Annayalla

118 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Annayalla, from 51 m² to 88,807 m² (8.88 ha, 21.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Annayalla 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.

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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 Annayalla.

Recorded monuments

• MO019-010 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on the W-facing slope of a small N-S ridge. It is marked only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘Giant’s Grave’. Trees have been planted in the area and there is no evidence of a megalithic structure. 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

• MO019-011 Kiln - lime
  Description

  Situated on the SE-facing slope of a rise in an undulating landscape. It is depicted only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘Stone Circle’. This is an overgrown pit (dims of base 5.2m NE-SW; 3.2m NW-SE) cut into the hillslope and open to the SE with the slope retained by a stone-facing (max. H 1.75m). 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: Michel Moore Date of revision: 22 June 2018

Architectural heritage

• Annyalla National School, school, 1925–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay single-storey national school, dated 1929, having four-bay wide projection to front with projecting gabled porch to front again. Lower lean-to addition to rear, connecting to two-bay yard shelter. Now vacant. Pitched natural slate roof with red brick chimneystacks to gable ends, cast-iron vents to ridge, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls, having carved stone date plaque to centre of front elevation, and smooth rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings with timber sliding sash windows, four-over-four pane and six-over-nine pane to west elevation, six-over-six pane to west elevation, and six-over-nine pane to end elevations. Square-headed door openings, with timber battened doors, rendered reveals and stone platforms. Flat roof to shelter, latter backing onto coursed rubble limestone wall dividing rear yard. Rendered boundary wall to east, with central pedestrian entrance and vehicular entrance to north of east wall, both having wrought-iron gates. Coursed rubble limestone wall to south boundary. Located opposite graveyard adjacent to Saint Michael's Church at Annyalla.

• Saint Michael's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1915–1925 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cruciform-plan stone-built Early English Gothic-style Roman Catholic church, built 1919-23, to designs by William Scott, having six-bay nave flanked by transepts to north and south, two-bay chancel to east, three-stage belfry to centre flanked by catslide projecting bay to each internal angle, flat-roofsacristy to remainder of north-east internal angle, gabled porch to west gable, gabled breakfronts to north and south nave second bays. Pitched slate roof having slate ridge tiles, cast-iron rainwater goods. Snecked rock-faced limestone walls, buttresses and belfry having rusticated limestone quoins string courses and plinth with tooled limestone copings and apex cross finials. Various window openings, pointed-arch window openings to nave having tooled limestone surrounds and stone sills with iron-framed lattice glazing. Transepts andrear elevation having triple pointed-arch window openings with tooled limestone surrounds, stone sills and iron-framed lattice glazing. Protruding bays to north and south having pairs of pointed-arch windows with tooled limestone surrounds, stone sills and iron-framed lattice glazing. Square-headed window openings to sacristy having tooled limestone surrounds and stone sills with iron-framed lattice glazing. Front elevation having triple pointed-arch window with tooled limestone surround, hood-moulding and stone sills with iron-framed lattice glazing. Pointed openings to belfry having tooled limestone surround and stone hood-moulding. One of these openings contains metal bell. Pointed-arch door opening to front entrance having tooled limestone surround and stone hood-moulding with timber tongued-and-grooved double-leaf doors having decorative cast-iron hinges. Series of stone steps leading to main entrance with cast-iron railings. Secondary entrance to front elevation having square-headed door opening and timber tongued-and-grooved double-leaf doors. Square-headed door opening to rear of church having tooled limestone surround and timber tongued-and-grooved door. Church set within its own grounds on slightly elevated site having graveyard to north. Square-plan snecked rock-faced limestone gate piers and plinth wall having cast-iron gates and railings to front of site. Mature trees and hedgerow to remaining boundaries. Interior comprising main central nave with side aisles to north and south, having series of pointed arches set on limestone pillars. Painted smooth rendered walls, decorative stained-glass windows, open truss timber ceiling, carved canted timber gallery, timber pews and confessionals. Two cemeteries located around building, older surrounded old church and dated to about 1800. New cemetery of later church opened in 1963. Graveyard located to north of church bounded to rear by mature trees and hedgerow and contains recent and historical gravestones. Secondary entrance to graveyard located to north-west of church.

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 Annayalla, 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 Annayalla.

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 Annayalla with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.

Name

Annayalla · Eanaigh Gheala

Area

1,467,348 m² (146.73 ha, 362.59 acres)

Civil parish

Clontibret, and its townlands

Barony

Cremorne

Electoral division

Annayalla, the unit of the census

Census 2022

572 people lived in 204 households in the Annayalla electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cashel, Cloghan, Croaghan, Drumquill, Lackagh, Lismagunshin, Moneyvolan, Mullaghduff

Placenames

Annayalla 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.