Rath

10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rath, from 305 m² to 520,574 m² (52.06 ha, 128.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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 · 30 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 15 May 2026N/a

  The development will consist of the following: 1) to construct a part two-storied, part single storied dwelling house and a detached domestic garage, 2) to install a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area, 3) to make a new entrance onto the road along with entrance gates, walls and piers, 4) all ancillary site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660587

• 5 Sept 2024Conditional

  (i) demolition of existing two-storey, four-bedroom, detached dwelling with associated detached single-storey garage and demolition of all existing farm buildings inclusive of 3 no. two-storey sheds and 1 no. single-storey glasshouse; (ii) removal of existing vehicular entrance via R125 (iii) construction of a replacement two-storey four-bedroom detached dwelling, with attached single storey carport/storage area, and the construction of a two-storey outbuilding comprising garage, plant and store room on the ground floor level and gym and art room on the first floor level. The replacement dwelling and outbuilding will be served by a new vehicular entrance off R125 (iv) construction of a farm complex comprising 1 no. two-storey building (comprising workshop, office, canteen and storage uses at ground floor level, and a two-bedroom staff accommodation apartment at first floor level), 3 no. single-storey barns, horse walker, lunge pen and sand area. The farm complex will be accessible via an existing vehicular entrance off R125; (v) construction of 2 no. single-storey grain sheds accessed via the existing vehicular entrance off Ballaghaweary road; and (vi) the development will also include all associated works, inclusive of landscaping, planting, boundary treatments, lighting and foul/surface drainage infrastructure (including 2 no. foul treatment systems & percolation beds, 1 no. underground tank, and no. 3 stone soakways) as necessary to facilitate the development. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 2460706

• 23 Feb 2018Refuse permission

  Permission for (i) construction of 1 no. two storey 4 bedroom dwelling

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F18A/0086

• 23 Jan 2017Conditional

  change of house type to that previously granted under planning permission ref: AA/150006 extension of previous permission DA/901836 at The Rath, Kilsallaghan, Co. Meath. The development will consist of; a single storey dwelling & separate garage structure for 1no. vehicle with new site access, percolation area & associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, AA170042

• 28 Nov 2016Grant permission

  Demolish the existing utility room extension to the south, demolish ex

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F16A/0536

• 30 May 2011Grant permission

  Erection of agricultural building containing 9 stables and tack room a

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F10A/0436

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 Rath.

Recorded monuments

• ME045-023 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a slight NE-facing slope on the W bank of a small S-N stream. The cropmark of a subrectangular enclosure (dims c. 50m NE-SW; c. 35m NW-SE) defined by single fosses or drains is visible on an oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP: BDP 029) from 1970. It backs onto the stream at NE but has its own defining feature on this side and the NW side is convex with an entrance gap at the centre. The enclosure is also partly visible on Digital Globe (c. 2013). The enclosure (ME045-055----) and field system (ME045-056----) are just across the stream to the NE. 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: 12 August, 2014 Amended: 17 December 2021

• ME045-055 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a slight W-facing slope down to the valley of a canalised SE-NW stream. The cropmark of a subrectangular enclosure (dims c. 15m x c. 15m) defined by wide ditches is visible on Digital Globe images (2011-13). It is also visible on Google Earth (04/07/2008; 30/05/2009; 24/06/2018; 21/04/2019). It was first reported by T. Condit. Field banks of a small system 9ME045-056----) are attached to the perimeter. See the atttached view from Digital Globe (2011-13) Compiled by: David O’Connor Date of upload: 4 November 2013

• ME045-056 Field system
  Description

  Situated on a slight W-facing slope down to a small S-N stream. A small field system (dims c. 50m NW-SE; c. 50m NE-SW) defined by the crop marks of sections of ditches is attached to the N of the small enclosure (ME045-055----) and is visible on Digital Globe images (2011-13) and Google Earth (04/07/2008; 30/05/2009; 24/06/2018; 21/04/2019).. it was first reported by T. Condit. See the attached view from Digital Globe (2011-13) Compiled by: David O’Connor Date of upload: 4 November 2013 Amended: 21 December 2021

• ME045-057 Enclosure
  Description

  A circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph (ME034-016----) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Compiled by: David O’Connor Date of upload: 4 November 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Rath, 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.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rath.

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

Name

Rath

Area

994,480 m² (99.45 ha, 245.74 acres)

Civil parish

Greenoge, and its townlands

Barony

Ratoath

Electoral division

Donaghmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

14,217 people lived in 4,598 households in the Donaghmore electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballaghaweary, Dunmucky (Co. Dublin), Greenoge, Masspool, Newtown Commons, Thorntown (Co. Dublin)

Placenames

Rath 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.