Rahinstown

11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rahinstown, from 537 m² to 2,181,729 m² (218.17 ha, 539.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 36 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.

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 47 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 7 Aug 2026N/a

  the development will consist of the renovation & alteration of an existing derelict dwelling, a new single storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling, all associated elevational changes to the house, the installation of a proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, a new entrance onto the public road together with connection to existing services and including all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660993

• 20 Jan 2025Conditional

  the development consists of permission to construct a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, entrance, well, and to construct a wastewater treatment system and site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 258

• 25 Nov 2023Conditional

  (A) the demolition of an existing single-storey boilerhouse; (B) the construction of a single-storey extension to the rear/side of an existing single-storey cottage; (C) and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360422

• 10 Dec 2020Conditional

  development will consist of the construction of a single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, the installation of a wastewater disposal system, new site entrance along with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA201902

• 14 Jun 2019Conditional

  the proposed works will consist of the following: Importation and insertion of excavation spoil comprising natural materials of clay, silt, sand, gravel or stone for the purposes of restoration of a previously extracted area to restore the site to a beneficial agricultural and ecological afteruse; Construction and Demolition waste recycling facility; Material inspection and quarantine areas; Crushing/breaking and segregation activities; Wheel Wash; Internal site access upgrade; Weighbridge; Site office; and All ancillary site development infrastructure. The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and associated documents. The application relates to a restoration development for the purpose of an activity requiring a Waste Facility Permit to be issued by Meath County Council. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, TA190776

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 Rahinstown.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rahinstown.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Rahinstown, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Rahinstown · Baile Raithin

Area

2,536,478 m² (253.65 ha, 626.78 acres)

Civil parish

Rathcore, and its townlands

Barony

Moyfenrath Lower

Electoral division

Rahinstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

517 people lived in 169 households in the Rahinstown electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Agher, Baconstown, Clegarrow, Isaacstown

Placenames

Rahinstown 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.