Prioryland
Prioryland is a townland in the civil parish of Duleek, barony of Duleek Lower, Co. Meath.
- Area
- 186.8 ha
- 462 acres
- Land parcels
- 38
- registered freehold, median 3,483 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Prioryland, from 59 m² to 227,852 m² (22.79 ha, 56.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 57 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3H1 - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 1 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
18 Jun 2026N/a
The development will consist of the construction of a new detached residential dwelling with domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new site entrance from road to enter the site including any necessary pruning of existing hedgerows, landscaping and all ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660749
10 Jun 2026N/a
a farm shop with waste water treatment system, carparking and all ancillary site works. Closure and relocation of existing field gate entrance to improved vehicular entrance
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660704
5 Jun 2026N/a
the development will consist of the construction of a new detached residential dwelling with domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new site entrance from road to enter the site including any necessary pruning of existing hedgerows, landscaping and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660685
10 Mar 2026Conditional
ground floor extension to rear, conversion of existing garage area to side, internal modifications including removal of chimney breast, with associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660274
11 Jul 2025Conditional
construction of a new single-storey flat roof extension to the front, side, and rear of the existing dwelling, incorporating front and sidefacing fenestration and a new side door; relocation of the front door with a new front-facing window to the front elevation; and the removal of the existing timber shed. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, 2560732
21 Jun 2025N/a
construction of a new single-storey flat roof extension to the front, side, and rear of the existing dwelling, incorporating front and side-facing fenestration and a new side door; relocation of the front door with a new front-facing window to the front elevation; and the removal of the existing timber shed
Permission · Meath County Council, 2560631
26 Jan 2024Conditional
a ten year Planning Application at the house and estate of Duleek House, Abbey Road, Duleek, (a Protected Structure No. MH027-203 ), including its gate lodge, for development comprising the following works, including necessary ancillary works to support: a) Repair of stonework, restoration of original rooftop stone balustrading at the front façade, render of external façade of Duleek House, including installation of new period up and down sash windows and panelled front door. Conversion of basement floor, with subterranean extensions to enable modern services, to form thermal baths contained in new reinforced concrete structures independent of the main house structure. This work also involves the following items: 1: Provision of new basement plant room on courtyard side; 2: Covering over of original moat style basement lightwell. This covering work involves the creation of an independent structure to minimise contact with original house and retaining wall structures; 3: Extra excavation on North side where moat is missing to create wider structure for services, steam room and plunge pool elements of the complex; 4: New subterranean tunnel links to 3 semi subterranean buildings listed at b, c and d below; 5: Removal of 2 no. non original returns at rear of house and creation of new single storey wing in courtyard housing 6 no. massage rooms and staff room, including 2 stairs to house basement. b) New semi subterranean reception building with changing rooms and lounge area, as well as disabled massage room and associated facilities. c) New semi subterranean part indoor and part outdoor wellness pool with ancillary facilities. d) New semi subterranean restaurant building including kitchen and accessible WC. e) Erection of Photo-Voltaic solar panels to inside slopes of Duleek House roof. f) Restoration, alteration and extension of existing part 2 storey, part single storey farmyard courtyard buildings to form 1 no. one bedroomed housing unit, 7 no two bedroomed units and 1 no three bedroomed unit, primarily 2 storey but partly single storey. g) 8 no. new one bedroomed apartments in new adjacent courtyard formation to south of existing courtyard and backing onto Abbey Road. Shared bin storage area provided for all housing. h) New vehicle entrances, including walls and gates, off Abbey Road and Duleek Court. i) New driveway and car park accessed off Abbey Road entrance. j) New driveway and car park accessed
Permission · Meath County Council, 2460055
6 Nov 2019Conditional
the construction of a new dwelling house, detached garage, new waste water treatment plant and percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, LB191467
16 May 2019Conditional
the construction of a new dwelling house, detached garage, new waste water treatment plant and percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, LB190609
16 May 2019Conditional
the construction of a new dwelling house, detached garage, new waste water treatment plant and percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, LB190610
30 Apr 2019N/a
the construction of a new dwelling house, detached garage, new waste water treatment plant and percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, LB190515
30 Apr 2019N/a
the construction of a new dwelling house, detached garage, new waste water treatment plant and percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, LB190516
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 Prioryland.
Recorded monuments
- ME027-019 Bridge
Description
The following 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. Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007 Marked on Down Survey maps but river changed course since. Fragments of two arches survive.
- ME027-021 Enclosure
Description
The following 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. Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007 Now truncated by Drogheda-Ashbourne road, only NW half survives. Oval area defined by scarp (dim. 137m NE-SW) with possible entrance at N.
- ME027-026 Enclosure
Description
The following 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. Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007 Circular area defined by small earthen bank (diam. 18m) with external ditch. No entrance. Landscape feature.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Prioryland.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Prioryland, about 1 in 5 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 Prioryland.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Prioryland, Duleek6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Prioryland
- Area
- 1,868,079 m² (186.81 ha, 461.61 acres)
- Civil parish
- Duleek, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duleek Lower
- Electoral division
- Duleek, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 6,250 people lived in 2,005 households in the Duleek electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Abbeyland, Bellewstown, Blackditch, Carnes West, Commons, Deenes, Keenoge, Knockisland
- Placenames
- Prioryland 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.