Roestown

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Roestown, from 494 m² to 280,210 m² (28.02 ha, 69.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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 Roestown 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.

• 15 May 2026N/a

  Retention permission for as constructed detached living accommodation and permission for connection of same to existing dwelling located to the rear of the existing dwelling . Retention Permission for as constructed elevations to existing dwelling , all in relation to permission granted ref no. 181051

  Retention, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2660293

• 14 Feb 2026N/a

  Retention permission for as constructed garage and conversion of same to living accommodation, permission for rear extension to dwelling that will connect to the converted garage. Retention permission for as constructed elevations to dwelling, all in relation to permission granted ref no. 181051

  Retention, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2660072

• 19 Dec 2025Conditional

  Retention and Permission: Retention permission for a 2.3m high wall, a 12.4m high silo, a calf shed (floor area = 743m2, height =4.8m) and associated site development works. Permission for a new agricultural dry store (floor area = 210m2, height =8.75m), a new slatted shed (floor area = 2125m2, height =8.13m) and associated site development works

  Retention · Louth County Council, 2560842

• 9 Dec 2024Refused

  Permission for a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2460773

• 4 Dec 2024N/a

  Permission for a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2460764

• 8 Jul 2020Conditional

  Outline Permission for dwelling house, waste water system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20493

• 19 Dec 2019N/a

  Permission for the construction of a two storey dwelling house, a single storey domestic garage, a new vehicular entrance off public road, installation of a waste water treatment system/percolation area and boundary treatments including all associated siteworks

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 191082

• 19 Dec 2018Conditional

  Permission sought for dwelling house, detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 181051

• 17 Dec 2018N/a

  Permission sought for dwelling house, wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 181033

• 7 Sept 2017Conditional

  Permission for cattle underpass under public road and all associated site works. ** significant further information received 16/11/2017**

  Permission · Louth County Council, 17664

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 Roestown.

Recorded monuments

• LH017-032 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 Situated on a natural terrace on the N side of a high ridge. Roughly circular, round-topped mound (diam. 17m, H 1.5m). Partly quarried into on WNW. The ring of trees and encircling modern stone wall are part of landscaping. MacIvor (CLAJ 1950, 122-4) described the site as a ringfort, owing to the field name 'Liss field'.

• LH017-033 Standing stone
  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 An upright stone, possibly a scratching post (max. dims. H 1.3m, 1.3m by 0.2m in section).

• LH017-123 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated towards the bottom of a N-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular area (diam. c. 55m) defined by a single bank feature is visible on the OSI series of aerial images (1995). It was first identified by Ivor Kenny. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 January, 2015

Architectural heritage

• Roestown House, house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1850, incorporating fabric of eighteenth century building, remodelled and replacement fittings inserted, c. 1920. L-plan, returning four-bays to north, gable-fronted central breakfront to north elevation, two-storey lean-to return at angle of "L" and single-storey projecting bay to east elevation. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, smooth rendered corbelled chimneystacks, projecting eaves, painted timber soffit, paired painted timber brackets, uPVC rainwater goods. Painted roughcast-rendered walling, smooth rendered base plinth, smooth rendered channelled quoined to corners. Square-headed window openings, painted smooth rendered reveals, painted stone sills, painted timber two-over-two sliding sash windows, horizontal glazing bars; tripartite window to first floor west elevation, painted moulded rendered surround comprising flat panelled pilasters supporting frieze and cornice; paired painted timber sliding sash windows to first floor south elevation. Square-headed door opening within projecting painted smooth rendered porch flanked by square-headed sidelights having timber casement windows; painted timber glazed and panelled door. House set back from road in own grounds, surrounded by farmland, complex of stone outbuildings with pitched slate roofs to north-west, cast-iron gates to garden, south. House accessed to south, square-profile cast-iron gate piers, gabled caps, three-bay single-storey rendered brick gate lodge to south-east, now derelict.

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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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 Roestown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.

Name

Roestown · Baile Ró

Area

1,718,914 m² (171.89 ha, 424.75 acres)

Civil parish

Kildemock, and its townlands

Barony

Ardee

Electoral division

Ardee Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ardee Rural electoral division: 3,009 people in 1,003 households; 94% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Funshog, Hacklim, Hoathstown, Millockstown, Paughanstown

Placenames

Roestown 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.