# Rossmakay, Co. Louth: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Louth, barony of Dundalk Upper, Co. Louth; in Irish Ros Mhic Eathach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,613,266 m² (161.33 ha, 398.65 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,184 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Louth, https://everytownland.com/louth/parish/louth.md - Barony: Dundalk Upper - Electoral division: Haggardstown, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Louth, https://everytownland.com/louth.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/33834 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 140588 - Centre: latitude 53.951281, longitude -6.437503 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rossmakay, from 41 m² to 695,556 m² (69.56 ha, 171.88 acres); 27 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1127573: 695,556 m² (69.56 ha, 171.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1127573.md - Parcel 1091174: 342,751 m² (34.28 ha, 84.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1091174.md - Parcel 1115064: 142,101 m² (14.21 ha, 35.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1115064.md - Parcel 1113605: 137,277 m² (13.73 ha, 33.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1113605.md - Parcel 1133386: 99,718 m² (9.97 ha, 24.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1133386.md - Parcel 5762538: 55,704 m² (5.57 ha, 13.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5762538.md - Parcel 1095894: 50,393 m² (5.04 ha, 12.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1095894.md - Parcel 1128681: 14,212 m² (1.42 ha, 3.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1128681.md - Parcel 1128344: 9,131 m² (0.91 ha, 2.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1128344.md - Parcel 4871326: 6,206 m² (0.62 ha, 1.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4871326.md - Parcel 5643953: 5,752 m² (0.58 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5643953.md - Parcel 5199549: 5,634 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5199549.md - Parcel 1132402: 4,485 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1132402.md - Parcel 1096111: 3,870 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1096111.md - Parcel 1094918: 3,487 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1094918.md - Parcel 3121973: 3,387 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3121973.md - Parcel 1097016: 3,184 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1097016.md - Parcel 1132326: 2,567 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1132326.md - Parcel 1103216: 2,354 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1103216.md - Parcel 1121921: 2,241 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1121921.md - Parcel 1131901: 2,184 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1131901.md - Parcel 1092813: 1,975 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1092813.md - Parcel 1105939: 1,947 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1105939.md - Parcel 1119130: 1,889 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1119130.md - Parcel 1101975: 1,806 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1101975.md - Parcel 1124424: 1,563 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1124424.md - Parcel 1122748: 1,488 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1122748.md - Parcel 1124009: 1,484 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1124009.md - Parcel 1126820: 1,359 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1126820.md - Parcel 1125507: 1,222 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1125507.md - Parcel 1091723: 1,188 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1091723.md - Parcel 1106132: 1,129 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1106132.md - Parcel 1123811: 1,023 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1123811.md - Parcel 1129263: 983 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1129263.md - Parcel 1094482: 572 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1094482.md - Parcel 5822326: 401 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5822326.md - Parcel 5822329: 351 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5822329.md - Parcel 1121736: 229 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1121736.md - Parcel 1095747: 167 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1095747.md - Parcel 5288885: 55 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5288885.md - Parcel 1095423: 41 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1095423.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Rossmakay 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) 7 applications, newest first. - 18 Jul 2024, Louth County Council 2460414: Refused. Permission. Permission for 2 no. agricultural stores (2243sqm x 9.9m high x 2 no.), with each store containing 2 no. separate units, and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460414/0 - 4 Jul 2024, Louth County Council 2460375: Conditional. Permission consequent. INTEND TO APPLY FOR:- PERMISSION CONSEQUENT ON THE GRANT OF OUTLINE PERMISSION, PLANNING REFERENCE NO. 21775 FOR DEVELOPMENT AT THIS SITE:- ROSSMAKAY, KNOCKBRIDGE, DUNDALK, CO. LOUTH. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF:- PERMISSION CONSEQUENT FOR A DWELLING HOUSE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460375/0 - 6 Sept 2023, Louth County Council 23398: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission for 1. a one and a half storey extension to the front of an existing dwelling to include alterations to the front, sides and rear of the existing dwelling house. 2. A new domestic waste water treatment system. 3. Improvements to the existing site entrance to facilitate a new vehicular access onto the private lane. 4. New site boundaries with all associated site development works **Significant further information received on 07.12.23 includes repositioning of the proposed vehicular entrance on the site. Alterations to the site boundaries to accommodate the proposed entrance and a new landscaping plan**. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/23398/0 - 22 Jun 2021, Louth County Council 21775: Conditional. Outline permission, 1 home. Outline permission for development that will consist of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and associated development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/21775/0 - 18 Feb 2019, Louth County Council 19113: Conditional. Permission. Permission to construct 1no. pig house together with all ancillary structures, (to include meal storage bin(s)), and all site works associated with the proposed development. *Significant Further Information received on 02/07/2019*. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/19113/0 - 14 Mar 2018, Louth County Council 18189: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. PERMISSION for development will consist of: A dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and associated site development works. *Significant Further Information submitted 03/09/2018 which provides for alterations to the propsed plans and elevations of dwelling. Relocation of the proposed dwelling on the site. Alterations to site size and associated site development works*. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/18189/0 - 17 Jan 2018, Louth County Council 1827: N/a. Permission, 1 home. Permission for development will consist of full permission for new agricultural shed to existing farm yard.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/1827/0 Applicants are not shown. ## 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 Rossmakay. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LH012-019: Slab-lined burial, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH012-019----. 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 Long cist, aligned E-W, containing an extended inhumation, above which were scattered the bones of at least six adults. - LH012-020: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH012-020----. 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 Foundations of a rectangular grass-covered structure (max. dims. 21m by 7m) aligned E-W. Possible doorways at NW and SW ends. Long cist (LH012-019----) found near church. (CLAJ 1941, 23) - LH012-021: Religious house - Franciscan friars, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH012-021----. 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 Rectangular featureless structure (max. dims. 22m by 5.8m) aligned E-W; only S and E walls remain. Part of seventeenth-century chimney survives in S wall. (JRSAI 1897, 110-11; CLAJ 1911, 356) - LH012-053: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH012-053----. 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 Section of drystone-built chamber (L 4m, Wth 1.6m, H 1.7m) aligned NNW-SSE. Blocked by collapse at SSE. 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) - Rossmakea, house, 1810–1850, Regional interest, registry number 13901214, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LH®no=13901214. Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830. Rectangular-plan, open entrance porch to south elevation, lean-to extension to east of north elevation, two-storey canted bay to north of west elevation. Pitched slated roofs, clay crested ridge tiles, red brick corbelled chimneystacks, moulded cast-iron gutters fixed to painted timber eaves board, circular cast-iron downpipes, painted timber bargeboards, truss design, needle finials to gables of west elevation. Painted roughcast-rendered walling, slightly projecting painted smooth rendered plinth, painted smooth rendered block-and-start quoins, painted smooth rendered sill course to first floor windows. Square-headed window openings, painted smooth rendered reveals, painted stone sills, painted smooth rendered decorative frieze and cornice to window openings on south and west elevations; continuous cornice to canted bay windows; painted timber one-over-one sliding sash windows, c. 1900; square-headed stair-light to north elevation, leaded stained-glass fixed window. Square-headed door opening to open porch, finely tooled Doric columns support frieze, cornice and fluted limestone parapet surmounted by ball finials; tiled entrance platform, painted stone pilasters flanking door; stained glass overlight and flanking sidelights, varnished timber double doors with six raised-and-fielded panels; square-headed door opening to west elevation, painted roll-moulded cornice and pediment supported by decorative console brackets, timber and glazed panelled door,. House set in own grounds, single-storey coursed rubble stone wash house and coal house to north, slate roof, cast-iron gutters, red brick block-and-start door and window surrounds, painted timber two-over-two sliding sash windows, painted timber vertically-sheeted half-doors; similar design to outbuildings; outbuildings bounded by ashlar stone walls, accessed through painted wrought-iron gates; garden to south, field to west; painted smooth rendered channelled gate piers, gabled caps, decorative wrought-iron gate give access to house. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 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: 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_2994, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2994.zip (ZIP). - 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/rossmakay.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/louth/rossmakay.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/louth/rossmakay.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Rossmakay 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) - Commons: https://everytownland.com/louth/commons-140178.md - Dunmahon: https://everytownland.com/louth/dunmahon.md - Milltown: https://everytownland.com/louth/milltown-140428.md - Milltown Grange: https://everytownland.com/louth/milltown-grange.md - Newtownfane: https://everytownland.com/louth/newtownfane.md - Walterstown: https://everytownland.com/louth/walterstown.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. --- 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. - Page: https://everytownland.com/louth/rossmakay - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/louth/rossmakay