# Aghacloghan, Co. Monaghan: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Donaghmoyne, barony of Farney, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Áth an Chlocháin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 951,167 m² (95.12 ha, 235.04 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 11,084 m² (1.11 ha, 2.74 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Donaghmoyne, https://everytownland.com/monaghan/parish/donaghmoyne.md - Barony: Farney - Electoral division: Bocks, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 779 people lived in 246 households in the Bocks electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Monaghan, https://everytownland.com/monaghan.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/39291 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 170011 - Centre: latitude 54.023188, longitude -6.769678 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghacloghan, from 19 m² to 120,375 m² (12.04 ha, 29.75 acres); 28 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 6159214: 120,375 m² (12.04 ha, 29.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6159214.md - Parcel 321608: 88,652 m² (8.87 ha, 21.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/321608.md - Parcel 320062: 65,177 m² (6.52 ha, 16.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/320062.md - Parcel 334135: 61,716 m² (6.17 ha, 15.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/334135.md - Parcel 4885802: 60,829 m² (6.08 ha, 15.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4885802.md - Parcel 344363: 55,322 m² (5.53 ha, 13.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/344363.md - Parcel 339245: 53,648 m² (5.36 ha, 13.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/339245.md - Parcel 5478247: 46,499 m² (4.65 ha, 11.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5478247.md - Parcel 321084: 41,088 m² (4.11 ha, 10.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/321084.md - Parcel 322009: 30,647 m² (3.06 ha, 7.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/322009.md - Parcel 327281: 30,312 m² (3.03 ha, 7.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/327281.md - Parcel 316180: 24,216 m² (2.42 ha, 5.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/316180.md - Parcel 347981: 21,932 m² (2.19 ha, 5.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/347981.md - Parcel 316202: 20,489 m² (2.05 ha, 5.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/316202.md - Parcel 357104: 19,625 m² (1.96 ha, 4.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/357104.md - Parcel 355627: 19,333 m² (1.93 ha, 4.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/355627.md - Parcel 347031: 18,936 m² (1.89 ha, 4.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/347031.md - Parcel 356689: 18,572 m² (1.86 ha, 4.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/356689.md - Parcel 325991: 17,859 m² (1.79 ha, 4.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/325991.md - Parcel 350896: 15,960 m² (1.6 ha, 3.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/350896.md - Parcel 350034: 14,890 m² (1.49 ha, 3.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/350034.md - Parcel 353754: 14,877 m² (1.49 ha, 3.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/353754.md - Parcel 318856: 14,352 m² (1.44 ha, 3.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/318856.md - Parcel 5495006: 13,400 m² (1.34 ha, 3.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5495006.md - Parcel 5478272: 11,084 m² (1.11 ha, 2.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5478272.md - Parcel 5357123: 6,195 m² (0.62 ha, 1.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5357123.md - Parcel 342913: 6,043 m² (0.6 ha, 1.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/342913.md - Parcel 323293: 5,502 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/323293.md - Parcel 5862646: 4,078 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5862646.md - Parcel 5187727: 4,025 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5187727.md - Parcel 4874959: 3,862 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4874959.md - Parcel 4095211: 3,579 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4095211.md - Parcel 4345137: 3,344 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4345137.md - Parcel 3424671: 3,321 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3424671.md - Parcel 337141: 3,100 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/337141.md - Parcel 2947924: 3,061 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2947924.md - Parcel 322258: 2,895 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/322258.md - Parcel 332864: 2,790 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/332864.md - Parcel 4345088: 2,616 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4345088.md - Parcel 348652: 2,384 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/348652.md - Parcel 327359: 1,985 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/327359.md - Parcel 338858: 1,880 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/338858.md - Parcel 316208: 1,842 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/316208.md - Parcel 327984: 1,695 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/327984.md - Parcel 5661824: 1,324 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5661824.md - Parcel 4344987: 719 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4344987.md - Parcel 6159246: 323 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6159246.md - Parcel 5725484: 237 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5725484.md - Parcel 350675: 19 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/350675.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Aghacloghan 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) 7 applications, newest first. - 15 May 2026, Monaghan County Council 2660196: Conditional. Permission. permission for development at Aghacloghan, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan. The development will consist of; Construction of single-storey short-term accommodation extension to existing environmental education and retreat centre, internal and external alterations and additions, connections to existing services and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660196/0 - 16 Oct 2020, Monaghan County Council 20431: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission for development consisting of a bungalow type dwelling house a waste water treatment system, a new site entrance with all associated site development works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20431/0 - 13 Jan 2020, Monaghan County Council 206: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission for a development consisting of the construction of a single storey extension to the front of an existing dwelling house and for associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/206/0 - 18 Dec 2019, Monaghan County Council 199020: Conditional. Extension of duration. erect two storey dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/199020/0 - 22 Jul 2019, Monaghan County Council 19339: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. permission for the retention and completion of the front elevational changes to an existing dwelling. These changes include the replacement of the existing brick quoins and detailing on the front porch/projection to a rendered finish to match that of the existing dwelling.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/19339/0 - 14 Jun 2019, Monaghan County Council 19269: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission for development to consist of a change of use from an old unused farm and buildings which will include (1) the hay shed and (2) the stone shed to provide an environmental education and retreat centre (small scale), new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/19269/0 - 24 Jan 2018, Monaghan County Council 1827: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission to develop single storey dwelling, garage, waste water treatment system, associated percolation area, entrance, driveway and all associated siteworks.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/1827/0 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 Aghacloghan. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MO028-056: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO028-056----. Situated on the summit and at the centre of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. Two circular enclosures are depicted at Aghacloghan on McCrea’s map of Coounty Monaghan (1793), and this monument is depicted as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’ on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map, with a SSW-NNE lane truncating the perimeter slightly W-NW. Portion of the bank is incorporated into a field bank (at N: int. H 0.5m; ext. H 2m) NW-E (Chord c. 37m), with traces of a fosse at NE. Rath (MO028-057----) is c. 140m to the SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 6 December 2017 - MO028-057: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO028-057----. Situated on the spine of a NW-SE drumlin ridge towards the SE end. Two circular enclosures are depicted at Aghacloghan on McCrea’s map of County Monaghan (1793) and this is the more southerly monument with rath (MO028-056----) is c. 140m to the NW. It is a circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 46m NE-SW; 42m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 0.7m at NW to 1.8m at SE) that is reduced to a low scarp N-E. There is an outer fosse (at NW: Wth of top 6m) S-W-NNE, and an outer bank (at NW: Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.3m) SW-N. There is an entrance (Wth of base 2.2m) at SE, and the interior is bisected by a NE-SW field bank (max. ext. diam. 57m NW-SE). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 6 December 2017 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 Aghacloghan. ## 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 Aghacloghan, 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 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 Aghacloghan. - 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/monaghan/aghacloghan.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/aghacloghan.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/aghacloghan.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Aghacloghan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan: https://everytownland.com/monaghan.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Bocks Upper: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/bocks-upper.md - Cashlan West: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/cashlan-west.md - Drumberagh: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumberagh.md - Killarue: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/killarue.md - Lisdoonan: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/lisdoonan.md - Peast: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/peast.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/monaghan/aghacloghan - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/monaghan/aghacloghan