Ryefield
Townland in the civil parish of Munterconnaught, barony of Castlerahan, Co. Cavan; in Irish Achadh an tSeagail
- Area
- 385.7 ha
- 953 acres
- Land parcels
- 136
- registered freehold, median 2,568 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 23
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
136 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ryefield, from 49 m² to 369,164 m² (36.92 ha, 91.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 42 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
17 Jul 2026N/a
for Retention of: 1) steel portal frame domestic store (2) temporary retention planning permission for a period of 3 years for 2no shipping domestic storage containers (3) all ancillary site works
Retention · Cavan County Council, 2660397
6 Mar 2026Refused
for the construction of a new single storey 3 bedroom detached dwelling, a new waste water treatment system and soil polishing filter, new vehicular entrance from private lane, and all necessary ancillary site development works to facilitate this development
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2660099
15 Jan 2026Conditional
to construct 2 no. walled silage bases and all associated site development works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660007
22 Jan 2025Conditional
for retention of alterations to existing dwelling garage site layout plan and all ancillary site works. previous planning ref no 05/157)
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 254
29 Nov 2023Conditional
for the following: (1) modifications and renovations to existing single storey partially derelict dwelling (2) to construct single storey extension to the side and rear of dwelling (3) to construct single storey domestic garage/store (4) to construct entrance (5) installation of sewerage treatment unit and percolation area (6) all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 23322
22 Nov 2023Refused
to consist of constructing a two storey type dwelling house and a detached domestic garage, installing a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area and to make a new entrance onto the public road with all ancillary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 23320
9 Aug 2023Conditional
for alterations to existing 4 bedroom single storey dwelling to include (1) construction of single storey dining room to side of existing dwelling (2) elevation modifications including window and door orientations (3) change of internal layout in ground floor (4) removal of existing roof and construction of newly modified roof to incorporate 2 no. bedrooms and ancilliary rooms to first floor (5) to construct domestic garage (6) revised entrance location and completion (7) to decommission existing waste water treatment unit on site and place new sewerage treatment unit and percolation area (8) and complete all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 23274
12 Jul 2022Conditional
to revise dwelling design of that previously granted under planning ref. no: 20/608, revise position of dwelling and garage on site, install waste water treatment system and percolation area, form new entrance from public road, together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22288
28 Feb 2022Refused
for development consisting of (1) the construction of a new two storey 3 bedroom detached dwelling with a single storey pitched roof side projection, (2) the construction of a new detached garage, (3) waste water treatment plant and percolation area, (4) new vehicular entrance and driveway from private lane, and (5) all necessary ancillary site development works to facilitate this development
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2276
28 Jul 2021Refused
to construct a two storey dwelling, a detached domestic garage, form a new entrance and driveway from private lane, install waste water treatment system and percolation area, together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21473
17 Feb 2021Conditional
replace existing flood lights with new floodlights and carry out alterations to pitch side-line and all associated works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2165
23 Dec 2020Conditional
construct part two-storey / part single storey style dwelling, detached domestic garage, install proprietary sewage treatment unit and percolation area and form new entrance from the public road, together with all associates site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20608
20 Nov 2019Conditional
to retain alterations to elevations, floor plans and all ancillary works (previous planning ref 00/747). Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 19451
6 Nov 2019Conditional
to retain and continue partially constructed single-storey extension to rear and side of existing dwelling and associated alterations to elevations, also to retain a detached domestic garage and all ancillary site works
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 19436
25 Sept 2019Conditional
for development consisting of the construction of a single storey detached garage adjacent to the main dwelling house and an extension of the existing driveway to the garage
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 19365
5 Jun 2019Refused
to construct bungalow type dwelling, domestic garage, treatment unit and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 19217
27 Jun 2018Conditional
to construct bungalow, domestic garage, proprietary treatment unit and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18276
6 Jun 2018Conditional
for development consisting of retention of (1) 3 number domestic storage buildings (2) alterations to floor plans and elevations of the existing two-storey house (3) attached domestic garage conversion to living accommodation (4) revised site layout and all ancillary site works from that granted under ref. 92/20332
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18240
12 Dec 2017Conditional
a revised house type from that previously granted under Planning Ref. no. 07/2383, (for a part storey and a half style/part two storey dwelling house with integral domestic garage) with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 17527
8 Nov 2017Refused
to construct bungalow type dwelling, domestic garage, treatment unit and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 17470
24 Apr 2017Conditional
to retain (1) revised site boundaries and site layout (2) elevation and floor plan alterations (3) retention of domestic garage constructed to rear and (4) all ancillary site works. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 17165
13 Apr 2017Conditional
construct a detached domestic garage of floor area 80sqm. The proposed structure has a ridge height of 5.963m and the finished elements of the structure are complimentary to the existing dwelling on the site
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 17148
8 Mar 2017Conditional
to erect hurling wall, perimeter fencing and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 1777
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 Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
- Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA 004232
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Ramor 000008
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ryefield.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ryefield.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ryefield.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Ryefield, Virginia23 sales
The townland
- Name
- Ryefield · Achadh an tSeagail
- Area
- 3,856,739 m² (385.67 ha, 953.02 acres)
- Civil parish
- Munterconnaught, and its townlands
- Barony
- Castlerahan
- Electoral division
- Munterconnaught, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Munterconnaught electoral division: 1,182 people in 390 households; 88% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballaghdorragh, Behernagh, Clonasillagh (Co. Meath), Edenburt, Lisduff, Lisnagon (Co. Meath), Stramatt
- Placenames
- Ryefield 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.