Mullagha

64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mullagha, from 376 m² to 518,485 m² (51.85 ha, 128.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 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 · 96 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 25 Sept 2026N/a

  alterations and extensions to an existing single storey house including a single storey extension to the rear, a single storey extension to the front and the installation of a new septic tank and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2661193

• 17 Sept 2026N/a

  alterations and extensions to an existing single storey house including a single storey extension to the rear, a single storey extension to the front and the installation of a new septic tank and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2661156

• 24 Sept 2025Conditional

  RED III - The Proposed Development comprises the following – • Construction and operation of up to 559,033 sqm of solar PV arrays on ground-mounted metal frames, with a maximum overall height of up to 2.96 metres. • Internal underground trenching, electrical cabling and ducting between the solar PV arrays and electrical invertor / transformer skid units. • Up to 21 no. electrical inverter / transformer skid units. • Construction and operational access to the site by 3 no. site entrances using 2 no. existing field access points 1 no. new access point. • 3 no. temporary construction compound and ancillary facilities for the duration of the construction phase of the project. • Provision of single storey substation control building of 217 sqm and associated works. • 33kV collector cable network, joint bays and associated works. • Internal access tracks, site landscaping and drainage works, security fencing, CCTV and all associated ancillary site development works. • The decommissioning and reinstatement of the solar farm at the end of its operational life. A 10-year planning permission and a 40-year operational life from the date of commissioning of the entire solar farm is being sought. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and accompanies the planning application. The NIS assesses both the construction and operation of the Proposed Development, as well as integral elements of the wider project infrastructure, comprising the construction and operation of a 110kV substation compound, control building, 110kV transformer, 110kV cabling, joint bays, future grid connection and associated works (located in the townlands of Rathcoon, Kilberry, Castletown Kilberry, and Silloge), all of which are essential infrastructure associated with the operation of the Proposed Development and will be the subject of a separate, future SID planning application to the relevant consenting authority. The development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive 2023/2413) [X] YES [ ] NO. The planning application is subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561010

• 12 Sept 2025N/a

  We, Circal Oak Solar Limited, intend to apply for permission for development on lands in the townlands of Chamberstown, Scottstown, Shalvanstown, Mullagha, Rathcoon and Corballis, County Meath (the Proposed Development). The Proposed Development comprises the following – • Construction and operation of up to 559,033 sqm of solar PV arrays on ground-mounted metal frames, with a maximum overall height of up to 2.96 metres. • Internal underground trenching, electrical cabling and ducting between the solar PV arrays and electrical invertor / transformer skid units. • Up to 21 no. electrical inverter / transformer skid units. • Construction and operational access to the site by 3 no. site entrances using 2 no. existing field access points 1 no. new access point. • 3 no. temporary construction compound and ancillary facilities for the duration of the construction phase of the project. • Provision of single storey substation control building of 217 sqm and associated works. • 33kV collector cable network, joint bays and associated works. • Internal access tracks, site landscaping and drainage works, security fencing, CCTV and all associated ancillary site development works. • The decommissioning and reinstatement of the solar farm at the end of its operational life. A 10-year planning permission and a 40-year operational life from the date of commissioning of the entire solar farm is being sought. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and accompanies the planning application. The NIS assesses both the construction and operation of the Proposed Development, as well as integral elements of the wider project infrastructure, comprising the construction and operation of a 110kV substation compound, control building, 110kV transformer, 110kV cabling, joint bays, future grid connection and associated works (located in the townlands of Rathcoon, Kilberry, Castletown Kilberry, and Silloge), all of which are essential infrastructure associated with the operation of the Proposed Development and will be the subject of a separate, future SID planning application to the relevant consenting authority. The development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive 2023/2413) [X] YES [ ] NO. The planning application is subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Devel

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560974

• 31 Jul 2023Conditional

  planning permission to install a 24m multi-user lattice type telecommunications support structure, carrying antenna and dishes enclosed within a 2.4 metre high pallisade fenced compound together with associated ground equipment cabinets and associated site works, including a new access track on lands

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23761

• 27 Aug 2021Conditional

  the retention and completion of the repositioning of the house and revisions to site location and site layout from that previously granted Planning Permission under Register Reference No. KA/201704 inclusive proprietary waste water treatment system and all associated site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211689

• 26 Jul 2021N/a

  and completion of the repositioning of the house and revisions to site location and site layout from that previously granted Planning Permission under Register Reference No. KA/201704 inclusive of a domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system and all associated site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211429

• 23 Apr 2021N/a

  repositioning of the house and revisions to site location and site layout from that previously granted Planning Permission under Register Reference No. KA/201704 inclusive of a domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21787

• 26 Mar 2021N/a

  repositioning of the house and revisions to site location and site layout from that previously granted Planning Permission under Register Reference No. KA/201704 inclusive of a domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21583

• 13 Nov 2020Conditional

  the construction of a bungalow, proprietary waste water treatment system, new entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA201704

• 17 Apr 2020N/a

  a split level bungalow, domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system, new entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA200535

• 4 Oct 2019Conditional

  construction of a storey and a half style dwelling with detached domestic garage, install a Septic Tank & Percolation area and form new entrance to public road

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA191309

• 7 Sept 2017Conditional

  a storey and a half dwelling house, waste water treatment system and associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA171028

• 16 Jun 2017Conditional

  demolition of existing agricultural buildings and construction of a single storey granny flat to the side and rear of existing two storey dwelling and all associated works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, KA170697

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 Mullagha.

Recorded monuments

• ME018-009 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated at the crest of the W-facing slope of Mullagha Hill. A small circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) is depicted faintly on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is annotated as a ‘Fort’ in gothic lettering. This is a slightly raised rectangular and grass-covered area (dims of top 17m E-W; 13m N-S) defined by scarps (Wth up to 4m; H up to 0.7m). 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 Revision: 24 March 2023

• ME018-010 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a SE-facing slope of Mullagha Hill. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by a single fosse with a wide entrance (Wth c. 5m) at E is visible on an oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP: ATC029) from July 1967 when the field was growing cereals. It has not appeared on other aerial images where the field has been under grass. 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 Revised: 24 March 2023 CUCAP – Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling. Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphots.com

• ME018-011 Enclosure - large enclosure
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of a S-facing slope of Mullagha Hill. A corn mill and Mullagha House are depicted here on the 1836 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map with a millpond on the NE edge of the enclosure. A mill is not mentioned in the appurtenances of Mullagha in the Civil Survey (1656-8) (Simington 1940, 227) and nor is any depicted in the Down Survey (1658) parish map. This is a raised oval area (dims c. 95m N-S; c. 70m E-W) defined by scarp (H 1.2m) with traces of external ditch (max. ext. D 0.4m) ESE-W-N. The enclosure is largely grass-covered but old mill buildings occupy the E edge. The enclosure is demarcated by an overflow channel from the millpond that may be eighteenth or nineteenth century in date. 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 Revision: 24 March 2023 Simington, R. C. 1940 The Civil Survey AD 1654-1656. vol. V, County of Meath. Dublin, Stationery Office

• ME018-012 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a level landscape with the headwaters of W-E streams just to the N and S and hills rising over it to the N and S. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) is faintly depicted on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is annotated as a defaced ‘Fort’. This is a D-shaped or subrectangular grass-covered area (dims 53m N-S; 40m E-W) defined by grass-covered fosses or moats (Wth of top 5.6m at S to 9m at N; int. D 1-1.2m; ext. D 0.3m at W to 1.6m at N). There is an entrance (Wth 4.4m) at SE. 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 Revisied: 24 March 2023

• ME018-020 Standing stone
  Description

  Situated on top of a hill and on the N side of a NE-SW field bank. A stone with a D-shaped cross-section (dims of base 0.85m NW-SE; 0.6m NE-SW; H 2.6m) with a pointed top has the initials RM and the date 1723 inscribed on its flat NE face. It is located about the centre of enclosure (ME018-020001-). 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: 6 March 2019

• ME018-020001 Enclosure
  Description

  Located at the summit of a broad NE-SW ridge. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) defined by a single fosse feature (Wth c. 4m) was recorded using a drone-mounted camera operated by Justin Kenny in July 2018. The enclosure has a wide entrance (Wth c. 5m) at E and the standing stone (ME018-020----) is situated close to its centre. A ring-ditch (diam. c. 10m) defined by a single narrow ditch is visible inside the perimeter at S on the drone image. Four pits evenly distributed immediately inside the ring-ditch are also visible on the drone image. The larger enclosure is now bisected by a NE-SW field bank. It is also visible on OS images (2017) and on Google Earth (07/05/2017). The enclosure (ME018-020003-) is c. 20m to the SW and enclosure (ME018-020005-) is c. 10m to the SSE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 March 2019

• ME018-020002 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Inside the perimeter of enclosure (ME018-020001-) at S is a ring-ditch (diam. c. 10m) defined by a single narrow ditch feature. It was recorded using a drone-mounted camera operated by Justin Kenny in July 2018, and it has four pits evenly spaced inside the ditch. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 March, 2019

• ME018-020003 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on the summit of a broad NE-SW ridge. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 30m) defined by two narrow fosse features that appear to consist of contiguous pits was recorded using a drone-mounted camera operated by Justin Kenny in July 2018. Inside the inner ditch at N four pits form a rectangular structure (dims c. 6m X c. 3m). Enclosure (ME018-020001-) is c. 20m to the NE and enclosure (ME018-020005-) is c. 15m to the E. This enclosure is also visible on OSI images (2017) and on Google Earth (07/05/2017). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 March, 2019

• ME018-020004 Structure
  Description

  Inside the inner ditch of enclosure (ME018-020003-) at N four pits form a rectangular structure (dims c. 6m X c. 3m). It was recorded using a drone-mounted camera operated by Justin Kenny in July 2018. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 March, 2019

• ME018-020005 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on the summit of a broad NE-SW ridge. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 35m) defined by a single fosse feature (Wth c. 4m) was recorded using a drone-mounted camera operated by Justin Kenny in July 2018. It is also visible on OS images (2017), and Google Earth (12/07/2013; 07/05/2017). Enclosure (ME018-020003-) is c. 15m to the W and enclosure (ME018-02001-) is c. 10m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 March, 2019

• ME018-056 Enclosure
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of a S-facing slope, with a small W-E stream c. 80m to the S. The cropmark of an oval enclosure (dims c. 70m NW-SE; c. 50m NE-SW) defined by a single fosse (Wth c. 2-3m) is visible on Apple Maps (2018). It is overlaid by some field drains, and it is also faintly visible on Google Earth (19/03/2015). The enclosure was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. See the attached enhanced view from Apple Maps (2018) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 June 2021

• ME018-058 Enclosure
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of the S-facing slope of the E-W ridge of Mullagha Hill. The cropmark of a subrectangular enclosure (dims c. 60m E-W; c. 55m N-S) defined by a single fosse is visible only on Apple Maps (2018). There is a smaller circular enclosure (diam. c. 37m) inside the SE angle of the larger. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached enhanced aerial view from Apple Maps (2018) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 29 June 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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 Mullagha, 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

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

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

Name

Mullagha · Mullach Áithe

Area

2,376,508 m² (237.65 ha, 587.25 acres)

Civil parish

Rathkenny, and its townlands

Barony

Slane Upper

Electoral division

Rathkenny, the unit of the census

Census 2022

699 people lived in 234 households in the Rathkenny electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Causestown, Chamberstown, Curniaghanstown, Dunderk, Horistown, Mullaghroe, Rathkenny, Rochestown, Scottstown, Shalvanstown

Placenames

Mullagha 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.