Irishtown

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Irishtown, from 169 m² to 413,805 m² (41.38 ha, 102.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 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 · 61 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 5 May 2026N/a

  the construction of a two storey, detached dwelling house, detached garage with plant room and storage, new vehicular entrance, roadside hedgerow to be setback and replanted as necessary, new access road, New wastewater treatment unit and percolation area along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 26123

• 30 Apr 2026N/a

  the development will consist of. Retention planning permission for the following; 1. Retention of 4no. own door farm staff accommodation units consisting of two 3 bedroom and two 4 bedroom units in a single storey terraced block, associated well and pump house, along with all associated landscape, site works and service connections. Planning Permission. 2. To alter the two 4 Bedroom units above to two 3 bedroom units. 3. Relocation of the existing farmyard entrance gateway and setting back of the existng roadside boundary hedge and existing field gate to achieve the appropriate sightlines, to access the above, 4. New wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter to serve the above

  Permission · Meath County Council, 26116

• 30 Mar 2026N/a

  the development will consist of. Retention planning permission for the following; 1. Retention of 4no. own door farm staff accommodation units consisting of two 3 bedroom and two 4 bedroom units ( to be altered to two 3 bedroom units), in a single storey terraced block, associated well and pump house, along with all associated landscape, site works and service connections. Planning Permission. 2. Relocation of the existing farmyard entrance gateway and setting back of the existng roadside boundary hedge and existing field gate to achieve the appropriate sightlines, to access the above, 3. New wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter to serve the above

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2696

• 20 Feb 2025Conditional

  RETENTION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND EXTENSIONS AS CONSTRUCTED TOGETHER WITH PERMISSION FOR REMOVAL/ DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALLATION OF REPLACEMENT WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TO SERVE EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560155

• 2 Apr 2024Conditional

  The development consists of retention of revisions to the existing house including (1) conversion of the attached garage to a home office, (2) conversion of attic space over attached garage to a TV Room, and retention of rooflights to the front and rear elevations of this TV Room, (3) addition of two dormer windows to the front elevation of the side extension to the house, (4) addition of a rooflight to the front elevation of the attic to the house. (5) increase in the size of the balcony to the side elevation of the extension to the house. (6) increase in width of the dormer window to the rear elevation of the house (7) rooflight added to en-suite to rear elevation of house, (8) single storey living room extension added to the rear of the original house, (9) single storey covered patio area added to the rear of original house (10) single storey sun-room added to the rear of the side extension permitted under Planning Reg. Ref, 97383 & 961562. Retention permission is also sought for a single storey detached garden room to the rear of the garden and all associated site works and services.

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2460228

• 12 Apr 2022Conditional

  the development will consist of (i) a new above-ground treated water reservoir on top of an earthen embankment with associated connection, scour and overflow pipework; (ii) a control building housing a secondary chlorination facility and welfare facility, together with all associated and ancillary works; (iii) an attenuation pond; (iv) solar panels on the roof of the proposed reservoir, the roof of the proposed control building, and the roof of the existing earthen embankment rectangular reservoir; and (v) all ancillary development including entrance on to the public road, groundworks, security fencing, lighting, landscaping, SuDS drainage system and mechanical and electrical service connections

  Permission · Meath County Council, 22475

• 25 Mar 2022N/a

  the development will consist of (i) a new above-ground treated water reservoir on top of an earthen embankment with associated connection, scour and overflow pipework; (ii) a control building housing a secondary chlorination facility and welfare facility, together with all associated and ancillary works; (iii) an attenuation pond; (iv) solar panels on the roof of the proposed reservoir, the roof of the proposed control building, and the roof of the existing earthen embankment rectangular reservoir; and (v) all ancillary development including entrance on to the public road, groundworks, security fencing, lighting, landscaping, SuDS drainage system and mechanical and electrical service connections

  Permission · Meath County Council, 22380

• 20 Apr 2018Conditional

  a 10 year permission for development on lands in the townland of Irishtown, Kilbrew, Co. Meath. The development will consist of the construction of an up to 8.7 MW solar PV farm comprising approximately 27,800 no. photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames within a site area of 10.82 hectares and associated ancillary development including 8 no. transformer stations, 8 no. auxiliary transfomer stations, 8 no. inverters, 1 no. single storey storage building, 1 no. single storey communications building, 1 no. single storey client building, 3 no. CCTV security cameras mounted on 4 metre high poles and perimeter security fencing (2 metres high);1 no. single storey client side substation (DNO) and 1 no. CCTV security camera mounted on a 4 metre high pole on a 0.04 hectare site on the eastern side of the landholding to the east of the area of the photovoltaic panels; the construction of a vehicular access from the adjoining L5003-44 road; and the construction of a hardcore access track between the area of the photovoltaic panels, the client side substation and the proposed road access point (0.19 hectares)

  Permission · Meath County Council, AA180383

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 Irishtown.

Recorded monuments

• ME038-011 Henge
  Description

  This monument was discovered through aerial survey undertaken by L. Swan. It encloses the top of ‘Windmill Hill’, which rises slightly (H c. 3m) over the perimeter. The enclosure lies on limestone and shale drift, upon which a grey-brown podzolic soil has formed 1 km N of the River Hurley, a tributary of the River Nanny. A ceremonial enclosure (Kilbrew ME033-010----) is situated on the crest of a low ridge on the SW-facing slope of Windmill Hill, 110m to the south-west. The Irishtown enclosure is in an extremely denuded condition. The bank has suffered from spade cultivation, which took place on the flanks of the hill in the preceding centuries. It is nonetheless possible to trace a continuous circuit of bank with a maximum overall diameter of 245m. The bank is best preserved to the N and W, where it varies in width from 10m to 22m, with a maximum height of 0.5m. There is no ditch, but there is a broad, shallow, scarped area inside the bank, 20-28m wide. In the E is a 22m wide break in the bank. Another possible entrance feature in the SW has been partly obliterated by the site of a lime-kiln and quarry. The south-west arc of the bank runs up to the area of disturbance, but there is 27m gap south of the quarry. The ditch (Wth c. 20m) can be seen on OSI images (2005-12) SW-N-NE as a darker colour. A gradiometer survey (17R0020) by J. M. Leigh identified the ditch very clearly with traces of an external bank (Wth c. 12m) and possibly an internal one. Furthermore, ditches, perhaps from three enclosures or ring-ditches (diam. c. 30m) could be entwined with the perimeter W-N. An exclusion zone was established outside these features and archaeological testing (17E0116) by M. Hurley (2017) of development land outside the exclusion zone produced no related material. More testing (20E0694) by J. Whitaker just outside the monument at NE had a similar result (excavations.ie 20220:485). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 10 January 2017 Amended: 13 April 2022, 13 July 2022

• ME038-011001 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on the gentle W-facing slope of Windmill Hill. A magnetic gradiometer survey (17R0020) by J. M. Leigh (2017) identified two enclosures and a possible third entwined with the perimeter of the Irishtown henge. Two straight lengths of a possible ditch, are entwined with the signal for the ditch of the henge at the W edge of that feature enclosing a rectangular area (dims c. 30m). See the attached illustration adapted from Leigh (2017, fig. 3) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 April 2022

• ME038-011002 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on the gentle NW-facing slope of Windmill Hill. A magnetic gradiometer survey (17R0020) by J. M. Leigh (2017) identified two enclosures and a possible third entwined with the perimeter of the Irishtown henge. An oval feature (dims c. 50m plus NW-SE; c. 35m NE-SW) is defined by a ditch (Wth c. 3m), which is evident NW-E-S. It is situated over the signal for the bank and ditch of the henge at the NW edge of that feature, and another enclosure (ME038-011003-) is entwined just to the NE. See the attached illustration adapted from Leigh (2017, fig. 3) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 April 2022

• ME038-011003 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on the gentle NW-facing slope of Windmill Hill. A magnetic gradiometer survey (17R0020) by J. M. Leigh identified two enclosures and a possible third entwined with the perimeter of the Irishtown henge. Two lengths of a possible ditch, are entwined with the signal for the ditch of the henge at the NW edge of that feature enclosing a circular area (diam. c. 30m). The feature is only visible NW-N and SE-S and would be entwined with the perimeter of a larger oval enclosure (ME038-011002-) just to the SW. See the attached illustration adapted from Leigh (2017, fig. 3) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 April, 2022

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).

Radon

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Irishtown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Irishtown

Area

932,990 m² (93.3 ha, 230.55 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmoon, and its townlands

Barony

Skreen

Electoral division

Kilbrew, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilbrew electoral division: 4,064 people in 1,253 households; 82% of households own their home; 58% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhack, Kilbrew, Kilbrew, Kilmoon, Painestown, Primatestown, Reask, Riggins, Yellowshar

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.