Rahendrick
Rahendrick is a townland in the civil parish of Loughan or Castlekeeran, barony of Kells Upper, Co. Meath. Its name in Irish is Ráth Eanraic.
- Area
- 201.9 ha
- 499 acres
- Land parcels
- 73
- registered freehold, median 11,099 m² (1.11 ha, 2.74 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
73 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rahendrick, from 212 m² to 140,213 m² (14.02 ha, 34.65 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 · 89 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
1 Aug 2026N/a
The proposed development comprises: 1. retention permission for a rear ground-floor extension to the kitchen/dining area; and 2. full planning permission to construct a first-floor bedroom extension above that extension, construct a ground-floor sunroom extension to the front elevation, demolish the existing front porch, carry out minor internal alterations, and complete all associated site works and services.
Retention · Meath County Council, 2660979
5 Apr 2026Conditional
The development will consist of the construction of a single-storey dwelling house and detached domestic garage; the installation of a septic tank and percolation area; the provision of a vehicular entrance onto the L68242 road, including entrance walls and piers; the relocation of an existing agricultural entrance on the L68242 road to a position adjacent to the proposed vehicular entrance to serve the adjoining lands; and all associated site development works.
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660383
12 Apr 2024Conditional
(i) construction of a new single storey building with pitched roof to be located to the side of the existing dwelling and used as a home gym, office & storage space (ii) all associated drainage & site works necessary to facilitate the development. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460253
7 Apr 2024N/a
planning permission is sought by Stephen Harvey for the following works: (i) construction of a new single storey building with pitched roof to be located to the side of the existing dwelling and used as a home gym, office & storage space (ii) all associated drainage & site works necessary to facilitate the development all
Permission · Meath County Council, 2460230
24 Mar 2023Conditional
a single story dwelling, new entrance, a wastewater treatment system & percolation area, domestic well, together with all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23323
7 Dec 2021Conditional
constructing a 2 storey type dwelling and detached domestic garage, installing a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area and making a new entrance onto the road along with all ancillary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 212292
12 Nov 2021N/a
constructing a 2 storey type dwelling and detached domestic garage, installing a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area and making a new entrance onto the road along with all ancillary site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 212173
20 Oct 2021N/a
planning permission to construct a single story dwelling, new entrance, a wastewater treatment system & percolation area, domestic well, together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 212024
11 Dec 2020Refused
planning permission to construct a single story dwelling, new entrance, a wastewater treatment system & percolation area, domestic well, together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA201915
21 Feb 2020N/a
the construction of a single-storey dwelling, the installation of a proprietary waste water treatment unit with a percolation area together with all associated site works. The application also includes the construction of a driveway from the proposed site, to connect with the existing driveway serving the adjoining property of Mr. & Mrs. Aidan Casserly located to the south of the proposed site. Access to the public road will be via the existing entrance serving the adjoining dwelling in the ownership of Mr. & Mrs. Aidan Casserly, parents of the applicant
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA200215
13 Feb 2020Conditional
the development will consist of an application to retain the dwelling house and the entrance as constructed on the site, together with all works ancillary to the overall development. The previous planning permission P76/190 also refers
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA200161
9 Jan 2020N/a
an agricultural machinery shed with a concrete apron and all ancillary site works adjacent to existing agricultural sheds
Permission · Meath County Council, KA200022
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
- Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
- Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA 004232
Recorded monuments
- ME010-024 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a hillock. A circular embanked enclosure is depicted only on the 1912 edition of the OS 6-inch map within a small wood. A small fragment of an earthen bank (Wth of base 2.8m; int. H c. 0.8m; ext. H 1.3m) and an outer fosse (Wth of base 1.4m; ext. D 0.5m) at the NW edge of an enclosure survived in 1968 (SRM file), the rest having been quarried away (O’Connell 1958, 17). It is absorbed within a farm complex since 2000 (OSAP). 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: 22 February 2019
- ME010-025 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated at the summit of a short and low NE-SW ridge in a fairly level landscape. It is depicted as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) with some trees only on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘Fort’, the perimeter of which is clipped by a NE-SW field bank at SE. It is a slightly raised and grass-covered area (diam. 27m NE-SW; 25m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (at S: Wth 2.5m; H 0.5m), but the perimeter is incorporated into a NW-SE field bank at N and a NE-SW road bank at SE. Archaeological testing (20E0392) by D. Finn on the site of a single house c. 10m to the SE on the other side of a public road produced no related material (excavations.ie 2020:781). 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: 22 February 2019 Amended: 14 October 2025
- ME010-026 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on a rise in an undulating landscape. This is depicted as a D-shaped embanked enclosure truncated by a NW-SE field bank at NE on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘Fort’ and as a similar hachured feature on the 1912 edition. This is a D-shaped grass and scrub-covered area (dims 32.5m NW-SE; 18.5m NE-SW) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at S: Wth of base 3.8m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.5m) surviving SE-W-NW and truncated by a NW-SE field bank at NE. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. 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: 22 February 2019
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rahendrick.
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 Rahendrick, 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 low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rahendrick.
- 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
No address of the register names Rahendrick with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Rahendrick · Ráth Eanraic
- Area
- 2,019,325 m² (201.93 ha, 498.99 acres)
- Civil parish
- Loughan or Castlekeeran, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kells Upper
- Electoral division
- Loughan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 471 people lived in 160 households in the Loughan electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cabragh, Carnaross, Cloonagrouna, Curragh, Derver, Feegat, Killyconny (Co. Cavan), Pottlebane, Woodpole
- Placenames
- Rahendrick 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.