Annagh
Townland in the civil parish of Kilkenny West, barony of Kilkenny West, Co. Westmeath; in Irish An tEanach
Parcel 122788
- Area
- 172,873 m² (17.29 ha, 42.72 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Annagh
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 2 recorded monuments.
- WM029-005 Crannog
Description
Described by O'Sullivan (2004, 117-8) as 'Originally located at east end of Twy Lough (a long, deep lake), formerly surrounded by water but now separated from the shoreline by marshes to east and southeast. The site was 130m from nearest original shoreline to south. This crannóg is a low cairn (diam. 27m; H 1.3m, 0.3m above water) of stone, earth and timber in shallow water at the east end of Twy Lough. The crannóg is a low, level cairn, with gradually sloping sides, apart from the east side where it slopes steeply into the water. The cairn has been heavily eroded by wave action on the west side, revealing a palisade of vertical wooden posts, set in irregular concentric rows 3-4 deep. There was no evidence for horizontal timbers. Animal bone was also common here and across the surface o f the site. The crannóg is heavily overgrown today with large trees and bushes and is surrounded by reeds. The crannóg was clearly used as a fishing station in the 18th-19th century. A small rectangular summer house (dims. 5.3m N-S x 3.6m E-W), with drystone walls, mortared and whitewashed interior walls and a possible fireplace at the east end sits in the middle of the island. There is also an old wooden jetty on the southwest side, 4m in length (in 1m depth of water), bound with rope and on stilts. This was probably associated with the summer house. Local folklore has it that this lake (apparently formerly known as Loch Lochraighi, 'lake of the lake-folk’) was the site of an event in the Life of Ciarán, when the saint cursed heathens and rabble on an island in lake that were disturbing the monastic community'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Aidan O'Sullivan. Date of upload: 10 March 2017
- WM029-006 Castle - motte
Description
Situated on a low rise, in undulating pasture, c. 20m to SW of a townland boundary. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 15m NE-SW; 14m NW-SE). Monument described in 1980 as a small high steep-sided circular-shaped flat-topped mound (H 3-4m) of earth and stone. The summit is fairly flat and the monument is overgrown with impenetrable vegetation, which prevented a detailed inspection. There is no definite trace of an external fosse around the base of the mound. A field fence flanks the base of the earthwork to NW. The classification of this monument is uncertain and may be the remains of a small motte or possible burial mound. Monument is visible today as a tree-planted earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 07 November 2019
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 326.6 ha
- 807 acres
- Land parcels
- 190
- registered freehold, median 2,772 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
190 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Annagh, from 19 m² to 369,906 m² (36.99 ha, 91.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 40 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Annagh 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
12 Mar 2026Conditional
development which will consist of the following: residential annex to the rear of the existing dwelling to serve as habitable space consisting of a kitchen/ living/ dining area, two bedrooms and a bathroom. Permission is also sought for the decommissioning of an existing septic tank and percolation area and the installation of a new treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2660113
20 Feb 2026N/a
extension of an existing dwelling and the provision of a new sewage treatment system and percolation bed. Complete with all site works and ancillary services
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660065
22 Sept 2025Conditional
construction of a domestic dwelling house, new treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560460
9 Aug 2024Conditional
decommission the existing septic tank and replace with a new septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460277
17 Jul 2024Conditional
proposed single storey side extension to an existing dwelling and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460255
30 Aug 2023Conditional
construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, single dwelling treatment system with percolation area and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2360276
8 Feb 2023Refused
construction of a three-bedroom single storey dwelling (178.0 sqm), boundary fencing, landscaping, new tertiary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter together with all associated site works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2318
20 Jun 2022Conditional
retention permission to retain existing changes and small extensions to original cottage, including re-roofing same and slightly increasing the ridge level, and for permission to construct extension to the same containing shed, utility and home working/music space plus associated siteworks.
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 22326
3 Dec 2021Conditional
To retain as constructed domestic garage to include for storage of turf, general storage area and car garage and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21642
3 Sept 2021Refused
Construction of three bedroom single storey dwelling (overall floor area 178m2) together with Tertiary Wastewater Treatment System and polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21492
30 Jun 2021Conditional
Retention of a single storey attached garage to south west elevation of existing dwelling and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21358
10 Nov 2020Conditional
A single storey 46sqm extension and the subdivision of the existing dwelling to form an independent granny flat, and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 207176
27 May 2020N/a
Construction of a two-bedroom single-storey granny flat extension to the rear of the existing dwelling (overall floor area 99sqm) and connection to existing waste water treatment system and polishing filter, and all associated site works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 207077
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Annagh.
Recorded monuments
- WM022-042 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on the E side of a high prominent ridge with good views of undulating land to NE, E and SE. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork. Partially levelled monument described in 1971 and 1976 as a broad oval-shaped area (dims. 35m N-S; 25.6m E-W) defined by the faint traces of a levelled scarp. There is no visible evidence of an external fosse. The entrance may have been at E, where there is a wide gap (Wth at top 9.7m; basal Wth 3.5m) in the levelled scarp. The interior appears to have had a relatively steep W-facing slope. Now located in the front garden of a modern house which is visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 17 July 2019
- WM029-048 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Folklore collected by P. Mulvey from the Christian Brothers School, Athlone recorded the following details about a holy well dedicated to St Patrick; 'St Patrick crossed the Shannon at the Ford on his way from Athleague to Tara. He is supposed to have worked miracles at the " Togher " or Ford. At Annagh Mills there is a well dedicated to the Saint. It is said that the Pagans at Mt Temple ill-treated the Saint and that he fled in the direction of Annagh' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0749, Page 226; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5009134/4989933/5116565). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 15 August 2023
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Annagh.
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Annagh, Ballykeeran13 sales
The townland
- Name
- Annagh · An tEanach
- Area
- 3,265,823 m² (326.58 ha, 807 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilkenny West, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilkenny West
- Electoral division
- Glassan, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Annaghgortagh, Ballaghkeeran Big, Ballykeeran, Caplahard, Coolvuck Lower, Coolvuck Upper, Tullycross, Twyford, Warren Lower, Waterstown
- Placenames
- Annagh on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.