Annagh More

3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Annagh More, from 61,915 m² (6.19 ha, 15.3 acres) to 119,433 m² (11.94 ha, 29.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 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 Annagh More 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.

• 20 Aug 2020Conditional

  development consisting of the change of use at Annaghmore Stable Yard. The development will consist of a change of use from long lease residential accomodation to short term rental tourist accomodation for the two existing apartments. The Building is on the Record of Protected Structures No. 6. There is a current application PL20/198 in process

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 20275

• 3 Jul 2020Conditional

  development consisting of a replacement septic tank. The development will consist of a replacement septic tank and percolation and all necessary site ancillary site works on this site

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 20198

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: Unshin River SAC 001898

Recorded monuments

• SL026-047 Church
  Description

  According to O'Rorke (1878, 221-2; 396-8), when trees were being planted here c. 1840, 'extensive brick foundations' were dug up and the ground was levelled off; there are brickworks 2km to the WNW in Tullaghan. These foundations were thought to be the remains of a church associated with St Lassara, though it is very unlikely that such a church would have had brick foundations. O'Rorke (ibid., 397) associates this church with St Anne's Well (SL026-151----). There are no visible remains of a church in the area. 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

• SL026-049 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  Annagh More (Annaghmore) was the principal seat of the O'Haras in the later medieval period, though the 'auncient house' which stood there was described as 'being demolished' in 1684 (Ó Muraíle 2002, 240). The O'Haras of Annaghmore were the only family of Gaelic origin in Sligo to survive as landowners through the 17th century (O'Dowd 1991, 138; Bartlett 1982). Little is known about the house which replaced the 'auncient house', but in c. 1820 a new house was built and this was enlarged c. 1860-70 by C. W. O'Hara to the design of James Franklin Fuller (Bence-Jones 1988, 4). According to the present owner of this house, its predecessor lay a short distance to the NW where there is now no trace of it. The 1838 OS 6-inch map shows the present house at the NE end of a long linear avenue (SL026-176----). This avenue consists of a central earthen platform (Wth c. 6m) flanked by a wide drain (D 0.4m) with an outer earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; ext. H c. 1m). There is a similar avenue at Ballindoon House (SL034-213----) and both are probably late 17th/early 18th-century in date. Ardcree Bridge (SL026-172----) is at the S end of the demesne. A bullaun stone (SL026-049001-) is situated opposite the front door of the present house. 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

• SL026-049001 Bullaun stone
  Description

  Opposite the front door of the house named Annaghmore on the 1838 and 1913 OS 6-inch maps. A sandstone bullaun stone (0.61m x 0.47m; H 0.4m) with a depression (0.32m x 0.29m; D 0.22m) in its upper surface. According to local information, it has been at its present location for at least the last 70 years. Another bullaun stone (SL026-150----) was noted in 1986 within the Annaghmore estate. (pers. comm. M. A. Timoney) 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

• SL026-176 Designed landscape - avenue
  Description

  The 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map shows the present Annaghmore house (SL026-049----) at the NE end of a long linear avenue (L 1.4km). This avenue consists of a central earthen platform (Wth c. 6m) flanked by a wide drain (D 0.4m) with an outer earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; ext. H c. 1m). There is a similar avenue at Ballindoon House (SL034-213----) and both are probably late 17th/early 18th-century in date. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 June 2011

Architectural heritage

• Annaghmore House, country house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey-over-basement stone mansion, built c. 1820, remodelled and extended c. 1860 to designs by James Franklin Fuller. Oblong main block with central three-bay breakfront, central single-storey Ionic portico, two-storey semi-circular bows to south and east, two-storey central projection to north, balustraded basement area to south-east. Irregular three-storey-over-basement hipped roof extension to north-west, single-storey flat roof extension to south-west, extensive basement area to west. Hipped slate roofs set behind parapets to main elevations, clay ridge and hip tiles, ashlar limestone corbelled chimneystacks to original house, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystacks to rear (west), half-round cast-iron gutters on eaves corbel course to rear. Polished ashlar limestone walling to main block, chamfered plinth, V-jointed quoins, first floor moulded platband, moulded eaves cornice, blocking course. Unpainted smooth-rendered walling to rear extensions. Square-headed window openings, moulded ashlar limestone eared architraves, dentilled entablatures to ground floor, limestone sills on corbels, painted one-over-one timber sash windows to main elevations, six-over-six to rear of main block, two-over-two to extensions. Round-headed window opening to staircase bow to rear of main block, painted margined timber sash window with coloured glass to margins. Round-headed openings to entrance portico, painted seven-over-four timber sash windows flanking painted timber door with six panels and central bead, simple sunburst fanlight over, entablature with dentilled cornice and plain blocking course to portico, stone steps and paving. Set at heart of landscaped demesne, gravelled forecourt and lawns to east, gravelled service courtyard to north-west approached through archway with two-storey hipped-roof roughcast outbuilding, various wrought-iron gates.

• Annaghmore House, bridge, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three-span stone road-over-river hump-back bridge, built c. 1820. Large central arch with smaller flanking arches. Squared and coursed rubble limestone walling, rubble limestone soffits to arches, triangular cut waters with pyramidal caps, moulded ashlar limestone archivolts and keystones, plain curved ashlar platband, low parapet following curve with plain ashlar copings. Bitmac carriageway, grass verges. Spanning east-west over Owenmore River in Annaghmore Demesne.

• Annaghmore House, stables, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached nine-bay single- and two-storey stone stable block, built 1864. On square plan with central courtyard, two-storey front (east) block with gable-fronted end wings and central carriage arch breaking forward, single-storey ranges to south, west and north. Pitched slate roofs, clay ridge tiles, red brick corbelled chimneystacks to front block, dressed ashlar limestone verges to gables, painted louvred timber ventilator with lead-covered ogee roof and wrought-iron weather vane over main entrance carriage arch, moulded cast-iron gutters on ashlar limestone corbels. Squared-and-snecked ashlar limestone walling, dressed ashlar limestone chamfered plinth. Stepped parapet to entrance, carved coat-of-arms over arch, clock in roundel above platband, cartouche over, square panel above west face of entrance carraige arch with raised lettering 'C.W.O.H 1864', clock face in roundel in gabled dormer. Square-headed window openings, dressed ashlar limestone surrounds, limestone sills, painted eight-over-eight timber sash windows each sash with thick central glazing bar. Elliptical-headed carriage arches, moulded dressed stone surrounds, painted vertically-sheeted timber double doors to west range. Square-headed secondary door openings to each range, painted two-panel timber doors, six- and four-pane overlights. Cast-iron water pump to north range. Situated to north of Annaghmore House with further farm buildings to west.

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

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

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1036 (ZIP).

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

Name

Annagh More · An tEanach Mór

Area

2,507,724 m² (250.77 ha, 619.67 acres)

Civil parish

Kilvarnet, and its townlands

Barony

Leyny

Electoral division

Annagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Annagh electoral division: 200 people in 74 households; 85% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annagh Beg, Annaghmore, Ardcree, Billa, Knockbeg West, Rathmore

Placenames

Annagh More 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.