Ratoath

More than 2,000 parcels touch this townland. The map cannot draw that many.

• M2C1 - Mixed Use (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath The zoning objective in the plan
• G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath The zoning objective in the plan
• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath The zoning objective in the plan
• R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath The zoning objective in the plan
• S5G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath The zoning objective in the plan
• M2B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath The zoning objective in the plan
• R1A2 - New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1E2 - General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 28 Sept 2026N/a

  retention of attic conversion for storage, including dormer structure to the rear roof slope, formation of a raised gable feature within the side-facing roof slope, and associated alterations to the roof of the dwelling

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2661203

• 10 Sept 2026N/a

  the development will consist of 1. Subdivision of the existing site for the provision of two semi-detached one and half storey five bedroom dormer style dwellings to be located to the rear of the existing site, with all associated boundary treatments, drainage, and mains services connections. 2. New vehicular access to the proposed dwellings exiting onto Cairn Manor, Ratoath, Co. Meath

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2661131

• 26 Aug 2026N/a

  the proposed development consists of change of use permission of part of the ground-floor retail store room into a self-contained two-bedroom unit and constructing a self-contained three-bedroom unit above it, accessed by an external galvanised staircase, together with floor plan and elevation alterations and all associated site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2661072

• 20 Aug 2026N/a

  the construction of 10 no. residential dwelling units in the form of 6 no. semi-detached 3-bed houses and 4 no. detached 4-bed houses, including all boundary treatments to the dwellings to provide private open space and car parking;,Total public open space approx. 660sqm; The development will be served via a new a new vehicular and pedestrian entrance off Glebe Park to include a new boundary wall with railings and piers; All associated site development works including; services provision, infrastructural and drainage works, internal access roads, pedestrian infrastructure, public lighting, landscaping, visitor parking and all boundary treatment works

  Permission, 10 homes · Meath County Council, 2661057

• 13 Aug 2026N/a

  the development will consist of the construction of a single-story extension to the rear of the existing dwelling and a new two-story extension to the side of the existing dwelling, including a new utility room & garage to the side, and all associated site works and landscaping

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2661021

• 7 Aug 2026N/a

  the development will consist of 1. Subdivision of the existing site for the provision of two semi-detached one and half storey five bedroom dormer style dwellings to be located to the rear of the existing site, with all associated boundary treatments, drainage, and mains services connections. 2. New vehicular access to the proposed dwellings exiting onto Cairn Manor

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2661001

• 31 Jul 2026N/a

  the construction of 10 no. residential dwelling units in the form of 6 no. semi-detached 3-bed houses and 4 no. detached 4-bed houses, including all boundary treatments to the dwellings to provide private open space and car parking; Total public open space approx. 660sqm; The development will be served via a new a new vehicular and pedestrian entrance off Glebe Park to include a new boundary wall with railings and piers; All associated site development works including; services provision, infrastructural and drainage works, internal access roads, pedestrian infrastructure, public lighting, landscaping, visitor parking and all boundary treatment works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660970

• 26 Jun 2026N/a

  the development consists of alterations to previously permitted Planning Reg Ref RA201957. Alterations include revised finished floor levels and ridge heights, changes to window positions and opes, removal of the communal bin store and the addition of individual bin stores to houses currently being constructed. Along with minor amendments to the internal road layout to facilitate additional parking and manoeuvring of vehicles within the development

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660803

• 19 May 2026Conditional

  the development will consist of: a) CONVERSION OF EXISTING GARAGE; b) CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE-STOREY EXTENSION TO THE FRONT AND SIDE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING; c) WIDENING OF EXISTING WINDOW TO SIDE OF EXISTING EAST ELEVATION; d) 3NO. NEW ROOFLIGHTS TO REAR ROOF ELEVATION; e) ALTERATIONS TO FRONT ELEVATION BY CONVERTING FRONT DOOR TO A WINDOW; f) AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660594

• 14 May 2026Conditional

  The development will consist of: 1. Removal of existing shed to side, 2. A rear single storey kitchen extension to the existing dwelling and, 3. Construction of new attached single storey family flat to side and rear with all associated site and ground works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660570

• 8 May 2026N/a

  Alterations to the previously granted development (planning ref. no. P.22/658). The development will consist of the inclusion of a covered carport space, linking the house to the garage, and moving slightly the position of the garage front door.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660549

• 21 Apr 2026Conditional

  planning permission is sought for single storey extension to front, side and rear of existing house for office use and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660447

• 20 Apr 2026Conditional

  full planning permission for the alterations & extensions to our dwelling with approx. 20sqm extension to ground floor to the west (rear) elevation together with all associated and ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660440

• 16 Mar 2026Conditional

  Planning Permission for alterations to previously approved 24/60463. Alterations include two storey extension to front, removal of first floor extension to front proch extension to create single storey porch extension, Gable window to side all with associated ancillaries

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660310

• 12 Mar 2026N/a

  the development will consist of the construction of a single-story extension to the rear and side of the existing dwelling, including a new utility room & garage to the side, with 6 No. rooflights, and all associated site works and landscaping

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660288

• 30 Jan 2026Conditional

  Permission to complete amendments to previously approved permission (Reg. Ref. 2460762/ABP-321402-24). The amendments for which permission to complete is sought are an enlarged footprint (approx. 6.0m2), an additional window on the front (southern) & side (eastern) elevations, revised fenestration layout on the front (southern) elevation together with revised positioning off the rear (western) and side (northern) boundaries of the detached single storey flat roof office structure in rear garden together with all ancillary site works, landscaping & drainage.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660114

• 14 Jan 2026Conditional

  the development consists of permission to construct a single storey dwelling house, new vehicular entrance to be provided from Woodlands Park, landscaping and boundary treatment and all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660054

• 12 Jan 2026Conditional

  permission for proposed attic conversion, with dormer to rear and velux rooflights to front of existing roof, includiing ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 266

• 18 Dec 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of: (i) the removal of 1no. pitched roof dormer to front of existing detached dwelling; (ii) construction of a storey and a half entrance extension to front; (iii) construction of part single, part two storey extension to rear; (iv) construction of new rendered front boundary & entrance walls, and entrance pillars, providing widened vehicular entrance off Dunshaughlin Road(R125); (v) other works as part of the development include: alterations to all elevations, internal alterations, rooflights, and all ancillary site works necessary to facilitate the development.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561390

• 16 Dec 2025Conditional

  1. Construction of an 18.2 sq/m, ground floor extension to the rear of existing dwelling and associated siteworks. 2. Installation of 1 No. roof window on the front of existing roof

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2561373

• 4 Dec 2025N/a

  construction of an 18.2 sq/m, ground floor extension to the rear of existing dwelling and associated siteworks

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2561322

• 26 Nov 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of a single storey extension to the rear and alterations to the front facade of the existing bungalow, thermal upgrades, refurbishment, relocation of shed, and all associated works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 25241

• 19 Nov 2025N/a

  the development will consist of a single storey extension to the rear and alterations to the front facade of the existing bungalow, thermal upgrades, refurbishment, relocation of shed, and all associated works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 25236

• 10 Nov 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the relocation and re-design of existing vehicular entrance to single dwelling, including new entrance gate and boundary wall and all associated site and development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2561219

• 31 Oct 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of a proposed seperate domestic garage, also a covered patio/barbeque area all at the rear of existing house and all ancillaries

  Permission · Meath County Council, 25212

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

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 Ratoath.

Recorded monuments

• ME044-034 Historic town
  Description

  Ratoath is situated on a locally prominent hill with a W-E section of the Broad Meadow River just to the S. The name, signifying the ‘fort of Thó’ or what is more likely ‘O thuaidh (North)’, is the only indication of a pre-Anglo-Norman presence and a rath may be incorporated into the base of the motte. This area was retained by Hugh de Lacy in the Anglo-Norman settlement of Meath after 1171. He granted the churches of Dunshaughlin and Ratoath to St Thomas’ Augustinian abbey (DU018-020051-) before 1183, and the rectory of Ratoath was still amongst the possessions of St Thomas’ at its suppression in 1540 (White 1943, 35). On Hugh’s death in 1186 Meath was inherited by his son Walter who granted the baronies of Morgallion and Ratoath to his brother Hugh before 1198. The younger Hugh probably built the motte and bailey, and he may have granted a charter to Ratoath c. 1200. This Hugh became the first Earl of Ulster in 1205 after he had taken over the de Courcy lordship. (Orpen 1921, 69) The castle (i.e. motte) of Ratour or Ratouth is referred to frequently in the thirteenth century. The manor was forfeited by Hugh in 1210 but it was returned to Walter de Lacy in 1215. The lands and castles in Walter’s charge including Ratoath were seized by the King again in 1224 but they were returned to Hugh de Lacy in 1227, when the right to hold a fair lasting thirteen days at Ratoath was also granted. David FitzWilliam, the baron of Naas, had an interest in Ratoath in 1244 through his wife, Matilda, a daughter of Hugh de Lacy. In 1283 Sir Roger de Clifford, a Welsh baron, sold the manor of Raoath to Queen Eleanor, the wife of King Edward I. Ratoath had probably been granted to Roger by King Edward to help Roger raise some ransom money as he was held captive in Wales, and Eleanor almost immediately granted the manor to Richard de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, known as the Red Earl. The manor had passed to the Duke of York with the liberty of Trim before 1449 when it was granted the right to hold weekly markets on Monday, and two fairs, each of two days duration, during the year. (Bradley and King 1985, 123) An inquisition in 1333 found William de Burgh, a grandson of the Red Earl, possessed of the manor of Ratoath at his death, and he had held it in capite from the King. The manor had no buildings but its site is described as half an acre surrounded by a square ditch, and this suggests that not only the motte and bailey but even this moated site were abandoned as the manorial centre, although two carucates (townlands) and 100 acres were in the demesne. The burghers of Ratoath paid over £6 in yearly rent (Orpen1921, 76), indicating that the settlement may have had over a hundred heads of households. It also had a Hundred or manorial court and there was a mill. About 160 acres are described as Betaghsland, meaning the native Irish settlement, which could be Baytown in Kilbride parish. About thirty five free tenants are named, amongst whom the names Cruys, Tuyt, Cusack, de Bathe, and FitzLeon recur, but the most common name is Bereford. Many of the townlands in the barony can be identified by name. (Orpen 1921) According to the Civil Survey (1654) in 1641 Ratoath townland had 21 proprietors, but only four of these lived there. However, 82 lettings described as tenements or messuages are dependent on them, and the town had a portreeve or mayor and a sergeant (Simington 1940, 106-07). There was a corn mill in repair on the river called the Gore Water, according to the terrier or commentary on the Down Survey (1656-8) parish map. This was probably on the S side of the river where a mill is depicted on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The terrier says that the market for provisions and linen was on Mondays. It describe the motte as at the S edge of the town, and the map shows the 62 acres of the town on the N side of the river. Ratoath had a population of 166 c. 1659 (Pender 1939, 487). However, it maintained its status as an incorporated town into the eighteenth century as it continued to send two members to the Irish Parliament up to its dissolution in 1800. The electors appear to have been the adult males of the manor or parish. By this time the Corballis family were the largest landowners and lived in the Manor House, a seven bay, two storey house which was built c. 1780 and is now a nursing home. It is located c. 170m ESE of the motte, and is possibly on the site of the old moated site that was the centre of the medieval manor. Apart from the motte and bailey, the site of the medieval church is known as well as the location of the market where the Market cross once stood. The burgage plots as depicted on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map are on either side of the Dunshaughlin Road. There are also plots extending S from Main Street and the sinuous Fairyhouse Road to the W-E Broad Meadow River that is c. 70m S of the motte and bailey. The town had no defensive wall but this does not preclude an earthwork boundary consisting of an earthen bank and external ditch. Such a ditch (ME044-034012-) was found in archaeological testing of a sewage pipe on the Kentstown road as well as a medieval roadway, a cistern and cut drains that are probably property boundaries. Archaeological monitoring (02E1563) by B. Shanahan of a services trench (D 0.6-0.9m) outside the perimeter of the grounds of the Roman Catholic church NW-NE and west as far as the site of the market cross identified but did not excavate three pits and three ditches of likely medieval date beneath more modern features (excavations.ie 2002: 1516), and other boundaries between plots have been discovered in other excavations within the town. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 December 2021

• ME044-034001 Castle - motte and bailey
  Description

  Ratoath was retained as a seigniorial manor by Hugh de Lacy and it was inherited by his son Hugh, later the first Earl of Ulster. The grant, which was as extensive as the barony, was confirmed in AD 1198. The castle (i.e. motte) of Ratour is referenced throughout the thirteenth century. The manor was forfeit in 1210 but returned to Water de Lacy, brother of the Earl, in 1215. The lands and castles in Walter’s charge, including Ratoath, were returned to Hugh de Lacy in 1227, when the right to hold a fair lasting thirteen days at Ratoath was also granted. David FitzWilliam, the baron of Naas, had an interest in Ratoath in 1244 through his wife, Matilda, a daughter of Hugh de Lacy. In 1283 Sir Roger de Clifford, a Welsh baron, sold the manor to Queen Eleanor, the wife of Edward I. Ratoath had probably been granted to Roger by King Edward, and Eleanor almost immediately granted the manor to Richard de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, known as the Red Earl. An inquisition in 1333 found William de Burgh, a grandson of Richard, possessed of the manor of Ratoath at his death, and he had held it in capite from the King. The manor had no buildings, but its site is described as surrounded by a square ditch, and this suggests that the motte and bailey was abandoned at this time. The burgesses of Ratoath paid over £6 in yearly rent, indicating that the settlement had over a hundred heads of households. About 360 acres was held in demesne, as well as 160 acres at Betaghsland, meaning the native Irish settlement, which could be Baytown in Kilbride parish. About thirty five free tenants are named, amongst whom the names Cruys, Tuyt, Cusack, de Bathe, and FitzLeon recur, but the most common name is Bereford. Many of the townlands in the barony can be identified by name. (Orpen 1921) Situated on top of a broad hill and on the grounds of the Roman Catholic church at the centre of Ratoath village. The motte is a flat-topped, subcircular earthen mound (dims of top 21.5m NNE-SSW’ 17m WNW-ESE; diam. of base c. 52m; H 11m) planted with deciduous trees and defined by the remains of a fosse, best preserved N-E. There is a raised rectangular bailey (dims c. 30m E-W; c. 18m N-S), which is also planted in trees and defined by scarps (max. H 3m at S), just to the SE. The site of the medieval parish church (ME034003-) is c. 150m to the NNE. 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: 21 July 2016.

• ME044-034002 Font
  Description

  An octagonal font (ext. diam. 0.44m; int. diam. 0.32m; D 0.1m; H 0.2m) with a central drain-hole (diam. 0.08m) was outside the Roman Catholic church in 1985 (SMR file). It was accompanied by a biconical, faceted stem (diam. of top 0.3m; H 0.28m) that has a raised moulding at the waist, but these were not present in 2015 (SMR file). (Bradley and King 1985, 126) 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. Date of upload: 10 July 2007 Amended: 9 December 2021

• ME044-034003 Church
  Description

  Located on top of a broad, low hill, with the motte and bailey (ME044-034001-) c. 150m to the SSW. At the time of the Anglo-Norman settlement Ratoath became a seigniorial manor, and Hugh de Lacy may have built the motte in the 1170s (Graham 1974, 42). A parish church would follow soon afterwards, and the church at Ratoath became the head of a deanery. A church is listed at Rathouth in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV (Cal. doc. Ire., 5, 254). There was a chantry attached and the names of some of the clergy from the 15th and 16th centuries are known (Cogan 1862-70, 1, 259-60). The church of Ratoath was amongst the possessions of St Thomas’ Augustinian abbey in Dublin (DU018-020051-) at its suppression in 1540 (White 1943, 35). Ussher (1622) describes the church and chancel as indifferently repaired (Erlington 1847-64, 1, lxix). According to the Dopping (1682-5) and Royal (1693) visitations the church of the Holy Trinity was in good repair but only the walls of the chancel were standing. At that time the roof was slated and the windows glazed, but the floor was clay. The church had a bell and a font, but the graveyard was not enclosed (Ellison 1971, 35-6). A Church of Ireland church was built in 1818 (Lewis 1837, 2, 509), but this is now reduced to a cairn and the base of the walls (H 1-2m), although the church tower at its W end survives complete. No trace of the medieval church structure is extant within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 70m NNE-SSW; c. 65m WNW-ESE) defined by masonry walls, apart from some dressed pieces from windows, which suggest a 16th century date. The W wall of the old graveyard has been removed and the graveyard now extends off to the NW (dims c. 130m NW-SE; c. 80m NE-SW). Headstones in the old graveyard date mostly from c. 1750 to 1990. A graveslab of a knight (dims 1.68m x 0.37-0.62m) has been set into the church tower on the S side. The mailed figure has no helmet and his head rests on a pillow. A sword is fastened at the belt, but the legs do not survive below the knee. A worn inscription in Lombardic letters around the edge is now largely obscured, but the slab can be dated to the late 13th or early 14th century (Hunt 1974, 213). A fragment of an ornate cross (H 0.8m; Wth 0.26-0.33m) decorated with six apostles carved in high relief that is now at St Patrick’s church in Trim (ME036-048067-) is thought to have come from Ratoath (Roe 1966, Pl. 23). It may be a surviving fragment of the cross described as ‘the Market Cross’ (ME044-034008-) on the 1836 and 1909 editions of the OS 6-inch map and which was located c. 300m to the SW. However, this cross was reduced to the base according to John O’Donvan writing in the 1836 (Herity 2001, 112), and even this remnant was destroyed in 1922 (Bradley and King 1985, 126). A late medieval latin cross (H 1.49m; span 0.44m) on a rectangular base (dims 0.65m x 0.62m; H 0.2m) is inside the old graveyard wall at SW. It has a rectangular cross-section (dims 0.22m x 0.19m) at the base, but is octagonal above pyramid stops. The arms are also octagonal in cross-section (H 0.25m; Wth 0.2m) and there is a mortice at the top, but there is no inscription on the cross. 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: 7 April, 2015

• ME044-034004 Architectural fragment
  Description

  No trace of the medieval church of Ratoath (ME044-034003-) is extant within a rectangular graveyard (ME044-034017-), apart from some dressed pieces from windows, which suggest a 16th century date. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 April, 2015

• ME044-034005 Tomb - effigial
  Description

  Recorded by Hunt (1974, i, 213) as follows: 'Just to the south of the church-tower in the old graveyard in Ratoath is the effigy of a knight with his head upon a tasseled cushion, with remains of foliate decoration in relief upon the edge of the slab at this position. He is armed in mail over which can be seen a surcoat to the knee, belted at the waist and having a round neck. The coif was apparently thrown back from the head which has a basin-cut chevelure. The cushion is represented as if it had folds radiating from the head. The hands lie one upon the sword-grip and the other on the sword below. The sword has a large pommel and a short cross. Some object, perhaps part of the strap of the sword-mounting appears below the belt and descends down beside the sword. The legs are missing from below the knee. On the south side of the tapered slab is a badly worked inscription in Lombardic characters of which the following letters can be read [some of which are doubtful]: 'ORATE / PANIUM (?) . . . ALME(?) FILI FABRI . . . ' As far as can be seen despite the worn condition of the stone, the date must be late thirteenth or early fourteenth century.' See attached image. Date of upload: 20 December 2011

• ME044-034006 Cross - Churchyard cross
  Description

  This cross is situated inside the S wall of the old graveyard attached to the site of the medieval church of Ratoath (ME044-034003-). It was reconstructed under the direction of Fr. Peter Mulvany, who was a curate at Ratoath (1970-83), from pieces in the graveyard (Ratoath Heritage 2008, 56). The reconstruction is accurate, although a piece might be missing from beneath the crux. It is a late medieval latin cross (H 1.49m; span 0.44m) with octagonal cross-sections on the shaft (dims 0.22m x 0.2m) and the arms (H 0.25m; Wth 0.2m). There is a mortice on top of the stem and pyramidal stops at its base which is set into a rectangular block (dims 0.65m x 0.62m; H 0.2m) with a hammer-dressed finish. The cross has no inscription but it is possible that it is the Market Cross (ME044-034008-) which has been missing for almost 200 years. See attached image. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 April, 2015 Amended: 9 December 2021

• ME044-034007 Architectural fragment
  Description

  Two fragments of sandstone window mouldings (H 0.33m; 0.17m) were outside the Roman Catholic church in 1988 (Bradley and King 1985, 126), but were not present in 2015. (SMR file) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 December 2021

• ME044-034008 Cross - Market cross
  Description

  Situated at the W end of the E-W ridge of Ratoath, and at the junction of the Dunshaughlin Road and the Fairyhouse Road, which was the main Dublin road. This is c. 150m W of the motte and would have been at the centre of the medieval settlement. This was known as the Market Cross and is noted in gothic lettering on both the 1836 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map, but only the base, described as measuring 2 feet by 2 feet (c. 0.6m x c. 0.6m) and with a circular perforation of 7 or 8 inches (c. 0.2m), survived in the 1830s when funerals circled around it (Herity 2001, 112). This was damaged in 1922 by Black and Tans, and it was replaced in 1932 with a cross commemorating the Eucharistic Congress of that year. The Eucharistic cross was removed c. 1972. It is possible that the reconstructed cross (ME044-034006-) in the graveyard is the market cross. (Bradley and King 1985, 126) 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 upload: 10 July 2007 Amended: 17 December 2021

• ME044-034009 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Situated on the hill of Ratoath. Archaeological testing (01E0248) (max. D c. 0.9m) by C. McLoughlin encountered a series of features which were thought to be medieval (excavations.ie 2001: 1046) but most of the features contained post-medieval pottery and glass, although medieval deposits may survive at a deeper level. (McLoughlin 2001) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 December 2021

• ME044-034010 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  Located within the town of Ratoath, between the motte and bailey and the church. Archaeological monitoring (01E1173) by F. O’Carroll of the line of a sewer under the footpath (D c. 0.6-1.6m) adjacent to the extended graveyard (ME044-034017-) and on the line of a new road constructed in 1795 identified a number of features including a lane (excavations.ie 2001: 1042). It’s upper surface was encountered 0.9m below the modern surface and consists of a fairly uneven level (Wth 4m) of fairly regular stones (dims c. 0.1 x 0.1-0.15m) with gravel between the stones. The surface had been repaired at some time creating the uneven surface. Broken slate and animal bones had been walked into it and it was covered by a dark grey soil. The few artefacts recovered included pottery of a seventeenth century character. This overlay an earlier E-W laneway (Wth 2m), bounded by a stone-lined drain (Wth c. 0.5m; D 0.3m) at S and a line of boulders at N. The surface was even and was composed of smaller stones (dims c. 5cm x c. 5-10cm). Sherds of late medieval pottery and a knife blade were recovered from its surface, and post-medieval wares were recovered from the drain, which sloped down to the E. The medieval road is heading towards the church and the graveyard but not on the line of the present lane. It is preserved in situ. (O’Carroll 2002, 15-16) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 December 2021 O’Carroll, F. 2002 Archaeological monitoring at Kentstown Road, Ratoath, Co. Meath. Licence No. 01E1173. Unpublished report, CRDS

• ME044-034011 Cistern
  Description

  Located within the town of Ratoath, between the motte and bailey and the church. Archaeological monitoring (01E1173) by F. O’Carroll of the line of a sewer under the footpath (D c. 0.6m-1.6m) adjacent to the extended graveyard (ME044-034017-) and on the line of a new road constructed in 1795 identified a number of features including the remains of a cistern (excavations.ie 2001: 1042). This consists of two clay-bonded walls (Wth 0.5m; H c. 0.5m) meeting at a right angle but only the inner sides of the walls are faced indicating that it was inserted in the ground. The floor was covered with a thick layer of lime-mortar (T 0.09m) over a layer of hard sandy grit (T c. 0.07m) which was over a base of large stones. This structure, the full dimensions of which were not recovered, appears to have been designed to retain water. It collapsed inwards at an unknown time as no artefacts were recovered from it but this occurred before the road was built in 1795. (O’Carroll 2002, 13, 14) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 December 2021 O’Carroll, F. 2002 Archaeological monitoring at Kentstown Road, Ratoath, Co. Meath. Licence No. 01E1173. Unpublished report, CRDS

• ME044-034012 Linear earthwork
  Description

  Located within the town of Ratoath, between the motte and bailey and the church. Archaeological monitoring (01E1173) by F. O’Carroll of the line of a sewer under the footpath (D c. 06.-1.6m) adjacent to the extended graveyard (ME044-034017-) and on the line of a new road constructed in 1795 identified a number of features including an open linear ditch (excavations.ie 2001: 1042). The layer of blue/grey compact earth beneath the road surface dips into a wide trench (Wth 1.8m plus) which was not bottomed (D 1m plus) but has straight sides. The large ditch appears to be running WNW-ESE and is aligned with a substantial WNW-ESE drain that is mapped c. 150m to the W and c. 100m to the E on the 1908 edition of the OS 6-inch map and which is still partly open. It is possible that this ditch marked the N boundary of the medieval settlement and that smaller cuts that appeared in the section are the boundaries of the burgage plots as recorded on the OS 6-inch maps. No artefacts were recovered from these features but post-medieval pottery was recorded from the closing layer of this larger ditch. (O’Carroll 2002, 11) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 December 2021 O’Carroll, F. 2002 Archaeological monitoring at Kentstown Road, Ratoath, Co. Meath. Licence No. 01E1173. Unpublished report, CRDS

• ME044-034013 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Located within the town of Ratoath, between the motte and bailey and the church. Archaeological monitoring (01E1173) by F. O’Carroll of the line of a sewer under the footpath (D c. 0.6-1.6m) adjacent to the extended graveyard (ME044-034017-) and on the line of a new road constructed in 1795 identified a number of features (excavations.ie 2001: 1042). A ditch (max. Wth 1.3m; D 0.4m) c. 20m inside the linear boundary ditch (ME044-034012-) of the settlement was exposed in the sewer trench and extended S from it. The ditch was filled with a grey/blue compact layer that produced post-medieval pottery and butchered animal bones. It was probably a property boundary. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 December 2021 O’Carroll, F. 2002 Archaeological monitoring at Kentstown Road, Ratoath, Co. Meath. Licence No. 01E1173. Unpublished report, CRDS

• ME044-034014 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Located within the town of Ratoath, between the motte and bailey and the church. Archaeological monitoring (01E1173) by F. O’Carroll of the line of a sewer under the footpath (D c. 0.6-1.6m) adjacent to the extended graveyard (ME044-034017-) and on the line of a new road constructed in 1795 identified a number of features (excavations.ie 2001: 1042). This wide linear ditch (max. Wth 3.4m; D 1m plus) c. 80m inside the linear boundary ditch (ME044-024012-) of the settlement was exposed in the sewer trench and extended S from it. It was cut into a natural brown clay and was filled with a mixed fill that produced no artefacts. It was probably a property boundary and it is on the extended line of the original W boundary of the graveyard. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 December 2021 O’Carroll, F. 2002 Archaeological monitoring at Kentstown Road, Ratoath, Co. Meath. Licence No. 01E1173. Unpublished report, CRDS

• ME044-034015 Field system
  Description

  Located on a S-facing slope at the E extremity of what might have been the medieval extent of Ratoath. It might also be on the grounds of the Manor House, an eighteenth century mansion just to the NW. The Manor House is probably on the site of the medieval manor house, which was described in an inquisition of 1333 as half an acre surrounded by a square ditch (Orpen 1921) and was probably a moated site. Archaeological testing (01E0359) by J. Ó Neill in a green area of about 4 acres (c. 1.5 ha) identified cultivation ridges (Wth c. 1m) which produced medieval pottery, while medieval pottery was also recovered from the topsoil (excavations.ie 2001: 1041). The furrows survived best at the bottom of the slope close to W-E Broad Meadow River but not on the flat ground immediately adjacent to it. In the same area there were also deeper ditches (Wth c. 0.6-3m) placed c. 12m apart cut into the subsoil and dividing the area into plots. No house structures or evidence of settlement was recorded in the area. (O’Neill 2001) Further monitoring (02E1454) by M. Fitzpatrick recovered more medieval and post-medieval pottery from the topsoil and identified further N-S or NW-SE linear cut features (Wth 1.4m ; D 0.5m) (excavations.ie 2002:1515). These were placed c. 10-15m apart with some slighter E-W cuts (Wth 0.5m; D 0.01m) off-set from them. The latter are probably furrows but the former are probably boundaries delineating burgher plots from the medieval settlement. No house sites were identified. The area was subsequently developed for modern housing. (Fitzpatrick 2001) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 December 2021

• ME044-034016 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Archaeological testing (02E1101) by R. Meenan just W of the motte and bailey (ME044-044001-) recorded the outer edge of a ditch (Wth of top 6m plus; D 1m plus) that seems to be concentric with the visible fosse of the motte (excavations.ie 2002:1520; 2004:1330). It appeared beneath garden soil (D c. 0.8-1m) and had a top fill of a dark grey silty clay with organic material that produced two sherds of medieval pottery. It is probably an outer defensive fosse associated with the motte. A second ditch (Wth of top 2.5m; D 0.5m) with a similar fill also produced medieval pottery and entered the first ditch from the W. A combination of re-siting the development and piling ensures that the ditches are preserved. (Meenan 2002) More testing (19E0463) by S. Hickey further N within the same property uncovered a short length (L 3.3m) of the ditch before it was cut by a modern drain, but the ditch continued into the neighbouring property to the NW (excavations.ie 2019:129). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 December 2021

• ME044-034017 Graveyard
  Description

  Located on top of a broad, low hill, with the motte and bailey (ME044-034001-) c. 150m to the SSW. No trace of the medieval church structure (ME044-034003-) is extant within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 70m NNE-SSW; c. 65m WNW-ESE) defined by masonry walls, apart from some dressed pieces from windows. The W wall of the old graveyard has been removed and the graveyard now extends off to the NW (dims c. 130m NW-SE; c. 80m NE-SW). Headstones in the old graveyard date mostly from c. 1750 to 1990. A graveslab of a knight (ME044-034005-) has been set into the church tower of the 19th century church on the S side. The graveyard cross (ME044-034006-) is in the graveyard. Archaeological testing (93E0055) by R. Meenan immediately S of the old graveyard produced no related material (excavations.ie: 1993:0181). Archaeological testing (14E0204) by Donald Murphy NE of the graveyard and c. 30m to the E at the closest point produced no related material (excavations.ie 2014:258), and further testing (15E0027) by J. Stirland just to the S had a similar result (excavations.ie 2015:105). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 April, 2015 Amended: 25 March 2021, 26 May, 2021, 1 August 2023

• ME044-034018 Field boundary
  Description

  Situated on the W-facing slope of Ratoath but possibly outside the extent of the historic town. Archaeological testing (18E0005) and excavation of an open area (dims 22.5m x 10.5m) in advance of house-building identified a series of drainage ditches running NE-SW and generally parallel with likely burgage plots in the town. An oval pit (dims 1.1m x 0.8m; D 0.22m) with the remains of a calf and an occupation spread were recorded in an area (dims c. 40m NNE-SSW; c. 27m WNW-ESE) that had been a garden. All features contained medieval pottery and animal bones, and a large part of it will be preserved under a garden (excavations.ie 2018:003; 2018:315). (McLoughlin 2018, 2019) Date of upload; 12 April, 2018 Amended: 15 April 2021

• ME044-044001 Enclosure
  Description

  Located at the NW end of a NW-SE spur. This feature was preserved beneath a twentieth century farmyard. Archaeological monitoring (04E0218) of the removal of the farm structures identified 20 archaeological features, most of which were resolved. Feature C is a circular area (diam. 37m) defined by a ditch (Wth 1m) with a narrow entrance at SW. The ditch has numerous fills, largely silts, but the upper fill contained charcoal and it might be a re-cut. A cow skull was in the ditch at N. A spindle whorl and prehistoric pottery, possibly Grooved ware, was recovered from the ditch. Surface finds included worked and rough flint and chert which were concentrated in the W part of the interior. In the E interior was a circular feature (diam. 9m) defined by a continuous ditch (Wth 0.3-0.6m) with a U-shaped profile that was filled largely with silty clays. There is some evidence of burning, and burnt bone and a fragment of a blue glass bead where recovered. The excavator regards this as a house structure although there was no hearth or entrance. The large enclosure is cut by two N-S ditches at W and a N-S field drain cuts the enclosure at E. A number of pits are in the area, some of which could be interpreted as kilns. (Dehaene 2004, 2007) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 14 September 2020

• ME044-044002 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located at the NW end of a NW-SE spur and within the E part of enclosure (ME044-044001-). This is a circular feature (diam. 9m) defined by a continuous ditch (Wth 0.3-0.6m) with a U-shaped profile that was filled largely with silty clays. There is some evidence of burning, and burnt bone and a fragment of a blue glass bead where recovered. The excavator regards this as a house structure although there was no hearth or entrance. A number of pits are in the area, some of which could be interpreted as kilns. (Dehaene 2004, 2007) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 14 September 2020

• ME044-044003 Burial ground
  Description

  Located on the SE-facing slope of a NW-SE spur in a field known as Crickeens (Cnoiceen, little hill). Three extended inhumations and the curve E-S of a wide fosse (Wth 2.5m) were uncovered during soil stripping (03E1300) in advance of an extensive housing development (Wallace 2003), but much of the burial ground extended under an existing farmyard to the NW. The burial ground was remarkably well preserved beneath these buildings, which were only built in the twentieth century, and excavation (03E1781) continued once they were removed. However, excavation ceased in July and the burial ground is now preserved under introduced soil in an open area within the redesigned Steeplechase estate. The burials date to the first millennium AD. (Wallace 2007) By this time 56 inhumations had been recorded, largely from the SE quadrant where they were concentrated. There were no clear grave-cuts or slab-lined graves but most of the remains were aligned roughly W-E with the heads at the W. There were at least three levels of burial, and most were recovered from the topmost. Some flexed burials were present, and some had simple grave-goods such as a knife, a copper neck-ring, or metal fragments. The remains represented 3 infants, 12 juveniles 3 adolescents and 29 adults. The burials are within an enclosure (int. diam. 40m) defined by a wide ditch (Wth of top 2.5m). There was no evidence of a bank or of any features in the interior apart from the burials. A large quantity of animal bone was recovered from the enclosure ditch as well as fragments of bone pins, a blue glass bead, portion of an amber bead and fragments of lignite bracelets. Most artefacts were recovered from the top of the fosse and included bone tools, a spindle whorl, two fragments of a bone comb, a penannular broch and fragments of metal. There may have been a metal-working area just to the W ad a lead ingot and fragments of a crucible were found here. Some of the ditches of the field system (ME044-044006-) appear to attach to the fosse of the enclosure but one cuts N-S through the E part of the interior. From the associated artefacts the burial ground can be dated roughly from the fifth to the ninth centuries. The ring-ditches (ME044-044004-; ME044-044005-) are c. 80m to the SE and the enclosure (ME044-044001-) is c. 40m to the NW. (Wallace 2003, 2006a, 2006b, 2007, 2008) The monument is now preserved in the landscaped open area of the completed development under introduced soil, and a circular cobbled area marks the centre of the burial ground. A Greek or equal-armed cross in bronze with C-shaped terminals and a roundel with a triskle or three-lined feature at the crux is set in a granite stone also in the form of a Greek cross at the centre of the roundel. There are four entrances to the roundel, and bronze plaques commemorate in Irish and English the burial ground on the granite piers on either side of the S entrance to the roundel. The commemoration was designed and installed by Bríd Ní Rinn.

• ME044-044004 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of the SE-facing slope of NW-SE spur. Archaeological monitoring (03E1300) identified numerous features in this area including this ring-ditch which was fully excavated (03E1781). It is a subrectangular feature (dims c. 8m N-S; 6m E-W) defined by a continuous narrow fosse or gully. No artefacts were recovered from it but it was cut by a wide drain from the field system (ME044-044006-). It is located c. 5m N of the circular ring-ditch (ME044-044005-) and c. 80m SE of the burial ground (ME044-044003-). (Wallace 2003, 2006b)

• ME044-044005 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of the SE-facing slope of a NW-SE spur. Archaeological monitoring (03E1300) identified numerous features in this area including this ring-ditch which was fully excavated (03E1781). This is a circular ring-ditch (int. diam. 15m; ext. diam. 16.1m) defined by a continuous narrow fosse, and a second subrectangular ring-ditch (ME044—044004-) is c. 5m to the N. The remains of a single cremation deposit was found in the fosse of this ring-ditch, but no artefacts were recovered. The ring-ditch was cut by a drain from the field system (ME044-066006-). The burial ground (ME044-044003-) is c. 80m to the NW. (Wallace 2003, 2006b)

• ME044-044006 Field system
  Description

  Located on the SE-facing slope of a NW-SE spur. Traces of a field system were uncovered in soil stripping (03E1300) in advance of an extensive housing development (Wallace 2003). The fields are small rectangular areas (dims c. 30-40m x c. 30-40m) defined by single ditches, and cover an area (dims c. 150m NW-SE; c. 100m NE-SW) extending SE from the burial ground (ME044-044006-). One drain with an opening cuts the large ring-ditch (ME044-044005-). A gap in the field drain here was excavated, and the terminals were filled with angular fist-sized stones. A large quantity of animal bones, including two boar’s tusks, were recovered from this fill. It is possible that two field systems are represented as wider drains (Wth c. 2m) survive closer to the burial ground (ME044-044003-), some probably attaching to its fosse but at least one cuts N-S through the E part of the interior. These fields are larger (dims c. 70m x c. 30m). (Wallace 2003; 2006a) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 14 September 2020

• ME044-045 Burnt mound
  Description

  Located in a marshy hollow at the bottom of an E-facing slope. A burnt spread came to light c. 0.5m below the sod in soil stripping (03E1300) for an extensive residential development (Wallace 2003) and was subsequently completely excavated (03E1632). It had been cut by a N-S field bank and hardly survived E of this feature. It was also cut by some E-W drains. It consisted of a thin spread of broken and burnt stone (dims 10m N-S; 7m E-W; max. T 0.2m) overlying a grey marl. A pit (dims 1.75m x 1m) 4.25m to the W was cut by three small drains. The pit had three fills, including burnt and decayed stone with charcoal flecks and it may have served as a trough for the burnt spread. Some post-holes were also beneath the burnt spread. Archaeological testing (20E0609) by C. Duffy c. 70m to the SE at the closest point produced no related material (excavations.ie 2020:346).(Wallace 2006a) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 September 2020

Architectural heritage

• Fox Lodge, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1800. Hipped artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls. Tooled limestone block-and-start surrounds and sills to window openings. Round-arched door opening with tooled stone block-and-start surround and a spoked fanlight. Modern central porch addition, and three-bay single-storey extension to west. Pair of cast-iron gates to site.

• Ratoath Manor, country house, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey country house, built c.1780, with two-bay full-height bow to rear elevation. Now in use as a nursing home. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. Segmental-arched window openings to ground floor, square-headed window openings to first floor. Round-arched door opening with Ionic columns supporting a fluted frieze with rosettes and a plain fanlight. Multiple-bay two-storey extensions to east and west. Modern extension to rear.

• Water pump, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron water pump, c.1870, with foundry mark, banded shaft, fluted neck, cap and spout, and curved pumping handle.

• Holy Trinity Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached church, commenced c.1820, remodelled and rebuilt c.1868 and c.1874. Comprising five-bay side elevations to the nave, with gabled entrance front c.1868 to the east, single-bay chancel to the west and vestry to the south, c.1874. Replacement pitched slate roof. Rendered walls to the nave. Ashlar limestone entrance façade with gabled bellcote, buttresses and string courses. Pointed arch and Tudor arched openings with ashlar limestone dressings and hood and label mouldings. Pointed arch traceried twinlight windows with hood mouldings to the nave.

• Holy Trinity Catholic Church, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1865–1875 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey parochial house, built c.1869. Hipped slate roof with ridge cresting and red brick chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls with red brick string courses. Square-headed and segmental-arched window openings with timber sash windows and decorative rendered surrounds. Brick dressings to pointed arch window opening with twinlights and quatrefoil. Brick dressing to pointed arch door opening with carved limestone hood moulding, inset trefoil fanlight, approached by flight of stone steps. Extended to the rear.

• Holy Trinity Catholic Church, outbuilding, 1865–1875 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay two-storey coach house-cum-stable outbuilding, built c.1870. Hipped slate roof. Squared stone walls. Timber sash windows with yellow brick dressings and granite sills. Timber battened doors with yellow brick dressings. Two-bay single-storey outbuilding to south.

• Shrine/oratory/grotto, 1950–1960 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Marian shrine, built c.1955. Comprising of niche with a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary with canopy above, set against mosaic screen wall, set on mosaic platform and steps, bounded by wrought-iron railings.

• Glebelands House, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1810–1815 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey over basement former rectory, built c.1813, with flat-roofed central porch, now in use as a private house. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls with a limestone plinth course. Timber sash windows with stone sills. Round-arched stair light to rear. Round-arched timber doorcase, flanked by sidelights, and with a decorative fanlight. Approached by flight of stone steps and cast-iron railings. Multiple-bay two-storey outbuildings to south, accessed through pair of wrought-iron gates.

• Holy Trinity Church (Ratoath), church/chapel, 1815–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached square-profile three-stage castellated and pinnacled Church of Ireland church tower, built c.1817, with the ruins of the church walls to the east. Rubble stone walls with ashlar limestone pinnacles, cappings to castellations, string courses, and dressings to the pointed-arched openings. Graveyard to site. Dressed stone gate piers with pair of wrought-iron gates set in rubble stone wall. Modern concrete wall and gates to extended graveyard to west.

• The Barracks, house, 1870–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey Tudor style house, built c.1890, with gabled breakfront bay to north-west. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls. Ashlar limestone dressing and label mouldings to window openings. Ashlar limestone Tudor arched door surround. Flat-roof extension to rear.

• Park House, house, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1900, with flat-roofed central porch. Hipped slate roof with red brick chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls with a red brick eaves course. Segmental-arched window openings with granite sills. Segmental-arched door openings to porch and north elevation with overlights. Modern extension to rear. Red brick outbuildings to rear.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey house, built c.1800, with gabled central porch. Hipped corrugated fibre cement roof with a red brick chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls, rendered to porch. Timber sash windows.

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 Ratoath, about 1 in 20 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 Ratoath.

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

Name

Ratoath · Ráth Tó

Area

3,935,442 m² (393.54 ha, 972.47 acres)

Civil parish

Ratoath, and its townlands

Barony

Ratoath

Electoral division

Ratoath, the unit of the census

Census 2022

11,894 people lived in 3,639 households in the Ratoath electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 58% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybin, Brownstown, Commons, Curkeen, Doghtog, Jamestown, Lagore Little, Raystown, Tankardstown, Twentypark

Placenames

Ratoath 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.