Beagh
Beagh is a townland in the civil parish of Aghnamullen, barony of Cremorne, Co. Monaghan. Its name in Irish is An Bheitheach.
Parcel 1531036
- Area
- 26,653 m² (2.67 ha, 6.59 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 660 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Beagh
Planning applications on this parcel
16 Mar 2022Conditional
permission for a development consisting of a two-storey dwelling house, single storey domestic garage, single storey timber log store/plant potting shed, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, access/exit via existing laneway from public road together with all ancillary site development works. Significant further information received in relation to relocation of house on site and amendments to dwelling house.
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 22127
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 124.7 ha
- 308 acres
- Land parcels
- 38
- registered freehold, median 23,219 m² (2.32 ha, 5.74 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Beagh, from 130 m² to 108,398 m² (10.84 ha, 26.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Beagh 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
30 Apr 2026Conditional
permission to erect a dormer dwelling, treatment plant, percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2660168
21 Jun 2024Conditional
planning permission to convert existing garage to dependent relative unit which will include alterations and extension to garage, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area off existing entrance and new boundaries
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460218
16 Mar 2022Conditional
permission for a development consisting of a two-storey dwelling house, single storey domestic garage, single storey timber log store/plant potting shed, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, access/exit via existing laneway from public road together with all ancillary site development works. Significant further information received in relation to relocation of house on site and amendments to dwelling house.
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 22127
22 Dec 2021Conditional
construct a single storey style dwellinghouse, domestic garage new sewerage wastewater treatment system and new entrance onto public road and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21701
15 Oct 2021Conditional
permission for a development consisting of a two storey/single storey type dwelling house, a domestic garage, a domestic waste water treatment system, a new site entrance with all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21582
7 Oct 2021Conditional
erect single storey dwelling & detached domestic garage, treatment plant, percolation area, new entrance & all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21560
29 Oct 2019Conditional
Permission for 1. Retention of infilling of low-lying lands with soil, subsoil and inert material & 2. Permission to infill adjoining lands with soil, subsoil and inert material in order to raise the levels and reclaim the land for agricultural purposes together with all ancillary site development works. The lands will be covered with topsoil and reseeded with grass when completed. Significant information relates to ecological assessment of the site and revised site layout plan.
Permission · Monaghan County Council, 19490
14 Mar 2019Conditional
Permission to construct a single storey dwelling, detached dometic garage, new entrance with gates and piers together with new wastewater treatment system and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 19121
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 Beagh.
Recorded monuments
- MO027-033 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located towards the E end of an E-W drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 34.6m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 6-6.5m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 1.4-2.1m) with some bushes and trees separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 5.3-6m; ext. D 0.6-1.4m) from an outer bank (Wth of base 4.6-5m; ext. H 0.6-1.1m) that has an outer stone facing. The entrance through the inner (Wth of base 1.5m) bank and a causeway (Wth of top 4.1m) H 1.4m) is at SSE, but there is no opening at this point in the outer bank 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: 30 January 2018
- MO027-034 Crannog
Description
Located in Bocks Lough, a subrectangular lake (max. dims 560m NNW-SSE; c. 340-490m ENE-WSW), now much reduced in size. It is represented as an island only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map and is now incorporated into the marshy NE shore of the lake. The crannog is a circular overgrown cairn (diam. 18m; H 0.8m) but no structural features are evident. 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: 30 January 2018
- MO027-035 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located at the S end of a short N-S drumlin ridge. This is an oval grass and scrub-covered area (dims 56.5m NW-SE; 46m NE-SW) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at E: Wth 5.3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 2.5m) separated by a fosse (at E: Wth of top 4m; ext. D 0.6m) from an outer earthen bank (at E: Wth 3.9m; ext. H 1.3m) E-SW that is incorporated into a field bank elsewhere. The banks are best preserved at NW and SE where they cross the ridge. The entrance through the inner bank (Wth of base 1.7m) and causeway (Wth of top 4.9m; H 0.9m) are at SE, but the entrance through the outer bank is blocked. There is a sunken area (L 9.9m; Wth 3.6m; max. D 0.85m)inside the perimeter at NW with a spur (L 6.8m; Wth 4.3m) at one end that is probably a collapsed souterrain. 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: 30 January 2013
- MO027-035001 Souterrain
Description
Located at the S end of a short N-S drumlin ridge. There is a sunken area (L 9.9m; Wth 3.6m; max. D 0.85m) inside the perimeter of rath (MO027-035----) at NW with a spur (L 6.8m; Wth 4.3m) at one end that is probably a collapsed souterrain. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 30 January 2018
- MO027-040 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a NW-SE spur in a low-lying landscape between drumlins. It is depicted as a small embanked feature (ext. diam. c. 20m) only on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No archaeological feature is 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 30 January 2018
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Beagh.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Beagh, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Beagh.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Beagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.
The townland
- Name
- Beagh · An Bheitheach
- Area
- 1,247,498 m² (124.75 ha, 308.26 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aghnamullen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Cremorne
- Electoral division
- Bellatrain, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 272 people lived in 81 households in the Bellatrain electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bocks Lower, Bocks Middle, Drumberagh, Laragh, Reduff, Tullyglass, Tullynamalra
- Placenames
- Beagh 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.