Clongill

220 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clongill, from 15 m² to 946,516 m² (94.65 ha, 233.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 70 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 290 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 20 Jul 2026N/a

  the proposed development comprises: 1. Construction of a two-storey, four-bedroom detached dwelling. 2. Provision of a new private well. 3. Installation of a new effluent treatment system with a soil polishing filter. 4. Partial removal of the existing hedge to provide unobstructed sightlines for access to the proposed site from the public road via the existing recessed private entrance, set back 3m from the road frontage behind a timber post fence and grass verge, together with all associated landscaping and site development works. Note: Part of the hedge to be removed to achieve the required sightlines is located in the townland of Clongill,

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660915

• 25 May 2026Refused

  File Reg. No. KA201448 - 2 No. Free Range Poultry houses, together with all ancillary structures (to include 4 No. Meal Bins and 1 No. Soiled water tank) and associated site works arising from the above development at Fletcherstown, Wilkinstown, Navan, Co. Meath. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under part IV of the Envirironment Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013

  Extension of duration · Meath County Council, 26142

• 14 Feb 2025Conditional

  the development consists of variations to previously granted permission, Ref. No.: 22/245 and include the following: (1) minor increase to the overall footprint of the dwelling, (2) elevational changes to the front, sides and rear of the dwelling and the construction of a porch on the east side, (3) all ancillary site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2560145

• 21 Oct 2024Conditional

  permission for retention of the existing garage located to the rear of the existing dwelling house and all associated works

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 24418

• 25 Jun 2024Conditional

  to construct 1 No. poultry house together with all ancillary structures (to include meal storage bin(s) and soiled water tank(s)) and site works (including upgraded site entrance and storm water attenuation) associated with the above development at

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460469

• 2 May 2024Conditional

  (1) retention permission for 2 existing single storey sheds adjoining (South) existing garage, (2) retention permission for change of use of garage to home office/playroom, (3) retention permission for existing agricultural shed comprising 4 stables and large storage area 80 meters to rear (South) of existing house

  Retention · Meath County Council, 24186

• 10 Jan 2024Conditional

  the construction of a two storey dwelling with detached domestic garage, septic tank with percolation area, entrance to public road and all associated site works. Please note this application if granted will supersede that previously granted under KA/200001.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460019

• 30 Jun 2023Conditional

  the development will consist of constructing a single storied dwelling house and a detached domestic garage, installing a proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area and to make a new entrance onto the road, along with all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23669

• 14 Mar 2023Conditional

  (1) proposed single storey extension to the rear (South) elevation of existing dwelling and all associated works (2) retention permission for existing single storey boiler house to front (North) elevation of existing dwelling (3) retention permission for existing single storey extension to rear (South) elevation of existing dwelling (4) retention permission for existing pitched roof as replacement of flat roof over existing single storey annex to side (West) elevation

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23270

• 21 Dec 2022Conditional

  the construction of a single storey dwelling house, a domestic garage, an approved waste water treatment system and percolation area to EPA 2021 recommendations, a water well, an entrance to the public road, together with all other works ancillary to the development. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221709

• 16 Mar 2022Conditional

  to construct a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance and to install a sewage treatment system with percolation area together with all works ancillary to the overall development on site

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22348

• 25 Feb 2022Conditional

  (a) alteration of roof profile (b) alteration of the front elevation including demolition of existing porch (c) additional side and rear extension (d) upgrading of sewage treatment system, together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22245

• 11 Jun 2021Conditional

  the construction of a new farm machinery storage shed, construction of a new potato storage shed, demolition of existing agricultural shed marked A on the drawings, new rainwater soakaway area, including all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 211126

• 8 Feb 2021Conditional

  (1) the construction of a new storey and a half 3 bedroom side extension (to the new single storey flat roof side extension) with dormer windows within the front and rear roof slope (2) the construction of a new single storey flat roof side extension to form a link between the existing dwelling and the new storey and a half 3 bedroom extension (3) the construction of a new single storey flat roof canopy to form a covered external area to the rear of the new storey and a half 3 bedroom extension (4) decommission existing septic tank and install a new wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter, and (5) all necessary ancillary site development works to facilitate this development. To include: demolition of part of the existing shed/garage building, and internal alterations and other works to the existing dwelling to facilitate the proposed extension

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21228

• 27 Jan 2021Conditional

  the development consists of the retention of new domestic entrance and piers and the retention and completion of the replacement and relocation of roadside boundary wall

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21146

• 23 Dec 2020Refused

  a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance and to install a sewage treatment system with percolation area together with all works ancillary to the overall development on site. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA202094

• 3 Jan 2020Conditional

  the construction of a two storey dwelling, domestic garage, provision of a septic tank with percolation area, domestic entrance, including all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA200001

• 20 Feb 2019Conditional

  the construction of a two storey style dwelling and detached domestic garage, the installation of a proprietary domestic effluent system, new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA190165

• 10 Dec 2018N/a

  to construct storey and half type dwelling, domestic garage, proprietary treatment unit and percolation area and complete all ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA181474

• 5 Mar 2018Conditional

  erection of two storey dwellinghouse and detached domestic garage with proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area, also private entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA180205

• 13 Feb 2018Conditional

  to construct 1 No. poultry house together with all ancillary structures (to include meal storage bin(s) and soiled water tank(s)) and site works (including upgrade site entrance) associated with the above development

  Permission · Meath County Council, KA180131

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 Clongill.

Recorded monuments

• ME017-017 Mound
  Description

  Situated on a local prominence on a fairly level landscape. This is a circular grass-covered mound (diam. of base 11m E-W; 10m N-S; H 2.2m) with some bushes. There is a small, grass-covered quarry to the SE, and the late medieval house (ME017-019001-) is c. 130m to the E. (O’Sullivan 1955, 19) 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: 12 April 2019

• ME017-018 Church
  Description

  Situated on a level landscape. A church at Clongill is listed in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV (Cal. doc. Ire. 5, 261). Ussher (1622) describes the church and chancel at Clongell as in ruins (Erlington 1868, 1, xciv). According to Dopping's Visitation (1682-5) the church was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin but was in poor condition with no chancel, while the graveyard was 'tolerably fenced with stone' (Ellison 1973, 6). The site of the medieval parish church of Clongill is within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 60m E-W; c. 40m N-S) defined largely by masonry walls and incorporating the townland boundary with Arch Hall at E. The church is visible as a grass-covered sunken area (int. dims 15.8m E-W; 6.8m N-S) defined by traces of the walls, especially at S, but its stones were said to have been used to build the Church of Ireland church at Kilshine (ME012-038----) c. 2.5km to the NNE (O’Sullivan 1955). There is a vault beneath the east end of the church. The graveslab of James Trynch, dated 1631 (Du Noyer 1897) is a rectangular sandstone slab (dims 2.12m x 0.95m; T 0.12m) outside the church to the E. The inscription in relief in Roman letters is around the edge and in two panels in the centre between crests. There is a skull and cross bones in a panel at the base. Clongill Castle (ME017- 019----) is c. 150m to the SSW, on the other side of the road. 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: 12 December, 2014

• ME017-018001 Graveyard
  Description

  The site of the medieval parish church of Clongill (ME017-018----) is within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 60m E-W; c. 40m N-S) defined largely by masonry walls, but the E side incorporates the townland boundary with Arch Hall. According to Dopping's Visitation (1682-5) the graveyard was 'tolerably fenced with stone' at that time (Ellison 1973, 6). The graveslab of James Trynch (ME017-018002-) is at the E edge of the graveyard. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 June, 2014 Amended: 21 August, 2014

• ME017-018002 Graveslab
  Description

  The graveslab of James Trynch, dated 1631(Du Noyer 1897), is a rectangular sandstone slab (dims 2.12m x 0.95m; T 0.12m) outside the site of the parish church to the E in the graveyard (ME017-018001-). The inscription in relief in Roman letters is around the edge and in two panels in the centre between crests. There is a skull and cross-bones in a panel at the base. From: Du Noyer's notes 1897: In the month of August, 1865, I lighted on this quaint and interesting tomb-slab, and on announcing the discovery to the Rev. Dr. Brady, he kindly informed me that it was commemorative of the death of the ancestor of the Clancarty family. The shield bears in chief, a lion passant, and the sun in splendour over it. The lower portion of the shield is parted per pale, the dexter side being seiné with Tudor roses, and the sinister filled with the emblem s of St. Joseph’s trade – the saw, the chisel, the hammer, bit and brace, and square. The legend is as follows: HIC IACET IOCOBUS ** TRY / NCHE CLERICUS RECTOR QU / ONDAM HVIVS ECCLESIAE DE CLON / GELL EX ILLVSTRI ET INVICITO SCOTINO GENTE NATVS CVM SEX LIBERIS QVI HANC / VITAM PEREGIT DECIMO TERTIO DIE MENSIS MARTII ANNO DOMINI 1631. Under the shield is written: MARGRETA MONTGOMRI / VXOR DEFVNCTI ET MA / TER PREDICTORIUM SEX / LIBERORVM HOC FECIT / **** CONDERE Below this again is a shield without arms, and next it a death’s head and crossed bones. The above Thomas Trynch (Du Noyer says), was the ancestor of the Clancarty family. Translation: Here lies James Trynch, clerk, Rector some time of this church of Clongill, born of an illustrious and unconquered Scottish family, with six children, who finished this life on the 13 day of March 1631. Margaret Montgomery, wife of the deceased and mother of the above named six children caused *** to erect this. This tomb, long grass-grown and neglected, has recently been restored by Mr. J. Cooke Trench of Millicent, County Kildare. See the attached image. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 August, 2014

• ME017-019 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Richard Whyte of Clogell was a juror at an inquisition into the manor of Kilmainhambeg in 1541 (White 1943, 112). A castle at Clongill (10:2) in Clongill parish and Morgallion barony is depicted as a tower on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony and parish maps (http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/). According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) Lord Barnwall, James White of Clongill, Alexander Plunkett of Gibstown, and John Proudfoot of Clongill owned 388 acres there in 1640, and on the premises was ‘a Castle and Mansion House’ (Simington 1940, 326), which was probably occupied by White, the others being mortgagees. It is situated on a level landscape with the parish church (ME017-018001-) c. 150m to the NNE. The tower house is rectangular structure (int. dims 6.5m N-S; 5.1m E-W) with curved angles, a circular stairs tower at the SW angle and a rectangular garderobe tower at the NE angle. The original doorway, now blocked, is towards the S end of the W wall with a murder-hole over the entrance lobby but the newel stairs off the lobby to the S is blocked. There is a N-S barrel-vault with wicker centring over the ground floor, which has a window in the S wall and a blocked doorway towards the N end of the W wall, which may be secondary and allowed further access with the house (ME017-019001-) attached to the W. The first floor (int. dims 7.2m N-S; 5.7m E-W) has single windows on the E and S walls, two windows on the N wall, and a robbed fireplace on the W wall. All the windows were adapted into tall Georgian-style windows with brick, but the original doorway to the garderobe at NE is lintelled and the doorway from the stairs is pointed. The corbels to support the ceiling are generally missing. A pointed doorway leads from the stairs to the second floor, from which a lintelled doorway leads to the garderobe in the NE tower. There is an enlarged window in each wall except the W and there are fireplaces in the E and W walls. The stairs continue in the SW tower but the wall-walk and parapet do not survive, apart from a look-out over the NW angle that was supported partly by a pier on the inner edge of the wall-walk. There was a partial collapse of the walls in 1994, which have become covered in ivy. The stone house (ME017-019001-) is attached to W. The tower house is at the SE angle of a rectangular enclosure (dims c. 30m ENE-WSW; c. 20m NNW-SSE) defined by masonry walls that could have constituted a bawn, which is more likely to be associated with the house than the tower house. 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: 13 June 2016

• ME017-019001 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  This is probably the ‘Mansion’ listed at Clongill in the Civil Survey (1654-6) (Simington 1940, 326). It is situated on a level landscape and attached to the W of the tower house (ME017-019001-), with the parish church (ME017-018001-) c. 150m to the NNE. This is an oblong structure (ext. dims 18.5m E-W; c. 7.3m N-S) of two storeys but much of the walls are obscured with ivy. Nevertheless, it has very few architectural features. At the ground floor there are only two large Georgian-style openings towards the E end of the S wall and one in the N wall, which also has a doorway towards the E end. There is a wide, round-arched opening (Wth 3.1m) towards the W end of the S wall that is probably not original. There is a large destroyed fireplace in the W wall with an oven attached. There is also a circular stairs tower (int. diam. 2m) at the SW angle, but the stairs must have been of wood. The S wall is recessed for first floor, but the N wall does not survive, and the only architectural features are two large window openings towards the E end of the S wall and a robbed fireplace in the S wall. The house occupies much of the S edge of a rectangular enclosure (dims c. 30m ENE-WSW; c. 20m NNW-SSE) defined by masonry walls that could have constituted a bawn, which is more likely to be associated with the house than the tower house. 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 June 2016

• ME017-019002 Bawn
  Description

  Situated on a level landscape. The tower house (ME017-019----) is at the SE angle of a rectangular enclosure (dims c. 30m ENE-WSW; c. 20m NNW-SSE) defined by masonry walls that could have constituted a bawn. This is more likely to be associated with the house (ME017-019001-) which occupies much of its S edge than with the tower house. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 June, 2016

• ME018-005 Souterrain
  Description

  Located on a fairly level landscape. A section of a lintelled passage (L 5m plus) was almost completely silted up but led S to a corbelled beehive chamber (diam. 3.6m; H 2.1m) that was discovered and recorded in 1975. (Kelly 1977) 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. See the attached plan from Kelly (1977) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 July 2007 Revision: 24 March 2023 Kelly, E. P. 1977 A Souterrain at Clongill, Co. Meath. Ríocht na Mídhe, 6, 3, 62-4.

• ME018-053 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in a gently undulating landscape. The cropmark of a small circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 15m) defined by a continuous fosse is visible only on Apple Maps. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. See the attached view from Apple Maps Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 September 2020

• ME018-054 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on the SW-facing slope of a small NE-SW spur or spine. The cropmark of a small circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 15m) defined by a continuous fosse is visible only on Apple Maps. Ring-ditch (ME018-053----) is c. 200m to the NNE. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. See the attached view from Apple Maps Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 September 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Clongill.

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.

• Clongill, Wilkinstown6 sales

Name

Clongill · Cluain an Ghaill

Area

4,890,675 m² (489.07 ha, 1,208.51 acres)

Civil parish

Clongill, and its townlands

Barony

Morgallion

Electoral division

Donaghpatrick, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Donaghpatrick electoral division: 2,004 people in 623 households; 91% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Arch Hall, Dowdstown, Drakerath, Fletcherstown, Gibstown Demesne, Glebe, Mountainstown, Oristown, Oristown, Rossmeen, Wilkinstown

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Clongill 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.