Clonarney

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonarney, from 141 m² to 180,664 m² (18.07 ha, 44.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Clonarney 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.

• 31 Aug 2026N/a

  to construct a part single story / part two-storey dwelling with detached domestic garage/store & install a wastewater treatment system and peculation area and all associated site development works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660461

• 29 Jul 2026N/a

  permission for an agricultural entrance onto the existing L1532

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660400

• 3 Jul 2026N/a

  development consisting of the Construction of a Cattle Housing Unit with Underground Slurry Storage Tank, and All Site Works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660358

• 7 Jun 2026Conditional

  The development consists of a) RETENTION of minor changes to dwelling plans and elevations from that granted under planning application register reference 2460304. b) RETENTION of domestic garage to North of site. And c) Completion of all ancillary works

  Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2660301

• 27 Nov 2025Conditional

  (a) demolition of existing outbuilding to rear of dwelling (b) renovate existing storey and a half dwelling (c) raise roof of existing dwelling (d) construct a rear 1 and ½ storey extension (e) decommission existing septic tank & install a proprietary wastewater treatment system and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560584

• 29 Aug 2024Conditional

  construction of a storey & half dwelling (231.9sq m) and upgrade the existing agricultural entrance to a domestic entrance onto public roadway. Permission is sought for the installation of a secondary treatment system and soil polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460304

• 9 Nov 2020Conditional

  Permission to construct a new bungalow type dwelling house, domestic garage, upgrade existing agricultural entrance to a vehicular entrance, septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 206314

• 16 Mar 2020Conditional

  Construct a block built garage attached to the southern elevation of existing bungalow type dwelling (dwelling previously granted under application ref 642/72), a portal frame, metal sheeted garage/fuel shed within private open space to North West corner of site and all ancillary site services

  Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 206060

• 20 Jun 2017Conditional

  construction of a two storey dwelling, garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment system with a percolation area and all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 176181

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

Recorded monuments

• WM009-033 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on top of a prominent hillock, surrounded by undulating grassland, with some wet hollows in the vicinity. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a small roughly circular enclosure and annotated as a ‘fort’. No surface remains visible of levelled monument. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 May 2017

• WM009-034001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  The building designated as Clonarney Church on the Ordnance Survey six-inch maps appears to be the remains of Clonarney Castle which is depicted on the 1655 Down Survey map of Clonarny parish (NLI, MS 723-4). No church is depicted in this townland on the Down Survey map. The castle is depicted as a tower house type structure and is annotated on this map as ‘in repaire’. The terrier of the parish map stated that in Clonarney ‘there is a Castle in repaire’. In 1641 the castle stood on lands belonging to William Moore who is listed as an ‘Irish Papist’ (ibid.). Situated on low rise of ground on poorly drained land with Stonyford River 110m to the E. Poorly preserved ivy-covered ruins of rectangular building (approx. ext. dims. 12m N-S x 7.6m E-W) aligned on a N-S axis standing in N quadrant of Clonarney graveyard (WM009-034003-) which is surrounded by a series of earthworks that represents a field system (WM009-034002-) of unknown date. The building is not aligned on an E-W axis and appears to represent the remains of tower house or castle rather than that of a church. No surface remains visible of any low wall footings of an E-W building in the graveyard which could represent the remains of a church. The walls of Clonarney Castle are covered in ivy making detailed examination impossible. The N wall is best preserved and stands to just above first floor level with partial remains of NE angle, the W wall stands to first floor level, only the lower wall courses of the S wall survive with most of the E wall levelled or covered in ivy and dump material from graveyard clearance making it impossible to be certain about the extent of this wall. The interior of the building is covered with dump material from graveyard clearances and with scrub vegetation making it impossible to be certain about the original layout of the ground or first floor plan. The interior of the ground floor is covered with dump material from the surrounding graveyard. At first floor level the remains of a spiral stairs are visible in the NE angle which leads up to a destroyed second floor. The partial remains of a stone vault can be seen above the first floor with a single light window located off centre to E in the N wall. A flat headed doorway with hammer dressed jambstones located off centre to W in the N wall gives access to a mural passage with cross-slab lintelled ceiling which leads to a garderobe in the NW angle. A destroyed fireplace is visible W wall located off centre to N close to the NW angle. A square recess in NW and NE angle possibly supported the timber wall plate for the wooden ceiling over the ground floor. The surviving features of this building suggest that this was a residential structure probably a three storey high tower house with stone vault over the first floor of the castle which had a fireplace and mural garderobe. The spiral stairs in NE angle at first floor level gave access to a second storey above the vaulted first floor. The ground floor was probably entered through a doorway located in the E wall. Externally the N end of the W wall protrudes out beyond the face of the wall possibly to accomodate the garderobe chute and chimney flue of the castle. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 29 March 2018

• WM009-034002 Field system
  Description

  Situated on grassland immediately W of the Stonyford River.Earthworks in field to N, E, S and W of Clonarney Castle (WM009-034001-) and graveyard (WM009-034003-) represent the remains of a field system and possibly that of a deserted medieval settlement associated with the castle although no clear house sites are visible on the ground. The linear earthworks were waterlogged at time of inspection and these features feed into the Stonyford River and appear to be drainage channels of uncertain date. Two of these linear earthworks are depicted as parallel field boundaries on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. The majority of the earthworks in the field including the well preserved ridge and furrow to the S and E of the graveyard appear to be related to agricultural activity of unknown date rather than settlement although some of the small paddocks may be enclosures belonging to house sites that have no surface remains. A possible sunken roadway appears to run N from the castle and graveyard. The earthworks to the S of the graveyard appear to cut across the ridge and furrow suggesting different dates in the construction of these earthworks. See attached plan of settlement earthworks surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 May 2017

• WM009-034003 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on low rise of ground on poorly drained land with Stonyford River 110m to the E. Sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 47m) enclosed by a post-1700 stone wall with entrance gate and stone stile at NNW. Ruins of ivy-covered Clonarney Castle (WM009-034001-) stands in N quadrant of graveyard. Immediately outside the stone wall the presence of a fosse and earthen bank appear to represent the remains of an earlier enclosure (WM009-034004-). Large concentration of well-preserved earthworks in the surrounding fields represent the remains of an extensive field system (WM009-034002-) of unknown date. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 29 March 2018

• WM009-034004 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Possible ecclesiastical enclosure associated with Clonarney graveyard identified by Swan (1988, 11) who recorded that there was evidence of a possible enclosure in the circular form of the boundary wall of the graveyard (WM009-034003-). Clonarney Castle ruins (WM009-034001-) stand in the centre of the graveyard. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 20 August 2015

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. 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 Clonarney with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Clonarney · Cluain Earna

Area

1,120,411 m² (112.04 ha, 276.86 acres)

Civil parish

Clonarney, and its townlands

Barony

Delvin

Electoral division

Rosmead, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Cavestown And Rosmead, Moyleroe Big, Moyleroe Little, Mulliganstown, Robinstown Great, Robinstown Little, Stonestown

Placenames

Clonarney 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.