# Aghnafarcan, Co. Monaghan: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Donaghmoyne, barony of Farney, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Achadh Farcáin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 543,483 m² (54.35 ha, 134.3 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 14,850 m² (1.48 ha, 3.67 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Donaghmoyne, https://everytownland.com/monaghan/parish/donaghmoyne.md - Barony: Farney - Electoral division: Broomfield, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 831 people lived in 264 households in the Broomfield electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Monaghan, https://everytownland.com/monaghan.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/39666 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 170052 - Centre: latitude 54.062485, longitude -6.742065 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghnafarcan, from 541 m² to 131,696 m² (13.17 ha, 32.54 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 353149: 131,696 m² (13.17 ha, 32.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/353149.md - Parcel 350091: 38,237 m² (3.82 ha, 9.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/350091.md - Parcel 322895: 36,326 m² (3.63 ha, 8.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/322895.md - Parcel 316930: 36,169 m² (3.62 ha, 8.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/316930.md - Parcel 333760: 35,024 m² (3.5 ha, 8.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/333760.md - Parcel 349625: 32,205 m² (3.22 ha, 7.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/349625.md - Parcel 326230: 27,790 m² (2.78 ha, 6.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/326230.md - Parcel 351600: 27,559 m² (2.76 ha, 6.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/351600.md - Parcel 339232: 25,296 m² (2.53 ha, 6.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/339232.md - Parcel 318460: 24,022 m² (2.4 ha, 5.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/318460.md - Parcel 322328: 20,546 m² (2.05 ha, 5.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/322328.md - Parcel 326976: 18,269 m² (1.83 ha, 4.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/326976.md - Parcel 353816: 18,022 m² (1.8 ha, 4.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/353816.md - Parcel 352730: 16,928 m² (1.69 ha, 4.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/352730.md - Parcel 4114558: 12,772 m² (1.28 ha, 3.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4114558.md - Parcel 347549: 5,887 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/347549.md - Parcel 331053: 5,836 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/331053.md - Parcel 4166992: 4,213 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4166992.md - Parcel 336466: 4,158 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/336466.md - Parcel 4104641: 3,943 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4104641.md - Parcel 4833585: 3,488 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4833585.md - Parcel 3581263: 3,134 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3581263.md - Parcel 3440605: 2,989 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3440605.md - Parcel 352285: 2,168 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/352285.md - Parcel 323846: 1,440 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/323846.md - Parcel 3579663: 1,156 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3579663.md - Parcel 349348: 588 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/349348.md - Parcel 349491: 541 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/349491.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Aghnafarcan 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) 5 applications, newest first. - 30 Jul 2025, Monaghan County Council 2560298: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. planning permission for a development which will consist of a two-storey dwelling house, single storey domestic garage, provision of new entrance and entrance piers, installation of a wastewater treatment system and percolation area together with all ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560298/0 - 28 May 2025, Monaghan County Council 2560212: Refused. Permission. permission for development consisting of a single storey pet crematorium building, Installation of a Wastewater Treatment System and associated Raised Mound Percolation Area, Car Parking Spaces, Landscaping, use of existing entrance and exit onto the public road together with all ancillary site development works (Previously Granted under Planning Reference No. 19/320). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560212/0 - 2 Oct 2024, Monaghan County Council 249020: Refused. Extension of duration. permission for a single storey pet crematorium building, installation of a wastewater treatment system and associated raised mound percolation area, car parking, landscaping, use of existing entrance and exit onto the public road together with all ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/249020/0 - 18 Sept 2020, Monaghan County Council 20381: Refused. Permission. Permission to consist of a single storey human crematorium building incorporating a chapel of rest to be provided adjacent to and within the same complex as previously approved pet crematorium building (Planning Reference No. 19/320), connection to proposed wastewater treatment system and associated raised mound percolation area, connection to and upgrade of surface water collection and disposal system as approved under Planning Reference No. 19/320, provision of additional car parking spaces, additional landscaping, use of existing approved vehicular entrance and exit onto the public road together with ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20381/0 - 11 Jul 2019, Monaghan County Council 19320: Conditional. Permission. permission for a single storey pet crematorium building, installation of a wastewater treatment system and associated raised mound percolation area, car parking, landscaping, use of existing entrance and exit onto the public road together with all ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/19320/0 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 Aghnafarcan. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MO025-027: Megalithic tomb - court tomb, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO025-027----. Situated on a rise on a NE-facing slope. It is described in gothic lettering only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map as ‘Minnavarmore’. In the folk tradition it is the burial place of a Scandinavian giant called Manowar, who came here to kill Fin McCool. Fearing the foreign visitor, Fin had himself disguised as a baby by his wife and bit Manowar on the finger when the latter attempted to tease him. As this was just the baby Manowar became afraid and attempted to leave but dropped dead mysteriously afterwards (Flanagan 1933; IFC, Schools MSS, (931), 184-88: https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes). A single gallery (L 4.5m; Wth c. 1.7m) is aligned E-W with two jamb stones surviving at the E end. The interior is obscured by spoil. 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 27 February 2018 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 Aghnafarcan. ## 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 Aghnafarcan, about 1 in 20 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 Aghnafarcan. - 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/aghnafarcan.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/aghnafarcan.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/aghnafarcan.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Aghnafarcan 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) - Drumhaman: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumhaman.md - Fincarn: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/fincarn.md - Kednagullion: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/kednagullion.md - Lisagore: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/lisagore.md - Lisnamacka: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/lisnamacka.md - Monyglen: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/monyglen.md - Tusker: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/tusker.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/aghnafarcan - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/monaghan/aghnafarcan