# Maghernakill, Co. Monaghan: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Donaghmoyne, barony of Farney, Co. Monaghan; in Irish Machaire na Cille. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 610,158 m² (61.02 ha, 150.77 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,847 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 11 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/39690 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 171435 - Centre: latitude 54.076211, longitude -6.676028 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Maghernakill, from 448 m² to 65,784 m² (6.58 ha, 16.26 acres); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 344772: 65,784 m² (6.58 ha, 16.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/344772.md - Parcel 356434: 57,226 m² (5.72 ha, 14.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/356434.md - Parcel 327349: 49,444 m² (4.94 ha, 12.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/327349.md - Parcel 5218712: 45,953 m² (4.6 ha, 11.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5218712.md - Parcel 341775: 36,422 m² (3.64 ha, 9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/341775.md - Parcel 347253: 34,623 m² (3.46 ha, 8.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/347253.md - Parcel 326973: 25,374 m² (2.54 ha, 6.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/326973.md - Parcel 5212629: 25,027 m² (2.5 ha, 6.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5212629.md - Parcel 339203: 24,026 m² (2.4 ha, 5.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/339203.md - Parcel 353196: 21,169 m² (2.12 ha, 5.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/353196.md - Parcel 322745: 19,764 m² (1.98 ha, 4.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/322745.md - Parcel 355477: 14,619 m² (1.46 ha, 3.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/355477.md - Parcel 352283: 14,386 m² (1.44 ha, 3.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/352283.md - Parcel 4930058: 13,553 m² (1.36 ha, 3.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4930058.md - Parcel 2403713: 9,575 m² (0.96 ha, 2.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2403713.md - Parcel 350090: 6,701 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/350090.md - Parcel 324191: 6,462 m² (0.65 ha, 1.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/324191.md - Parcel 353815: 6,091 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/353815.md - Parcel 353737: 5,933 m² (0.59 ha, 1.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/353737.md - Parcel 4826086: 5,762 m² (0.58 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4826086.md - Parcel 350874: 4,975 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/350874.md - Parcel 4949447: 4,144 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4949447.md - Parcel 3588191: 3,849 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3588191.md - Parcel 2403658: 3,428 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2403658.md - Parcel 348706: 3,400 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/348706.md - Parcel 5562207: 3,332 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5562207.md - Parcel 326845: 3,251 m² (0.33 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/326845.md - Parcel 5280147: 3,047 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5280147.md - Parcel 349888: 2,705 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/349888.md - Parcel 324274: 2,587 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/324274.md - Parcel 335413: 2,485 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/335413.md - Parcel 349624: 1,845 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/349624.md - Parcel 346979: 1,825 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/346979.md - Parcel 348643: 1,487 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/348643.md - Parcel 330704: 1,452 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/330704.md - Parcel 5695709: 1,420 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5695709.md - Parcel 5280145: 631 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5280145.md - Parcel 329562: 448 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/329562.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Maghernakill 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) 11 applications, newest first. - 2 Sept 2026, Monaghan County Council 2660363: N/a. Permission. permission for the development will consist of the replacement and relocation of existing septic tank and soakaway with a proprietary wastewater treatment system and sand polishing filter to service existing dwelling house together with all ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660363/0 - 9 Mar 2026, Monaghan County Council 2614: Conditional. Permission. permission for a development which will consist of the construction of a single storey extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2614/0 - 10 May 2024, Monaghan County Council 2443: N/a. Retention. permission and retention permission for a development consisting of the construction of a single storey extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling and the retention of an existing garage to the rear of the site and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2443/0 - 30 Apr 2024, Monaghan County Council 2437: N/a. Permission. development consisting of (i) permission to construct a single storey extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling and (ii) retention of an existing garage to the rear of the site and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2437/0 - 7 Nov 2023, Monaghan County Council 2360276: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission for a single storey dwelling house, single storey domestic garage, provision of entrance piers, installation of a wastewater treatment system and percolation area together with all ancillary site development works. Significant further information relating to the use and upgrade of existing field access to a residential access from the public road to serve the proposed dwelling house and garage. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360276/0 - 13 Sept 2023, Monaghan County Council 2360204: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission for development consisting of the following: Retention of existing Bungalow location and change of use of original domestic garage to the living accommodation, Permission to construct a new Single Storey extension to front and rear of the existing dwelling, demolish existing temporary storage shed, construct new detached domestic garage, fenestration alterations to existing dwelling with all ancillary and associated site work. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360204/0 - 9 May 2022, Monaghan County Council 22200: Conditional. Permission. permission for a tiered spectator stand together with all ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22200/0 - 19 Apr 2021, Monaghan County Council 21207: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. permission for a development consisting of demolition of existing derelict dwelling house and replacement with a bungalow style dwelling house, a new waste water treatment system and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/21207/0 - 29 Nov 2017, Monaghan County Council 17567: Conditional. Permission. Permission to (1) extend existing football pitch. (2) the construction of a new perimeter fence to football pitch. (3) construct a perimeter running track to the proposed extended football pitch together with all ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/17567/0 - 9 Oct 2017, Monaghan County Council 17485: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission to construct a domestic garage with a first floor children's playroom together with all ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/17485/0 - 21 Apr 2017, Monaghan County Council 17193: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission to construct a bungalow style dwelling house, garage, wastewater treatment system, use of existing agricultural entrance onto public road and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/17193/0 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 Maghernakill. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MO025-021: Megalithic tomb - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO025-021----. Located towards the bottom of a W-facing slope and c. 2m out from a NW-SE field bank on the NE side. It is described in gothic lettering as the site of a ‘Druid’s Altar’ only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The OS Revision Name Book describes this as "A rude flag about 2.25 ft in breadth and 2.5 ft in height, and it is said to have stood over Tubber na Downey or Sunday well (as tradition says) before it (i.e. the well) moved by some spell to the south end of the townland where it still remains' (1857, Sheet 25D, p.9). The stone (L 1.16m; Wth 0.45m; H 0.5m) was parallel with the field bank. A private house was built on this plot c. 40m to the SE before 1995 (OSAP), but archaeological testing (10E0208) in the plot immediately to the SW produced no related material (McGonigle 2010, 2012). 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 Amended: 17 January 2020 - MO025-044: Linear earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO025-044----. Situated on the ridge of a NW-SE drumlin. It is depicted as a dotted line (L c. 145m) running parallel with and c. 5m SW of a NW-SE field boundary only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as the site of an ‘Ancient Entrenchment’. Davies (1955, 33) noted that no archaeological feature survived here. It may be part of the Black Pig’s Dyke, and the Drumgristin section (MO025-046----) is c. 700m to the ESE. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 27 February 2018 - MO025-050: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO025-050----. Located towards the bottom of the SE-facing slope of a NW-SE drumlin ridge and c. 65m W of a N-S section of the Fane River. A N-S section of disused railway embankment is just to the E. It is marked only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as ‘Toberreendowney’ - the little well of the church. The name is also known in the folk tradition (IFC: Schools MSS (931) 375: https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes ), but there is no other record of it. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 27 February 2018 - MO025-052: Enclosure - large enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO025-052----. Situated on top of and on the SE-facing spine of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This enclosure is not marked on any edition of the OS maps. A large circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 170m) was identified from a LiDAR survey (pers. comm. Steve Davis). It appears to be a circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 90m) defined by a fosse (Wth of base c. 10m) and outer bank (Wth c. c. 15m). There might be a large entrance at NE. It is divided by a NW-SE field bank on the spine of the ridge with a larger part of the enclosure NE of this bank. The attached image (MO025-052----_01.jpg) is uploaded courtesy of Dr. Steve Davis, UCD. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 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 Maghernakill. ## 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 Maghernakill, 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 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 Maghernakill. - 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/maghernakill.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/maghernakill.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/maghernakill.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Maghernakill 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) - Ardkirk: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/ardkirk-170130.md - Corragarry or Sruell: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/corragarry-or-sruell.md - Drumgoose: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumgoose.md - Drumgristin Lower: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/drumgristin-lower.md - Gorteens: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/gorteens.md - Tullanacrunat North: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/tullanacrunat-north.md - Tullanacrunat South: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/tullanacrunat-south.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/maghernakill - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/monaghan/maghernakill