Garballagh
Townland in the civil parish of Duleek, barony of Duleek Lower, Co. Meath
- Area
- 268 ha
- 662 acres
- Land parcels
- 61
- registered freehold, median 3,137 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garballagh, from 28 m² to 377,135 m² (37.71 ha, 93.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 98 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
18 Feb 2026N/a
THE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF: Creation of 14 no. temporary access points along public roads. These access points are proposed where the pipeline corridor intersects the public road along the routing of the Staleen Water Treatment Plant to the townland of Deenes trunk water main and the Staleen Water Treatment Plant to the Donore Reservoir trunk water main. Upon completion of construction, testing and commissioning of the proposed trunk mains, all temporary access locations will be reinstated to their original condition using native Irish hedgerow species. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority during the hours of 9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. to 4.00p.m. Monday to Friday (Bank Holidays and Public Holidays excepted). A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the Planning Authority in making a decision on the application. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions or may refuse to grant permission
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660184
20 Oct 2024Conditional
planning Application for the construction of a new 3m walking track complete with 8m lighting columns, a new floodlit playing pitch complete with 16m high floodlighting columns, a new Information Sign and all associated works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460866
16 Jun 2024N/a
the construction of a new 3m walking track complete with 8m lighting columns, a new floodlit playing pitch complete with 16m high floodlighting columns, a new Information Sign and all associated works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2460433
20 Dec 2023Conditional
A single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360507
28 Apr 2023Conditional
The proposed development will consist of an uprate of the existing Gorman to Platin 110 kV Overhead line (OHL) (19.76 km long and comprising 109no. supporting structures between the existing Gorman substation in the townland of Causetown, Co. Meath and the existing Platin 110kV substation in the townland of Platin, Co. Meath). The proposed project is located within the townlands of Graigs, Ardmulchan, Dollardstown, Dunmoe, Carranstown, Platin, Haystown and Carnuff, Stackallan, Harmanstown, Causetown, Garballagh, Commons, Downestown, Gillinstown, Longford, Rathdrinagh, Painestown, Thurstianstown, Knockcommon, Drumman, Laugher, Newtown and Platin.The proposed uprate project will comprise: • the replacement ("restringing") of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor including installation of a new fibre communication connection; • the replacement of 42no. existing polesets - any replacement structures will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to the existing structures they will replace, will be along the same alignment as existing, and will be of a similar height and appearance; • the replacement of steel members at 8no. steel angle masts; • replacement of hardware and fittings at all structure locations; • replacement and relocation of fibre communication structures; • all associated site development works; • Earthwire to be replaced between Angle Mast 94 and End Mast 108; • Tower painting at 10no. steel Angle/End masts; • foundation strengthening works at 4no. Angle Masts; • Anti-climbing guards to be installed at lno. location; • all associated works within the existing Gorman substation and Platin 110 kV substation to accommodate the uprated 110 kV overhead line including alterations to existing apparatus; • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including clearance of vegetation, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/ piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and • other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems and temporary watercourse crossings .....
Permission · Meath County Council, 23458
13 Apr 2022Conditional
permission to re design and recess existing entrance to Garballagh House, construct bungalow style dwelling house, domestic garage, secondary waste water treatment unit and percolation area, and all associated site works. Significant Further Information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22483
1 Mar 2022Conditional
to amend the lifetime of the approved development (Planning ref: LB/160898) which comprises consent for the development of a solar farm on a site of approximately 131.37 hectares consisting of the following: solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames, IPP electrical control building and associated compound, inverter/transformer stations, battery storage units and associated hard standings, storage containers for spare parts, underground power and communication cables and ducts, boundary security fencing, upgraded internal access tracks, new internal access tracks and associated drainage infrastructure, CCTV cameras and all associated site services and works at Garballagh, Thomastown, Gillinstown, Duleek, Co Meath subject to 14 conditions. Permission is sought to amend the operational lifespan of the consented development from 25 years to 35 years
Permission · Meath County Council, 22262
26 Jul 2021Conditional
development will consist of construction of a single storey extension to side and rear of existing dwelling, demolish existing garden shed and to decommission existing septic tank and provide new proprietary sewage treatment system with associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211430
8 Mar 2021Refused
permission to construct domestic garage, two storey dwelling house, secondary waste water treatment unit and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21444
18 Feb 2021Conditional
the development will consist of conversion of single storey element at rear of existing dwelling to storey & a half, rear access porch and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21299
9 Apr 2020Conditional
a 10 year permission for the construction of a solar PV Energy development within a total site area of up to 81.3hA, to include solar PV panels ground mounted on steel support structures, electrical transformer/inverter station modules, battery storage modules, storage containers, CCTV cameras, access tracks, fencing and associated electrical cabling, ducting and ancillary infrastructure. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, LB200487
8 Jul 2019Conditional
an existing single story garage converted into a living space which includes a bedroom, walk-in wardrobe and a bathroom
Retention · Meath County Council, LB190903
17 Jan 2018Conditional
development will consist of 1.5 storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, wastewater disposal system, new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, LB180033
20 Oct 2017Conditional
retention of a single storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling & all associated works
Retention · Meath County Council, LB171219
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Thomastown Bog 001593
Recorded monuments
- ME027-115 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on what might be a slight NE-SW ridge in a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a circular area (int. diam. c. 23m) defined by two fosses (ext. diam. c. 35m) is visible only on Apple Maps which utilises a survey conducted by Blue Sky International during June 2018, but the outer fosse can only be seen clearly NE-S. Much of the interior appears to have been quarried. It was first reported by Anthony Murphy. See the attached enhanced aerial view from Apple Maps Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 February 2020
- ME027-116 Ring-ditch
Description
Located on what might be a slight rise on a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a small circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 10m) defined by a single continuous fosse (Wth c. 2m) is visible only on Apple Maps which utilises a survey conducted by Blue Sky International during June 2018. It was first reported by Anthony Murphy. See the attached enhanced aerial view from Apple Maps Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 February 2020
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Garballagh.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Garballagh.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Garballagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Garballagh
- Area
- 2,679,821 m² (267.98 ha, 662.2 acres)
- Civil parish
- Duleek, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duleek Lower
- Electoral division
- Duleek, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Duleek electoral division: 6,250 people in 2,005 households; 74% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Commons, Deenes, Downestown, Drumman, Gaskinstown, Gillinstown, Kellystown, Mullaghfin, Rahill, Thomastown
- Placenames
- Garballagh 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.