Aghanagh

66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghanagh, from 316 m² to 78,784 m² (7.88 ha, 19.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Aghanagh 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.

• 6 May 2025Conditional

  to construct a proposed dwelling house, garage, proprietary effluent treatment system and soil polishing filter, complete with all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560174

• 25 Nov 2024Conditional

  to refurbish & extend existing dwelling house, install an on-site wastewater treatment & disposal system and carry out ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460434

• 1 May 2024N/a

  Construct a proposed dwelling house, garage, proprietary effluent treatment system and soil polishing filter, complete with all associated works.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460145

• 7 Jul 2021Conditional

  development consisting of (1) to demolish existing dwelling house and decommission existing septic tank (2) construct a replacement dwelling house and install a new on-site wastewater treatment & disposal system

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21264

• 27 Feb 2019Conditional

  for development consisting of revisions to dwelling design, driveway and carparking configuration to that permitted under Planning Ref Ref. No. PL 08/955

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 1962

• 18 Apr 2018Refused

  Development consisting of the construction of a new single storey detached dwelling, vehicular entrance, wastewater treatment system and associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 18121

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 Arrow SAC 001673
• Special Protection Area: Lough Arrow SPA 004050
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Arrow 001673

Recorded monuments

• SL040-127 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  On a low ridge close to the W shore of Lough Arrow. The tomb stands in a low oval mound (25.5m SSE-NNW; 9m ENE-WSW). A court (min. L 5m) to the SSE is represented by four stones, one at the outer and one at the inner ends of both arms. Two jambs mark the entrance to a gallery (L 8m), a segmenting jamb on the N side of which indicates a division into two chambers. One stone remains of the N side of the first chamber and there are two on the S side. A stone outside the inner of these two seems to represent a doubling of the gallery side. Two orthostats at the S are the only remains of the inner chamber. A large slab in the front chamber may be a lintel displaced from above the entrance jambs. There is also a displaced slab at the back of the gallery. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008 See linked document with a plan and sections of the monument (surveyed 1989). Date of upload: 27 May 2013

• SL040-141 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on an E-facing slope overlooking Ballinafad Bay in Lough Arrow. A raised rectangular area (int. dims. 17m x 15m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 2.1m). There are gaps (Wth 1.5m) in the N and E sides. According to local information, this enclosure was used as a children's burial ground (SL040-141001-). A church and graveyard (SL040-171001-, SL040-171002-) lie immediately to S, on the opposite side of the road. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-141001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Located c. 900m NNE of Ballinafad. According to local information, a rectangular enclosure (SL040-141----) was used as a children's burial ground. A church and graveyard (SL040-171001-, SL040-171002-) lie immediately to S, on the opposite side of the road. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-165 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on a slight rise. A circular area (int. diam. 11.2m) defined by the foundations of a stone wall (Wth c. 1m). A field boundary skirts the N arc. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-168001 Kiln
  Description

  In pasture, on an E-facing slope adjacent to the W shore of Lough Arrow. Listed in the RMP (1995) as 'Brick kiln(s), possible'. The remains consist of a sub-circular or squarish area (5.5m N-S x 5m E-W) bounded by a sod-covered stone bank-like feature. It has a low internal rim and is built up slightly on the SE to compensate for the slope. The exact nature of this feature is unclear and that it might represent the remains of a kiln cannot be ruled out. There is no evidence to suggest that these are the remains of a brick kiln and there is no local information of such. Immediately SE is a raised rectangular platform (SL040-168004-), to the SE a possible structure (SL040-0168002-) and to the NE the remains of a house (SL040-168003-). Although the date of these features cannot be determined with any degree of accuracy it is likely that they date to the post-AD 1700 period. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 17 January 2012

• SL040-168002 Structure
  Description

  In pasture, on an E-facing slope adjacent to the W shore of Lough Arrow. Listed in the RMP (1995) as a 'Brick kiln,'. This feature is immediately south of a possible kiln (SL040-168001-) and is barely discernible. It is evident as a slight rise or surface irregularity (diam. c. 2m) located within a sub-rectangular area (c. 10m NE-SW x c. 7.5m NW-SE). The exact nature of this feature is unknown. There is no evidence to suggest that these are the remains of a brick kiln and there is no local information of such. Immediately N is a possible kiln (SL040-168001-), to the NE a platform-like area (SL040-0168004-) and to the W the remains of a house (SL040-168003). Although the date of these features cannot be determined with any degree of accuracy it is likely that they date to the post-AD 1700 period.

• SL040-168003 Building
  Description

  In pasture, on an E-facing slope adjacent to the W shore of Lough Arrow. Listed in the RMP (1995) as 'Building'. The remains consist of a substantial rectangular building (ext. 14m NNW-SSE x 8m ENE-WSW) defined by a low ruined wall which survives as a sod-covered bank (Wth 1.5m; H 0.6 at SW and 0.2m at NE). There is a pronounced external dip at the E and SE where the structure has been built up to compensate for the slope and create a level interior. A possible entrance is visible as a break at the N end of the W wall. To the SW are the remains of a possible kiln (SL040-0168001-) and another structure (SL040-168002-) and further to the WSW is a raised rectangular platform (SL040-168004-). Although the date of these features cannot be determined with any degree of accuracy it is likely that they date to the post-AD 1700 period. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 17 January 2012

• SL040-168004 Building
  Description

  In pasture, on an E-facing slope adjacent to the W shore of Lough Arrow. Listed in the RMP (1995) as 'Building'. The remains consist of a level rectangular area (18.5m NE-SW x 6.5m NW-SE) defined by a field wall on the SW and NW and by an earthen scarp (H. 0.95m at NE) with traces of stone facing on the NE and SE sides. Although this level area has been scarped out of the natural slope it is not clearly evident that it represents the remains of a building. Immediately NE of this are the remains of a possible kiln (SL040-0168001-), a structure (SL040-168002-) and further to the NE is a building (SL040-168003-). Although the date of these features cannot be determined with any degree of accuracy it is likely that they date to the post-AD 1700 period. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 17 January 2012

• SL040-169 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  In level pasture, at the foot of the Bricklieve Mountains. A slightly raised circular area (int. diam. 12.2m; H 0.25m) surrounded by waterlogged ground, possibly indicating a silted-up fosse. The perimeter is planted with trees. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-170001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Mentioned in 1836 as ‘Tober Maine’ and associated with St Maine, who is said to have built the nearby monastery (SL040-171001-), and although the saint’s day was not remembered locally it was thought to be in August (OSL, 155-6). There are no visible remains of this holy well. In 1942-44 it was recorded that no pilgrimages had taken place to it within the memory of the oldest living resident and that there were no known cures (ITA). A stream flows SE from the well site to ‘O’Rourke’s Ford (SL040-170002-) c. 80m to the SSE. A saint’s stone (SL040-170003-) is said to have been nearby, adjacent to the stream. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-170002 Ford
  Description

  Adjacent to a road and across a stream which flows out from the base of a limestone scarp c. 80m to the NNW at St Maine’s holy well (SL040-170001-). According to tradition, O’Rourke of Breifny was opposed to the building of the nearby monastery (SL040-171001-). St Maine, perceiving that the chief was on his way to stop the work, prayed that he would be unable to pass the ford. His prayer was heard and ever since it is said that if an O’Rourke should cross the ford, he would die within a year. A Saint’s stone (SL040-170003-) is said to have been adjacent to the stream. (Wood-Martin 1882, 205-6) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-170003 Ritual site - holy/saint's stone
  Description

  Adjacent to a stream which exits from St Maine's holy well (SL040-170001-) and flows to O'Rourke's Ford (SL040-170002-). In 1836 it was recorded that 'the print of the saint's [St Maine] knees while praying are to be seen on a large stone at the stream' (OSNB vol. 1, 70). There are no visible remains of this stone. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-171001 Church
  Description

  On the S side of a lane and on the N side of Ballinafad Bay, overlooking Lough Arrow to the E; in the centre of Aghanagh graveyard (SL040-171002-). The ruin of a rectangular church (ext. c. 18m E-W; 9m N-S), whose walls (T c. 1.07m; H c. 3m) are standing, though covered with ivy, except for the E wall which is missing. The walls are of random-rubble limestone, with some larger stones (c. 1m x 0.7m) evident along the external base of the S wall. A window embrasure, near the E end of this wall, has a chamfered light with a pointed arch (H 1.14m; Wth 0.12m). A gap (Wth c. 2m), visible through ivy high up on the W wall, may also be a window ope. Below this the masonry has been rebuilt. A doorway, near the W end of the N wall, has a limestone surround in two plain orders and a rounded arch (Wakeman 1885-6, 48) and is probably an insertion. The interior is covered by dense scrub overgrowth. It contains some 20th-century headstones and low uninscribed grave-markers. A burial vault, near the E end of the S wall, directly under the window, has its opening blocked by a late medieval graveslab (SL040-171005-). A similar graveslab (SL040-171006-) was noted here in 1847 (Wood-Martin 1882, 206, n. 1). A broken font (SL040-171004-), mentioned by Wood-Martin (ibid.) as being inside the door of the church, was not located. A cross-inscribed stone (SL040-171008-) lies to the SE. A church is said to have been founded here by St Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 372) but the present ruin is the medieval parish church of Aghanagh. Architectural fragments have recently been assembled in a pile in the interior of the church (pers. comm. M. B. Timoney). A rectangular enclosure (SL040-141----) which, according to local information, was used as a children's burial ground (SL040-141001-), is immediately to N on the opposite side of the road. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-171002 Graveyard
  Description

  On the S side of a lane and on the N side of Ballinafad Bay, overlooking Lough Arrow to the E. The original graveyard was a rectangular area (50m E-W; 38m N-S) enclosed by a stone wall. The E wall, as shown on the 1914 OS 6-inch map, has been removed and the graveyard has been extended eastwards. The entrance is in the N wall. The interior is engulfed in long grass, though the extension to E is well maintained. The ruin of the late medieval parish church of Aghanagh (SL040-17101-) stands in the centre and there is also a cross-inscribed boulder (SL040-17108-). There are numerous 19th- and 20th-century headstones and low uninscribed grave-markers around and inside the church. The grave (SL040-171003-) of Captain St Barbe of Ballinafad Castle (SL040-189---), who was interred here in 1622 or 1628 (OSNB vol. 1, 56), could not be located. A rectangular enclosure (SL040-141---) which, according to local information, was used as a children's burial ground (SL040-14101-), is immediately to the N, on the opposite side of the road. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-171003 Graveslab
  Description

  In Aghanagh graveyard (SL040-171002-). In 1836 it was recorded that Captain St Ware [should be St Barbe], who lived at Ballinafad Castle (SL040-189----) was interred in 1622 or 1628 in the graveyard (OSNB vol. 1, 56). George Petrie (Royal Irish Academy MS 23L44, 27) recorded this graveslab and its inscription and coat of arms. This graveslab could not be located. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 June 2011

• SL040-171004 Font
  Description

  In the ruined church at Aghanagh (SL040-171001-). A 'broken font' inside the door of the church was noted by Wood-Martin (1882, 206). The interior of the church is now covered with overgrowth and the font was not located. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 June 2011

• SL040-171005 Graveslab
  Description

  In the ruin of the late medieval parish church of Aghanagh. An inscribed 17th-century graveslab serves as a blocking slab for a burial vault which abuts the E end of the S wall of the medieval parish church of Aghanagh (SL040-171001-). The graveslab bears the coat of arms of the Hughes family. The inscription is difficult to read but was recorded by Wood-Martin (1882, 206, n. 1) as follows: 'Here lyeth the body of Winefred Hughes wife to Captain Henry Hughes who deceased the 1st (?) day of March Anno Domini 1609. Here lyeth the body of Captain...'. The date on the inscription appears to be '1659' rather than '1609' as recorded by Wood-Martin. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-171006 Graveslab
  Description

  In Aghanagh church (SL040-171001-). According to Wood-Martin (1882, 206), a late-medieval tombstone in memory of Captain Dunbar formerly adjoined the vault within the church which also contains another late-medieval headstone (SL040-171005-) of the Hughes family. The Dunbar tombstone could not be located. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 June 2011

• SL040-171008 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  In Aghanagh graveyard (SL040-171002-) and to SE of a church (SL040-17101-). Discovered in 1995 during a graveyard clean up (pers. comm. M. B. Timoney). A photograph taken in 1995 by M. B. Timoney shows an upright, but slightly leaning, D-shaped boulder (Wth c. 1m; H c. 1m) on which is carved, in relief, a cross similar in design to the head of a high cross. The cross is a ringed cross with expanded terminals which project beyond the circle. A semicircular boss projects inwards from the inner edge of the ring in each of the four spaces between the arms of the cross. In the centre of the cross is a recessed circle. The cross occupies the entire face of the boulder on which it is carved. (Herity, Kelly and Mattenberger 1997, 118). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-172 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In pasture, on high ground overlooking Ballinafad Bay in Lough Arrow. Indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a circular mound (diam. c. 10m). There are no visible remains of this mound. Its size and location, however, suggest a barrow. A boathouse has been built on the site. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-204 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In boggy ground, close to a stream. A horseshoe-shaped mound (6m x 4.7m; H 0.75m) of earth and stone with a deeply indented opening at E. There is a tree growing on the N end. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-236 Church
  Description

  In a small grove of trees on top of a low rise on Aghanagh Point, on the W shore of Lough Arrow. The remains of a rectangular structure (ext. 12.4m E-W; 8m N-S) defined on the E and W sides by the foundation courses of a stone wall (T 0.9m) and on the N and S sides by a slight scarp. According to local information, this structure is the remains of a church. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Architectural heritage

• Hollybrook House, gate lodge, 1839–1868 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, extant 1868, on a T-shaped plan with single-bay (single-bay deep) single-storey central return (west). Occupied, 1901; 1911. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, rendered central chimney stack having concrete capping supporting terracotta pot, timber bargeboards to gables, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber box eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered chamfered plinth on rendered base with rendered yellow brick Running bond panelled pilasters. Square-headed door opening (south) with two cut-limestone steps, and concealed dressings framing timber boarded door. Square-headed window opening (north) with concealed dressings framing timber casement window having margins. Set back from road at entrance to grounds of Hollybrook House with piers to perimeter having drag edged tooled cut-limestone chamfered capping supporting flat iron double gates.

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 Aghanagh, 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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 Aghanagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Aghanagh · Eachanach

Area

1,240,775 m² (124.08 ha, 306.6 acres)

Civil parish

Aghanagh, and its townlands

Barony

Tirerrill

Electoral division

Aghanagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

391 people lived in 143 households in the Aghanagh electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhealy or Hollybrook Demesne, Cuilsheeghary Beg, Cuilsheeghary More, Mountgaffeny

Placenames

Aghanagh 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.