# Ahena, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Tagheen, barony of Clanmorris, Co. Mayo; in Irish Áth Éanna. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,032,787 m² (103.28 ha, 255.21 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 10,960 m² (1.1 ha, 2.71 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Tagheen, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/tagheen.md - Barony: Clanmorris - Electoral division: Cloghermore, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 165 people lived in 64 households in the Cloghermore electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 13% of homes were built since 2001. 24% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/36158 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 150037 - Centre: latitude 53.712278, longitude -9.086723 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ahena, from 859 m² to 279,292 m² (27.93 ha, 69.01 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 976154: 279,292 m² (27.93 ha, 69.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/976154.md - Parcel 885922: 179,817 m² (17.98 ha, 44.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/885922.md - Parcel 927246: 92,717 m² (9.27 ha, 22.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/927246.md - Parcel 941674: 86,878 m² (8.69 ha, 21.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/941674.md - Parcel 938620: 79,435 m² (7.94 ha, 19.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/938620.md - Parcel 991253: 46,475 m² (4.65 ha, 11.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/991253.md - Parcel 874649: 44,314 m² (4.43 ha, 10.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/874649.md - Parcel 911073: 39,114 m² (3.91 ha, 9.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/911073.md - Parcel 977526: 24,382 m² (2.44 ha, 6.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/977526.md - Parcel 900626: 22,647 m² (2.26 ha, 5.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/900626.md - Parcel 963668: 21,824 m² (2.18 ha, 5.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/963668.md - Parcel 888770: 20,264 m² (2.03 ha, 5.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/888770.md - Parcel 984912: 20,080 m² (2.01 ha, 4.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/984912.md - Parcel 964638: 18,207 m² (1.82 ha, 4.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/964638.md - Parcel 992927: 10,960 m² (1.1 ha, 2.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/992927.md - Parcel 919191: 6,425 m² (0.64 ha, 1.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/919191.md - Parcel 890717: 5,769 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/890717.md - Parcel 4727970: 5,025 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4727970.md - Parcel 4992677: 4,439 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4992677.md - Parcel 887587: 4,101 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/887587.md - Parcel 946739: 3,942 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/946739.md - Parcel 5337838: 3,161 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5337838.md - Parcel 920024: 3,114 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/920024.md - Parcel 948326: 2,523 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/948326.md - Parcel 881987: 1,384 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/881987.md - Parcel 2423109: 1,045 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2423109.md - Parcel 923578: 977 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/923578.md - Parcel 918587: 914 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/918587.md - Parcel 2423111: 859 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2423111.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ahena 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. - 20 Mar 2025, Mayo County Council 25110: Conditional. Permission. construction of a slatted house, silage slab, access road and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/25110/0 - 12 Feb 2024, Mayo County Council 2460047: Conditional. Permission. The development will consist of a change of house design and all associated site development works. Previous Planning Reference No.: 21/655. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460047/0 - 17 Jun 2021, Mayo County Council 21655: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE AND SEPTIC TANK/PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/21655/0 - 31 Mar 2021, Mayo County Council 21289: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Construct dwelling house with waste water treatment system together with all ancillary site works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/21289/0 - 25 Apr 2017, Mayo County Council 17292: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCT NEW SLATTED SHED FACILITIES WITH CREEP PEN AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/17292/0 - 20 Apr 2017, Mayo County Council 17282: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH A PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/17282/0 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 Ahena. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MA101-045001: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA101-045001-. 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. - MA101-045002: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA101-045002-. 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. - MA101-101: Burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA101-101----. Two burials were discovered in the course of quarrying activites in March 1998. A rescue excavation was undertaken from 6th - 8th April. Murphy (1998, 4) records the following: ‘The remains of nine individuals were recovered from this site, only four of which were clearly visible. Two of these had been removed at an earlier stage and two during the present rescue excavation. The orientation of the four burials which were in situ would suggest that they were Christian. The number of burials would suggest that they formed part of a familial cemetery. There were no artefacts recovered that might give a clue to the date of the burials. There is no evidence for a church ever having been associated with this site, but one of the fields to the east of the burials was known as the Coilean field. This may be a corruption of Cilleen which might suggest that there was some folk memory of a burial ground in this area. It is quite possible that the enclosure [MA101-102----] located 148m due south of the burials may also be associated with these burials. . . Further topsoil stripping to the east-west and south of the burials was carried out under archaeological supervision. A small piece of disarticulated human bone was recovered immediately south of the burials, however an area of up to 12m south of the burials was stripped of topsoil and there was no evidence for further human remains. The sod and topsoil had an approximate depth of 0.25m and it overlay the natural gravel.’ Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 24 February 2014 - MA101-102: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA101-102----. Remains of an enclosure surives as a raised platform-like area (diam. c. 30m) and visible on an aerial photograph (SMR file). (Murphy 1998) Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 24 February 2014 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 Ahena. ## 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 Ahena, 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 low. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ahena. - 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/ahena.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ahena.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ahena.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ahena 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) - Carrowmore: https://everytownland.com/mayo/carrowmore-150702.md - Cloonagh: https://everytownland.com/mayo/cloonagh-150899.md - Devlin: https://everytownland.com/mayo/devlin.md - Grallagh: https://everytownland.com/mayo/grallagh-151920.md - Knockagraffy: https://everytownland.com/mayo/knockagraffy.md - Maltpool: https://everytownland.com/mayo/maltpool.md - Polldrian: https://everytownland.com/mayo/polldrian.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/ahena - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/mayo/ahena