Aughnacloy
Aughnacloy is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmactranny, barony of Tirerrill, Co. Sligo. Its name in Irish is Achadh na Cloiche.
Parcel 769208
- Area
- 27,377 m² (2.74 ha, 6.77 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 10 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
- Aughnacloy
Planning applications on this parcel
13 May 2026N/a
an Eco Retreat consisting of the following, (a) Change of use of Annagh Lodge from Residential to Commercial/ Short Term Letting (b) Change of use of existing cart house outbuilding to group activity room and the opening up of the blocked up window to rear and the addition of a new external stairs to access a new first floor loft. (c) Change of use of existing stables outbuilding to a self contained apartment and the opening up of the blocked up window to the rear. (d) Change of use of existing forge outbuilding to an artist’s studio (e) Construction of a new building comprising of a garage/ store and toilets. (f) Construction of a new building comprising of toilets/ showers and a 6 bed dormitory (g) Construction of a new building comprising a self contained 1 bed apartment (h) Retention & completion of the as-built stand alone dome building comprising short stay accommodation and an adjoining toilet/ shower building. (i) Construction of a stand alone dome building for group activities. (j) Retention of the as-built self contained apartment on the first floor of 1940s existing extension to Annagh Lodge and the replacement of the existing fire escape stairs with a new fire escape/ access stairs . All associated site works including occasional car-parking and upgrading/ replacement of existing sewage treatment system
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660181
20 Mar 2025N/a
Planning Permission for the development of an Eco Retreat consisting of the following, (a) Change of use of existing cart house/ stables outbuilding to 2no. group activity rooms with mezzanines. Opening up of blocked up windows to rear and addition of a new stairs to access mezzanines (b) Change of use of existing forge outbuilding to an artist’s studio (c) Construction of a new building comprising of a garage/ store and toilets. (d) Construction of a new building comprising of toilets/ showers and a 6 bed dormitory (e) Construction of new building comprising a self contained 1 bed apartment (f) Construction of a stand alone dome building comprising short stay accommodation (g) Construction of a stand alone dome building for group activities (h) All associated site works including new external fire escape stairs to rear of existing house, occasional car-parking and upgrading of existing sewage treatment system All at Annagh Lodge, Aughnacloy, Geevagh, Co. Sligo F52 PH92
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560111
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 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.
- 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
- 54.4 ha
- 134 acres
- Land parcels
- 33
- registered freehold, median 13,105 m² (1.31 ha, 3.24 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- GB – green belt
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aughnacloy, from 243 m² to 63,350 m² (6.34 ha, 15.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
13 May 2026N/a
an Eco Retreat consisting of the following, (a) Change of use of Annagh Lodge from Residential to Commercial/ Short Term Letting (b) Change of use of existing cart house outbuilding to group activity room and the opening up of the blocked up window to rear and the addition of a new external stairs to access a new first floor loft. (c) Change of use of existing stables outbuilding to a self contained apartment and the opening up of the blocked up window to the rear. (d) Change of use of existing forge outbuilding to an artist’s studio (e) Construction of a new building comprising of a garage/ store and toilets. (f) Construction of a new building comprising of toilets/ showers and a 6 bed dormitory (g) Construction of a new building comprising a self contained 1 bed apartment (h) Retention & completion of the as-built stand alone dome building comprising short stay accommodation and an adjoining toilet/ shower building. (i) Construction of a stand alone dome building for group activities. (j) Retention of the as-built self contained apartment on the first floor of 1940s existing extension to Annagh Lodge and the replacement of the existing fire escape stairs with a new fire escape/ access stairs . All associated site works including occasional car-parking and upgrading/ replacement of existing sewage treatment system
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660181
5 May 2026Conditional
decommission the existing Septic tank and percolation area on site and install a new wastewater treatment system on site consisting of an Effluent treatment unit and soil polishing filter, together with all ancillary site works and services
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660167
20 Mar 2025N/a
Planning Permission for the development of an Eco Retreat consisting of the following, (a) Change of use of existing cart house/ stables outbuilding to 2no. group activity rooms with mezzanines. Opening up of blocked up windows to rear and addition of a new stairs to access mezzanines (b) Change of use of existing forge outbuilding to an artist’s studio (c) Construction of a new building comprising of a garage/ store and toilets. (d) Construction of a new building comprising of toilets/ showers and a 6 bed dormitory (e) Construction of new building comprising a self contained 1 bed apartment (f) Construction of a stand alone dome building comprising short stay accommodation (g) Construction of a stand alone dome building for group activities (h) All associated site works including new external fire escape stairs to rear of existing house, occasional car-parking and upgrading of existing sewage treatment system All at Annagh Lodge, Aughnacloy, Geevagh, Co. Sligo F52 PH92
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560111
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 Aughnacloy.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Aughnacloy.
Architectural heritage
- Hydroelectric power station, 1900–1930 · Regional interest
Description
Detached single-storey rendered turbine house, built c. 1915. L-plan, water wheel to east. Flat roof missing. Unpainted roughcast walling. Square-headed window openings, thin concrete sills, steel casement windows. Square-headed door opening, door missing. Cast-iron and steel water wheel. On north bank of Feorish River, Foyoges Bridge to west, steep river bank to north.
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 Aughnacloy, 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 Aughnacloy.
- 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 Aughnacloy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Aughnacloy · Achadh na Cloiche
- Area
- 544,206 m² (54.42 ha, 134.48 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmactranny, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tirerrill
- Electoral division
- Ballynashee, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 386 people lived in 148 households in the Ballynashee electoral division. 70% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynashee, Crawhill, Foyoges, Knockroe
- Placenames
- Aughnacloy 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.