Moylagh

77 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moylagh, from 9 m² to 404,236 m² (40.42 ha, 99.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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Designated sites

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

Recorded monuments

• ME014-019 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a local rise in an undulating landscape. This is a raise and circular grass-covered area (diam. 34m WNW-ESE; 31m NNE-SSW) defined by a scarp (at SW: Wth 3m; H 1.5m; at NE: Wth 7.5m; H 3.1m) that is incorporated into a road boundary E-SE. There is no visible fosse or entrance. It was damaged in road-widening in 1979 when much of the E half was removed. 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: 21 November 2018

• ME014-033 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Visible on Bing images (c. 2013), this feature was first brought to attention by Katherine McCormick. It is located at the W edge of a fairly high plateau and at the crest of a NW-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 35m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5-5.3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m) N-E and S-W. There is no identifiable entrance. See the attached view from Digital Globe (c. 2013) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 25 May, 2016

• ME015-031 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a shelf towards the N end of a N-S ridge. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 33.5m NE-SW; 29.5m NW-SE) defined by a slight but overgrown earthen bank that is largely reduced to a scarp, with an outer fosse (at N: Wth of base c. 2.1m; int. D c. 1.5-c. 2.5m; ext. D c. 1.2m) and an outer overgrown bank (max. H 2m at N) that are well preserved WSW-NE but have largely been removed elsewhere. There is an entrance through the inner (Wth of base 2.5m) and outer (Wth of base 2.4m) banks at ENE. The church (ME015-032----) is on slightly higher ground c. 10m to the S with the motte (ME015-033002-) further S. 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: 8 January 2019

• ME015-032 Church
  Description

  Moylagh church is situated on a small NNW SSE ridge c. 3km SW of the W end of the Loughcrew Hills. Moylagh parish is listed in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV (Cal. doc. Ire., 5, 259), and the church is listed by Dowdall in 1539 (O’Connell 1965, 173). Ussher (1622) describes the church and chancel as reasonably well repaired (Erlington 1847-64, 1, cxvii). According to the Regal Visitation (1693) only the church walls were standing and 'it was not well fenced' (Ellington 1975, 9). The parish church of Moylagh is within a D-shaped or subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 50m NW-SE at SW to c. 70m NW-SE at NE; c. 35m NE-SW) defined by stone walls. Fragments of the S and W walls of a single cell structure (int. dims 14.1m E-W; 7.7m N-S) survive together with the grass-covered mound (Wth c. 4m; H 0.7m) of the N wall and the S end of the E wall (L 1.35m; H c. 3.5m) that has an aumbry. The tower (ext. dims 6.75m E-W; 6.05m N-S) of three storeys and attic stands at the W end of the S nave wall, and has rounded corners at SE and SW and a base-batter. Its ground floor is buried and inaccessible but there is a double-splay light in the S wall. There is a destroyed doorway from the nave to the first floor (int. dims 4.05m N-S; 3.75m E-W) of the tower over the vault, with a cupboard in the N wall and destroyed windows in flat-arched embrasures where they survive on the other walls. There is a garderobe with a damaged chute and a light at the NW angle of the tower. There is an alcove (Wth 1.6m; D 0.7m; H c. 1m) at the S end of the E wall and holes for corbels or joists in the N and S walls to support the ceiling. A newel stairs at the SW angle rises to the second floor that has a destroyed window on the E wall and the remains of a rectangular window with glazing bars in a flat-arched embrasure on the S walls. The stairs continue to an attic that has a destroyed window in the E wall, and the pitch of its roof can be seen in the stairs housing that rises to a wall-walk on the W wall. The head of a solid disc-headed cross (diam. c. 0.48m; T c. 0.1m) with a cross on one side and a sunken quatrefoil on the other, which was in the graveyard in 1969 (SMR file), is no longer present. Adams (1870-1) says that there is an underground chamber beneath the W end of the church, which is very unlikely and he may have intended the tower. He records the graveslab of Edmond Maolagh (1583) ’19 in. by 15 in. (c. 0.48m x c. 0.38m)’ that is no long present but which was also recorded by Du Noyer c. 1864 (1895). Adams also records the graveslab erected by Theobalt Cut and his wife Rose Moore (1637) that is now set up vertically (Wth 0.86m; visible H 1.35m; T 0.13-0.18m) in the church. It is in English and carved in gothic lettering in false relief. The rath (ME015-031----) is c. 55m to the NNW and the motte (ME015-033002-) and castle (ME015-032001-) are c. 85m to the SSE. The field system (ME015-034----) in Milltown townland, immediately E of the graveyard is probably associated with the castle. 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. See the attached view of the tower from the SE (007) and the graveslab (019). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 27 January 2015

• ME015-032001 Graveyard
  Description

  The medieval parish church of Moylagh (ME015-032----) is located on a N-S ridge within a D-shaped graveyard (dims c. 50m NW-SE at SW to c. 70m NW-SE at NE; c. 35m NE-SW) defined by drystone walls. The head of a disc-headed cross (ME015-032002-) that was within the graveyard (SMR file 1969) is missing. The graveslab of Edmond Maolagh (ME015-032003-) can no longer be identified, but that erected by Theobalt Cut and his wife Rose Moore (ME015-032004-) is within the church. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 January, 2015

• ME015-032002 Cross
  Description

  The head of a solid disc-headed cross (diam c. 0.48m) with a cross on one side and a sunken quatrefoil on the other that was in the graveyard (ME015-032001-) of Moylagh medieval parish church (SMR file) can no longer be found. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 27 January, 2015

• ME015-032003 Graveslab
  Description

  Inside the church of Moylagh (ME015-032----). Adams (1870-1) records the graveslab of Edmond Maolagh (1583) ’19 in. by 15 in. (c. 0.48m x c. 0.38m)’ that is no long present but which was also recorded by Du Noyer c. 1864 (1895). Du Noyer transcribes the inscription as: ORATE P. ANIA. EDMODI / ANAOLAC CVIS COR: / Po SUB HOC LAPIDE IAC / ET 1583 ET WILHELMUo /S EIMSD QUIE FABRIC / HUC LAPIDE SUB Q / USSIT / IPM PONI I. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 January, 2015

• ME015-032004 Graveslab
  Description

  Within Moylagh parish church (ME015-032----). Adams (1870-1, 375) records the graveslab erected by Theobalt Cut and his wife Rose Moore (1637) that is now set up vertically (Wth 0.86m; visible H 1.35m; T 0.13-0.18m) in the church. It is in English and carved in gothic lettering in false relief. Adams transcribes it as: THIS MONUMENT WAS / ERECTED BY THEOBALT CUT OF BALTRASNE AND ROSE MOORE HIS WIFE / AS WELL FOR HIS PREDESE / SSORS AS FOR HIS SUCCESSORS ANNO DOMINI 1637. See the attached image. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 January, 2015

Architectural heritage

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

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

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Landslides

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

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Moylagh.

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 Moylagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Moylagh · Maigh Locha

Area

1,546,659 m² (154.67 ha, 382.19 acres)

Civil parish

Moylagh, and its townlands

Barony

Fore

Electoral division

Moylagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

423 people lived in 166 households in the Moylagh electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Baltrasna, Greenan, Milltown, Murrens, Springhall

Placenames

Moylagh 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.