049.md - Parcel 1105564: 5,878 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1105564.md - Parcel 1127911: 5,202 m² (0.52 ha, 1.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127911.md - Parcel 3730819: 4,652 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3730819.md - Parcel 1137277: 2,923 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1137277.md - Parcel 1126745: 2,728 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1126745.md - Parcel 1119177: 2,227 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1119177.md - Parcel 1121139: 1,463 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1121139.md - Parcel 1114881: 1,053 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1114881.md - Parcel 2759039: 713 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2759039.md - Parcel 4859875: 683 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4859875.md - Parcel 1128715: 647 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1128715.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ardagh 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) 11 applications, newest first. - 4 Apr 2026, Louth County Council 2660167: Refused. Retention. Retention and Permission: Permission for the construction of 2 no. agricultural storage units onto two existing agricultural storage unit and all associated site works and retention permission for a weighbridge, weighbridge office, plant room, toilet, earthworks, a septic tank and percolation area. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660167/0 - 3 Apr 2025, Louth County Council 2560193: Refused. Retention. Permission for the construction of 2 agriculture storage units onto two existing agricultural storage units and for associated siteworks, and the retention permission consists of the retention of a weighbridge, a weighbridge office, a plant room, toilet, earthworks, a septic tank and percolation area.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560193/0 - 15 Apr 2024, Louth County Council 2460202: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission for side/front extension to existing dwelling including front porch, alterations to existing dwelling, new waste water treatment system and percolation area, decommission existing septic tank, new site boundaries and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460202/0 - 31 Aug 2023, Meath County Council 2360249: N/a. Permission. EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply to Meath County Council for permission for works associated with the proposed uprate of the existing Louth – Woodland 220 kV overhead powerline (OHL) between the existing Louth 220 kV substation in the townland of Monavallet, County Louth and the existing Woodland 220 kV substation in the townland of Woodland, County Meath. The Louth – Woodland 220 kV OHL is approximately 61.5 km long and comprises 207 no. steel lattice tower structures. The existing circuit is located within the functional area of Louth County Council and Meath County Council. Approximately 38.5 km of the existing OHL circuit is located within the functional area of Meath County Council and approximately 23 km is within the functional area of Louth County Council. A separate planning application is being lodged with Louth County Council. The Proposed Development within the functional area of Meath County Council is located in the townlands of Cardrath, Broomfield, Balrenny, Higginstown (Slane Electoral Division), Coalpits, Mooretown (Slane Electoral Division), Cashel, Crewbane, Rossnaree, Fennor (Painestown Electoral Division), Newtown (Painestown Electoral Division), Rathdrinagh, Thurstianstown, Painestown (Painestown Electoral Division), Knockharley, Weldonstown, Kentstown, Danestown, Proudstown (Skreen Electoral Division), Macetown (Skreen Electoral Division), Painestown (Macetown Electoral Division), Frankstown, Riggins (Kilbrew Electoral Division), Reask (Kilbrew Electoral Division), Cabinhill, Flemingtown (Ratoath Electoral Division), Twentypark, Lagore Little, Brownstown (Ratoath Electoral Division), Bradystown, Curkeen, Commons (Ratoath Electoral Division), Gormastown, Wilkinstown (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), Powderlough, Raynestown, Derrockstown, Mill Land (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), Parsonstown, Rathregan, Portan (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), and Woodland. The Proposed Development works within the functional area of County Meath will comprise: ? the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor with a new higher capacity conductor; ? the strengthening of up to 25 no. tower foundations; ? the replacement of hardware and fittings, such as insulators, insulator hardware, earthwire hardware, anti-climbing guards and bird warning spheres at various9 no. locations;; ? the replacement of suspension clamps and vibration dampers. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360249/0 - 8 Nov 2021, Louth County Council 211347: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling house, a waste water treatment system, sand polishing filtration on an integration filter and for associated site works **Significant further information received on 10.8.22**. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/211347/0 - 23 Aug 2021, Louth County Council 211049: N/a. Retention. Retention permission and permission for development that consist of an agricultural storage unit onto two existing agricultural storage units and for associated site works and the retention permission for consist of the retention of a weighbridge, a weighbridge office 2 portacabin general offices, a plant room, toilet, septic tank and percolation area. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/211049/0 - 12 Nov 2020, Louth County Council 20951: Refused. Permission, 1 home. Permission for the construction of a single storey dwellinghouse, a waste water treatment system, sand polishing filtration on an integration filter and for associated siteworks. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/20951/0 - 5 Oct 2020, Louth County Council 20787: N/a. Retention. Retention & Permission: Permission for the construction of an agricultural storage unit onto two existing agricultural storage units and for associated site works; and the retention permission consists of the retention of a weighbridge and a weighbridge office. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/20787/0 - 31 Aug 2020, Louth County Council 20665: N/a. Permission. Permission for development to consist of the construction of an agricultural storage unit onto two existing agricultural storage units and for associated siteworks, and the retention permission consists of the retention of a weighbridge and a weighbridge office. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/20665/0 - 29 May 2020, Louth County Council 20369: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission for the development that will consist of the construction of a single dwellinghouse, a water waste treatment system, soil filtration area and for associated siteworks. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/20369/0 - 6 Apr 2020, Louth County Council 20256: Refused. Permission. Permission for the construction of extensions to 2 no. agricultural storage units, for the construction of 6 no. agricultural storage units and for associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/20256/0 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 Ardagh. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LH023-011: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH023-011----. Located towards the top of the S-facing slope of the ENE-WSW ridge that is Louth Hill. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 8m) defined by a single continuous fosse feature is visible on Google Earth (2013). It was first identified by Faith Bailey. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 24 July, 2018 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 Ardagh. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ardagh. - 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/louth/ardagh.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/louth/ardagh.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/louth/ardagh.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ardagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth: https://everytownland.com/louth.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Mellifont: https://everytownland.com/louth/mellifont.md - Mellifont Park or Louth Hill: https://everytownland.com/louth/mellifont-park-or-louth-hill.md - Sheepgrange: https://everytownland.com/louth/sheepgrange.md - Townleyhall: https://everytownland.com/louth/townleyhall.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/louth/ardagh - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/louth/ardagh