Loughbrackan

36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Loughbrackan, from 116 m² to 502,046 m² (50.2 ha, 124.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 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 · 65 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 3 Oct 2023Conditional

  1. Development of a production well site at Posseckstown including the following infrastructure: 2 x production wells including above ground Kiosks, shared entrance gate and roadway, retaining wall, boundary anti intruder fence with vehicular and pedestrian access gates, internal circulation road and associated hardstanding, site lighting, surface water drainage and attenuation system, all associated site development, pipework and levelling works above and below ground. 2. Development of upgrades to the existing water treatment plant (WTP) at Loughbrackan, Drumconrath including the following infrastructure: Realignment and upgrade to the existing access road, construction of a new single storey filtration building, extension to the existing buildings, internal repurposing / reconfiguration of existing buildings, roof mounted solar panels, chemical storage and dosing kiosk, construction of freestanding tanks (above and below ground), decommissioning of the existing WTP equipment, upgrades to the WTP process, boundary anti intruder fence with vehicular and pedestrian access gates, below-ground foul storage tank, surface water drainage and attenuation system, all associated site development, pipework and levelling works above and below ground.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2360311

• 21 Aug 2023N/a

  1. Development of a production well site at Posseckstown including the following infrastructure: 2 x production wells including above ground Kiosks, shared entrance gate and roadway, retaining wall, boundary anti intruder fence with vehicular and pedestrian access gates, internal circulation road and associated hardstanding, site lighting, surface water drainage and attenuation system, all associated site development, pipework and levelling works above and below ground. 2. Development of upgrades to the existing water treatment plant (WTP) at Loughbrackan, Drumconrath including the following infrastructure: Realignment and upgrade to the existing access road, construction of a new single storey filtration building, extension to the existing buildings, internal repurposing / reconfiguration of existing buildings, roof mounted solar panels, chemical storage and dosing kiosk, construction of freestanding tanks (above and below ground), decommissioning of the existing WTP equipment, upgrades to the WTP process, boundary anti intruder fence with vehicular and pedestrian access gates, below-ground foul storage tank, surface water drainage and attenuation system, all associated site development, pipework and levelling works above and below ground

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2360226

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 Loughbrackan.

Recorded monuments

• ME006-027 Castle - motte and bailey
  Description

  Situated on a NW-facing slope with the W edge of Lough Brackan c. 170m to the E. The motte is a circular flat-topped but overgrown mound (diam. of top 20m N-S; diam. of base 31m N-S; H 3-3.8m) defined by fosse (Wth of top 9.5-10m; Wth of base 1.5-3m; D 0.6-1.1m) with an outer bank (Wth of base 5-7.5m; ext. H 0.2-0.6m). There is a possible bailey visible as a rectangular area (dims 40m E-W; 29.5m N-S) defined by a scarp (at S: Wth 1.1m; H 0.75m; at W: Wth 2m; H 0.75m) attached to the S and planted in coniferous trees. This is a monument in state ownership: No. 543. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 7 June 2016

• ME006-028 Church
  Description

  Situated just off the top of a drumlin on the SE side and overlooking Lough Brackan, which is c. 350m to the NW. A parish church at Louchbrekan is listed in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV (Cal. Doc. Ire. 261), and the names of some of the clergy are known (Cogan 1862-70, 2, 294). Ussher (1622) describes the church and chancel as being in reasonable repair (Erlington 1847-64, 1, xcii). The church is depicted as a roofless ruin on the Down Survey (1656 8) map of Slane barony. The parish church of Loughbrackan was dedicated to St. Breccan, according to Dopping’s Visitation (1682-5) when the church was ruined and it was not enclosed (Ellison 1973, 6). The saint is probably Breacán, of whom there were many, none known to be associated with this area (Ó Riain 2011, 111-13). Part of the W gable and the remains of other walls of a small building (ext. dims 12m E-W; 7.5m N-S) survive with a doorway towards the W end of the N wall (Wth 1.3m) and a possible entrance in the S wall. There are the remains of a building (ext. dims 10m E-W; 8m N-S) erected against the W gable visible as grass-covered foundations. A D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 20m E-W; c. 10m N-S) defined by a slight scarp is attached to the N of the church. The church is situated within a grass-covered rectangular enclosure (dims 54m SE-NW; 50m SW-NE) defined by earthen banks (at N Wth 3m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.9m: at W: Wth 8m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 0.7m) on every side except the SE where there is a field bank. No headstones or grave-markers are visible, but it is known locally that burial ceased c. 1890 and bones were noted in the field bank where the sod was poached. The font from this church is now outside the Roman Catholic church at Drumcondra (ME006-009----). It is a circular sandstone (ext. diam. 0.55m; H 0.33m) with a flat-bottomed basin (int. diam. 0.43m; D 0.16-0.19m). Three lugs (max. Wth 9cm; L 21cm; H 5cm) of an original four survive, and about a quarter of the basin wall is missing. Two small holes on the rim at opposite points provided a fastening for the cover. 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 May 2015 Amended: 15 December 2022

• ME006-028001 Graveyard
  Description

  The church (ME006-028----) is within a rectangular grass-covered graveyard (dims c. 57m NW-SE; c. 45m NE-SW) defined by earthen banks on each side except the SE where there is a scarp. No headstones or grave-markers are visible, but it is known locally that burial ceased c. 1890 and bones were noted in the field bank where the sod was poached. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 20 May, 2014 Amended: 30 July 2014

• ME006-028002 Font
  Description

  The font from Loughbrackan church is now outside the Roman Catholic church at Drumcondra (ME006-009----). It is a circular sandstone (ext. diam. 0.55m; H 0.33m) with a flat-bottomed basin (int. diam. 0.43m; D 0.16-0.19m). Three lugs (max. Wth 9cm; L 21cm; H 5cm) of an original four survive, and about a quarter of the basin wall is missing. Two small holes on the rim at opposite points provided a fastening for the cover. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 May, 2015

• ME006-035 Bridge
  Description

  Crossing over a SW-NE section of the River Dee, it is described as ‘The Yellow Ford’ bridge on the OS 6-inch maps. A bridge between the churches of Loughbrackan and Siddan is depicted on the Down Survey county and barony maps (1655-8), and what is called Aboybridge on the River Garvey between Loughbrackan and Siddan is described as broken in the Civil Survey (1655) (Simington 1940, 360). The bridge (Wth 7.4m) is aligned NW-SE and is level but it was widened by adding to the original SW side (4.7m). It has five arches, one on the SE bank (Wth 2.6m) and two on the NW bank, while two arches take the flow. There is no evidence of ancient masonry as the piers in the river were strengthened and the underside of the arches was rendered in 1932. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 October 2018

Architectural heritage

• Yellow Ford Bridge, bridge, 1720–1760 · Regional interest
  Description

  Five-arch road bridge over river, built c.1740. Rubble stone walls with ashlar voussoirs to arches. Cutwaters to south-west elevation.

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Loughbrackan · Loch Breacáin

Area

2,153,385 m² (215.34 ha, 532.11 acres)

Civil parish

Loughbrackan, and its townlands

Barony

Slane Lower

Electoral division

Drumcondra, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Drumcondra electoral division: 1,376 people in 491 households; 83% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aclare House Demesne, Balsitric, Birdhill, Caddelstown, Caddelstown, Druminshin, Drumsillagh, Summerhill Upper, Woodtown Lower, Woodtown Upper

Placenames

Loughbrackan 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.