Town Parks

597 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Town Parks, from 1 m² to 145,459 m² (14.55 ha, 35.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 81 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 389 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 173 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 44 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1E2 - General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1A2 - New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1A2 - New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (Variation 02 - Made on 13/05/2024), Meath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3H1 - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 2 Jun 2026N/a

  Permission is also sought to demolish the existing single storey southeast (side) extension (25.2sqm) and conservatory (16.5sqm) to the southwest (rear) of the existing dwelling. Permission is sought to construct a single storey southwest (rear) extension (15.2sqm) consisting of a kitchen and dining space and all associated site works. to construct a two-storey dwelling (133.4sqm) to the southeast (side) garden of dwelling no. 12 and to amend the site boundaries from that previously granted under ref. no. 971701, to include the subdivision of the site into 2 plots and all associated site works at the above address.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660665

• 13 Feb 2026Refused

  to demolish existing single storey dwelling house and outbuilding, construct 3 no terraced two storey town houses facing onto Connaught St, connect to all services including all associated site development works on site located between Connaught St and Church View,

  Permission, 3 homes · Meath County Council, 2660163

• 14 Aug 2025Conditional

  Retention Permission and Permission for the development consists of the retention of an existing palisade type metal fence on the western boundary of the property. The development will consist of the back-planting of the existing palisade type metal fence on the western boundary of the property and all associated site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2560858

• 14 Feb 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of the construction of a dwelling, new entrance and connection to existing public services and all associated site works. Significant Further Information/Revised Plans submitted on this application.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560157

• 19 Nov 2024N/a

  permission is being sought for modifications to 5 number two storey terrace dwellings previously granted under permission planning ref 22308. Alterations include increased floor area to each unit from 89sq.m to 99.6sq.m, terrace set 1.2m back from existing footpath to create defensible boundary to dwellings, removal of centralised bin store with revised parking layout and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460971

• 2 Oct 2024Conditional

  the development will consist of removal of existing signage and fit new signage on front façade of building comprising 3D lettering and logo fixed directly on wall over the existing backing

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24391

• 23 Aug 2024Conditional

  the development will consist of the construction of a residential development containing a total of 85 no. residential units consisting of 13 no. 4 - bed dwellings, 36 no. 3 - bed dwellings, 28 no. 2 - bed dwellings and a 2-storey block containing 8 no. own-door 1 - bed residential units. Permission is also sought for the demolition of derelict structures on-site to be replaced by construction of a creche. The proposed development also includes permission for connections to existing foul main, watermain and surface water discharge, drainage, landscaped open space, planting, boundary treatments, car parking, bicycle provision, set down area and all ancillary and associated site development works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and accompanies this application. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 85 homes · Meath County Council, 2460667

• 7 Aug 2024N/a

  We, Sean Brady Construction & Engineering Limited, intend to apply to Meath County Council for permission for a residential development on lands at Townparks, Athboy, Co. Meath. The development will consist of the construction of a residential development containing a total of 85 no. residential units consisting of 13 no. 4 - bed dwellings, 36 no. 3 - bed dwellings, 28 no. 2 - bed dwellings and a 2-storey block containing 8 no. own-door 1 - bed residential units. Permission is also sought for the demolition of derelict structures on-site to be replaced by construction of a creche. The proposed development also includes permission for connections to existing foul main, watermain and surface water discharge, drainage, landscaped open space, planting, boundary treatments, car parking, bicycle provision, set down area and all ancillary and associated site development works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and accompanies this application. The application together with the Natura Impact Statement (NIS) may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee of €20 within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application. Any such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions or may refuse to grant permission. Signed: Sean Brady Construction & Engineering Limited c/o Michael Fitzpatrick Architects MRIAI, Main Street, Butlersbridge, Co. Cavan Tel: 049 4365800.

  Permission, 77 homes · Meath County Council, 2460609

• 2 Aug 2024N/a

  We, Sean Brady Construction & Engineering Limited, intend to apply to Meath County Council for permission for a residential development on lands at Townparks, Athboy, Co. Meath. The development will consist of the construction of a residential development containing a total of 85 no. residential units consisting of 13 no. 4 - bed dwellings, 36 no. 3 - bed dwellings, 28 no. 2 - bed dwellings and a 2-storey block containing 8 no. own-door 1 - bed residential units. Permission is also sought for the demolition of derelict structures on-site to be replaced by construction of a creche. The proposed development also includes permission for connections to existing foul main, watermain and surface water discharge, drainage, landscaped open space, planting, boundary treatments, car parking, bicycle provision, set down area and all ancillary and associated site development works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and accompanies this application. The application together with the Natura Impact Statement (NIS) may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee of €20 within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application. Any such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions or may refuse to grant permission

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460599

• 9 Apr 2024Conditional

  The development will consist of the construction of 16 No. dwellings, comprising of 1 no. 4 bedroom two storey semi-detached dwelling (type A), 1 no. 4 bedroom two storey semi-detached dwelling (type A1), 1 no. 4 bedroom two storey detached dwelling (type A1), 12 no. 3 bedroom two storey semi-detached dwellings (type B) and 1 no. 3 bedroom two storey detached dwelling (type B) including all associated ancillary on and off site development works, outfall foul and surface water sewers, watermain, internal access road, footpaths, landscaping, open spaces, boundary treatments and ancillary services to facilitate the development, with vehicular and pedestrian access for this development from the existing public road (L-40032) located to the south of the site all on a site (redline area) of circa 0.68 ha. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 15 homes · Meath County Council, 2460241

• 30 Aug 2023N/a

  a new artificial 3G all weather playing pitch, including floodlighting and ball stopping fence and any ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23844

• 30 Jun 2023Conditional

  the development will consist of: a change of use in existing building from restaurant to pastoral center, and from shop to Parish Office with alterations to internal layouts; alterations to elevations; alterations to external terraced area at 1st floor; formation of ope in existing boundary wall shared with St. James' Church (a protected structure) and installation of gateway in place; creation of pathway on lawn within church grounds; all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23665

• 12 May 2023Conditional

  retention for a single storey extension to the rear and side of existing single storey dwelling

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23513

• 19 Dec 2022Conditional

  permission to construct 1. extension and renovation works to the existing test lane to the side (southwest) elevation, which will facilitate an LCV test lane (from 85.2 sqm to 263.5 sqm) (2) an extension to the front (northwest) elevation consisting of a new entrance porch (9sqm) (3) alterations to existing front (northwest) and side (northeast) elevation windows (4) installation of aluminium or similar cladding to the front (northwest) facade (5) alterations to the internal layout of the existing ground floor to consist of waiting area, receiption/office and WC (6) upgrade existing signage to the front (northwest) elevation (from 12.8sqm to 4.3sqm) and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221676

• 24 Oct 2022Conditional

  a change of use from retail use with ancillary off licence use

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221391

• 5 Sept 2022Conditional

  to demolish 1 no. former 'TABU' nightclub building to the rear of the Darnley Lodge Hotel and erect 9 no. units in a terraced block to be used as ancillary accommodation to the Hotel, the application includes alterations to site layout, upgrade of entrance way, connection to all existing services, carparking, EV Carparking spaces, landscaping, Bicycle shelter and all ancillary works at The Darnley Lodge Hotel, Main Street, Athboy, Co Meath. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority in connection with the application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221160

• 19 Aug 2022N/a

  to demolish 1 no. former 'TABU' nightclub building and erect 9 no. units in a terraced block to be used as ancillary accommodation to the Darnley Lodge Hotel, the application includes alterations to site layout, upgrade of entrance way, connection to all existing services, carparking, EV Carparking spaces, landscaping, Bicycle shelter and all ancillary works at TABU. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority in connection with the application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221091

• 22 Jul 2022N/a

  provision of a detached storey and a half mews type dwelling house at the back of the existing commercial premises, connection to public services and all ancillary site works. The site is located within the Architectural Conservation Area and Zone of Archaeological Importance

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22979

• 21 Mar 2022Conditional

  alterations to a previously granted planning application reference number 21/1284 (a development consisting of a mixed commercial/residential development including: demolition of rear stores & toilet block. A change of use of the existing ground floor public house to a book makers office. A change of use of the existing first floor area of the public house (function room) to a 2 bed apartment. Existing connection to public sewers and watermains with all associated site development works including a bin storage area, bicycle parking and boundary treatments. The alterations to include: alterations to the as granted first floor apartment and associated private open space, re-use of the exiting rear stores and toilet block originally proposed for demolition, alterations to the as granted ground floor plan, rear and side elevations including the provision of a new pitched roof to the existing rear flat roof area, new signage with all associated site development works including a bin storage area, bicycle parking

  Permission · Meath County Council, 22352

• 11 Mar 2022Conditional

  the demolition of two existing sheds along the Trim Road and their replacement with five terraced two storey houses, car parking to the rear of the development, a new entrance off the Trim Road, as well as alterations, additions and demolitions to the two houses along Lower Bridge Street, the connection to all public services and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 7 homes · Meath County Council, 22308

• 11 Feb 2022N/a

  development will consist of provision of a detached storey and a half mews type dwelling house at the back of the existing commercial premises, connection to public service and all ancillary site works. This site is located within the Architectural Conservation Area and Zone of Archaeological Importance

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22172

• 3 Dec 2021Conditional

  the replacement of an existing 10m high telecommunications support structure and attached omni antenna with a proposed new 21m monopole support structure (overall height of 24.1 metres to top of antennas) carrying the telecommunications equipment transferred from the existing structure and the addition of new telecommunications antennas, dishes and associated equipment, together with new ground level equipment cabinets and fencing. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 212282

• 29 Oct 2021Conditional

  the proposed development will consist of; (a) demolish existing rear extension to dwelling and demolish existing outbuilding; (b) extend existing dwelling house to rear, alter front elevation and sub-divide into 2 no. two bedroom apartments; (c) extend existing commercial premises to rear and to first floor level, alter front elevation, change use from commercial to residential and sub-divide into 2 no. two bedroom apartments; (d) provide additional car parking to rear (2 no. spaces); (e) carry out all associates site works. Significant Further Information/Revised plans submitted on this application.

  Permission, 3 homes · Meath County Council, 212095

• 22 Sept 2021Conditional

  the change of use and renovation of an existing two-storey public house & upper floor accommodation to 3 No. Apartments consisting of 2 No. 3-Bedroom and 1 No. 1-Bedroom Apartment including associated private amenity spaces, elevational alterations and all associated site & development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 211848

• 5 Jul 2021Conditional

  full permission for a development consisting of a mixed commercial/residential development including : Demolition of rear stores & toilet block. : A change of use of the existing ground floor public house to a book makers office. : A change of use of the existing first floor area of the public house (function room) to a 2 bed apartment. : Existing connection to public sewers and watermains; with all associated site development woks including a bin storage area, bicycle parking and boundary treatments. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 211284

The 25 most recent of 47 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
• Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA 004232

Recorded monuments

• ME029-023 Historic town
  Description

  The town of Athboy is situated in a level low-lying landscape on the W side of a NNW-SSE section of the Athboy River, and close to the headwaters of the river which flows into the Boyne c. 3km above Trim. It is located about half way between the towns of Kells and Trim. The name is derived from the Gaelic Ath Buidhe – yellow ford – so the crossing point of the river was an important part of its development, and it may have had old associations with the prehistoric earthworks on Tlachta (Hill of Ward) c. 2 km to the ENE (ME030-001001-). Ath Buidhe Tlachtga was the scene of a battle between the Norse of Dublin and Maelseachlainn, King of Meath, in 1022 (AFM), which the Norse lost, and a Church synod, convened by Ruaraí O’Conchbhair King of Connaught, was held here in 1167 (AFM). (Bradley and King 1985, 16) During the period of the Anglo-Norman settlement Athboy became the centre of the barony of Lune, which was granted by Hugh de Lacy to William de Muset in the 1170s, and it passed on his death in 1213 briefly to the Tuites. The de Loundres (London) family held it until 1386 when it was divided between the Preston and Brown families (ibid. 16-17). A castle, probably a motte, was being fortified at Athboy in 1211-12 but its location is not known (Graham 1974, 43; 1980, 47). The ‘Castletown of Athboy’ is constantly referred to in the Gormanston Register but the location of a castle is not known. The date of the foundation of the town is not known with any certainty. A grant of murage was made in 1306, but the first mention of the borough is in 1337-8. However, a provost - one of a town’s officials - is recorded in 1329 and in 1407 the provost and commoners received a Charter from Henry IV granting particular privileges, including the right to form a guild of merchants. This was an important concession as the town was at the edge of the Pale and in 1423 twenty shillings in expenses were collected for the defence of the town against O’Connor Offaly. The town was burned by O’Connor in 1443, and in 1446 and 1462 further murage grants were made. In 1598 Athboy was listed amongst the walled towns of Meath, and in 1643 it was captured by Owen Roe O’Neill. There are few details available about the subsequent history of the town but it may have been quite prosperous. The Civil Survey (1654) describes it as having thirteen castles, which are probably merchants’ houses, 73 holdings and gardens, an abbey, a church, a bridge and one stone house (Simington 1940, 210). (Bradley and King 1985, 17-18) The town occupied a considerable area of at least 10 ha (c. 25 acres), judging by the burgage plots depicted on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map, and these were all built on either side of the NE-SW main route through the town, consisting of Upper Bridge Street, Main Street or Market Street and what is now called O’Growney Street, formerly Chapel Street. The course of the town wall was probably at the distal ends of the burgage plots fronting onto this thoroughfare, which is unusually wide for a medieval street in the central, Main St. part, where the markets were undoubtedly held. A section of town wall (L c. 100m; H c. 2-3m; T 0.9m) survives on the SE side, SW of the graveyard of St James’s Church, with one open-backed tower (int. diam. c. 2.45m; ext. diam. c. 4.4m) projecting from it. A fosse outside the wall (L 26m; Wth of top 3.6m; ext. D 2.6m) could be a recent feature but it is probably on the line of an original one. Just W of the surviving tower the wall turned WNW to O’Growney Street as recovered in excavation as a robber trench (O’Hara 2004). No other towers or gates are known, but gates would have been needed to access the town from the NE, NW, SW and SE along the main roads (Bradley and King 1985, 19-21). Within the town are the remains of the parish church (ME029-023003-) and there was a Carmelite friary (ME029-023014-) at Athboy, but its location is not even known. Excavation within the town has produced some evidence of settlement in the form of pits (ME029-023011-) inside the line of the town wall (O’Hara 2004) and evidence of medieval occupation has been found on the E bank of the river (excavations.ie 1997:414; 2000:745) (Campbell 1998). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 February 2019

• ME029-023001 Town defences
  Description

  Athboy was one of the four walled towns in Co. Meath and it seems to have been walled from the early fourteenth century. A grant of murage was made in 1306 and the construction of the walls may have begun shortly afterwards. Further grants of murage were made in 1446 and 1462 after the town had been burned by O’Connor Offaly in 1443, and it was still listed as a walled town in 1596 (Bradley and King 1985, 19-20). The town was quite large but the only part of the town wall that survives visibly is a section (L c. 100m) with a base-batter extending WSW from the graveyard (ME029-023012-) of the parish church but it could include the wall on the S side of the graveyard and a boundary wall further NE (total L c. 220m). The surviving wall (H 2-3m; T 0.9m) is of roughly coursed masonry with a rubble core. Towards the WSW end an open-backed tower (int. diam. c. 2.45m) projects from the wall and has an internal rebate to support a second floor. A short section of an external ditch or fosse (L 26m; Wth of top 3.6m; Wth of base 1.6m; ext. D 2.4m) is between the tower and the graveyard. (ibid. 19-20) Excavation (01E0883; 01E0883 ext.) c. 50m W of the surviving tower (Danaher 2001; 2003; O’Hara 2002; 2004) discovered a robber-trench (Wth of top 1.45-2.2.5m; D 0.9-1.5m) on the WNW-ESE line of the town wall (L 50m plus), which is on a different alignment to the ENE-WSW section of surviving wall. The robbed section was probably running to a gate at the junction of O’Growney Street, formerly Chapel Street, and Main Street. 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: 28 February 2019

• ME029-023003 Church
  Description

  The medieval parish church of Athboy was dedicated to St. James, and the names of many of its clergy are known (Cogan 1862-70, 1, 164-5). It was probably established by 1200, but the earliest direct references to St James’ date from c. 1400 (Bradley and King 1985, 20). A church at Athboy is listed in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV (Cal. doc. Ire. 5, 256). Ussher (1622) describes the church as ruined but the chancel was repaired (Erlington 1847-64, 1, lxxxii), and Dopping (1682-5) describes the church as repaired since 1679, but of the chancel, only its walls were standing. Three bells had been hung and the graveyard was enclosed (Ellison 1972, 9). The graveyard is a subrectangular or D-shaped area (max. dims c. 90m NE-SW; c. 70m NW-SE) defined by masonry walls, that on the straight SE side having part of the town wall (ME029-023001-) at its base (L c. 75m). The present church is cross-shaped with pointed windows and was built in 1772, according to an inscription in a porch (Moore c. 1975, 12). However, the round-headed windows of the nave and western vestry may belong to an earlier period of building. The hood-moulding and decorated labels of the E window and the stone head over it probably came from the medieval church. The tower (ext. dims 6.75m E-W; 6.45m N-S) with a base-batter and a projection (dims 2.75m N-S; 2.5m E-W) at the NE corner to carry the newel stairs is situated just to the NW of the present church, which probably occupies the site of the medieval one. The tower has five floors and the E-W vault over the ground floor has wicker-centring, but its only light is from a round-headed window in the W wall. There is a string-course externally over the second floor and a grotesque head that is almost eroded away is on the outer face of the N wall. A vault of stone and brick is built over the third floor. The large pointed twin-light openings at the fourth or belfry stage are modern, and the bases of these openings have been filled in. The plain battlements above are also recent. A fragment of wall (L 2.7m E-W) S of church may be part of the older structure. (Bradley and King 1985, 20-1) An early 16th century double effigy tomb and three fragments of its surround (Hunt 1974, 202-03) that were in the graveyard beside tower have been taken into the church and are now displayed in the vestry. There is a 17th century graveslab (dims 2.3m x 1.15m; T 13cm) of James Talbot in the graveyard, although the inscription (FitzGerald 1908-09, 420) is no longer legible. The chest-tomb of Cusack and Lutwidge, dated 1702 abuts the fragment of wall in the graveyard (ibid. 420-1). Other graveslabs that were recorded in the 1740s (Butler 1892-4, 165) cannot be identified. Cogan (1862-70, 1, 163) noted a font in the graveyard that is no longer present, but the font now in church appears to be modern (Roe 1968, 109). There are the remnants of a field system (ME029-023008-) just S of the town wall. 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: 2 January 2014

• ME029-023004 Tomb - effigial
  Description

  An early 16th century double effigy tomb and three fragments of its surround (Hunt 1974, 202-03) that were in the graveyard beside tower have been taken into the church and are now displayed in the vestry. It is described by Hunt as: No. 182 Athboy Tomb of a knight and lady Early 16th century On the south side of the tower and near the entrance to the Church of Ireland church of Athboy there is a double altar tomb with part of a carved tomb-chest. The mensa bears the remains of figures of a knight and his lady who have not been identified, though Lord Walter FitzGerald has tentatively suggested that they may belong either to the Cruise or Cusack family. The knight is armed in a harness of elegant form, the body defence being a finely waisted hauberk of many lames continuing as a lamed skirt to mid-thigh with short lamed tasses. The lames of the skirt are of reversed chevron form. The hauberk continues as a collar of lames to defend the throat. The vambraces are of gothic style, the pauldrons having fluted rosettes protecting the armpits. The cowters are splinted and have rosettes upon them, and they encircle the elbow joint. The head is very much damaged, but it probably bore a bascinet with visor, of which the pins are abnormally high, well above the forehead line, and the visor was decorated with rosettes,. The legs also are of a gothic style, with median ridge, the poleyns fluted above and below with expanded and moulded side-plates. The feet have the usual sabatons with short points and the lames are of chevron form. There is a belt at the waist from which the sword hangs by ring and straps. The knight is the sword-grasping attitude, and the sword has a slim straight cross. A chain over his shoulders supports a large ring-like jewel which appears to be a Crown of Thorns. The lady wears a mantel over a long pleated gown with a belt at the waist. The edge of the kirtle shows beneath the hem of the gown. The bodice has a high neck, while the gown has a collar of V-shape with a yoke across it. She has a twisted chain with a small jewel or cross hanging over the front of the undergarment. Her hands are in an attitude of prayer on her breast. Her feet rest on a dog, there are semi-hexagonal brackets above the heads of the two figures as well as in the centre between them. The slab bearing the effigies is very thin, like that at Castlemartin, Co. Kildare. It is probable that the effigies were carved by the Castlemartin sculptor. Tomb surrounds: 182b Dexter front-slab. On the front of the tomb-chest there are two panels, each with a flattened ogee arch above it. The dexter slab has the following two subjects: 1 St. Michael in feathered dress with four wings and a sword; he is represented in the act of weighing souls in scales. The pommel of the sword is of sixteenth-century type. 2 Christ as Judge, seated on a rainbow, swords issuing from behind his neck and with two figures of the Just beside him. His feet rest upon the globe of the world. 182c Sinister front-slab. The other font-slab has a representation of the Resurrection. Christ is shown stepping from the tomb on to a sleeping soldier beneath him. Two soldiers stand within the tomb on either side with what is evidently intended to be mail hauberks and pointed bascinets on their heads. One soldier holds a spear and the other a pole-arm. Christ holds the cross-staff in his left hand and blesses with his right. It should be noted that the small figure of a sleeping soldier under the foot of Christ is wearing a laminated hauberk of the same waisted form as that shown on the armour of the knight of the effigy. These two panels now forming the tomb-front may once have acted as end-slabs. The date of the tomb is probably early sixteenth-century. Now lying on top of the tomb is a broken figure of an ecclesiastic in Mass vestments with crozier staff in his left hand and with his right on his breast. His head is missing. This figure probably comes from one of the side panels of the tomb. Date of upload: 2 January, 2014

• ME029-023005 Graveslab
  Description

  There is a 17th century graveslab (dims 2.3m x 1.15m; T 13cm) of James Talbot in the graveyard (ME029-023012-) of St James' church (ME029-023003-), although the inscription (FitzGerald 1908-09, 420) is no longer legible. FitzGerald describes it as: Close to the path on the south side of the burial-ground is a large slab resting on masonry, on which an inscription in raised Roman capitals is traceable, running along its length. Unfortunately only the first three lines can, with great difficulty, be deciphered. In all there were about nine lines and a half, and at the foot is a sunk square containing an animal (a Talbot dog) on all fours on a wreath, in relief. The inscription commences: [HERE] VNDER LIETH THE BODY OF IAM[ES T]ALBOT OF ATHBOY [BURG]AES AND ONE OF THE HOUSE OF DARDISTON AND WAS BORNE [ ] IN ATHBOY IN THE YEAR OF OVR LORD GOD ON ….DESESED IN THE YEAR… Some three or four lines follow, and then the inscription ends with the words: GOD BE [MERCIFVLL] According to ‘Burke’s Peerage’, the Talbots of Dardistown, in the County Meath, were sprung from John, a younger son of Thomas Talbot, Lord of Malahide, who died in 1487. The slab on which the above inscription is cut belongs to the seventeenth century. Some of the letters are conjoined. Date of upload: 2 January, 2014

• ME029-023006 Stone head
  Description

  There is a string-course externally over the second floor of the medieval tower at St James' church (ME029-023003-), and a grotesque head that is almost eroded away is on the outer face of the N wall. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 January, 2015

• ME029-023007 Font
  Description

  Cogan (1862-70, 1, 163) noted a font in the graveyard (ME029-023012-) of St James' church (ME029-023003-) that is no longer present, but the font now in the church appears to be modern. It is an octagonal limestone font (ext. dim. 0.58m; H 0.41m) with a circular basin (int. diam. 0.47m; D 0.25m) and stands on an octagonal shaft and base, but all the stone has been cut with a saw and is likely to be 18th or 19th century in date. (Roe 1968, 109) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 January, 2015

• ME029-023008 Field system
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. Outside the town wall of Athboy (ME029-023001-) and immediately S of the graveyard (ME029-023012-) attached to church (ME029-023003-) are the remains of a grass-covered field system, defined by low banks or scarps, and with a sunken roadway (W 11m). It covers about 15 acres (c. 6 ha), but it may have been more extensive. 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: 28 February 2019

• ME029-023009 Stone sculpture
  Description

  Two limestone plaques, probably from tomb surrounds and sculptured in false relief, are incorporated into the outer walls of the Roman Catholic church of St. James, which was built in the 1830s. This piece is high on the S wall at the E end and depicts a crucifixion with Mary and St John. 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: 2 January 2014

• ME029-023010 Building
  Description

  At the SW angle of Athboy town but outside the line of the town wall. Excavation (01E0883) revealed two masonry walls that were parallel with each other and the robber trench of the town wall. One wall (L 6m; Wth 0.6m) was double-faced with a rubble core while the other was clay-bonded (L 1.9m; Wth 1.25m). The walls are undated and may have been unrelated to each other but are covered by post-medieval garden soils(O’Hara 2002, 2004, 401-02). (Danaher 2001; 2003) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 February 2019

• ME029-023011 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Excavation (01E0883) within the town wall of Athboy has produced some evidence of medieval occupation in six intercutting medieval and post-medieval pits (max. diam. 4m; max. D 1.3m) inside the robber trench (Wth of top 1.45-2.2.5m; D 0.9-1.5m) on the WNW-ESE line of the town wall (L 50m plus). The robbed wall would have cut across the burgage plots depicted on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map. (Danaher 2001; 2003; O’Hara 2002; 2004) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 February 2019

• ME029-023012 Graveyard
  Description

  The medieval parish church of Athboy (ME029-023003-) is within a subrectangular or D-shaped graveyard (max. dims c. 90m NE-SW; c. 70m NW-SE) defined by masonry walls, that on the straight SE side having part of the town wall (ME029-023001-) at its base (L c. 75m). The 16th century double effigy tomb (ME029-023004-) that had been in the graveyard at the base of the church tower is now displayed in the vestry at the W end of the Church of Ireland church of St James. The Talbot graveslab (ME029-023005-) and the Cusack - Lutwidge chest-tomb (ME029-023015-) are in the graveyard, but other inscribed memorials that were recorded in the 1740s (Butler 1892-4) cannot be identified. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 January, 2015

• ME029-023013 Stone sculpture
  Description

  Two limestone plaques, probably from tomb surrounds and sculptured in false relief, are incorporated into the outer walls of the Roman Catholic church of St. James, which was built in the 1830s. This piece is high on the E wall over the main entrance and depicts a crucifixion with a very stylized Mary and St John. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 January, 2014

• ME029-023015 Tomb - chest tomb
  Description

  A chest tomb (dims 2m x 0.9m; H 0.9m) composed of plain limestone slabs on three sides abuts the S side of the wall in the graveyard (ME029-023012-) c. 5m S of the nave of the present Church of Ireland church. It has a large covering slab (dims 2.44m x 1.14m; T 0.1m) that has bevelled edges underneath on all sides except where it abuts the wall. The W end of the mensa has crests of Cusack and what must be Lutwidge. The incised inscription was recorded c. 1740 by Butler (1892-4, 166) and subsequently by FitzGerald (1908-09, 421), who describes it as: At the south-west side of the church is a high altar-tomb, which was completely covered with a thick growth of ivy. On cutting a small space on it, I discovered that the covering slab was lettered; and on removing the whole of the ivy, I saw that there were two crests and coat-of-arms at the upper end., and a long inscription in incised capitals below them. The latter was exceedingly hard to decipher, but I was able to make out the following: THIS TOMB WAS ERECTED / BY MR E*** CVSACK AND / MR WALTER LVTWIDGE FOR / THE VSE OF **** AND / THEIR **** EN / TH*R FAMILIES *** BE / LASTING (?) *** TO / BE CONTINVED FOR EVER / TO THE VSE OF THOSE OF / EITHER NAME WHO SHALL / CLAIM *** HERE LIETH / THE BODYS OF IOHN / LVTWIDGE AND ROBERT / LVTWIDGE BOTH LATE OF / ATHBOY TOGETHER WITH / THE REMAINS OF WALTER / LVTWIDGE LATE OF LACKIN / AND OF RICHARD LVTWIDGE / HIS SON DESESED THE 11 OF / IVNE 1702. This inscription I afterwards discovered had appeared on P 166 of vol. 2 of the Journal, from a copy made of it by Isaac Butler about the year 1740. Therein ‘Edward’ is stated to be the Christian name of the Cusack named in the second line, and the reading of the fourth and consecutive lines is given as: THE VSE OF THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES WHEN THEY SHALL BE EXTINCT THE SAME TO BE CONTINUED FOR EVER. Date of upload: 2 January, 2014

• ME029-023016 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  Archaeological monitoring (E003687) by R. Clutterbuck in 2008 and 2009 of a water scheme within and around the town of Athboy involved the excavation (excavations.ie 2008:937; 2009:631) of a corridor immediately outside the ENE-WSW town wall at the S side of the town where a magnetic gradiometer survey (07R0216) by I. Elliott (2008) had identified a number of anomalous features. For the most part these proved to be large pits (diam. up to 15m; D up to 1m) that are probably quarries for sand and gravel. Some of these could be medieval, but few artefacts were recovered from them. In Area 3 opposite the parish church (ME029-023003-) one pit contained fragments of a 13th -14th century stone window frame. Some of the pits were overlain by stone slabs forming an area of cobbling (dims 6.37m E-W; 2.5m N-S) bounded by a more regularly-set E-W path of stones (Wth 0.35m) on the N side while a drain was beneath it. This is probably the remnants of a medieval road running ENE-WSW outside the town wall. There was also a post-medieval N-S clay-bonded wall with two flush faces (L 7.75m plus; Wth 1.1m). The remains were preserved in situ beneath the pipe run and the re-established ground level. (Clutterbuck 2008) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 11 November 2021

• ME029-024 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• ME029-027 Burial
  Description

  A group of at least 30 inhumations was uncovered in March 2002 when a new road was being built into the Coran Road Industrial estate. The remains appear to have been oriented W-E in the Christian manner but no other information is available. (Meath Chronicle 20/03/2002) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 February 2019

• ME029-028 Burial
  Description

  Located on a slight ridge with the NW-SE Athboy River c. 150m to the SW, and c. 45m SE of the walled town of Athboy. Archaeological excavation (08E0865) uncovered nine burials dating c. 1440-1660 AD and disarticulated bone representing 14 individuals. A burnt spread and three small pits a the W base of the ridge produced a few lithics and C14 dates of 2880-2750 cal BC and 2147-2016 cal BC, but the later burials were spread over an extensive area of the ridge (dims c. 30m NE-SW; c. 7-10m NW-SE), although on the NE side of a NW-SE boundary ditch with lower wet ground to the SW. The intact interments were generally extended E-W in groupings of four, three and two individuals, and some were made in medieval quarry pits that had been re-used to dry cereal grains. The complete burials comprised of two males, three females, one adolescent and three children, and all suffered from debilitating conditions associated with poor health and nutrition. (Shine 2011; Shine and Travers 2012) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 May 2015

Architectural heritage

• Water pump, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron water pump, erected c.1870, with lion's mask to spout, fluted shaft and cap with finial.

• Frankville House, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, built c.1820, with two-storey return. Formerly used as convent. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls. Some timber sash windows with stone sills. Ashlar limestone porch with pilasters and cornice.

• Sign post, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron sign post, c.1940, with raised lettering, border and harp emblem.

• The Rectory, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement former rectory, built c.1820, now in use as private dwelling. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls. Some timber sash and stained glass windows. Modern porch and steps with replacement door. Roughcast rendered outbuildings on a U-plan and stone and brick walled garden to site. Stone piers and cast-iron gate to road with wheel guards, set in rubble stone wall.

• O'Growney National School, school, 1945–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached T-plan national school, built in 1949. Gable-fronted double-height three-bay entrance block, flanked by seven-bay single-storey blocks. Pitched artificial slate roofs. Roughcast rendered walls with brick plinth, metal lettering and crucifix to facade. Replacement windows with brick surrounds. Timber glazed double doors with brick surrounds and concrete canopy above. Rendered boundary walls with railings and gates.

• Saint James's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted church, built in 1845, with five-bay side elevations to nave, and tower to entrance gable. Pitched slate roof, ashlar pinnacles and castellations to tower. Dressed limestone walls with pair of corner buttresses, ashlar dressings and plaques. Stained glass windows set in pointed-arched openings with stone dressings. Timber panelled double doors with elaborate fanlight above. Some original interior features remain. Stone high crosses and statue to site. Ashlar limestone piers with cast-iron railings and gates.

• House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, built c.1900, with gabled central porch. Pitched slate roof with projecting gables and brick chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls to ground floor with string course above, and pebbledashed to first floor with red brick eaves course. Timber sash windows set in segmental-arched opening with stone sills and brick dressings. Timber panelled double doors with overlight and cast-iron sidelights to porch.

• Water pump, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron water pump, erected c.1870, with lion's mask to spout, fluted shaft and cap with finial.

• House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c.1900. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack. Dressed limestone façade. Timber sash windows with stone sills. Bay window to ground floor.

• House, 1870–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house, built c.1890, with integral carriage arch. Shopfront inserted to ground floor. Pitched artificial slate roof with brick chimneystacks. Exposed rubble stone walls. Timber sash windows with rendered surrounds. Timber shopfront with recessed double doors and tiled threshold, display window flanked by pilasters with carved console brackets, having fascia and cornice above.

• Ulster Bank, bank/financial institution, 1920–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey bank, built in 1925, with attic accommodation. Pitched artificial slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, brick chimneystacks and dormer window. Ashlar stone to ground floor with pilasters and string course. Red brick to first floor with stone dentil cornice and dressings. Timber casement and sash windows. Timber panelled door with fanlight above, with carved door surround, flanked by engaged columns with entablature above. Cast-iron railings to front.

• House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace four-bay two-storey house, built c.1860. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack. Stone walls. Timber casement windows with stone sills. Round headed stone doorcase with timber panelled door flanked by columns with cornice fanlight above. Wrought-iron and cast-iron railings with bootscraper to front.

• House, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c.1890. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls with render quoins. Timber sash windows with stone sills. Segmental-arched door opening with console brackets, overlight and replacement door. Two-storey returns and single-storey extension to rear.

• Athboy Garda Síochána Station, house, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace six-bay two-storey house, c.1840, on an L-shaped plan; single-bay (single-bay deep) two-storey return (north). In alternative use, 1901; 1911. Vacated, 1925. Adapted to alternative use, 1928. Pitched slate roof; pitched slate roof (north), clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks centred on rendered chimney stack on cushion course on rendered base having stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves on paired ogee corbels retaining cast-iron downpipe. Roughcast walls to front (south) elevation on rendered plinth; rendered surface finish (remainder) with remains of rusticated rendered piers to corners. Paired Tudor-headed central door openings in elliptical-headed recess with dragged cut-limestone step thresholds, and timber doorcases with panelled pilasters on padstones supporting cornice framing timber panelled doors having overlights. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with rendered stepped sill course, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Street fronted with tarmacadam footpath to front.

• Sign post, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron sign post, c.1940, with raised lettering, border and harp emblem.

• Vent pipe, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron vent pipe, c.1870, with fluted base, cast-iron shaft and crown head.

• Water pump, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron water pump, c.1870, with banded shaft, curved handle, fluted neck and fluted cap with finial.

• Athboy Railway Station, railway station, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey former station, built c.1863, having four-bay two-storey former station masters house with extension to north. Now in use as veterinary clinic. Pitched slate roof with brick chimneystacks. Snecked stone walls with integral segmental carriage arch and ashlar limestone or red brick dressings. Timber sash or cast-iron windows with stone sills. Limestone kerbing of former platform to site.

• Athboy Railway Station, water tower, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached railway water tower with cast-iron tank, built c.1863, now disused. Snecked stone walls with red brick quoins. Round-arched cast-iron window with red brick dressings. Timber battened double doors with cast-iron fanlight and red brick dressings. Circular vent with brick surrounds.

• Mill House, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1820, with lean-to outbuilding to east gable. Two-storey return and extension to rear. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Roughly-dressed stone walls with tooled limestone quoins. Brick surrounds to openings. Cast-iron water pump attached to rear return.

• Bridge, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch road bridge, built c.1870. Rock-faced masonry walls, with segmental-arch having rock-faced voussoirs.

• Bank of Ireland, RIC barracks, 1890–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey constabulary barrack, built c.1910, now in use as bank. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls with render quoins. Timber sash windows with stone sills to first floor level. Gabled porch addition with timber panelled double doors and fanlight set in render surround, flanked by pilasters.

• School, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay two-storey former school, built in 1885, with gabled end bays, now used as a shop. Pitched slate roof with vents, terracotta ridge cresting and cast-iron finials. Snecked rock-faced stone walls with platbands, plaque, eaves course and tooled quoins. Ashlar and decorative stone surrounds to window openings with timber sash windows. Timber panelled double doors set in stone doorcases with overlights. Two two-storey returns. Cast-iron railings and gates to front.

• Saint James's Church (Athboy), sexton's house, 1770–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey Gothic Revival former sexton's house, built c.1790, now used as a library. Hipped slate roof with pinnacles to corners and to central gablet. Dressed limestone walls. Pointed arch openings with ashlar dressings. Pointed arch opening with replacement door. Hexagonal extension, built c.1985.

• Saint James's Church (Athboy), church/chapel, 1765–1775 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached cruciform-plan church, built in 1770. Pitched slate roofs and stone walls. Pointed arch and round-headed openings with dressed stone surrounds. Medieval tower to north-west corner. Surrounded by graveyard. Stone gate piers with wrought-iron gates. Detached two-bay single-storey stone former parochial hall, built in 1839, now partially demolished and being rebuilt.

• Danes Court, country house, 1760–1780 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c.1770, with double-height hall addition to the east and two-bay two-story earlier block set perpendicular to the west. Hipped and pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls. Timber sash windows with stone sills and render flat-arched window openings. Pedimented stone doorcase with spoked fanlight and timber panelled door.

• Guinan, house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1890, with disused shopfront to ground floor. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered façade. Timber sash windows with stone sills. Timber panelled double door, flanked by boarded windows, with timber pilasters and fascia.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2433 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Town Parks with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Town Parks · Páirceanna an Bhaile

Area

1,072,036 m² (107.2 ha, 264.91 acres)

Civil parish

Athboy, and its townlands

Barony

Lune

Electoral division

Athboy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Athboy electoral division: 2,771 people in 1,007 households; 64% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bunboggan, Castletown, Eightyeight Acres, Fordrath, Fostersfields, Martinstown, Mullaghstones, Otterstown

Placenames

Town Parks 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.