Croboy

86 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Croboy, from 203 m² to 611,266 m² (61.13 ha, 151.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 58 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 132 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 26 Jun 2026N/a

  planning permission for a private dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area, entrance onto road and all ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660798

• 15 Mar 2024Conditional

  (1) the construction of a new storey and a half extension to East of existing single storey dwelling with a flat roofed link, (2) the construction of a new single storey leanto extension to West of existing single storey dwelling, (3) internal and elevational alterations to existing single storey dwelling, (4) the construction of new recessed piers and wing walls at existing vehicular entrance from canal towpath, (5) removal of existing septic tank, (6) installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation/polishing filter together with (7) all associated landscaping, site works and services. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 24116

• 30 Jul 2021Refused

  the construction of a single-storey dwelling, domestic garage, new site entrance, the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and all site works associated with the proposed development . Significant Further Information/Revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211463

• 6 May 2021Conditional

  a full renovation to an existing bungalow also to add an extension (135sqm) and to decommission existing septic tank and upgrade to a BAF sewage treatment system & percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21853

• 17 Jul 2020Conditional

  planning permission to erect new extension to existing dwelling house and ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, TA200936

• 9 Apr 2018Conditional

  the construction of a combined domestic garage and pump house situated at the rear of existing bungalow and all site works associated with the proposed development

  Permission · Meath County Council, TA180345

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: Mount Hevey Bog SAC 002342
• 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: Mount Hevey Bog 001584
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Royal Canal 002103

Recorded monuments

• ME040-001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight ridge overlooking Croboy Lough which is c. 250m to the WNW. This is a slightly raised circular and grass-covered area (diam. 37m N-S; 36m E-W) sloping down to the NE defined by a scarp (max. H 1.2m at SW) that melds into the ground N-NE. There is no visible fosse, but the entrance may be a dip in the perimeter (Wth 4m) at NE. The cropmark can be seen on aerial images (OSAP 2017) and on Google Earth (06/06/2018). See the attached view from Google Earth 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. Date of revision: 18 September, 2017 Amended: 9 August, 2019

• ME041-004 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  Situated at the E end of a broad E-W ridge in a gently undulating landscape. This is a gently rounded, steep-sided mound (diam. of base 18.5m WNW-ESE; diam. of top 5.5m NE-SW; 5m NW-SE; H 4.6m) planted with some trees. 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

• ME041-024 Burial ground
  Description

  Located at the crest of a SE-facing slope. There are no ecclesiastical associations with this burial ground in Clonard parish. It is marked faintly as a circular area (diam. c. 30m) with bushes described as a ‘Grave Yard’ on the 1836 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it incorporates the boundary of a small detached portion (c. 0.75 acres) of Ballasport townland on the W side. It is marked similarly on the 1910 ed. of the map. This is a D-shaped area (dims c. 28m NW-SE; c. 23m NE-SW) defined by masonry walls. The few headstones date from 1790 to 1923 but there also numerous grave-markers. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 March, 2015

Architectural heritage

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

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 low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Croboy.

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.

• Croboy, Hill of Down5 sales

Name

Croboy

Area

5,098,730 m² (509.87 ha, 1,259.92 acres)

Civil parish

Clonard, and its townlands

Barony

Moyfenrath Upper

Electoral division

Hill of Down, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Hill of Down electoral division: 583 people in 191 households; 92% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghamore (Co. Westmeath), Ballasport, Ballinlig, Derrymore (Co. Westmeath), Inan, Kilwarden, Riverdale (Co. Westmeath)

Placenames

Croboy 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.