Maperath
Townland in the civil parish of Loughan or Castlekeeran, barony of Kells Upper, Co. Meath; in Irish Ráth an Mhábaigh
- Area
- 276.9 ha
- 684 acres
- Land parcels
- 69
- registered freehold, median 4,789 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Maperath, from 68 m² to 302,346 m² (30.23 ha, 74.71 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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 · 91 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
12 May 2026Refused
File Ref: 211672 - Construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new combined entrance and to install a sewage treatment system and percolation areas together with all associated site development works on site
Extension of duration, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 26134
12 May 2026Refused
File Ref: 211671 - Construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new combined entrance and to install a sewage treatment system and percolation areas together with all associated site development works on site
Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, 26135
17 Apr 2023Refused
construct a new storey and a half dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance and install a sewage treatment system with percolation areas together with all associated site development works on site at Maperath, Kells.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360011
31 Mar 2023N/a
construct a new storey and a half dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance and install a sewage treatment system with percolation areas together with all associated site development works on site at Maperath, Kells.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360001
24 Mar 2023Conditional
an overground prefabricated steel slurry storage tank and all site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 23328
27 Aug 2021Conditional
planning permission to construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new combined entrance and to install a sewage treatment system and percolation areas together with all associated site development works on site
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211671
27 Aug 2021Conditional
planning permission to construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new combined entrance and to install a sewage treatment system and percolation areas together with all associated site development works on site
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211672
25 Feb 2021Unconditional
EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION KA/160405 - development will consist of the provision of a new tourism attraction based around Ireland's 5000 years of food history in connection with Ireland's ancient east. This will include for the construction of a single-storey entrance building containing visitor sanitary facilities and the construction of a domed grass roof structure above an existing basement. The development will also provide for visitor parking, landscaping works and all ancillary site works
Extension of duration · Meath County Council, 21359
25 Nov 2019Conditional
a four bedroom two-storey type dwelling, wastewater treatment tank & percolation system, new entrance, all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development work on this site
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA191586
11 Oct 2019Conditional
to construct first floor extension to existing single storey courtyard building section to the north east of main courtyard to incorporate games room at first floor level together with a study area and sanitary accommodation to ground floor level (2) construct entrance piers and gates to the existing access driveway to the south of the site (3) complete all ancillary site works and associated site structures. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA191351
1 Aug 2019Conditional
(A) The retention of the single storey extension to the south west of the existing single storey detached dwelling house. (B) Planning permission for extension and refurbishment of the existing single storey dwelling house, consisting of addition of a first floor to create a two storey dwelling, demolition of the single storey annex to the north east and construction of a new single storey extension and covered veranda, along with elevational modifications to the existing dwelling, new proprietary wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter to replace the existing septic tank, single storey covered barbeque area attached to the existing multi-purpose shed, all associated ancillary works, services, service connections, landscaping and site development works
Permission · Meath County Council, KA191016
15 Oct 2018N/a
the retention of two single storey extensions, one either side of the existing single storey detached dwelling house, along with retention of all associated ancillary works, services, service connections, landscaping and site development works
Retention · Meath County Council, KA181212
15 Oct 2018Conditional
(A) The retention of the extension of the existing detached agricultural shed. (B) The retention of the existing detached, single storey, stand alone, compost toilet. (C) The retention of the stand alone, mono-pitched, multi-purpose open shed, used for occasional agri-tourism based site visits. Along with retention of all associated ancillary works, services, service connections, landscape and site development works, associated with the above works
Retention · Meath County Council, KA181213
29 Jun 2018Conditional
the development consists of; amendements made to dwelling and construction of domestic garage. The amendments include: (1) construction of single storey sunroom extension to the east (10.92 sq meters), (2) construction of single storey extension to the north (23.54 sq meters), (3) demolition of existing flat roofed porch and construction of replacement porch with pitched roof (1.45 sq meters), (4) all elevational changes resulting from the changes, (5) the construction of domestic garage on the site (33.89 sq meters), (6) revisions to site layout resulting from the amendments. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Retention · Meath County Council, KA180709
26 Jan 2018Conditional
the development consists of: amendments made to dwelling during construction that deviate from extension to dwelling granted under Planning Reg. Ref. 99/2175. The amendments include: (1) increase of ridge height, (2) extension constructed as two storey dwelling rather than storey and a half, (3) the garage that was granted permission to the side of the dwelling under 99/2175 was not constructed, a conservatory was constructed instead, (4) increased floor area from that previously granted, (5) deviations from finishes to dwelling noted on drawings for which permission was granted, (6) all elevational changes resulting from the changes 6) the construction of domestic garage on the site (65sq metres), (7) revisions to site layout resulting from the amendments
Retention, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA180076
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 Maperath.
Recorded monuments
- ME010-056 Enclosure - large enclosure
Description
Located on a slight E-facing slope, on land that might once have been part of the demesne of Maperath House. The faint parchmark of a large circular enclosure (diam. c. 70m N-S; c. 70m E-W) is visible in pasture on Google Earth (02/07/2018). It appears to be defined by a wide inner and a slighter outer fosse, and it was first reported by M. Tunney. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (02/07/2018) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 July 2022
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Maperath.
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 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 Maperath.
- 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 Maperath with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Maperath · Ráth an Mhábaigh
- Area
- 2,769,488 m² (276.95 ha, 684.36 acres)
- Civil parish
- Loughan or Castlekeeran, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kells Upper
- Electoral division
- Maperath, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Maperath electoral division: 495 people in 173 households; 91% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cornasaus, Loughan, Moat, Mountainpole, Oakleypark or Laurencetown, Rathinree Upper
- Placenames
- Maperath 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.