Bryanstown

57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bryanstown, from 229 m² to 436,551 m² (43.66 ha, 107.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Bryanstown 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.

• 12 May 2026Conditional

  planning permission to construct a dwelling house and detached garage with septic tank and percolation area with all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2660244

• 21 Jun 2025Conditional

  construction of a new single storey extension to the west elevation of the existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560308

• 23 Dec 2024Conditional

  Instream restoration of approximately 500m of the Buggaun River, to improve biodiversity and conservation for Brown Trout. Involves the introduction of spawning gravel, creation of holding pools, provision of fencing and drinking troughs. An NIS was prepared and is included in the planning documents

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2460505

• 4 Dec 2024N/a

  instream restoration of approximately 500m of the Buggaun River, to improve biodiversity and conservation for Brown Trout. Involves the introduction of spawning gravel, creation of holding pools, provision of fencing and drinking troughs

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2460463

• 29 Apr 2024Conditional

  Permission & Retention permission sought for alterations to existing dwelling previously granted permission under Ref. 99/604 as follows: 1. Retention of conversion of attic space into habitable rooms, walk-in wardrobes/ dressing rooms and storage room on second floor and conversion of roof space into a habitable room on first floor, including additional windows, roof windows and minor alterations to external fenestration/ wall finishes of existing house, together with proposed dormer windows to rear elevation and velux roof windows to side elevation. 2. Retention of revised location of existing septic tank and its replacement with a proposed Tricel wastewater treatment plant and proposed pumped soil polishing filter to EPA standards.

  Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460136

• 15 Aug 2023N/a

  1) RETENTION of conversion of attic space into storage areas on second floor and conversion of roof space into a habitable room on first floor, including additional windows and roof windows and minor alterations to external fenestration/wall finishes of existing house, 2) Retention of revised location of existing septic tank and permission for proposed subsurface trench percolation area, distribution box and vent pipes to EPA standards

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 23120

• 18 May 2022Conditional

  development which will consist of a two-storey extension to the front of the existing dwelling, a single-storey extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling, alterations to the existing dwelling and all ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 22260

• 29 Dec 2017N/a

  extensions to both the north west and south east elevations and the addition of a front porch. Permission for a new effluent treatment unit and percolation area is also been sought. The application will also consist of all associated site works, drainage and landscaping.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 176375

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 Bryanstown.

Recorded monuments

• WM025-017 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a low rise, in pasture, with good views to SE, S and SW. Monument described as a sub-circular-shaped area (dims. 23m NE-SW) defined by a scarp, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The scarp is low from NW-N-E-S and is steep from SW-W. The exterior of the scarp has been quarried from S-SW. A wide, low inner bank is visible at W. The shallow intervening fosse and low outer bank are visible at W. The interior has a S-facing slope. A field fence running NE-SW traverses the monument. Outline of levelled monument barely visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 05 September 2019

• WM025-018 Standing stone
  Description

  Situated in a shallow depression, on a low rise, in undulating pasture. Monument described in 1978 as a rough limestone slab (H 1.7m; L 0.55m; Wth 0.4m) long-axis orientated NE-SW with a low mound of packing stones around the base. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 05 September 2019

• WM025-022 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight slope, in pasture, with good views to N and NE. Monument described as a roughly oval-shaped area (dims. 62m NW-SE; 56m NE-SW) enclosed by a bank and external fosse with possible entrance at NE. The earth and stone bank (H 1-1.25m) is curvilinear in form from S-W-N-E and it has a slight indent from where it bulges outwards from E-S. The bank has several disturbance gaps. The wide, steep, U-shaped fosse is visible from SSW-W. The interior has a NE-facing slope and cultivation ridges are visible running NW-SE. There is a low platform in the SW quadrant. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 05 September 2019

• WM025-023 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise, in pasture, with good views of Lough Ennell to SE. Earthworks (WM025-024----) lie c. 180m to NE. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1971 as a roughly circular-shaped area enclosed by a bank with no clear entrance feature visible. There are gaps in the bank at NE and ESE and it has been modified from NE-ESE with a trench on the inner side of the bank to form a later field boundary. Monument clearly visible on oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP AOZ009/10) taken 12/07/1966. Monument described in 1976 as no surface remains visible. No surface remains visible today of levelled monument on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 05 September 2019

• WM025-024 Enclosure - large enclosure
  Description

  Situated on the plateau of a low hillock, in gently undulating pasture, with good views of Lough Ennell to SE. Ringfort (WM025-023----) lies c. 180m to SW. Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Levelled monument described in 1981 as a former system of earthworks of which very little trace now remains due to land reclamation. Some faint traces of earthworks are evident although they form no coherent pattern. There are slight traces of a bank, which may have formed an enclosure on the shoulder of the hillock. There are some ridges and hollows at the NW corner of the plateau. There are two almost parallel banks running roughly N-S which may have formed part of an enclosure. Curving filed boundary of possible large enclosure clearly visible on oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP AOZ009) taken 12/07/1966. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 05 September 2019

• WM025-031 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated in low-lying, wet pasture. Annotated ‘Tober Fintan’ and depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a spring well. Monument described in 1978 as a very small, natural surface spring, rising in waterlogged ground. The well is enclosed with a wide drain running to NE from it. The ground around has been trampled by livestock. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 05 September 2019

• WM025-062 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a low rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views to E, S and W. Monument described as a D-shaped area (dims. 27m NE-SW) enclosed by a bank visible from WSW-W-NNE and has been removed at SW. There is a modern gap at N and the ground is disturbed on the exterior. There is no fosse or entrance feature visible. The monument has been truncated across the SE sector during construction of a railway line. The remaining portion is divided form the railway by a linear retaining wall running NE-SW along the base of its embankment. The interior has a gentle SE-facing slope. A sub-rectangular-shaped depression with upcast spoil associated with a railway footbridge gate is visible in the SE quadrant. Monument described in 1976 as levelled yet partially traceable. No surface remains visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 11 September 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 Bryanstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Bryanstown

Area

2,474,832 m² (247.48 ha, 611.54 acres)

Civil parish

Dysart, and its townlands

Barony

Moyashel And Magheradernon

Electoral division

Greenpark, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Barrettstown, Dundonnell, Dysart, Jamestown, Stokestown, Strattonstown, Yorkfield

Placenames

Bryanstown 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.