Kilmainhamwood

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilmainhamwood, from 761 m² to 431,678 m² (43.17 ha, 106.67 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 60 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3H1 - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 0 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 (As Varied), Meath · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 18 Jun 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the following: construction of a single storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance onto public roadway, driveway, waste water treatment system, percolation area, landscaping and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560618

• 23 May 2025Conditional

  for construction of a two storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance onto private laneway, driveway, waste water treatment system, percolation area, landscaping and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560528

• 20 Nov 2018Conditional

  construct a two storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance onto existing public roadway, driveway, wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, landscaping and associated site works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA181375

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 Kilmainhamwood.

Recorded monuments

• ME005-014 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of a NE-facing slope. This is a circular grass and rush-covered area with some scrub (diam. 46m N-S; 43m E-W) that slopes down slightly to the S (H 1m). It is defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 5.2-6.2m; int. H 0.8-1m; ext. H 2.4-3.1m) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 5-8m; Wth of base 2-2.3m; ext. D 0.3m at S to 1.3m at N), which has an outer bank (Wth of base 3.8m; ext. H 0.9m) NW-ENE. The fosse may have been re-cut S-WSW. The widened entrance (Wth of base 4m) and causeway (Wth of top 3.4m; H 0.4-0.8m) are at ESE. 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: 3 September 2018

• ME005-027 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise that is on a small NE-SW ridge overlooking the NW-SE Kilmainham stream, which is c. 140m to the SW at the closest point. This is a raised circular and grass-covered area (diam. 34.3m NW-SE; c. 31m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 5.1m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 2.5m) ESE-W-NW, that is reduced to a scarp (at NNE: Wth 3.2m; H 3m) with a stone-faced field bank at the base elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. 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: 3 September 2018

• ME005-028 Church
  Description

  Situated on a S-facing slope of a NW-SE spur. Kilmainhamwood was a preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers of Kilmainham in Dublin, said to have been founded by the Prestons of Grangegorman, but there is no record of preceptors, so the manor may have been leased out from an early period (Hadcock 1964, 129; Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 337-8). At the Suppression in 1541 the manor was leased to James Fleming of Slane. At that time there was no rector, although there was a priest, but while a ruined castle is mentioned there is no reference to a church (White 1943, 110-1). Kilmainhamwood is not recorded by Ussher (1622) (Erlington 1847-64, 1, lxxxvii-xcvii) or Dopping (1682-5) (Ellison 1973) as a church in the deanery of Slane or Kells. The Church of Ireland church was built in 1803 (Lewis 1837, 2, 170) on an old site, but this building is now removed without trace. It is within a subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 63m NW-SE; c. 57m NE-SW) defined by stone walls on every side except the NW where there is a low bank and wire fence. A scarp (Wth c. 3m; H 1-1.5m) running W from the E angle of the graveyard may have provided the original limit of the church precinct. There is a cross-slab, a font, and a graveslab (L 2.08m; Wth 1.04m; T 0.12m) with a representation of a man and a woman, dating to c. 1690 (King 1987, 294) in the graveyard. There is also a record of a sheela-na-gig that might be from this graveyard (Guest 1936, 118), but it has not been recognised. The sandstone cross-slab (dims 0.46m x 0.13m; H 1.08m) has a rectangular hole (dims 0.14m x 0.12m) near the top, and on the E side is a ringed cross in relief. The shaft and arms (Wth 11-12cm) are delineated by two raised lines and the two raised lines of the ring (int. diam. 0.16m; ext. diam. 0.25m) connect the lines of the shaft and arms. The sandstone font is rectangular (ext. dims 0.58m x 0.58m; H 0.26-0.31) with the corners chamfered away. The circular basin (diam. 0.41m; D 0.16m) has no drain-hole and it was probably abandoned because the fracture on the base reduced its size. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 July, 2014

• ME005-028001 Graveslab
  Description

  This has been described by King (1987, 294). Effigial slab. c. 1690. This rectangular slab lies in the old churchyard on top of the hill above kilmainhamwood. It depicts a male and female effigy in relief under an angel’s head. The lady on the left side is smaller in stature than her husband, and she is missing the lower part of her right arm. There is no inscription visible. Dimensions: L 2.08m; Wth 1.04m; T 0.12m. Date of upload/revision: 31 July 2007

• ME005-028002 Cross-slab
  Description

  Situated in the graveyard associated with the preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers at Kilmainhamwood (ME005-028004-). The sandstone cross-slab (dims 0.46m x 0.13m; H 1.08m) has a rectangular hole (dims 0.14m x 0.12m) near the top, and on the E side is a ringed cross in relief. The shaft and arms (Wth 11-12cm) are delineated by two raised lines and the two raised lines of the ring (int. diam. 0.16m; ext. diam. 0.25m) connect the lines of the shaft and arms. 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 upload/revision: 31 July 2014

• ME005-028003 Sheela-na-gig
  Description

  From Guest (1936, 118): 'Sheela-na-gig buried in the ground and recorded by Guest in 1935 as in ‘Kilmainham, on the borders of Louth-Meath : buried in a churchyard (ME005-028001-) near the railway station, at least forty years ago. (From private information)’ Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 29 May 2012

• ME005-028004 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on NW-SE spur on a S-facing slope. The site of the preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers of Kilmainham in Dublin at Kilmainhamwood is within a graveyard (dims c. 63m NW-SE; c. 57m NE-SW) defined by stone walls on every side except the NW where there is a low bank and wire fence. A scarp (Wth c. 3m; H 1-1.5m) running W from the E angle of the graveyard may have provide the original limit of the church precinct. There is a cross-slab, a font and a graveslab in the graveyard, and there is a record of a sheela-na-gig. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 July, 2014

• ME005-028005 Font
  Description

  There is a font within the graveyard associated with the preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers at Kilmainhamwood (ME005-027----). The sandstone font is rectangular (ext. dims 0.58m x 0.58m; H 0.26-0.31) with the corners chamfered away. The circular basin (diam. 0.41m; D 0.16m) has no drain-hole, and the font was probably abandoned because the fracture on the base reduced its size. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 July, 2014

Architectural heritage

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

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 Kilmainhamwood, 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 Kilmainhamwood.

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 Kilmainhamwood with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Kilmainhamwood · Cill Mhaighneann

Area

1,136,496 m² (113.65 ha, 280.83 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmainham, and its townlands

Barony

Kells Lower

Electoral division

Kilmainham, the unit of the census

Census 2022

857 people lived in 307 households in the Kilmainham electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghamore, Coole, Eden, Keenaghan, Towas

Placenames

Kilmainhamwood 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.