Port

98 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Port, from 51 m² to 581,613 m² (58.16 ha, 143.72 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Port 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.

• 29 May 2025Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a storey and a half detached dwelling, a detached garage, a new site entrance, the installation of a proprietary effluent wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2574

• 3 Jul 2024Conditional

  Permission consequent on the grant of outline permission Ref. No. 21/969 for proposed dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area, roadside vehicular entrance and all associated works

  Permission consequent · Louth County Council, 2460374

• 4 Jan 2022Conditional

  permission for a detached domestic garage with adjoining DIY/gardening equipment storage area and plant room and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 226

• 14 Jan 2021Refused

  Permission sought for the construction of a storey and a half detached dwelling, a detached garage, a new site entrance, the installation of a proprietary effluent waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2137

• 21 Jan 2020Conditional

  Retention permission for dwelling, domestic garage/store, site boundaries & septic tank, as constructed *Significant Further Information submitted 30/04/20*

  Retention, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2029

• 7 Feb 2018N/a

  Permission for FURTHER EXTENSION OF DURATION: Extension of Duration of Planning Permission 13/88 which consists of Permission for a single storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, a proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area, entrance gates, pier's and wing walls with entrance onto existing roadway and all associated site works. PARENT REF: 08/931

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Louth County Council, 1888

• 19 Jan 2018Conditional

  Permission sought for change of house type in relation to permission granted ref. No. 14238 and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 1832

• 26 Oct 2017Conditional

  Retention permission of a development to consist of the change of use of 3 no. ground floor rooms, 86.6sqm, from public house to residential use and all associated site development works. **SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION RECEIVED 08/06/2018 provided for a new Description of Development as follows: "The development will consist of retention permission for the change of use of 3 no. ground floor rooms, public house to residential use, 1 ground floor room, grocery shop to residential use and 2 no. first floor rooms to residential use together with permission for the provision of a new wwts and percolation area, a revised site boundary and all associated site development works."**

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 17805

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: North-West Irish Sea cSPA 004236

Recorded monuments

• LH019-001 Ringfort - rath
  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 Oval area (int. dims. 51m NW-SE, 44m NE-SW) enclosed by much-degraded earthen bank (Wth 6.5m, H 0.8m internally, 1.3m externally) with traces of external fosse (Wth 2.5m, D 0.6m) only visisble at SW. The fosse has been recut as a field drain in the NW quadrant, and is defaced by modern outhouses at N and a modern roadside fence at E.

• LH019-006001 Church
  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 Originally a divided nave and chancel, with now only the former remaining above ground level. The nave is built of uncoursed large limestone blocks, boulders and greywacke (int. dims. 11.2m by 5.75m). It has the remains of two doorways, two windows and a chancel arch. The standing remains are very overgrown with ivy and alder trees. There is no dressed stone remaining in the windows, doorways or chancel arch. The rounded arches of the opposing doorways are constructed of small greywacke slabs while their inner portions have large slab lintels. Opposing windows at the E end of the nave are constructed with greywacke and have slab lintels. The chancel arch is semi-circular and is constructed of small greywacke slabs with a central keystone. When Davies recorded the site (CLAJ 1944, 292) the remains of the chancel walls were visible and were constructed of large boulders. The outline of its walls can now only be discerned in the grass-covered foundations to the E of the nave. It was shorter and narrower than the nave, being only c. 6m by c. 4.5m internally. This church is very similar in its construction to that at Clonmore (LH018-019001-), and is almost certainly of fifteenth- or sixteenth-century date. (CLAJ 1944, 292)

• LH019-006002 Graveyard
  Description

  Sub-rectangular shaped graveyard (map dims. c. 40m E-W; c. 35m N-S) with church remains (LH019-006001-) just N of centre. A number of grave-slabs dating to the 18th century recorded when inspected by ASI in 1966. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 12 July 2012

• LH019-014001 Barrow - unclassified
  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 Aerial photograph (ACAP) shows traces of ring-ditch (max. diam. c. 18m). Possibly a ploughed-out barrow (Buckley 1987, 20-1).

• LH019-014002 Barrow - unclassified
  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 Aerial photograph (ACAP) shows faint traces of a ring-ditch (max. diam. c. 22m) comprising two concentric ditches. Possibly a ploughed-out barrow (Buckley 1987, 20-1).

• LH019-014003 Field system
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. The cropmark ditches of a fairly regular field system covering about 30 acres (c. 12ha) are visible on the OSI series of aerial photographs (1995). They form fairly large fields (dims c. 100m x c. 50m) and are defined by single ditch features. Some of the ditches run nearly parallel with existing field banks, and the fields are probably 18th century in date. The possible barrows (LH019-014001-; LH019-014002-) (Buckley 1987) are within the area but are not visible. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 December, 2014

• LH019-015001 Enclosure
  Description

  Circular enclosure with attached curvilinear field system (LH019-015002-) to N, E and W showing as parch-mark on aerial photograph (ACAP; GB89.E.02). (Buckley 1987, 290-3) The above description is derived from the published '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: 12 July 2012 Revised by: Claire Breen

• LH019-015002 Field system
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• LH019-027 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a level landscape with a small NW-SE stream c. 150m to the N. The cropmark of a D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 35m N-S; c. 35-40m E-W) defined by a single fosse feature with straight sides at N and W is visible on the OSI series of aerial photographs (1995). There is an entrance gap at SE and the straight W side is parallel with and c. 5m distant from a NNE-SSW field bank. It was first identified by Ivor Kenny, and is also visible on Google Earth (2013). See the attached enhanced view from Map Genie (1995) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 December, 2014

• LH019-028001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a slight W-E ridge. The cropmark of a circular area (diam. c. 45m) defined by a single, continuous fosse feature is visible on the OSI series of aerial photographs (1995). There is a rectangular annexe (dims c. 40m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) defined by single fosse features attached to the NW, and there is smaller paddock (dims c. 15m x c. 15m) defined by single ditch features in the E corner of the annexe. It was first identified by Ivor Kenny. See the attached view from Map Genie (1995) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 December, 2014

• LH019-028002 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a slight W-E ridge. The cropmark of a rectangular annexe (dims c. 40m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) defined by single fosse features is attached to the NW of rath (LH019-028001-). There is smaller paddock (dims c. 15m x c. 15m) in the E corner of this feature, defined by single ditch features, including the perimeter of the rath at SE and perimeter of the annexe at NE. it is also visible on Bing images (2012), and it was first identified by Ivor Kenny. See the attached view from Map Genie (1995) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 December, 2014

Architectural heritage

• House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey with attic thatched house, built c. 1830. Attic windows to gable ends (north and south), flat-roofed projecting porch c. 1930 to east (front) elevation. Pitched straw thatched roof, painted rendered chimneystack with mortar aprons, mortar skews. Lime-washed rubble masonry walling. Square-headed window openings, lime-washed reveals and soffits, painted stone sills, painted timber exposed case one-over-one sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening to porch, painted timber and glazed door. House set back from road in own grounds, lime-washed rubble masonry boundary walls, gateways to south, east and north-east having cylindrical rubble masonry gate piers and wrought-iron gates. Farmyard to rear (west) with variety of outbuildings c. 1930-1970.

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

At the centre of the townland of Port, about 1 in 20 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Port.

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.

• Port, Togher5 sales

Name

Port · An Port

Area

2,826,200 m² (282.62 ha, 698.37 acres)

Civil parish

Port, and its townlands

Barony

Ferrard

Electoral division

Dysart, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,034 people lived in 323 households in the Dysart electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Boycetown, Corstown, Draghanstown, Johnstown, Lurganboy, Mitchelstown, Nicholastown, Wyanstown

Placenames

Port 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.