Leagh
Leagh is a townland in the civil parish of Ringagonagh, barony of Decies Within Drum, Co. Waterford. Its name in Irish is An Léith.
- Area
- 87.4 ha
- 216 acres
- Land parcels
- 42
- registered freehold, median 3,365 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Leagh, from 36 m² to 262,780 m² (26.28 ha, 64.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Leagh 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
24 Jul 2026Conditional
is sought for the existing single storey extension to the front of the existing dwelling, together with detached outbuildings all located within the confines of the site.
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 2660550
7 Apr 2026Conditional
Chead pleanála chun áit chónaithe aon stóir nua, córas cóireála fuíolluisce agus bealach isteach nua láithreáin a thógáil mar aon leis na hoibreacha agus na seirbhísí suímh go léir a bhaineann leis
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2660206
30 Jun 2022Conditional
for alterations to previously approved planning permission reference number 21/532: 1. Minor alterations to elevations, 2. additional 38 sq m basement storage area and 3. To include all associated site works and drainage
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 22587
6 May 2022Conditional
construct a split level Extension with balcony to side of existing Bungalow complete with Garage in semi-basement under, including alterations to existing Dwelling, replacement of existing septic tank with new wastewater treatment system, alterations to parking area and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 22379
19 Jul 2021Conditional
demolition of existing single storey house and replacement with new dormer dwelling, shed, site works, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 21692
8 Jun 2021Conditional
2 storey extension (43.2m2 to ground floor & 1.8m2 to first floor level) to the rear of the existing house, internal alterations, demolition of existing out building to the rear with the associated drainage, percolation area, ground works, garden walls, terraces, landscaping and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 21532
6 Mar 2020Conditional
iartha garaiste/stor, ata ann cheana fein a chomhsho go ait chonaithe, athraithe i gcoiriu na bhfuinneog san aireamh; sieadh dormanaigh a thogaint, coras choireail fuiolluisce nua a suiteail, comhbhealach isteach a thogail, agus oibreacha coimhdeacha
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 20139
13 Feb 2020N/a
garáiste/stór, atá ann cheana féin, a chomhshó go áit chónaithe, athraithe I gcóiriú na bhfuinneog san áireamh; córas chóireáil fuíolluisce nua a suiteáil, comhbhealach isteach a thógail, agus oibreacha coimhdeacha
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 2082
13 Feb 2020Conditional
an teachín atá ann cheana féin a scartáil agus áit chónaithe nua a thógáil, atá aon stóir i bpáirt agus dhá stóir i bpáirt, córas chóireáil fuíolluisce nua sa suiteáil in ionad, na daibhche séarachais atá ann cheana féin, athraithe a dhéanamh ar an mbealach isteach atá ann cheana chun comhbhealach isteach a thógail agus oibreacha coimhdeacha
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2083
4 Apr 2019Conditional
athrú a dhéanamh ar na pleanannaa gceadaíodh (faoi thagairt pleanála PD. 12/368) chun síneadh a thógáil, atá aon stóir agus dhá stór I bpáirt, ar an teachín; an garáiste/stór a chomhshó go áit chónaithe, athraithe ingear iarmhartach san áireamh; córas chóireáil fuíolluisce chun freatal ar an teaghais atá ann cheana; agus oibreacha coimhdeacha
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 19229
22 May 2018Conditional
EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 12/368 - to construct single-storey split-level extension to cottage, convert existing domestic garage/ store to living including consequential alterations to elevations to form a single dwelling unit and grannyflat, install wastewater treatment system to serve extended dwelling and ancillary works
Extension of duration, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 18352
4 Jan 2018Conditional
2 storey extension (91m2 to ground floor & 9.5m2 to first floor over 51.5m2 garage at semi basement level) to the rear and side of the exiting house, internal alterations, demolition of existing out building to the rear, with the associated drainage, ground works, garden walls, terraces, landscaping and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 183
19 Dec 2017N/a
2 storey extension (91m squared to ground floor and 9.5m squared to first floor over 51.5m squared garage at semi basement level) to the rear and side of the existing house, internal alterations, demolition of existing out building to the rear, with the associated drainage, ground works, garden walls, terraces, landscaping and associated works
Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 17873
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
- Special Protection Area: Dungarvan Harbour SPA 004032
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Dungarvan Harbour 000663
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Leagh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Leagh.
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 Leagh, about 1 in 5 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 high, 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 Leagh.
- 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 Leagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.
The townland
- Name
- Leagh · An Léith
- Area
- 874,439 m² (87.44 ha, 216.08 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ringagonagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Decies Within Drum
- Electoral division
- Ringville, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,548 people lived in 507 households in the Ringville electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 13% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barranaleaha, Gortnadiha Upper, Mweelahorna, Shanbally
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Leagh 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.