Rathleek

38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathleek, from 46 m² to 570,201 m² (57.02 ha, 140.9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 62 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Leixlip LAP 2020-2023, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 16 Jan 2026N/a

  permission for a 10-year approval for development at this site consisting of up to approximately 23.99 kilometres (km) of 38 kilovolts (kV) underground cable (UGC) and all associated site and development works at various locations in County Meath with a total site area of c. 25.71 ha. The proposed development consists of the following elements: •Installation of 3no. new 38 kV underground cable routes or cable route sections and all associated site and development works within the administrative area of Meath County Council (MCC) as outlined below and illustrated on the maps herein: •The proposed Coolmine cable route section in MCC is approximately 3.42 km in length crossing the townlands of Hilltown, Jarretstown and Walterstown from east to west. • The proposed Leixlip cable route section in MCC is approximately 4.08 km in length crossing the townlands of Moor of Meath, Walterstown, Rathleek, Cappaghcreen and Milestown from south to north. • The proposed Macetown cable route is wholly within MCC and is approximately 16.49 km in length crossing the townlands of Cappaghcreen, Walterstown, Milestown, Rathleek, Oranstown, Castlefarm, Dunboyne and Bennetstown from south to north. The primary purpose of the proposed underground cables is to provide electrical power to the Dart+ West Railway project as granted under the DART+ West Railway Order (ACP Ref. 314232). The proposed underground cable routes will incorporate the following elements: • Communication links and fibre optic cables between all substations in the same trench as the UGC; • Joint bays and communication chambers along the UGC alignment; • Temporary construction laydown and work areas with ancillary staff facilities and parking, temporary access tracks, passing bays and water and utility crossings; • All associated and ancillary above and below ground site development works, including works comprising or relating to permanent and temporary construction and roadworks and excavation (including HDD) and vegetation clearance. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Assessment (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660066

• 14 Oct 2025Conditional

  EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply for permission for works to uprate the existing Rinawade – Dunfirth Tee – Kinnegad 110kV overhead line (OHL). Within County Meath, the proposed development will take place within the following townlands: JARRETSTOWN, WALTERSTOWN, MOOR OF MEATH, RATHLEEK, GRANGE, BOGGANSTOWN, CAPPAGHCREEN, BROWNSTOWN, SALESTOWN, AFFOLLUS, KILGRAIGUE, HARRISTOWN, PORTERSTOWN, KILCLONE, KIMMINS, BARROCKSTOWN, BALLYMAGILLIN, MULHUSSEY, FERRESTOWN, RODANSTOWN, BATTERSTOWN, DOLANSTOWN, CALGATH, BALFEAGHAN, KILGLIN, FERRANS, CASTLEJORDAN, GORTNAHORNA, KILLASKILLEN, CLONGALL, KNOCKERSALLY OR COLEHILL. The Rinawade - Dunfirth Tee - Kinnegad 110 kV OHL circuit runs through County Meath, County Kildare and County Offaly. It is 54 km in length and travels from Kinnegad 110 kV substation in Killaskillen (County Meath) and traverses southeast where a short loop into Dunfirth 110 kV substation in Dunfirth (County Kildare) exists. The line then continues southeast where it terminates at Rinawade 110kV substation in Rinawade Lower (County Kildare). The OHL has a total of 249no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Meath County Council, there is 23.16 km of the existing OHL circuit, with 107 no. structures. Within the functional area of Kildare County Council there is 30.66 km, with 140 no. structures, and within the functional area of Offaly County Council there is 0.42 km, with 2 no. structures. Separate planning applications will be lodged with Kildare County Council and Offaly County Council. The proposed development within Co. Meath will comprise: • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between structure numbers 1 - 37, 185 - 214, and 218 - 223; • the replacement of angle mast in-situ at 1no. location, with a new angle mast; • the strengthening of tower foundations at 3no. locations; • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 5no. locations; • the painting of towers at 7no. locations; • shear block remedial works of towers at 1no. locations; • the replacement of polesets at 38no. locations, with similar structures. There will be no change in height at 12no. poleset replacements. There will be height increases between 0.1m and 2.0m at 26no. poleset replacements. • the replumbing of polesets at 11no. locations; • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561103

• 22 Nov 2021Conditional

  for development at this site on land north of the L1015 Road. The development will consist of permission to amend the design of the approved development (Planning Reference 16/777) which comprises consent for a Solar PV Energy Development. Proposed amendments include: (1) Customer substation to be removed. (2) Transformer containers to relocate, increase in size and reduce in numbers. (3) Storage container to relocate. (4) Change in height and layout of deer fencing. (5) Reduction in height and number of CCTV cameras. (6) Change in height and angle of solar panels. (7) Slight alteration to the access tracks. (8) MW output to be reduced from 7.8MW to 7.4MW, and (9) Project lifetime proposed to be extended from 30 years to 35 years. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of clarification that the site area is 13.16ha; the duration allowed for the works permitted under planning application reference 16/777 is sought to be increase to 10 years from the date of the final grant of permission (29th November 2016)

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 211639

• 12 Oct 2021Refused

  Extension of duration of Planning Ref. No. 16/777 - the development of a solar PV panel array with an export capacity of 7.8MW comprising approximately 30,100 photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames within a site area of 12.10 hectares, 6 no. single storey MV substations, 1 no. single storey DSO substation, 1 no. single storey customer substation, 1 no. single storey spares building, 1 no. communications pole, boundary security fencing, CCTV, associated electrical cabling and ducting, alteration to existing entrance to include access gates and all associated ancillary development works

  Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 211471

• 5 Feb 2018Conditional

  development will consist of the following: 1. Construction of a new detached, storey-and-half dwelling 2. New entrance to site 3. New proprietary wastewater treatment system & percolation area 4. All associated site works . Significant Further Information /Revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA180107

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 Rathleek.

Recorded monuments

• ME053-004 Church
  Description

  Situated on a hill in a fairly level landscape. A chapel at Rathleek in the large parish of Dunboyne does not occur in the ecclesiastical lists, but it is amongst nine chapels recorded by Cogan (1862-70, vol. 1, 190), who says that this church had been removed by c. 1840. At that time artefacts and bones were recovered when levelling an earthen bank. The location is known locally, and the top of the hill is defined by a curving field bank SW-N-NE (diam. c. 100m). 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: 12 May 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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 Rathleek, about 1 in 20 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2935 (ZIP).

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

Name

Rathleek

Area

1,132,209 m² (113.22 ha, 279.77 acres)

Civil parish

Dunboyne, and its townlands

Barony

Dunboyne

Electoral division

Dunboyne, the unit of the census

Census 2022

10,698 people lived in 3,434 households in the Dunboyne electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bogganstown, Confey (Co. Kildare), Grange, Knockudder, Milestown, Moor of Meath, Sion (Co. Kildare), Walterstown

Placenames

Rathleek 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.