Dangan

139 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dangan, from 1 m² to 956,968 m² (95.7 ha, 236.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 53 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 · 192 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 24 Aug 2026N/a

  the development will consist of refurbishment works to 36.3 kilometres (km) of OHL, comprising provision of fibre wrap; replacement of 4 no. steel towers; replacement of 127 no. pole-sets/poles; replacement of 6 no. pole-set cross arms only; refurbishment work to 3 no. steel towers and 19 no. wooden pole-sets; and the treatment and painting of 4 no. steel towers. These structures (No’s. 1-181) and the associated OHL lie between wherethe Blundelstown – Mullingar 110kV OHL commences at Structure 1 in the townland of Harlockstown and stretches to the border with County Westmeath in the townland of Carranstown Great, crossing the County Meath townlands of Harlockstown, Blackhall Big, Lynaghstown, Barstown, Kilclone, Collistown, Warrenstown, Jenkinstown, Mullagh, Kilmore, Knockstown, Moynalvy, Ballygortagh, Curraghdoo, Clonymeath, Derryclare, Clonmahon, Drumard, Ginnets Little, Dangan, Umberstown Little, Umberstown Great, Stokestown, Laracor, Summerstown, Newtownmoynagh, Carberrystown, Kennastown, Derrindaly, Bellewstown, Kilmurry, Woodtown (Abbott), Pubblestown, Portanab, Moyrath, Rathcormick, Rathkenna, Coolronan and Carranstown Great. The Proposed Development also includes 3 no. temporary Construction Compounds in the townlands of Barstown, Pubblestown and Rathkenna. The refurbishment works in County Meath will consist of: the replacement (‘restringing’) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor; the installation of fibre wrap; the replacement of 4 no. steel towers and 127 no. wooden pole-sets/poles with similar dimensions and heights as the existing (replacement towers will be no more than 0.5m taller than existing and replacement pole-sets/poles will be no more than 3m taller than existing); the installation of replacement parts on towers and pole-sets; foundation refurbishment strengthening and recapping / clearing of shear blocks; treatment and painting of towers to be retained; all associated site development works, including temporary works areas; vegetation maintenance works; ancillary site preparation works, site clearance and levelling at the 3 no. temporary Construction Compounds; temporary works to existing tracks and new temporary access routes to each structure; and all associated works required to facilitate the Proposed Development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2661061

• 22 Jul 2026Conditional

  the development will consist of single storey house, proprietary effluent treatment system & percolation area, private well, landscaping, new vehicular entrance, & all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660923

• 26 Mar 2026Conditional

  the development will consist of: A Single story dwelling and detached domestic garage, new residential entrance onto public road, driveway, septic tank and percolation area, landscaping and all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660344

• 30 Jan 2026Conditional

  File Ref: 212002 - Construction of a detached part single storey, part storey & a half dwelling house, detached garage, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, new vehicular entrance gateway, access road, along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works

  Extension of duration, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 2652

• 17 Apr 2025Conditional

  the development consists of planning permission for 1no proposed single storey padel court building/structure, reconfiguration of the internal street network and parking area, a new front boundary wall with railing above and all ancillary site works. Permission for retention for 1no existing single storey shed which is to be re-purposed for bike storage. Permission for retention for 1no existing single storey coffee trailer and associated structure. Permission for retention for 1no existing sign at the site entrance. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560383

• 13 Jan 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the construction of a two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, a domestic wastewater disposal system and the upgrade of the existing agricultural entrance to domestic along with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560040

• 11 Dec 2024Conditional

  the continuation of the use of a temporary converted shed to living accommodation to cater for a person with extenuating health circumstances, as granted under permission under TA191061

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24453

• 18 Jan 2024Conditional

  the development will consist of the construction of a one and a half storey style dwelling, detached domestic garage, a domestic wastewater disposal system, new site entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460034

• 24 May 2023Conditional

  a single storey detached dwelling house, roof mounted solar panels, detached garage with covered car port and storage area, entrance gateway, wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23548

• 10 Feb 2023N/a

  a single storey, detached dwelling house, roof mounted solar panels, detached garage with covered car port and storage area, entrance gateway, wastewater treatment treatment unit and percolation area, along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23130

• 6 Dec 2022Conditional

  change of house type from a two-storey dwelling to a single storey dwelling along with revised site layout. Revisions to the site layout plan include, amended locations of detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter and all associated site works all further to previous planning reg ref. TA/191538

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221583

• 30 Jun 2022Refused

  the development will consist of 1. The construction of a new single storey type dwelling, 2. Installation of a new wastewater treatment system, 3. Completion of all associated and ancillary site works, 4. Previously approved planning permission Reference numbers TA/130759, TA/181463

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22864

• 15 Oct 2021Conditional

  Register Reference Number TA201259 for construction of a detached part single storey, part storey & a half dwelling house, detached garage, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, new vehicular entrance gateway, access road, along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Meath County Council, 212002

• 3 Aug 2021N/a

  the development will consist of a single storey dwelling with a detached domestic garage, a domestic wastewater disposal system, use of the existing shared site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 211489

• 2 Feb 2021Refused

  a new detached single storey type dwelling along with a detached single storey domestic garage (all similar to previously granted in pl. reg. ref. TA181463 & TA130759 with slight modifications to layout and size of dwelling), together with access from public road via new recessed entrance at location of existing agricultural entrance installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment system together with all associated landscaping, site works and services, all at Dangan, (Postal address; Readstown), Trim, Co Meath. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21178

• 10 Dec 2020N/a

  development will consist of a single storey dwelling with a detached domestic garage, a domestic wastewater disposal system, use of the existing shared site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA201901

• 17 Jul 2020Conditional

  de-commissioning existing septic tank and percolation area and install new proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter at new location on site, together with all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, TA200938

• 17 Jul 2020Conditional

  bungalow style dwelling, detached domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter, entrance and driveway together with all associated site works. The de-commissioning of the existing septic tank and percolation area on site currently serving the adjoining dwelling is being sought under a separate planning application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA200948

• 20 Nov 2019Conditional

  a proposed replacement two storey dwelling for an existing single storey dwelling. The existing single storey dwelling is to be used as a farm office. The proposed replacement development to include a two storey dwelling, a detached domestic garage, wastewater disposal system, upgrade of existing agricultural site entrance and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, TA191538

• 14 Aug 2019Conditional

  extension of existing property to include temporary conversion of shed to living accommodation to cater for a person with extenuating health circumstances

  Permission · Meath County Council, TA191061

• 7 Dec 2018Conditional

  a new detached single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, upgrading of existing site entrance; together with septic tank and percolation area previously granted under planning application REF: TA130759, and all associated site works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, TA181463

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 Dangan.

Recorded monuments

• ME042-008 Concentric enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a short NE-SW section (H c. 4-5m) of an esker ridge that is generally running NW-SE. This is undoubtedly the stronghold implied in the townland name Dangan. It is a grass-covered oval area (dims of top c. 35m ENE-WSW; c. 23m NW-SE) defined by a fosse (Wth of top 4.7m; int. D 1m; ext. D 0.5m) and outer bank (Wth of base 3m; ext. H 1m) across the ridge S-W but the bank is largely reduced to a scarp (at ENE: Wth 3.5m; H 1m) and the fosse to a berm (at ENE: Wth 2m). There is an entrance ramp (Wth of base 5m) at NE, and there is a small mound (diam. of base 2m; H 0.2m) in the interior towards the SW edge. At the bottom of the ridge is a second scarp (at ENE: Wth 3m; H 1.4m; at WSW: Wth 2.6m; H 1.7m) which is only missing SW-NW, and an external fosse largely reduced to a berm (at ENE: Wth 1.5m) NW-E-SE. There is an entrance (Wth of base 3m) through the lower scarp and a causeway (Wth of top 3.2m; H 0.4m) at NE. 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

• ME042-009 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated on a local rise in a level landscape. In 1380 Sir Simon Cusack gave the manor of Dangan to his son, John. The inheritance became dispersed afterwards but in the early fifteenth century Dangan passed by marriage, together with other Meath manors, to Sir Richard de Wellesley, who had been sheriff of Kildare in 1416 and 1418 (Ellison 1966, 316). Thereafter, all the proprietors are known. The Wellesleys became Protestants after 1640 and increased their estates throughout the seventeenth century (ibid. 316-18). According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) Valerian Weisley owned 380 acres at Dingen, and on the premises were ‘one castle, one mill and some thatch houses and a chapell’ (Simington 1940, 174). He also owned almost 600 acres elsewhere in the parish (ibid. 173-6). The last Wellesly was Garret, a parishioner of Jonathan Swift’s at Laracor (ME036-034----) and a distant relation of John and Charles Wesley, the founders of Methodism in England. He died childless in 1728 but he bequeathed Dangan to a cousin, Richard Colley of Castlecarbury (KD008-001003-), on condition that he changed his name to Wellesley (Ellison 1966, 319). Richard invested in the Dangan estate and is probably responsible for draining the land and building the new two storey mansion that is still extant as a ruin. His son, Garrett, who became the first viscount Wellesley and Earl of Mornington was a talented musician and composer, but his income never matched his requirements and he began to mortgage the estate (ibid. 324-5). His fifth son, Arthur, later to be victorious over Bonaparte at Waterloo in 1815 and to be created the first Duke of Wellington, was born on the first of May 1769, reputedly at Dangan (Anon. 1841). By the end of the eighteenth century the Dangan estate was mortgaged and it was acquired by a Thomas Burrowes (Ellison 1966 329), who leased it to tenants, some of whom proved to be unsatisfactory. The castle was almost completely burned in 1809 (Lambert 1977, 129) and was never restored (Anon. 1841). The ruins of the eighteenth-century mansion are on the site of the tower house. A drawing by Francis Place made in 1699 (Maher 1934, Pl. 8) shows one wall of the old castle that was undoubtedly a tower house surviving to about three storeys, but no features are noteworthy. Some of the original fabric may exist in the E wing of the surviving ruin where the walls are thick and have a base-batter. 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 July 2016

• ME042-027 Battery
  Description

  Situated in a low-lying landscape on the demesne of Dangan. A small rectangular embanked enclosure (dims c. 25m NE-SW; c. 25m NW-SE) with smaller rectangular bastions at the E and S angles is depicted on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a battery. It was described in 1969 (SMR file) as a low flat-topped grass-covered area defined by low scarps (Wth 3.5m; H 0.8m), but its visible profile was largely gone by 2000 (OSAP). The earthwork was a toy fort built to indulge the child Garret Wellesley (b. 1735), who would become better known as the father of Arthur Wellesley, the victor of the battle of Waterloo in 1815 and the first Duke of Wellington. Richard Colley of Castlecarbury (KD008-001003-) inherited Dangan castle (ME0423-009----) and its estate from a Garret Wellesley on condition that he changed his name to Wellesley, which he did. He invested in beautifying the estate, and indulged the creativity of his son Garret who was an infant prodigy. Garret was gifted in engineering as well as in music where he made his mark as a composer and became the first Professor of Music at Trinity College Dublin in 1764 (Ellison 1966-7, 319). A description of Dangan in 1748 by Mrs Pendarves, the diarist who is better known under her second married name Mrs Delaney, describes the grounds of Dangan as having ‘..a garden of 600 Irish acres. A gravel walk around the house to the great lake 52 feet broad and 600 yards long. The lake contains 26 acres, is of an irregular shape with a fort built in all its forms… There are several ships, one a complete man of war. My godson (Garret) is governor of the fort and lord high admiral...’ Richard Pococke, the writer and traveller, visited Dangan in 1752 and describes the lake ‘…at the lower end is a very large piece of water, at one corner of which is an island, it is a regular fortification. There is a ship, a sloop, and boats on the water, and a yard for building… On a round hill near the house is a temple and the hills around are adorned with obelisks, pillars and some buildings’. (Ellison 1966, 319-23) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 August 2019

• ME042-042 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a fairly level landscape on the demesne land of Dangan House, which is c. 550m to the SE. The cropmark of a subcircular enclosure (dims c. 45m N-S; c. 38m E-W) defined by a faint fosse feature is only visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). It is bisected by a NNE-SSW field drain, and it is not represented on any OS 6-inch map. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. See the attached view from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 September 2019

• ME043-050 Burial mound
  Description

  Situated on a rise in a fairly level landscape. The mound (diam. of base 21m; H 2.5m), known locally to have been a graveyard called Killahaushkeen, had been cut by the R158 Trim to Summerhill road, which was established by the eighteenth century. The name was also recorded in the 1930s (IFC: Schools Collection, vol. 692, 176). A proposed re-alignment necessitated archaeological testing (04E0986) of the mound, the W half of which had largely been removed by the existing road, but a bordering ditch was revealed in excavation on this side. The mound is a natural sand ridge with disturbed inhumations immediately beneath the sod extending to a max. depth of 1.3-1.9m. Beneath disturbed levels 17 extended inhumations were identified, of which only seven were recovered, and two collections of flat stones could have covered burials that were not excavated. Several of the burials could have been marked by collections of small stones, and a rectangular iron buckle was associated with one burial, which might be an adult male. The C14 dates for three burials range from the seventh to the eighteenth centuries: Cal AD 1609-1796; Cal. AD 688-754; Cal AD 974-1155. The partial remains of a structure consisting of a wall and a cobbled surface (L 7.5m; Wth c. 1m) is preserved under the road just N of the mound. (Breen 2007; McCullough 2008) Including the disarticulated remains, thirty five individuals were represented. A fifth were neo-natal and infants, while juveniles and adolescents amounted to almost a quarter. 57% of the sample were adults, of whom 44% were male. The recovered remains provide evidence of a carbohydrate-rich diet but without evidence of sugar. The wide date range militates against any population analysis. (Randolph-Quinney 2007) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 August 2019

Architectural heritage

• Catholic Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, church/chapel, 1905–1915 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gable-fronted church, dated 1911, with three-stage tower with spire attached to east. Four-bay side elevation to nave, with transepts to north, leading to apse and sacristy. Projecting porches attached to transepts. Rock-faced buttressed limestone walls, with ashlar dressings to openings, eaves courses, copings, chimneystacks and spire. Pitched slate roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods. Cast-iron piers, railings and double gates. Graveyard to site.

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 Dangan, 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

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

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 Dangan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Dangan · An Daingean

Area

3,567,558 m² (356.76 ha, 881.56 acres)

Civil parish

Laracor, and its townlands

Barony

Moyfenrath Lower

Electoral division

Laracor, the unit of the census

Census 2022

696 people lived in 213 households in the Laracor electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinrig, Clonmahon, Drumard, Ginnets Great, Ginnets Little, Readstown, Umberstown Great, Umberstown Little

Placenames

Dangan 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.