Naul

111 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Naul, from 22 m² to 253,550 m² (25.36 ha, 62.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 140 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2RV - Rural Village (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 18 Aug 2026N/a

  the development consists of the retention of existing stables and office and yard and permission for the construction of a story and a half dwelling and new wastewater treatment system and percolation area to the rear of the property and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 26194

• 10 Jul 2026Conditional

  the development will consist of a lean-to roof extension off existing agricultural shed to cover existing bunded tanks, chemical storage with handling facilities and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660863

• 30 Jun 2025Grant permission

  We, Uisce Éireann, intend to apply for permission for development at t

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0578E

• 19 Jun 2025Invalid application

  We, Uisce Éireann, intend to apply for permission for development at t

  Permission · Fingal County Council, F25A/0551E

• 7 Jul 2024Conditional

  Extension of operational hours for childcare facility from that granted under AA/200558 (14:00 - 18:00) to 08:00 - 18:00.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460500

• 6 Jun 2024Conditional

  the development will consist of renovation and alterations to the existing house, including replacement of the existing porch with a new front porch, conversion of existing garage into living room and utility/boot room, internal alterations and alterations to exterior elevations, replacement of the existing roof over existing single-storey extension and garage with a new roof structure including skylights, new terraces to the the front and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24248

• 10 Feb 2023Conditional

  an agricultural machinery storage shed and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23117

• 14 Mar 2022Conditional

  partial demolition of existing dwelling, new 2 storey extension with single storey link to existing dwelling, new 2 bay garage with home office in loft, replace existing septic tank with proprietary waste water treatment system, SuDS drainage and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22322

• 7 Feb 2022Conditional

  (a) the construction of new stone clad entrance wing wall, pillars, boundary wall, mesh panel fencing, (b) removal of existing roadside boundary concrete post & chain-link fencing, (c) the construction of 3 no. mass concrete aggregate storage bays, (d) installation of 1 no. concrete reclaimer unit, (e) all ancillary works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 22153

• 11 Jun 2021Conditional

  the construction of a new storey and a half residence, propriety waste water system and new entrance and the conversion of the existing cottage residence into a playroom, gym and store. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211136

• 26 Jun 2020Conditional

  permission sought for dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, joint access lane to site and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA200814

• 27 Apr 2020Conditional

  retention of plan and elevation changes to domestic garage from that granted under SA/800357. Permission is south for the change of use of part of existing domestic garage to provide After School Care / School Age Service, upgrade of existing wastewater treatment system & percolation area with all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, AA200558

• 14 Apr 2020N/a

  retention of works to domestic garage as granted under SA/800357. The development will consist of the change of use of part of existing domestic garage to provide After School Care / School Age Service and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, AA200510

• 29 Jan 2020Conditional

  renovations to permitted four bedroomed dwelling house under PI. Ref. 921354 as follows: a) replacing of external brick finish with nap plaster finish. b) replacing of the existing fenestration and amendments to window opes accommodating enlarged windows on the southern and eastern elevations. (c) roof lights to the southern, eastern, northern elevation (d) internal alterations to accommodate a revised internal layout, (f) conversion of the existing integrated garage to bedroom use (e) and all ancillary works. The proposed renovation works will result in no increase to the gross floor area and no increase to the number of bedrooms of the existing house

  Permission · Meath County Council, AA200085

• 18 Oct 2019Refused

  a new storey and a half residence, propriety waste water treatment system and new entrance and the conversion of the existing cottage residence into a play room, gym and store. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA191385

• 24 Sept 2019Conditional

  the development will consist of: Extraction and processing on site, to include washing (with associated closed system silt settlement lagoons), screening and crushing; storage; stockpiling and haulage of sand and gravel to principally service the existing readymix concrete plant operated by Kilsaran Concrete on the eastern side of the R108 regional road and permitted under P. Ref. 80/572; The total extraction area extends to an area of c.6.9 hectares and will be worked (extracted and restored) on a phased basis; Phased stripping and storage of topsoil and overburden materials for reuse in the restoration works. Restoration of the site will be to a beneficial agricultural after-use; Access to the site will be through the existing agricultural enterprise site entrance onto the R108 regional road with upgrade of same and provision for the upgrade of the existing internal access track and section of a new access track; All associated site works within an overall application area of c.17 hectares, and all for a period of 9 years plus 1 year to complete restoration works (total duration of 10 years). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of this planning application. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, AA191263

• 2 Aug 2019N/a

  the construction of a new storey and a half residence, propriety waste water treatment system and new entrance with the retention of existing cottage for ancillary use to the proposed residence (play room and gym)

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA191022

• 26 Jul 2019Conditional

  the construction of a porch to the front of the dwelling, a new car port and glass-house to the side (east) of the dwelling, alterations to the existing attic space with 1 no. new window to the front and a viewing balcony to the rear, and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, AA190993

• 22 Jul 2019N/a

  the construction of a porch to the front of the dwelling, a new car port and glass-house to the side (east) of the dwelling, alterations to the existing attic space with 1 no. new window to the front and a viewing balcony to the rear, and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, AA190966

• 16 Jul 2019N/a

  the construction of a porch to the front of the dwelling, a new car port and glass-house to the side (east) of the dwelling, alterations to the existing attic space with 1 no. new window to the front and a viewing balcony to the rear, and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, AA190933

• 10 Aug 2018Conditional

  development at this site, within part of a sand and gravel pit (P.A. Reg. Ref. QY36, QC 17.QC2085)which is currently under restoration. The development will consist of the recovery of construction and demolition waste using mobile crushing and sreening plant to produce secondary aggregates. The existing site office including welfare facilities will be replaced including provision of septic tank and percolation area. The wheelwash will be upgraded and relocated towards the site entrance. The existing palisade fence at the entrance is to be replaced with a stone wall and separate entrance gate provided for access to the site office. A weighbridge, hard standing area with drainage to oil interceptor, semi-mobile crushing and screening plant and other ancillaries will be provided. The total application area including the site infrastructure covers c. 0.8 ha of lands. The development will be subject to the requirements of a waste management licence (Reg. No. W0265 01) which is currently under consideration by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

  Permission · Meath County Council, AA180893

• 8 Mar 2018Conditional

  a horticultural produce store, rainwater collection tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, AA180215

• 4 Aug 2017Conditional

  dwellinghouse, wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, access lane to site, detached domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA170915

• 23 Mar 2017Conditional

  the development will consist of (i) the demolition of existing boiler structure, utility room and storage, (ii) construction of an extension to the house to serve as a family flat containing a bedroom, toilet, kitchen and living room at ground floor, (iii) construction of additional first floor storage area and dormer window to existing house, (iv) construction of a new utility room to existing house and (v) removal of the existing hedge line

  Permission · Meath County Council, AA170298

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 Naul.

Recorded monuments

• DU004-045008 Bridge
  Description

  The 1655-6 Down Survey map of the parish of Naul shows 'Paul [Naul] Bridge' crossing the River Elfin [Delvin] on the main route to the N from Swords through Rathbeale via Roganstown, the Naul and Dardistown to Drogheda. On this parish map the bridge is shown to the E of a watermill in Co. Meath in the area where Naul Park House stands today. The terrier of the Down Survey Map of the Parish of Naul recorded that 'ye. River Elfin on w[hi]ch Stands a Mill in Repaire, in the Towneland of the Naule & a Bridge over the Said River' (NLI Ms. 714). At present the River Delvin is crossed by a double-arched bridge which occupies the site of the earlier bridge. This has round segmental arches and dressing on the stonework. See attached Down Survey Map of the Parish of Naul showing Naul Bridge, Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland. See attached Down Survey Map of the Barony of Balrothery showing 'The Naule Bridg' and watermill on the 'River of Elfin' (Hib. Reg.) See attached Rocque's 1760 Map of County Dublin the settlement of Naul (https://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/concern/works/mg74qp03f) NLI MS 714 National Library of Ireland, The parish maps of the Down Survey for the county of Dublin, attested by William Petty in 1657, copied by Daniel O'Brien, 1786-1787. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 1 February 2023

• ME033-033 Mound
  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 Oval mound (dims. 15m N-S , 12m E-W, H 2m) described as barrow (PRIA 1957, 266, site 18). Since destroyed.

• ME033-034 Mound
  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 Described as barrow, (PRIA 1957, 266, No 19). No visible trace.

• ME033-071 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a steep SE-facing slope. The cropmark of a subcircular or D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 33m NE-SW; c. 25m NW-SE) is visible on images recorded from a drone-mounted camera by Ian Lennon on 24/07/2021. It is defined by a fosse with the straight side that has a possible entrance gap at SE. The enclosure is at the W side of a large triangular field of field system (ME033-071001-), and is also faintly visible on Bluesky images (2018) and Google Earth (24/06/2018). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 28 July 2021

• ME033-071001 Field system
  Description

  Situated on a steep SE-facing slope. The cropmark of enclosure (ME033071----) is on the W side of and part of the perimeter of a large D-shaped or triangular enclosure (max. dims c. 110m NW-SE; c. 85m NE-SW) defined by single fosses or drains. Extending SW from this large enclosure is a series of at least four rectangular fields (dims c. 40m x c. 35m) defined by the cropmarks of drains that have not been recorded on any map. The entire area covers about 15 acres (c. 4.5 ha), and is visible on images recorded from a drone-mounted camera by Ian Lennon on 24/07/2021. The features are also faintly visible on Bluesky images (2018) and Google Earth (24/06/2018). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 July 2021

• ME033-072 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a steep S-facing slope. The cropmark of a rectangular enclosure (dims c. 25m E-W; c. 23m N-S) defined by wide fosses (Wth c. 2-3m) that are convex in plan and with rounded corners was recorded with a drone-mounted camera by Ian Lennon on 24/07/2021. There is a pit (diam. c. 3m) inside the NW corner. The perimeter at S is very slight and is aligned with an unmapped E-W field drain that conforms with the fields mapped on the 1836 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map. It is also visible on Google Earth (21/07/2021). See the attached view from the N, courtesy of Ian Lennon Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 1 September 2021

• ME034-009 Mill - 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.

• ME034-010 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Situated at the W end of an E-W ridge that is at the bottom of the S-facing slope of the Fourknocks ridge and overlooking a W-E section of the Delvin River which is c. 10m below it. The castle is depicted and annotated on Roque’s map of Co. Dublin (1760) and Duncan’s map of Dublin of 1821 in an area called Snowtown. According to the Civil Survey (1654) John Cadle, an Irish Papist, owned 300 acres at the Nall in 1641 and on the premises were two mills (ME034-008----; ME034-009----) and a castle. He also owned over 300 acres at Borinstown (Bodingtown), Mooresydes, and Flemingtown in Clonalvy parish (Simington 1940, 32). The land at Naul passed to Arthur Mervyn who built three mills at Naul. The property was then inherited by the Pollard family and c. 1800 it passed to the Ennis family who built Naul Park House. The original castle is thought to have been built by Richard Caddell in the 13th century, but this is unlikely. Richard Caddell was the sherriff of Connaught in 1301 and the Caddell family were one of the tribes of Galway before they changed their name to Blake in the seventeenth century. At some stage one of the Caddells acquired the Naul estate, probably through marriage. Austin Cooper described the castle in 1781 as ‘a large square castle with towers at each corner, whose diameters are equal to the spaces between them’ (Price 1942, 61). This suggests that it was a tower house that was similar in design to the W tower at Lusk church (DU008-010004-). The remains of 'Whitecastle or Snowtown castle' were demolished in 1787 but the remaining E wall was incorporated into the W side of Naul Park House which was built c. 1800. This house was a five-bay two storey and E-facing house that was demolished in the 1980s but the ground floor footings of the house are thought to remain. It was first reported by Colin Byrne and has been thoroughly researched by I. Lennon. Compiled by Michael Moore Date of upload: 13/03/2012 Amended: 11 April, 2023 Price, L. (1942, 2nd ed.). In An Eighteenth Century Antiquary. The Sketches, Notes And Diaries Of Austin Cooper (p. 61). Dublin: J. Falconer. Simington, R. C. 1940 The Civil Survey AD 1654-1658 vol. 5, County of Meath. Stationary Office, Dublin

• ME034-011 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a SE-facing slope overlooking a SW-NE portion of the Delvin River which is c. 500-600m to the SE. The remains of a circular enclosure are depicted on a Longfield map (1825) in NLI (MS 21F. 14/(011) in a field known locally as the 'Ringfield' (pers comm. Mr Colin Byrne, Briarleas, County Meath). Images of it were recorded on a drone-mounted camera by Ian Lennon in July 2020 where it appears to be a circular pit or quarry (diam. c. 30m). See the attached view courtesy of Ian Lennon Compiled by Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 13/03/2012 Amended: 10 September 2020

• ME034-012 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  Earthwork shown on Duncans map (1821). Local tradition of mound with passage. Destroyed by a quarry c. 1980's (pers. comm. Mr Colin Byrne, Briarleas, County Meath). Compiled by Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 13/03/2012

• ME034-031 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located at the outer edge of a shelf on a SE-facing slope, at a break in the slope down to a SW-NE section of the Delvin River. The cropmark of a subcircular enclosure (int. diam. c. 30m NW-SE; c. 25m NE-SW) defined by a fosse SE-W-NW is visible only on Apple Maps which utilises a survey undertaken by Bluesky International during June 2018. An outer fosse can also be seen E-S-NW, but the defining features are obscured elsewhere by the tracks of vehicles. It was first reported by Ian Lennon. See the attached enhanced view from Apple Maps Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 February 2020

• ME034-032 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of a S-facing slope with a small WSW-ENE stream c. 40m to the S. The faint cropmark of a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 25m) defined by a fosse was recorded by a drone-mounted camera operated by Ian Lennon on 30/05/2020. A very slight outer fosse is c. 2m distant at S and c. 8m distant at NE. No entrances are visible. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 June 2020

• ME034-038001 Enclosure
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of the steep S-facing slope in the valley of a SW-NE section of the Devlin River, with the stream c. 40m to the SE. The cropmarks of an enclosure with ring-ditch just outside it to the NE are visible on a digital image captured with a drone-mounted camera by Colin Byrne on 22/07/2021. The enclosure (diam. c. 35m) is defined by a single fosse that is very slight N-E. An internal feature (diam. c. 10m) with a blurred outline like a fosse could be a ring-ditch or a pit. An outer fosse encompasses the enclosure and the external ring-ditch on the SE side, but the N side unclear. It is also visible on Google Earth (2021). See the attached aerial view courtesy of Colin Byrne Compiled by: Micahel Moore Date of uplaod; 13 October 2021

• ME034-038002 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of the steep S-facing slope in the valley of a SW-NE section of the Devlin River, with the stream c. 60m to the SE. The cropmarks of an enclosure with a ring-ditch just outside it to the NE are visible on a digital image captured with a drone-mounted camera by Colin Byrne on 22/07/2021. The ring-ditch (int. diam. c. 10m) is defined by a wide fosse, and an outer fosse encompasses the enclosure and the ring-ditch on the SE side, but the N side unclear. It is also visible on Google Earth (21/07/2021). See the attached aerial vew courtesy of Colin Byrne Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 October 2021

• ME034-041 Mill - unclassified
  Description

  Located on the Fourknocks stream which flows parallel with the Delvin River that forms the boundary with Co. Dublin to the S and E. The Fourknocks stream is c. 100m to 1km distant from the Delvin which it joins at the boundary between Naul and Hodgestown townlands. Fourknocks stream is depicted on Duncan’s map of 1821 as providing the headwaters of the millstream of Tullog cornmill (ME034-008----) but this is a cartographic error. A tuckmill is mentioned in a description of Naul in 1633 (Tiernan 2008, 17), and according to the Civil Survey (1654-6) of Clonalvy parish 300 acres at Naul were owned by John Cadle of Naul, and on the land were a cornmill and a tuckmill (Simington 1940, 32). The mill and its pond are depicted as functioning on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map, and the masonry remains of a small mill are still present. The mill has been researched by Ian Lennon. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 February 2023 Simington, R. C. 1940 The Civil Survey. Vol. V, County of Meath. Dublin, Stationary Office Tiernan, S. 2008 Collection List No. 132 Gormanston Papers. Typescript, National Library of Ireland

Architectural heritage

• Naul Bridge, bridge, 1700–1760 · Regional interest
  Description

  Two-arch bridge over river, extant 1760. WALLS: Part reconstructed rubble limestone walls with rubble limestone vertical coping to parapets. Pair of round arches with repointed voussoirs. SITE: Sited spanning Delvin River with unkempt banks to river. GENERAL: Occupies the site of an earlier bridge labelled as "The Naule Bridg" on the Down Survey (1656).

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 moderately high, moderately low, 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 Naul.

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

Name

Naul

Area

2,861,454 m² (286.15 ha, 707.08 acres)

Civil parish

Clonalvy, and its townlands

Barony

Duleek Upper

Electoral division

Stamullin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Stamullin electoral division: 5,471 people in 1,655 households; 88% of households own their home; 61% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bodingtown, Flemingtown, Fourknocks, Grange, Herbertstown, Hodgestown, Naul (Co. Dublin), Westown (Co. Dublin)

Placenames

Naul 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.