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

Townland in the civil parish of Gallow, barony of Deece Upper, Co. Meath; in Irish Fearna.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,667,161 m² (166.72 ha, 411.96 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,474 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Gallow, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/gallow.md
- Barony: Deece Upper
- Electoral division: Gallow, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/38986
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160690
- Centre: latitude 53.425332, longitude -6.707232 (WGS 84)

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

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ferrans, from 1 m² to 1,270,595 m² (127.06 ha, 313.97 acres); 33 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 145729: 1,270,595 m² (127.06 ha, 313.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/145729.md
- Parcel 4737722: 209,319 m² (20.93 ha, 51.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4737722.md
- Parcel 188240: 32,733 m² (3.27 ha, 8.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/188240.md
- Parcel 211153: 25,653 m² (2.57 ha, 6.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/211153.md
- Parcel 213967: 22,864 m² (2.29 ha, 5.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/213967.md
- Parcel 2751285: 19,536 m² (1.95 ha, 4.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2751285.md
- Parcel 4737808: 7,785 m² (0.78 ha, 1.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4737808.md
- Parcel 207132: 5,939 m² (0.59 ha, 1.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/207132.md
- Parcel 148058: 5,384 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/148058.md
- Parcel 3366971: 3,650 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3366971.md
- Parcel 5262248: 3,405 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5262248.md
- Parcel 5114184: 3,274 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5114184.md
- Parcel 171018: 3,150 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/171018.md
- Parcel 4727302: 2,740 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4727302.md
- Parcel 137070: 2,474 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/137070.md
- Parcel 206284: 2,356 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/206284.md
- Parcel 4737625: 2,149 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4737625.md
- Parcel 142772: 1,898 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/142772.md
- Parcel 203931: 850 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/203931.md
- Parcel 5226183: 693 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5226183.md
- Parcel 4693685: 613 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4693685.md
- Parcel 4727296: 604 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4727296.md
- Parcel 4841102: 336 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4841102.md
- Parcel 205859: 289 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/205859.md
- Parcel 4737719: 165 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4737719.md
- Parcel 4063356: 126 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4063356.md
- Parcel 3562066: 85 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3562066.md
- Parcel 4442110: 20 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4442110.md
- Parcel 4442109: 1 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4442109.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 (As Varied), Meath; 59 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2

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

6 applications, newest first.

- 18 Feb 2026, Meath County Council 2660181: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660181/0
- 29 Jan 2026, Meath County Council 2660112: N/a. Permission. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660112/0
- 31 Oct 2025, Meath County Council 2561172: Refused. Permission, 1 home. 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.". File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561172/0
- 14 Oct 2025, Meath County Council 2561103: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561103/0
- 13 Oct 2025, Kildare County Council 2561155: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561155/0
- 6 Sept 2024, Meath County Council 2460708: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460708/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Royal Canal, site code 002103

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

- ME049-032: Excavation - miscellaneous, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME049-032----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME049-033----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME049-039----. 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

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)

- McLoghlin Bridge, bridge, 1795–1800, Regional interest, registry number 14404903, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=ME&regno=14404903. Single-arch bridge over canal, dated 1797, with lock and lock keeper's house.

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

- 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: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2678.zip (ZIP).
- 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/ferrans.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/ferrans.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/ferrans.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ferrans 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)

- Ballintoghee: https://everytownland.com/meath/ballintoghee.md
- Boycetown (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/boycetown.md
- Culcor: https://everytownland.com/meath/culcor.md
- Gallow: https://everytownland.com/meath/gallow.md
- Kilglin: https://everytownland.com/meath/kilglin.md
- Nicholastown (Co. Kildare): https://everytownland.com/kildare/nicholastown-80956.md
- Oldtown: https://everytownland.com/meath/oldtown-161258.md
- Padinstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/padinstown.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.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/meath/ferrans
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/ferrans