Aghafin

71 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghafin, from 57 m² to 306,727 m² (30.67 ha, 75.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 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.

• R2Residential (Existing residential)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 38 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S1Social/Community/Education/Public Utility (Education)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Recreation/Amenity/Green Space (Open space, park)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Social/Community/Education/Public Utility (Community facilities)
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Strategic Residential Reserve
  LONGFORD COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027, Longford · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 16 Apr 2026Conditional

  (a) the conversion of attic space to living accommodation to include internal and external alterations to existing dwelling house and (b) retention permission for alterations to garage fenestration

  Retention, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2660122

• 21 Aug 2025Conditional

  the proposed construction of an extension to the front of existing dwelling house and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2560182

• 6 Feb 2020Conditional

  (A) proposed construction of a walkway around the perimeter of existing football pitch (B) proposed erection of adequate lighting to facilitate the proposed walkway (C) proposed installation of park benches around the perimeter of the proposed walkway and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 2026

• 15 Feb 2019Conditional

  proposed demolition of existing shed type structures together with the proposed renovations and extension to existing two storey terrace type dwelling house and all ancillary works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 1941

• 13 Dec 2018Conditional

  proposed retention & completion of existing partially constructed two storey type dwelling house with an attached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, proprietary wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary works, of which was previously granted full planning permission under Planning Reference Number PL07/836 and further Extension of Duration of Planning under Planning Reference Number PL13/4

  Permission · Longford County Council, 18298

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 Aghafin.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Aghafin.

Architectural heritage

• Saint Elizabeth's Convent, convent/nunnery, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey former convent on U-shaped plan, built c. 1905, with advanced gable-fronted end bays to either end of the main elevation (south) and with single-bay two-storey return with hipped roof and multiple-bay multiple-storey extensions to rear (north). Pitched slate roofs with timber bargeboards (bracketed to gabled breakfronts), render eaves course, terracotta ridge crestings, yellow brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Wrought-iron cross finials to apexes of gables. Painted render walls over render plinth. Square-headed window openings to first floor with painted stone sills, decorative render surrounds and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Those to end bays having decorative render hoodmouldings with render panels and plaques above. Segmental-headed window openings to ground floor with painted stone sills, decorative render surrounds and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, replacement windows to south end bay. Central pointed arch door opening with render surround, timber panelled door, overlight, limestone steps and with render hoodmoulding over. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds to the east of Edgeworthstown. Wrought-iron railings to site. Rendered boundary walls to road-frontage (south). Pair of dressed limestone piers (on square-plan) with carved limestone capstones to main entrance to site (southwest).

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 Aghafin, 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 low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1873 (ZIP).

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 Aghafin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Aghafin · Achadh Fionn

Area

1,379,226 m² (137.92 ha, 340.81 acres)

Civil parish

Mostrim, and its townlands

Barony

Ardagh

Electoral division

Meathas Truim, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,477 people lived in 844 households in the Meathas Truim electoral division. 46% of households owned their home. 59% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghadonagh, Cranalagh More, Curry, Edgeworthstown, Lisnageeragh, Rinnenny

Placenames

Aghafin 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.