Irishtown
Irishtown is a townland in the civil parish of Ardcath, barony of Duleek Upper, Co. Meath.
Parcel 148425
- Area
- 17,368 m² (1.74 ha, 4.29 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- P5 RA - Rural Area (Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied)) The objective
- Townland
- Irishtown
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 33.1 ha
- 82 acres
- Land parcels
- 17
- registered freehold, median 3,386 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Irishtown, from 469 m² to 182,608 m² (18.26 ha, 45.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 23 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
30 May 2025Conditional
the development consists of retention of an existing 2 storey rear extension, a side glass porch, an existing second vehicular entrance and two domestic sheds. The development will consist of the installation of a new septic tank, percolation area, and surface water soakaways in accordance with the site suitability assessment design, and all associated site development works
Retention · Meath County Council, 2560550
23 May 2025N/a
the development consists of retention of an existing 2 storey rear extension, a side glass porch, an existing second vehicular entrance and two domestic sheds. The development will consist of the installation of a new septic tank, percolation area, and surface water soakaways in accordance with the site suitability assessment design, and all associated site development works
Retention · Meath County Council, 2560526
1 Nov 2024Conditional
or 4no. dwelling houses, waste water treatment systems and associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Outline permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460918
1 Nov 2024Conditional
permission for 1. The demolition of all existing commercial buildings and structures. 2. Construction of an access road and water supply network to facilitate the future provision of 4no. dwelling houses within the site. 3. All associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460919
21 Aug 2024N/a
outline permission for 4no. dwelling houses, waste water treatment systems and associated site development works
Outline permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460660
19 Aug 2024N/a
permission for 1. The demolition of all existing commercial buildings and structures 2. Construction of an access road and water supply network to facilitate the future provision of 4no. dwelling houses within the site. 3. All associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460650
15 Apr 2021Conditional
permission for retention and completion of a 63sqm hobby room located in the rear garden and permission for retention of a 19 sqm sun room extension at the rear of the house
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21698
5 Mar 2021N/a
permission for 63 sq.m hobby located in the rear garden and permission for retention of a 19 sq.m sun room extension at the rear of the house
Permission · Meath County Council, 21420
23 Nov 2020Conditional
to construct new two storey clubrooms, to include dressing rooms, toilets, showers, community function room, community gym, office, meeting room, retention of existing prefabricated unit containing meeting room and toilet, demolition of existing clubrooms, installation of new waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, AA201780
10 Jul 2020Conditional
construction of a bungalow style dwelling with detached domestic garage, install a proprietary sewerage treatment system and form new entrance from public road.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA200898
8 Nov 2017Conditional
the development consists of the following: a) relocation of entrance to front of site, b) two storey extension to the rear of the house, c) conversion of attic with 4 roof lights to side and rear, d) change of external finishes at the front of the house, e) enlargement of single storey detached garage to the side of the house, f) detached workshop and office at the rear of the site, g) relocation of waste water treatment plant and percolation area in rear garden
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA171294
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Irishtown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Irishtown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Irishtown.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Irishtown, 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Irishtown.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Irishtown, Ardcath5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Irishtown
- Area
- 330,873 m² (33.09 ha, 81.76 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ardcath, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duleek Upper
- Electoral division
- Ardcath, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 2,119 people lived in 721 households in the Ardcath electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardcath, Bartramstown, Bunnianstown, Cloghan, Rath
- Placenames
- Irishtown 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.