# Princetown, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Ardcath, barony of Duleek Upper, Co. Meath.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 908,013 m² (90.8 ha, 224.37 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 24,037 m² (2.4 ha, 5.94 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Ardcath, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/ardcath.md
- Barony: Duleek Upper
- Electoral division: Ardcath, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,119 people lived in 721 households in the Ardcath electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/38359
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 161330
- Centre: latitude 53.595811, longitude -6.399006 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Princetown, from 663 m² to 143,591 m² (14.36 ha, 35.48 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 206093: 143,591 m² (14.36 ha, 35.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/206093.md
- Parcel 215431: 83,666 m² (8.37 ha, 20.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/215431.md
- Parcel 190700: 64,154 m² (6.42 ha, 15.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/190700.md
- Parcel 188944: 62,652 m² (6.27 ha, 15.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/188944.md
- Parcel 206747: 62,400 m² (6.24 ha, 15.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/206747.md
- Parcel 201245: 56,931 m² (5.69 ha, 14.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/201245.md
- Parcel 211181: 56,670 m² (5.67 ha, 14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/211181.md
- Parcel 202694: 56,450 m² (5.65 ha, 13.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/202694.md
- Parcel 156717: 53,472 m² (5.35 ha, 13.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/156717.md
- Parcel 194983: 43,075 m² (4.31 ha, 10.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/194983.md
- Parcel 198194: 42,145 m² (4.21 ha, 10.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/198194.md
- Parcel 169124: 38,157 m² (3.82 ha, 9.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/169124.md
- Parcel 206477: 9,917 m² (0.99 ha, 2.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/206477.md
- Parcel 204786: 3,145 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/204786.md
- Parcel 139441: 2,522 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/139441.md
- Parcel 145585: 2,198 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/145585.md
- Parcel 214567: 2,070 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/214567.md
- Parcel 215895: 1,842 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/215895.md
- Parcel 146946: 1,787 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/146946.md
- Parcel 144628: 1,413 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/144628.md
- Parcel 201145: 1,403 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/201145.md
- Parcel 150225: 1,376 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/150225.md
- Parcel 152661: 1,237 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/152661.md
- Parcel 141704: 663 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/141704.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- P5 RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural'): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath; 48 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

3 applications, newest first.

- 22 Oct 2025, Meath County Council 2561130: Conditional. Permission. the development will consist of the construction of a single storey extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling, renovations & alterations to the existing dwelling, the demolition of existing store and garage, and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561130/0
- 30 Jun 2025, Meath County Council 2560672: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the development will consist of the construction of a single storey dwelling, a detached domestic garage, a domestic wastewater disposal system, upgrade and relocation of the existing site entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560672/0
- 23 Nov 2018, Meath County Council AA181401: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a storey and a half style extension to the rear of existing dwelling, closing up existing front door and all ancillary site development works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/AA181401/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

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

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- ME033-051: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME033-051----. Described and mapped in the Schools Manuscript Collection(1938). When workmen were digging 'they came across some flags which when removed revealed an underground chamber with passage connecting it to the surface' (pers. comm. Mr Colin Byrne, Briarleas, county Meath). See this web-page accessed on 18/08/2017: https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5008902/4965375 Compiled by Geraldine Stout Date of revised upload: 18/08/2017

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Princetown, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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 Princetown.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/meath/princetown.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/princetown.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/princetown.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Princetown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath: https://everytownland.com/meath.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Balgeeth: https://everytownland.com/meath/balgeeth-160073.md
- Moorepark: https://everytownland.com/meath/moorepark.md
- Rath: https://everytownland.com/meath/rath-161354.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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