Gibstown Demesne

244 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gibstown Demesne, from 31 m² to 128,427 m² (12.84 ha, 31.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 43 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 237 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 33 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1E2 - General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5D1 - Tourism (Tourism and related)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1C1 - Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1A2 - New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 18 Jul 2026N/a

  the development will consist of a new proposed two-storey dwelling with associated car port and garage, the demolition of the existing shed, the opening of a new vehicular entrance to the site and the repositioning of the existing agricultural entrance and new wastewater treatment system and coco filter together with all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660903

• 13 Jan 2026Conditional

  File Ref: KA201847 - Bungalow, water treatment system & percolcation area

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, 268

• 28 Apr 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the following: (1) To demolish an existing flat roof extension at the side and to construct a new extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling to include a revised internal layout, window and door ope's. (2) To remove existing roofs, and construct a new slated roof over existing house and extension. (3) To construct a detached domestic garage. (4) To close up and decommission an existing septic tank and soak-pit and to install a new proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area. (5) To close up an existing entrance and to make a new entrance with wing walls, recessed gates and piers. (6) All ancillary site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2575

• 11 Apr 2025N/a

  the development will consist of the following: (1) To demolish an existing flat roof extension at the side and to construct a new extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling to include a revised internal layout, window and door ope's. (2) To remove existing roofs, and construct a new slated roof over existing house and extension. (3) To close up and decommission an existing septic tank and soak-pit and to install a new proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area. (4) To close up an existing entrance and to make a new entrance with wing walls, recessed gates and piers. (5) All ancillary site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2562

• 14 Sept 2024Conditional

  the proposed development will consist of the change of single storey house type and relocation of detached domestic garage previously granted planning permission under ref. 21/885. The development it is proposed to temporarily retain consists of an existing mobile home, until the new dwelling is constructed, subject to a maximum period of 2 years

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460737

• 16 Feb 2024Conditional

  to construct a machinery storage shed together with all associated site development works on site

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460108

• 6 Oct 2023Conditional

  permission for retention of modifications to existing granny flat (previously granted under Ref. KA 200873) and retention of revised site layout. Permission is sought for construction of a new link corridor between the granny flat and the existing main house

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23951

• 25 Aug 2023Conditional

  teach conaithe aon stór, bealach isteach nua, gléasra cóireála eisiltigh agus gach obair fhorbeartha laithreáin ghaolmhar. Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling, wastewater treatment system, new entrance and ancillary works. Significant Further information/revised plans submitted.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23829

• 9 Aug 2023N/a

  teach conaithe aon stór, bealach isteach nua, gléasra cóireála eisiltigh agus gach obair fhorbearthalaithreáin ghaolmhar.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23788

• 9 Aug 2023N/a

  Chead pleanála imlíne chun ceithre teach cónaithe scartha a thógaint, bóithre, cosáin, tírdhreachadh, mar aon le seirbhísí láithreáin gaolmhara. 'Outline planning permission for the construction of four separate residential houses, roads, pavements, landscaping, together with associated site services.'

  Outline permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360209

• 19 Jul 2023Conditional

  construction of a building with a maximum height of 7.59 m (gross floor area: 2230 square metres) for use for industrial purposes including the manufacture of plastic profiles and the processing of end of waste redundant plastic products for use as raw materials in the manufacturing process for which a Waste Facility Permit will be applied for separately from Meath County Council; the demolition of a derelict house and shed, the upgrading of the existing vehicular access from the Kilberry Road (R163), internal roads; an attenuation pond, car parking, loading bays and an ancillary wastewater treatment system and all associated site development and landscaping works on a site of 1.04 ha.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2360167

• 10 Jul 2023N/a

  permission for retention of modifications to existing granny flat (previously granted under ref. KA200873) and retention of revised site layout. Permission is also sought for construction of a new link corridor between the granny flat and the existing main house

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23697

• 17 Apr 2023Conditional

  do dhoras nua, staighre agus rampa le oibreacha suimh coimhdeacha, ag aghaidh tosai na bhfoirgneamh ata ann cheana agus chead coinneala do athruithe ar ingearchlonna, leagan amach inmheanach agus sineadh aon stoir ar an bhfoirgneamh ata leagtha anois

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23413

• 1 Feb 2023Conditional

  permission is being sought for a change of house type to that previously granted under planning ref. KA190443

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2386

• 20 Dec 2022Conditional

  the construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank with percolation area, domestic entrance including all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221669

• 19 Dec 2022N/a

  permission is being sought for a change of house type to that previously granted under planning ref. KA190443

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221672

• 29 Nov 2022Conditional

  demolition of elements of the existing dwelling, the provision of single storey extensions to the front and sides of the existing dwelling, internal and external works including alterations to the roof of the dwelling and changes to window and door positions and sizes, the provision of a new wastewater treatmenet system and coco filter and the demolition and replacement of the garage together with all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221548

• 28 Oct 2022Conditional

  a story & a half extension to the side of existing dwelling including 3 No. dormer windows, and all associated site works and landscaping. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221410

• 7 Apr 2022Conditional

  a 2 storey residence, secondary treatment system and polishing filter to EPA standards, domestic garage, domestic entrance and drive way, together and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22441

• 1 Apr 2022Conditional

  permission consequent on the grant of outline permission (ref. no. 21/1707) for development at this site at Mayo Road, Gibbstown, Navan, Co. Meath. The development will consist of a new storey and a half dwelling with single storey living area to the west, associated detached single car garage, opening of a new vehicular entrance to site and wastewater treatment system and polishing filter together with all associated site development works

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22406

• 18 Feb 2022Conditional

  a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance and to install a sewage treatment system and percolation areas together with all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22218

• 14 Jan 2022Conditional

  the construction of a domestic Workshop to the rear of the property

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2226

• 11 Nov 2021Conditional

  the demolition of existing single storey dwelling, construction of new storey and a half dwelling with use of existing entrance, provision of new septic tank and percolation area, decommissioning of existing septic tank and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 212155

• 14 Sept 2021Refused

  the construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, domestic entrance, including all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211788

• 6 Sept 2021Conditional

  a two storey dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank with percolation area, domestic entrance, including all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211737

The 25 most recent of 56 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
• Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA 004232

Recorded monuments

• ME017-033 Ceremonial enclosure
  Description

  The venue of Óenach Tailten – the fair of Tailten – is perhaps the only closely located royal assembly place in the country. It is on a gentle SW-facing slope extending from the top of a NW-SE ridge in Oristown (Baile Orthaí) in the Meath Gaeltacht of Baile Ghib down to the NW-SE River Blackwater and the low N-S ridge of Teltown (Tailtin) in a southward loop of the river. Its boundaries would have been porous, but it lay between the ceremonial enclosures of Rath Dubh (ME017-027----) in the west and Rath Airthir (ME017-033----) at the E extremity. In Irish mythology Tailtiu was the wife of Eochaid Mac Eirc, the last king of the Fir Bolg, and subsequently of Eochaidh Garbh, king of the Tuatha dé Danann, who had defeated Mac Eirc at the Battle of Moytura. The river was anciently called Sele and its valley was known as Coill Chuan – the wood of Cuan, which Tailtiu cleared within a year of the battle but she died from her exertions and is buried at Tailten. Her foster-son, the god Lugh, instituted a festival of games in her memory, which were held annually over one or four weeks at the beginning of the harvest in July - August when a truce was to be observed. A mythological battle followed about a hundred years later which was won by the Milesians, the last mythical invaders of Ireland and the supposed ancestors of the Gaels, who took over the Óenach. Other mythical battles occurred here in the course of the Táin Bó Chuailgne, and it also features in tales of Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the Fianna. (MacNeill 1962, 320-5; Wilde 1849, 150) Legend also relates how Coirpre, a brother of King Laoighre, rejected St Patrick’s holy men while he was presiding over the festival. In response Patrick declared that Coirpre would have no royal descendants and that the river would henceforth have no salmon (Herity 2001, 6). In contrast Coirpre’s brother, Conall, gave Patrick the site of Donaghpatrick church (ME017-034006-) and was blessed by the saint (Swift 2000, 25). Saint Kieran of Clonmacnoise is said to have overseen the games on one occasion with Diarmaid Mac Cerbhaill, progenitor of the Clan Colman branch of the Uí Néill kings of Meath, which is unlikely (Binchy 1958, 123). However, the connection between the royal sovereignty of the Úi Néill and the games at Tailten, which may have been held on royal demesne land (Swift 2000, 28-9), was being established with the approval of the Church, and all under the sway of Uí Néill would be expected to attend at a high level (Binchy 1958, 117). St Columcille’s case was discussed at a synod which met at Tailten in 563, and the Óenach witnessed strife if not battle, almost exclusively amongst the Uí Néill, in 679, 717, 733, 777, 791, 827, and 927 (MacNeill 1962, 329-31; Binchy 1958, 118-22). Five occasions when the Óenach was not held in the 870s and 880s were noted in the annals, as well as attempts by interlopers to preside over the festivities, such as Cathal Mac Finguine, king of Munster, in 733 (ibid. 121), or Diarmaid Mac Cearbhail, king of Ossory, in 894 (MacNeill 1962, 326-31), although the latter might be an annalistic error (Byrne 1973, 163). Annalistic references cease after 926 until Brian Ború spent a night there while en route to Armagh in 1004. Maelseachlain, now only a sub-king of Meath, revived the Óenach in 1006 when a commemorative poem was written by Cúán Úa Lothcháin, and this provides most of our information on the origin and topography of the Óenach (Gwynn 1924, vol. 4, 147-63). Nine raths are named as well as the graves of Tailtiu and Eochaidh Garbh, and there were seven named stones. However, only Rath Aithir (Oirthear, eastern) is now applied to the ceremonial enclosure (ME017-033----). While Brian Ború may have hesitated over Tailten, Turlough O’Conor, the ambitious King of Connaught, made a point of presiding over an Óenach in 1120, and in 1168 his son Ruaraí, whose mother was a Clan Colman princess named Tailtin, held the last regal Óenach in 1168 when the crowds are said to have occupied the plain between Mulach Aiti (Hill of Lloyd) and Tailten. (MacNeill 1962, 332-35) The festival continued at the original location until c. 1770 (Wilde 1849, 152) when the games moved to the river at Martry mill (Mason 1814, 1, 95-6; Morris 1930, 114 ftn 5), and according to John O’Donovan they may have finally come to an end c. 1810 (Herity 2001, 11). Tailten is described in the sources as a cemetery, and this has led some to speculate that it was centred on the passage tombs of Slieve na Cailliagh (Conwell 1879, 72-81; Morris 1930), but John O’Donovan writing in 1836 (Herity 2001, 2-4, 11-15) fixed the location in the Telltown – Oristown area and identified many of the monuments. Máire MacNeill (1962, 311, 338) was able to confirm the continuing oral tradition of the festival in the 1950s, and Gosling (2016) confirms the importance of its monuments. All prehistoric and early historic monuments in the area could be related to the Óenach. This includes three Ceremonial enclosures (ME017-027----; 017-033----; ME017-049----) and four ponds which were brought to the attention of John O’Donovan by local people in 1836 as well as the enclosure of Lug an Aonaigh (ME017-0059----) where marriages were contracted in the seventeenth century according to Keating (Comyn and Dinneen 1902-14, 2, 248) and undoubtedly long before. Although Tailten is described as a burial place with numerous named raths and stones, only one barrow (ME017-033001-), the site of one cairn (ME017-058----) and one standing stone (ME017-034002-) are known. Early medieval church sites such as Donaghpatrick (ME017-034006-) and Teltown (ME017-031----) would be contemporary with the early historic Óenach, and the ford (ME017-061----) would allow access from the S side of the river long before the medieval roadway (ME017-062----) was established. Located on a NW-SE ridge and now largely in mixed woodland which has preserved the earthworks, but traces of the defining features are only slightly traceable in pasture to the E. The barrow (ME017-033001-) is within the innermost fosse defining a large ovoid enclosure (int. dims c. 80m NE-SW; c. 60m NE-SW) at NE, although there may have been a low bank within this fosse. The enclosure is defined by two large earthen banks and three fosses, and a case might be made for a third outer bank. The innermost fosse (Wth of top 5-6m; int. D 1.6m at SW, ext. D 0.5m at SW to 1.4m at NE) is separated by a bank (Wth of base 4-5m; ext. H 0.5 at SW to 1.5m at NE) from a central fosse (at NE: Wth of top 6m; ext. D 1.2m). This is bounded by another outer bank (at NE: Wth 8m; ext. H 1.2m) and an external fosse (Wth of top 4.5m; ext. D 0.5m). These features survive SSW-W-NE, but a NW-SE road bank at SW truncates the defining features of the enclosure in this area. The barrow has been described as a motte and the enclosure as a bailey (Moore 1987, 159), because of their proximity to Donaghpatrick church (ME017-034006-), c. 100m to the S, but they are much more ancient earthworks (Westropp 1904, 327-8; Herity 1993, 142-3), and have no medieval associations. Rath Airthir is recorded in the annals from AD 784 when relics of St Patrick were abused there during the Aonach Tailtiu, or the Tailtean meeting (AFM). The triple ramparts of Rath Airthir are recorded in the Dinshenchas, and it was probably the location for the Royal assembly at Tailtu (Herity 1993, 142-3). The enclosure with its internal barrow in the midst of a royal landscape is best compared with ceremonial enclosures such as Rathra, Co. Roscommon (RO027-012001-). A hand-dug archaeological test trench (dims 9m x 3m) across the line of the innermost fosse at E, as identified in a gradiometer survey of 2004, was conducted (05E0482) over two weeks in 2005. The fosse (Wth of top 6.5-7m; Wth of base 2.5m; max. D 2.8m) has a fairly rounded base and was filled with eight layers of brown silty clays or loams with small stones, with a layer of stones against the inner edge of the f

• ME017-033001 Barrow - bowl-barrow
  Description

  Located on a NW-SE ridge and now largely in mixed woodland which has preserved the earthworks. This feature consists of a flat-topped earthen mound (diam. of top c. 5m; diam. of base 20m NE-SW: H 3.8m) defined by ditch or fosse (Wth of top 4-5m; ext. D 0.6m at SE to 1.4m at NW). This barrow is within the innermost fosse defining the large ceremonial enclosure (ME017-033----) at NE. The barrow has been described as a motte and the enclosure as a bailey (Moore 1987, 159), because of its proximity to Donaghpatrick church (ME017-034006-) c. 100m to the S but it is a much more ancient earthwork (Westropp 1904, 327-8; Herity 1993, 142-3), and has no medieval associations. Rath Airthir is recorded in the annals from AD 784 when relics of St Patrick were abused during the Aonach Tailtiu, or Tailtean meeting (AFM). The triple ramparts of Rath Airthir are recorded in the Dinshenchas, and it was probably the location for the Royal assembly at Tailtiu (Herity 1993, 142-3). The enclosure with its internal barrow in the midst of a royal landscape is best compared with ceremonial enclosures such as Rathra, Co. Roscommon (RO027-012001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 July, 2016

• ME017-034001 Graveyard
  Description

  Located on a slight rise in the flood plain of the NW-SE River Blackwater, with the stream c. 150m to the SW. The site of the early church founded by St. Patrick and of the medieval parish church of Donaghpatrick (ME017-034006-) is in the the subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 90m NW-SE; c. 60m NE-SW) defined by masonry walls, with iron railings on the roadside at NE where the Church of Ireland Church of St. Patrick is now situated. The standing stone (ME017-034002-) and font (ME017-034003-) are in the graveyard, and the sundial (ME017-034004-) is incorporated in the outer face of the graveyard wall at SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 June, 2014

• ME017-034002 Standing stone
  Description

  A standing stone with a rectangular cross-section (dims c. 0.4m by c. 0.35m, H c. 1.8m), perhaps salvaged from a building is within graveyard of St. Patrick's church of Donaghmore (ME017-034006-). 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 upload/revision: 10 July 2007

• ME017-034003 Font
  Description

  According to Dopping’s Visitation (1682-5) the parish church of Donaghmore (ME017-034006-) was roofless but two fonts were present (Ellison 1973, 8). In the graveyard there is an octagonal font (ext. dims 0.66m; H 0.53m) with faceted under-panels and a circular basin (diam. 0.5m; D 0.26m) that is standing on an octagonal shaft (dims 0.49m x 0.47m; H 0.47m) and a square base (dims 0.66m x 0.66m) (Roe 1968, 113-14) that is now hidden. See the attached image. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 December, 2014

• ME017-034004 Sundial
  Description

  The trapezoidal head (H 0.47m; Wth 0.37-0.68m) of a sundial with a circle (ext. diam. 0.31m) incised by double lines, radial lines and a central hole for the gnomon is built into the outer face of the SW wall of the subrectangular graveyard (ME017-034001-) at Donaghpatrick towards the S corner. This is of a type known as a scratch dial, common in England from the period 1200 to 1500, when they would have been installed on the S walls of churches (Ryan 2006). See the attached image. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload; 15 April, 2019

• ME017-034005 Graveslab
  Description

  Isaac Butler, writing c. 1749, describes the church at Donaghpatrick (ME017-034006-) as a ruin but records a graveslab of Patrick Plunket (1575) and his wife Elizabeth Barnewall of Cribistown (Gibstown) in its chancel, which is still present (Butler 1892, 127-8). From Butler’s notes (c. 1740): The church, from its ruins, must have been considerable. It is a great burial-place, several large gravestones, but so obsolete that there is no reading them. There is one in the chancel of said church, on the right-hand of the altar with the following inscription: ORATE PRO ANIMABUS / PATRICII PLUNKET DE- / CRIBISTON QUI OBIT 1 / NOVEMBR AD 1575. ET / ELIZABETH BARNEWALL / QUAM SIBE PRIE M U / UXOR O… QUI OBIIT / 14 AUGUSTI / 1550, ET / MARGARETE DLINU…C / QUAM DE T … DE DIN QUE / DE VITA MICARAVIT 1588 / ALEXANDER PLUNKET HEREDES. See the attached image. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 September 2014

• ME017-034006 Church
  Description

  Located on a bluff overlooking the valley of the NW-SE River Blackwater, with the stream c. 150m to the SW, and with a small NE-SW valley c. 100m to the SE. The name Donaghpatrick suggests an early site that was founded by St. Patrick in a rath donated by Conall, a brother of the High King Laoighre and one of Patrick’s first converts (Wilde 1849, 154-5). References to the church of Domhnagh Pádraig date from AD 745 when it was burned (Cogan 1862-70, vol. 1, 131-2), and it was plundered by the Vikings in A.D. 949, and again in 996 (Brady 1958, 9, 12). The church of Donpatrick is listed in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV (Cal. doc. Ire. 5, 260). The parish church was a possession of the Knights Hospitallers of Kilmainham in Dublin at the Suppression in 1541 (White 1943, 114). Ussher (1622) describes the church and chancel as ruined (Erlington 1847-64, 1, lxxxviii). According to Dopping’s Visitation (1682-5) the church was roofless and there were two fonts, but the graveyard was not enclosed (Ellison 1973, 8). Isaac Butler, writing c. 1740, describes the church as a ruin but records the graveslab of Patrick Plunket (1575) and his wife Elizabeth Barnewall of Cribistown (Gibstown) in its chancel (Butler 1892), and it is still in the graveyard. The present Church of Ireland church of St Patrick was built in 1897 by Thomas Gerard of Gibbstown, replacing a rebuilding of 1805 (Lewis 1837, vol. 1, 483). The base of the tower (ext. dims 6.7m N-S; c. 5.7m E-W) of the present church is medieval with rounded corners and a base-batter. It has no vault or evidence of a newel stairs. A face corbel is built into the exterior of the W wall and there are blocked windows, but the top of the tower is more recent and probably dates to the rebuilding of 1805. In the porch of the present church are two armorial stones, a memorial stone and two sculpted stones from Randalstown (ME025-069----), all dating from the early eighteenth century (Everard 2000, 171). In the graveyard is an octagonal font (ext. dims 0.66m; H 0.53m) with a faceted base that has a circular basin (diam. 0.5m; D 0.26m) standing on an octagonal shaft (dims 0.49m x 0.47m; H 0.47m) and a square base (dims 0.66m x 0.66m) (Roe 1968, 113-4) that is now hidden. The Plunkett / Barnwall graveslab (dims 2.33m x 1.16m) has inscribed gothic lettering in two lines around the edges. The trapezoidal head (max. Wth 0.68m; H 0.46m) of a sundial with an incised circle (diam. 0.36m) and central gnomon-hole is built into the outer face of the SW wall of the graveyard near the E angle, although it is of thirteenth or fourteenth century date. The subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 90m NW-SE; c. 60m NE-SW) is defined by masonry walls, with iron railings on the roadside at NE. The standing stone (dims 0.4m x 0.35m, H 1.95m), perhaps salvaged from a building, is in the graveyard beside the font. (Eogan 2006, 24-7) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 15/04/2017

• ME017-034007 Stone sculpture (present location)
  Description

  Set upright inside the entrance porch to St Patrick’s Church of Ireland church at Donaghpatrick (ME017-034006-) on the E wall and to the left of the memorial slab (ME017-034008-). This stone (Wth 0.45m; H 0.35m) was moved here from the site of Randalstown castle (ME025-069----) c. 1970 (Everard 2000, 171). It has a naive sculpture in false relief of the upper body of a man with shoulder-length hair, a bowler hat and a sash or a sword-belt over the right shoulder. He has a cravat at the throat and the cuffs of the coat are turned up elaborately in the fashion of the early eighteenth century. It may be intended to represent one of the Everard brothers, Mathias or Christopher. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 April, 2019

• ME017-034008 Memorial stone (present location)
  Description

  Set upright inside the entrance porch to St Patrick’s Church of Ireland church at Donaghpatrick (ME017-034006-) at the centre of the E wall. This limestone slab (dims 2.05m x 0.86m) was recorded by Isaac Butler c. 1740 (1892, 127) as being at the E end of the ruined medieval church. The Everard crest of two stars above and one below a wave is surmounted by a helmet with a closed visor that has a pelican above it. The inscription in false relief reads: COLL. MATHIAS EVERARD DEPARTED / THIS LIFE THE 12th DAY OF MARCH / 1714 AND BY HIS WILL DIRECTED / HIS BROTHER CHRISTOPHEER / EVERARD OF RANDALSTOWN ESQ. / TO LAY THIS TOMBE STONE IN Ye / ROOME OF AN OLD ONE THAT WAS / DEFACED IN THIS CHURCH OF DONAGHPATRICK BY TIME WHERE / MANY OF THEIR ANCESTORS ARE / INTERRED FOR Ye SAID CHRISTOPHER / AND HIS POSTERITY / REQUSEAT IN PACE Beneath is a skull and cross-bones and: MEMENTO MORI Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 April, 2019

• ME017-034009 Stone sculpture (present location)
  Description

  Set upright inside the entrance porch to St Patrick’s Church of Ireland church at Donaghpatrick (ME017-034006-) on the E wall and to the right of the memorial slab (ME017-034008-). This stone (Wth 0.43m; H 0.36m) was moved here from the site of Randalstown castle (ME025-069----) c. 1970 (Everard 2000, 171). It has a naive sculpture in false relief of the upper body of a man with shoulder-length hair, a bowler hat and a sash or a sword-belt over the right shoulder. A belt at the waist is also indicated and the cuffs of the coat are turned up elaborately in the fashion of the early eighteenth century. It may be intended to represent one of the Everard brothers, Mathias or Christopher. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 April, 2019

• ME017-034010 Armorial plaque (present location)
  Description

  Set upright inside the entrance porch to St Patrick’s Church of Ireland church at Donaghpatrick (ME017-034006-) on the S wall and to the E (left) of the doorway into the church. This stone was moved here from the site of Randalstown castle (ME025-069----) c. 1970 (Everard 2000, 171). A limestone armorial stone (Wth 0.59m; H 0.83m; T 8cm) has a heater-shaped shield with the Everard arms – two stars above and one below a wave – surmounted by a helmet facing left with the visor closed and a pelican above. Beneath the crest are two panels, the upper has the Everard motto in Roman capitals: VIRTVS IN ACTIONE CONSISTIT (Virtue consists of actions). Beneath this in a different script is: By Mathias Everard de / Randelstown A 1708. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 April, 2019

• ME017-034011 Armorial plaque (present location)
  Description

  Set upright inside the entrance porch to St Patrick’s Church of Ireland church at Donaghpatrick (ME017-034006-) on the S wall and to the W (right) of the doorway into the church. This stone was moved from the site of Randalstown castle (ME025-069----) c. 1970 (Everard 2000, 171). A limestone armorial stone (Wth 0.6m; H 0.96m; T 9cm) has a heater-shaped shield with the Everard arms – two stars above and one below a wave – surmounted by a helmet facing left with the visor closed and a pelican above. The Everard motto is on a ribbon beneath the crest: VIRTVS IN ACTIONE CONSISTIT (Virtue consists of actions). Beneath this in a different script is: This addition with other improvements to the old / castle was erected by / Coll. Mathias Everard who / dyed the 12th March 1714. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 April, 2019

• ME018-013 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a fairly level landscape with a small canalised NW-SE stream just to the E. Vertical aerial photographs from c. 1950 (ACAP: V 307/1590) and 1973 (GSIAP: N 268-9) show a raised circular and grass-covered enclosure defined by an earthen bank and a wide outer fosse (max. ext. diam. c. 70m). It was described in 1970 as a raised circular area (diam. c. 50m; H c. 1.5m) surrounded by a wide, flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of base c. 3.5m; ext. D c. 0.6m) with an entrance ramp at NE, but it had been removed without trace by 1984 (SMR file). The fosse can be seen as a cropmark on Apple Maps and Google Earth images (07/05/2017). See the attached view from the Air Corps photograph (1950s) 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 upload: 10 July 2007 Revised: 24 March 2023 ACAP – Air Corps Aerial Photographs. Baldonnel, Co. Dublin GSIAP – Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey, Beggars Bush, Haddington Rd., Dublin 4.

Architectural heritage

• Saint Patrick's Church (Donaghpatrick), church/chapel, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached church, built c.1896, with three-bay side elevation to nave and single-bay chancel to the east. Projecting vestry and porch to north elevation. Attached to two-stage medieval tower to the west. Pitched slate roof, with castellations and pinnacles to tower. Snecked rock faced limestone walls with buttresses. Pointed arch window openings with carved limestone tracery, dressings and hood mouldings. Timber battened door with strap hinges set in pointed-arched opening with ashlar limestone dressings, and having flanking side lights. Graveyard to site. Octagonal ashlar limestone gate piers with pair of cast-iron gates, flanked by turnstile steps.

• Saint Patrick's Church (Donaghpatrick), church hall/parish hall, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted parochial hall, dated 1889, with three bays to side elevations and single-bay porch to east gable. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron ridge cresting and carved timber barge boards. Snecked rock faced limestone walls with red brick quoins and eaves course. Cast-iron windows set in pointed-arched openings with red brick dressings. Red brick dressings to door openings.

• Sexton's house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former sexton's house, built c.1890, now in use as private dwelling. Pitched tile roof with red brick chimneystack. Rubble stone walls. Replacement timber windows with some limestone dressings.

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).

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

Name

Gibstown Demesne · Diméin Bhaile Ghib

Area

4,187,811 m² (418.78 ha, 1,034.83 acres)

Civil parish

Donaghpatrick, and its townlands

Barony

Kells Upper

Electoral division

Donaghpatrick, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Arch Hall, Balsaw, Clongill, Donaghpatrick, Gibstown, Oristown, Tankardstown, Teltown

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Gibstown Demesne on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.