Annahean

35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Annahean, from 76 m² to 396,621 m² (39.66 ha, 98.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Annahean in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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

• 27 Jan 2026Conditional

  permission for development will consist of (1) demolish existing single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling house (2) proposed new single storey extensions to rear of existing dwelling house and connect to existing septic tank & percolation area & use existing entrance onto public road and all associated Site Works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2660015

• 1 Oct 2019N/a

  permission for development consisting of the retention of the existing paved yard (19,000m2) and permission to extend the area of paving (by a further 5,000m2) and cover the entire area (24,000m2) with a concrete slab to facilitate the handling of pre-cast concrete products prior to dispatch. The works will include installation of yard drainage, erection of lighting columns and all ancillary works. All as previously approved under 07/2088.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 19455

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 Annahean.

Recorded monuments

• MO034-019 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a broad drumlin. It is depicted as an embanked enclosure described as a ‘fort’ on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a hachured bank feature surviving S-NW on the 1907 edition of the map. Faint traces of a low grass-covered bank (Wth 5m) are evident S-NW (Chord 29m), but the perimeter cannot be traced elsewhere. 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: 27 July 2017

• MO034-021001 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Located on a slight rise in a low-lying position within an undulating landscape. According to the Tripartite Life of St Patrick, an unreliable source, the saint failed to convert the people of Eanach Chonglais (Killaney) when he was passing through between Armagh and Meath, and he was looky to escape with his life (Herity 2012, 199; Boylan 1967). It was presumably left to St Ultán of Ardbraccan (ME025-022----), the medieval patron of the parish, to effect conversion, but there is no record of this (Ó Riain 2011, 580-2). A large enclosure defined by field banks is depicted on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as ‘Ancient Burying Ground.’ It survives as a D-shaped grass-covered area (dims c. 95m NE-SW: c. 75m NW-SE), locally known as ‘Doileana’, which is defined by a low earthen bank (at SSE: Wth 4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.6m) that is largely an overgrown scarp (H c. 0.8m) NE-E-SW, and by a NE-SW field bank at NW. There is no evidence of, or local knowledge of burials. A crude cross-slab with a ringed cross in relief, together with two bullaun stones were present in 1940 and in 1984 (SMR file). These could not be located in 2016 but are probably present in the overgrown perimeter. 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: 27 June 2017

• MO034-021002 Cross-slab
  Description

  Within the enclosure (MO034-020001-), which is defined by an overgrown scarp NE-S-SW. A crude cross-slab with a ringed cross in relief, together with two bullaun stones were present in 1940 and in 1984 (SMR file). These could not be located in 2016 but are probably present in the overgrown perimeter. Date of revised upload: 27 June 2017

• MO034-021003 Bullaun stone
  Description

  Within the enclosure (MO034-020001-), which is defined by an overgrown scarp NE-S-SW. A crude cross-slab with a ringed cross in relief (MO034-021002-), together with two bullaun stones were present in 1940 and in 1984 (SMR file). These could not be located in 2016 but are probably present in the overgrown perimeter. Date of revised upload: 27 June 2017

• MO034-021004 Bullaun stone
  Description

  Within the enclosure (MO034-020001-), which is defined by an overgrown scarp NE-S-SW. A crude cross-slab with a ringed cross in relief (MO034-021002-), together with two bullaun stones were present in 1940 and in 1984 (SMR file). These could not be located in 2016 but are probably present in the overgrown perimeter. Date of revised upload: 27 June 2017

• MO034-022 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a low broad hill. Depicted faintly as a small embanked feature (ext. diam. c. 33m) described as a ‘fort’ on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a hachured feature (ext. diam. c. 40m) on the 1907 edition of the map. It was described locally as a circular area with a slight bank that had been ploughed out of existence. It is not visible at ground level in pasture. 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: 27 June 2017

• MO034-032 Flat cemetery
  Description

  Shirley (1845, 179) records that 'on a rising ground, human bones enclosed with rough stones in the form of a coffin have often been turned up, with the plough'. A flanged bronzed axe found in one of these graves was acquired by the National Museum of Ireland (Lucas 1968, 103). The exact location is not known. 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: 28 June 2017

Architectural heritage

• Annahean House, house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey L-plan house, built c.1850, having two-bay north side elevation, and with full-height return to re-entrant corner of plan at rear. Hipped slate roof with red brick chimneystacks with render eaves band, and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Wet-dashed rendered walls with smooth plinth. Square-headed window openings with patent reveals and painted stone sills, having timber sliding sash windows without horns to front and rear elevations, six-over-six pane windows to ground floor and three over-six pane to first floor front, and mixed six-over-six pane, three-over-six pane and two-over-two pane to rear elevation. Later timber sliding sash windows with six-over-six panes to side (north) elevation. Elliptical-headed door opening having flush reveals, petal fanlight, and Doric pilasters flanking timber panelled door. House located on elevated and exposed site with roofless ruinous rectangular-plan rubble stone dovecote to rear. Farmyard to south-east, having rubble stone entrance arch with wrought-iron double-leaf gate, two-bay single-storey outbuilding with pitched roof and rubble stone walls adjoining this, and three-bay two-storey outbuilding with pitched roof, rubble stone walls and square-headed openings with gauged brick surrounds, forming east edge of yard. Twentieth-century farm structures to south. Stands adjacent to site of earlier tannery and mill.

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 5 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; parts are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Annahean.

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.

No address of the register names Annahean with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.

Name

Annahean · Eanach Ian

Area

1,523,103 m² (152.31 ha, 376.37 acres)

Civil parish

Killanny, and its townlands

Barony

Farney

Electoral division

Drumboory, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Drumboory electoral division: 571 people in 179 households; 91% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aclint (Co. Louth), Annagh (Co. Louth), Calga (Co. Louth), Clonmeenan, Creveadornan, Drumgeeny, Leeg

Placenames

Annahean 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.