# Maghereagh, Co. Louth: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Barronstown, barony of Dundalk Upper, Co. Louth; in Irish An Machaire Riabhach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,054,830 m² (105.48 ha, 260.65 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,482 m² (0.55 ha, 1.35 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Barronstown, https://everytownland.com/louth/parish/barronstown.md - Barony: Dundalk Upper - Electoral division: Barronstown, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 752 people lived in 255 households in the Barronstown electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Louth, https://everytownland.com/louth.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/33678 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 140406 - Centre: latitude 54.016144, longitude -6.514448 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Maghereagh, from 108 m² to 153,825 m² (15.38 ha, 38.01 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1120809: 153,825 m² (15.38 ha, 38.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1120809.md - Parcel 1120817: 95,766 m² (9.58 ha, 23.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1120817.md - Parcel 1126179: 88,731 m² (8.87 ha, 21.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1126179.md - Parcel 1106207: 87,300 m² (8.73 ha, 21.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1106207.md - Parcel 1120813: 86,472 m² (8.65 ha, 21.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1120813.md - Parcel 1098560: 86,173 m² (8.62 ha, 21.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1098560.md - Parcel 1137661: 82,771 m² (8.28 ha, 20.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1137661.md - Parcel 1120815: 49,895 m² (4.99 ha, 12.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1120815.md - Parcel 1121018: 40,947 m² (4.09 ha, 10.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1121018.md - Parcel 1120818: 35,260 m² (3.53 ha, 8.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1120818.md - Parcel 1132493: 28,484 m² (2.85 ha, 7.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1132493.md - Parcel 1097583: 24,815 m² (2.48 ha, 6.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1097583.md - Parcel 1097577: 23,162 m² (2.32 ha, 5.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1097577.md - Parcel 1097484: 17,829 m² (1.78 ha, 4.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1097484.md - Parcel 1131881: 17,186 m² (1.72 ha, 4.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1131881.md - Parcel 1134169: 16,794 m² (1.68 ha, 4.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1134169.md - Parcel 1120824: 16,484 m² (1.65 ha, 4.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1120824.md - Parcel 3120883: 15,451 m² (1.55 ha, 3.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3120883.md - Parcel 1120825: 11,485 m² (1.15 ha, 2.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1120825.md - Parcel 1120819: 10,709 m² (1.07 ha, 2.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1120819.md - Parcel 1097485: 6,838 m² (0.68 ha, 1.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1097485.md - Parcel 1097575: 5,794 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1097575.md - Parcel 1100692: 5,482 m² (0.55 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1100692.md - Parcel 1091659: 4,289 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1091659.md - Parcel 4670651: 3,833 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4670651.md - Parcel 2839896: 2,948 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2839896.md - Parcel 5370884: 2,868 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5370884.md - Parcel 1105690: 2,778 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1105690.md - Parcel 1097552: 2,658 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1097552.md - Parcel 1091079: 2,552 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1091079.md - Parcel 1128757: 2,470 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1128757.md - Parcel 1131474: 2,447 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1131474.md - Parcel 1094543: 2,027 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1094543.md - Parcel 1103205: 1,733 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1103205.md - Parcel 1120811: 1,673 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1120811.md - Parcel 1136297: 1,654 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1136297.md - Parcel 1135904: 1,418 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1135904.md - Parcel 1121396: 850 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1121396.md - Parcel 1137231: 760 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1137231.md - Parcel 4670650: 735 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4670650.md - Parcel 2645256: 603 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2645256.md - Parcel 2474668: 562 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2474668.md - Parcel 2964767: 397 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2964767.md - Parcel 1127513: 168 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127513.md - Parcel 3120859: 108 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3120859.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Maghereagh 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) 4 applications, newest first. - 10 Jan 2024, Louth County Council 2460017: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission for the conversion of a two-storey barn into a one bed kitchen/diner dwelling also to decommission and upgrade the existing sewage system to connect both the existing farmhouse and barn, and with all ancillary site development works *Further information received on 10.4.24**. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460017/0 - 8 May 2023, Louth County Council 2360093: N/a. Permission. Permission for the conversion of a two storey barn to accommodation with one bedroom, shower, kitchen and office space. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360093/0 - 23 Apr 2018, Louth County Council 18309: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission for a 1.5 storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling and waste water treatment plant with percolation area.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/18309/0 - 13 Jun 2017, Louth County Council 17442: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission for development to consist of the demolition of an existing agricultural tin shed and the construction of a new 2 storey dwelling house (with a max. ridge height of 8.0m), associated car parking, new access to the public road and all associated site develoment works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/17442/0 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 Maghereagh. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LH006-025: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH006-025----. The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Corcoran (CLAJ 1931, 383, 385) states that a 'fort' existed at this site at one time. Fort destroyed but traceable as a grassmark. - LH006-026: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH006-026----. The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Cropmark forming an arc (NW-SE C c. 30m) on aerial photograph (CUCAP, APG 76). 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 Maghereagh. ## 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 Maghereagh, 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 low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Maghereagh. - 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/maghereagh.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/louth/maghereagh.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/louth/maghereagh.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Maghereagh 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) - Ballinurd: https://everytownland.com/louth/ballinurd.md - Barronstown: https://everytownland.com/louth/barronstown.md - Carrickalust: https://everytownland.com/louth/carrickalust.md - Carrickrobin: https://everytownland.com/louth/carrickrobin.md - Cunnicar: https://everytownland.com/louth/cunnicar.md - Lacknagreagh: https://everytownland.com/louth/lacknagreagh.md - Tattynaskeagh or Thornfield: https://everytownland.com/louth/tattynaskeagh-or-thornfield.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/maghereagh - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/louth/maghereagh