Emlagh

36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Emlagh, from 2,005 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres) to 369,951 m² (37 ha, 91.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 63 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

No planning application touches the townland of Emlagh 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 the townland of Emlagh.

Recorded monuments

• ME011-039 Church
  Description

  A monastery was founded by St. Beccan at Imbleach Beccain or Imbleadh Fiae, and abbots are noted in the annals 737-990, including the deaths of Graiphnech (737), Abel (747), Forinnan (798), Suibhne mac Forannan (843) and Ceallach (990). The king of Tara, Domnall Mide, who died in 763, was buried here (Bhreathnach 2014, 129). The erenach or steward of Imleach-Fia died in 948 (Cogan 1862-70, 136; Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 35; Mulvany 1971, 14). The saint is Beagán, whose only exploit seems to have been the raising of the son of a king of Tara from the dead (Ó Riain 2011, 92). O’Ciretha, the erenach of Imleach, is recorded on a late 11th century charter in the Book of Kells (O’Connell 1959, 34). After the Anglo-Norman settlement Emalgh became a parish, and a church at Emlagh is listed in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV. Ussher (1622) describes the church and chancel at Emlaghbeggan as ruined (Erlington 1847-64, 1, xc). Dopping (1682-5) also describes the church of Emlagh as ruined and it was not enclosed (Ellison 1973, 9). The parish church of Emlagh is situated on the S side of what was once an island in Emlagh bog. The island in the Red moor of Emlogh is marked on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map of Kells with a causeway extending NW towards Cravelltonne (Gravelstown), which is probably now occupied by the road, and according to the parish map Garret Fleming held 25 acres there. The subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 45-65m N-S; c. 30-40m E-W) defined by earthen banks and hedges has the remains of a mortuary enclosure (ext. dims 7m E-W; 5m N-S) with some 20th century headstones. About 60m from this enclosure and at the base of the knoll on which it is situated is slight scarp or ditch (Wth c. 5m; D 0.2-0.4m) N-E-S, which may form part of an ecclesiastical enclosure. A fragment of the head of a ringed cross (H 0.4m; surviving span 0.3m; T 0.12-0.13m), amounting to about a quarter of the whole, was found in the graveyard in 2017 and is now taken into care by Meath County Council. It has interlace on one face of the ring but the panel on the other side has been removed. A crucifixion is depicted on the interlace side, but the representation on the other is less clear. There is a socket on top and there are rills on the thickness of the ring. 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: 21 May, 2019

• ME011-039001 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on the S side of what was once an island in Emlagh bog. The site of the early monastery and parish church of Emlagh is within a subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 45-65m N-S; c. 30-40m E-W) defined by earthen banks and hedges. In the interior are the remains of a mortuary enclosure (ext. dims 7m E-W; 5m N-S) with some 20th century headstones. The head of a cross (ME011-039004-), now taken into care by Meath County Council, was found in the graveyard in 2107. About 60m from the mortuary enclosure and at the base of the knoll on which it is situated is a slight scarp or ditch (Wth c. 5m; D 0.2-0.4m) N-E-S, which may form part of an ecclesiastical enclosure (ME011-039002-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 22 May, 2014 Amended: 10 April, 2019

• ME011-039002 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Situated on the S side of what was once an island in Emlagh bog. The site of the early monastery of Emlagh is within a subrectangular graveyard (ME011-039001-). About 60m from this enclosure and at base of knoll on which it is situated is slight scarp or ditch (Wth c. 5m; D 0.2-0.4m) N-E-S, which may form part of an ecclesiastical enclosure. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 July, 2014

• ME011-039003 Causeway
  Description

  The site of the early monastery and the site of the parish church of Emlagh is situated on the S side of what was once an island in Emlagh bog. The island in the Red moor of Emlogh is marked on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map of Kells with a causeway extending NW towards Cravelltonne (Gravelstown), which is probably now occupied by the road. For the Down Survey barony map see this web-page accessed on 31 July, 2014http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Kells&c=Meath Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 July, 2014

• ME011-039004 Cross
  Description

  A fragment of the head of a ringed cross (H 0.4m; surviving span 0.3m; T 0.12-0.13m), amounting to about a quarter of the whole, was found in the graveyard (ME011-039001-) of Emlagh church site in 2017 and is now taken into care by Meath County Council. It could be from a high cross and has interlace carved on one face of the ring but the panel on the other side has been removed. A crucifixion is depicted on the interlace side, but the representation on the other side is less clear. There is a socket on top and there are rills on the thickness of the ring. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 April 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 Emlagh, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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

Name

Emlagh · Imleach Bheagáin

Area

1,995,092 m² (199.51 ha, 493 acres)

Civil parish

Emlagh, and its townlands

Barony

Kells Lower

Electoral division

Staholmog, the unit of the census

Census 2022

427 people lived in 141 households in the Staholmog electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Balreask, Gravelstown, Rossmeen

Placenames

Emlagh 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.