Riverstown

113 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Riverstown, from 24 m² to 363,555 m² (36.36 ha, 89.84 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 · 140 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 22 Apr 2026N/a

  planning permission to construct 1 No. poultry house and 2 No. Manure loading /general Purpose Stores together with all ancillary structures (to include 4 No. meal storage bins and soiled water tank) and the provision of an on-site waste water treatment system and percolation area) and associated site works (to include new/upgraded site entrance and internal laneway), associated with the above development. A Natura Impact Statement (N.I.S.) will be submitted with this planning application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660459

• 11 Dec 2025Refused

  The development will consist of (a) 5 no. 1 bed detached glamping units each with private amenity space together with a communal amenity space to include open pergola and outdoor sauna unit. (b) 7 no. car parking spaces (c) Bicycle parking for 8 no. bicycles, (d) Service building with reception / office and utility room (e) Proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter, (f) BRE 365 attenuation area (g) Entrance, driveway and walkways together with all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561353

• 27 Nov 2025N/a

  The development will consist of (a) 5 no. 1 bed detached glamping units each with private amenity space together with a communal amenity space. (b) 7 no. car parking spaces (c) Bicycle parking for 8 no. bicycles, (d) Service building with reception / office and utility room (e) Proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter, (f) Entrance, driveway and walkways together with all associated site works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561294

• 5 Aug 2025Conditional

  planning permission on previously approved site reg. ref. 21/539 for a ground floor (c.15m sq.) extension and first floor (c.50m sq.) extension to rear of existing two storey dwelling including internal and external alterations with amended extension design to that approved under reg. ref. 21/539 all located

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560819

• 28 May 2024Conditional

  the development will consist of the construction of a single-story extension to the rear of existing stable, and convert existing stables into music room and study area, all with associated site works and landscaping

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24230

• 20 May 2024N/a

  the development will consist of the construction of a single-story extension to the rear of existing stable, and convert existing stables into music room and study area, all with associated site works and landscaping

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24215

• 16 Feb 2024Conditional

  planning application for permission for the retention and completion of extension and amendments to existing single storey detached travellers lodge building and site layout plan to enhance existing accommodation and provide increased ground floor footprint (c.52m sq. total ground floor area of combined original/recently added) and additional attic storage space (c.15m sq. total non-habitable attic level area) all for ancillary use with main dwelling (Brook Lodge) and proposed connection of same to existing wwts & percolation area located on landholding currently serving main dwelling all located at Riverstown, Kilmessan, Co. Meath, C15Y446. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460115

• 20 Oct 2023Conditional

  (1) to construct a 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 cul-de-sac roadway and (4) all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23994

• 1 Sept 2023Conditional

  this is for variations to planning granted under Ref. No. AA/201354 and include the following: (1) Revised storey and a half roof details to front of dwelling and also additional windows and roof detail instead of vertical and sloped roof lights to the front of the house at first floor level (2) Revised windows layout to the front elevation and revisions to front entrance door area (3) Revised window layout to the rear of the house instead of vertical and sloped roof light (4) and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 23850

• 20 Apr 2023Conditional

  permission for retention for a period of 2 years of existing shed and timber frames structure consisting of 4 bedroom, bathroom and kitchen/dining area and permission to demolish existing shed and to construct an extension to the rear of existing dwelling house, permission to replace existing treatment system and to install new septic tank and percolation area on site and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23426

• 30 Mar 2023N/a

  permission for retention for a period of 2 years of existing shed and timber frames structure consisting of 4 bedroom, bathroom and kitchen/dining area and permission to construct an extension to the rear of existing dwelling house, permission to replace existing treatment system and to install new septic tank and percolation area on site and all associated site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23343

• 3 Mar 2023Conditional

  the construction of a new 1.5 storey detached domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23231

• 22 Feb 2023Conditional

  (a) construction of an agricultural building to include: (i) a milking parlour (ii) dairy and ancillary rooms (iii) assembly yard with underground slatted tank and (iv) straw bedded calving area (b) construction of an agricultural building to include cubicle housing with underground slatted tank (c) construction of an extension to existing agricultural shed to include cubicle housing (d) erection of meal bins, external water storage tank, external milk silo and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23170

• 13 Feb 2023Conditional

  a revised wastewater treatment system and associated site works to serve the previously approved dwelling, planning permission reference: AA191799

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23133

• 21 Oct 2022Refused

  EXTENSTION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION AA170433 - Construction of a storey and a half residence, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, new entrance and all associated site development works

  Extension of duration, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 221379

• 19 Sept 2022Conditional

  alterations to the existing dwelling, the construction of a single storey extension to the rear, the decommissioning of the existing septic tank and the upgrade to a new domestic wastewater disposal system along with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221231

• 10 Aug 2022N/a

  retention of existing shed and timber frames structure consisting of 4 bedroom, bathroom and kitchen/dining area and permission to provide external insulation with a new rendered finish to same, permission to construct a link extension consisting of hall, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom, all to the rear of existing dwelling house, permission to replace existing treatment system and to install new septic tank and percolation area on site permission to demolish existing shed and all associated site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221049

• 28 Jul 2022N/a

  retention of existing shed and timber frames structure consisting of 4 bedroom, bathroom and kitchen/dining area and permission to provide external insulation with a new rendered finish to same, permission to construct a link extension consisting of hall, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom, all to the rear of existing dwelling house, permission to replace existing treatment system and to install new septic tank and percolation area on site and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22999

• 24 Mar 2021Conditional

  the retention of existing single storey sunroom, dining and sitting room as well as permission to construct a bedroom extension at first floor incorporating a utility and porch at ground floor level, replacing the existing entrance with a new site entrance, and to construct and relocate a replacement agricultural shed for farm machinery storage to include site works. Significant Further information /Revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 21539

• 22 Jan 2021Conditional

  development consists of to construct part two storey and part single type dwelling, detached domestic garage, installing a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area, and to make a new entrance onto the road along with all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21107

• 3 Feb 2020Refused

  A 132sqm single story Log Cabin and concrete base, on the same site as previously granted 72/954, existing entrance to be revised to be a dual entrance, landscaping and all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA200105

• 15 Jan 2020N/a

  A 132sqm single story Log Cabin and concrete base, on the same site as previously granted 72/954, existing entrance to be revised to be a dual entrance, landscaping and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, AA200036

• 23 Dec 2019Conditional

  a single storey dwelling and domestic garage, new site entrance, site waste water treatment system and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA191799

• 26 Nov 2019Conditional

  construction of an entrance porch to front of existing bungalow type dwelling, for the construction of a Granny Flat unit to side of existing dwelling to upgrade existing septic tank to waste water treatment system & polishing filter & all asssociated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, AA191587

• 13 Jun 2019Unconditional

  EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION NA/130872 - To construct a two storey type dwelling

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA190757

The 25 most recent of 36 applications.

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 Riverstown.

Recorded monuments

• ME031-013 Enclosure
  Description

  The following 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. Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007 Subrectangular area (dims. 55m E-W, 40m N-S) defined by defaced earthen bank. Possible entrance gap (W 2.5m) at NNW.

• ME031-031001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated at the bottom of a NW-facing slope of the Tara ridge. The Dillon family have been in Ireland since 1185 and were settled principally around Drumraney (WM023-036----) Co. Westmeath, although scions of the family created dynasties in Roscommon in the sixteenth century based on their castle at Loughglinn (RO020-003001-). The family were also successful at filling many ecclesiastical posts and marrying into the gentry families of the Pale. Around the second quarter of the sixteenth century Sir James Dillon, the third son of Robert Dillon of Proudstown, married Jane Rivers, the heiress of Riverstown (ME031-031001-), and this and other properties passed to the Dillon family (Conwell 1873, 372-79). Thomas Dillon of Ryverston was a juror in 1540 (White 1943, 17). According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) Andrew Dillon of Riverstown owned 320 acres at Riverstown in Skreen barony in 1640, and the property included ‘a ruinated castle’ (Simington 1940, 71). Andrew also owned property at Castletown Tara (ME031-016----). This is a four storey tower house vaulted over the ground floor with projecting square corner towers at every angle except the N. The W tower (ext. dims 3.65m NW-SE; 2.05m NE-SW) projects SW and contains a newel stairs, and the S tower (ext. dims 1.9m NW-SE; 1.55m NE-SW) contains garderobes and projects SW. The tower at the E angle projects SE (ext. dims 3.9m NE-SW; 2.75m NW-SE) and had had no special function. The original pointed entrance on the NW wall leads through a lobby protected by a murder-hole and an inner pointed doorway to the ground floor chamber (int. dims 5.3m NW-SE; 4.5m NE-SW) with a NW-SE barrel-vault. There is a blocked or robbed light on each wall and a lintelled doorway leads to the E tower, which is rebated at every level to support three upper floors. From the entrance lobby a short passage leads to a newel stairs in the W tower and the first floor over the vault that has robbed windows in the NE and SW walls and a fireplace on the NW wall. There are corbels in the NW and SE walls to support the second floor. The second and third floors are inaccessible now and obscured with ivy, but repeat the pattern of the first with large windows. The parapet does not survive, but the corner towers rise above the surviving walls of the main structure. A stone house (ME031-031002-) is attached to the NW, and the original doorway of the tower house leads directly into it. 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: 6 July 2016

• ME031-031002 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  Situated at the bottom of a NW-facing slope of the Tara ridge, and attached to the NW of tower house (ME031-031001-). The house (int. dims 13.8m plus NW-SE; 6.5m NE-SW) only survives partially on the ground floor which has a barrel-vault. There are two blocked or destroyed windows in the longer NE wall and one in the SW wall (L 7.6m), but the NW wall and any evidence of an original entrance and garderobes is missing. 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: 6 July 2016

• ME031-032 Henge
  Description

  This monument is described by Stout (1991, 271) as: The full extent of this enclosure was not known prior to aerial survey undertaken by L. Swan. It is located on a ridge west of the Hill of Tara and is separated from Tara by a small stream. The geology and soil conditions are similar to Rath Meave (ME037-008----). The northern half of the enclosing bank has been completely levelled and it can only be detected as a crop mark on aerial photographs. The monument would originally have had a maximum overall diameter of 150m. The enclosing bank reaches a maximum height of 2m and has an atypical rounded profile. It has a width of 7m at its base, which is narrow compared with the other Boyne-type enclosures, perhaps as a result of continuous cultivation, which cut back the face of the bank. The interior of this site has a domed shape which must have resulted from the quarrying of the perimeter area to acquire bank material. Along the western portion of the site, an outer ditch running contiguous to the bank for a distance of 47m is 10m wide and has a maximum depth of 1.5m. This is the remains of a field boundary which ran across the northern edge of the enclosure, and is marked on the first edition OS 6-inch map of 1836. A 15m-wide break in the bank in the south-east (127 degrees T), in an area of considerable disturbance, is the most likely location for the original entrance. Aerial photographs taken by Swan indicated a number of ring-ditches within this embanked enclosure. (Thornton 1980, 117-19; Moore 1987, 41, No. 316) Date of revision: 10 January 2017

• ME031-037 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• ME031-040 Linear earthwork
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Riverstown, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2789 (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.

• Riverstown, Kilmessan9 sales

Name

Riverstown

Area

3,603,489 m² (360.35 ha, 890.44 acres)

Civil parish

Tara, and its townlands

Barony

Skreen

Electoral division

Tara, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,466 people lived in 438 households in the Tara electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Balgeeth, Ballinter, Castletown Tara, Fodeen, Odder, Ringlestown

Placenames

Riverstown 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.