# Ardcath, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Ardcath, barony of Duleek Upper, Co. Meath; in Irish Ard Cath.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,158,757 m² (115.88 ha, 286.34 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,382 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 13 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Ardcath, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/ardcath.md
- Barony: Duleek Upper
- Electoral division: Ardcath, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,119 people lived in 721 households in the Ardcath electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/38341
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160039
- Centre: latitude 53.609391, longitude -6.393955 (WGS 84)

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

53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardcath, from 77 m² to 321,023 m² (32.1 ha, 79.33 acres); 31 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 138385: 321,023 m² (32.1 ha, 79.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/138385.md
- Parcel 147068: 223,932 m² (22.39 ha, 55.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/147068.md
- Parcel 169120: 178,435 m² (17.84 ha, 44.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/169120.md
- Parcel 2691215: 148,155 m² (14.82 ha, 36.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2691215.md
- Parcel 159144: 90,406 m² (9.04 ha, 22.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/159144.md
- Parcel 149144: 42,247 m² (4.22 ha, 10.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/149144.md
- Parcel 150223: 23,241 m² (2.32 ha, 5.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/150223.md
- Parcel 207326: 20,038 m² (2 ha, 4.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/207326.md
- Parcel 136620: 8,072 m² (0.81 ha, 1.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/136620.md
- Parcel 154266: 5,893 m² (0.59 ha, 1.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/154266.md
- Parcel 4820139: 5,865 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4820139.md
- Parcel 158060: 4,930 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/158060.md
- Parcel 157984: 4,721 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/157984.md
- Parcel 144221: 4,352 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/144221.md
- Parcel 5448638: 3,754 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5448638.md
- Parcel 5705885: 3,688 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5705885.md
- Parcel 5448623: 3,403 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5448623.md
- Parcel 197910: 3,384 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/197910.md
- Parcel 188935: 3,364 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/188935.md
- Parcel 203979: 3,198 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/203979.md
- Parcel 140080: 3,190 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/140080.md
- Parcel 156251: 3,036 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/156251.md
- Parcel 3635116: 2,966 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3635116.md
- Parcel 202566: 2,545 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/202566.md
- Parcel 156955: 2,509 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/156955.md
- Parcel 202691: 2,422 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/202691.md
- Parcel 182743: 2,382 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/182743.md
- Parcel 2523660: 2,327 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2523660.md
- Parcel 194981: 2,324 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/194981.md
- Parcel 636980: 2,317 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/636980.md
- Parcel 149591: 2,308 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/149591.md
- Parcel 202240: 2,285 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/202240.md
- Parcel 174078: 2,262 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/174078.md
- Parcel 161766: 2,140 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/161766.md
- Parcel 172860: 2,052 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/172860.md
- Parcel 206090: 1,858 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/206090.md
- Parcel 201244: 1,819 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/201244.md
- Parcel 195888: 1,567 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/195888.md
- Parcel 5705853: 1,258 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5705853.md
- Parcel 195659: 1,069 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/195659.md
- Parcel 5219256: 1,009 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5219256.md
- Parcel 199840: 964 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/199840.md
- Parcel 198141: 901 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/198141.md
- Parcel 144623: 889 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/144623.md
- Parcel 185739: 847 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/185739.md
- Parcel 5503837: 540 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5503837.md
- Parcel 4321663: 445 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4321663.md
- Parcel 5705862: 394 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5705862.md
- Parcel 5689161: 333 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5689161.md
- Parcel 5705864: 239 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5705864.md
- Parcel 4321723: 199 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4321723.md
- Parcel 3635111: 129 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3635111.md
- Parcel 4321843: 77 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4321843.md

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

- P5 RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural'): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath; 41 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2

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

13 applications, newest first.

- 26 Jun 2026, Meath County Council 2660796: N/a. Permission. a) Demolition of the existing sub-standard, G-BER rated, detached and derelict 1 and 2-storey dwelling. b) The construction of a replacement A-BER rated, detached, 1 and 2-storey dwelling and garage, with the dwelling offset by 2m from the existing dwelling’s roadside building line, within the same site. c) The continued use of the two existing vehicular entrances. d) An EPA compliant Waste Water Treatment System to replace the existing septic tank system. e) All associated site-works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660796/0
- 6 Nov 2025, Meath County Council 2561205: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. Planning permission for installation of new waste water treatment system and percolation area, decommissioning of existing septic tank and associated site works. Retention permission for single storey extensions to side and rear of existing single storey dwelling and as-built alterations to original Planning Permission granted (Ref: 70/286).. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561205/0
- 5 Aug 2025, Meath County Council 2560821: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the development consists of construction of a part two storey, part single storey detached dwelling, detached single storey domestic garage, new vehicular entrance onto public roadway, driveway, waste water treatment system, percolation area, landscaping and associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560821/0
- 2 Sept 2024, Meath County Council 2460698: Conditional. Permission. the development will consist of construction of farmyard complex to include slatted cattle shed, cattle handling area and crush, dry cattle shed, straw storage area, feed / machinery store, silage and maize pit, effluent tanks and concrete yard area. The development also includes new internal access roadway to connect with the existing access road and entrance to Boyne Valley Meats and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460698/0
- 16 Aug 2024, Meath County Council 2460653: N/a. Permission. the development will consist of construction of farmyard complex to include slatted cattle shed, cattle handling area and crush, dry cattle shed, straw storage area, feed / machinery store, silage and maize pit, effluent tanks and concrete yard area. The development also includes new internal access roadway to connect with the existing access road and entrance to Boyne Valley Meats and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460653/0
- 8 Dec 2023, Meath County Council 231114: Conditional. Permission. the construction of a double ESB MV Sub Station. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/231114/0
- 10 Nov 2023, Meath County Council 231047: N/a. Permission. the construction of a double ESB MV Sub Station. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/231047/0
- 11 Oct 2023, Meath County Council 23968: N/a. Extension of duration. EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION AA/191516 - Re-contouring of agricultural land and associated site works using imported clean inert soil and stones within a farm holding of 2.626 hectares (plus the additional access roadway of 0.211 hectares) for the consequent6ial benefit to agriculture. A 2 year planning permission is requested, and during this period 24,773 tonnes of inert soil and stones will be imported for the purposes of land reclamation. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/23968/0
- 10 Feb 2023, Meath County Council 23126: Refused. Permission. construction of farm yard complex including cattle slatted shed, cattle handling area and crush, dry cattle shed, straw storage, feed store, machinery store, silage and maize pit, effluent tanks and concrete yard. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/23126/0
- 8 Sept 2020, Meath County Council AA201238: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a new dwelling house, a new waste water treatment plant and percolation area including all associated site works and new site entrance. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/AA201238/0
- 28 May 2020, Meath County Council AA200663: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a storey and a half style dwelling, advanced waste water treatment system and percolation area, new entrance walls and piers and all ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/AA200663/0
- 20 Jul 2017, Meath County Council AA170847: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construction of a detached single storey dwelling with habitable attic accommodation, a detached single storey storage shed, new site entrance, proprietary waste water treatment system & all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/AA170847/0
- 27 Mar 2017, Meath County Council AA170309: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the development will consist of the construction of a detached 1 1/2 storey dwelling, new site entrance, proprietary waste water treatment system & all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/AA170309/0

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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 Ardcath.

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

- ME033-009: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME033-009----. Situated at the crest of a N-facing slope. A church at Ardcath is listed in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV (Cal. doc. Ire. 5, 253). There was a chantry attached, and the names of some of the clergy are known (Cogan 1862-70, 1, 333-5). Ussher (1622) describes the church as repaired and the chancel as ruined (Erlington 1847-64, 1, lxv). According to the Dopping (1682-5) and the Royal visitations (1693) the church was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The church and chancel were roofless at that time, although the graveyard was well fenced (Ellison 1971, 35). The parish church of Ardcath is within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 90m ENE-WSW; c. 50m NNW-SSE) defined by masonry walls, with a low bank inside the perimeter at N, and headstones dating from c. 1750 to the present. This is a divided nave (ext. dims 21.05m; E-W; 7.8m N-S; int. dims 19.6m E-W; 6m N-S) and chancel (ext. dims 15.15m E-W; 7m N-S; int. dims 13.35m E-W; 5.24m N-S) structure which survives almost complete with good quoins and putlog-holes in the walls. There are opposing pointed limestone doorways in the N (Wth 1.18m; H 2.2m) and S (Wth 1.4m; H 1.77m plus) walls, which are probably inserted, with external hollow chamfers. The doorways are situated just W of the centre of the long nave walls. The W wall has a single blocked embrasure which preserves a large window (H c. 1.5m) with external chamfers. The church had no belfry but one is inserted in the W gable over the blocked window and its bell is thought to pre-date the Reformation (Cogan 1, 334-5). There is a round-headed light (Wth 0.23m; H 0.8m) in a lintelled embrasure just W of the S doorway and a destroyed window towards the E end of the S wall. The N wall has a small trefoil-headed light (Wth 0.23m; H 0.95m) towards the E end with a small light over it, which are the only indication of a rood screen. The pointed chancel arch (Wth 3.53m) has plain piers (Wth 1.07m) and voussoirs. The N wall of the chancel has a single tall but destroyed window towards the W end and an aumbry at the E end. The S wall has three tall sandstone windows with evidence of glazing grooves and bars surviving only on the most westerly (Wth 0.5m), and a round-headed doorway (Wth 0.85m; H 1.75m) in limestone between the second and third windows from the E. The large E window (Wth 2.27m) was probably of three lights but its tracery is missing. Nevertheless, it has been dated to the 14th century (Leask 1960, 2, 145) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 9 February 2015
- ME033-009001: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME033-009001-. Situated at the crest of a N-facing slope. The parish church of Ardcath (ME033-009----) is within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 90m ENE-WSW; c. 50m NNW-SSE) defined by masonry walls, with a low bank inside the perimeter at N. The headstones date from c. 1750 to the present. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 February, 2015
- ME033-050: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME033-050----. Located in a field known as the Castle field (http://www.meathfieldnames.com/index.php/database-and-mapping) on the broad summit of Ardcath Hill. There is no record of a castle at Ardcath, but according to the Civil Survey (1654-6) Roger ffinglass of Ardcath and Thomas Dillon of Balgeeth owned 180 acres there and the premises inclueded ‘a farme house and a church’ (Simington 1940, 27). Fragments of the building were uncovered in the 1920s during quarrying activity which is described in the Schools Manuscript Collection (1938). The Castle field is marked on a map of Ardcath, by Thomas Farrell (1899) (pers. comm. Mr Colin Byrne, Briarleas, County Meath), but at present its precise location is not known. Compiled by Geradine Stout Date of upload: 13/03/2012

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 Ardcath.

## 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 Ardcath, 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ardcath.
- 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/meath/ardcath.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/ardcath.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/ardcath.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

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

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

- Balgeeth: https://everytownland.com/meath/balgeeth-160073.md
- Cloghan: https://everytownland.com/meath/cloghan.md
- Coolfore: https://everytownland.com/meath/coolfore-160475.md
- Fennor: https://everytownland.com/meath/fennor-160685.md
- Irishtown: https://everytownland.com/meath/irishtown-160885.md
- Maryland: https://everytownland.com/meath/maryland.md
- Micknanstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/micknanstown-161106.md
- Porterstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/porterstown-161317.md
- Rath: https://everytownland.com/meath/rath-161354.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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