Dillonsland

Dillonsland is a townland in the civil parish of Navan, barony of Navan Lower, Co. Meath.

Parcel 3013444

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Area: 125 m²
Buildings: 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 43 m².
Zoning: M2 B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre (Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied)) The objective
Townland: Dillonsland

Planning applications on this parcel

No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 25 recorded monuments.

ME025-024 Religious house - Augustinian canons
Description
The abbey of St. Mary at Navan may have been founded before the Anglo-Norman settlement of Meath, as an abbot witnesses a charter of 1174-84 and it seems to have been well established by then. It might have been founded on an older church site of Nuachonghail that had been established by St. Fechin in the sixth century (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399). John de Courcy confirmed the church of St. Mary’s to the Augustinian canons in 1189, and abbots are mentioned sporadically thereafter. In 1450 abbot John Bole obtained indulgences to fund the adornment of the abbey and the following year managed to appropriate the church at Ardbraccan in an effort to restore its finances. He became archbishop of Armagh in 1457 when Peter White succeeded as abbot. In 1488 abbot Richard Nangle was implicated in the Lambert Simnel fiasco but received a pardon. (Cogan 1862-70, 1, 224-9; Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 189-90). At the Suppression in 1539-40 the church was declared to have been parochial from time immemorial, although the buildings were ruinous, including a fortified structure that was integral to the defences of the town. It owned three mills and 140 acres in demesne. They held a castle at Newcastle and 14 named cottiers provided rents and service on the demesne. A further 60 acres were held in demesne at Robinrath. Sixty acres were owned at the unknown manor of Angevylston (Allenstown?), 110 acres at Foghan Hill and 40 acres at Knockamore (Knockumber?). There were smaller individual properties, and they had the profits of the churches of Navan, Ardbrackan, Kilshine, and Liscartan. They also held property in Co. Louth. Although much of this was waste, in terms of land ownership St. Mary’s was one of the wealthiest abbeys in Meath (White 1943, 250-55). The abbey was located N of Navan, between the town and the NW-SE River Blackwater. Although the Visitation Books of bishops Montgomery in 1615 and Ussher in 1622 describe the church in good repair (Ellison 1963, 34) bishop Dopping’s Visitation (1682-5) records the church as in ruins since 1641, although surrounded by a stone wall (Ellison 1972, 10). In 1693 Dopping records the inscriptions of many monuments in the church (Reynell 1888-91). It was transformed into a cavalry barracks subsequently, and Cogan (1862-70, 1, 228) deplores the abuse it suffered at the hands of the military. However, Hickey (1975) avers that carved stones from the graveyard could have been moved to Slane (ME019-021----; ME019-026001-) and some others are in the grounds of St Mary’s Roman Catholic church (ME025-044020-). The font (Roe 1968, 89-91) is now in St Mary's Church of Ireland church (ME025-044009-). No trace of the abbey can now be identified, although its site is known. (Bradley and King 1985, 99-100) Three test-trench (18E0327) by C. Walsh (2018) on the site of the Augustinian abbey identified some walls and paving from the Cavalry barracks established on the site c. 1750 as well as one wall which may have been from the abbey. A further nine trenches (19E0124) were excavated by D. McIlreavy (McIlreavy and Coughlan 2020) in 2019 (excavations.ie 2019:662. This demonstrated that the W edge of the development area was dominated by eighteenth century demolition material from the barracks. Some truncated mortar-bonded and clay-bonded walls and a mortar floor are thought to relate to the barracks, but medieval ceramics were recovered from clay-bonded walls and from under the mortar floor. In total five severely truncated E-W inhumations and many disturbed remains were also recorded. These are likely to be from the formal graveyard associated with the medieval abbey. 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: 17 December, 2014 Amended: 29 March 2023 McIlreavy, D. and Coughlan, T. 2020 Archaeological testing Inner Relief Road, Navan, Co. Meath. Licence: 19E0124. Final Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Walsh, C. 2018 Archaeological test excavation of the former Barracks, Kells Road, Navan, County Meath. Licence: 18E0327. Unpublished report, Archaeological Projects
ME025-024001 Tomb - chest tomb
Description
from Bradley and King (1985, 150): Effigy of a bishop. Late 14th / early 15th century. Set against the wall in the courtyard of Slane castle (see: ME019-021----). It depicts a bishop under a broken canopy. He is dressed in a chasuble over a dalmatic and alb with amice around his neck. He has a mitre on his head which rests on a double cushion. He has prominent ears, the right hand is raised in blessing and the damaged left hand would have held the vexillium draped crozier. The lower part of the slab is damaged but his feet probably rested on an animal. Hickey (1975) has pointed out that this effigy and the ‘Apostle Stone’ at St. Erc’s Hermitage (ME019-026001-) were probably from the same tomb and were moved here from St. Mary’s abbey, Navan (ME025-024----), in the late 18th century. Dimensions: H 1.97m; Wth 0.49-0.59m. (Hunt 1974, 214) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 July, 2014
ME025-024002 Stone sculpture
Description
From Bradley and King (1985, 142-3): The ‘Apostle Stone’. Late 14th / early 15th century. A large coffin-shaped block of sandstone is a short distance west of St. Erc’s Hermitage (ME019-026----) in Slane. It is carved in relief with six apostles on each of the long sides and a Crucifixion with Mary and John on the broader end. Many of the apostles are damaged so not all can be identified. They are dressed similarly in a tunic and cloak caught over the left arm. Only SS Paul and James are clearly identifiable. Hickey (1975) has shown that this is part of a composite tomb tht includes the effigy of a bishop at Slane Castle (ME019-021----) that were removed from St. Mary’s abbey in Navan (ME025-024----), in the late 18th century. Dims L 1.75m; Wth 0.42-0.52; H 0.44m Date of upload: 15 July, 2014
ME025-024003 Graveyard
Description
St Mary's abbey (ME025-024----) was located N of Navan, between the town and the NW-SE River Blackwater. At the Suppression in 1539-40 it was the parish church (White 1943, 250) and continued to act as such. However, by 1693 it was in ruins and Dopping recorded many inscriptions from it (Reynell 1888-91). Later the site was transformed into a cavalry barracks, and Cogan (1862-70, 1, 228) deplores the abuse the graveyard suffered at the hands of the military. No trace of it remains, although the location is generally known. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 December, 2014
ME025-024004 Font
Description
The limestone font described by Dopping (1693) as being in St Mary’s abbey (Reynell 1888-91, 463) is now in St Mary’s Church of Ireland church (ME025-044009-) in Navan (Roe 1968, 89-91).
ME025-044 Historic town
Description
Situated on a broad hill in the angle between a W-E section of the Cavan River Blackwater at N and a SE-NW course of the River Boyne at E. At the confluence the Boyne turns E and then NE. Hugh de Lacy had granted the barony of Navan to Jocelyn de Angelo by 1175 and the motte and bailey castle (ME025-023001-) might have been built shortly afterwards as the caput or centre of the fief, perhaps on an ancient burial mound. Such a crucial confluence of two important waterways soon became the focus of a town, and it is possible that the Augustinian abbey of St. Mary’s (ME025-024----) had been established, perhaps on an older church site, before the Anglo-Norman settlement. This was known as Nuachongbhail – New settlement - which was reputedly the site of a church founded by St. Fechin of Fore (WM04-035003-), but the occurrences of the name are later interpolations. The area was originally known as Odhbha with references from 612 (AU) when a battle was fought amongst the Aed Sláine branch of Uí Néill. The mythological Odhbha was a daughter of Milesius, leader of the last of the five mythological invasions of Ireland, and the name would have been applied to her burial mound which could be incorporated in the motte. The Dindshenchas, a ninth to twelfth century collection of lore about places, describes Odhbha as a grave on a ridge, and the name would be applied to the territory. Odhbha is easily corrupted into Novan or Nouan, applied first to the Augustinian abbey (ME025-024----) in its charters after 1170. In Gaelic Odhbha is equally corruptible into Uaimh – cave or grave – an apt description for the original mound and the name used in the few annalistic references. (Ó Murchadha 1992-3) The development of the town is not fully elucidated but its corporate status is first acknowledged in 1462 (Brooks 1933, 223). The town was plundered by O’Neill and O’Donnell in 1539, and in 1543 Parliament imposed a charge on every ploughland in Meath in order to fund the construction of walls for Navan. Although murage at Navan had been collected since the fifteenth century at least, the walling might never have been completed and in 1593 Navan was listed as a market rather than a walled town (Bradley and King 1985, 94-5, 98). The brief description of the town in the Civil Survey (1654-6) mentions Feshings Gate and Sweynes Bridge as well as houses on the north side of Canonrow St outside West Gate as well as houses outside the Dublin Gate (Simington 1940, 222-3). Two castles and four houses, by which stone houses are meant, are specified. The Down Survey (1656-8) barony map depicts the town as an enclosed rectangular area backing onto the River Boyne at NE, with the abbey outside the walls at N and a bridge crossing the Blackwater below it. There was no bridge across the Boyne until c. 1750, but the river may have had a ford as the name Athlumney - Áth Luimnigh – ford of the bare place?, or of the herds (Boylan 1988, 52), for the land on the other side indicates. The medieval town had three streets meeting at the triangular Market Square, with numerous alleys off the principal thoroughfares. From the property boundaries depicted in the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map the small extent of the walled town (c. 7 ha) can be outlined and a section of wall (ME025-044003-) survives behind the houses on the S side of Abbey Road while other evidence of it has been found in excavation. Excavations within the town show that there was a high knoll of gravel around the N angle of the town and this area is described as ‘Sandymount’ on the OS 25-inch map of 1908. In other parts of the walled area excavations generally record medieval deposits beneath a deep overburden of post-medieval construction and dumping. Outside the walls medieval properties are being recorded in excavation on the NE side of Canon Row St. in line with the Civil Survey evidence. See the attached image from the Down Survey barony map of Navan (N at left), courtesy of the National Library of Ireland Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 March 2023 AU Annals of Ulster Bradley, J. and King, H. A. 1985 Urban archaeological survey – county Meath. Unpublished report commissioned by the OPW, Dublin Brooks, E. St John 1933 A Charter of John de Courcy to the Abbey of Navan. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63, 38-45. Ellison, Rev. C.C. 1963 Some Aspects of Navan History. Ríocht na Midhe 3, 1, 33-56. Ó Murchadha, D.n 1992-3 Odhbha and Navan. Ríocht na Mídhe vol. 8, No. 4, 112-23 Simington, R. C. 1940 The Civil Survey AD 1654-1656. vol. V, County of Meath. Dublin, Stationery Office
ME025-044002 Cross - Market cross
Description
The triangular marketplace was where the three principal streets met, and the market is referred to in charters of 1605 and 1679. A fragment of a cross, dated to the late 16th century, originally perhaps from the Market Square and now in the National Museum of Ireland, is described by King (1984, 109) as: Navan 1 National Museum of Ireland No. X1639. This cross has been in the collection of the Royal Irish Academy since 1849 but its original position was probably in the Market Square in Navan. Two other fragments existed in 1862 (Cogan 1862, 1, 229-30). Material: dark grey limestone from Colp. Dims shaft: H 0.45m; 0.22m x 0.21m: tenon: H 0.12m; 0.15m x 0.14m at base; 0.13m x 0.13m at top. A shaft fragment almost square in section decorated in false relief. It has a tenon on top and a small hole in the base. An inscription in Roman lettering on three faces in relief and incision. 1st: A shield with Nangle (quarterly, first and third grandquarter counter quartered, azure three fusils conjoined in fess or) and Dowdall arms impaling Herbert (per pale azure and gules three lions rampant argent a border gobony of the last and sable and a cinquefoil in chief pierced of the second). 2nd: Inscription only; the first two letter are shaped like an hour-glass and wreath. 3rd: A female figure dressed in Elizabethan fashion. 4th: A figure in a loin cloth lying sideways holding an hour-glass, three circular objects, possibly intended as skulls, and a winged head. The inscription is as follows: NANGL / AND HAR / BART /…/PESOT / I O /SVLINVS/ DEANGVLO/ THE FIRST / BARRON OF / THE NOVAN F(…) IS / (…) GIVEN / HIM BY SIR/ HUGHE/DE LACIE/ PHIL/ I PPVS.N/AIQVANDO/BARO DE/NOVAN FO/RVM AC /NVNDINA/. The coat of arms is that of Martin Nangle who died in 1585. The occurrence of a lady in Elizabethan costume confirms a date of c. 1585. 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. Date of revision: 16 April, 2015 Amended: 29 March 2023
ME025-044003 Town defences
Description
Although murage at Navan had been collected since 1470 at least (Moore 1893, 59), the walling might never have been completed. After Navan had been plundered by O’Neill and O’Donnell in 1539, the Irish Parliament imposed a charge on every ploughland in Meath in 1543 in order to fund the construction of walls for Navan. The funding drive might not have been completely successful as in 1593 Navan was listed as a market town rather than a walled town (Bradley and King 1985, 94-5, 98). The walls were completed however and were maintained into the eighteenth century. In 1746 an order was made to repair breaches in the town walls which were allowing goods into the weekly markets free of tolls, but by the end of the century widening of the streets removed the town gates at Dublin Gate in 1786, Watergate in 1788 and Trimgate in 1796 (Ellison 1963, 42-6). From the property boundaries depicted on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map the line taken by the town wall can be identified. It describes a rough rectangle backing onto the River Boyne at E. From the SE corner it extended W from the river behind the houses on the N side of Church Hill, turning N to join Trimgate St. c. 50m from its junction with Railway St. From there it continued N towards Abbey Rd through the re-developed shopping area, but turned E while still S of that road, crossed the junction with Watergate St and continued down to the Boyne. A section of the town wall (L 15m; T 0.8m; H c. 5m) with a section of a semi-circular bastion at its W end survives behind the houses on the S side of Abbey Road. The upper part of the wall and tower are probably reconstructed where they are not bonded, although they are bonded at the bottom. Other fragments could survive in the curving N property boundary of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic church. Archaeological testing (E002336) by S. Halliday of a broadband trench through the streets during 2006-7 identified (excavations.ie 2008:973) two N-S walls at the base of Timmon’s Lane, which run parallel with the River Boyne. One wall (Wth 2.4m plus; H 5m plus) consisted of large limestone blocks (max. dims 0.85m x 0.6m; T 0.5m) bonded with mortar. Other evidence of the town wall was recorded (E002905) by E. Corcoran (2007) at Kennedy Road (excavations.ie 2007:1352). The top of a wide ditch (Wth 6.5-6.65m) filled with greyish brown silty clays that had stones and redeposited natural appeared in three trenches on the line of the town wall as well as pits and other features cut into the natural which was close to the surface in one trench. The ditch could either be a defensive ditch or a robber trench to retrieve stones from the wall. 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 upload: 10 July 2007 Revised: 29 March 2023 Bradley, J. and King, H. A. 1985 Urban archaeological survey – county Meath. Unpublished report commissioned by the OPW, Dublin Corcoran, E. 2007 Report on an Archaeological Assessment at Kennedy Road, Navan, Co. Meath. Licence: E002905. Unpublished report, Archaeological Development Services Ellison, C. C. 1963 Some aspects of Navan history. Ríocht na Mídhe, 3, 1, 33-56. Moore, J. H. 1893-5 Notes on the Town of Navan. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 123, 55-63; vol. 124, 47-53; vol. 125, 155-62.
ME025-044008 Bridge
Description
Although Navan was at a crucial confluence of the Boyne and the Cavan Blackwater rivers, there appears to have been no bridge across the Boyne at Navan for most of the middle ages. From the thirteenth century the Boyne could be crossed by Babe’s Bridge (ME025-017----) about 3km below the town and later by Kilcarn Bridge (ME025-039----) about 3km upstream from the mid-sixteenth century. The Pollboy Bridge crossed the Blackwater at Navan, perhaps from the foundation of the town as the barony of Navan, which is most of the large territory between Kells and Trim, also extends down the NW bank of the lower Boyne as far as Dunmoe. The name is derived from Poll Buí – Yellow hole (OS Name Book), but it is described as Swyne Bridge in the Civil Survey (1654-6) (Simington 1940, 222). There are no earlier references to the bridge but it is also depicted on the barony map of the Down Survey (1656-8) where it is described as Navan Bridge. However, the present structure is a seven arch stone bridge that was constructed c. 1740. (See: buildingsofireland.ie, accessed on 27/06/2022). The bridge has a level carriageway and seven arches with cut stone voussoirs. The triangular breakwaters upstream and the squared ones downstream are carried to the parapet to provide refuges for pedestrians. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 March 2023 Simington, R. C. 1940 The Civil Survey AD 1654-1656. vol. V, County of Meath. Dublin, Stationery Office
ME025-044009 Font (present location)
Description
The limestone font described by Dopping (1693) as being in St Mary’s abbey (ME025-024----) (Reynell 1888-91, 463) is now in St Mary’s Church of Ireland church in Navan. The font is octagonal (dims 0.6m x 0.6m; H 0.37m) with a circular basin (int. diam. 0.5m; D 0.18m) and shallow chamfered under-panels. The octagonal stem appears to be modern but the octagonal base (dims 0.6m x 0.6m; H 0.25m) is original (total H 1.13m). The font has two shields in relief, one with a cross that has the inscription IN HOC SIGNO VINCES 1716 crudely incised in a secondary fashion. The other has the Butler arms, and Roe (1968, 89-91) associates it with James, the 4th Earl of Ormonde, who joined a confraternity at St Mary’s in 1436. The cross (ME025-044010-) is in the graveyard. 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: 19 December, 2014

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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 gives no landslide susceptibility class here. Parts of the land are made ground.
Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2704 (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.

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Area: 31.8 ha; 79 acres
Land parcels: 351; registered freehold, median 283 m²
Zoning: M2; B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre
Planning: 42; applications since 2010

Land parcels

Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann

DillonslandAthlumney Limekilnhill Townparks Balreask Old

500 m

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351 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dillonsland, from 1 m² to 54,523 m² (5.45 ha, 13.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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Zoning

Development plans, national zoning

M2B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 186 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 172 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
M2C1 - Mixed Use (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
N1.2R1 - Rail Corridor (Rail)
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 1 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 · 0 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

14 Sept 2026N/a
retention permission is sought to retain and complete the foundation works as constructed on site, as previously granted under Ref. No. NA200514. Permission is sought to complete the dwelling house and for connection to existing public foul and surface water main services and all associated site works and services and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2661143
28 Nov 2025Conditional
The construction of two single storey extensions to the rear of 2 no. self-contained apartments, and for associated siteworks.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2561300
9 Sept 2025Conditional
the development will consist of the change of use from residential to Bed & Breakfast (B&B) at first floor level (above the Seven Arches Public House and The Bridge Café), including all associated site and development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, 2560952
3 Sept 2025Conditional
Permission for development to provide a new Discount Foodstore Supermarket with ancillary off-licence sales adjoining Lidl, Trim Road & Reask Road, Navan, Co. Meath, C15 Y009, comprising: 1. The construction of a single storey (with mono pitch roof and internal mezzanine plant deck) Licensed Discount Foodstore Supermarket with ancillary off-licence sales measuring approx. 2,598 sqm gross floor space with a net retail sales area of approx. 1,743 sqm (relocating the existing Lidl Foodstore operation); 2. The reconfiguration and expansion of associated car parking and internal traffic and pedestrian circulation routes, a new / relocated vehicular and pedestrian access via the existing Reask Road, and provision for pedestrian route within the site to the Northeastern site boundary (towards Beaufort College / St Columbus Crescent); and, 3. Free standing and building mounted signage, covered trolley bay, external refrigeration and air handling / conditioning plant and equipment, an ESB substation, roof mounted solar panels, public lighting, hard and soft landscaping, cycle parking, boundary treatments, provision of site drainage, utility and services infrastructure (including surface water management) and connections, and all other associated and ancillary development and works above and below ground level. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.
Permission · Meath County Council, 2560931
14 Aug 2025Conditional
the development will consist of (1) the retention for a single story extension to the rear of existing dwelling which connects to existing garage, (2) the retention of the conversion of existing garage into habitable space (3) retention of rear vehicular entrance to the rear of site and all associated site works and landscaping
Retention · Meath County Council, 2560853
23 Mar 2025N/a
Retention Planning Application for existing storage sheds and conservatory to rear of dwelling at 70 Woodlands, Dillonsland, Navan C15 Y6Y1
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560289
21 Mar 2025Conditional
The proposed works consist of: (a) Demolish existing single storey rear extension. (b) Construct a two storey rear extension. (c) Form a 1 bedroom apartment at ground floor level. (d) Form a 1 bedroom apartment at first floor level. (e) Together with all associated siteworks.
Permission · Meath County Council, 2560285
14 Feb 2025Refused
the development will consist of (1) the demolition of existing single story extensions to the side and rear of existing dwelling (2) alterations to existing dwelling including window & doors configuration (3) construction of a two story three bed dwelling to the side of existing dwelling with all associated site works and landscaping
Permission · Meath County Council, 2560141
4 Feb 2025N/a
the development will consist of (1) the demolition of existing single story extensions to the side and rear of existing dwelling (2) alterations to existing dwelling including window & doors configuration (3) construction of a two story three bed dwelling to the side of existing dwelling with all associated site works and landscaping
Permission · Meath County Council, 2560105
26 Sept 2024N/a
For conversion of existing four story terraced commercial office building, to a three bedroom residential house with amendments to rear elevation to include new windows and doors and ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460791
16 Apr 2024N/a
permission for alteration to fenestration to the front elevation consisting of a new entrance door and window and all associated site works at this site
Permission · Meath County Council, 24168
12 Dec 2023Conditional
demolition of the existing side garage and utility which is attached to the existing two storey semi-detached dwelling, the sub-division of existing residential site, the construction of a two storey style detached dwelling with a linked ground floor family flat, 2no. site entrances, new western boundary wall with pedestrian side access gate, revisions to the site layout plan, connection to all public services and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 231127
8 Dec 2023Conditional
Retention Permission for: (A) A single storied extension to the rear of dwelling house. (B) A detached domestic garage type building consisting of music room, storage areas and toilet. (C) Ancillary site works. Planning Permission for: (A) To construct a new single storied extension attached to the existing extension to the rear of the house consisting of ground floor bedroom and shower room, including internal alterations and 2no. additional roof lights overhead to the existing extension. (B) All ancillary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 231115
19 Sept 2023Conditional
the development will consist of the following: (1) Demolish existing single storey prefabricated type pitched roofed changing area and meeting rooms building (2) Erect new single storey pitched roofed and part flat roofed building for use as toilets, changing areas, storage, plant room and meeting room with connection to existing two storey club house (3) Connections to existing mains foul, storm and mains water services (4) And ancillary site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 23902
4 Sept 2023N/a
the development will consist of the following: (1) Demolish existing single storey prefabricated type pitched roofed changing area and meeting rooms building (2) Erect new single storey pitched roofed and part flat roofed building for use as toilets, changing areas, storage, plant room and meeting room with connection to existing two storey club house (3) Connections to existing mains foul, storm and mains water services (4) And ancillary site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 23855
28 Aug 2023Conditional
permission to retain; (a) part of first floor habitable space to existing dwelling, including rear dormer window. Also including all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23838
28 Jul 2023Conditional
the construction of a two storey extension and retention of a garden room gym
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23757
2 Nov 2022Conditional
development, located on two separate land parcels known as "Site A" and "Site B" for the purposes of the subject planning application, which combined, equate to an overall site area of c. 0.47Ha. Site A is located to the east of the former St. Finian's Seminary Study Hall/St. Patrick's Classical School (a Protected Structure LA RPS ID no. 90915), to the north of No. 59 Academy Street, to the north-east of St. Finian's Terrace, at the corner of Academy Street and Circular Road, Navan, Co. Meath, and includes the rear gardens of No.s 60-63 Academy Street. Part of "Site A" is located within the curtilage of Protected Structures(LA RPS ID no.s 90912, 90913 & 90914) pertaining to No.s 61, 62 & 63 Academy Street respectively. Site B is located at the corner of Bridge Street and Circular Road, Navan, Co. Meath, located to the south of the Rem Fac Motor Factors and the former County of Meath Infirmary building and grounds. Permission is sought for the demolition of all structures on site (973sq.m in total). The proposed development provides for mixed uses comprised of retail, office/commercial and residential uses. Site A will contain retail and residential uses, comprised of ground floor retail use (c.574sq.m) and 95 no. apartments accommodated in 3 no. blocks (i.e. A,B & C), ranging in height from 3-9 storeys. The proposed apartments are comprised of 32 no. 1 bed units, 62 no. 2 bed units and 1 no. 3 bed unit. A communal amenity room (c.57sq.m) is located on the 2nd floor of Block A. Car and bicycle parking will be accommodated in a bed-level podium car park, providing 138 no. car parking spaces (including EV parking) plus 8 no. disabled car parking spaces, and 318 no. bicycle parking spaces. Vehicular access will be via Academy Street while pedestrian and cyclist access will be from Circular Road. Site B is proposed to accommodate a 4-6 storey building that has retail use (c. 313sq.m) and office use at ground floor. Office use is also proposed from first to fifth inclusive, with a total of c.2,334sq.m office floor space accommodated in the building, with associated surface level car parking on Bridge Street (3 no. spaces) and 34 no. bicycle parking spaces accommodated in a bicycle store within the building at ground floor level. The overall proposed development includes all associated site development works above and below ground, servicing, signage, surface water attenuation facilities etc., communal residential amenity space, car ……..
Permission · Meath County Council, 221421
1 Sept 2022Conditional
the development will consist of (1) the demolition of two storey rear extension, (2) construction of a two-storey extension to the rear & (3) all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 221138
16 Jun 2022Conditional
the construction of a tool shed & domestic store to rear of existing dwelling
Permission · Meath County Council, 22792
10 Jun 2022Conditional
permission for retention of a single storey shed for domestic use with rear vehicular access
Retention · Meath County Council, 22770
28 Mar 2022Conditional
the retention of alterations to an existing house including single storey extensions to the side and to the rear of the house
Retention · Meath County Council, 22387
10 Nov 2021Conditional
the construction of multi-operator telecommunications infrastructure comprised of; a 24m lattice tower, antennas, dishes and associated equipment , together with new ground level equipment cabinets
Permission · Meath County Council, 212151
28 Oct 2021Conditional
the development will consist of 1. Demolition of extension to east side of dwelling 2. Remove front boundary wall and entrance gates 3. Construct new front boundary wall and domestic entrance 4. Construct new single storey extension with link to rear garden retaining all connections to existing services along with all ancillary site works. This development will involve works to a protected structure NT025-156
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 212084
22 Oct 2021Conditional
the development will consist of reconfiguring and extending of existing single storey rear extension, provision of new small balcony overlooking rear garden, provision of new insulation and all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 212052

The 25 most recent of 42 applications.

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

Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA 004232

Recorded monuments

ME025-030 Souterrain
Description
Sir William Wilde (1849, 135-6) describes how a large quantity of artefacts relating to horse harness was found in Athlumney, on the E side of A SE-NW section of the Boyne, in constructing the NE-SW railway line into the station at Navan. The artefacts, including bridle-bits, bronze, iron and silver rings, buckles and head-pieces together with human and animal bones were donated to the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy and are now in the National Museum of Ireland. The railway crosses the river on a viaduct but the station is only c. 250m from the river. On this side of the river the ground slopes down gently to the stream, and according to Wilde a souterrain consisting of a straight passage ’53 and a half feet long, eight feet broad and six feet high (L c. 16.3m; Wth c. 2.45m; H c. 1.8m)’ with two spurs leading to beehive chambers came to light in constructing the railway line. Although Wilde thought that much of the structure was preserved, its precise location is not known. 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 upload: 10 July 2007 Revised: 29 March 2023 Wilde, W. R. W. 1849 (reprinted 1978) The Beauties of the Boyne and its tributary, the Blackwater. McGlashan, Dublin
ME025-067 Cross - Wayside cross (present location)
Description
Now on display in the Meath County Library in Navan, This cross once stood beside an old SE-NW road from Navan to Rathaldron Castle (ME025-011----) that fell out of use (Moore 1899). The highly decorated cross shaft (dims 0.24m x 0.19m; H 1.26m) had stood on a plain base (dims 0.74m x 0.7m; H 0.22m) and had been set up in 1588 by Margaret Dexter and her Cusack husband, according to its inscription (Wilde 1850 133-4; Crawford 1920; King 1984, 110). Excavation in 1977 revealed a plinth of two steps made from cut limestone blocks (dims of base 2.5m x 2.5m). The remains of 8 infants and young children were recovered in the vicinity, confirming local traditions of its use as a Childrens Burial Ground (ME025-059----) (Cahill 1987-8). The cross has been described by King as: A shaft fragment rectangular in section set in an undecorated rectangular base. The shaft has rounded edges, an inscription, floral motifs and an heraldic shield in false relief. 1st: The lower part of a shield with the Cusack (per pale or and azure a fess counterchanged) and Dexter (argent a cross fleury gules between four parrots vert) arms impaled and the letters M.C. M.D. 2nd: An inscription in contracted Gothic Latin. [C]USA / ARMIG / ER I ET / MARGA[R] / RETAE DE / XTER UX / ORIS EJU /S AC HE / REDU EO / RM QUE/ HANC C/RUC FECE / RUT A. . /DNI 1588 / QUORU / ANIMA / BUS P[RO/PICIET] U [R / DEUS]. 3rd: Has a stiff undulate band of eight tulips. 4th: Has a vertebrate band of seven tulips growing from a vase. The date and patrons of this cross are evident from the inscription: ‘Cusack Knight and Margaret Dexter his wife and their heirs who had this cross made A.D. 1588 on whose souls may God have mercy.’ Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 16 April, 2015

Architectural heritage

Saint Patrick's Classical School, school, 1835–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Detached seven-bay two-storey former school, c.1840, with elliptical plan, inclined buttresses, classical niches, eaves course of paired timber brackets and tripartite sash windows. Converted to furniture factory, c.1975. Double-pitched roof, natural slates, two rendered chimney stacks with tall triple-flues, paired timber eaves brackets, lead rolled lead ridges, no gutters. Roughcast rendered walls with inclined nap rendered buttresses with inset aedicules, metal tie bar plate, brick structure. Limestone cills, ground floor openings, round and point-headed - some altered first floor Wyatt-style sash windows and eight over eight pane sash window openings. Rubble stone boundary wall to south-east with concrete buttresses, low concrete block wall to north-east.
Meath County Hall, office, 1910–1915 · Regional interest
Description
County Council Offices, built 1913, consisting of a three-bay central block flanked by projecting and gabled outer bays. Ashlar and banded rusticated limestone facades and curved pedimented doorcase. Porch added c.2000. Double pitched roof and hipped, natural slates, cast-iron ogee gutters, small louvred dormer housing. Banded rusticated and ashlar limestone, plain quoins, carved stone eaves cornice, nap render to side elevations, channelled to ground floor. Entablatures and pediments above first floor openings, uPVC casement windows, large segmental pedimented doorcase, stained glass window over inner entrance door. Wrought-iron railings with ashlar piers, rubble stone boundary wall to north.
Moondyne, house, 1790–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey house, c.1800, with rusticated stone doorcase. Openings refitted c.1990. Double-pitched roof, natural slates, iron gutters, nap rendered chimney. Rendered ruled and lined walls- c.1985, painted. Stone cills painted, uPVC casement windows, round-headed stone rusticated doorcase with double key stone and carved architrave, sheet glass fanlight, glazed hardwood door. Set back behind low 1900's iron railings, full-width two-storey outhouse. John Boyle O'Reilly, author and Fenian lived here - the house is now called Moon Dyne after the title of one of his books.
House, 1825–1845 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced four-bay three-storey house, c.1885, over basement, with integral carriageway arch. Double-pitched roof, artificial slates, rendered chimney stacks, iron gutters. Rendered ruled and lined walls, exposed rubble stone to rear elevation. Stone cills, single pane deal sash windows, round-headed stone doorcase - partly rusticated, sheet glass fanlight, segmental-headed carriage archway with T & G deal doors, small pane sash windows - rear, timber sash window with margin lights to rear elevation, which is only three-bays wide. Set back behind 1900's railings, uninscribed stone plaques built into side wall of yard.
House, 1825–1845 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace three-bay three-storey house, c.1835, over basement. Casement windows inserted in upper floor openings. Double-pitched roof, artificial slates, iron gutters, rendered chimney stack. Rendered, ruled and lined, exposed rubble stone to rear elevation. Stone cills, single pane deal sash windows - ground floor, uPVC casement windows - first and second floors, round-headed stone doorcase with keystone and architrave, sheet glass fanlight, 1980's timber door. Set back behind 1900's railings, rear yard.
Boyne Villa, house, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace three-bay three-storey house over basement, c.1840. Openings refitted. Cast-iron railings to site. Double-pitched roof, artificial slates, projecting eaves course, uPVC gutters, chimney stack removed. Rendered ruled and lined walls with iron enamelled name plaque. Stone cills, uPVC casement windows, round-headed stone doorcase with carved archivolt, keystone impost - lintel, architrave, leaded fanlight, hardwood door. Cast-iron railings to basement area - partly replaced.
House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay three-storey house over basement, c.1840, with round-headed stone doorcase, original fanlight and panelled door. Cast-iron railings to site. Double-pitched roof, artificial slates, projecting eaves course, chimney stack removed. Rendered ruled and lined walls, rear - exposed coursed rubble. Stone cills, timber sash windows, round-headed stone doorcase with carved archivolt, keystone, impost - lintel, architrave etc., leaded fanlight, original two panel deal door. Remains of cast-iron railings to basement area.
House, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey house over raised basement, c.1890, with round-headed door opening and segmental-headed openings to first floor. Cast-iron railings to site. Double-pitched roof, natural slates - tarred, projecting eaves course, rendered chimney stack extended in brick. Rendered ruled and lined walls, painted. Stone cills, segmental-headed opes - first floor, single pane deal sash windows, round-headed door ope with moulded comp hood moulding, hardwood door. Low plinth wall to basement area with limestone coping and simple cast-iron railings, steps up to entrance.
House, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey house over raised basement, c.1890, with round-headed door opening, integral carriageway arch and segmental-headed first floor window openings. Bay window inserted c.1915. Cast-iron railings to site. Double-pitched roof, artificial slates, projecting eaves, monopitched lead roof to bay window. Nap rendered walls, painted. Stone cills, segmental-headed opes with single pane sashes - first floor, round-headed door ope with moulded compo architrave bay window with original casements, c.1915, segmental-headed carriage arch with pair of T & G deal doors. Low plinth wall to part filled casement area and cast iron railings, steps up to door.
House, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house over raised basement, c.1860, with round-headed door opening. Cast-iron railings to site. Double-pitched roof, artificial slates, projecting eaves, uPVC gutters, rendered chimney stack. Rendered ruled and lined walls, painted, raised quoins to left hand side. Stone cills, uPVC casement windows, round-headed door ope with moulded compo hood and remains of bracketed timber doorcase, two panel deal door. Cast-iron railings to basement area, limestone steps up to front door.
House, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Semi-detached four-bay two-storey house over raised basement, c.1860, with round-headed door opening and integral carriageway arch. Cast-iron railings to site. Double-pitched roof, artificial slates, projecting eaves course, large rendered chimney stack, cast-iron ogee gutters. Rendered ruled and lined walls, painted, raised quoins to right hand side. Stone cills, six over six pane deal sash windows, round-headed door ope with bracketed timber, doorcase and sheet glass fanlight, panelled door, c.1985, four-centred carriage arch with pair of T & G deal doors. Low limestone plinth wall and cast-iron railings to area, stone steps up to entrance door, single-storey outhouse to rear with double pitch corrugated iron roof.
House, 1870–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey house, c.1880, with projecting porch and enclosed yard. Double-pitched roof, natural slates, two brick chimney stacks. Exposed uncoursed rubble walls, painted nap render to yard elevation. Hardwood casement windows with brick reveals and flat arches. Enclosed yard with rubble stone boundary wall to street with elliptically-arched doorway with ashlar voussoirs and matchboard double gates.
Viaduct, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Seven arch railway viaduct over river, c.1849, of rock faced rusticated limestone. Segment arches. Rubble sandstone boundary wall marks location of former south-western river bank.
Woodland House, house, 1910–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, built 1917, with projecting porch. Extended at rear and converted into nursing home c. 1990. Detached former coach house to site. Double-pitched and hipped roof, natural slates, tall chimney stacks, wide overhanging eaves with brackets, flat roofed dormer window. Pebble dash rendered walls with nap rendered margins and quoins. Stone cills, moulded architraves to window opes, six over six pane deal sash windows, glazed door.
Navan Railway Station, station master's house, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey former station master's house, c.1885, with gabled half-dormer window. Single-storey extension, garage and garden sheds added. Double-pitched roof, natural slates, decorative deal barge boards, brick chimney stacks with decorative brick courses. Rough dash rendered walls. Exposed header course brick segment arches to window opes and surround to door ope, heavy timber casement windows, possibly original.
Navan Railway Station, railway station, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached nine-bay single-storey railway station, built 1885. Yellow brick façade with blue- and red-brick strings at cill and impost levels. Screen walls at each end. Designed by N.A. Mills. Double-pitched roof, natural slates, decorative ridge tiles and barge boards, brick chimney stacks. Yellow English bond brickwork to walls with blue and red brick strings. Granite cills, moulded blue brick hood mouldings over segment arches, two pane deal sash windows - mostly boarded-up, large former glazed screen on platform side now enclosed. Rubble stone platform retaining walls with ashlar kerbing.
Navan Railway Station, store/warehouse, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey railway warehouse, c.1885, with coursed rubble limestone walls, c.1885. Extensions at either end. Double-pitched roof, natural slates, corrugated fibre cement sheeting, cast-iron ogee gutters. Coursed rubble limestone walls, vertical timber boarding to extension to east. Brick surrounds to window openings and oculus, ashlar surrounds to large segmental-headed door openings, timber boarded sliding door openings on rails to east extension.
Navan Railway Station, building misc, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Water tank consisting of replacement cast-iron tank supported upon brickwork and limestone base with raking ashlar limestone walls, c.1885.
Navan Railway Station, signal box, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached signal box with brick base and glazed timber superstructure, c.1900. Double-pitched roof, natural slates, cast-iron rainwater goods, decorative barge, turned finials, bracketed fascia, brick chimney stack. Brick base structure with recessed panels, timber shiplap boarding to superstructure. uPVC windows, deal and hardwood doors. Galvanised steel staircase to access box to site.
Navan Railway Station, platform, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Station platform with expanses of stone-set paving, c.1885.
Navan Railway Station, platform, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Station platform with expanses of stone-set paving, c.1885.
Post box, 1950–1970 · Regional interest
Description
Cast-iron post box, c.1960, with P & T monogram. Fixed to telephone pole.

Ground and risks

Radon, landslides, flooding

Radon: At the centre of the townland of Dillonsland, 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. Parts of the land are made ground and water.
Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2704 (ZIP).
Flooding: The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Homes sold

Property Price Register

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

The townland

Name: Dillonsland
Area: 318,469 m² (31.85 ha, 78.7 acres)
Civil parish: Navan, and its townlands
Barony: Navan Lower
Electoral division: Navan Urban, the unit of the census
Census 2022: 3,814 people lived in 1,597 households in the Navan Urban electoral division. 43% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
Neighbouring townlands: Athlumney, Balreask Old, Limekilnhill, Townparks
Placenames: Dillonsland 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.