Rathgory

58 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathgory, from 55 m² to 363,047 m² (36.3 ha, 89.71 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Rathgory in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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

• 20 May 2026Conditional

  Permission for the following: 1. Construction of new detached, single storey dwelling. 2. Construction of 2no. new detached stables. 3. Alterations to existing agricultural entrance to accommodate new gates and piers. 4. New proprietary wastewater treatment system & percolation area. 5. All associated site works *Significant Further Information Received 22/07/2026*

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2660308

• 29 Jan 2026Conditional

  Permission for a proposed dwelling house, new vehicular entrance onto road, treatment system and percolation area all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2660037

• 17 Dec 2025N/a

  Permission for a proposed dwelling house, new vehicular entrance onto road, treatment system and percolation area all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2560829

• 20 Dec 2024Refused

  Permission for the construction of a two storey house, waste water treatment unit and percolation area and new entrance onto the public road

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2460825

• 18 Aug 2022Refused

  Retention permission for a change of use of an existing building (860sqm) from a timber workshop and showroom (as permitted under Louth County Council Ref. 051008) to a steel fabrication workshop, together with associated internal amendments and alterations to the permitted parking area to the north of the workshop. Permission for the removal of existing parking immediately to the front of the workshop, the construction of a material storage area and vehicle turning/parking area to the west and south of the workshop; and, all associated ancillary site and developmenbt works.

  Retention · Louth County Council, 22657

• 3 Jun 2022N/a

  Retention and Permission: Retention permission for a change of use of an existing building (860sqm) from a timber workshop and showroom (as permitted under ref. no. 051008) to a steel fabrication workshop, together with associated internal amendments and alterations to the permitted parking area to the north of the workshop. Planning permission sought for the removal of existing parking immediately to the front of the workshop, the construction of a material storage area and vehicle turning/parking area to the west and south of the workshop; and all associated and ancillary site and development works

  Retention · Louth County Council, 22457

• 12 May 2022Refused

  permission for a proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and polishing filter percolation area, new vehicular entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 22377

• 6 Apr 2022N/a

  Permission for a proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and polishing filter percolation area, new vehicular entrance and all associated site development works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 22271

• 14 Jul 2021Conditional

  Permission for development that will consist of a storey and a half rear extension to dwelling house, alterations to existing dwelling including removal of front porch and incorporation of granny flat, revised site boundaries, new waste water treatment system and percolation area, decommission existing septic tank and all associated site works *Significant Further Information submitted 01/11/2021*

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 21878

• 8 Nov 2019N/a

  Retention permission for change of use from existing timber workshop and showroom (granted under planning ref. no. 05/1008) to steel manufacturing workshop, together with all associated changes as constructed

  Retention · Louth County Council, 19931

• 6 Sept 2018Refused

  Planning permission for retention of outdoor steel storage area in conjunction with adjoining business, vehicle turning area and car parking as constructed

  Retention · Louth County Council, 18711

• 8 Aug 2018N/a

  Planning permission for retention of outdoor steel storage area in conjunction with adjoining business, vehicle turning area and car parking as constructed.

  Retention · Louth County Council, 18630

• 25 May 2018N/a

  Permission for retention of outdoor steel storage ara in conjuction with adjoining business, vehicle turning area and car parking as constructed

  Retention · Louth County Council, 18402

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 Rathgory.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rathgory.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Rathgory, about 1 in 20 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rathgory.

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.

• Rathgory, Dunleer5 sales

Name

Rathgory · Ráth Ghuaire

Area

1,091,474 m² (109.15 ha, 269.71 acres)

Civil parish

Mullary, and its townlands

Barony

Ferrard

Electoral division

Mullary, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,870 people lived in 560 households in the Mullary electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castlelumny, Castletown, Hammondstown, Priest Town, Stirue, Stirue

Placenames

Rathgory 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.