Birdhill

46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Birdhill, from 70 m² to 157,264 m² (15.73 ha, 38.86 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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 · 68 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 17 Aug 2026N/a

  the development will consist of conversion of existing Out Houses to Habitable Dwelling with adjoining Apartment and Office, connection to public Sewage system, using entrance onto public road and all works ancillary to the overall development on site

  Permission · Meath County Council, 26193

• 12 Jun 2026N/a

  the development will consist of the construction of a 1. All-weather Astro turf pitch with perimeter fence, netting and lighting columns. 2. Vehicular entrance for maintenance vehicles and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660736

• 18 May 2023Conditional

  (1) retention permission for extension to rear of existing dwelling previously granted (Planning Ref No. 99/1807). Amendments consist of overall size of dwelling in its footprint increasing from 236m2 to 266m2. (2) permission for new garage to north east of existing dwelling and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23530

• 1 Jul 2022Conditional

  a change of house type to a redesigned single storey dwelling from the dwelling granted under application number 21466. All other aspects of the development to remain as previously approved

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22871

• 25 May 2021Conditional

  construction of new single storey dwelling, connection to Public Sewer System and Public Water Mains, new entrance onto Public Road and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21995

• 12 Mar 2021Conditional

  the development will consist of the construction of a new single storey dwelling, open new vehicular entrance to site together with all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21466

• 20 Jun 2019Conditional

  bedroom extension to rear of existing dwelling and attic space conversion to provide for recreational area together with revised elevations

  Retention · Meath County Council, KA190805

• 17 Oct 2018Conditional

  replacing 8 No. existing flood lighting poles around existing playing pitch with 8 No. 18m high poles, new 14m high ball stop to West of existing training pitch, electronic scoreboard to North West of playing grounds and all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, KA181222

• 20 Feb 2017Conditional

  extension to east of existing clubrooms. The extension will consist of gymnasium, treatment room, meeting room, equipment stores, external stores, male and female toilets and all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, KA170168

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 Birdhill.

Recorded monuments

• ME006-022 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Located on top of a drumlin. This is s circular grass-covered area (diam. of top 11.5m NE-SW; 10.5m NW-SE; H 0.3-0.4m) defined by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 5.3-7.2m; Wth of base 3-3.7m; ext. D 0.8-0.9m) and an overgrown outer bank (Wth of base 3.5-5m; ext. H 0.3-0.7m). There is a gap (Wth of base 1.2m) in the bank but no causeway at W. 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: 26 October 2018

• ME006-069 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of a SW-facing slope. This is a small grass-covered circular area (int. diam. c. 10m; ext. diam. c. 15m) defined by a slight earthen bank and may have entrance gaps at E and W. It is visible on Google Earth (19/03/2015; 03/04/0222). See the attached view from Google Earth (03/04/2022) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 March 2023

Architectural heritage

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

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 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 Birdhill.

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

Name

Birdhill

Area

861,722 m² (86.17 ha, 212.94 acres)

Civil parish

Drumcondra, 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, Drumcondra, Drumsillagh, Loughbrackan, Mullyandrew

Placenames

Birdhill 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.