# Aghaward, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Toomore, barony of Gallen, Co. Mayo; in Irish Achadh an Bhaird. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,198,216 m² (119.82 ha, 296.09 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 8,324 m² (0.83 ha, 2.06 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Toomore, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/toomore.md - Barony: Gallen - Electoral division: Toomore, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,724 people lived in 709 households in the Toomore electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/36798 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 150029 - Centre: latitude 53.939412, longitude -9.082758 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghaward, from 668 m² to 195,533 m² (19.55 ha, 48.32 acres); 29 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 891216: 195,533 m² (19.55 ha, 48.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/891216.md - Parcel 1010287: 112,122 m² (11.21 ha, 27.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1010287.md - Parcel 973777: 91,861 m² (9.19 ha, 22.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/973777.md - Parcel 904159: 77,960 m² (7.8 ha, 19.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/904159.md - Parcel 971748: 73,322 m² (7.33 ha, 18.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/971748.md - Parcel 875622: 68,623 m² (6.86 ha, 16.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/875622.md - Parcel 938152: 52,173 m² (5.22 ha, 12.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/938152.md - Parcel 890231: 42,767 m² (4.28 ha, 10.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/890231.md - Parcel 991823: 41,205 m² (4.12 ha, 10.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/991823.md - Parcel 873136: 39,449 m² (3.94 ha, 9.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/873136.md - Parcel 987041: 39,250 m² (3.93 ha, 9.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/987041.md - Parcel 941141: 37,494 m² (3.75 ha, 9.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/941141.md - Parcel 985398: 35,090 m² (3.51 ha, 8.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/985398.md - Parcel 911577: 31,630 m² (3.16 ha, 7.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/911577.md - Parcel 921360: 28,965 m² (2.9 ha, 7.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/921360.md - Parcel 928517: 18,572 m² (1.86 ha, 4.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/928517.md - Parcel 969541: 15,609 m² (1.56 ha, 3.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/969541.md - Parcel 971050: 14,033 m² (1.4 ha, 3.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/971050.md - Parcel 899367: 13,377 m² (1.34 ha, 3.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/899367.md - Parcel 977344: 13,294 m² (1.33 ha, 3.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/977344.md - Parcel 903709: 13,083 m² (1.31 ha, 3.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/903709.md - Parcel 993067: 11,362 m² (1.14 ha, 2.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/993067.md - Parcel 968886: 11,159 m² (1.12 ha, 2.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/968886.md - Parcel 969038: 10,370 m² (1.04 ha, 2.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/969038.md - Parcel 987750: 9,826 m² (0.98 ha, 2.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/987750.md - Parcel 903105: 9,785 m² (0.98 ha, 2.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/903105.md - Parcel 999620: 8,324 m² (0.83 ha, 2.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/999620.md - Parcel 946105: 7,681 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/946105.md - Parcel 994697: 6,239 m² (0.62 ha, 1.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/994697.md - Parcel 964533: 5,793 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/964533.md - Parcel 882670: 5,321 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/882670.md - Parcel 925562: 4,764 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/925562.md - Parcel 980593: 4,569 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/980593.md - Parcel 981426: 4,179 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/981426.md - Parcel 925162: 4,153 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/925162.md - Parcel 1000551: 4,098 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1000551.md - Parcel 898903: 3,898 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/898903.md - Parcel 1000181: 3,753 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1000181.md - Parcel 948548: 3,698 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/948548.md - Parcel 977170: 2,893 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/977170.md - Parcel 943783: 2,860 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/943783.md - Parcel 989360: 2,636 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/989360.md - Parcel 2392647: 2,574 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2392647.md - Parcel 967449: 2,154 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/967449.md - Parcel 1006044: 1,866 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1006044.md - Parcel 3566582: 1,538 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3566582.md - Parcel 878682: 1,461 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/878682.md - Parcel 1001989: 1,388 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1001989.md - Parcel 996023: 1,334 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/996023.md - Parcel 946106: 944 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/946106.md - Parcel 3566583: 941 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3566583.md - Parcel 965418: 892 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/965418.md - Parcel 877529: 668 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/877529.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Aghaward 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) 6 applications, newest first. - 16 Sept 2026, Mayo County Council 26224: N/a. Retention. Retention of medium long term rental accommodation, retention of domestic garage and ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/26224/0 - 2 Apr 2026, Mayo County Council 2670: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area along with ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2670/0 - 6 Feb 2026, Mayo County Council 2625: Refused. Retention. retention of granny flat, retention of domestic garage, retention of storage space and ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2625/0 - 31 Oct 2025, Mayo County Council 25450: N/a. Retention. retention of granny flat, retention of domestic garage, retention of home office and ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/25450/0 - 3 Mar 2025, Mayo County Council 2560110: Conditional. Permission. (1) Proposed extension to the rear and all associated site works at Aghaward,Foxford,Co.Mayo.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560110/0 - 27 Mar 2024, Mayo County Council 2460178: Conditional. Permission. Renovation and extension of existing House to include: (1) Extension to existing House and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460178/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: River Moy SAC, site code 002298, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002298 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MA061-148001: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA061-148001-. 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. - MA061-148002: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA061-148002-. 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. - MA061-149: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA061-149----. 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. - MA061-150: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA061-150----. 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. 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 Aghaward. ## 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 Aghaward, about 1 in 5 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 Aghaward. - 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/mayo/aghaward.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/aghaward.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/aghaward.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Aghaward with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo: https://everytownland.com/mayo.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballinillaun: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballinillaun.md - Ballylahan: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballylahan.md - Cabragh: https://everytownland.com/mayo/cabragh-150515.md - Carrowgallda: https://everytownland.com/mayo/carrowgallda.md - Gorteen: https://everytownland.com/mayo/gorteen-151859.md - Lisduff: https://everytownland.com/mayo/lisduff-152401.md - Toomore: https://everytownland.com/mayo/toomore.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/mayo/aghaward - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/mayo/aghaward