Ferrans

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ferrans, from 1 m² to 1,270,595 m² (127.06 ha, 313.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 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 · 59 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 18 Feb 2026Conditional

  1. Retention permission and permission to regularise the sequencing of a replacement dwelling currently under construction under Pl. Ref. 2460708, including an amendment to the permitted development description and clarification of the approved use; 2. Permission for a replacement dormer-type single-family staff dwelling house, solely ancillary to the established equine enterprise at Ferrans Stud, for occupation by the Stud Manager and his/her family only, not for general staff occupation and not for use as an independent rural dwelling; 3. Permission for the demolition and removal of the existing single-family bungalow staff dwelling house upon completion and occupation of the replacement single-family dwelling house; 4. All other details to remain as granted under Pl. Ref. 2460708, including the associated garage, upgrade of the effluent treatment system, and all related site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660181

• 29 Jan 2026N/a

  1. Retention permission and permission to regularise the sequencing of a replacement dwelling currently under construction under Pl. Ref. 2460708, including an amendment to the permitted development description and clarification of the approved use; 2. Permission for a replacement dormer-type single-family staff dwelling house, solely ancillary to the established equine enterprise at Ferrans Stud, for occupation by the Stud Manager and his/her family only, not for general staff occupation and not for use as an independent rural dwelling; 3. Permission for the demolition and removal of the existing single-family bungalow staff dwelling house upon completion and occupation of the replacement single-family dwelling house; 4. All other details to remain as granted under Pl. Ref. 2460708, including the associated garage, upgrade of the effluent treatment system, and all related site development works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660112

• 31 Oct 2025Refused

  Permission to amend the description of the house currently under construction under planning file ref. no. 2460708. Description wording to change from "staff house" to "single-family staff house for the stud manager and family only". All other details to remain as per planning file ref. no. 2460708". The full development description for file ref. no. 2460708 was; "The development will consist of: A. The demolition of an existing staff dwelling house and garage for domestic use, B. The erection of a replacement dormer-type staff house, with a single-storey garage for domestic use only, C. The upgrade of the effluent treatment system, and D. All other related site development work."

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2561172

• 14 Oct 2025Conditional

  EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply for permission for works to uprate the existing Rinawade – Dunfirth Tee – Kinnegad 110kV overhead line (OHL). Within County Meath, the proposed development will take place within the following townlands: JARRETSTOWN, WALTERSTOWN, MOOR OF MEATH, RATHLEEK, GRANGE, BOGGANSTOWN, CAPPAGHCREEN, BROWNSTOWN, SALESTOWN, AFFOLLUS, KILGRAIGUE, HARRISTOWN, PORTERSTOWN, KILCLONE, KIMMINS, BARROCKSTOWN, BALLYMAGILLIN, MULHUSSEY, FERRESTOWN, RODANSTOWN, BATTERSTOWN, DOLANSTOWN, CALGATH, BALFEAGHAN, KILGLIN, FERRANS, CASTLEJORDAN, GORTNAHORNA, KILLASKILLEN, CLONGALL, KNOCKERSALLY OR COLEHILL. The Rinawade - Dunfirth Tee - Kinnegad 110 kV OHL circuit runs through County Meath, County Kildare and County Offaly. It is 54 km in length and travels from Kinnegad 110 kV substation in Killaskillen (County Meath) and traverses southeast where a short loop into Dunfirth 110 kV substation in Dunfirth (County Kildare) exists. The line then continues southeast where it terminates at Rinawade 110kV substation in Rinawade Lower (County Kildare). The OHL has a total of 249no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Meath County Council, there is 23.16 km of the existing OHL circuit, with 107 no. structures. Within the functional area of Kildare County Council there is 30.66 km, with 140 no. structures, and within the functional area of Offaly County Council there is 0.42 km, with 2 no. structures. Separate planning applications will be lodged with Kildare County Council and Offaly County Council. The proposed development within Co. Meath will comprise: • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between structure numbers 1 - 37, 185 - 214, and 218 - 223; • the replacement of angle mast in-situ at 1no. location, with a new angle mast; • the strengthening of tower foundations at 3no. locations; • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 5no. locations; • the painting of towers at 7no. locations; • shear block remedial works of towers at 1no. locations; • the replacement of polesets at 38no. locations, with similar structures. There will be no change in height at 12no. poleset replacements. There will be height increases between 0.1m and 2.0m at 26no. poleset replacements. • the replumbing of polesets at 11no. locations; • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561103

• 13 Oct 2025Conditional

  works to uprate the existing Rinawade – Dunfirth Tee – Kinnegad 110kV overhead line (OHL). Within County Kildare, the proposed development will take place within the following townlands: Confey, Parsonstown, Barnhall, Easton, Rinawade Upper, Rinawade Lower, Castletown, Oldcarton, Nicholastown, Killickaweeny, Cappagh, Newtown, Ballynakill, Ballyvoneen, Dysart, Dunfierth, Coolree, Kilmurry, Thomastown, Kilshanchoe, Clonagh, Cadamstown, Tanderagee, Calfstown, Ballinderry, Balrinnet, Kilglass, Nurney, Williamstown, Ballindoolin, Carrick, Grange East, Rahin. The Rinawade - Dunfirth Tee - Kinnegad 110 kV OHL circuit runs through County Meath, County Kildare and County Offaly. It is 54 km in length and travels from Kinnegad 110 kV substation in Killaskillen (County Meath) and traverses southeast where a short loop into Dunfirth 110 kV substation in Dunfirth (County Kildare) exists. The line then continues southeast where it terminates at Rinawade 110kV substation in Rinawade Lower (County Kildare). The OHL has a total of 249no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Kildare County Council, there is 30.66 km of the existing OHL circuit, with 140 no. structures. Within the functional area of Meath County Council there is 23.16 km, with 107 no. structures, and within the functional area of Offaly County Council there is 0.42 km, with 2 no. structures. Separate planning applications will be lodged with Meath County Council and Offaly County Council. The proposed development within Co. Kildare will comprise: the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between structure numbers 93 - 153, 224 - 226, and 240 - 247; the strengthening of tower foundations at 9no. locations; the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 14no. locations; the painting of towers at 15no. locations; shear block remedial works of towers at 1no. location; the replacement of polesets at 43no. locations, with similar structures. There will be no change in height at 6no. poleset replacements. There will be height increases between 0.1m and 2.0m at 33no. poleset replacements. Poleset numbers 67, 72 and 132 will increase in height no greater than 3.0m, and poleset number 151 will increase in height no greater than 4.0m; the replumbing of polesets at 14no. locations; the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at all structures where conductor wires will be replaced; the replacement of stay wire/a

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561155

• 6 Sept 2024Conditional

  A The demolition of an existing staff dwelling house and garage for domestic use, B The erection of a replacement dormer-type staff house, with a single-storey garage for domestic use only, C The upgrade of the effluent treatment system, and D All other related site development work.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460708

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Royal Canal 002103

Recorded monuments

• ME049-032 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Situated in a low-lying, gently undulating landscape. Archaeological testing (06E1231) by A. Collins in advance of a realignment of the R158 road identified archaeological deposits (Collins 2008, 19) that were excavated (07E0162) as Site 12 by E. Larsson (excavations.ie 2007:1311). It proved to be three pits and four spreads of silty sands with occasional inclusions of burnt stone. The pits (dims 1.1m x 0.6m; D 0.15: 0.89m x 0.83m; D 0.16m: 0.52m x 0.46m; D 0.35m) were filled with silty sands. A sample of willow charcoal from one of the pits produced a C14 date of 2470-2380 cal. BC while a sample of ash charcoal from another pit yielded a date of 50 BC – 80 cal. AD. The stratigraphy may be disturbed as the only artefact recovered was a sherd of glazed pottery of twelfth to thirteenth century date from one of the smaller spreads of silt. (Larsson 2009) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 June 2021

• ME049-033 Burnt mound
  Description

  Situated in a low-lying, gently undulating landscape. Archaeological testing (06E1231) by A. Collins in advance of a realignment of the R158 road identified a spread of broken and burnt stones (Collins 2008, 19) that was subsequently excavated (07E0161) as Site 13 by E. Larsson (excavations.ie 2007:1312). It proved to be two spreads of burnt mound material (dims c. 8m x 7m; T 0.15: 2m x 1.74m; T 0.1m), probably from the same feature, which were cut by later linear features. These were overlying six small, irregularly-shaped pits (dims 0.5m x 1.1m; D 0.13m to 2.1m x 0.9m; max. D 0.49m) in the subsoil that were filled with silty clays with burnt stone inclusions, and six stake-holes. No trough was recognized and no artefacts were recovered, but a sample of ash charcoal from a narrow channel (dims 1.5m; x 0.54m; D 0.3m) connected to one of the pits produced a C14 date of 2140-1910 cal. BC. (Larsson 2009) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 June 2021

• ME049-039 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a slight SW-facing slope. What is probably a low grass-covered earthwork enclosure (diam. c. 40m) defined by a low bank is faintly visible on Google Earth (14/11/2019), and it is also visible as a feature in LiDAR coverage on the Open Topographic Viewer. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (14/11/2019) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 January 2022

Architectural heritage

• McLoghlin Bridge, bridge, 1795–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch bridge over canal, dated 1797, with lock and lock keeper's house.

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 Ferrans, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2678 (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.

No address of the register names Ferrans with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Ferrans · Fearna

Area

1,667,161 m² (166.72 ha, 411.96 acres)

Civil parish

Gallow, and its townlands

Barony

Deece Upper

Electoral division

Gallow, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,065 people lived in 333 households in the Gallow electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballintoghee, Boycetown (Co. Kildare), Culcor, Gallow, Kilglin, Nicholastown (Co. Kildare), Oldtown, Padinstown

Placenames

Ferrans 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.