Dunderk
Dunderk is a townland in the civil parish of Rathkenny, barony of Slane Upper, Co. Meath.
Parcel 193796
- Area
- 104,529 m² (10.45 ha, 25.83 acres)
- Buildings
- 5 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 683 m².
- Zoning
- P5 RA - Rural Area (Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied)) The objective
- Townland
- Dunderk
Planning applications on this parcel
4 Mar 2025Conditional
the construction of a new detached residential dwelling, proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new site entrance from road to enter the site including any necessary pruning of existing hedgerows, landscaping and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560212
25 Oct 2024Conditional
the development will consist of change of house type from that previously granted under planning ref. no.: 21/770 being; revised two storey dormer type house, proprietary effluent treatment system, soil polishing filter area, detached domestic garage, new entrance onto public road & all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460894
14 Jul 2023Refused
the construction of a new detached residential dwelling with detached domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new site entrance from road to enter the site including any necessary pruning of existing hedgerows, landscaping and all ancillary site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23711
21 Dec 2020Refused
the construction of a storey and a half dwelling, domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, domestic entrance including all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA202018
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 45.9 ha
- 113 acres
- Land parcels
- 23
- registered freehold, median 4,590 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunderk, from 332 m² to 107,229 m² (10.72 ha, 26.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 44 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
11 Sept 2026N/a
the development will consist, of a single story extension to the rear of the existing dwelling 1no. rooflight to the the rear of the extension, a new domestic garage, a new septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2661134
25 Mar 2026Conditional
the development will consist of proposed alterations and a dormer extension to the side of existing dwellinghouse comprising of a proposed kitchen at ground floor level with attic storage space overhead and all ancillaries
Permission · Meath County Council, 2692
23 Jan 2026N/a
the development will consist of proposed alterations and a dormer extension to the side of existing dwellinghouse comprising of a proposed kitchen at ground floor level with attic storage space overhead abd all ancillaries
Permission · Meath County Council, 2628
16 Apr 2025Conditional
the development will consist of demolition of existing single storey kitchen extension to the rear of existing dwelling and construct new part two storey / part single storey extension to rear, modifications to existing elevations and internal plan layout. The development also includes de-commissioning existing septic tank and percolation area and install new proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter together with all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2560387
4 Mar 2025Conditional
the construction of a new detached residential dwelling, proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new site entrance from road to enter the site including any necessary pruning of existing hedgerows, landscaping and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560212
25 Oct 2024Conditional
the development will consist of change of house type from that previously granted under planning ref. no.: 21/770 being; revised two storey dormer type house, proprietary effluent treatment system, soil polishing filter area, detached domestic garage, new entrance onto public road & all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460894
27 Aug 2024N/a
proposed alterations and a dormer extension to the side of existing dwellinghouse and all ancillaries
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 24356
23 Aug 2024N/a
proposed alterations and a dormer extension to the side of existing dwellinghouse and all ancillaries
Permission · Meath County Council, 24349
14 Jul 2023Refused
the construction of a new detached residential dwelling with detached domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new site entrance from road to enter the site including any necessary pruning of existing hedgerows, landscaping and all ancillary site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23711
21 Dec 2020Refused
the construction of a storey and a half dwelling, domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, domestic entrance including all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA202018
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Dunderk.
Recorded monuments
- ME018-047 Ring-ditch
Description
Located at the crest of the SE-facing slope of a broad hill. The cropmark of a circular area (diam. c. 8m) defined by a fosse (Wth c. 1-2m) is visible on Apple Maps, which utilises a survey conducted by Bluesky International conducted during June 2018. It has an entrance (Wth c. 3m) at NW. The ring-ditch was first reported by Justin Kenny, who recorded images of it from a drone-mounted camera in August 2018, but it was also noted separately by Anthony Murphy. See the attached enhanced aerial view from Apple Maps Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 January 2020
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dunderk.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Dunderk, 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Dunderk.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Dunderk with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Dunderk
- Area
- 458,937 m² (45.89 ha, 113.41 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rathkenny, and its townlands
- Barony
- Slane Upper
- Electoral division
- Rathkenny, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 699 people lived in 234 households in the Rathkenny electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Causestown, Mullagha, Rathcoon, Scottstown
- Placenames
- Dunderk 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.