Laracor

60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Laracor, from 17 m² to 558,657 m² (55.87 ha, 138.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 89 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 24 Aug 2026N/a

  the development will consist of refurbishment works to 36.3 kilometres (km) of OHL, comprising provision of fibre wrap; replacement of 4 no. steel towers; replacement of 127 no. pole-sets/poles; replacement of 6 no. pole-set cross arms only; refurbishment work to 3 no. steel towers and 19 no. wooden pole-sets; and the treatment and painting of 4 no. steel towers. These structures (No’s. 1-181) and the associated OHL lie between wherethe Blundelstown – Mullingar 110kV OHL commences at Structure 1 in the townland of Harlockstown and stretches to the border with County Westmeath in the townland of Carranstown Great, crossing the County Meath townlands of Harlockstown, Blackhall Big, Lynaghstown, Barstown, Kilclone, Collistown, Warrenstown, Jenkinstown, Mullagh, Kilmore, Knockstown, Moynalvy, Ballygortagh, Curraghdoo, Clonymeath, Derryclare, Clonmahon, Drumard, Ginnets Little, Dangan, Umberstown Little, Umberstown Great, Stokestown, Laracor, Summerstown, Newtownmoynagh, Carberrystown, Kennastown, Derrindaly, Bellewstown, Kilmurry, Woodtown (Abbott), Pubblestown, Portanab, Moyrath, Rathcormick, Rathkenna, Coolronan and Carranstown Great. The Proposed Development also includes 3 no. temporary Construction Compounds in the townlands of Barstown, Pubblestown and Rathkenna. The refurbishment works in County Meath will consist of: the replacement (‘restringing’) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor; the installation of fibre wrap; the replacement of 4 no. steel towers and 127 no. wooden pole-sets/poles with similar dimensions and heights as the existing (replacement towers will be no more than 0.5m taller than existing and replacement pole-sets/poles will be no more than 3m taller than existing); the installation of replacement parts on towers and pole-sets; foundation refurbishment strengthening and recapping / clearing of shear blocks; treatment and painting of towers to be retained; all associated site development works, including temporary works areas; vegetation maintenance works; ancillary site preparation works, site clearance and levelling at the 3 no. temporary Construction Compounds; temporary works to existing tracks and new temporary access routes to each structure; and all associated works required to facilitate the Proposed Development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2661061

• 18 Jun 2026Refused

  File Ref: TA201903 - Development will consist of the construction of a two storey dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater disposal system, site entrance and all associated site works

  Extension of duration, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 26163

• 13 Apr 2026Conditional

  the development will consist of the construction of a two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, new entrance, waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660407

• 4 Sept 2024Conditional

  the development will consist of a change of applicant to previously granted planning permission Ref; 23/906, changes to detached domestic garage and site layout plan previously granted within planning permission Ref; 23/906, and all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460702

• 28 Aug 2024N/a

  the development will consist of a change of applicant to previously granted planning permission Ref; 23/906, changes to detached domestic garage and site layout plan previously granted within planning permission Ref; 23/906, and all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460679

• 19 Sept 2023Conditional

  a two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, wastewater disposal system, domestic site entrance and all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23905

• 19 Sept 2023Conditional

  a two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, wastewater disposal system, domestic site entrance and all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23906

• 8 May 2023Conditional

  Retention of existing domestic garage, as constructed on site, from that previously granted under planning permission, planning ref no. TA100797 & TA130046. The amendments include the following: 1. Increase of ridge height of the roof by 460mm 2. Increase of total floor area from 50.3sq m to 97.8sq m with the addition of a first floor. 3. Alterations to sizes and style of window to north & south elevations 4. Addition of 1 no. door, 1 no. window at ground level and 3no. rooflights to the east elevation and addition of 1 no. window to the first floor level to the north elevation. Permission is sought for change of use from domestic garage to commercial office space consisting of reception, meeting room, office and kitchenette. Permission is also sought to construct a carport (40sqm) to house 2no. cars, to the west of the site and all associated site works at the above address.

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360035

• 24 Mar 2021Conditional

  a change of house type from a single storey dwelling with attached domestic garage, previously granted planning permission under planning register number TA191610, to a two storey type dwelling, detached domestic garage, revisions to the site layout plan, and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 21541

• 15 Oct 2020Conditional

  the development will consist of a change of house type from a single storey dwelling, previously granted planning permission under planning register number TA191614, to a storey and a half split level type dwelling, detached domestic garage, a revised site layout plan, wastewater disposal system, new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA201484

• 3 Dec 2019Conditional

  the construction of a single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, wastewater disposal system, new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, TA191618

• 29 Nov 2019Conditional

  a single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, wastewater disposal system, new site entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA191614

• 20 May 2019Conditional

  two storey extension to side and rear of existing single storey detached dwelling with alterations to existing including raising roof height, new percolation area and associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA190624

• 18 Oct 2018Conditional

  a single storey extension to the front and side of the existing dwelling with renovations to include the construction of a new bay window to front living space, the upgrade of existing sewage system via the decommissioning of existing infiltration area and the construction of a new percolation area. The construction of a new site entrance and the permanent closure of existing entrance. The development also includes the retention of existing domestic garage to the rear of existing dwelling, and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, TA181230

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Laracor.

Recorded monuments

• ME036-043 Castle - motte
  Description

  Situated in a level landscape, c. 100m NNW of the site of the medieval parish church of Laracor (ME036-044----). This is a grass-covered, circular, and round-topped mound (diam. of base 20m; H 4m) with a stone-revetted ledge around the base that supports some mature deciduous trees. Its domed summit has led to it being classified as a barrow (Moore 1987, 30) but archaeological testing (04E0987) identified a fosse (Wth c. 5m) immediately around it, which could support either classification, but it was not excavated (Breen 2010, 4). The mound is located at the NW edge of a bivallate enclosure or rath (ME036-043001-) the two ditches of which were tested (Breen 2007), but the relationship between the mound and the enclosure ditches was not completely resolved. However, as the mound is within the area of the rath it is likely to be a motte (Breen 2010, 42-3) that was established after the rath was defunct, and was probably built as part of the medieval settlement around the church. 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. Date of revision: 9 November 2017

• ME036-043001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in a level landscape. Remote sensing in advance of a new line for the R158 road from Trim to Summerhill and Kilcock identified a portion of a double-ditched circular enclosure, with the motte (ME036-043----) in the interior at NW. Archaeological testing (04E0987) showed that the inner V-shaped ditch (Wth of top 5m; D 2.1m) was 2.3m distant from the outer (Wth of top 2m; D 1.05m), and calibrated radiocarbon dates of AD 775-962 and AD 715-936 were recovered from the bases of the respective ditches (Breen 2010, 43, App. 16). This dating is supported by the artefacts recovered. There was no evidence of banks associated with either fosse but an entrance (Wth 6m) through the inner was occupied by the flexed burial of a child. The outer ditch had two entrance gaps, which were not investigated. The entrances are in the ESE part of the enclosure, and the monument is preserved beneath the road and in the field to the SW. (Breen 2007) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 November, 2017

• ME036-043002 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on top of a slight ridge and just SE of rath (ME036-043001-). Evidence of a possible a double ring-ditch was recovered in test excavation (04E0987) in the form of two arcs of fosses, the inner curved fosse (L 6m; Wth 1.75m; D 0.3m) separated by c. 3-4m from an outer curved fosse (L 7m; Wth 1m; D 0.2m) that had two inhumations on its line that were oriented N-S. (Breen 2007, 2010, 14-16, 44) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 November, 2017

• ME036-043003 Settlement cluster
  Description

  Laracor is described in the Civil Survey (1656-8) as a small settlement consisting of a castle, some thatched cottages, a bridge and a church (Simington 1940, 176). The settlement was probably older and would have developed around the motte (ME036-043----) and the parish church (ME036-044----), both of which could date from the late twelfth century. Archaeological excavation (04E0987) in advance of a new line for the R158 road from Trim to Summerhill recovered a large quantity of medieval pottery, which was mostly from the topsoil, in the area E and N of the graveyard. No structures could be identified with the earlier material but occupation continued into the eighteenth century with appropriate ceramics, clay pipes and glass artefacts. Iron working was conducted in the area, and one structure (dims 6m x 6m) was evident in fragments of three walls associated with seventeenth and eighteenth century ceramics. (Breen 2007, 2010, 44-6) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 November 2019

• ME036-044 Church
  Description

  Situated on a level landscape. William Scurlag granted the income of a church at Laracor to the Augustinian abbey of St. Thomas in Dublin (DU018-020051-) c. 1177 (Gilbert 1889, 37), probably in the hope that they would build one. The church at Lethercorre is listed in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV (Cal. doc. Ire., 5, 256). According to Cogan (1862-70, 2, 385) the church was dedicated to St. Peter, and the rectory of Laraghcorre was still amongst the possessions of St. Thomas’ at the Suppression in 1540 (White 1943, 30). Ussher (1622) describes the church as ruinous but the chancel as reasonably repaired (Erlington 1847-64, 1, lxxxii). The church and chancel were in disrepair according to Dopping (1682-5), who says it was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, but repairs were almost completed by the Royal visitation (1693). In the meantime the chapel-of-ease at Summerhill (ME043-031----) was being used (Ellison 1972, 9-10). Jonathan Swift was the incumbent from 1700 until his death in 1745, and Laracor would have provided his principal income and Irish residence until he became Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral (DU018-020069-) in 1713, after which he employed a curate at Laracor. He also held the smaller parishes of Agher (ME048-009----) and Rathbeggan (ME044-030----). The house Swift is thought to have occupied (ME036-063----) is a castle located c. 150m NW of the church. His lifelong friend Esther Johnson, known as Stella, had a house (ME036-078----) at Knightsbrook, c. 1.2km to the NW of Laracor church, after she first came to Ireland in 1701. (Reynolds 1967, 41-3) The present church building dates to 1856 and was closed c. 1970, but two sketches dating from the mid-nineteenth century of the older structure show a western porch and two round-headed windows in the W gable, probably the work of the 1690s, under the stump of a belfry (Haworth 2009, figs 2, 3). A two storey building, probably a vestry, was attached to the N side of the church. The site of the medieval parish church is within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 65m NW-SE: c. 55m NE-SW) defined by masonry walls with mature trees within the perimeter and headstones dating from c. 1750-1970. During conversion work c. 1983 part of the N wall (Wth 1-1.2m; L 9m plus; H 0.5-0.6m) of the medieval church with its footing and a blocked doorway (Wth 0.91m) was exposed within the 19th century church. A sandstone jamb with a chamfer was re-used in the fabric of the wall (ibid. 11). A collection of dressed stones from the graveyard that had been moved off the site are now returned. There is the head of a lancet window of thirteenth century date, and there are fragments that could be combined to make the head of a three-light cinquefoil window within a square head with solid spandrels. This would date to the fifteenth century and might have formed the E window of the medieval church, indicating a major rebuilding. There is also the octagonal base of a font (dims 0.53m x 0.53m; H 0.2m) with a central hour-glass perforation. Another stone from the reveal of a doorway has the remains of a stoup in a D-shaped hollow on one face while another face has a crest in relief that is quartered with a lion or lynx in each quarter, thought to represent the Linehan, Lenihan or Lynam family, who lived in the castle (ME043-063----), 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: 09 November 2017

• ME036-044001 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a level landscape. The site of the medieval parish church of Laracor (ME036-044----) is within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 65m NW-SE: c. 55m NE-SW) defined by masonry walls with mature trees within the perimeter and headstones dating c. 1750-1970. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 February, 2015

• ME036-044002 Font
  Description

  The octagonal base of a font (dims 0.53m x 0.53m; H 0.2m) with a central hour-glass perforation is at Laracor church (ME036-044----). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 November, 2017

• ME036-063 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  The motte at Laracor (ME036-043----) was succeeded at some period by a castle, which is represented on the Down Survey (1656-8) maps of Moyfenrath barony and Laracor parish, for which see this web-page accessed on 09/11/2017: http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Moyfenrath&c=Meath&p=Lauracorr The terrier or commentary lists Gerald Linch of the Knock (ME043-021002-), Valerian Weisley of Dangan (ME042-009----) and Richard Linehann, an Irish papist, as the joint owners of 446 acres at Lauracorr. It describes Lauracorr as ‘..a small stone castle in repair with some cabins about it. There is near it the ruins of a chappell or church and a bridge over which the high way from Trim to Kilcock lyes likewise and under it runs the River Evernocke…’ The castle may have been built by the Linehan family, but according to the Civil Survey (1654-5) in 1640 the vicar, Mr. Bunning, had possession of the glebe including ‘a castle with a backside (Bakehouse?)’ (Simington 1940, 192). A later occupant was Jonathan Swift when he became rector of Laracor church (ME036-044----) in 1700 until he became Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral (DU018-020069-) in 1713, and less frequently until his death in 1745. A structure is described ‘Dean Swift’s Glebe House (in Ruins)’ on the 1836 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map. The remnant of the castle survives as a conserved masonry pier (dims 2.5m E-W; 1.3m N-S; H 3.1m) which has a small projecting pier (dims 0.95m; 0.15m N-S; H 1.5m) attached on the S side. An illustration from 1847 shows it as it is today but with an external rebate c. 3m above the ground and a further rebate c. 2m higher up supporting a gable (Haworth 2006, 14-18, figs 6, 7). More than one period of building is probably represented in what was once probably a tower house. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 November, 2017

• ME036-095 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in a fairly level landscape with the SW-NE Knightsbrook River c. 330m to the W and c. 170m to the N. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 50-55m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on Google Earth (29/06/2019; 14/07/2018). It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. See the attached image from Google Earth 14/07/2018 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 June 2019

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Laracor.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Laracor, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2615 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

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

Name

Laracor · Láithreach Cora

Area

1,456,493 m² (145.65 ha, 359.91 acres)

Civil parish

Laracor, and its townlands

Barony

Moyfenrath Lower

Electoral division

Laracor, the unit of the census

Census 2022

696 people lived in 213 households in the Laracor electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Freffans Little, Knightsbrook, Stokestown, Summerstown

Placenames

Laracor 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.