Annaneese
Townland in the civil parish of Ballybay, barony of Cremorne, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Eanaigh Aonghasa
- Area
- 77 ha
- 190 acres
- Land parcels
- 13
- registered freehold, median 6,521 m² (0.65 ha, 1.61 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Annaneese, from 101 m² to 140,766 m² (14.08 ha, 34.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Annaneese 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
31 Mar 2026Conditional
permission consequent on the grant of outline permission Ref: 24/60201, at Acres (DED Ballybay Rural) & Annaneese, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan. The development will consist of construction of a two storey dwelling house & detached domestic garage, with proprietary wastewater treatment system along with other associated ancillary site works & new site access. Said application contains a Site-Specific Flood Risk Assessment Report. Significant further information received included flood risk assessment, landscape plans, revised maps
Permission consequent, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2660120
17 Apr 2025Conditional
retention permission to retain and complete single storey stables, stores & arena for the breeding of horses, retaining walls, fencing, 6 no. lighting standards, effluent storage tank, alterations to ground levels, using existing entrance and all associated site works
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2560163
1 Jun 2024Conditional
outline planning permission to construct a dwelling house & detached domestic garage, with proprietary wastewater treatment system along with other associated ancillary site works & new site access
Outline permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460201
27 Mar 2024N/a
outline planning permission to construct a dwelling house & detached domestic garage, with proprietary wastewater treatment system along with other associated ancillary site works & new site access
Outline permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2460109
21 Apr 2023Conditional
permission to retain and complete single storey stables, stores & arena for domestic use only, retaining walls, fencing, 6 no. lighting standards, effluent storage tank, alterations to ground levels, using existing entrance and all associated site works. Significant further Information relates to storage/disposal of farmyard manure
Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2360055
14 Apr 2023N/a
planning to retain and complete single storey stables & stores, retaining walls, fencing, lighting, effluent storage tank, using existing entrance and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2360050
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Annaneese.
Recorded monuments
- MO019-033 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on the summit of a drumlin, with rath (MO019-034----) c. 100m to the NE. This is a circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 42m NW-SE; 40m NE-SW) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at SE: Wth of base 7.2m; Wth of top 1.2m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 3.4m) that is damaged W-NW. The bank is accompanied by a fosse (at SE: Wth of top 4.9m; D 0.3m) ENE-S and SW-W, and there is an outer field bank that might incorporate an outer bank SW-W. The entrance (Wth of base 2.4m) is at ENE. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 22 June 2018
- MO019-034 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on the NE-facing slope of a drumlin, with the rath (MO019-033----) on the summit c. 100m to the SW. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 37.5m WNW-ESE; 33.5m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (at WSW: Wth of base 3.7m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.85m) planted with beech trees. The bank is reduced to an outer scarp with a field bank at its base NNW-E, and the field bank is continued by facings stones on the outer face or the rath bank SE-W-NNW. There is no visible fosse and the entrance (Wth of base 2.5m) is at 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 22 June 2018
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Annaneese.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2428 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Annaneese with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.
The townland
- Name
- Annaneese · Eanaigh Aonghasa
- Area
- 769,858 m² (76.99 ha, 190.24 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballybay, and its townlands
- Barony
- Cremorne
- Electoral division
- Ballybay Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballybay Rural electoral division: 1,593 people in 581 households; 63% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Acres, Balladian, Corrybrannan, Derrynaloobinagh, Derryvally, Drumhillagh
- Placenames
- Annaneese 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.