Aghamore Far

157 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghamore Far, from 7 m² to 1,999,497 m² (199.95 ha, 494.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Aghamore Far 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.

• 30 Jun 2026Conditional

  the demolition of an existing single storey side and rear extension and the construction of a replacement single story side and rear extension on the same footprint with a raised with flat roof, together with internal alterations and renovations to the existing dwelling including adjustments to side windows, the installation of a heat pump heating system and associated ventilation system, connection to the existing wastewater treatment system, and all associated ancillary site works and landscaping works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2660257

• 30 Sept 2025N/a

  1) Planning Permission to Retain the change of use from a storage shed to light industry (315.90 m2 floor area). 2) Planning Permission to Retain extensions as constructed to existing shed currently used for light industry (206.64m2 floor area). 3) Planning Permission to Retain an existing storage shed (287.04m2 floor area)

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2560400

• 23 Apr 2024Conditional

  to retain a detached domestic garage and for permission to install a new waste water treatment system with percolation

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2460124

• 10 Nov 2022Conditional

  development consisting of (1) Demolish two existing derelict cottages (2) Construct two dwelling houses (3) Install two waste water treatment systems and percolation areas (4) All ancillary services associated with the development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies this application.

  Permission, 2 homes · Sligo County Council, 22370

• 17 Jun 2021Refused

  development consisting of the recommencement of quarry operations within previously permitted quarry extraction area (c. 10.9ha), deepening of the previously permitted quarry area by 2 no. extractive benches from c. - 21m OD to -50m OD, recommencement of aggregate processing (crushing and screening) within the existing processing area, located to the east of the local road that bisects the site, provision of a settlement lagoon (c. 2,830m2), provision of a 2 no. wheelwashes , provision of a double stacked portacabin office; provision of a wastewater treatment system, additional stockproof/trespass proof boundary fencing, all within an application area of c. 22.5 hectares. The Planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 21236

• 22 Jan 2019Conditional

  Development consisting of the construction of a pontoon structure that is prefabricated prior to installation. Length 33 metres by 2 metres wide. The pontoon structure consists of three basic sections as follows: A galvanized steel ramped walkway 12 metres in length, with an adjoining hinged gangway 4 metres in length extending to adjoined floating pontoon modular sections 17 metres in length. The structure will be anchored to the shore and lake bed with hand driven galvanized posts. Note: The application includes and is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 1918

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Gill SAC 001976
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Gill 001976

Recorded monuments

• SL020-095 Enclosure
  Description

  The monument is not represented on the OS 6-inch 1st edition (1837). It is depicted on the OS 25-inch plan (1909) as a raised (potentially circular) area represented on the east by an arc of hacures; this appears to indicate a possible enclosure. Houses have been built on the site which predate 1995 as they are shown on the OSI photo for that year. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Dat of upload: 22 October 2013

• SL021-001 Promontory fort - inland
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• SL021-006 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Aghamore Far.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Aghamore Far with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Aghamore Far · Achadh Mór Theas

Area

3,460,805 m² (346.08 ha, 855.18 acres)

Civil parish

St. John's, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Ballintogher West, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballintogher West electoral division: 457 people in 148 households; 93% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghamore Near, Arnasbrack, Carrownagh, Carrownamaddoo, Castledargan, Correagh, Lahanagh

Placenames

Aghamore Far 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.