Glebe

89 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glebe, from 50 m² to 54,463 m² (5.45 ha, 13.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 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 · 56 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 40 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1A2 - New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  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.

• 31 Jul 2026N/a

  THE RETENTION AND CHANGE OF USE OF RETAIL UNIT TO 1 BED APARTMENT FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION UNDER REGISTER REFERENCE NO. TA 190486

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2660967

• 26 Jun 2025N/a

  the development will consist of the construction of a two-storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, upgrade an existing entrance onto a private lane, replacing the existing fencing along sections of boundary, landscaping, resurfacing and grading of the private lane to remove previous surface finishes, the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560659

• 4 Jun 2025N/a

  the development will consist of the construction of a two-storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, upgrade an existing entrance onto a private lane, replacing the existing fencing along sections of boundary, landscaping, resurfacing and grading of the private lane to remove previous surface finishes, the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560560

• 22 May 2024Conditional

  the development consists of an additional 7 units and other minor modifications to previous granted permission (Reg. Ref. 23/402) for a housing development, at The Glebe, Rathmolyon, County Meath as follow: 1. 5 Bed units to be omitted. 2. 4 Bed units decreased from 37 units to 33 units. 3. 3 Bed units increased from 33 units to 49 units. 4. Minor alteration to elevation of House Type C3 & F. 5. Change Boundary Type 3 from Brickwork wall to Blockwork Wall with Plaster. 6. Change Boundary Type 3 from Render Concrete Block Wall with timber Panel & Concrete Post. There is no modification to the general site layout with the public open space, roads and entrance layout remaining in accordance with the previously granted permission Ref. 23/402

  Permission, 86 homes · Meath County Council, 2460361

• 6 Nov 2023Refused

  The development will consist of the construction of a two-storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, storage yard, upgrade an existing entrance onto a private lane, create a new entrance onto a private lane, replacing the existing fencing along the boundary, resurfacing and grading of the private lane to remove previous surface finishes, the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360391

• 1 Sept 2023Conditional

  the development will consist of the construction of two all weather playing areas 35x22m and 15.5x10m, works to also include around perimeter of proposed playing areas: mesh fencing, ball stop netting, 4 number 8m high lighting masts, floodlights and all associated works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2360258

• 6 Jun 2023Conditional

  3 no. two storey two bed terraced houses to the Ballivor Road/Main Street, 2 no. three bed apartments in terraced three storey building with 1 no. shop unit to ground floor to corner of Ballivor & Enfield Crossroad, 1 no. one bed apartment on ground floor of three storey terraced building with duplex townhouse over and 7 no. two & three storey terrace houses to Enfield Road, 9 no. two storey semi detached & terraced houses accessed from Enfield Road. (Total 24 no. units), New entrance onto Enfield public road, 1 no. bin store, associated access road, open space, landscaping & boundary treatment, pathways, car parking & ancillary site services. Amendments to previous planning permission ref no. TA190869

  Permission, 10 homes · Meath County Council, 23590

• 14 Apr 2023Conditional

  the development consists of an amended housing development which was previously granted permission (Reg. ref. TA/180256) and will consist of the demolition of 1 no. dormer bungalow dwelling & the construction of 79 dwellings to include 5 no. 5-bed 2 storey detached houses; 6 no. 4-bed 2 storey detached houses; 30 no. 4-bed 2 storey semidetached houses; 1 no. 4-bed 2 storey detached house; 1 no. 3-bed 2 storey detached house; 32 no. 3-bed 2 storey semidetached houses; and 4 no. 2-bed 2 storey semidetached houses; together with all associated drainage, services, boundary wall treatment, site works, landscaped open spaces and 1 no. vehicular access road. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 78 homes · Meath County Council, 23402

• 21 Jun 2022Conditional

  the development will consist of planning permission sought to decommission existing septic tank servicing the existing dwelling and install a new treatment unit and percolation, also permission sought to form new agricultural entrance onto the R156 road and all ancillary and associated works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 22813

• 28 Feb 2022Conditional

  the development to be retained consists of a single storey extension to the rear and side of an existing bungalow. The development for which permission is sought will consist of (1) new window openings in the existing front elevation (2) a single storey extension for a new living room to the rear and side of the existing bungalow. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22261

• 20 Dec 2021Unconditional

  a housing development, comprising 16no semi-detached dwellings and ancillary works including estate road, services, landscaped open space and planting). Approved under reg ref TA/160189 amended under reg ref TA/191668 and reg ref TA/201553.

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, 212382

• 20 Dec 2021Unconditional

  a housing development, comprising 16no. 2-storey semi-detached dwellings and ancillary works including estate road services, landscaped open space and planting). Approved under Reg ref TA/160189, Amended under Reg ref TA/191668 & reg ref TA/201553

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, 212383

• 20 Dec 2021Unconditional

  a housing development, comprising 16no. 2-storey semi-detached dwellings and ancillary works including estate road services, landscaped open space and planting). Approved under Reg ref TA/160189, Amended under Reg ref TA/191668 & reg ref TA/201553

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, 212384

• 27 Oct 2020Conditional

  The development will consist of modifications to previously granted permissions (Planning Ref: TA/160189 and TA/191668, consisting of a housing development, comprising 16no semi-detached dwellings and ancillary works including estate road, services, landscaped open space and planting). The modifications include: alterations to the proposed dwelling mix to change 2 no. two storey semi-detached houses (type A2, 3 bedroom houses of 115sqm each as granted under TA/191668) to 2 no. 4 bedroom two storey semi-detached houses of 146 m2 each with associated alterations to the external elevations and finishes, landscaping, drainage and other minor modifications to the site layout needed to accommodate the change. No other changes are proposed to the development as granted under TA/160189 and revised under TA/191668.

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, TA201553

• 10 Dec 2019Conditional

  modifications to a previously granted permission (Planning Ref: TA160189, consisting of a housing development, comprising 16no. 2-storey semi-detached dwellings and ancillary works including estate road services, landscaped open space and planting). The modifications include: alterations to the proposed layouts, including an increased plan area to all units to 115m2; changes to the external elevations and finishes of the houses; amendments to the mix of different house types; and other minor modifications to the site layout. Significant further information / revised plans submitted on this application.

  Permission, 16 homes · Meath County Council, TA191668

• 14 Nov 2019N/a

  a housing development, comprising 16no. 2-storey semi-detached dwellings and associated site works works including estate road, services, landscaped open space & planting

  Permission, 16 homes · Meath County Council, TA191513

• 23 Apr 2019Conditional

  the demolition of existing cottage on site and the construction of 3 no. 3 bed townhouses, 2 no. 2 bed townhouses, 1 no. 1 bed apartment, 1 no retail unit, new entrance details including wall, pillars and all other ancillary services with revised car parking, revised site layout and boundaries from that already granted planning permission under register reference no. TA170415. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 5 homes · Meath County Council, TA190486

• 16 Mar 2018Conditional

  an amended housing development which was previously granted permission (Reg. Ref. TA/60540) and will consist of the demolition of 1 no. dormer bungalow dwelling & the construction of 78 dwellings to include 13 no. 5 bed 2 storey detached houses; 17 no. 4 bed 2 storey detached houses; 32 no. 4 bed 2 storey semi-detached houses; 12 no. 3 bed 2 storey semi-detached houses and 4 no. 3 bed bungalows together with all associated drainage services, boundary wall treatment, site works, landscaped open spaces and 2 no. vehicular access roads. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 50 homes · Meath County Council, TA180256

• 18 Apr 2017Conditional

  construction of 21 residential units consisting of 6 no. four bed terraced houses, 6 no. two bed terraced houses, 6 no. three bed semi-detached houses, 2 no. three bed townhouses, 1 no. one bed apartment and 1 no. ground floor retail unit including entrance, roads, car parking, landscaping and all ancillary services. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 19 homes · Meath County Council, TA170415

• 10 Mar 2017N/a

  the development will consist of the construction of 21 residential units consisting of 6 no. four bed terraced houses, 6 no. two bed terraced houses, 6 no. three bed semi-detached houses, 2 no. three bed townhouses, 1 no. one bed apartment and 1 no. ground floor retail unit including entrance, roads, car parking, landscaping and all ancillary services

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA170244

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: Rathmoylan Esker 000557

Recorded monuments

• ME042-020 Church
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in a fairly level landscape. The earliest reference is from 1212 when the church of Moyllach was confirmed to the Knights Hospitallers of Kilmainham (DU018-020026-) (Sheehy 1962 vol. 1, 148-9), and in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV (Cal. Doc. Ire., 5, 257) the church of Ratamolechan was still held by the Hospitallers and exempt from taxation. At the suppression of Kilmainham in 1541 it still held the church, 35 acres and five messauges or house plots at Rathmolyan (White 1943, 114). Bishop Ussher in his visitation (1622) describes the church and chancel of Rathmullian as ruinous (Erlington 1847-64, 1, lxxxvii). According to the Dopping (1682-5) and Royal (1693) visitations St Michael’s church had been in disrepair since 1641 but the chancel and some of the church had been repaired by 1693. At that time the windows were glazed and it had a slate roof, but the floor was bare and most of the necessary liturgical paraphernalia was missing, apart from a font (Ellison 1972, 11). The names of some of the clergy from the 16th century are known (Cogan 1862-70, 2, 374). The present Church of Ireland church was built in 1797 (Lewis 1837, 2, 504). The site of the medieval parish church is within its subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 75m NW-SE: c. 45m NE-SW at NW to c. 80m NE-SW at SE) defined by masonry walls, with headstones dating from c. 1780 to the present. There is one piece of window surround (H 0.52m) from the medieval church re-used as a grave-marker. Archaeological monitoring (07E0922) by D. Shine (excavations.ie 2008:960, 961) of trenches for a water pipe under the road W of the graveyard identified an enclosure (ME042-020002-) centered on the graveyard that is probably the rath after which the townland and the parish are named. Numerous other ditches that are related to the medieval settlement (ME042-02004-) and evidence of medieval metal-working (ME042-020003-) was also encountered. (Shine 2009) 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: 23 March, 2015 Amended: 26 April, 2021

• ME042-020001 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in a fairly level landscape. The site of the medieval parish church of Rathmolyon (ME042-020----) is within a subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 75m NW-SE: c. 45m NE-SW at NW to c. 80m NE-SW at S) defined by masonry walls, with headstones dating from c. 1780 to the present. Archaeological testing and excavation (07E0922) by D. Shine of trenches for a water pipe encountered human remains on the W side of the N-S road that is W of the graveyard (excavations.ie 2008:960, 961). Two burials, one of a woman with a smoker’s kit including flint nodule, strike-a-light and a pipe bowl dated c. 1640-1660, were recorded. The other burial, a probable male, yielded a C14 date of 1410-1470 cal. AD. A ditch roughly parallel with the W graveyard wall may be an earlier version of this boundary. A clay-bonded wall and its robber trench on the line of the S graveyard wall indicates that the road truncates a graveyard that originally extended further W, and ditches on the same line are probably earlier than the wall. On the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map a rectangular area W of the road is included with the unidentified graveyard (total dims c. 180m NE-SW; c. 75m NW-SE) and described as the ‘Vicarial Glebe’. The cobbled surface of a road (L c. 65m) found in the trench stops short of the graveyard as represented on a Scalé map of 1767, but the current extension to the cross-roads had been achieved by 1812 according to Larkin’s map. Archaeological testing (21E0315) by C. Coffey and F. Murtagh c. 170m to the W of the graveyard at the closest point produced no related material (excavations.ie 2022:433). (Shine 2009) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 March, 2015 Amended: 26 April, 2021; 2 May 2023;

• ME042-020002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in a fairly level landscape. Archaeological monitoring (07E0922) by D. Shine of trenches for a water pipe encountered human remains on the W side of the N-S road that is W of Rathmolyon graveyard (ME042-020001-) (excavations.ie 2008:960, 961). This warranted an excavation under the same licence along the roadway c. 5m from the graveyard wall but within the confines of the pipe-trench (L 220m; Wth 1.2-1.3m), with some features occurring at depth (up to 3m). The excavation recorded an area of metal-working (ME042-020003-) as well as eight ditches or fosses. Some of the ditches relate to small plots of a settlement (ME042-020004-) but it is very likely that some of those at the N end of the trench are sections of the same curving fosse encircling the W part of the graveyard cut at two points by the pipe trench. This is undoubtedly the rath after which the townland and the parish are named. One of the other ditches (Wth 2m; D 1m) was S of the rath and unconnected with it, producing a C14 date of 380-200 cal. BC (Shine 2009, 11). Beginning at the NW angle of the graveyard, the section recorded a large ditch (Wth of top 6m; D 2m) that has no indication of an accompanying bank but its 19 layers represent silting periods interspersed with slumping from its sides and deliberate closing deposits at the top. This fosse was cut by two later ditches, one of which had disarticulated human bones while the other was roughly parallel with the graveyard wall and may be an earlier version of this boundary. South of the large ditch two pits and some furrows were encountered. Two burials, one with a smoker’s kit dated c. 1640-1660, were recorded further S with a small ditch between them. This ditch was almost obliterated by a larger ditch (Wth of top 2.4m; max. D 1.9m) with 15 fills consisting of silts, including a lengthy primary silting, interspersed with dumped layers. Large quantities of animal bones were recovered from the fosse and some disarticulated human remains from its upper levels. Redeposited natural on the W side together with its dimensions and alignment suggest it is the same ditch that was encountered at the N end of the trench c. 26m distant. The excavation trench cut these features at two points at the W edge of the enclosure and it enables the size and sequence of the enclosures to be calculated. The innermost enclosure (diam. c. 65m) is defined by a large fosse, and radiocarbon dates suggest a construction date of 660-800 cal. AD. From pottery and artefacts in the ditches it continued in use into the thirteenth or fourteenth century when the ditches were deliberately closed. Other ditches are probably re-cuts or could represent an ecclesiastical enclosure which would have encompassed a much greater area (diam. c. 100m), and a fosse (Wth 1.4m; D 0.5m) discovered in a trench of this scheme on the E side of the graveyard could add support to this (Shine 2009a, 11, 13). (Shine 2009) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 April, 2021

• ME042-020003 Metalworking site
  Description

  Archaeological monitoring and excavation (07E0922) by D. Shine of a trench for a water pipe W of the graveyard (ME042-020001-) of Rathmolyon church identified a metal-working: south of the plots of the settlement (excavations.ie 2008:960, 961). The cuts of three bowl furnaces (dims 0.38-0.4m; D 0.12-0.14) set into the subsoil were recorded. What is probably a quenching gully (dims 1.6m x 1.1m D 0.2m) and a post-hole were nearby. One of the furnaces returned a C14 date of 770-900 cal. AD but the other features are thought to be late medieval. (Shine 2009, 14, 20-2) Further archaeological testing (21E0315) by A. O’Connell just to the SW at ITM produced no relat3ed archaeological material (excavations.ie 2021:262). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 April, 2021 Amended: 28 April, 2023

• ME042-020004 Settlement cluster
  Description

  The church of Rathmolyon was held by the Knights Hospitallers of Kilmainham (DU018-020026-) since the early thirteenth century (Sheehy 1962, vol. 1, 148-9), and a settlement may have developed around it. In the Civil Survey (1654) Rathmullian is described as ‘a church and Divers Farm houses’ (Simington 1940, 178), and it is represented as a church with some cabins on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map. The settlement is depicted as an E-W street village on a Scalé map of 1767, and the present cross-roads first appears on Larkin’s map of 1812. Archaeological monitoring and excavation (07E0922) by D. Shine of a trench for a water pipe W of the graveyard recorded the rath (ME042-020002-) after which the townland and parish are named as well as evidence of metal-working (ME042-020003-) and tillage plots related to the settlement (excavations.ie 2008:960, 961). A band of E-W furrows (Wth c. 10m) overlies the interior of the rath, and just S of the graveyard a large ditch (Wth of top 2.1m; max. D 1.13m) was recorded from which a medieval blade was recovered. This might have formed a field boundary with a single post-hole just S of it, and only agricultural activity represented further S by a smaller drain and five furrows. This created a narrow field (Wth c. 20m) and could represent another plot or messauge of the settlement that was probably centered on the church and the E-W street. (Shine 2009, 16-19) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 26 April, 2021

Architectural heritage

• Church of Saint Michael and All Angels (Rathmolyon), church/chapel, 1795–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan church, built 1797, with single-bay apse and vestry additions to the east. Three-stage tower with ashlar limestone spire added to the north-west corner, c.1857. Pitched slate roof with ashlar limestone chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls to nave, rendered walls to chancel, and dressed limestone to vestry. Ashlar limestone to tower with buttresses, string courses and quoins. Pointed arch and quatrefoil openings with tooled limestone and granite surrounds, having stained glass and traceried windows. Timber battened double doors set in pointed arch openings, with stone steps and cast-iron bootscraper. Graveyard to site. Granite gate piers set in stone boundary walls with wrought-iron gates.

• Harnan, house, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey house with attic accommodation, built c.1880, with gabled porch. Now also in use as public house. Hipped thatched roof with brick chimneystack. Rendered and roughcast rendered walls. Timber sash windows. Modern flat-roofed extension to rear.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

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 Glebe.

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.

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

Name

Glebe

Area

551,916 m² (55.19 ha, 136.38 acres)

Civil parish

Rathmolyon, and its townlands

Barony

Moyfenrath Lower

Electoral division

Rathmolyon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Rathmolyon electoral division: 1,660 people in 534 households; 87% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cherryvalley, Coolderry, Formal, Kill More, Rathmolyon

Placenames

Glebe 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.