Ballynaskeagh

Area

362,787 m² (36.28 ha, 89.65 acres)

Buildings

5 buildings touch it, 1,042 m² on the ground

Zoning

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

Townland

Ballynaskeagh

Planning applications on this parcel

• 24 Aug 2026N/a

  development which will consist of refurbishment works to 24.2 kilometres (km) of OHL; comprising provision of fibre wrap; replacement of 7 no. steel towers; replacement of 73 no. pole-sets/poles; replacement of 9 no. pole-set cross arms only; refurbishment work to 19 no. wooden pole-sets; and the treatment and painting of 2 no. steel towers. These structures (No’s. 182-299) and the associated OHL lie between where the OHL crosses the border into County Westmeath in the townland of Grange More, to where the OHL ties-in to the existing Mullingar 110kV substation in the townland of Irishtown, crossing the County Westmeath townlands of Grange More, Craddanstown, Joristown Lower, Priesttown, Clonreagh, Corbetstown, Higginstown, Hodgestown, Millerstown, Corbally, Edmondstown, Clonlost, Clonickilvant, Ballycor, Aghadaugh, Killynan (Cooke), Mountrobert, Macetown, Rathconnell, Clonsheever, Culleen Beg, Robinstown (Levinge), Ballyglass and Irishtown. The Proposed Development also includes 1 no. temporary Construction Compound in the townland of Aghadaugh. The refurbishment works in County Westmeath will consist of: the replacement (‘restringing’) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires; the installation of fibre wrap; replacement of 7 no. steel towers and 73 no. wooden pole-sets/poles with similar dimensions and heights as the existing (replacement towers will be no more than 0.5m taller than existing and replacement pole-sets/poles will be no more than 3m taller than existing); installation of replacement parts on towers and pole-sets; foundation refurbishment / strengthening and recapping / clearing of shear blocks; treatment and painting of towers to be retained; all associated site development works, including temporary works areas; clearance of shear block bases; vegetation maintenance works; ancillary site preparation works, site clearance and levelling at the 1 no. temporary construction compound; temporary works to existing tracks and new temporary access routes to each structure, one of which is within the curtilage of Millerstown House (protected structure RPS No. 020-050), in the townland of Millerstown; and all associated works required to facilitate the Proposed Development A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660445

• 30 May 2025Conditional

  A 10-year planning permission and a 40-year operational life for a solar energy development with a total site area of 157 hectares comprising (i) photovoltaic solar panels on steel mounting frames; (ii) electrical transformer stations; (iii) underground electrical and communications cabling within the proposed development site, private lands and within the carriageway of the L1501, L1505, L5610, L5611 and L5614 public roads; (iv) containerised battery energy storage facility; (v) the upgrade of 4 no. existing site entrances and development of 1 no. new site entrance; (vi) on-site access tracks; (vii) 4 no. temporary construction compounds; (viii) security fencing and gates; (ix) pole-mounted security cameras; and (x) all associated and ancillary site development, landscaping and reinstatement works. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Report and a Natura Impact Statement.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560268

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
• Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA 004232

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 2 recorded monuments.

• WM020-055 Building
  Description

  Situated on a N-facing slope, in undulating pasture. St Patrick's or Scardan holy well (WM020-056----) lies c. 150m to SW. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a rectangular-shaped building aligned on an E-W axis. Annotated 'Ruin' on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map. According to local folklore this area known as Scarden is closely connected with St. Patrick and 'is mentioned by O'Donovan in his "Letters" as the place called Scártán - a little brake where St. Patrick stopped on his way to Clonard' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0727, Page 018). According to the Schools' manuscripts 'The well comes from a hill on its South side and track and trenches and mounds indicate remains of a building of some sort and probably a graveyard' (ibid.). Site of building mentioned above in the Schools' Collection of 1938 and described in 1981 as only the foundation courses of a rectangular shaped house or building can be traced amongst very dense growth. The ruin is probably that of an old cottage. It is in close proximity to the holy well although there are no known associations between the two. Levelled site described in 1983 as the area occupied by the building has been levelled and only a small pile of loose stones and small boulders which lie against the field fence to SW and E, may represent debris from this field clearance. In the field, to south of this ‘ruin' a low scarp with traces of a very low earthen bank on its edge can be traced forming a wide arc. This one may be the remains of the northern part of a circular or oval enclosure. No definite traces of the east, south or SW points of such an enclosure can be traced. Levelled monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 04 July 2019

• WM020-056 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  The terrier of the 1655 Down Survey map of Farbill Barony stated that 'at Griffinstowne & Corbittstowne are two old Chappells that at Corbettstowne being called Killpatrick's Church [WM020-049----] hath some ash trees about it & near a well called Killpatrick well in great repute among the Irish Inhabitants' (NLI, MS 723-4). According to local folklore this church was known locally as Scarden or Scártán Church (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0727, Page 018). The folklore of this area known as Scarden is closely connected with St. Patrick and 'is mentioned by O'Donovan in his "Letters" as the place called Scártán - a little brake where St. Patrick stopped on his way to Clonard' (ibid.). According to the Schools' manuscripts there was 'A slab of tombstone forms a shelter over the well and on the stone is the following inscription' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0727, Page 019). The well was described in 1938 as following; 'We have there Saint Patrick's well, where a patern or patron day used to be held in olden times on the fifteenth of August, from Sunday. previous to the Sunday afterwards. Many still go there and say cures are got there. Prayers and rosaries are said and visits made around it. Pieces of cloth are still left around the well. The well comes from a hill on its South side and track and trenches and mounds indicate remains of a building of some sort and probably a graveyard' (ibid.) Situated on a gentle N-facing slope, in undulating pasture. St Patrick's holy well described in 1983 as a surface spring which rises on a gentle slope and flows northwards. It is defined by a loose arrangement of stones, however there is no attempt to enclose it with formal walls. The well is situated within a trapezoidal-shaped enclosure (dims. 20m N-S; min. 16m E-W) which is delineated by a low bank with a shallow fosse on the exterior. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe aerial photography due to the trapezoidal enclosure being obscured by trees and scrub. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 04 July 2019

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).

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