Dunmahon

97 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunmahon, from 82 m² to 163,512 m² (16.35 ha, 40.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 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 Dunmahon 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.

• 18 Jun 2025N/a

  Retention and completion permission for a detached domestic garage and ancillary store to the rear my existing dwelling, proposed for the storage of my vehicles and domestic items with all associated site development works.

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560377

• 3 Jun 2025N/a

  Retention and completion permission for a detached domestic garage and ancillary store to the rear my existing dwelling, proposed for the storage of my vehicles and domestic items with all associated site development works.

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560332

• 21 May 2025Conditional

  Retention of extensions to rear of dwelling, retention of change of use from domestic garage to habitable space, retention of alterations to front facade of dwelling house.

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2567

• 3 Feb 2025Refused

  Retention and completion permission for a detached domestic garage and ancillary store to the rear my existing dwelling, proposed for the storage of my vehicles and domestic items with all associated site development works.

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560047

• 14 Jan 2025N/a

  Retention and completion permission for a domestic garage and ancillary store adjoining my existing dwelling, proposed for the storage of my vehicles and domestic items with all associated site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560008

• 6 Aug 2024Conditional

  Application for Permission consequent on the grant of outline permission reference 211160 and planning permission for Development at Dunmahon, Dundalk, Co. Louth.

  Permission consequent, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2460445

• 2 Aug 2024N/a

  Permission consequent on the grant of outline permission reference 211160 for a dwelling house, waste water treatment system, percolation area and Permission for a detached domestic garage and associated site development works

  Permission consequent · Louth County Council, 2460440

• 26 Jul 2024Conditional

  Permission consequent on the Grant of Outline Permission 21/1465 for a two storey dwelling house, waste water treatment system, new entrance to access road and all necessary site works *Significant Further Information received on 16/10/2024*

  Permission consequent · Louth County Council, 2460430

• 23 May 2024Refused

  Retention permission for a domestic garage and retention and completion sought for an adjoining agricultural store, proposed for the storage of bagged potatoes only with all associated site development works

  Retention · Louth County Council, 2460287

• 24 Jun 2022Conditional

  Permission for amendments and alterations to a previously granted permission, under planning reference number 19287. The proposed alterations to consist of extensions of existing dwelling house and dependant relative accommodation; elevation alterations; increase in overall ridge height of dwelling and associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 22513

• 10 Dec 2021Conditional

  outline permission sought for proposed dwelling house, waste water treatment system, new entrance to access road and all necessary site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 211465

• 17 Sept 2021Conditional

  Outline permission sought for a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and associated site development works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 211160

• 25 Jan 2021Conditional

  Permission for a new single storey domestic garage to the rear of the existing dwelling and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2162

• 19 Oct 2020Refused

  Proposed development consisting of a new single storey domestic garage to the rear of the existing dwelling and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20847

• 28 Jan 2020Conditional

  Retention permission for existing single storey detached domestic garage and all associated site development works and services

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2049

• 15 Apr 2019Conditional

  Permission for alterations and extension of existing dwelling house, including a granny flat conversion, elevational alterations, rear and first floor extensions and works to raise the dwelling house to storey and a half in height. **Significant further information received 09/01/2020 to allow for new septic tank and extension to site boundary**

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19287

• 24 Aug 2017Conditional

  Permission for development that will consist of: Retention of a slatted effluent underground storage tank and associated site development works.

  Retention · Louth County Council, 17636

• 22 May 2017Conditional

  Retention permission and permission for development consisting of retention of a detached garage, a dormer window to the rear of the dwelling, the proposed construction of a front entrance lobby, extensions to the side of the dwelling, to the rear of the dwelling, including solar panels to the rear and the installation of a new waste water treatment system and percolation area.

  Retention, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 17380

• 22 May 2017Conditional

  Retention permission for existing boundary walls to the side and rear of property and existing effuent treatment system with full permission for demolition of an existing single storey garage, construction of a new single storey domestic garage to the rear of the existing dwelling, alterations to the existing effluent treatment system and all associated site development works.

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 17381

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 the townland of Dunmahon.

Recorded monuments

• LH012-015 Souterrain
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Local tradition of a 'cave' in 'Crocadaraher', a natural hillock.

• LH012-016 Souterrain
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Local tradition of a drystone-built passage in the 'Cave Field'.

• LH012-017 Souterrain
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Local tradition of a 'cave' at or near Dunmahon Castle (LH012-018----).

• LH012-018 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Four storeys high, it was formerly the residence of Henry Townley in 1659 but is now in a very dangerous condition. It is built of roughly coursed limestone and greywacke rubble, has large undressed boulder quoin stones and is bonded with shell and pebble mortar. Access is through a doorway in the N wall which leads to the stairwell immediately to its E, and to the ground floor barrel-vaulted area. It has a tower at the NW angle which projects northwards and contains the garderobes. The tower in the NE angle, which contains the stairwell, projects eastwards. The main doorway has a two centred arch constructed of small greywacke slabs and there is no evidence of any dressed stone. It has a bar hole in its W jamb and a murder hole over the inner portion of the doorway and entrance to the stairwell. The N wall has the remains of two large windows, one at first-floor level, the other at the second. That at the lower level is completely broken out except for half a limestone slab sill, while the upper portion has punch-dressed limestone jambs extant. They are chamfered and have glazing bar holes. The third-floor level has a slit window. The upper portion of the walls or battlements are stepped upwards from the centre of the walls to the angles. The angle between the garderobe tower and the N wall has a squinch at the upper level. The E wall has a double-splayed ope at ground-floor level and corbels projecting from its face at third-floor level to carry a chimney stack for the fireplaces on the first and second floors. The NE angle-tower has three slit opes in its E wall and two in its S. They are constructed with block limestone or greywacke jambs and slab lintels. The top portions of the angle-towers all slightly oversail the lower sections of the walls and are supported on rows of small corbels. The S wall also has a double-splayed loop at ground-floor level, rectangular windows at the first- and second-floors and a single slit ope at the third floor. That at the first-floor level is broken out but the one above it retains its punch-dressed limestone jambs and lintel with hood moulding over. The W wall has the remains of two rectangular windows, one at first-floor level and the other at second, and a double-splayed ope at the ground floor. The garderobe tower has three slit opes one above the other in the W wall. The internal area of the first floor has the remains of a large fireplace in the E wall. The garderobe chamber is recessed in the NE corner of the first floor. Its chamber is 0.71m by 0.63m and has a corbelled roof c. 2.3m high. There are two cubby-holes in the SE angle of the main chamber. The second floor was carried by large wooden beams. The garderobe chamber on the second floor is now only accessible by ladder from first-floor level. It is slightly larger than that of the first to allow the chute, situated in the NW corner of the chamber, to get past the lower floor level. The top of the stairwell gives access to the wall-walk and the upper levels of the angle-towers. There are two storeys above the level of the main roof in the angle-towers, and access to the upper one is gained by stone steps set into the wall which follow the line of the battlements. There is no access to the third floor level of the main building from the stairwell which ascends directly from the second floor to the wall-walk. Access to the uppermost main storey must therefore have been gained by wooden steps from the second floor. The wall-walk is constructed of large limestone flags which slope to the outside, and are drained by holes in the battlement walls. These flagstones project by c. 0.1m beyond the line of the walls below and carry the extra width of the battlements. Large beam holes in the N and S walls appear to have been used to carry the roof. The angle-towers at the SE and SW project inwards over the corners of the main building and are supported on squinches rising from just below the ceiling level of the third floor. The clearance between the floor of the uppermost storey and its ceiling is only 1.6m, which is hardly enough to stand up in. The garderobe tower in the NW angle at this level has no chute in it. (Wright 1758, bk II, pl. XII; Tempest 1906, 78-83; CLAJ 1925, 48) The above description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 July 2007

• LH012-100 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.I.20) shows cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse which may coincide with the local tradition of a possible souterrain in the 'Cave Field'. Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 10 June 2009

Architectural heritage

• The Rectory, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey rendered former rectory, built c. 1820, now in private domestic use. T-plan, lean-to entrance porch c. 1900 to west elevation. Pitched slate roof, smooth rendered corbelled chimneystacks, overhanging eaves supported by paired painted timber scrolled eaves brackets, cast-iron gutters, circular cast-iron downpipes. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walling. Square-headed window openings, limestone sills, painted timber six-over-six sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening to conservatory, concrete step, plain-glazed overlight, sidelights, timber and glazed door c. 1900; original round-headed door opening within conservatory, radial spoked fanlight, painted timber surround comprising engaged fluted Doric columns supporting frieze and cornice, painted timber door with two flat panels. House set back from road in own grounds at end of long driveway; two-storey rubble stone outbuilding attached to north. Small farmyard to north comprising two facing ranges of six-bay two-storey rubble stone outbuildings, brick surrounds to openings, accessed by entrance gateway to north, square-profile rubble stone and brick piers, wrought-iron gates, further single-storey range to north. Four-bay single-storey rubble stone gate lodge, now derelict, at end of driveway to west, entrance gateway to west, painted gate piers and wrought-iron gates.

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 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_2993 (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 Dunmahon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.

Name

Dunmahon · Dún Machan

Area

1,710,565 m² (171.06 ha, 422.69 acres)

Civil parish

Haynestown, and its townlands

Barony

Dundalk Upper

Electoral division

Haggardstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Haggardstown electoral division: 9,301 people in 3,293 households; 77% of households own their home; 54% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cavan, Commons, Gibstown, Haynestown, Newtownfane, Rossmakay

Placenames

Dunmahon 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.