# Donore, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Moynalty, barony of Kells Lower, Co. Meath; in Irish Dún Uabhair.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,897,558 m² (189.76 ha, 468.9 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,309 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Moynalty, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/moynalty.md
- Barony: Kells Lower
- Electoral division: Moynalty, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Moynalty electoral division: 650 people in 234 households; 79% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/38249
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160608
- Centre: latitude 53.782204, longitude -6.893601 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Donore, from 41 m² to 471,664 m² (47.17 ha, 116.55 acres); 22 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 5614532: 471,664 m² (47.17 ha, 116.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5614532.md
- Parcel 4966347: 416,899 m² (41.69 ha, 103.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4966347.md
- Parcel 207403: 107,146 m² (10.71 ha, 26.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/207403.md
- Parcel 193894: 82,664 m² (8.27 ha, 20.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/193894.md
- Parcel 2591736: 57,523 m² (5.75 ha, 14.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2591736.md
- Parcel 5020789: 53,724 m² (5.37 ha, 13.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5020789.md
- Parcel 154530: 53,570 m² (5.36 ha, 13.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/154530.md
- Parcel 4430055: 42,386 m² (4.24 ha, 10.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4430055.md
- Parcel 151682: 32,291 m² (3.23 ha, 7.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/151682.md
- Parcel 193881: 30,550 m² (3.05 ha, 7.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/193881.md
- Parcel 160643: 25,883 m² (2.59 ha, 6.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/160643.md
- Parcel 224183: 16,076 m² (1.61 ha, 3.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/224183.md
- Parcel 5050460: 6,237 m² (0.62 ha, 1.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5050460.md
- Parcel 183649: 6,216 m² (0.62 ha, 1.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/183649.md
- Parcel 216002: 6,023 m² (0.6 ha, 1.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/216002.md
- Parcel 2516346: 5,128 m² (0.51 ha, 1.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2516346.md
- Parcel 5038885: 4,935 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5038885.md
- Parcel 168613: 4,804 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/168613.md
- Parcel 147820: 4,739 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/147820.md
- Parcel 150705: 4,232 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/150705.md
- Parcel 211514: 4,015 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/211514.md
- Parcel 5216099: 3,979 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5216099.md
- Parcel 151393: 3,935 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/151393.md
- Parcel 5050462: 3,230 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5050462.md
- Parcel 147986: 2,504 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/147986.md
- Parcel 203031: 2,113 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/203031.md
- Parcel 4969459: 1,867 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4969459.md
- Parcel 781096: 1,700 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/781096.md
- Parcel 5050485: 1,694 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5050485.md
- Parcel 5050456: 1,646 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5050456.md
- Parcel 201606: 1,605 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/201606.md
- Parcel 144591: 1,584 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/144591.md
- Parcel 153918: 1,521 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/153918.md
- Parcel 210979: 1,500 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/210979.md
- Parcel 169055: 1,283 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/169055.md
- Parcel 5050487: 1,277 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5050487.md
- Parcel 156750: 1,247 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/156750.md
- Parcel 200506: 1,170 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/200506.md
- Parcel 5243928: 930 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5243928.md
- Parcel 144869: 930 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/144869.md
- Parcel 782893: 844 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/782893.md
- Parcel 5050471: 844 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5050471.md
- Parcel 5050473: 784 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5050473.md
- Parcel 5050486: 743 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5050486.md
- Parcel 173624: 662 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/173624.md
- Parcel 203460: 657 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/203460.md
- Parcel 213780: 535 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/213780.md
- Parcel 5212644: 118 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5212644.md
- Parcel 5212620: 66 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5212620.md
- Parcel 5212663: 41 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5212663.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- P5 RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural'): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath; 68 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/meath-adopted-county-development-plan
- G3 H1 - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/meath-adopted-county-development-plan
- G1 F1 - Open Space (Open space, park): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/meath-adopted-county-development-plan
- S5 G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/meath-adopted-county-development-plan
- N2.3 TU - Transport and Utilities (Mixed/general water/wastewater uses): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/meath-adopted-county-development-plan
- M2 B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/meath-adopted-county-development-plan

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

3 applications, newest first.

- 26 Sept 2024, Meath County Council 2460789: N/a. Permission. planning permission for the following: (1) to retain existing rear extension to museum currently in use as a Mens Shed workshop and also containing toilets and an office. (2) permission to construct a new stand alone Mens Shed Workshop building with covered storage yard area between existing and proposed building. (3) permission for change of use of existing Mens Shed Workshop area to museum area. (4) permission for all associated site development works on site at Donore Moynalty. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460789/0
- 16 Dec 2022, Meath County Council 221659: Conditional. Permission. the development will consist of a new single storey, flat-roofed extension with 1 no. roof light to connect from the existing single storey pitched dwelling to a newly proposed pitched roof extension. This will include demolition of a flat roof existing porch and forming a new opening in an existing window to the existing property. The extension will house an entrance lobby (flat roof connector), a kitchen, dining area and living room (new pitched roof section). Ground works to include creating a new gate to the side of the property away from the corner and associated groundworks for drainge and a new septic tank. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/221659/0
- 9 Nov 2018, Meath County Council KA181336: Conditional. Retention. to retain 9no light standards along entrance driveway and carpark and 2no pier top lights at entrance to their property. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA181336/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Donore.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- ME011-011: Mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME011-011----. Situated on a hillock in the valley of the meandering NW-SE Owenroe or Moynalty River, with the stream c. 120m to the N. The Moynalty hoard, consisting of nine pieces of eight-century AD metalwork, including a highly ornate door-handle probably from a church, was found c. 250m to the N beside the river (Ryan 1987). The mound would have been in full view of Donore House c. 170m to the E before farm sheds intervened. This is a flat-topped grass-covered mound (diam. of top 10.5m E-W; 10m N-S) defined by a scarp (at SE: H 2.5m) and planted with deciduous trees. The base is surrounded by a quarry and outer bank ENE-S-SW. The E half of the mound has been removed and only a small portion of the outer bank survives at S (Roycroft 2018, 3-4, Fig. 21). Archaeological testing (01E1196) by B. Shanahan of a limited area (c. 0.3 ha) c. 50m to the E at the closest point produced no archaeological material (excavations.ie 2001:1014). 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 April 2019 Amended: 14 October 2025

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Moynalty Bridge, bridge, 1730–1770, Regional interest, registry number 14309030, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=ME&regno=14309030. Six-arch road bridge, c.1750. Rendered rubble limestone walls with roughly dressed stone arch ring. Upstream side of bridge has triangular cutwaters. One cutwater is full-height and originally was a pedestrian refuge.
- Graveyard/cemetery, 1910–1915, Regional interest, registry number 14309031, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=ME&regno=14309031. Private burial ground, c.1912, containing marble grave marker surrounded by cast-iron railings on concrete plinth.
- Weir, 1910–1930, Regional interest, registry number 14309032, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=ME&regno=14309032. Weir, sluice gates and race, c.1920. Cement rendered building on north side of mill race contains generating machinery.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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 Donore.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/meath/donore-160608.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/donore-160608.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/donore-160608.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Donore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath: https://everytownland.com/meath.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballintlieve: https://everytownland.com/meath/ballintlieve.md
- Baltrasna: https://everytownland.com/meath/baltrasna-160184.md
- Knockaranny: https://everytownland.com/meath/knockaranny.md
- Moynalty: https://everytownland.com/meath/moynalty.md
- Rathinree Upper: https://everytownland.com/meath/rathinree-upper.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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