Mahanagh

322 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mahanagh, from 25 m² to 748,784 m² (74.88 ha, 185.03 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Mahanagh 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.

• 15 Jan 2024Conditional

  Retention of as constructed works (dwelling house, domestic garage and boundary treatments and associated site work) which is at variance to that granted permission under planning reference PL00/587 and for Permission to carry out upgrade works to the onsite wastewater treatment system and all associated site development works

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2460012

• 8 Dec 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of the extension and refurbishment of existing dwelling by way of extensions to side and rear of dwelling, associated site development works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17461

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Lough Gara SPA 004048
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Gara 000587

Recorded monuments

• SL044-053 Crannog
  Description

  Attached to the summer shoreline, in a small lagoon in the NW corner of Lough Gara. A kidney-shaped low-cairn crannog (14m N-S; 14m E-W; H 1.02m above the muddy lake-bed) the surface of which consists of shattered angular stones (diam. 0.03-0.05m) with some larger subangular stones (diam. 0.3-0.4m). The crannog is high in the centre, sloping gradually down towards the edges. Along the water's edge S-SW are c. 13 horizontal roundwood posts. Large horizontal timbers (L 3m; Wth 0.25m) are also evident in the water to E as well as a number of quite substantial flagstones placed on a layer of scattered stones. The crannog edge is distinct in material but not in shape. A few sally trees grow on it. This crannog has been radiocarbon dated to the early medieval period and artifacts associated with it support that date (Fredengren 2002, KILF 005). (Cross 1953, fig. 1). 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

• SL044-054 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a ridge in rocky pasture. A circular area (int. diam. 24.7m E-W; 24.5m N-S) enclosed by a collapsed stone wall (Wth 2.7m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.2m). The wall is composed of a foundation course of large limestone boulders with internal and external facing of smaller stones retaining a rubble core. The entrance (Wth 1.7m) is at E. The interior slopes gently down to W. According to local information, stone was robbed from the cashel wall to build the road to S. Another cashel (SL044-055----) lies c. 30m to S. 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

• SL044-055 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In undulating rocky pasture, on a natural elevation overlooking Lough Gara to SW. A circular area (28m N-S; 30m E-W) defined ESE-SW by a scarp (H 1.5m), SW-NNE by a ruined stone wall (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.1m) and N-ENE by a slight undulation. The scarp is irregular and dilapidated with occasional stones and boulders protruding from the sod while the stone wall is engulfed in bushes and brambles and is particularly dilapidated at W. The interior is slightly domed in the centre and occasional stones and boulders break the surface. At ESE there is a large heap of rubble at the junction of the scarp and a ruined field boundary wall that extend to E from the cashel. Another cashel (SL044-054----) lies c. 30m to N. 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

• SL044-073 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On a low ridge, on a small peninsula which extends into Lough Gara. A sod-covered circular cairn (15.4m N-S; 16.1m E-W; H 1.8m) surrounded by oak trees. Several upright boulders protrude through the sod. 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

• SL045-003 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, on a S-facing slope. A densely overgrown roughly circular area (diam. c. 25m) enclosed by a drystone wall (Wth 1.2m; int. H c. 1m; ext. H c. 1m). Sections of the wall at NW and SE are partly collapsed. The interior is level, engulfed by overgrowth and inaccessible; it is raised c. 2m SE-S to compensate for the hillslope. Because of the overgrowth, the existence of a possible inner enclosure visible in an aerial photograph (ACAP, V 227/19-20) and occupying most of the interior, could not be determined. 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

• SL045-017 Kiln - lime
  Description

  Not included in the SMR (1989) but listed in the RMP (1995) and classified 'Lime Kiln'. Not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. In pasture, on the E side of a road. The low remains of a semicircular stone-built structure (4.6m E-W; 4.4m N-S; H 1.6m) built against a W-facing slope. The remains of the recess (Wth 1.35m) are on the W side, the top and front of which are collapsed. There are sloping slabs to the rear of the recess with a narrow ope at the base. The remains of a circular funnel (diam. 1.3m) lined with heat shattered stones is also evident. It is likely to be post-1700 AD in date. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC Date of upload: 10 January 2012

Architectural heritage

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

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 Mahanagh, about 1 in 20 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 Mahanagh.

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

Name

Mahanagh · An Mheathánach

Area

3,900,739 m² (390.07 ha, 963.89 acres)

Civil parish

Kilfree, and its townlands

Barony

Coolavin

Electoral division

Killaraght, the unit of the census

Census 2022

456 people lived in 175 households in the Killaraght electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 12% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cashel, Cuppanagh, Moygara, Mullaghroe, Tawran

Placenames

Mahanagh 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.