# Parsonstown, Co. Louth: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Parsonstown, barony of Ferrard, Co. Louth; in Irish Baile an Phearsúin.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,040,669 m² (104.07 ha, 257.15 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,762 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Parsonstown, https://everytownland.com/louth/parish/parsonstown.md
- Barony: Ferrard
- Electoral division: Clogher, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 3,446 people lived in 1,141 households in the Clogher electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 48% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Louth, https://everytownland.com/louth.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/33982
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 140498
- Centre: latitude 53.813489, longitude -6.287219 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Parsonstown, from 994 m² to 165,007 m² (16.5 ha, 40.77 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1123644: 165,007 m² (16.5 ha, 40.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1123644.md
- Parcel 3126684: 158,647 m² (15.86 ha, 39.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3126684.md
- Parcel 1119427: 130,807 m² (13.08 ha, 32.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1119427.md
- Parcel 1099147: 105,624 m² (10.56 ha, 26.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1099147.md
- Parcel 1135016: 92,691 m² (9.27 ha, 22.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1135016.md
- Parcel 1116840: 87,204 m² (8.72 ha, 21.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1116840.md
- Parcel 1126150: 74,124 m² (7.41 ha, 18.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1126150.md
- Parcel 1100825: 55,170 m² (5.52 ha, 13.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1100825.md
- Parcel 1119426: 40,286 m² (4.03 ha, 9.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1119426.md
- Parcel 1131339: 37,045 m² (3.7 ha, 9.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1131339.md
- Parcel 1099531: 28,226 m² (2.82 ha, 6.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1099531.md
- Parcel 1119046: 27,478 m² (2.75 ha, 6.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1119046.md
- Parcel 1127910: 5,058 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127910.md
- Parcel 2726288: 4,466 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2726288.md
- Parcel 5498891: 4,258 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5498891.md
- Parcel 5522867: 3,520 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5522867.md
- Parcel 3289516: 3,433 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3289516.md
- Parcel 2481228: 2,914 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2481228.md
- Parcel 1094607: 2,065 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1094607.md
- Parcel 1097045: 1,994 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1097045.md
- Parcel 5498893: 1,731 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5498893.md
- Parcel 1099526: 1,639 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1099526.md
- Parcel 1135459: 1,581 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1135459.md
- Parcel 1131198: 1,541 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1131198.md
- Parcel 2481236: 1,307 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2481236.md
- Parcel 1135947: 994 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1135947.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Parsonstown in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

8 applications, newest first.

- 13 Jul 2026, Louth County Council 2660464: Refused. Permission, 1 home. Permission for a proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and polishing filter percolation area, new vehicular entrance onto public road and all associated site development works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660464/0
- 19 Aug 2024, Louth County Council 2460471: Refused. Permission. Planning permission for a proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and polishing filter percolation area, new vehicular entrance onto public road and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460471/0
- 20 Dec 2023, Louth County Council 2360541: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Planning permission for proposed extensions to existing dwelling house and all associated site development works *SFI recieved on 11/7/24 includes Permission for upgrading/extension of existing percolation area and proposed surface water BRE soakaways**. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360541/0
- 20 Mar 2023, Louth County Council 23130: Refused. Permission, 1 home. Permission for a proposed dwelling house, waste water treatment system and polishing filter percolation area, new vehicular entrance onto public road and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/23130/0
- 9 Jun 2022, Louth County Council 22465: Refused. Permission, 2 homes. Permission for proposed dwelling house, attached domestic garage, waste water treatment system and polishing filter percolation area, new vehicular entrance and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/22465/0
- 6 Apr 2021, Louth County Council 21365: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. Development consisting of a proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and polishing filter percolation area, new vehicular entrance onto public road and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/21365/0
- 26 Aug 2019, Louth County Council 19684: Conditional. Extension of duration, 1 home. EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 15/19: Permission for a two storey dwellinghouse, detached domestic garage, on site well, installation of on site waste water treatment system and associated site works.**Significant Further Information was received 26/05/15.**. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/19684/0
- 26 Jun 2017, Louth County Council 17492: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. Permission for development to construct proposed new dwelling house, detached domestic garage, site entrance, drive -way and to install proposed new waste water treatment system and percolation area together with all associated siteworks.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/17492/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Parsonstown.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- LH019-009001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH019-009001-. 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 Built of uncoursed rubble, greywacke and limestone, it has an undivided nave and chancel (max. dims. 10.35m by 4.5m) with opposing doorways in the W end of the N and S walls and one window in each of the four walls. The doorways have pointed two-centred arches of limestone which are punch-dressed and chamfered; both have bolt holes and stop-chamfers. The W gable has the remains of a double bellcote and an almost central single-light window constructed of punch-dressed limestone. There is a double-light ogee-headed window in the E end of the S wall and a single one in the N wall opposite. They are constructed of punch-dressed limestone, with glazing bar holes and grooves. There is a blocked ope in the centre of the S wall, indicated by a slightly rounded arch of greywacke, which must be the remains of another window. The E window is destroyed except for part of the sill. It had a double-light window of limestone and was almost certainly like the one in the S wall. At the E end of the S wall are the remains of a small two-tiered recess and inside the S doorway to the E side is another one, probably to hold a holy water stoup. There are vertical breaks in the N and S walls opposite each other just E of the doorways but they are too close to the W end of the church to be the remains of a wooden rood screen. This building is a well preserved example of a late medieval parish church, possibly built in 1528. (CLAJ 1944, 291)
- LH019-009002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH019-009002-. Sub-triangular shaped enclosure (map dims. max. 33m E-W; 26m N-S) around medieval church remains (LH019-009001-), most likely contains burials although no graveslabs recorded. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 12 July 2012
- LH019-036: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH019-036----. Situated on a gentle E-facing slope. The cropmark of an oval enclosure (dims c. 30m E-W; c. 20m N-S) defined by a continuous fosse (Wth c. 2-4m) is visible only on Google Earth (21/07/2021). It is also faintly visible on Digital Globe (2011-13), and it was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (21/07/2021) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 October 2021
- LH019-037001: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH019-037001-. Situated on a fairly level landscape. The cropmarks of two small features are visible only on Google Earth (21/07/2021). This is a circular area (int. diam. c. 8m) defined by a single continuous fosse. The ring-ditch (LH019-037002-) is c. 8m to the SSE. The features were first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (21/07/2021) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 October 2021
- LH019-037002: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH019-037002-. Situated on a fairly level landscape. The cropmarks of two small features are visible only on Google Earth (21/07/2021). This is an indistinct circular area (int. diam. c. 4m) defined by a single continuous fosse (ext. diam. c. 9m). The ring-ditch (LH019-037001-) is c. 8m to the NNW. The features were first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (21/07/2021) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 October 2021
- LH019-040: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH019-040----. Situated on a rise in a low-lying landscape with a small SW-NE stream c. 50m to the NW. The cropmark of a circular feature (diam. c. 23m N-S; c. 21m E-W) defined by a fosse is visible only on an Aerial Premium image (2013-18). An outer fosse c. 4-6m distant is visible W-N-E and this fosse is attached to the inner fosse at either end, forming a small annexe. The cropmarks of two ditches extend E (L c. 70m) and ESE (L c. 50m) from the enclosure at E where there might be an entrance, diverging as they proceed rather like an avenue. The monument was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached enhanced views from Aerial Premium (2013-18) _1 general _2 close-up Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 January 2022

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Parsonstown, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Parsonstown.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/louth/parsonstown.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/louth/parsonstown.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/louth/parsonstown.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Parsonstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth: https://everytownland.com/louth.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ardbolies: https://everytownland.com/louth/ardbolies.md
- Cruisetown: https://everytownland.com/louth/cruisetown.md
- Killally: https://everytownland.com/louth/killally-140345.md
- Labanstown: https://everytownland.com/louth/labanstown.md
- Reynoldstown: https://everytownland.com/louth/reynoldstown.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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