Stonehouse

52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Stonehouse, from 17 m² to 296,805 m² (29.68 ha, 73.34 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Stonehouse 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.

• 9 Feb 2026N/a

  Ar cead pleanala chun an rochtain fheithiclí atá ann cheana a athlonnú trí rochtain nua feithiclí a chruthú ar an mbóthar poiblí agus an rochtain reatha a dhúnadh, mar aon le gach obair forbartha láithreáin ghaolmhar. Planning permission to relocate the existing vehicular access by creating a new vehicular access onto the public road and to close the existing access on to the public road, together with all associated site development works at Keeverstown, Grange bellew, Co Louth. *Significant Further Information received on 23/09/2026*

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2660056

• 12 Sept 2025Conditional

  Permission for a new feed store at an existing farm yard

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2560577

• 29 Apr 2025N/a

  Tá sé ar intinn agam, James Flood, iarratas a dhéanamh ar chead pleanálachun an rochtain fheithiclí atá ann cheana a athlonnú trí rochtain nua feithiclía chruthú ar an mbóthar poiblí agus an rochtain reatha a dhúnadh, mar aon legach obair forbartha láithreáin ghaolmhar, ag Baile Mhic Íomhair,Gráinseach an Dísirt, Contae Lú. Planning permission to relocate the existing vehicular access by creating a new vehicular access onto the public road and to close the existing access, together with all associated site development works.

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2560243

• 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

• 8 Jul 2020Conditional

  Permission for single storey domestic garage within curtilage of a protected structure Ref LHS 018-014

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20491

• 18 Jun 2020N/a

  Permission for single storey domestic garage

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20418

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 Stonehouse.

Recorded monuments

• LH018-042 Enclosure
  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 Marked as large enclosure on a hilltop on Taylor and Skinner's map of 1777. No visible surface trace.

Architectural heritage

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay single-storey thatched house, built c. 1800. Rectangular-plan, porch to west, rubble stone addition to north and south. Pitched thatched roof, random rubble stone chimneystack; corrugated-iron roofs to north and south additions. Lime-washed roughcast rendered walling. Square-headed window openings, painted timber one-over-one sliding sash windows, two-over-two to south addition. Square-headed door openings to porch, painted timber vertically-sheeted door; square-headed door opening to south addition, painted timber vertically-sheeted half-door. House opens onto gravel drive bounded by rubble stone wall to south-west; set on narrow country lane; cast-iron pump to south, with cow's tail handle ridge domed cap, cylindrical shaft.

• Stone House, house, 1750–1770 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay three-storey over basement house, built c. 1760. Rectangular double-pile plan, single-storey addition to west c. 1800. Pitched slate roofs, clay ridge tiles, red brick and smooth rendered corbelled chimneystacks, tooled stone verge coping, moulded cast-iron gutters to overhanging eaves, circular cast-iron downpipes. Painted roughcast-rendered walling, painted stone plinth and V-jointed quoins. Square-headed window openings, painted smooth rendered soffits and reveals, painted timber six-over-six (ground and first floors), three-over-three (second floor) and one-over-one (ground floor south elevation) sliding sash windows; painted timber fixed-light windows to west extension. Open-bed pedimented north entrance, tooled limestone raking cornice, engaged Doric columns on block plinths, incised benchmark west plinth, painted timber Y-tracery fanlight in dressed limestone tympanum; square-headed door opening, dressed limestone surround, painted timber twelve-panel door, dressed limestone threshold and flagstones; square-headed door opening to extension, painted vertically-sheeted timber door. Set in own grounds; driveway to north and east, grass to south, east and west, limestone balustrade running eastwards from north-east corner of house; single- and two-storey random rubble stone outbuildings to south-east around concrete yard, pitched slate and corrugated-iron roofs, hipped to west building, red brick bellcote to north-west building, square- and segmental-headed openings, some red brick surrounds, painted vertically-sheeted timber doors, stone steps to west end of north-west building.

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 Stonehouse, about 1 in 5 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 Stonehouse.

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

Name

Stonehouse · Stónús

Area

1,964,850 m² (196.49 ha, 485.53 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, Burren, Cartanstown, Castletown, Groom, Kearneystown, Keeverstown, Longstones, Priest Town, Roxborough

Placenames

Stonehouse 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.