# Seneschalstown, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Painestown, barony of Duleek Lower, Co. Meath; in Irish Baile an tSeanascail.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,722,920 m² (172.29 ha, 425.74 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 68 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,274 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Painestown, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/painestown.md
- Barony: Duleek Lower
- Electoral division: Painestown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,260 people lived in 414 households in the Painestown electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/38702
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 161467
- Centre: latitude 53.661695, longitude -6.562279 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

68 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Seneschalstown, from 95 m² to 244,709 m² (24.47 ha, 60.47 acres); 31 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 151256: 244,709 m² (24.47 ha, 60.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/151256.md
- Parcel 198561: 234,895 m² (23.49 ha, 58.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/198561.md
- Parcel 211277: 217,552 m² (21.76 ha, 53.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/211277.md
- Parcel 137702: 199,890 m² (19.99 ha, 49.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/137702.md
- Parcel 6035570: 131,008 m² (13.1 ha, 32.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6035570.md
- Parcel 6211750: 61,187 m² (6.12 ha, 15.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6211750.md
- Parcel 146385: 34,970 m² (3.5 ha, 8.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/146385.md
- Parcel 193755: 19,779 m² (1.98 ha, 4.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/193755.md
- Parcel 191343: 10,602 m² (1.06 ha, 2.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/191343.md
- Parcel 192471: 10,077 m² (1.01 ha, 2.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/192471.md
- Parcel 639465: 8,266 m² (0.83 ha, 2.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/639465.md
- Parcel 159316: 7,727 m² (0.77 ha, 1.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/159316.md
- Parcel 6035568: 6,999 m² (0.7 ha, 1.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6035568.md
- Parcel 214344: 5,774 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/214344.md
- Parcel 639446: 5,058 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/639446.md
- Parcel 188679: 4,937 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/188679.md
- Parcel 167796: 4,616 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/167796.md
- Parcel 168287: 4,581 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/168287.md
- Parcel 163684: 4,577 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/163684.md
- Parcel 150308: 4,576 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/150308.md
- Parcel 185787: 4,430 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/185787.md
- Parcel 136384: 3,925 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/136384.md
- Parcel 181740: 3,737 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/181740.md
- Parcel 2752685: 3,555 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2752685.md
- Parcel 4053802: 3,218 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4053802.md
- Parcel 2721896: 3,132 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2721896.md
- Parcel 4720690: 3,047 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4720690.md
- Parcel 171816: 2,945 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/171816.md
- Parcel 186710: 2,609 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/186710.md
- Parcel 148662: 2,582 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/148662.md
- Parcel 3389256: 2,370 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3389256.md
- Parcel 160921: 2,353 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/160921.md
- Parcel 4719133: 2,319 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4719133.md
- Parcel 180226: 2,289 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/180226.md
- Parcel 162459: 2,259 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/162459.md
- Parcel 162114: 2,251 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/162114.md
- Parcel 150384: 2,240 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/150384.md
- Parcel 2725796: 2,227 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2725796.md
- Parcel 187766: 2,192 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/187766.md
- Parcel 196694: 2,146 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/196694.md
- Parcel 204218: 2,121 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/204218.md
- Parcel 195351: 2,044 m² (0.2 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/195351.md
- Parcel 167834: 2,037 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/167834.md
- Parcel 189697: 1,940 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/189697.md
- Parcel 151850: 1,937 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/151850.md
- Parcel 202624: 1,857 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/202624.md
- Parcel 165115: 1,636 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/165115.md
- Parcel 157007: 1,603 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/157007.md
- Parcel 189525: 1,598 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/189525.md
- Parcel 187265: 1,568 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/187265.md
- Parcel 167068: 1,500 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/167068.md
- Parcel 3051059: 1,370 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3051059.md
- Parcel 5120690: 1,309 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5120690.md
- Parcel 189061: 1,145 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/189061.md
- Parcel 2692398: 1,098 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2692398.md
- Parcel 142437: 908 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/142437.md
- Parcel 145453: 902 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/145453.md
- Parcel 200288: 893 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/200288.md
- Parcel 145070: 879 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/145070.md
- Parcel 179047: 758 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/179047.md
- Parcel 142256: 690 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/142256.md
- Parcel 2516387: 643 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2516387.md
- Parcel 181027: 626 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/181027.md
- Parcel 144473: 553 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/144473.md
- Parcel 167166: 530 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/167166.md
- Parcel 179049: 395 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/179049.md
- Parcel 135117: 231 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/135117.md
- Parcel 179048: 95 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/179048.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; 71 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)

9 applications, newest first.

- 23 Jan 2026, Meath County Council 2660090: N/a. Permission, 1 home. The development will consist of change of use of existing cottage to use as home office & store ancillary to dwelling and to construct a replacement two storey dwelling with detached domestic garage, remove existing septic tank and install a replacement proprietary sewage treatment system and to relocate existing entrance from public road.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660090/0
- 7 Aug 2025, Meath County Council 2560826: Refused. Permission. the development will consist of installing an 8-hectare sub-surface irrigation system, including a filter-pumphouse, storage tank, pipework and valves to facilitate the dispersal of treated effluent from the existing on-site wastewater treatment plant. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR). This application relates to a development for the purposes of an activity that holds an Industrial Emissions Licence (Reg No. P0811-02). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560826/0
- 1 Aug 2025, Meath County Council 2560806: N/a. Permission. the development will consist of installing an 8-hectare sub-surface irrigation system, including a filter-pumphouse, storage tank, pipework and valves to facilitate the dispersal of treated effluent from the existing on-site wastewater treatment plant. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR). This application relates to a development for the purposes of an activity that holds an Industrial Emissions Licence (Reg No . P081 1-02). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560806/0
- 28 Jul 2023, Meath County Council 2360189: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. The development will consist of construction of a single storey extension to side & rear of existing dwelling with courtyard & covered area to rear and to provide Proprietary Sewage Treatment System with associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360189/0
- 2 Sept 2020, Meath County Council LB201171: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the demolition of existing single storey rear extension and rear outbuildings and the construction of a new single storey rear extension along with alterations to the existing dwelling. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/LB201171/0
- 2 Jun 2020, Meath County Council LB200673: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construction of a storey & a half style dwelling with detached domestic garage and to install a proprietary sewage treatment system. To remove existing adjoining house septic tank and replace with a proprietary sewage treatment system and to form new entrance from public road with associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/LB200673/0
- 29 Jan 2019, Meath County Council LB190084: Conditional. Permission. a 69 sq.m domestic shed / fuel store. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/LB190084/0
- 26 Jun 2018, Meath County Council LB180694: Refused. Extension of duration, 1 home. EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION SA/130228 - Private dwelling. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/LB180694/0
- 28 Sept 2017, Meath County Council LB171134: Conditional. Permission. 1. Construction of a new classroom extension to the front of the existing school comprising 2 no. classrooms, toilets and storerooms. 2 . New double doors to rear of existing school. 3. All associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/LB171134/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Seneschalstown.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- ME026-009: Ogham stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME026-009----. Discovered 'lying in a field near Seneschalstown House' (Macalister 1945, 45) this stone is in the National Museum of Ireland (see DU018-391----). The stone (2.24m x 0.76m x 0.33m) bears an 'inscription in two lines on the face, not on the edge (up-up)' which Macalister read as: MAQI-CAIRATINI AVI INEQAGLAS (ibid.). (Moore 1987, no. 1585) This stone has been studied as part of the ‘Ogham in 3D’ project undertaken by the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. To access details go to the following website: http://ogham.celt.dias.ie/search.php?ciic=40 Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 6 January 2015

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## 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 Seneschalstown, about 1 in 20 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 moderately high, moderately low, low.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Seneschalstown.
- 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/seneschalstown.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/seneschalstown.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/seneschalstown.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Seneschalstown 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)

- Brownstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/brownstown-160304.md
- Curraghtown: https://everytownland.com/meath/curraghtown-160549.md
- Dollardstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/dollardstown.md
- Haystown and Carnuff Little: https://everytownland.com/meath/haystown-and-carnuff-little.md
- Painestown: https://everytownland.com/meath/painestown-161276.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.

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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.

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