Ballymahon

10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymahon, from 722 m² to 490,255 m² (49.03 ha, 121.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 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.

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 26 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 27 May 2026Conditional

  the proposed development will consist of i) the sub-division of the existing house into two separate dwellings, ii) the addition of two dormers to the rear elevation of the main house, iii) the addition of a velux window to the front elevation of the main house, iv) the construction of a single storey extension to the east side of the main house, v) the addition of a flat roof open porch to the main house, vi) the replacement of the existing septic tank with a wastewater treatment system and percolation area to serve both houses, and vii) all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660627

• 28 Feb 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of extension works to the existing dwelling house and all associated site works on this site.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560204

• 16 Mar 2022Conditional

  development will consist of an amendment to recently approved planning permission planning reference number 21/1351 to include retention permission for duration of three years for an existing mobile home. Significant Further Information/revised plans submitted on this application.

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22335

• 1 Oct 2021Conditional

  a detached two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, site entrance and all associated works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 211926

• 14 Jul 2021Conditional

  permission for a new 3 bedroom, two storey type dwelling, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, new entrance and all associated site works on this site. Significant Further information/Revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211351

• 18 Jun 2021N/a

  permission for a new 3 bedroom, two storey type dwelling, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, new entrance and all associated site works on this site

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211173

• 25 Feb 2021Conditional

  development will consist of a detached dormer bungalow type dwelling, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works. Significant Further information/Revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21357

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
• Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA 004232

Recorded monuments

• ME041-012 Mound
  Description

  Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. This is depicted as a D-shaped hachured feature attached to an E-W field bank at N only on the 1912 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It is a circular or D-shaped mound (diam. of base c. 20m; H c. 2m) which has many old quarries. 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 revision: 9 August 2019

• ME041-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a level landscape on the plain of the Rive Boyne, with a NW-SE section of the river c. 180m to the NE. A circular area (int. diam. c. 30-35m) defined by a fosse feature (Wth c. 1-3m) with an entrance break (Wth c. 4) at ENE is visible on Bing images (c. 2013). It was first identified by Katherine McCormack, and at the centre there is a triangular pit feature (dims c. 7m x c. 5m). It is also visible on Google Earth (29/06/2018) where an entrance gap at NE is also visible. See the attached view from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 July, 2016 Amended: 18 July, 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ballymahon, about 1 in 10 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2439 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Ballymahon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Ballymahon · Baile Uí Mhatháin

Area

952,749 m² (95.27 ha, 235.43 acres)

Civil parish

Castlerickard, and its townlands

Barony

Moyfenrath Upper

Electoral division

Castlerickard, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,247 people lived in 694 households in the Castlerickard electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 58% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyadams, Brackanrainey, Donore, Lionsden, Moyfin

Placenames

Ballymahon 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.