# Rathmolyon, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Rathmolyon, barony of Moyfenrath Lower, Co. Meath; in Irish Ráth Moliain. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 923,033 m² (92.3 ha, 228.09 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,120 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 16 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Rathmolyon, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/rathmolyon.md - Barony: Moyfenrath Lower - Electoral division: Rathmolyon, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,660 people lived in 534 households in the Rathmolyon electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/39156 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 161389 - Centre: latitude 53.492492, longitude -6.804989 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathmolyon, from 98 m² to 161,178 m² (16.12 ha, 39.83 acres); 35 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 196618: 161,178 m² (16.12 ha, 39.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/196618.md - Parcel 156729: 141,760 m² (14.18 ha, 35.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/156729.md - Parcel 196619: 121,427 m² (12.14 ha, 30.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/196619.md - Parcel 209678: 82,523 m² (8.25 ha, 20.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/209678.md - Parcel 4380192: 69,906 m² (6.99 ha, 17.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4380192.md - Parcel 6043370: 49,549 m² (4.95 ha, 12.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6043370.md - Parcel 215387: 37,623 m² (3.76 ha, 9.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/215387.md - Parcel 188594: 24,048 m² (2.4 ha, 5.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/188594.md - Parcel 157684: 22,964 m² (2.3 ha, 5.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/157684.md - Parcel 196620: 20,927 m² (2.09 ha, 5.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/196620.md - Parcel 5491303: 20,753 m² (2.08 ha, 5.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5491303.md - Parcel 3830463: 20,603 m² (2.06 ha, 5.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3830463.md - Parcel 188405: 16,787 m² (1.68 ha, 4.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/188405.md - Parcel 188591: 16,530 m² (1.65 ha, 4.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/188591.md - Parcel 139561: 14,285 m² (1.43 ha, 3.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/139561.md - Parcel 214397: 13,237 m² (1.32 ha, 3.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/214397.md - Parcel 187036: 10,582 m² (1.06 ha, 2.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/187036.md - Parcel 146780: 9,420 m² (0.94 ha, 2.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/146780.md - Parcel 151150: 5,709 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/151150.md - Parcel 4135541: 5,539 m² (0.55 ha, 1.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4135541.md - Parcel 138649: 4,615 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/138649.md - Parcel 2741167: 4,529 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2741167.md - Parcel 168426: 4,358 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/168426.md - Parcel 158614: 4,200 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/158614.md - Parcel 2876157: 4,039 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2876157.md - Parcel 145613: 3,727 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/145613.md - Parcel 160125: 2,532 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/160125.md - Parcel 201660: 2,396 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/201660.md - Parcel 149355: 2,348 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/149355.md - Parcel 5614294: 2,292 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5614294.md - Parcel 142631: 2,200 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/142631.md - Parcel 211073: 2,191 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/211073.md - Parcel 211113: 2,106 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/211113.md - Parcel 5619882: 2,041 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5619882.md - Parcel 161560: 1,891 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/161560.md - Parcel 142867: 1,846 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/142867.md - Parcel 152677: 1,831 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/152677.md - Parcel 148798: 1,354 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/148798.md - Parcel 194097: 793 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/194097.md - Parcel 203197: 722 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/203197.md - Parcel 144787: 715 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/144787.md - Parcel 5066670: 701 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5066670.md - Parcel 4899871: 603 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4899871.md - Parcel 5538819: 492 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5538819.md - Parcel 152496: 480 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/152496.md - Parcel 5662574: 351 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5662574.md - Parcel 202211: 302 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/202211.md - Parcel 209615: 98 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/209615.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; 51 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2 - M2 B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath; 8 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2 - R2 A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath; 7 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2 - S5 G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath; 3 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2 - G3 H1 - 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: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2 - G1 F1 - Open Space (Open space, park): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath; 0 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) 16 applications, newest first. - 19 May 2026, Meath County Council 2660593: N/a. Permission. the development will consist of the installation of a 36 m high multi-user lattice telecommunications support structure accommodating antennas, dishes, remote radio units (RRU’s), aircraft warning light and lighting finial, together with associated telecommunications equipment. The development will include ground-based equipment cabinets, power and fibre infrastructure including an ESB mini-pillar and fibre chamber, all within a compound enclosed by 2.4 m high palisade fencing with a 1.0 m wide access gate. The development will also include construction of a new access track connecting the compound to the existing access track and all associated site development works to facilitate the provision of high-speed wireless data and broadband services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660593/0 - 26 Jun 2025, Meath County Council 2560659: N/a. Permission, 1 home. the development will consist of the construction of a two-storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, upgrade an existing entrance onto a private lane, replacing the existing fencing along sections of boundary, landscaping, resurfacing and grading of the private lane to remove previous surface finishes, the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560659/0 - 4 Jun 2025, Meath County Council 2560560: N/a. Permission, 1 home. the development will consist of the construction of a two-storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, upgrade an existing entrance onto a private lane, replacing the existing fencing along sections of boundary, landscaping, resurfacing and grading of the private lane to remove previous surface finishes, the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560560/0 - 20 Dec 2024, Meath County Council 2560010: Conditional. Permission. renovation and extension of existing dwelling house to include: 1/ Demolition of existing garage. 2/ Renovation of existing dwelling house. 3/ Conversion of existing outhouses to kitchen/dining/living/play room accommodation. 4/ Construction of new single storey 'link' corridor between existing dwelling and converted outhouses to include new utility room & shower room, and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560010/0 - 17 Dec 2024, Meath County Council 2461115: N/a. Permission. a permission subsequent of the granted permission (Reg. Ref. 24/60361) for development on lands, at The Glebe, Rathmolyon, County Meath. The development consist of a substitution of 1 detached 4-bed unit in place of 2 semidetached 3bed for a housing development at the Glebe, Rathmolyon, County Meath. There is not modification to the general site layout with the public open space, roads and entrance layout remained in accordance with the previously granted permission Ref. 24/60361. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461115/0 - 22 May 2024, Meath County Council 2460361: Conditional. Permission, 86 homes. the development consists of an additional 7 units and other minor modifications to previous granted permission (Reg. Ref. 23/402) for a housing development, at The Glebe, Rathmolyon, County Meath as follow: 1. 5 Bed units to be omitted. 2. 4 Bed units decreased from 37 units to 33 units. 3. 3 Bed units increased from 33 units to 49 units. 4. Minor alteration to elevation of House Type C3 & F. 5. Change Boundary Type 3 from Brickwork wall to Blockwork Wall with Plaster. 6. Change Boundary Type 3 from Render Concrete Block Wall with timber Panel & Concrete Post. There is no modification to the general site layout with the public open space, roads and entrance layout remaining in accordance with the previously granted permission Ref. 23/402. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460361/0 - 6 Nov 2023, Meath County Council 2360391: Refused. Permission, 1 home. The development will consist of the construction of a two-storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, storage yard, upgrade an existing entrance onto a private lane, create a new entrance onto a private lane, replacing the existing fencing along the boundary, resurfacing and grading of the private lane to remove previous surface finishes, the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all ancillary site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360391/0 - 6 Jun 2023, Meath County Council 23590: Conditional. Permission, 10 homes. 3 no. two storey two bed terraced houses to the Ballivor Road/Main Street, 2 no. three bed apartments in terraced three storey building with 1 no. shop unit to ground floor to corner of Ballivor & Enfield Crossroad, 1 no. one bed apartment on ground floor of three storey terraced building with duplex townhouse over and 7 no. two & three storey terrace houses to Enfield Road, 9 no. two storey semi detached & terraced houses accessed from Enfield Road. (Total 24 no. units), New entrance onto Enfield public road, 1 no. bin store, associated access road, open space, landscaping & boundary treatment, pathways, car parking & ancillary site services. Amendments to previous planning permission ref no. TA190869. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/23590/0 - 14 Apr 2023, Meath County Council 23402: Conditional. Permission, 78 homes. the development consists of an amended housing development which was previously granted permission (Reg. ref. TA/180256) and will consist of the demolition of 1 no. dormer bungalow dwelling & the construction of 79 dwellings to include 5 no. 5-bed 2 storey detached houses; 6 no. 4-bed 2 storey detached houses; 30 no. 4-bed 2 storey semidetached houses; 1 no. 4-bed 2 storey detached house; 1 no. 3-bed 2 storey detached house; 32 no. 3-bed 2 storey semidetached houses; and 4 no. 2-bed 2 storey semidetached houses; together with all associated drainage, services, boundary wall treatment, site works, landscaped open spaces and 1 no. vehicular access road. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/23402/0 - 13 Jan 2023, Meath County Council 2321: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a new single storey sunroom extension 35.3sq.m to the side and rear of existing dwelling and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2321/0 - 15 Dec 2022, Meath County Council 221638: N/a. Permission. permision is being sought to construct a new single storey sunroom extension 35.3sq.m to the side and rear of existing dwelling and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/221638/0 - 25 Aug 2022, Meath County Council 221109: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. demolition of the existing single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, revisions to the internal layout and elevations, the construction of a new single storey extension and all associated site works. Rathmolyon House is a protected structure. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/221109/0 - 21 Mar 2022, Meath County Council 22351: Refused. Permission, 1 home. the demolition of the existing single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, changes to the internal layout and elevations, the construction of a new single storey extension and all associated site works. Rathmolyon House is a protected structure. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/22351/0 - 18 Jun 2019, Meath County Council TA190789: Conditional. Retention. retention of developments from that granted under 91/000197. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/TA190789/0 - 29 May 2019, Meath County Council TA190674: N/a. Retention, 1 home. of retention of an extension to kitchen, bathroom & toilet to SW (rear) elevation and entrance porch to NE (front) elevation.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/TA190674/0 - 9 Apr 2018, Meath County Council TA180343: Conditional. Permission. the demolition of the existing extension, alterations to the existing dwelling, the construction of a proposed extension and all associated site works. The Villa is a Protected Structure. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/TA180343/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Rathmoylan Esker, site code 000557 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rathmolyon. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Rathmolyon House, house, 1780–1820, Regional interest, registry number 14332003, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=ME®no=14332003. Detached six-bay two-storey house, built c.1800, with three-storey return. Hipped tile roof with terracotta ridge tiles and modern brick chimneystacks. Rendered walls with render quoins. Replacement windows. Round-arched stone doorcase with Tuscan columns, replacement door and fanlight. Roughcast rendered and stone outbuildings to site, one formerly having integral carriage arch to road. Rubble stone boundary walls with lugged and pedimented stone architrave and wrought-iron gate. - The Villa, farm house, 1835–1840, Regional interest, registry number 14332004, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=ME®no=14332004. Detached three-bay two-storey over basement farmhouse, built 1836, with extension to west and lean-to extension to east. Pitched tile roof with rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered quoins. Timber sash windows with stone sills. Timber battened double doors with fanlight above, set in ashlar stone doorcase. Rendered gate piers with stone name plaques and caps, having wrought-iron double gates. Stone outbuilding to rear with pitched slate roof. - Saint Michael's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1965–1970, Regional interest, registry number 14332006, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=ME®no=14332006. Detached gable-fronted church, built 1967. Five-bay side elevations to nave, with single-bay entrance porch to the south and two-bay chancel to the north. Flat-roofed sacristy to the north. Pitched copper-clad roof with rendered chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls with concrete buttresses and date plaque. Triangular- and square-headed openings with concrete sills and stained glass windows. Triples of pointed stained glass windows to nave. Stained glass windows and glazed timber doors to entrance gable. Interior is intact. Freestanding square-profiled roughcast rendered bell tower. Site is enclosed by roughcast rendered wall with steel gates. ## 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 Rathmolyon, 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 low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rathmolyon. - 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/rathmolyon.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/rathmolyon.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/rathmolyon.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Rathmolyon 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) - Castletown: https://everytownland.com/meath/castletown-160360.md - Cherryvalley: https://everytownland.com/meath/cherryvalley.md - Coolderry: https://everytownland.com/meath/coolderry.md - Glebe: https://everytownland.com/meath/glebe-160794.md - Rathflesk: https://everytownland.com/meath/rathflesk.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. --- 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. - Page: https://everytownland.com/meath/rathmolyon - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/rathmolyon