Rathmolyon
Rathmolyon is a townland in the civil parish of Rathmolyon, barony of Moyfenrath Lower, Co. Meath. Its name in Irish is Ráth Moliain.
Parcel 5538819
- Area
- 492 m²
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 489 m².
- Zoning
- R2 A1 - Existing Residential (Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied)) The objective
- Townland
- Rathmolyon
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 5 recorded monuments.
- ME042-020 Church
Description
Situated on a slight rise in a fairly level landscape. The earliest reference is from 1212 when the church of Moyllach was confirmed to the Knights Hospitallers of Kilmainham (DU018-020026-) (Sheehy 1962 vol. 1, 148-9), and in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV (Cal. Doc. Ire., 5, 257) the church of Ratamolechan was still held by the Hospitallers and exempt from taxation. At the suppression of Kilmainham in 1541 it still held the church, 35 acres and five messauges or house plots at Rathmolyan (White 1943, 114). Bishop Ussher in his visitation (1622) describes the church and chancel of Rathmullian as ruinous (Erlington 1847-64, 1, lxxxvii). According to the Dopping (1682-5) and Royal (1693) visitations St Michael’s church had been in disrepair since 1641 but the chancel and some of the church had been repaired by 1693. At that time the windows were glazed and it had a slate roof, but the floor was bare and most of the necessary liturgical paraphernalia was missing, apart from a font (Ellison 1972, 11). The names of some of the clergy from the 16th century are known (Cogan 1862-70, 2, 374). The present Church of Ireland church was built in 1797 (Lewis 1837, 2, 504). The site of the medieval parish church is within its subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 75m NW-SE: c. 45m NE-SW at NW to c. 80m NE-SW at SE) defined by masonry walls, with headstones dating from c. 1780 to the present. There is one piece of window surround (H 0.52m) from the medieval church re-used as a grave-marker. Archaeological monitoring (07E0922) by D. Shine (excavations.ie 2008:960, 961) of trenches for a water pipe under the road W of the graveyard identified an enclosure (ME042-020002-) centered on the graveyard that is probably the rath after which the townland and the parish are named. Numerous other ditches that are related to the medieval settlement (ME042-02004-) and evidence of medieval metal-working (ME042-020003-) was also encountered. (Shine 2009) 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: 23 March, 2015 Amended: 26 April, 2021
- ME042-020001 Graveyard
Description
Situated on a slight rise in a fairly level landscape. The site of the medieval parish church of Rathmolyon (ME042-020----) is within a subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 75m NW-SE: c. 45m NE-SW at NW to c. 80m NE-SW at S) defined by masonry walls, with headstones dating from c. 1780 to the present. Archaeological testing and excavation (07E0922) by D. Shine of trenches for a water pipe encountered human remains on the W side of the N-S road that is W of the graveyard (excavations.ie 2008:960, 961). Two burials, one of a woman with a smoker’s kit including flint nodule, strike-a-light and a pipe bowl dated c. 1640-1660, were recorded. The other burial, a probable male, yielded a C14 date of 1410-1470 cal. AD. A ditch roughly parallel with the W graveyard wall may be an earlier version of this boundary. A clay-bonded wall and its robber trench on the line of the S graveyard wall indicates that the road truncates a graveyard that originally extended further W, and ditches on the same line are probably earlier than the wall. On the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map a rectangular area W of the road is included with the unidentified graveyard (total dims c. 180m NE-SW; c. 75m NW-SE) and described as the ‘Vicarial Glebe’. The cobbled surface of a road (L c. 65m) found in the trench stops short of the graveyard as represented on a Scalé map of 1767, but the current extension to the cross-roads had been achieved by 1812 according to Larkin’s map. Archaeological testing (21E0315) by C. Coffey and F. Murtagh c. 170m to the W of the graveyard at the closest point produced no related material (excavations.ie 2022:433). (Shine 2009) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 March, 2015 Amended: 26 April, 2021; 2 May 2023;
- ME042-020002 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a slight rise in a fairly level landscape. Archaeological monitoring (07E0922) by D. Shine of trenches for a water pipe encountered human remains on the W side of the N-S road that is W of Rathmolyon graveyard (ME042-020001-) (excavations.ie 2008:960, 961). This warranted an excavation under the same licence along the roadway c. 5m from the graveyard wall but within the confines of the pipe-trench (L 220m; Wth 1.2-1.3m), with some features occurring at depth (up to 3m). The excavation recorded an area of metal-working (ME042-020003-) as well as eight ditches or fosses. Some of the ditches relate to small plots of a settlement (ME042-020004-) but it is very likely that some of those at the N end of the trench are sections of the same curving fosse encircling the W part of the graveyard cut at two points by the pipe trench. This is undoubtedly the rath after which the townland and the parish are named. One of the other ditches (Wth 2m; D 1m) was S of the rath and unconnected with it, producing a C14 date of 380-200 cal. BC (Shine 2009, 11). Beginning at the NW angle of the graveyard, the section recorded a large ditch (Wth of top 6m; D 2m) that has no indication of an accompanying bank but its 19 layers represent silting periods interspersed with slumping from its sides and deliberate closing deposits at the top. This fosse was cut by two later ditches, one of which had disarticulated human bones while the other was roughly parallel with the graveyard wall and may be an earlier version of this boundary. South of the large ditch two pits and some furrows were encountered. Two burials, one with a smoker’s kit dated c. 1640-1660, were recorded further S with a small ditch between them. This ditch was almost obliterated by a larger ditch (Wth of top 2.4m; max. D 1.9m) with 15 fills consisting of silts, including a lengthy primary silting, interspersed with dumped layers. Large quantities of animal bones were recovered from the fosse and some disarticulated human remains from its upper levels. Redeposited natural on the W side together with its dimensions and alignment suggest it is the same ditch that was encountered at the N end of the trench c. 26m distant. The excavation trench cut these features at two points at the W edge of the enclosure and it enables the size and sequence of the enclosures to be calculated. The innermost enclosure (diam. c. 65m) is defined by a large fosse, and radiocarbon dates suggest a construction date of 660-800 cal. AD. From pottery and artefacts in the ditches it continued in use into the thirteenth or fourteenth century when the ditches were deliberately closed. Other ditches are probably re-cuts or could represent an ecclesiastical enclosure which would have encompassed a much greater area (diam. c. 100m), and a fosse (Wth 1.4m; D 0.5m) discovered in a trench of this scheme on the E side of the graveyard could add support to this (Shine 2009a, 11, 13). (Shine 2009) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 April, 2021
- ME042-020003 Metalworking site
Description
Archaeological monitoring and excavation (07E0922) by D. Shine of a trench for a water pipe W of the graveyard (ME042-020001-) of Rathmolyon church identified a metal-working: south of the plots of the settlement (excavations.ie 2008:960, 961). The cuts of three bowl furnaces (dims 0.38-0.4m; D 0.12-0.14) set into the subsoil were recorded. What is probably a quenching gully (dims 1.6m x 1.1m D 0.2m) and a post-hole were nearby. One of the furnaces returned a C14 date of 770-900 cal. AD but the other features are thought to be late medieval. (Shine 2009, 14, 20-2) Further archaeological testing (21E0315) by A. O’Connell just to the SW at ITM produced no relat3ed archaeological material (excavations.ie 2021:262). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 April, 2021 Amended: 28 April, 2023
- ME042-020004 Settlement cluster
Description
The church of Rathmolyon was held by the Knights Hospitallers of Kilmainham (DU018-020026-) since the early thirteenth century (Sheehy 1962, vol. 1, 148-9), and a settlement may have developed around it. In the Civil Survey (1654) Rathmullian is described as ‘a church and Divers Farm houses’ (Simington 1940, 178), and it is represented as a church with some cabins on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map. The settlement is depicted as an E-W street village on a Scalé map of 1767, and the present cross-roads first appears on Larkin’s map of 1812. Archaeological monitoring and excavation (07E0922) by D. Shine of a trench for a water pipe W of the graveyard recorded the rath (ME042-020002-) after which the townland and parish are named as well as evidence of metal-working (ME042-020003-) and tillage plots related to the settlement (excavations.ie 2008:960, 961). A band of E-W furrows (Wth c. 10m) overlies the interior of the rath, and just S of the graveyard a large ditch (Wth of top 2.1m; max. D 1.13m) was recorded from which a medieval blade was recovered. This might have formed a field boundary with a single post-hole just S of it, and only agricultural activity represented further S by a smaller drain and five furrows. This created a narrow field (Wth c. 20m) and could represent another plot or messauge of the settlement that was probably centered on the church and the E-W street. (Shine 2009, 16-19) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 26 April, 2021
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 rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 92.3 ha
- 228 acres
- Land parcels
- 48
- registered freehold, median 4,120 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathmolyon, from 98 m² to 161,178 m² (16.12 ha, 39.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 51 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 7 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 - G3H1 - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
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 · 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
19 May 2026N/a
the development will consist of the installation of a 36 m high multi-user lattice telecommunications support structure accommodating antennas, dishes, remote radio units (RRU’s), aircraft warning light and lighting finial, together with associated telecommunications equipment. The development will include ground-based equipment cabinets, power and fibre infrastructure including an ESB mini-pillar and fibre chamber, all within a compound enclosed by 2.4 m high palisade fencing with a 1.0 m wide access gate. The development will also include construction of a new access track connecting the compound to the existing access track and all associated site development works to facilitate the provision of high-speed wireless data and broadband services
Permission · Meath County Council, 2660593
26 Jun 2025N/a
the development will consist of the construction of a two-storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, upgrade an existing entrance onto a private lane, replacing the existing fencing along sections of boundary, landscaping, resurfacing and grading of the private lane to remove previous surface finishes, the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560659
4 Jun 2025N/a
the development will consist of the construction of a two-storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, upgrade an existing entrance onto a private lane, replacing the existing fencing along sections of boundary, landscaping, resurfacing and grading of the private lane to remove previous surface finishes, the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560560
20 Dec 2024Conditional
renovation and extension of existing dwelling house to include: 1/ Demolition of existing garage. 2/ Renovation of existing dwelling house. 3/ Conversion of existing outhouses to kitchen/dining/living/play room accommodation. 4/ Construction of new single storey 'link' corridor between existing dwelling and converted outhouses to include new utility room & shower room, and associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 2560010
17 Dec 2024N/a
a permission subsequent of the granted permission (Reg. Ref. 24/60361) for development on lands, at The Glebe, Rathmolyon, County Meath. The development consist of a substitution of 1 detached 4-bed unit in place of 2 semidetached 3bed for a housing development at the Glebe, Rathmolyon, County Meath. There is not modification to the general site layout with the public open space, roads and entrance layout remained in accordance with the previously granted permission Ref. 24/60361
Permission · Meath County Council, 2461115
22 May 2024Conditional
the development consists of an additional 7 units and other minor modifications to previous granted permission (Reg. Ref. 23/402) for a housing development, at The Glebe, Rathmolyon, County Meath as follow: 1. 5 Bed units to be omitted. 2. 4 Bed units decreased from 37 units to 33 units. 3. 3 Bed units increased from 33 units to 49 units. 4. Minor alteration to elevation of House Type C3 & F. 5. Change Boundary Type 3 from Brickwork wall to Blockwork Wall with Plaster. 6. Change Boundary Type 3 from Render Concrete Block Wall with timber Panel & Concrete Post. There is no modification to the general site layout with the public open space, roads and entrance layout remaining in accordance with the previously granted permission Ref. 23/402
Permission, 86 homes · Meath County Council, 2460361
6 Nov 2023Refused
The development will consist of the construction of a two-storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, storage yard, upgrade an existing entrance onto a private lane, create a new entrance onto a private lane, replacing the existing fencing along the boundary, resurfacing and grading of the private lane to remove previous surface finishes, the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360391
6 Jun 2023Conditional
3 no. two storey two bed terraced houses to the Ballivor Road/Main Street, 2 no. three bed apartments in terraced three storey building with 1 no. shop unit to ground floor to corner of Ballivor & Enfield Crossroad, 1 no. one bed apartment on ground floor of three storey terraced building with duplex townhouse over and 7 no. two & three storey terrace houses to Enfield Road, 9 no. two storey semi detached & terraced houses accessed from Enfield Road. (Total 24 no. units), New entrance onto Enfield public road, 1 no. bin store, associated access road, open space, landscaping & boundary treatment, pathways, car parking & ancillary site services. Amendments to previous planning permission ref no. TA190869
Permission, 10 homes · Meath County Council, 23590
14 Apr 2023Conditional
the development consists of an amended housing development which was previously granted permission (Reg. ref. TA/180256) and will consist of the demolition of 1 no. dormer bungalow dwelling & the construction of 79 dwellings to include 5 no. 5-bed 2 storey detached houses; 6 no. 4-bed 2 storey detached houses; 30 no. 4-bed 2 storey semidetached houses; 1 no. 4-bed 2 storey detached house; 1 no. 3-bed 2 storey detached house; 32 no. 3-bed 2 storey semidetached houses; and 4 no. 2-bed 2 storey semidetached houses; together with all associated drainage, services, boundary wall treatment, site works, landscaped open spaces and 1 no. vehicular access road. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 78 homes · Meath County Council, 23402
13 Jan 2023Conditional
to construct a new single storey sunroom extension 35.3sq.m to the side and rear of existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2321
15 Dec 2022N/a
permision is being sought to construct a new single storey sunroom extension 35.3sq.m to the side and rear of existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Meath County Council, 221638
25 Aug 2022Conditional
demolition of the existing single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, revisions to the internal layout and elevations, the construction of a new single storey extension and all associated site works. Rathmolyon House is a protected structure
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221109
21 Mar 2022Refused
the demolition of the existing single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, changes to the internal layout and elevations, the construction of a new single storey extension and all associated site works. Rathmolyon House is a protected structure
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22351
18 Jun 2019Conditional
retention of developments from that granted under 91/000197
Retention · Meath County Council, TA190789
29 May 2019N/a
of retention of an extension to kitchen, bathroom & toilet to SW (rear) elevation and entrance porch to NE (front) elevation.
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA190674
9 Apr 2018Conditional
the demolition of the existing extension, alterations to the existing dwelling, the construction of a proposed extension and all associated site works. The Villa is a Protected Structure. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission · Meath County Council, TA180343
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Rathmoylan Esker 000557
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rathmolyon.
Architectural heritage
- Rathmolyon House, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached six-bay two-storey house, built c.1800, with three-storey return. Hipped tile roof with terracotta ridge tiles and modern brick chimneystacks. Rendered walls with render quoins. Replacement windows. Round-arched stone doorcase with Tuscan columns, replacement door and fanlight. Roughcast rendered and stone outbuildings to site, one formerly having integral carriage arch to road. Rubble stone boundary walls with lugged and pedimented stone architrave and wrought-iron gate.
- The Villa, farm house, 1835–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey over basement farmhouse, built 1836, with extension to west and lean-to extension to east. Pitched tile roof with rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered quoins. Timber sash windows with stone sills. Timber battened double doors with fanlight above, set in ashlar stone doorcase. Rendered gate piers with stone name plaques and caps, having wrought-iron double gates. Stone outbuilding to rear with pitched slate roof.
- Saint Michael's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1965–1970 · Regional interest
Description
Detached gable-fronted church, built 1967. Five-bay side elevations to nave, with single-bay entrance porch to the south and two-bay chancel to the north. Flat-roofed sacristy to the north. Pitched copper-clad roof with rendered chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls with concrete buttresses and date plaque. Triangular- and square-headed openings with concrete sills and stained glass windows. Triples of pointed stained glass windows to nave. Stained glass windows and glazed timber doors to entrance gable. Interior is intact. Freestanding square-profiled roughcast rendered bell tower. Site is enclosed by roughcast rendered wall with steel gates.
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, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Rathmolyon, 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, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rathmolyon.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Rathmolyon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Rathmolyon · Ráth Moliain
- Area
- 923,033 m² (92.3 ha, 228.09 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rathmolyon, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moyfenrath Lower
- Electoral division
- Rathmolyon, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,660 people lived in 534 households in the Rathmolyon electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Castletown, Cherryvalley, Coolderry, Glebe, Rathflesk
- Placenames
- Rathmolyon 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.