Castletown

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castletown, from 261 m² to 172,625 m² (17.26 ha, 42.66 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 41 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Castletown in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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

• 23 Mar 2026N/a

  Retention permission for a basement to the rear of the dwelling formed under the existing building footprint consisting of a hobby area and storage space. Permission to complete the structure and retention of a raised deck area with storage space under to the side of the existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention · Louth County Council, 2645

• 12 Sept 2025Conditional

  Permission for a new feed store at an existing farm yard

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2560577

• 4 Dec 2024Conditional

  Permission for proposed development to consist of: (i) The construction of 5 no. wind turbines with the following parameters: a) Total tip height range of 179.5m – 180m, b) Rotor diameter range of 149m – 163m, c) Hub height range of 98m to 105m, (ii) Construction of turbine foundations, crane hardstand areas and assembly areas; (iii) All associated wind farm underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the turbines and meteorological mast to the proposed onsite electrical substation including cabling. in the public road corridor in the townlands of Gallstown and Kearneystown; (iv) Construction of 1 no. permanent 38kV electrical substation compound including a single-storey control building with welfare facilities, all associated electrical plant and equipment, security fencing, gates, all associated underground cabling, wastewater holding tank, and all ancillary structures and works in the townland of Piperstown. (v) A Battery Energy Storage System within the 38kV electrical substation compound; (vi) All works associated with the connection of the proposed wind farm to the national electricity grid which includes 5 no. of water crossings (3 no. bridges and 2 no. culverts). The provision of joint bays and associated communication chambers along the underground electrical cabling route via underground 38kV electrical cabling predominantly within the public road corridor, from the onsite substation in the townland of Piperstown to the existing Drybridge 110 kV Substation located in the townland of Tullyallen; (vii) Reinstatement of all road and track surfaces above cabling trench along existing roads and tracks in public lands; (viii) Provision of new site access tracks and upgrade of existing site tracks/roads to facilitate access to all onsite infrastructure this includes 3 no. water crossings, passing bays and all associated drainage; (ix) The provision of 2 no. new permanent site entrances for construction and operational access from the local road L6274 in the townlands of Kearneystown and Gallstown; (x) The permanent realignment of 1 no. existing entrance for construction and operational access to the 38kV electrical substation compound from the local road L2275 in the townland of Piperstown; (xi) Use of 1 no. existing site entrance for construction, operational access to the permanent met mast on a private road off local road L2275 in the townland of Drumshallon. (xii) The construction of 1 no. new temporary track in the townland o

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2460766

• 18 Nov 2024N/a

  Permission for a ten year development for: (i) The construction of 5 no. wind turbines with the following parameters: a) Total tip height range of 179.5m – 180m, b) Rotor diameter range of 149m – 163m, c) Hub height range of 98m to 105m, (ii) Construction of turbine foundations, crane hardstand areas and assembly areas; (iii) All associated wind farm underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the turbines and meteorological mast to the proposed onsite electrical substation including cabling. in the public road corridor in the townlands of Gallstown and Kearneystown; (iv) Construction of 1 no. permanent 38kV electrical substation compound including a single-storey control building with welfare facilities, all associated electrical plant and equipment, security fencing, gates, all ssociated underground cabling, wastewater holding tank, and all ancillary structures and works in the townland of Piperstown. (v) A Battery Energy Storage System within the 38kV electrical substation compound; (vi) All works associated with the connection of the proposed wind farm to the national electricity grid which includes 5 no. of water crossings (3 no. bridges and 2 no. culverts). The provision of joint bays and associated communication chambers along the underground electrical cabling route via underground 38kV electrical cabling predominantly within the public road corridor, from the onsite substation in the townland of Piperstown to the existing Drybridge 110 kV Substation located in the townland of Tullyallen; (vii) Reinstatement of all road and track surfaces above cabling trench along existing roads and tracks in public lands; (viii) Provision of new site access tracks and upgrade of existing site tracks/roads to facilitate access to all onsite infrastructure this includes 3 no. water crossings, passing bays and all associated drainage; (ix) The provision of 2 no. new permanent site entrances for construction and operational access from the local road L6274 in the townlands of Kearneystown and Gallstown; (x) The permanent realignment of 1 no. existing entrance for construction and operational access to the 38kV electrical substation compound from the local road L2275 in the townland of Piperstown; (xi) Use of 1 no. existing site entrance for construction, operational access to the permanent met mast on a private road off local road L2275 in the townland of Drumshallon. (xii) The construction of 1 no. new temporary track in the townland of Castleto

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2460709

• 3 Nov 2021Conditional

  permission for a single storey domestic garage

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 211332

• 3 Dec 2019Conditional

  Permission for alterations and extensions to existing dwelling, revised vehicular entrance, revised boundary treatments, revised effluent treatment system, percolation area and all associated site development works. *Significant Further Information submitted 16/03/20*

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 191004

• 13 Jun 2017Conditional

  Permission for a storey and a half extension to an existing dwelling to include a new septic tank and percolation area.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 17443

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 Castletown.

Recorded monuments

• LH021-003001 Church
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Present church dated to 1818 but may contain medieval fabric. Church consists of undivided nave and chancel (int. dims. 13.9m by 5.8m). (CLAJ 1944, 290)

• LH021-003002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Marked on the 1912 'OS 6-inch' map as 'Tober Maura'. It is situated in a hollow near a mill race. It is approached by a line of stone flag steps which curve down a slope. The well itself is not lined. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 12 July 2012

• LH021-003003 Graveyard
  Description

  Rectangular shaped area (map dims. c. 68m E-W; c. 46m N-S) with present church (LH021-003001-) in W half. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 12 July 2012

Architectural heritage

• Mullary House, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1800. Rectangular-plan with bowed ends to north and south, full-height projecting gable-fronted central entrance bay to east, rectangular fully-engaged wing to west, single-storey lean-to extension to north-west corner. Hipped slate roofs, pitched to entrance bay, curved to bow ends; clay ridge tiles, painted smooth rendered chimneystack, half-round uPVC gutters, circular profile cast-iron downpipes. Painted roughcast-rendered walling, smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings, painted smooth rendered soffits and reveals, painted tooled stone sills, painted timber six-over-six, three-over-six, four-over-four, four-over-two and one-over-one sliding sash windows; windows to north and south east elevation and north and south bows at ground floor set in painted smooth rendered shallow round-headed recesses, tripartite windows to bow ends; paired windows to north elevation; round-headed window openings to first floor east and west elevations, Y-tracery to fanlight west window; timber casement window to west extension. Round-headed door opening to east elevation, painted moulded rendered surround, engaged fluted Doric columns on painted stone block plinths, moulded rendered cornice, plain-glazed fanlight; square-headed door opening, painted surround, painted timber double doors with round-headed panels; tooled limestone threshold and flagstones; square-headed door opening to west extension, painted timber sheeted door, glazed panel, plain-glazed overlight. Set in own grounds; single-storey outbuildings to north and north-west, pitched corrugated-iron roofs, random rubble stone walling, painted walling to north-west building, square-headed openings, painted vertically-sheeted timber doors; entrance to south-east.

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 Castletown, about 1 in 10 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 Castletown.

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 Castletown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.

Name

Castletown · Baile an Chaisleáin

Area

509,433 m² (50.94 ha, 125.88 acres)

Civil parish

Mullary, and its townlands

Barony

Ferrard

Electoral division

Mullary, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,870 people lived in 560 households in the Mullary electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Athclare, Longstones, Priest Town, Rathgory, Stirue, Stonehouse

Placenames

Castletown 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.