Agher

213 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Agher, from 15 m² to 400,866 m² (40.09 ha, 99.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 73 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 272 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 5 Jun 2026Refused

  planning permission for a private dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area, domestic garage, entrance onto road and all ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660692

• 15 Apr 2026Refused

  the development will consist of the construction of a one and half storey dwelling house, a domestic garage, a well, a waste water treatment system and percolation area to the EPA recommendation 2021, and an entrance to the public road, together with all other works ancillary to the overall development

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 26107

• 13 Feb 2026Conditional

  the development consists of permission to construct a single storey dwelling with attic living accommodation, domestic garage, well and to construct a wastewater treatment system to include closing up existing agricultural entrance and site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 3 homes · Meath County Council, 2669

• 13 Feb 2026Refused

  File Ref: NA200108 - Demolition of existing derlict mill building (in ruins) on site, construction of 156 bedroom Care Centre & 40 Apartments

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2670

• 3 Feb 2026N/a

  the development consists of permission to construct a single storey dwelling with attic living accommodation, domestic garage, well and to construct a wastewater treatment system to include closing up existing agricultural entrance and site works

  Permission, 3 homes · Meath County Council, 2664

• 19 Dec 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of change of house type from that previously granted permission under planning reference no. 21/1624 to single storey dwelling. The development also includes revised location of proposed domestic garage on site together with all associated site works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660009

• 9 Nov 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the construction of a single-story, pitched roof extension to match the existing dwelling, connected to the east side of the current building

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561224

• 20 Jun 2025N/a

  the development will consist of the construction of a single-story extension, connected to the east side of the existing dwelling

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560628

• 6 Jun 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the demolition of existing domestic garage attached to dwelling and to construct a single storey extension to side & rear of existing dwelling. Permission is also sought to construct detached single storey home office and store and to decommission existing septic tank and install new proprietary sewage treatment system with associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560570

• 15 Aug 2024Conditional

  The development will consist of a change of house type from a storey and a half type dwelling with a detached domestic garage to a two storey dwelling, with an attached domestic garage, revisions to the proposed site layout and wastewater disposal & treatment system, and all associated site works as granted under Reg. Ref. TA/200626.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460643

• 29 Jul 2024Conditional

  the development will consist of renovations and alterations to the existing dwelling, demolition of an existing outbuilding to the rear, the construction of a single storey extension to the side and all associated elevational changes, the decommissioning of the existing waste disposal system and the upgrade of the waste disposal system along with all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460578

• 20 Jun 2024Conditional

  The development will consist of the construction of a new agricultural entrance and boundary fence; an equipment & produce store; a compacted gravel agricultural access road; and all associated site works. Significant Further information / revised plans submitted on this application.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460448

• 3 Nov 2023Conditional

  retention planning permission for detached timber clad office/gym/and storage area with kitchenette/WC on ground floor and Mezzanine Art Studio above all to the rear garden of existing house with ancillary works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Retention · Meath County Council, 231027

• 8 Oct 2023Conditional

  the construction of a new single storey detached domestic garage and all associated site works at Agher, Summerhill, Co. Meath.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360322

• 29 Sept 2023N/a

  retention planning permission for detached timber clad office/gym/andstorage area with kitchenette/WC on ground floor and Mezzanine Art Studio above all to the rear garden of existing of existing house with ancillary works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 23938

• 3 Aug 2023Conditional

  the construction of a new detached dwelling comprising part single storey and part two storey structure, including proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, all associated site works and access to public road via existing entrance with change of house type and site layout plan from that previously approved under Reg Ref 21/2055

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23771

• 29 Mar 2023Refused

  planning permission on previously approved site Reg. Ref. 21/2055 for the construction of a new detached dwelling comprising part single storey and part two storey structure, including proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, all associated site works and access to public road via existing entrance with change of house type and site layout plan from that previously approved under Reg. Ref. 21/2055

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23338

• 10 Mar 2023N/a

  planning permission on previously approved site Reg. Ref. 21/2055 for the constructioon of a new single storey/two storey detached dwelling including proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, all assocated site works and access to public road via existing entrance with change of house type and site layout plan from that previously approved under Reg. Ref. 21/2055

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23256

• 20 Jan 2023Conditional

  the construction of a new 1.5 storey detached dwelling including waste water treatment system and polishing filter, new entrance onto public road and all on and off associated site works including remedial works to existing embankment opposite subject site and setting back existing hedgerow to north east of site (to accommodate sightlines)

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2348

• 11 Jan 2023Conditional

  a private dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area, entrance onto public road and all ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2311

• 4 Nov 2022Conditional

  the development it is proposed to retain consists of 5 no. stables/shed buildings for the housing of horses in training, feed and bedding storage and 2 no. horse walker units. The proposed new development will consist of (i) the installation of a new wastewater treatment system, percolation area and prefabricated toilet block for staff use; (ii) a new concrete dungstead/manure pit with underground seepage storage tank and (iii) new surface water soakaway. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Retention, 5 homes · Meath County Council, 221446

• 27 Oct 2022Conditional

  a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, proprietary waste-water treatment system, vehicular entrance onto public road and all associated site works, significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221408

• 20 Oct 2022N/a

  a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, proprietary waste-water treatment system, vehicular entrance onto public road and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 221375

• 24 Aug 2022Conditional

  construction of a new 1.5 storey detached domestic garage (for use ancillary to the house previously approved under reg. ref. TA/201935) and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221106

• 11 Apr 2022N/a

  a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, proprietary waste-water treatment system, vehicular entrance onto public road and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 22467

The 25 most recent of 53 applications.

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 Agher.

Recorded monuments

• ME048-009 Church
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of a S-facing slope. A church at Atherath in Scryne deanery is listed in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV (Cal. doc. Ire. 5, 255), and this probably refers to Agher. Ussher (1622) describes the church and chancel at Agher as ruinous (Erlington 1847-64, 1, lxxiii). According to Dopping (1682 5) the church and chancel walls were out of repair since 1641 but the graveyard was enclosed (Ellison 1972, 4). The parish of Agher was part of the living Jonathan Swift obtained when he returned to Ireland in 1701, although it is doubtful if he attended much (Reynolds 1967, 41). The present Church of Ireland church was built in 1804 (Lewis 1837, 1, 18). The site of the medieval parish church is within a D-shaped graveyard (dims c. 65m E-W; c. 48m N-S), which is defined by an earthen bank or scarp NW-SE and by masonry walls on the straight S and W sides. There is no visible trace of an older structure, but a slate graveslab dated 1771 and now in the graveyard includes the phrase ‘beneath this floor’ and would have come from the older structure. The motte and bailey (ME048-011----), deserted settlement (ME048-010----) and field system (ME048-012----) are c. 300-560m to the E and S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 9 April, 2015

• ME048-009001 Graveyard
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of a S-facing slope. The site of the medieval parish church of Agher (ME048-009----) is within a D-shaped graveyard (dims c. 65m E-W; c. 48m N-S), which is defined by an earthen bank or scarp NW-SE and by masonry walls on the straight S and W sides. According to Dopping (1682-5) the graveyard was enclosed (Ellison 1972, 4). Headstones in the graveyard date from c. 1735 to the present but a slate graveslab dated 1771 and now in the graveyard includes the phrase ‘beneath this floor’ and would have come from the medieval church which was replaced by the present Church of Ireland church in 1804 (Lewis 1837, 1, 18). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 April, 2015

• ME048-010 Settlement deserted - medieval
  Description

  The Parys family of Agher or Agherpallis are recorded from the fourteenth century and in 1385 Edward Perers possessed two carucates at Agher. In 1534 Christopher Parys was implicated in the rebellion of Silken Thomas, but if they suffered forfeiture they had recovered Agher by the middle of the century. However, the involvement of George Parys in conspiracies with O’Connor of Offaly resulted in the confiscation of Agher c. 1550. Although Parys was reconciled to the Crown by 1552, Agher had already been granted to a George Gernon of Louth, who managed to retain it, and Parys received no compensation. In 1567 Gernon secured a lease for 21 years of ‘the castle of Agher, Ballintogher and Trubly’. In 1621 Anthony Gernon held from the King ‘one castle, five messuages, seven cottages, 240 acres of arable land and 200 acres of moor in the town of Agher’ (Devitt 1909-11, 214-21). According to the Civil Survey (1656-8) George Gernon of Agherpallice, owned 425 acres at Agherpallice and on the premises were ‘a castle, a church, a pigeon house and some cabins’. He also held 50 acres at Ballintogher in the same parish (Simington 1940, 156). After the Cromwellian period Agher was acquired ultimately by Benjamin Pratt from Leicestershire, but in the mid-eighteenth century it passed through marriage to the Winter family, who were the principal family in the parish into the nineteenth century (Lewis 1837, 1, 18). They probably built Agherpalis House, now removed, and established the landscaped gardens that were worthy of note (idem.). These were largely to the W of the house, but the medieval remains SE-SW of the old house would also probably have been affected. Situated in pasture on a gentle S-facing landscape with a small NE-SW stream c. 100m to the SE. Six definite house platforms (dims c. 10m x c. 6m) defined by slight trenches (Wth 1m; D 0.2m) are located NW of the motte and bailey (ME048-011----). A sunken roadway (Wth c. 3m) runs N through settlement to a rectangular enclosure (dims c. 15m x c. 15m) defined by earthen banks. There is a possible windmill mound (diam. 15m; H c. 0.8m) at the S edge of the settlement, and the field system (ME048-012----) extends off to the SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 21 July 2016

• ME048-011 Castle - motte and bailey
  Description

  The Parys family of Agher or Agherpallis are recorded from the fourteenth century and in 1385 Edward Perers possessed two carucates at Agher. In 1534 Christopher Parys was implicated in the rebellion of Silken Thomas, but if they suffered forfeiture they had recovered Agher by the middle of the century. However, the involvement of George Parys in conspiracies with O’Connor of Offaly resulted in the confiscation of Agher c. 1550. Although Parys was reconciled to the Crown by 1552, Agher had already been granted to a George Gernon of Louth, who managed to retain it, and Parys received no compensation. In 1567 Gernon secured a lease for 21 years of ‘the castle of Agher, Ballintogher and Trubly’. In 1621 Anthony Gernon held from the King ‘one castle, five messuages, seven cottages, 240 acres of arable land and 200 acres of moor in the town of Agher’ (Devitt 1909-11, 214-21). According to the Civil Survey (1656-8) George Gernon of Agherpallice, owned 425 acres at Agherpallice and on the premises were ‘a castle, a church, a pigeon house and some cabins’. He also held 50 acres at Ballintogher in the same parish (Simington 1940, 156). After the Cromwellian period Agher was acquired ultimately by Benjamin Pratt from Leicestershire, but in the mid-eighteenth century it passed through marriage to the Winter family, who were the principal family in the parish into the nineteenth century (Lewis 1837, 1, 18). They probably built Agherpalis House, now removed, and established the landscaped gardens that were worthy of note (idem.). These were largely to the W of the house, but the medieval remains SE-SW of the old house would also probably have been affected. Situated on a slight rise on a S-facing landscape with a small NE-SW stream c. 100m to the SE. The motte is a flat-topped, grass-covered, subrectangular earthen mound (diam. of top 11m E-W; 10.2m; diam. of base 15-16m; H 2-2.5m) within a D-shaped, grass-covered bailey (dims c. 100m NE-SW; c. 100m NW-SE) defined by a curving scarp (H 1.4m) SSW-WNW morphing into a fosse (Wth 5m; D 0.4-0.6m) WNW-NE. The straight NE side to of the bailey is formed by a ditch or fosse (Wth 3-4m; D 0.2-0.3m). An inner, rectangular bailey (dims 60m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE may exist around the motte, defined by scarps and a ditch at NW, but this may be the result of landscaping. The deserted settlement (ME045-010----) is immediately NW of the outer bailey and the field system (ME048-012----) extends off to the SW. The site of Agher parish church (ME048-009----) is c. 500m to the W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 25 July 2016

• ME048-012 Field system
  Description

  Situated in pasture on a gentle S-facing landscape with a small NE-SW stream forming the SE edge. An area of about 15 ha (c. 37 acres) has remnants of a system of rectangular fields (dims c. 100-170m x 10-60m) defined by banks and ditches. The fields extend off to the SW of the motte and bailey (ME048-011----) and the deserted settlement (ME048-010----). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 25 July 2016

• ME048-045 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by a single fosse feature and with an entrance gap (Wth c. 4m) at E is visible on aerial images (ME048-045_1) made in July 2018. It is not visible on any other aerial images. Compiled by Michael Moore based on details provided by Noel and Conor Murphy. Date of upload: 7 August, 2018

• ME049-001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. This was described in 1970 (SMR file) as a circular grass-covered area (diam. 49m NW-SE; 47m NE-SW) defined by a slight earthen bank (at SE: Wth of base 4.8m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.7m) NE-S but largely by an overgrown and flat-bottomed fosse (at SE: Wth of top 5.2m; Wth of base 2.2m; ext. D 0.5m; at NW: Wth of top 7m; int. D 2m; ext. D 2.3m). There was a wide entrance (Wth of base 5.3m) that has probably been widened, but no causeway, at E. The interior was divided by a NNE-SSW townland boundary (Wth of base 5m; H 1.3-1.6m) with a rounded drain (ext. D 0.4-0.5m) on either side between Agher to the W and Gallow to the E, but the rath is largely in Agher where the visible profile had been removed by 1995 (OSAP), and the Gallow part has become overgrown. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 27 August 2019

Architectural heritage

• Agher Church, mausoleum, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Castellated and pinnacled three-bay mausoleum, built c.1815, with advanced central bay. Pitched slate roof, rendered walls with limestone quatrefoils, and limestone dressings to openings. Cast-iron windows and cast-iron gate with cast-iron toplight above.

• Agher Church, church/chapel, 1900–1905 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-cell church, rebuilt c.1902, entered through a three-stage bell tower, leading to the nave with two-bay side elevations and a single-bay chancel to east. Porch attached to south elevation. Pitched slate roof with limestone eaves dentils and cast-iron rainwater goods. Castellations, buttresses and rock-faced limestone to bell tower. Rendered walls to nave, with rock-faced limestone buttresses. Pointed arch openings with limestone dressings, tracery and hood mouldings. Timber battened doors with strap hinges. Ashlar limestone gate piers with cast-iron double gates. Graveyard to site.

• Agher, gate lodge, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey red brick gate lodge, dated 1894, now in use as private dwelling. Hipped slate roof with decorative eaves course, rendered chimneystacks and crested ridge tiles. Bay window, entrance porch and oriel window to south elevation. Single-storey extensions to east and north, two-storey extension to north and timber windows replaced c.1985.

• Old School House, school, 1875–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey former school, dated 1879, now in use as detached house. Comprising four-bay double-height block, with gable-fronted single-bay two-storey block to east. Pitched slate roofs with ridge tiles, red brick and rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods, and carved timber barge boards. Red brick walls with date plaque, yellow brick decorative detailing and limestone strings courses. Cast-iron casement windows set in timber frames with. Single-bay two-storey extension to west. Red brick entrance piers with decorative yellow brick detailing and limestone cappings.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

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 Agher.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.

• Agher, Summerhill5 sales

Name

Agher · Achair

Area

4,690,737 m² (469.07 ha, 1,159.11 acres)

Civil parish

Agher, and its townlands

Barony

Deece Upper

Electoral division

Gallow, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Gallow electoral division: 1,065 people in 333 households; 90% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardrums Great, Ardrums Little, Baconstown, Ballintoghee, Drumlargan, Gallow, Garadice, Isaacstown, Moy, Oldtown, Rahinstown, Summerhill Demesne

Placenames

Agher 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.