Clonguiffin

46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonguiffin, from 94 m² to 438,144 m² (43.81 ha, 108.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 62 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 18 Aug 2025Conditional

  Planning Permission is being sought to block up the existing vehicular entrance and construct new relocated bellmouth type vehicular entrance with new walls and piers, access driveway and all associated works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560869

• 28 Jul 2025N/a

  Planning Permission is being sought to block up the existing vehicular entrance and construct new relocated bellmouth type vehicular entrance with new walls and piers, access driveway and all associated works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560794

• 2 Jul 2025N/a

  would like to move our drive way from the right side of the house to the left side of the house

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560679

• 14 Mar 2023Conditional

  an extension to my existing dwelling, retention of a domestic shed and revised site boundaries

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23269

• 12 Mar 2021Conditional

  the development will consist of proposed new entrance arrangement and security gates to the front of the property and the construction of a shed to the rear of the site measuring 15.25m wide, 18.25m long and 6.8m high and ancillary site and landscaping works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21464

• 20 Feb 2019Conditional

  the construction of (i) A new treated water storage tank, (ii) A new weather-proof enclosure to house network pumps and local control panel, (iii) Ancillary development works and (iv) Associated temporary development works, including a temporary compound area for the construction period

  Permission · Meath County Council, TA190162

• 3 Jul 2018Conditional

  a two storey dwelling, septic tank, percolation area, entrance to the public road, and all other associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA180723

• 11 Apr 2017Unconditional

  EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION TA/110920 - One - Off dwelling

  Extension of duration, 2 homes · Meath County Council, TA170382

• 14 Mar 2017Conditional

  permission and retention permission for development. The development will consist of the construction of a two bedroom bungalow dwelling, wastewater treatment tank, percolation system and all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development work on this site. Retention permission is sought for the existing agricultural shed and retention permission for duration of three years for the existing mobile home. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, TA170264

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 Clonguiffin.

Recorded monuments

• ME047-011 Concentric enclosure
  Description

  Located on a low rise on the E bank of the S-N canalised Blackwater River. This is raised and grass-covered oval area (dims 40m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by a scarp (at E: Wth 4.5m; H 2m; at N: Wth 5m; H 1.2m), which is slightly truncated by the stream at W. There is no visible fosse or entrance. This is separated by a berm (Wth 11m at N to 14m at E) from an outer fosse or drain (at N: Wth of top 5m; int. D 1.2m; ext. D 0.3m; at E: Wth of top 6.5m; int. D 1.2m; ext. D 0.6m; at S: Wth of top 6m; int. D 1.6m; ext. D 1.6m) that survives NW-E-SW. An entrance through the outer fosse is not identified. 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: 13 August 2019

• ME047-012 Field system
  Description

  Situated in a level landscape with the S-N Blackwater River c. 500m to the W. An area of about 10 acres (c. 4 ha) is divided into rectangular plots (dims c. 14m x c. 8m to 28m x c. 25m) by silted ditches (Wth 6m; D 0.3m) or banks (Wth 2m; H 0.2m). At the S edge of one field (dims 25m x 25m) are three possible house sites (dims 7m x 7m) defined by low earthen banks. The largest rectangular enclosure (dims 60m N-S; 60m E-W) is defined by earthen banks (Wth 3m; H 0.3m) and occupies the E of the area. At the NW of the complex a spring is the origin of a stream that runs off to the N. 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: 13 August 2019

• ME047-012001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Situated in a level landscape with the S-N Blackwater River c. 500m to the W. Within one of the plots of field system (ME047-012----) are three platforms (dims c. 7m x c. 7m) defined by low earthen banks at the S edge of the field which could be house sites. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 August, 2019

• ME047-019 Burial
  Description

  In 1971 human remains were discovered while ploughing on a farm. The site was known locally as the 'nunnery' and a number of earthworks were once visible in the field (NMI, Cahill & Sikora 2011, vol 2, 501). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 14 March 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Clonguiffin, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2490 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Clonguiffin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Clonguiffin

Area

3,095,687 m² (309.57 ha, 764.96 acres)

Civil parish

Rathcore, and its townlands

Barony

Moyfenrath Lower

Electoral division

Innfield, the unit of the census

Census 2022

4,858 people lived in 1,513 households in the Innfield electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 59% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballin, Ballinderry, Ballynakill, Cullentry, Longwood, Moyvally (Co. Kildare)

Placenames

Clonguiffin 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.