Roristown

8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Roristown, from 6,465 m² (0.65 ha, 1.6 acres) to 503,040 m² (50.3 ha, 124.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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 · 35 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 24 Aug 2026N/a

  the development will consist of refurbishment works to 36.3 kilometres (km) of OHL, comprising provision of fibre wrap; replacement of 4 no. steel towers; replacement of 127 no. pole-sets/poles; replacement of 6 no. pole-set cross arms only; refurbishment work to 3 no. steel towers and 19 no. wooden pole-sets; and the treatment and painting of 4 no. steel towers. These structures (No’s. 1-181) and the associated OHL lie between wherethe Blundelstown – Mullingar 110kV OHL commences at Structure 1 in the townland of Harlockstown and stretches to the border with County Westmeath in the townland of Carranstown Great, crossing the County Meath townlands of Harlockstown, Blackhall Big, Lynaghstown, Barstown, Kilclone, Collistown, Warrenstown, Jenkinstown, Mullagh, Kilmore, Knockstown, Moynalvy, Ballygortagh, Curraghdoo, Clonymeath, Derryclare, Clonmahon, Drumard, Ginnets Little, Dangan, Umberstown Little, Umberstown Great, Stokestown, Laracor, Summerstown, Newtownmoynagh, Carberrystown, Kennastown, Derrindaly, Bellewstown, Kilmurry, Woodtown (Abbott), Pubblestown, Portanab, Moyrath, Rathcormick, Rathkenna, Coolronan and Carranstown Great. The Proposed Development also includes 3 no. temporary Construction Compounds in the townlands of Barstown, Pubblestown and Rathkenna. The refurbishment works in County Meath will consist of: the replacement (‘restringing’) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor; the installation of fibre wrap; the replacement of 4 no. steel towers and 127 no. wooden pole-sets/poles with similar dimensions and heights as the existing (replacement towers will be no more than 0.5m taller than existing and replacement pole-sets/poles will be no more than 3m taller than existing); the installation of replacement parts on towers and pole-sets; foundation refurbishment strengthening and recapping / clearing of shear blocks; treatment and painting of towers to be retained; all associated site development works, including temporary works areas; vegetation maintenance works; ancillary site preparation works, site clearance and levelling at the 3 no. temporary Construction Compounds; temporary works to existing tracks and new temporary access routes to each structure; and all associated works required to facilitate the Proposed Development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2661061

• 17 Nov 2025N/a

  a) Construction of an agricultural building to include a new milking parlour, dairy & ancillary rooms, drafting & handling facilities, waiting yard, external milk silo, meal bin, water storage tank & underground slatted soiled water storage tanks, calving area and calf rearing area. b) Construction of an agricultural livestock shed to include cubicles, straw bedded area, feeding area and underground slatted slurry storage tanks. c) Construction of 2 no. silage pits, a maize pit and a Dungstead and all associated site works. Please Note: a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561249

• 3 Nov 2025N/a

  a) Construction of an agricultural building to include a new milking parlour, dairy & ancillary rooms, drafting & handling facilities, waiting yard, external milk silo, meal bin, water storage tank & underground slatted soiled water storage tanks, calving area and calf rearing area. b) Construction of an agricultural livestock shed to include cubicles, straw bedded area, feeding area and underground slatted slurry storage tanks. c) Construction of 2 no. silage pits, a maize pit and a Dungstead and all associated site works. Please Note: a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561184

• 20 Jun 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the construction of a two storey type dwelling, detached domestic garage, a waste water treatment system, new entrance arrangement and all associated site works on this site

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560633

• 11 Apr 2023Refused

  the construction of a two storey style dwelling, detached domestic garage, a domestic wastewater disposal system, new site entrance and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23386

• 6 Apr 2021Conditional

  the development will consist of revisions to an existing Grant of Permission, ref. no. TA/1917025 and will include the following: (1) Change of house type and design to entirely single storied. (2) Minor revisions to the site layout to include repositioning the house and domestic garage. (3) All ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21634

• 16 Dec 2019Conditional

  (1) To construct a part single, part two storied dwelling house and a detached domestic garage.(2)To install a wastewater treatment unit and percolation area. (3) To construct a stables building, dungstead and effluent collection tank. (4) To make a new entrance onto the road along with all ancillary site development works. Significant Further Information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA191702

• 19 Jun 2017Conditional

  to construct a farm building consisting of following: (A) Staff canteen, shower, toilet and rest areas. (B) Farm office, animal welfare room and ancillary storage area. (C) To install a waste water treatment unit and percolation area. (D) Staff car parking area along with all ancillary site development works (Screening for Appropriate Assessment submitted)

  Permission · Meath County Council, TA170709

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
• Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA 004232

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Roristown.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Roristown, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2558 (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 Roristown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Roristown

Area

1,014,423 m² (101.44 ha, 250.67 acres)

Civil parish

Trim, and its townlands

Barony

Moyfenrath Lower

Electoral division

Trim Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

9,201 people lived in 3,063 households in the Trim Rural electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bellewstown, Derrinydaly, Kennastown, Newhaggard, Newtownmoynagh

Placenames

Roristown 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.