Ardbrennan

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardbrennan, from 237 m² to 162,771 m² (16.28 ha, 40.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Ardbrennan 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.

• 7 Mar 2024Conditional

  single storey extension to the southern side of existing dwelling, alterations to existing dwelling & internal modifications to create a multi-generational home and all ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460070

• 30 Dec 2020Conditional

  for raising roof to create first floor extension and a single storey side and rear extension to existing dwelling using existing effluent treatment system and existing vehicular entrance and all associated site works.

  Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 206375

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 Ardbrennan.

Recorded monuments

• WM024-048 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on top of a prominent hill, in pasture, with good views to SW, NW and NE and overlooked by Ushnagh Hill to ESE. Monument described in 1971 and 1977 as a roughly oval-shaped area (dims. 61m ENE-WSW; 48m NNW-SSE) enclosed by a bank. The low bank has numerous small disturbance gaps and is almost reduced to a scarp from W-WNW. There is no visible trace of an external fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. The interior has a gentle SW-facing slope and rises gently towards the centre. There are rock outcrops and natural depressions within the NE quadrant and there are old cultivation ridges running N-S. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 12 August 2019

Architectural heritage

• Bridge, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arched road bridge over small stream/former millrace built c.1800. Constructed of limestone rubble with dressed limestone voussoirs to arch. Parapet walls capped with vertically aligned stones. Located to the west of Loughanavally.

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).

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

Name

Ardbrennan

Area

974,059 m² (97.41 ha, 240.7 acres)

Civil parish

Killare, and its townlands

Barony

Rathconrath

Electoral division

Ballymorin, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Clonownmore, Gibstown, Killarecastle, Lenamore, Lurgan

Placenames

Ardbrennan on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.