# Moyle More, Co. Monaghan: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Aghnamullen, barony of Cremorne, Co. Monaghan; in Irish An Mhaoil Mhór.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 675,195 m² (67.52 ha, 166.84 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 40,557 m² (4.06 ha, 10.02 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Aghnamullen, https://everytownland.com/monaghan/parish/aghnamullen.md
- Barony: Cremorne
- Electoral division: Cormeen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 527 people lived in 174 households in the Cormeen electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 16% 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/40017
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 171472
- Centre: latitude 54.08801, longitude -6.954874 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moyle More, from 2,699 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres) to 121,863 m² (12.19 ha, 30.11 acres); 25 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 334938: 121,863 m² (12.19 ha, 30.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/334938.md
- Parcel 347820: 94,597 m² (9.46 ha, 23.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/347820.md
- Parcel 325842: 83,374 m² (8.34 ha, 20.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/325842.md
- Parcel 344412: 74,585 m² (7.46 ha, 18.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/344412.md
- Parcel 322873: 53,975 m² (5.4 ha, 13.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/322873.md
- Parcel 354030: 51,988 m² (5.2 ha, 12.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/354030.md
- Parcel 350000: 29,126 m² (2.91 ha, 7.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/350000.md
- Parcel 321720: 28,821 m² (2.88 ha, 7.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/321720.md
- Parcel 319826: 21,670 m² (2.17 ha, 5.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/319826.md
- Parcel 329247: 12,091 m² (1.21 ha, 2.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/329247.md
- Parcel 316900: 3,776 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/316900.md
- Parcel 332695: 2,699 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/332695.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Moyle More 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)

2 applications, newest first.

- 5 Sept 2024, Monaghan County Council 2460330: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. permission to retain two storey extension to the rear of existing two storey dwelling, elevational changes to existing dwelling, septic tank, percolation area, existing entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460330/0
- 6 Aug 2020, Monaghan County Council 20313: Conditional. Permission. permission for a development consisting of (1) Proposed new internal exhibition area to the northwestern side of the nave within the Church (Protected Structure). The exhibition area will be subservient to the nave which will continue to be used as the main place of worship in the Church. (2) Proposed new single-storey Tea-station structure to replace existing boiler room to north-western side of bell tower, accessed from the ground floor of the tower. (3) Proposed reconfiguration of existing vestry to include new WC and new ramp access to external door. (4) Proposed new staircase to access the choir balcony from within the nave and removal of existing steps in bell tower. (5) Proposed repair works to roofs including wholesale re-slating. (6) Proposed installation of new heating and electrical systems. (7) Proposed Site Works to include new wastewater treatment system and raised sand polishing filter. (8) All associated works in relation to the above works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20313/0

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## 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 Moyle More.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- MO023-011001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO023-011001-. Situated on a rise overlooking an E-W valley just to the N. The parish church of Aughnamulen is listed in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV as Crichmugdorn, from which the barony of Cremourne is named, and the tithes were impropriate to St Mochta’s Augustinian abbey of Louth when the abbey was suppressed in 1540 (Shirley 1879, 346-50). The names of some of the clergy are known from 1421. The church was described as ruinous in the Royal Visitation of 1622 (Leslie 1929, 115-8). In 1628/9 it was complained that Papists had set up an altar at the church of Aughnamullan (Ó Gallachair 19757, 98, 108). (McKenna 1920, 1, 349-69) The present Church of Ireland parish church was built c. 1820 and extended with an aisle on the NW side c. 1847. The rest of the structure was rebuilt in 1864 after a fire. This church appears to be located in an annexe attached to the NW of a roughly subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 50m NE-SW; c. 40m NW-SE) defined by masonry walls, which has headstones dating from c. 1750, but there is no evidence of the medieval church. 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: 30 November 2016
- MO023-011002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMO023-011002-. Situated on a rise overlooking an E-W valley just to the N. The site of the parish church of Aughnamulen (MO023-011001-) is within a roughly subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 50m NE-SW; c. 40m NW-SE) defined by masonry walls, which has headstones dating from c. 1750, but there is no evidence of the medieval church. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 30 November 2016

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)

- Christ Church (Aghnamullen), church/chapel, 1810–1865, Regional interest, registry number 41402325, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MO&regno=41402325. Free-standing Church of Ireland church, built c.1820, with nave, chancel, and south aisle and vestry rebuilt and dated 1864, having three-stage entrance tower to west, lean-to two-bay north aisle built c.1847, vestry to north, four-bay nave and apse to east end. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron ridge crestings and cross finial, hipped roof to apse, cast-iron rainwater goods, limestone chimneystack to vestry and cut limestone pinnacles and crenellations to tower. Rubble stone walls with cut limestone string course, plinth and quoins, date etched into south wall. Pointed-arch window openings having sandstone surrounds and hood-mouldings to north elevation with paired ogee-headed lights with trefoil above, hipped dormer window to roof, single-light ogee-headed stained-glass windows to apse, square-headed window openings with cut sandstone tracery to vestry, paired pointed-arch window to south elevation, pointed-arch openings under hood-mouldings to upper stage of tower having louvered timber fittings, circular opening to second stage with lancet window to ground floor, quarry glazing throughout. Pointed-arch door opening to south elevation of tower having cut limestone surround and double-leaf timber battened door. Interior having altar to east end with timber altar furniture raised on two steps, carved timber gallery to east end, and pointed-arch arcade between nave and south aisle with alternating round-plan and octagonal-plan piers. Exposed scissors truss roof. Cut and carved marble memorial plaques to walls. Pointed-arch niche with hood-moulding to west elevation. Pointed-arch door opening with studded timber battened door to vestry. Timber pews flanking carpeted aisle. Tudor-arch door openings with double-leaf timber panelled doors to nave and gallery from tower. Recent timber staircase to tower, having some turned timber balusters. Set in graveyard having curving boundary wall. Portion of unmarked graves to north eastern section of graveyard. Square-plan rubble stone piers with cut limestone pyramidal caps flanking cast-iron gates.
- Outbuilding, 1800–1840, Regional interest, registry number 41402326, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MO&regno=41402326. Detached three-bay single-storey outbuilding, built c.1820, having single-bay lower single-storey lean-to addition to north gable. Pitched corrugated-iron roof with rendered barge to south gable. Rubble stone walls, painted to front (east) elevation. Square-headed unglazed window opening with concrete lintel and sill. Square-headed carriage opening with corrugated-iron double-leaf door, and square-headed door opening with timber battened door. Square-headed door opening to rear elevation, having timber battened door. Rendered piers and wrought-iron gates to north of building. Set back from road, opposite former coaching house.
- Outbuilding, 1840–1880, Regional interest, registry number 41402329, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MO&regno=41402329. Detached six-bay outbuilding, built c.1860, comprising four-bay single-storey block to south and two-bay two-storey block to north end. Pitched slate roof to north end with rendered barges, pitched corrugated-iron roof to south end. Rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings, having painted brick and red brick surrounds, some with timber battened shutters, some with remains of timber-framed windows. Square-headed door openings with painted brick surrounds and timber battened doors. Slit openings with red brick dressings to rear elevation. Segmental-headed carriage arch, with timber battened double-leaf doors, to south gable. Wrought-iron gate with rubble stone piers to field entrance to rear. Set at roadside, opposite former coaching house, at road junction.
- House, 1760–1800, Regional interest, registry number 41402332, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MO&regno=41402332. Detached two-storey house having three bays to first floor and four bays to ground floor, with attic storey, built c.1780, having projecting twentieth-century flat-roofed porch to front (north) elevation. Formerly also in use as coaching inn. Pitched tiled roof with red brick chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls to front elevation, smooth rendered elsewhere, with render quoins. Square-headed window openings with masonry sills, having render surrounds to front elevation, with replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed part-glazed timber door with glazed surround. Set in own grounds, with wrought-iron pedestrian gate flanked by rubble stone piers set to rubble stone boundary walls with painted rubble coping stones.
- House, 1920–1960, Regional interest, registry number 41402333, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MO&regno=41402333. Detached four-bay single-storey house, built c.1940, west end bay being lower and narrower than others. Now unoccupied. Pitched corrugated-iron roof, with timber bargeboards, red brick square-plan chimneystacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Corrugated-iron cladding to walls. Square-headed window openings, having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and timber sills. Square-headed door opening, having timber panelled door with over-light. Set in own grounds, with wrought-iron farm gate to site entrance to north-east, flanked by rendered piers. Recent metal pedestrian gate, canted square-plan rendered piers. Rubble stone boundary wall with hedgerow.

## 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 Moyle More, 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 Moyle More.
- 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/moyle-more.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/moyle-more.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/moyle-more.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Moyle More 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)

- Aghnamullen: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/aghnamullen.md
- Derry: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/derry-170647.md
- Derryroosk: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/derryroosk.md
- Edenbrone: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/edenbrone-170977.md
- Moyle Beg: https://everytownland.com/monaghan/moyle-beg.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.

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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.

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