Connellstown
Connellstown is a townland in the civil parish of Rathcore, barony of Moyfenrath Lower, Co. Meath.
- Area
- 123.5 ha
- 305 acres
- Land parcels
- 49
- registered freehold, median 2,512 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Connellstown, from 51 m² to 200,715 m² (20.07 ha, 49.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 63 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
27 Feb 2026Conditional
The development will consist of the construction of a storey and a half extension to side and rear of dwelling and to convert domestic garage to a home gym along with all ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660229
15 Jan 2026N/a
the development will consist of the construction of a storey and a half extension to side and rear of dwelling and to convert domestic garage to a home gym along with all ancillary site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660059
1 Mar 2024Conditional
1 Permission for continued use of the previously permitted developments under P. Reg. Ref. No’s. 01/1018 (PL17.127391); 95/1416 (PL17.099325) and 91/970 (PL17.089787) to include the existing quarry, drilling, blasting, crushing and screening of rock and related ancillary buildings and facilities; 2. Permission for continued use of the previously permitted developments under P. Reg. Ref. No. TA/120923 consisting of a discharge water treatment facility comprising two lagoons (30m x 13m), an oil interceptor, a reed bed (27m x 10m) and a concrete canal with "V" notch weir; 3. Permission for a small lateral extension of c.0.9 hectares from the existing quarry area of c.9.7 hectares as permitted under P. Ref. 01/1018 (PL17.127391) to give an overall extraction footprint of c.10.6 hectares; 4. Permission for the deepening of the overall extraction area (c.10.6 hectares) by 2 no. 15m benches to a final depth of c.45m AOD from the current quarry floor level of c.75m AOD as permitted under P. Ref. P. Ref. 01/1018 (PL17.127391); 5. Permission for a proposed new rock milling plant to be enclosed within a steel-clad building (c.575m² with roof height of 22.5m and exhaust stack height of 28.2m); 6. Replacement of existing septic tank with a new wastewater treatment system and constructed percolation area; 7. Restoration of the site to a beneficial ecological after-use; and 8. All associated site works within an overall application area of 31.1 hectares. The proposed operational period is for 20 years plus 2 years to complete restoration (total duration sought 22 years). Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, 2460150
8 Jun 2023Conditional
the construction of a new detached two storey type dwelling along with a detached single storey domestic garage, together with access from public road via a new recessed shared entrance serving (a) the new proposed dwelling, (b) the family agricultural lands to the rear (existing agricultural entrance to be closed up) and, (c) the previously granted dwelling etc, to the East (pl ref no: 21/1308), road boundary to be adjusted to improve road safety sightline, similar to previous pl. ref no. 21/1308, installation of anew proprietary waste water treatment system (Sepcon BAF 6PE Plus) together with all associated landscaping, site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23596
14 Jul 2022Conditional
a new single storey dwelling and detached single car garage, opening of a new vehicular entrance to site, new private water well and septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site development works
Permission consequent, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22932
20 Jun 2022Conditional
the development will consist of (a) retention planning permission for a mobile home in the rear garden of existing family homeplace for a temporary period of 3 years together with associated site works and services and (b) planning permission for the construction of a new detached single storey type dwelling along with a detached single storey domestic garage (same as previously granted on site; pl. ref. nos. TA110989), together with access from public road using a new recessed entrance replacing the existing agricultural entrance on site, road boundary to be adjusted to improve road safety sightline, installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment system (Oakstown O'Reilly BAF) together with all associated landscaping, site works and services
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 22808
22 Apr 2022Conditional
amendments to planning ref. no. TA/201422. Amendments consist of change of house type from single storey house to one and half storey house, increase size of garage, shared entrance and all associated services
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 22535
7 Jul 2021Conditional
the construction of a new detached two storey type dwelling along with a detached single storey domestic garage, together with access from public road via a new recessed shared entrane serving both the new proposed dwelling and the family agricultural lands to the rear (existing agricultural entrance to be closed up), road boundary to be adjusted to improve road safety sightline, installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment system together with all associated landscaping, site works and services. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211308
3 Jun 2021Conditional
a new proposed dwelling and detached garage, opening of a new vehicular entrance to site, new private water well and septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site development works
Outline permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211059
30 Mar 2021Conditional
existing telecommunications support structure (previously granted under Plan Ref No. TA120467) together with associated ground equipment cabinets enclosed in security fencing
Retention · Meath County Council, 21594
6 Oct 2020Conditional
a single storey dwelling, associated detached single garage, opening of a new vehicular entrance to site, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new private water well together with all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA201422
30 May 2018Unconditional
EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION TA/140157 - One and a half storey dwelling, domestic garage, recessed domestic entrance, driveway, proprietary waste water treatment system & polishing filter and all associated site works
Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA180557
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Connellstown.
Recorded monuments
- ME048-023 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a fairly level landscape with a small N-S canalised stream c. 10m to the W. This is a grass and rush-covered subcircular area (dims c. 50m N-S; 37m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 3.6-5.4m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 0.8-1m) with some bushes. There are slight traces of a fosse WSW-WNW and NE-SSE, but an original entrance is not identified. It remains unplanted in a coniferous forest with a wide unplanted buffer outside it (OSAP 2012). 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: 14 August 2019
- ME048-048 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on a SW-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on Google Earth (2018). It is separated by a berm (Wth c. 10-15m) from an outer enclosure (diam. c. 55-60m) defined by a single fosse or drain feature from which at least five field drains extend. No entrance features are visible. It was first reported by Edward O’Regan. It is also visible on Google Earth (28/06/2018). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 20 December 2018
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Connellstown.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Connellstown, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2530 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Connellstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Connellstown
- Area
- 1,235,376 m² (123.54 ha, 305.27 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rathcore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moyfenrath Lower
- Electoral division
- Innfield, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 4,858 people lived in 1,513 households in the Innfield electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 59% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynakill, Kilcorney, Newcastle, Rathcore
- Placenames
- Connellstown 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.