Boolykeagh

40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Boolykeagh, from 464 m² to 268,008 m² (26.8 ha, 66.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 57 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 28 Feb 2020Refused

  a single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, secondary wastewater treatment system with soil polishing filter, extend pedestrian entrance on SW of adjacent site to vehicular access and form a shared entrance with the application site, relocate roadside fencing and mature planting behind envelope of visibility on the application site and lands to east outside application site to comply with Section 2.1.3 Sight Lines of Appendix 15 of CDP 2013-2019 all to conform with DMRB Section TD41/95 & TD 9/07 of TII

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA200256

• 29 Jul 2019N/a

  a single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, secondary wastewater treatment system with soil polishing filter, extend pedestrian entrance on SW of adjacent site to vehicular access and form a shared entrance with the application site

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA190999

• 26 Feb 2019N/a

  a single storey modular 24ft x 12ft drying room, purpose fitted with separate adult male and adult female changing rooms on site behind the existing clubhouse site (adjacent to ramp to clubhouse). The proposed development is located within the curtilage of a protected structure (canal workers house)

  Permission · Meath County Council, TA190199

• 14 Feb 2019Refused

  a single storey dwelling, a detached domestic garage, a wastewater disposal system, an existing entrance to neighbouring dwelling to be closed, relocated and upgraded to a shared domestic site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, TA190139

• 13 Jul 2018Refused

  a single storey dwelling, a detached domestic garage, wastewater disposal system, a new domestic site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, TA180782

• 1 Aug 2017Conditional

  the development will consist of: A) Construction of an Agricultural Building consisting of Milking Parlour Dairy & Straw Bedded Calf Shed with roofless Collecting Yard and Handling Area, B) Construction of an Agricultural Building consisting of cubicles, straw bedded calving area with feed barriers and underground slatted tank, C) Construction of Overground Slurry Tower, D) Construction of Silage Pits, E) Construction of Hay Barn and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, TA170892

• 6 Jul 2017N/a

  the development will consist of: A) Construction of an Agricultural Building consisting of Milking Parlour Dairy & Straw Bedded Calf Shed with roofless Collecting Yard and Handling Area B) Construction of an Agricultural Building consisting of cubicles, straw bedded calving area with feed barriers and underground slatted tank C) Construction of Overground Slurry Tower D) Construction of Silage Pits E) Construction of Hay Barn and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, TA170779

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
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Royal Canal 002103

Recorded monuments

• ME047-010 Enclosure - large enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. An aerial photograph (CUCAP: AYM 10) from the 1970s shows a large enclosure (dims c. 100m E-W; c. 60-80m N-S) defined by what looks like a ditch feature W-N-SE. It does not appear on any other aerial images. 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: 13 August 2019.

Architectural heritage

• Worker's house, 1790–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey former canal workers house, built c.1795, now derelict. Hipped slate roof, nap render over ashlar limestone walls, and openings set in recessed blind arches. Outbuilding to site.

• Aqueduct, 1790–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch aqueduct over road, built c.1795, with string courses, rock-faced voussoirs and pilasters. Scars of plaques, now removed, are apparent on both elevations. Stone lock gates to canal.

• Boyne Aqueduct, aqueduct, 1790–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Triple-arch aqueduct over river, built c.1795, with upstream and downstream cutwaters. Carved plaques, string courses, pilasters and rock-faced voussoirs.

• Bridge, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Triple-arch rock-faced limestone bridge carrying the railway over the river, built c.1850, with buttresses, and upstream and downstream cutwaters. Replacement plinth railings.

• Bridge, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch ashlar limestone bridge carrying the railway over the road, built c.1850, with rock-faced voussoirs and piers. Replacement plinth railings.

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 Boolykeagh, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2390 (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 Boolykeagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Boolykeagh · An Bhuaile Chaoch

Area

1,300,595 m² (130.06 ha, 321.38 acres)

Civil parish

Clonard, 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

Ballynabarny, Ballynakill (Co. Kildare), Calf Field (Co. Kildare), Longwood, Middleborough, Moneymore, Moyvally (Co. Kildare)

Placenames

Boolykeagh 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.