Aghaleague

96 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghaleague, from 34 m² to 155,520 m² (15.55 ha, 38.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Aghaleague in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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

No planning application touches the townland of Aghaleague in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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 Aghaleague.

Recorded monuments

• MA014-002005 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• MA014-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• MA014-006 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• MA014-009 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• MA014-010 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume II. County Mayo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1964) Date of upload: 2 January 2012

• MA014-101 Ogham stone
  Description

  In pasture, located in damp, flat lowlying ground on the W side of a stream valley. The N-flowing stream is located 40m to E of the stone. Immediately to W of the stone, ground rises gradually at first, and then more abruptly to the heather-covered summit of a hill. There are good views northwards along the course of the stream and along the slopes of the ridge which define the opposite, E side of the valley. Rising ground and a plantation of mature conifers restrict views at S−SW. Not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. An upright sandstone slab (H 1.9m; Wth 2.2m NE−SW at base; T 0.1-15m) of relatively uniform thickness, with a roughly triangular-shaped profile along its NE−SW long axis, bearing an ogham inscription on the narrow SW face of the stone. The stone leans markedly to NW: the current height of the stone (i.e. vertical drop from top to the ground surface) is 1.9m, however, if the stone were fully vertical, its height would be c. 2.3m. Viewed broad-side on, the stone resembles a right-angled triangle, with a broad base (2.2m) tapering to a narrow, somewhat angular top (Wth c. 0.7m). The apex of the top forms a small peak above the straight SW side of the stone, and from there the top slopes down, merging seamlessly with the slanting, narrow NE side, which has an undulating surface. The broad NW face has a flat, smooth surface, the upper third of which is obscured by lichen. The broad SE face, almost entirely covered by lichen, has a somewhat rougher surface, on which are evident a number of shallow, linear grooves and indentations, and several small, shallow, circular depressions (diam. 2-6cm), all of which appear to be natural features. The SW end of the stone presents a narrow, vertical relatively flat face (T 0.1-0.12m), which bears the ogham inscription. The broad grooves (H 2-2.5cm; D 0.5-1cm) and notches are weathered and largely lichen-covered. They are scored across the flat face and the corner angles, and are clearly visible on the upper 0.7-0.8m of the SW face. The original full extent of the inscription is unclear. The middle section (L 0.5m) of the SW face presents a smooth, almost polished surface, probably the result of farm stock using this side of the stone as a scratching post; part of the inscription may have been obliterated here. A single horizontal groove, which may be an ogham score, is visible at the lower end of this smooth section. The lowest 0.6-0.8m of the SW face has a rough surface, split by a natural vertical fissure; there are a number of slight indentations here but it is unclear if any represent remnants of ogham script. A number of small stones protrude from the sod at the base of the stone, particularly on the NW side, and there is a slight depression encircling the base, caused by farm stock. (Jane O’Shaughnessy, field report) The inscription was read by Macalister (1945, 12, no. 9) as: MAQ-ACTO MAQ GAR..., which may have once been followed by the MAQI MUCOI formula, but there is no evidence for this. Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 12 September 2017

• MA014-115 Enclosure
  Description

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Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Aghaleague.

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 Aghaleague, about 1 in 5 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 high, 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 Aghaleague.

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 Aghaleague with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Aghaleague · Achadh Liag

Area

2,176,582 m² (217.66 ha, 537.85 acres)

Civil parish

Lackan, and its townlands

Barony

Tirawley

Electoral division

Ballycastle, the unit of the census

Census 2022

585 people lived in 256 households in the Ballycastle electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barnhill Upper, Billoos, Carrowcuilleen, Carrowmacshane, Cloonanass, Gortatoor, Rathoonagh

Placenames

Aghaleague 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.