Oldcastle

921 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Oldcastle, from 2 m² to 375,945 m² (37.59 ha, 92.9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 466 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 226 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 157 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1E2 - General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 51 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1A2 - New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 16 Jul 2026Conditional

  the proposed development is within the Oldcastle Architectural Conservation Area and part of the development is within the Curtilage of a Protected Structure Ref. MH009-234 (NIAH No. 14306023). The development will consist of the following: (1) Removal of a rear boiler house and the construction of wheelchair accessible toilet and lobby area (2) demolish section of side boundary wall and existing single storey lobby,(3) demolish western existing rear yard boundary wall (4) carry out amendments and alterations to part of adjacent two storey dwelling and change use of this area to public bar and toilets along with construction of single storey an extension to the two storey adjoining house, for use as fire escape and access to proposed works (5) all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660910

• 22 Jun 2026N/a

  the development will consist of 1) construction of 8no additional houses on lands adjoining previously granted housing development granted under planning ref. 21263. The proposed development shall consist of 6no semi-detached type “G” and 2no semi-detached type “F”. 2) proposed amendments and alterations to previously granted vehicular entrance onto Cogan Street to include a revised layout to junction to eliminate single junction, revised signage and road markings and demolition and reconstruction in revised location of existing boundary wall to accommodate sightlines 3) all ancillary and facilitating site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660776

• 12 Jun 2026N/a

  the development will consist of Retention of the following: 1) Single storey domestic garage / store lean too roofed area (2) Two storey extension constructed to the rear of existing two storey dwelling (3) all ancillary site development works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2660727

• 3 Jun 2026N/a

  The development will consist of planning permission of the following: 1) Construction of hardware warehouse storage extension to previously approved hardware Storage building with door relocation to the rear of existing Hardware storage building (2) Relocation of existing 8no meal feed Bins to the eastern part of the site (3) relocate existing weigh bridge and demolish existing weighbridge chambers (4) construct new weighbridge control single storey building (5) all ancillary site development works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660676

• 23 Jan 2026Conditional

  The development will consist of the construction of an extension to the west side of existing dwelling.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660089

• 18 Dec 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of change of use of existing racquetball court, changing rooms and toilet areas to general purpose community meeting rooms, storage area and toilets to include modifications to existing elevations and plan layout. The development also includes the installation of 2 no. e.v. charging points at rear, signage to front and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561388

• 2 Dec 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the construction of a new single storey dwelling and single storey domestic garage, percolation area & well, Entrance walls and piers (to location of existing agricultural entrance) and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2561316

• 22 Nov 2025N/a

  The development will consist of the construction of a new single storey dwelling and single storey domestic garage, percolation area & well, Entrance walls and piers (to location of existing agricultural entrance) and all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2561269

• 25 Aug 2025N/a

  the permission is sought for a development that consists of 2 no., two storey, 3 bedroomed semi-detached dwellings and 1 no., two storey, 3 bedroomed detached dwelling along with entrance from Cloughan Street and all ancillary site works associated with the above and to connect to existing drainage and services on the existing brown field site

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560897

• 7 Aug 2025Conditional

  Retention & Planning Permission: Retention permission for: (1) a single storey domestic store/home music studio to rear of existing two storey dwelling (2) All ancillary site works. Planning Permission for: (3) Planning permission for change of use of existing single storey domestic store / home music studio for use as a habitable dwelling to include elevation and floor plan alterations (4) erect site boundaries (5) connections to existing mains services (6) All ancillary site development works.

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560825

• 15 Apr 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of (1) Change of use of previously used Oldcastle Alzheimer’s Store for use as “Oldcastle Mens Shed” (2) carry out alterations to external walls with provisions of additional windows ( 3) Construct single storey detached storage / activity building (4) and ancillary site works. Significant Further Information / Revised plans submitted on this application.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560379

• 17 Oct 2024Conditional

  the development consists of the following: planning permission for: (1) single storey extension to existing vehicle testing center. (2) all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24414

• 4 Oct 2024N/a

  the development consists of the following: planning permission for: (1) single storey extension to existing vehicle testing center. (2) all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 24399

• 2 Oct 2024Conditional

  the development will consist of removal of existing signage and fit new signage on front façade of building comprising 3D lettering and logo fixed directly on wall

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24392

• 2 Oct 2024Conditional

  amendments and alterations to that previously granted under planning Ref. 21263. The proposed works shall be as follows (1) amendments and alterations to site layout and boundaries, (2) amendments and alterations to elevations of previously granted (Type C) 3 bed semi-detached type dwellings to create proposed (Type E) 3 bed semi-detached type dwellings, (3) previously granted 12 no. terrace units (Type B & A) to be replaced with 4 no. semi-detached dwellings (house type E1 & F), (4) previously granted 4 no. terrace units (Type B & A) to be replaced with 2 no. semi-detached dwellings (house type G), (5) previously granted 2 no. 3 bed semi-detached type dwellings (Type C1 & C) to be replaced with 2 no. 4 bed semi-detached type dwelling (House type F1), (6) construction of two additional semi-detached 3 bed dwellings (House type E2), (7) all ancillary facilitating and enabling site works

  Permission, 39 homes · Meath County Council, 24393

• 2 Apr 2024Conditional

  A development that consists of 1No. 4 bedroomed detached dwelling and 5No. 4 bedroomed terraced houses along with entrances from the roadway within Loughcrew Hills and all ancillary site works associated with the above and to connect to existing drainage and services on this brown field site within the development envelope of Oldcastle. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 6 homes · Meath County Council, 2460227

• 22 Mar 2024Conditional

  the construction of a detached single storey home office/studio to side of existing two storey dwelling and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24134

• 23 Feb 2024Conditional

  The development will consist of a change of use from retail outlet to the following (1) extension to existing café and seating area (2) food preparation and storage areas (3) ancillary storage areas along with all ancillary site works. Permission also sought for signage to front of building. The building is within the ACA Oldcastle boundary and listed as a protected structure Reg. No. 14306020.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460129

• 5 Jul 2023Conditional

  the development consists of constructing a 2 Bed Modular Home with adequate parking and with its own separate boundary at the rear of the above address, to upgrade existing site entrance and Permanent Wayleave to access site outlined in yellow on the Site Layout Plan & with connection to public services and with all ancillary site works (Planning Ref. No. 23/60100)

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360139

• 29 Jun 2023Conditional

  The development will consist of the construction of 5 no. semi-detached single storey sheltered housing units together with footpaths, landscaping, lighting, connection to public sewer, works to boundary and all associated site works.

  Permission, 5 homes · Meath County Council, 2360126

• 28 Jun 2023Conditional

  the development will consist of the replacement and relocation of a permitted single storey terminal electrical station and separate permitted switchgear enclosure (both previously permitted as part of a solar farm permission by Meath County Council under Reg. Ref. KA160625) with 1 no. proposed single storey 20kV substation building adjacent to the site of the previously permitted switchgear enclosure. The development also incorporates a minor track revision to accommodate emergency fire tender access

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2360120

• 28 Jun 2023Conditional

  the development will consist of the extension of the operational lifespan of a solar farm permitted by Meath County Council under Reg. Ref. KA160625 from 25 No. years as permitted (by reason of condition No. 3 of permission KA160625) to 40 No. years

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2360121

• 19 Jun 2023N/a

  The development will consist of the construction of 5 no. semi-detached single storey sheltered housing units together with footpaths, landscaping, lighting, connection to public sewer, works to boundary and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360099

• 19 Jun 2023N/a

  The development consists of constructing a 2 Bed Modular Home with adequate parking and with its own separate boundary at the rear of the above address also to upgrade existing site entrance and with connection to public services and with all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360100

• 2 Jun 2023N/a

  The development will consist of the construction of 5 no. semi-detached single storey sheltered housing units together with footpaths, landscaping, lighting, connection to public sewer, works to boundary and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360074

The 25 most recent of 71 applications.

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 Oldcastle.

Recorded monuments

• ME009-013 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a NE-facing slope and in a part of Oldcastle townland that is called Portshanmore – the ‘big old bog’. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 32m E-W; 30.5m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth c. 4-5m; int. int. H c. 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 1.7-2.3m) with some bushes that is incorporated into a field bank N-SE, and the remains of an outer fosse (Wth of top 7m; Wth of base 2m; ext. D 0.4m) SW-N. The original entrance is probably that (Wth of base 1.8m) at ESE. 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: 31 October 2018 Amended: 15 December 2022

• ME009-014 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a rise in an undulating landscape. This is a circular, slightly domed (H 0.8m) and overgrown area (diam. 36m E-W; 33.5m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (at SE: Wth of base 6m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.8m) ESE-SW and a shallow fosse (at SW: Wth of top 10m; Wth of base 5m; ext. D 0.5m), but the bank is reduced to a scarp (at NW: Wth 0.5m; H 0.4m) and the fosse to a berm (at NW: Wth 3m) and outer scarp (at NW: Wth 3.5m; H 1.2m) over much of the perimeter. The original entrance is not identified, and a lot of field stones have been added to the perimeter. 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: 31 October 2018

• ME009-018 Church
  Description

  Situated on top of a broad hill within the town of Oldcastle. The church of Coul is listed in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV (Cal. doc. Ire. 5, 260). Ussher (1622) lists a church at Oldcastle but provides no information (Erlington 1847-64, 1, cxviii). At the Suppression (1540) the church of Oldcastell was worth £6 to the abbey of Fore, Co. Westmeath (White 1943, 273). According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) Lord Dunsany owned 360 acres at Oldcastle in 1640 where the old castle and church are listed (Simington 1940, 268). Dopping's Visitation Book 1682- 5 notes that St, Bridget’s church of Oldcastle or Clotyn was in ruins since 1641 (O'Connell 1965, 171 2), but it was enclosed (Ellison 1975, 8). The present Church of Ireland church was built in 1816 (Lewis 1837, vol. 2, 448) and is on the on the site of the medieval parish church of Oldcastle or Clolyne. The church site is within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 45m E-W; c. 38m N-S) defined by masonry walls. Almost 60 memorials from the church and graveyard have been published, about half of which date from the 18th century (ffolliott and Jones (1968). Outside the church there is an unfinished disc-headed cross (H 0.5m; Wth 0.72m; T 0.14m) with the top part of the shaft missing, which probably led to the work being abandoned. The arms are short (L 0.1-0.14m; H c. 0.2m) and a large boss was being excavated on one face of the stone. The cross has a collar (Wth 0.4m; H 0.1m) and a shaft (dims 0.25m x 0.17m; visible H 0.36m) below. It may be 17th century in date. The memorial of Philip Tuite from Drumsawry dated 1692 (Ball-Wright 1908-09), which was in the church at Lough Crew (ME015-027003-), is now set into the inside of the N wall of the tower at the ground floor. It is a sandstone slab (H 1.88m; Wth 0.8-0.9m) with the Latin inscription incised in roman lettering under a shield in relief that is quartered and retains traces of blue and red colours. 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: 10 December, 2014

• ME009-018001 Graveyard
  Description

  The site of the medieval parish church of Oldcastle or Cloyle (ME009-018----) is within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 45m E-W; c. 38m N-S) defined by masonry walls. Almost 60 memorials from the church and graveyard have been published, about half of which date from the 18th century (ffolliott and Jones 1968). The disc-headed cross (ME009-018002-) is outside the church on the E side. There are two heavy recumbent graveslabs close to the S wall of the graveyard. The E one (2.24m x 1.05m; T 0.1-0.13m) has one end of the stone (L 1.28m) reserved for the crest, and there is an inscription with the date 1727. The crest is heater-shaped (max. Wth 0.37m; H 0.48m), with a chevron and three lions rampant, two above and one below. About 10m to the W and just inside the S wall of the graveyard is another heavy recumbent stone (2.3m x 1.15m; T 0.15m). The crest (H 0.57m; Wth c. 0.4m) is very worn. It has a two lions on top, two on the bottom and a line of three bells or mushrooms across the centre. There is an inscription, incised in cursive beneath this but it is almost completely worn away and illegible, though likely dating to the 18th century.   Archaeological testing (03E0105) by C. Read on plots immediately to the N of the graveyard identified no related material but there was a post-medieval well (excavations.ie 2003:1443). Further testing (03E0598) by E. O’Sullivan on the site of a single house c. 35m N of the graveyard at the closest point identified no related material (excavations.ie 2003:1444). Archaeological testing (05E0165) by P. D. Sweetman immediately S of the graveyard produced no evidence that burial ever extended outside the graveyard in this direction (excavation.ie 2005:1228).  Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 May, 2014 Amended: 7 August, 2014, 22 January 2021, 13 October 2025

• ME009-018002 Cross
  Description

  Outside the church of St. Bride in Oldcastle there is an unfinished disc-headed cross (H 0.5m; Wth 0.72m; T 0.14m) with the top part of the shaft missing, which probably led to the work being abandoned. The arms are short (L 0.1-0.14m; H c. 0.2m) and a large boss was being excavated on one face of the stone. The cross has a collar (Wth 0.4m; H 0.1m) and a shaft (dims 0.25m x 0.17m; visible H 0.36m) below. It may be 17th century in date. Compiled by Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 August, 2014

• ME009-018003 Graveslab (present location)
  Description

  The memorial of Philip Tuite from Drumsawry dated 1692 (Ball-Wright 1908-09), which was in the church at Lough Crew (ME015-027003-), is now set into the inside of the N wall of the tower at the ground floor. It is a sandstone slab (H 1.88m; Wth 0.8-0.9m) with the Latin inscription incised in roman lettering under a shield in relief that is quartered and retains traces of blue and red colours.  From Ball-Wright (1908-09): Monumentum Philippi Tuite, Dni de Fermor / & Newcastle quod in aeternam Patris sui / Memoriam Jacobus Tuite defuncti filius / proprio sumptu construxit et hoc carmine / inscribendum curavit. Anno Domini 1692 Hic jacet indigna consumptus morte Philippus / quem nimis ante diem sors inimica tulit, / quem vulgi obscuros virtus superextulit orbes / virtutisque comes non inhonora fides / quem labor et constans cunetis vigilantia rebus / principibus similem saepe dedere viris. / Filius Is tanti patris post fata superstes / struxerat impensis ista sepulchra suis / obit … 1688 aetatis suae 48. Translation (by the late Sir Edmund T. Bewley) The monument of Sir Philip Tuite, lord of Fermor and Newcastle, which James Tuite, son of the deceased, erected at his own expense in perpetual memory of his father, and caused to be inscribed with the following lines. AD 1692. Here lies Philip, cast down by cruel death, whom too unfriendly fate carried off before is time: whom valour exalted above the obscure realms of the common herd, and faith, the not unworthy associate of valour: whom labour and never ceasing watchfulness in all things ofttimes put on a par with the highest in the land. He, the son of so great a father, and the survivor of this calamity, erected this tomb at his own expense. He died … 1688, aged 48 years. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 December, 2014

• ME009-024 Castle - motte and bailey
  Description

  Situated on a low rise in a fairly level landscape. The motte is a circular flat-topped mound of earth (diam. of top 13m N-S; diam. of base 27.5m N-S; H 3m) planted in coniferous trees. It is defined by a fosse (at N: Wth of top 7m; ext. D 1.5m) surviving against the bailey W-ENE and with a stone wall at the base elsewhere. There is a raised crescent-shaped bailey (dims of top 35m E-W; 16m N-S) planted in trees and defined by scarps (at N: H 2m) attached W-ENE. There is a subrectangular enclosure (int. dims c. 4.5m N-S; c. 5m E-W) defined by low earthen banks (Wth 1.5-4m; H 0.2-0.7m) with an entrance at W on the summit of the motte, but this is known to be a modern feature. There are old farm buildings outside the bailey at W and a house is adjacent the motte at E. Archaeological testing (03E1400) by B. Halpin immediately to the N produced no related material (excavations.ie 2003:1445). 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: 7 June 2016 Amended: 15 December 2022, 13 October 2025

• ME009-089 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• ME009-115 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated in a level landscape c. 5m E of a canalised NNE-SSW stream. Archaeological monitoring (12E0387) of a sewer pipe by B. O’Hara (excavations.ie 2013:116) identified a spread of broken and burnt stone that was fully excavated under the same licecne. A layer of broken and burnt stone (diam. 6.6-6.72m; max. D 0.49m) was partially covered by silts and lay over a subcircular, straight-sided trough (diam. 1.6-2m; max. D 0.25m) with a flat base cut in the subsoil. The trough contained two fills with different quantities of heat-shattered stone, and a sample of cherry charcoal from the base produced a C14 date of 2111-1887 cal. BC. A second subcircular trough (diam. 1.5-1.77m; max. D 0.32m) with two stones set in its rounded base was nearby and had a single fill of silty clay with heat-shattered stone. A sample of willow from this fill produced a C14 date of 2291-2050 cal. BC. No artefacts were recovered from the monument. (O’Hara and Hourihan 2014) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 27 September 2021 O’Hara, B. and Hourihan, S. 2014 Final Report on Archaeological Excavations at Oldcastle Townland, Oldcastle, County Meath. Licence: 12E0387. Unpublished report, Rubicon Heritage

• ME009-116 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a level landscape. A magnetometry survey (12R0045) by J. Bonsall (2015) provided evidence of an enclosure (int. diam. c. 45m) defined by a fosse that is most prominent (Wth c. 5m) NW-NE but which can also be traced NE-SW while the remainder of its course is outside the development property to the W. There was slighter evidence of a second enclosure (diam. c. 35m) attached to the N. Archaeological testing (12E0023) of the area (c. 1.4 ha) by M. Ó Droma following the geophysical survey uncovered a number of pits, post-holes and linear features which may relate to the enclosure (excavations.ie 2012:472), but further details are not available.   Compiled by: Anne-Julie Lafaye

• ME009-117 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Located on a level landscape. Archaeological testing (12E0023) by M. Ó Droma of a large area (c. 1.4 ha) for the purposes of a proposed development revealed evidence of a fulacht fia (excavations.ie 2012:472). In Area 1 (dims 30m x 20m) a denuded horseshoe-shaped mound of broken and burnt stone (dims 13m x 6m; D 0.1m) overlay a rectangular trough (dims 3m x 1m) filled with peat and heat-affected stone which was situated between the horns of the mound. In addition there were at least three pits (diam. 0.6-1m) filled largely with heat-shattered stone within 5m of the trough. A second spread of burnt stone and charcoal (dims 7m x 4m) located 9m WNW of the fulacht fia was accompanied by another pit (diam. 1m) and could constitute a second fulacht fia.  A magnetometry survey (12R0045) by J. Bonsall (2015) that took place ahead of testing recorded numerous archaeological features, particularly an enclosure (ME009-116----) but evidence for the fulacht fia was quite weak in the magnetometry data, possibly owing to the effects of the gley soils. (Bonsall 2015)   Compiled by: Michael Moore

Architectural heritage

• Cogan and McDonnell Monument, monument, 1960–1965 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cut-limestone Celtic high cross-style monument, dated 1961, with interlace, bosses, and house shrine shaped cap. Marble inlay to southern side with Irish inscription. English translation to northern side. Rock-faced stepped plinth. Limestone kerb with octagonal corner stones surrounding cross.

• House, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of semi-detached two-bay two-storey houses, built c.1830. One of pair now also in use as shop. Hipped slate roof with carved timber eaves dentils and stone chimneystack. Windows openings have limestone tooled surrounds, sills to ground floor, and a continuous sill course to first floor. Carved stone doorcase, with cast-iron railings and gate to southern house. Two-bay shopfront inserted to ground floor, c.1970, to northern house, with single-storey return to rear, now also in use as shop. Crow-stepped gabled single-storey extension to southern house, with two-storey extension to rear. Rendered and stone outbuildings to rear.

• Saint Bride's Church (Oldcastle), church/chapel, 1815–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached Board of First Fruits church, built in 1816, with three-bay side elevations to nave and three-stage tower to east gable. Vestry attached to north-west corner. Pitched slate roof to nave, castellations and pinnacles to tower, with later addition of limestone ashlar spire and clock. Exposed stone to tower and entrance gable, roughcast-rendered to nave, with limestone quoins and string courses. Pointed arch stained glass windows with limestone reveals, sills and hood mouldings. Cast-iron bootscraper to entrance door.

• Saint Bride's Church (Oldcastle), graveyard/cemetery, 1720–1730 · Regional interest
  Description

  Graveyard with marked interments from c.1725, with eighteenth- and nineteenth-century stone grave markers to graveyard. The church is built on the site of a medieval church.

• Saint Bride's Church (Oldcastle), gates/railings/walls, 1815–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of octagonal limestone gate piers, erected c.1816, with cast- and wrought-iron spear-headed railings set on moulded plinths. Piers with carved rosettes and fluted moulded caps. Railings enclose the semi-circular site in front of Saint Bride's Church and flank the entrance leading to the door.

• Naper Arms Hotel, hotel, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace five-bay three-storey rendered hotel, built c.1860, with single-storey Tuscan porch, and three-storey return to rear. Channelled render to ground floor, with render pilaster quoins to all floors and entrance porch. Pitched tile roof is hidden by parapet. Ashlar chimneystacks with terracotta pots. Cast-iron railings to front. Timber panelled double doors to entrance porch. Replacement windows with moulded render architraves. Modern interior.

• Bank of Ireland, house, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace five-bay two-storey former house, built c.1900, with recessed roughcast rendered two-storey bay to south. Hipped and pitched tile roofs with red brick chimney. Machine-cut red and yellow brick with decorative cornice and limestone quoins. Segmental-arched openings with stone sills and sash windows. Modern polished stone shopfront inserted to ground floor. Now in use as bank.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay three-storey rendered house, built c.1840, now also in use as shop. Limestone ashlar to ground floor, with string course above. Round-arched door opening with petal fanlight and timber panelled door, flanked by timber shopfront having fluted pilasters and console brackets. Pitched tile roof with ashlar chimneystacks. Built as pair with house to south.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace double-pile four-bay three-storey rendered house, built c.1840, now also in use as public house. Limestone ashlar to ground floor with pair of carved pilasters, and string course above. Timber shopfront with fluted pilasters, decorative console brackets, plain fascia and timber panelled door. Timber panelled door with petal fanlight above. Timber sash and uPVC windows with stone sills. Pitched tile roof with ashlar stone and cement-rendered chimneystacks. Built as pair with house to north. Derelict stone outbuildings to rear.

• Knockmaroon, house, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached irregular-plan two-storey rendered house, built c.1930, with single- and two-storey porches and return. Canted-bay windows to south-facing elevation with uPVC windows. Steel casement windows with concrete sills. Hipped tile roof with rendered chimneystacks. Three-bay two-storey rendered outbuilding to site, with corrugated asbestos roofs and external steps to east gable. Rendered piers and cast-iron gates to entrance.

• Oldcastle Fire Station, fire station, 1980–1990 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay single-storey brick and roughcast rendered fire station, built c.1985, with square-profiled tower to rear. Projecting brick faced office bay to south, roughcast rendered garage bay to north. Pitched pantiles roofs.

• Castle Cinema, cinema, 1940–1945 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached eight-bay double-height cinema, built 1944, on a rectangular plan with single- or two-bay double-height flat-roofed projecting block (west). Closed, 1981. Now disused. Two recessed doors with terrazzo steps, with concrete canopy above. Three windows with a continuous sill to first floor, above which is raised lettering. Roughcast-rendered walls with buttresses and pitched corrugated roof to auditorium.

• Workshop, 1940–1960 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan two-storey gable-fronted former garage, built c.1950, now in use as wholesale outlet. Cement rendered stepped-gable to front elevation, with concrete canopy. Pitched corrugated-iron roof. Roughcast rendered side elevations with buttresses. Outbuilding of similar design and execution to rear.

• Bank/financial institution, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay two-storey Italianate style ashlar bank, built c.1880, with two-storey brick return to rear. Segmental pedimented porch with Tuscan columns and timber-panelled door. Openings have decorative stone surrounds with bullnosed detail to ground floor and pulvinated friezes with segmental pediments to first. Timber sash windows to first floor. Art Nouveau stained glass sash window in return, c.1910. Pitched tile roof, which is hidden by the parapet. Cast-iron railings on limestone plinths to front elevation. Some interior features remain.

• House, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay two-storey rendered house, built c.1880. Timber-panelled door with plain glass overlight, flanked by tapered pilasters with entablature above, and approached by limestone steps. Segmental-arched and square-headed openings retain timber sash windows. Pitched slate roof with stone chimneystacks and dentil eaves course. Cast-iron railings on limestone plinths to front. Rubble stone boundary wall with carriage arch to rear.

• House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey rendered former house, built c.1900, now in use as offices. Segmental-arched doorcase with moulded pilasters, console brackets, timber panelled door and Art Nouveau fanlight. Window openings to first floor have moulded architraves, stone sills and replacement timber windows. Pitched tile roof with rendered chimneystack. Modern timber shopfront inserted to ground floor.

• Clarke, house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace seven-bay two-storey rendered house, built c.1830, with vacant shop to ground floor. Render shopfront, round-arched door opening, square-headed door opening and integral carriage arch, all to ground floor. Cast-iron security railings and tiled threshold to shopfront, c.1930. Window openings have stone sills and uPVC windows. Pitched tile roof with rendered chimneystack.

• House, 1860–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terraced five-bay two-storey house, built c.1875, with vacant shop units to ground floor. Recessed bay to east with integral carriage arch having cut stone voussoirs. Channelled render and remains of original shopfront to ground floor. String course at sill level to first floor, having rendered name panel and eaves course above. Window openings to first floor have moulded architraves, rendered sill course and replacement timber windows. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks.

• House, 1910–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey rendered house, built c.1920, also in use as public house. Decorative timber shopfront retaining stone threshold, fluted pilasters, moulded timber frames, and mullions. Ruled-and-lined render to first floor. Pitched tile roof with rendered chimneystacks.

• House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of former houses, built c.1900, now in use as seven-bay two-storey house and public house. Segmental-arched integral carriage arch to ground floor. First floor openings have stone sills and timber sash windows. Chamfered western end of the façade has a corner window. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Modern shopfronts and interior.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey rendered house, built c.1840, with tooled stone dressings to openings. Square-headed windows have stone sills and timber single-sash windows. Diamond-pointed quoins to front elevation. Pitched tile roof with brick chimneystacks. Derelict stone outbuilding to rear.

• House, 1910–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey rendered house, built c.1920. Segmental-arched openings with moulded architraves, stone sills, and replacement timber sash windows. Timber panelled door. Hipped tile roof with rendered chimneystacks. Two-storey modern extension to rear. Set within its own grounds.

• Saint Brigid's Catholic Church, gates/railings/walls, 1895–1905 · Regional interest
  Description

  Square-profiled cut stone entrance piers, built c.1899, with cast- and wrought-iron double gates. Set in rubble stone walls, which bound the front of the church site. Modern pedestrian entrance to east.

• Saint Brigid's Catholic Church, unknown, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan two-storey building, built c.1900, with flanking single storey blocks. Hipped slate roofs. Roughcast rendered walls with ashlar limestone quoins. Timber sash windows with red brick dressings. Timber battened doors.

• Saint Brigid's Catholic Church, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey rendered parochial house, built c.1900, with projecting single-storey porch and two-storey return. Ashlar entrance porch with stone steps, cast-iron railings and bootscraper. Segmental-arched door opening with moulded render surround. Segmental arched window openings with rock-faced stone dressings, stone sills and timber sash windows. Hipped slate roof with brick chimneystacks. Single-storey chapel addition to rear. Tooled stone piers with steel gate afford access to rear.

• Saint Brigid's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1895–1905 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached cruciform-plan church, built in 1899. Three-stage bell tower and broach spire, c.1930, to north-west corner. Sacristy to south-east corner. Rock-faced limestone walls with buttresses, quoins and string courses. Ashlar limestone dressings to pointed arch openings with stained glass windows. Polished granite columns flank timber battened double doors with decorative hinges. Pitched slate roofs with ridge cresting and stone cross finials. Retains some original interior features.

• Saint Brigid's Catholic Church, gates/railings/walls, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Two pairs of cast-iron piers with wrought-iron single and double gates, erected c.1900.

• Graveyard/cemetery, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cemetery, established c.1895, with Celtic Revival high crosses and later polished grave markers. Rubble stone boundary walls with ashlar piers and cast-iron gates.

• Vent pipe, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron vent pipe, erected c.1870, with fluted base, plain shaft and crown-shaped head.

• Lamp standard, 1930–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of concrete lamp standards, erected c.1935, with over-hanging heads and cross bars.

• Gilson National School, gates/railings/walls, 1820–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Square-profiled limestone ashlar piers, erected c.1826, with cast-iron double gates and railings on limestone plinths.

• Gilson National School, school, 1820–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey over raised basement Palladian style school, built 1826, with links and wings to east and west. Three-bay pedimented breakfront, with projecting porch having carved detailing, approached by stone steps and railings. Ashlar limestone to front façade, with string courses and quoins. Hipped tile roofs with ashlar chimneys and moulded eaves cornice. Segmental-arched openings to basement, round-headed openings to entrance level, and square-headed openings to first floor. Tripartite segmental-arched windows and round-headed door openings with petal fanlights to links and wings. Site is enclosed at rear by rubble boundary wall.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of semi-detached four- and three-bay two-storey roughcast-rendered houses, built c.1840, with segmental-arched door openings. Square-arched window openings with stone sills. Replacement doors and uPVC windows. Pitched tile roof with rendered chimneystacks. Cast-iron railings and gates to front elevations. Rubble stone boundary wall to west.

• Oldcastle Masonic Hall, clubhouse, 1955–1965 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace single-bay two-storey rendered former Masonic hall, built c.1960, with recessed porch having timber double doors, tiling to step and cast-iron railings. Three windows, divided by brick panels, with a continuous sill to first floor. Stone plaque with Masonic symbol above front door.

• Oldcastle Garda Síochána Station, house, 1880–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited end-of-terrace three-bay two-storey rendered former house, built in 1882, now in use as Garda Síochána station. Round-arched door openings with replacement spoked fanlights and doors. Square-headed openings with replacement timber sash windows. Hipped slate roof with brick chimneystacks. Render date plaques over entrance doors.

• Cobbles/flags/paving/kerbing, 1800–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Tooled limestone kerbs, gutters and drains, c.1830.

• House, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited end-of-terrace four-bay two-storey rendered house, built c.1890. Shopfront, c. 1910, comprising of panelled concrete stallriser, segmental-arched display windows with timber mullions, and timber fascia and cornice. Frieze with lettering at eaves course. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and timber sash windows. Round-arched door opening with roll moulding to architrave and plain glass fanlight. Pitched tile roof with ashlar chimneys.

• House, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay three-storey house, built c.1870, with elaborate render surrounds to timber sash windows, and to timber panelled door. Rendered walls with string course at sill level first floor and render pilaster quoins. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Modern shopfront to ground floor.

• House, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced six-bay three-storey building, built 1862. Decorative render surrounds with shell tympana to openings. Rendered façade with string courses, continuos hood mouldings and frieze with lettering. Pair of segmental-arched integral carriage arches to ground floor. Hipped slate roof with parapet, cast-iron ridge cresting and rendered chimneystack. Shopfront inserted to ground floor and warehouse to rear, both c.1950.

• House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay three-storey rendered house, built c.1900, now also in use as shop. Square-headed openings with moulded architraves, stone sills and uPVC windows. Pitched slate roof with brick eaves course and rendered chimneystacks. Modern shopfront inserted to ground floor.

• House, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey rendered house, built c.1870, with segmental-arched integral carriage arch and render quoins. Moulded architraves and stone sills to timber sash windows. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron sky-lights. Modern shopfront inserted to ground floor.

• House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay three-storey house, built c.1910, now also in use as shop. Pitched tile roof with replacement red brick chimneys. Red brick façade with terracotta panels, brick quoins, continuous limestone sills and cast-iron tie-plates. Shopfront with Art Nouveau decorative details, inserted in 1927. Shopfront has recessed door, display windows, fluted pilasters, console brackets, plain fascia, glazed tiles, mosaic to threshold and cast-iron security railings. Replacement doors to east and west have Art Nouveau overlights. Original timber panelling to interior of shop.

• The Oldcastle Medical Hall, house, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house, built c.1899, now also in use as shop. Shopfront with glazed timber fascia, acanthus console brackets and awnings. Replacement display window and door. Mosaic to threshold bears first occupant's name 'W.J. Wade'. Square-headed window openings with stone sills. Pitched slate roof with brick chimneystack. Built as a pair with house to west

• Chimney, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Disused tapered chimney, built c.1880, with rock-faced ashlar and tooled coping.

• Forge/smithy, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted single-bay single-storey former forge, built 1864. Horseshoe-shaped opening in gable wall with rock-faced voussoirs. Rubble stone walls with strap pointing and rock-faced quoins. Square-headed openings to side elevations with tooled stone surrounds and sills. Date plaque to gable wall. Replacement pitched tile roof with barge boards.

• Tuite's, workshop, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey rendered garage, built c.1940, with pilasters, pediment and parapet. Square-headed openings with timber-battened doors, and steel pivot windows. Roof hidden by parapet. Modern extension to rear. Wheel guard to site.

• Saint Oliver Post Primary School, handball alley, 1920–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of handball alleys, built c.1935, with rendered dividing wall and buttresses to exterior elevations.

• House, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Group of four detached three-bay single-storey roughcast houses, built c.1940. Central recessed porches with curved concrete canopies, flanked by bow windows. Hipped tile roofs and rendered chimneystacks. Cement rendered piers and plinths with cast-iron railings and gates to front.

• Oldcastle Railway Station, outbuilding, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay single-storey former railway station outbuilding, built c.1900, now used as domestic outbuilding. Red brick walls with yellow and vitrified brick courses and mouldings. Segmental-arched openings with timber sash windows and limestone sills. Pitched slate roof with chimneystack.

• Oldcastle Railway Station, station master's house, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former railway station, built c.1880, now in use as a house. Hipped roof with oversailing eaves and ashlar chimneystacks. Snecked limestone walls with quoins and string courses. Moulded lugged opening surrounds with timber sash windows. Single-storey porch addition to ground floor.

• Oldcastle Railway Station, railway station, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  L-plan five-bay single-storey railway station, built c.1880, with projecting terminating bay to west. Pitched and hipped roofs with red brick chimney. Timber porch canopy to four-bays, with cast-iron brackets. Ashlar limestone walls with quoins and string courses. Timber sash windows set in lugged limestone window surrounds with limestone sills. Timber double doors set in lugged limestone surround. Timber platform building attached to rear. Flat-roofed single-storey building to east, with cast-iron water tank to roof.

• Oldcastle Railway Station, store/warehouse, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey former railway warehouse, built c.1880, now in use as shop. Snecked limestone façade with brick dressings. Replacement doors and windows to segmental arched openings. Two-bay single-storey snecked limestone addition, c.1900, to west with brick dressings. Modern two-bay extension to east. Former railway outbuilding, c.1950 to site.

• Water pump, 1850–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron water pump with timber casing, erected c.1870, with nozzle and handle. Casing is hewn from a single piece of timber. Now disused.

• Liss, house, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey rendered house, built c.1910, with full height canted bay windows. Projecting porch with flanking pilasters, open pediment, replacement door, and sidelights. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Pedestrian and vehicular entrance having rendered gate piers with pyramidal caps.

• Liss Cottage, outbuilding, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Four-bay single-storey stone farm outbuilding, built c.1860, with segmental-arched chamfered limestone integral carriage arches, ventilation loops, and pitched slate roof. Three-bay single storey stone outbuilding to site. Multiple-bay single-storey stone outbuilding with pitched corrugated-iron roof to site. Barrel roofed corrugated-iron hay barn to site.

• Bridge, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch rock-faced limestone railway bridge with string courses and copings, built c.1880, carrying the road over the former railway track which is now disused.

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Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Oldcastle.

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.

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

Name

Oldcastle · An Seanchaisleán

Area

5,050,485 m² (505.05 ha, 1,248 acres)

Civil parish

Oldcastle, and its townlands

Barony

Fore

Electoral division

Oldcastle, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Oldcastle electoral division: 2,333 people in 896 households; 64% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardfrail, Boolies, Crossdrum Lower, Fennor Lower, Fennor Upper, Glenboy, Knockmacoony, Oldtully, Tubride

Placenames

Oldcastle 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.