Mabestown
Townland in the civil parish of Kilbride, barony of Dunboyne, Co. Meath
Parcel 209448
- Area
- 60,168 m² (6.02 ha, 14.87 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- P5 RA - Rural Area (Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027) The objective
- Townland
- Mabestown
Planning applications on this parcel
23 Dec 2025Refused
permission for retention of the existing single storey prefabricated demountable cabin with a floor area of 51.5m², along with the tarmac surface surrounding it and its associated wastewater treatment system for his sole use for a temporary period of five years for the purposes of his rest and recuperation while periodically attending his horse stables on his lands
Retention · Meath County Council, 2660037
15 Dec 2025N/a
of the existing single storey prefabricated demountable cabin with a floor area of 51.5m², along with the tarmac surface surrounding it and its associated wastewater treatment system for his sole use for a temporary period of five years for the purposes of his rest and recuperation while periodically attending his horse stables on his lands
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2561368
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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for 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
- 83.6 ha
- 207 acres
- Land parcels
- 55
- registered freehold, median 3,708 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mabestown, from 82 m² to 89,337 m² (8.93 ha, 22.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 83 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1 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
10 Jul 2026N/a
relocation of existing site vehicular entrance to serve permitted dwellinghouse (under 2460107) and domestic garage (under 2560697). The proposed development involves the opening of new entrance and closure of existing, and associated site works, including landscaping
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660874
23 Dec 2025Refused
permission for retention of the existing single storey prefabricated demountable cabin with a floor area of 51.5m², along with the tarmac surface surrounding it and its associated wastewater treatment system for his sole use for a temporary period of five years for the purposes of his rest and recuperation while periodically attending his horse stables on his lands
Retention · Meath County Council, 2660037
15 Dec 2025N/a
of the existing single storey prefabricated demountable cabin with a floor area of 51.5m², along with the tarmac surface surrounding it and its associated wastewater treatment system for his sole use for a temporary period of five years for the purposes of his rest and recuperation while periodically attending his horse stables on his lands
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2561368
10 Sept 2024Refused
proposed alterations to the existing site entrance (location, size and design) with new gates and piers, proposed relocation of telephone pole, proposed gravel driveway, proposed walls, change of use and conversion of existing single storey barn into 2 self-catering units and storage, change of use of stables into laundry room and storage, walled herb garden, landscaping, SUDS, swale, soak pits, rain water harvesting system, waste water treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site and other works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, 2460724
16 Aug 2024N/a
proposed alterations to the existing site entrance (location, size and design) with new gates and piers, proposed relocation of telephone pole, proposed gravel driveway, proposed walls, change of use and conversion of existing single storey barn into 2 self-catering units and storage, change of use of stables into laundry room and storage, walled herb garden, landscaping, SUDS, swale, soak pits, rain water harvesting system, waste water treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site and other works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460644
15 Feb 2024Conditional
(1) demolition of existing extension to rear of dwelling house (2) construct extension to rear of existing dwelling house; (3) conversion of existing barn to accommodate 3no. accommodation units (4) new site entrance (5) new domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460107
25 Jan 2024Conditional
the proposed works consist of: Construct a single storey extension to the side of existing dwelling house and carry out all associated siteworks
Permission · Meath County Council, 2460051
17 Jan 2024N/a
the proposed works consist of: Construct a single storey extension to the side of existing dwelling house and carry out all associated siteworks
Permission · Meath County Council, 2460030
28 Feb 2022Conditional
the construction of (1) a new single storey side extension (2) a new two storey rear extension with single storey link (3) a new detached garage (4) decommissioning of the existing septic tank and installing a new wastewater treatment plant and percolation area (5) relocating the existing entrance gates and realigning the internal driveway including all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22256
4 Jun 2021Conditional
retention planning permission for 1. Alterations to dwelling granted under planning reference 88440 to include bay windows to front of dwelling, sunroom to the side of dwelling & front porch, 2. domestic garage, 3.games room and 4. upgrade of waste water treatment system with percolation area
Retention · Meath County Council, 211076
15 Apr 2021Conditional
the development will consist of addition of 2 no. outbuildings and all associated site works at Mabestown Birches, Mabestown, The Ward, Co Meath D11 PW95. Addition of stable building comprising of 170sqm to be located at the North West part of the property, addition of outbuilding at the front of the property comprising of 70sqm to include an office, gym and sitting room. Significant Further information/ Revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21695
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 Mabestown.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Mabestown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Mabestown.
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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Mabestown.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Mabestown, The Ward5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Mabestown
- Area
- 836,487 m² (83.65 ha, 206.7 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilbride, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dunboyne
- Electoral division
- Donaghmore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Donaghmore electoral division: 14,217 people in 4,598 households; 75% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymacarney, Baytown, Coolatrath West (Co. Dublin), Coolquoy Common (Co. Dublin), Irishtown, Newtown Commons
- Placenames
- Mabestown 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.