Laragh

49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Laragh, from 133 m² to 59,143 m² (5.91 ha, 14.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Laragh 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.

• 19 Dec 2025Conditional

  permission to construct a new two storey style dwelling house, detached domestic garage, establish new entrance onto public road, new sewerage wastewater treatment system and percolation area, together with all associated site development works. Significant further information received relates to a flood risk assessment

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2560523

• 23 May 2024Conditional

  permission to renovate existing derelict dwelling, incorporate existing attached domestic storage shed, Alterations to house and elevational changes, new sewerage wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2460185

• 15 Apr 2024N/a

  to renovate existing derelict dwelling, incorporate existing attached domestic storage shed, Alterations to house and elevational changes, new sewerage wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2460134

• 24 Feb 2023Conditional

  permission and retention permission for development consisting of; the construction of rear and first floor extension to existing single storey style dwelling house, demolition of shed, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and consists of; retention of mobile home and storage container and all associated site works.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2360003

• 23 Feb 2023N/a

  permission and retention permission for consisting of the construction of rear and first floor extension to existing single storey style dwelling house, demolition of shed, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and consists of; retention of mobile home and storage container and all associated site works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2360002

• 28 Sept 2022Conditional

  permission to construct a slatted shed for the housing of livestock along with other associated site works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 22434

• 5 Oct 2021N/a

  permission for the erection of 2 no. two storey dwellings, including construction of a domestic entrance onto the public road, waste water treatment systems and associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 21554

• 13 Oct 2020Conditional

  Permission to consist of the infilling of lands with imported inert waste (apx. 16,600m3) to a maximum depth of 1.8m over 1.70Ha, accessed via new entrance onto public road, finished with topsoil and grassed over, together will all ancillary & associated site works. Significant further information received.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 20422

• 3 Jun 2020Conditional

  Permission to (i) make alterations to existing slatted shed (ii) construct an extension on to side of existing slatted shed (iii) roof over existing silage pit and and all associated site development works. Significant Further Information relates to relocation of site boundaries and form new entrance onto public road .

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 20192

• 6 May 2020Conditional

  Permission for the importation of soil, concrete and inert waste along with construction and demolition material to raise existing ground levels, and all ancillary site development works (in connection with a waste permit application). Significant further information relates to screening for an environmental impact assessment report and submission of flood risk assessment report.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 20150

• 23 May 2019Conditional

  consist of a dormer style dwelling house, proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area & new entrance onto public road and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Monaghan County Council, 199008

• 4 Oct 2017Conditional

  Permission to construct a two storey style dwelling house, 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, 17477

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 Laragh.

Recorded monuments

• MO027-013 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located at the crest of the SE-facing slope of a drumlin. This was described in 1967 as a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 37.4m NW-SE) that sloped down slightly to the SE (H 1.5m), which was defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-4.4m; int. H 0.4-0.7m; ext. H 1.3-1.7m). There was an outer rounded fosse (at NW: Wth of top 3.4m; D 0.8m) and slight outer field bank W-N-E. The original entrance was not identified. The monument had been removed by 1984, apart from the curved field bank (SMR file). 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

• MO027-014 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the S-facing spine of a NNW-SSE drumlin ridge. This was described in 1967 as a circular area (diam. 26m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.8-6m; int. H 0.2m at SW to 0.9m at S) that was reduced to a scarp (Wth 3.8m; H 2.4m) at NE. There was an outer fosse at NE (Wth of base 1.2m; D 0.6m) and SW (Wth of base 1.6m; D 0.2m), but the original entrance was not identified. The monument had been removed by 1984 (SMR file). 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

• Laragh National School, school, 1900–1905 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey national school house, dated 1903, having projecting gabled porch to front elevation, and lower two-bay return. Pitched slate roofs with clay ridge tiles and with red brick chimneystacks to all gables, barges to return projecting, with cast-iron rainwater goods, and having decoratively carved timber bargeboards to porch. Roughcast rendered walling, with render block-and-start quoins to front-facing corners. Inscribed limestone plaque reading 'Laragh National School/1903' set into chamfered brick surround over entrance doorway. Square-headed window openings, all now boarded up. square-headed doorway to porch, with boarded overlight. Garden to front of building, with rubble limestone walling having single-leaf wrought-iron gate with decorative finials and set to square-plan rubble piers. Metal water tank to site supported on steel stanchions, underside clad in corrugated iron. Shed adjacent has mass concrete and corrugated-iron sides and lean-to corrugated-iron roof.

• Laragh House, house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house with attic, built c.1860, having slightly lower and recent four-bay return to south end of rear (west) elevation. Hipped slate roof, with recessed rendered eaves course and paired carved timber eaves brackets, paired yellow brick chimneystacks with clay pots, and replacement rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with render plinth course to main building, and smooth render and brick walls to return. Square-headed window openings throughout with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, having painted tooled stone surrounds and sills. Some timber panelled shutters to interior. Square-headed door opening to front with painted cut-stone surround, timber panelled door with stone step, and overlight.

• The Old Post Office, worker's house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached T-plan three-bay worker's cottage, built c.1860, presenting single storey to front with hipped porch, dormered elevations to other elevations, and single-bay return to rear, recent lean-to extension to rear of latter, porch to front (south) elevation having hipped tiled roof, and canted bay window to west gable with hipped slate roof. Pitched slate roofs with red brick chimneystack to junction of blocks, with clay pots, decorative timber bargeboards, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls having painted plinth course and painted brick quoins. Square-headed window openings, with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash frame to bay window, replacement uPVC elsewhere, with painted masonry sills, and with render label-mouldings to front and gable elevations. Square-headed door replacement uPVC door to porch. Steel pedestrian gate set to rendered piers with caps, and rendered boundary walls having moulded capping enclosing area to front of house.

• Worker's house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terrace of four two-bay workers' houses, built c.1850, presenting single-storey elevation to front and two-storey to rear, part of formerly longer terrace. Single-storey lean-to addition to rear of one house. Westernmost house now derelict. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks, roof-lights, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls, rubble stone walls exposed to west side and rear elevations. Square-headed window openings, having painted sills to front and gable elevations, some with timber casement windows and some replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed door openings to front elevation, some with timber battened doors having paned over-lights and some with replacement timber doors. Segmental-headed door opening to west end of rear elevation having brick voussoirs and timber battened door. Set back from road, with communal garden to front of site.

• Saint Peter's Church (Aghnamullen), church/chapel, 1885–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cruciform-plan Church of Ireland church, dated 1890, having two-bay nave, lower chancel to east end, lower single-bay transepts, and three-stage entrance tower to west end of north elevation with spire. Pitched corrugated-iron roofs with decorative cast-iron ridge crestings and cross finial. Some cast-iron rainwater goods. Weather vane to octagonal-plan spire, set on timber armature with louvred openings, set on metal roof panels embossed with fish-scale pattern. Corrugated-iron-clad walls over rendered limestone rubble plinth. Pointed-arch window openings with carved timber hood-mouldings, timber stained-glass windows with timber Y-tracery to long elevations, geometric-tracery to chancel and triple-light east window, all with quarry glazing. Pointed bipartite louvred openings to second stage of tower having hood-mouldings, trefoil oculus openings to third stage. Tudor-arch door opening to west elevation of tower and west elevation of north transept, having hood-mouldings and timber diagonal battened doors. Interior has timber tongue-and-groove panelled ceiling to nave, over exposed timber scissors truss roof structure supported on hanging posts atop carved timber corbels. Timber coffered ceiling to chancel. Timber tongue-and-groove panelling to walls, and pointed timber chancel arch with moulded archivolt. Carved timber altar rails to raised altar. Encaustic tiles to central aisle and altar, suspended timber floor missing from sides of central aisle. Standing between roadside and stream on elevated site within graveyard having steps to west elevation entrance. Wooded site with yew tree to site entrance. Octagonal-plan concrete gate piers having decorative panels to shaft and rockery effect cap stones, with ornate cast-iron gate.

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

At the centre of the townland of Laragh, about 1 in 10 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.

Terrain model

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

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.

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

Name

Laragh · Láithreach

Area

1,459,404 m² (145.94 ha, 360.63 acres)

Civil parish

Aghnamullen, and its townlands

Barony

Cremorne

Electoral division

Laragh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

576 people lived in 197 households in the Laragh electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Beagh, Cornacarrow, Dooraa, Drumberagh, Dunaree, Dunaree Latin, Tullynamalra

Placenames

Laragh 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.