Lynaghstown
Lynaghstown is a townland in the civil parish of Ballymaglassan, barony of Ratoath, Co. Meath.
- Area
- 64.3 ha
- 159 acres
- Land parcels
- 7
- registered freehold, median 2,685 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lynaghstown, from 430 m² to 628,521 m² (62.85 ha, 155.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 19 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
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
12 Dec 2018Conditional
the construction of a new metal-clad domestic shed to the rear of the site, new indigenous planting around the shed, a new hard surface to the front and all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, RA181486
9 Mar 2017Conditional
the development will consist of decommissioning and blocking up of existing domestic entrance granted permission under planning ref. no. DA/901371 and re-locating same as a new dual entrance to include domestic entrance to dwelling and agricultural entrance to access adjoining lands and forestry together with all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, RA170238
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Lynaghstown.
Recorded monuments
- ME050-005 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on a slight S-facing slope. This was described in 1969 (SMR file) as a circular grass-covered area (diam. 58m NNW-SSE; 60m ENE-WSW) defined by the slight remains of an earthen bank (at SW: Wth of base 7m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.3m) largely reduced to a scarp (at NE: Wth 4m; H 0.7m) with an external fosse (at NE: Wth of top 8m; Wth of base 3m; ext. D 0.5m) that has largely melded into the interior. A second outer bank (Wth of base 5-5.5m; ext. H 1.3-1.8m) and fosse (Wth of top 5m; Wth of base 1m; ext. D 0.5-0.8m) survived NN-E, and the entrance may have been at E where the perimeter was badly eroded (max. ext. diam. 75m NE-SW). It remains unplanted at the N edge of a coniferous forest but the bank and fosse are overgrown where they survive SE-W-NNE (Google Earth 012/06/2020). 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 Amended: 26 October 2021, 24 March 2023
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lynaghstown.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Lynaghstown, about 1 in 20 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 low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lynaghstown.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Lynaghstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Lynaghstown
- Area
- 642,533 m² (64.25 ha, 158.77 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballymaglassan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ratoath
- Electoral division
- Culmullin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,283 people lived in 379 households in the Culmullin electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barstown, Blackhall Big, Blackhall Little, Cullendragh, Kilclone
- Placenames
- Lynaghstown 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.