Philipstown

33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Philipstown, from 630 m² to 179,432 m² (17.94 ha, 44.34 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Philipstown 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.

• 7 Aug 2026N/a

  Permission for a new agricultural entrance and associated site development works

  Permission · Louth County Council, 26100

• 3 Jun 2025Conditional

  Permission for retention and permission for development at Philipstown, Mills of Louth, Dundalk, Co. Louth. The development for permission will consist of alterations to an existing two storey derelict dwelling to include internal modifications and changes to the elevations and for a proposed single storey extension to the side and rear of the dwelling. Also, a new proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new site entrance walls and piers and all associated site works. The development for retention consists of a mobile home located on site as a temporary structure, and all ancillary site works.

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560334

• 3 Aug 2022Conditional

  Retention and Permission: Permission sought for the installation of 2 new rooflights and retention of ground floor extensions to a dwelling house, for the retention of conversion of the attic space to storage space and retention of 2 first floor windows in the gable end walls

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 22617

• 14 Jul 2022N/a

  Retention and Permission: Permission for the installation of 2 new rooflights and the retention of ground floor extension to a dwelling house, for the retention of the conversion of the attic space to storage space and retention of 2 first floor windows in the gable end walls

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 22564

• 19 Apr 2022N/a

  retention and permission for the following: retention of ground floor extension to dwelling house, retention of the conversion of the attic space to storage space. Permission is sought for the construction of a first floor extension comprising a bathroom and bedroom, for alterations to elevations and for associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 22311

• 29 Jun 2020Conditional

  Permission for a single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associated and ancillary site works incorporating site boundaries and entrance onto public road

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 20452

• 9 Jul 2018Conditional

  The development will consist of a two storey dwelling, domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system, percolation area and associated site works incorporating site boundaries and site entrance.

  Permission consequent, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 18532

• 5 Jun 2018Conditional

  The development will consist of a single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associated and ancillary site works incorporating site boundaries and entrance onto public road.

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 18430

• 6 Apr 2018Conditional

  1) PERMISSION for development consisting of construction of a detached domestic garage and, 2) Temporary permission for development consisting of a mobile home for the duration of construction works. The works will form part of the previously approved development consisting of proposed dwelling house, roadside entrance, waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated works, reference numbers 16/832 and 17/746.

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 18248

• 6 Oct 2017Conditional

  Permission consequent on the grant of outline permission ref. 16/832. Development to consist of proposed dwelling house, roadside entrance, waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated works. **SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION RECEIVED 08/01/2018**

  Permission consequent, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 17746

• 17 Jul 2017Conditional

  Outline planning permission for development that will consist of a two storey dwelling, domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system, percolation area and associated site works incorporating site boundaries and site entrance. **Significant Further information received 10/11/2017**

  Outline permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 17546

• 7 Apr 2017Conditional

  Permission to construct a farm entrance to land from the public road.

  Permission · Louth County Council, 17264

• 22 Mar 2017Conditional

  Permission to construct a single storey house, proprietary effluent treatment system/percolation area - along with the ancillary site development works which includes new vehicular entrance to public road.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 17204

• 1 Mar 2017Conditional

  Retention permission for existing 24m telecommunications structure, carrying associated antennas and dishes, associated equipment, including associated equipment cabin, located in secure compound, security fencing and access track.

  Retention · Louth County Council, 17146

• 16 Jan 2017Conditional

  Permission to demolish single storey extension to the rear of dwelling, construct new two storey extension and modifications to existing dwelling.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 178

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 Philipstown.

Recorded monuments

• LH011-059001 Barrow - unclassified
  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 Local tradition of a mound, known as 'Mota Baile Pilip', which when levelled in 1891 produced a stone coffin (LH011-059002-) containing a skeleton and a sword (IFC Schools MSS 662, 172).

• LH011-059002 Cist
  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 A 'stone coffin' containing a skeleton and sword was reputedly found when a barrow (LH011-059001-) was removed. (IFC Schools MSS 665, 172)

• LH011-060 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated on a gentle S-N slope towards the river Glyde. Buckley (1986, no. 522, 44) noted the local tradition of a 'cave' here. Exposed in 2003 above a chamber, which was sealed with two large capstones, one of which is broken into three pieces. The chamber (2.9m N-S; 2.4m E-W; max. H 2m) is beehive shaped, corbelled and of drystone construction. A drystone passage with a lintelled roof leads off the chamber in an easterly direction. From the chamber there is a narrow entrance and slight rise into the passage. The passage varies in Wth from 0.52m to 1.07m and in H from 0.9m to 1.34 m with the narrowest and lowest part at the entrance to the chamber. This passage extends for 12.4m where it is blocked with collapsed material. Approximately a metre before this point of blockage a second passage leads off to the S for c. 2.1m where it is also blocked. Reference: Buckley, V. 1986 Archaeological Inventory of County Louth. Dublin. The Stationery Office. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload/revision: 23 November 2011

• LH011-061001 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 Undivided nave and chancel (max. ext. dims. 14m by 7m, T c. 0.9m) built of uncoursed rubble and greywacke. The W end of the nave, that is the area to the W of the S doorway, is filled to a height of c. 1.3m with clay which is retained by a modern cross-wall. The church has one doorway and two remaining windows. The window in the E end of the S wall is a single light with punch-dressed limestone. One large stone acts as a rounded arch and there are two jamb stones on either side with one glazing bar hole in each. All that remains of the E window is the embrasure. The doorway is situated in the W half of the S wall and is constructed of punch-dressed limestone. It has a reveal at each side, is slightly splayed and has no evidence for the remains of the arch. On the inner face of the S wall, just to the E of the doorway, there is a punch-dressed stoup with a well-carved human face on one side. A large truncated cone-shaped font is inserted in the modern cross-wall of the nave. It is roughly square in plan with rounded corners. The graveyard and church have been recently cleaned up and lines of plain gravestones all around the building have been exposed. The church is almost certainly of fifteenth- or sixteenth-century date because of the type of dressing on the limestone in the doorway and window frame. (CLAJ 1943, 208)

• LH011-061002 Graveyard
  Description

  Sub-rectangular graveyard indicated on 1835 'OS 6-inch' map (map dims. max. L 86m NW-SE; max. Wth. 51m NE-SW) with remains of 15th/16th century church (LH011-061001-) in NW. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 5 April 2012

• LH011-062 Souterrain
  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 Local tradition of a 'cave'.

• LH011-127 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.C.18) shows cropmark of an incomplete curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse. Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 10 June 2009

Architectural heritage

• House, 1750–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey straw thatched house, built c. 1775. Single-storey slate bay added to east and projecting square-headed porch added to south c. 1930. Two-storey outbuilding c. 1930, attached to west and single-storey outbuilding, c. 1930, to north-east. Range of two-storey outbuildings, c. 1850 to south-west. Pitched straw-thatched roof with brick chimneystack, thatch replaced by corrugated metal sheeting to rear (north). Lime-washed uncoursed rubble masonry walling. Square-headed window openings with rendered reveals, lime-washed stone sills and timber frame two-over-two sliding sash windows c. 1930. Square-headed door opening to projecting porch with tongue-and-groove timber door c. 1930. Three-bay two-storey range of outbuildings c. 1850 to south-west with pitched slate and corrugated metal roof, and having square-headed carriage openings to ground floor. House set back from road on private farm lane and surrounded by mature farmland.

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 Philipstown, 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 Philipstown.

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

Name

Philipstown · Baile Philib

Area

791,560 m² (79.16 ha, 195.6 acres)

Civil parish

Philipstown (Ardee Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Ardee

Electoral division

Tallanstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,069 people lived in 382 households in the Tallanstown electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Feraghs, Killeen, Lowrath North, Newrath, Rathneestin, Thomastown

Placenames

Philipstown 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.