Branganstown

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Branganstown, from 4 m² to 521,095 m² (52.11 ha, 128.77 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 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 · 55 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 15 Sept 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of a new secure Dog Park for exercising and socialising dogs from the local area and beyond. 2 No. dog run / socialising areas each of approximately 4045m2, each to include agility toys and various activity equipment, water station and an internal 1.5m wide perimeter walking track. Each enclosure will contain 2 No. shelters for visitors within the 1.8m high perimeter post and wire fenced area, 2 No. rubbish bins for depositing bagged dog waste only. A 3m wide double gated entrance for access and security. 4m wide service gates to the north of the fenced area to allow for maintenance. Signage to the site entrance. Parking on site for 10 cars including 2 No. disabled parking spaces adjacent to the fenced areas

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560977

• 19 Jun 2025Conditional

  Planning application for permission on previously approved site reg. ref. 21/700 for the construction of a new 1.5 storey detached dwelling including proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area, amendments to existing entrance onto public road and all associated site works with change of house type and site layout plan from that previously approved under Reg. Ref. 21/700 at Branganstown, Kiltale, Co. Meath.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560620

• 19 Jun 2025Conditional

  Planning application for permission for the refurbishment & extension of existing single storey detached farmhouse cottage to include internal and external alterations and provision of a new single storey extension to rear plus the installation of a new proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area including all associated site works. Significant Further Information/Revised Plans submitted on this application.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560622

• 29 Mar 2024Refused

  The retention of existing agricultural gate/entrance from the public road, together with all associated site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2460220

• 15 Dec 2023Refused

  the construction of a storey and a half residence, domestic garage, new entrance, proprietary waste water treatment system and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 231137

• 14 Apr 2023Refused

  permission is sought for the retention of an existing agricultural entrance/access off the public road, and all associated site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 23408

• 28 Oct 2022Conditional

  the proposed works consist of: Minor alterations/revisions to elevations and a minor increase in first-floor area and overall ridge height to house type 1 from that granted under planning ref. no. TA 161305 (under construction). Together with all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221414

• 17 Feb 2022Unconditional

  EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION REF TA/161305 - construction of 3 no. dormer/storey and a half style agri-tourism accommodation dwellings, accessed via existing private laneway, install proprietary waste water treatment systems and percolation areas and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22198

• 14 Apr 2021Conditional

  the construction of a new dwelling with proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, amendments to existing entrance onto public road and all associated site works . Significant Further information/Revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21700

• 12 Jun 2020Conditional

  the proposed works consist of; Construction of a two storey style dwelling, detached domestic garage, change the use of existing agricultural entrance to form entrance to dwelling, install proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA200732

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 Branganstown.

Recorded monuments

• ME037-022 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise in a gently undulating landscape. It is depicted on the 1836 and 1912 editions of the OS 6-inch map and described as ‘Walsh’s Raheen’ on both. Only the S half remains. This is a grass-covered area defined by an arc (Chord 54m SE-W) of an earthen bank (at SW: Wth of base 11m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 2.6m) separated by a rounded fosse (at SW: Wth of top 8m; ext. D 1.6m) from an outer bank (at SW: Wth of base 6m; ext. H 0.4m) which supports some mature deciduous trees. The entrance could have been at SE where the defensive features meld into the field surface 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 August 2019

• ME037-023 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on a terrace overlooking the SE-NW Yellow River c. 100m to the SW and rath (ME037-024----) c. 50m to the SSE. Raised rectangular and grass-covered area (dims 18m E-W; 11m N-S) defined by scarps (H 0.8m) with a mound (diam. 5m; H 0.7m) towards centre which may be upcast from a small quarry in the S side. 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: 24 May 2016

• ME037-024 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located in the valley of the SE-NW Boycetown River, with an E-W section of the stream c. 30m to the S. Subcircular, grass-covered area (dims 36m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by a scarp with surrounding fosse (Wth 4.5-6.5m; ext. D 0.1-0.2m generally to 1m at N). There is no identifiable original entrance. Earthwork (ME037-023----) is c. 50m to the NNW. 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: 14 May 2016

• ME037-060 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a small enclosure (diam. c. 8m) defined by a wide fosse (Wth c. 2-3m) is visible on Google Earth (12/07/2013). It is also visible as a parched feature on Google Earth (14/07/2018) and was first reported by Anthony Murphy. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 July, 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2710 (ZIP).

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

Name

Branganstown

Area

1,205,228 m² (120.52 ha, 297.82 acres)

Civil parish

Galtrim, and its townlands

Barony

Deece Lower

Electoral division

Galtrim, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Galtrim electoral division: 791 people in 251 households; 87% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Boycetown, Crumpstown or Marshallstown, Kiltale, Milltown, Walterstown

Placenames

Branganstown 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.