Clonnageeragh

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonnageeragh, from 567 m² to 229,495 m² (22.95 ha, 56.71 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 15 May 2025Conditional

  to construct a single storey dwelling (133.6sqm), a domestic garage (45.3sqm) and new domestic entrance onto the public roadway. Permission is also sought to install a septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560238

• 27 Nov 2023Conditional

  construction of an extension at the side of our existing dwelling to include a master bedroom with en-suite and wardrobe and at the rear a kitchen, dining, study, utility, 3 bedrooms, bathroom and a hot press and at the front demolish existing porch and replace it with a new porch and to demolish existing bathroom and small pump house at the rear and to decommission existing septic tank & percolation area and to install a new septic tank & percolation area and to construct a detached garage with all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2360407

• 20 Jun 2023Conditional

  Retention permission for complete development as constructed, previously granted planning permission under file reference number 99/1696 . Development consists of one number detached two storey dwelling, one number detached single storey shed, existing entrance to public road, connection to public watermain, septic tank & percolation area, site boundaries and finishes and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2360180

• 27 Apr 2022Conditional

  Permission for an 8 bay agricultural shed with milking area and stores and all associated site works and also Planning Permission to construct a 4 bay extension to an existing agricultural shed

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 22218

• 24 Mar 2022N/a

  Construct a 4 bay extension to an existing agricultural shed and seek retention permission for an 8 bay agricultural shed with milking area and stores and all associated site works.

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 22144

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: White Lough, Ben Loughs and Lough Doo SAC 001810
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: White Lough, Ben Loughs And Lough Doo 001810
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Glore 000686

Recorded monuments

• WM004-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on steep NE-facing slope of high ridge with good views over the surrounding pasture-land. Wayside cross (WM004-008----) 150m to E. An oval-shaped area (approx. diam. 34m N-S; 35m E-W) defined by a poorly preserved earthen bank best preserved at SW, reduced to a scarp at NW and SE with U-shaped external fosse best preserved fosse at SW. Faint traces of fosse visible at NE, elsewhere it has been completely filled in. Possible entrance gap (Wth 1.8m) at SW. The outline of a rectangular house (WM004-007001-) is visible in NE quadrant of interior. To the NW of the centre is a large sub-rectangular depression (dims. L 8.4m x Wth 5.2m) with mounds (avg. diam. 1.9m), probably upcast along its upper edges. It is not known whether this is merely due to digging or whether it represents a pit dwelling. Several low grass covered mounds can be seen on the surface of the interior, some of which have visible traces of shallow fosse-like features enclosing the mound. Some of the mounds overlie the enclosing bank suggesting that they are all later features. The interior slopes from NW to SE and is quite uneven, and has been impacted by quarrying. Described in 1957 as 'the Rath of Knockadoon on the left with its strange barrows atop of the rath and one of the wayside crosses (WM004-008----) below' (Adams 1957,44). Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 December 2016

• WM004-007001 Hut site
  Description

  Situated on steep NE-facing slope of a high ridge with good views over the surrounding pasture-land. Wayside cross (WM004-008----) 150m to E. The outline of a rectangular house (approx. dims. L 7.5m x Wth 6.8m) defined by a grass covered earthen bank (Wth 1.75m; H 0.35m) is visible in NE quadrant of ringfort (WM004-007----) interior. An embankment runs from the NW corner of the house towards the SW side of the ringfort. To the NW of the centre is a large sub-rectangular depression (dims. L 8.4m x Wth 5.2m) with mounds (avg. diam. 1.9m), probably upcast along its upper edges. It is not known whether this is merely due to digging or whether it represents a pit dwelling. Several low grass covered mounds can be seen on the surface of the interior, some of which have visible traces of shallow fosse-like features enclosing the mound. Some of the mounds overlie the enclosing bank suggesting that they are all later features. The interior slopes from NW to SE and is quite uneven, and has been impacted by quarrying. Described in 1957 as 'the Rath of Knockadoon on the left with its strange barrows atop of the rath and one of the wayside crosses (WM004-008----) below' (Adams 1957,44). Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 December 2016

• WM004-008 Cross - Wayside cross
  Description

  Drawn by Du Noyer (George Victor Du Noyer, “Calvary cross on road side North of Fore Abbey Td. Of Clonageeragh. Sheet 4/3,” Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, accessed January 27, 2020, http://rsai.locloudhosting.net/items/show/23407) in the 19th century. Described in 1928 as 'Fragments of the head and shaft of a cross with a plain ring or disc 1ft. 6in. (0.45m) in diameter. These pieces are in a field north of a house on the west side of the road, 1 and a half miles N of Fore' (Crawford 1928, 59, no. 8). Recorded in 1980 as 'The cross is in 3 fragments (1) the head (H 0.6m; Wth 0.42m) , (2) part of the shaft (3) the base. The base is a rectangular stone (dims. 0.58m x 0.6m) with a deep socket (dims. 0.31m x 0.19m; D 0.12m) cut in its upper surface. The shaft (H 0.28m; Wth 0.27m; T 0.15m) has a rectangular cross-section with chamfered edges otherwise it is plain. The head is damaged and one arm remains. It has a solid ring and is quite plain, the edges are not chamfered. There is no evidence of an inscription on the cross' (SMR file). A wayside cross (WM003-076----) is 1km to the NNW and a second wayside cross (WM004-010----) is 800m to the SSE. I was only able to locate the head of the cross which now lies in the NW face of a field bank running NE-SW, no evidence of base or shaft of cross which were described in 1980. Compiled and updated by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 April 2015

• WM004-010 Cross (present location)
  Description

  Wayside Cross (WM004-008----) 870m to the NNW and two wayside crosses (WM004-011----/025----) 650m and 770m to the SSE respectively. The top of the cross may to have been removed from the field and mounted to the wall of the chancel of St. Feighin's RC church in the village of Fore (WM004-035017-). The cross base has been moved from original location in field to bend in road c. 40m SE of original location as shown on six-inch OS map. A new cross has been inserted into the base of this cross. This wayside cross was drawn by Du Noyer (George Victor Du Noyer, “Calvary cross on road side North of Fore Abbey Td. Of Clonageeragh. Sheet 4/3,” Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, accessed January 27, 2020, http://rsai.locloudhosting.net/items/show/23409.) in the 19th century. Described in 1928 as a 'portion of the head of a small cross with solid ring or disc, also a flat socket stone 2ft. (0.6m) square. When Du Noyer made his drawings this cross head was in better preservation than at present; he shows it with a six rayed cross or star in a circle on one side; on the other are the remains of a sunk trefoil pattern. In the field west of the road at a sharp turn 1 mile N. of Fore and half a mile S of No. 8 (WM004-008----)' (Crawford 1928, 59-60, no. 9). Described in 1976 as 'Only the base (dims. 0.6m x 0.4m) with socket (dims. 0.22m x 0.15m; D 0.15m) now survives with a fragment of a chamfered arm (L 0.26m; Wth 0.2m; T 0.1m), this lies in a field beside an old disused road. In St. Feichin's Church in Fore fixed to the E wall of the chancel is the head of a cross (WM008-097005-) which resembles the description given by Crawford for one side of the cross head no. 9. Only one side can now be examined as the other is cemented to the wall. The solid ring (dims. Wth 0.377m; L 0.4m; T 0.07m) has a crudely fashioned quatrefoil cross in double outline with double circular frame chamfered' (SMR file). In 1980 the site was described as, 'only the base of this cross remains. It is a small rectangular block of limestone, with a deep rectangular socket cut into it. The socket is cut through the stone thickness i.e. it is a hole through the stone. The stone is lying in a field W of the roadway. There are some small stones lying beside the socket stone but none of them is a fragment of a cross. There is no sign of the cross' (SMR file). Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 April 2015

• WM004-025 Cross - Wayside cross
  Description

  Wayside cross standing on W side of roadway in field 35m NNE of possible burial mound (WM004-029----). Drawn by Du Noyer (George Victor Du Noyer, “On road in the NE of Fore Abbey. [cross with figure sculpture]. The remains of the cross and the square plinth close by.,” Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, accessed January 27, 2020, http://rsai.locloudhosting.net/items/show/23411) in the 19th century. Described in 1928 as 'The lower portion of a cross head bearing a rude crucifixion, also the shaft broken in two and the socket stone 2ft. 10in. (0.85m) by 2ft. 3in. (0.67m). The head is 1ft. 8in. (0.5m) wide, both top and arms are missing. The pieces of the shaft are 1ft. 8in. (0.5m) and 1ft. 1in. (0.32m) in length, and have chamfered edges. The cross is inside of the road fence on the west side half a mile N of Fore, and half a mile south of No. 9 (WM004-010----)' (Crawford 1928, 60, no. 10). Described in 1980 as 'This cross is in 3 fragments, (1) the base (dims. 0.85m x 0.36m; H 0.16m) and the lower portion of the shaft (H 0. 58m; base Wth 0.24m; T 0.17m-23m) set in a socket (dims. 0.31m x 0.24m) in its upper surface, (2) portion of the shaft (L 0.36m) which fits the portion set in the base and (3) the upper part of the shaft (L 0.54m) and the lower half of the head. The top of the head is broken off and missing. The loose portion of the shaft (2) fits fairly well with the top portion of the shaft and head and it would seem that the cross is almost completely represented by these fragments. The base is a large block of limestone of rectangular shape and apparently unworked except for the rectangular socket cut in its upper surface. The shaft is rectangular in section with chamfered edges, the chamfering begins c. 0.11m up from the bottom i.e. from the bottom of the shaft and c. 0.05m up from the surface of the base. The shaft is plain. The upper portion of the shaft and the head has a crucifixion carved on one face. The figure is outlined by shallow grooves and is virtually complete, the feet, hands and top of the head been damaged. The arms of the figure are raised, the hands being level with the head. The features of the face are carved, mouth and nose but the eyes are damaged. The arms of the cross are damaged but appear to have been fairly short originally. The cross is set on the roadside bank, on the W side of the roadway, under some thorn trees and bushes. There are some stones lying about below the cross under the trees but none of them are fragments of the cross, however it is possible that some other small fragments of the cross may be hidden in the undergrowth of the bank' (SMR file). Wayside cross (WM004-011----) 120m to the NNW, possible burial mound (WM004-029----) 35m to SSW, Knocknamonaster earthwork (WM004-035011-) 140m to SSW and Fore Abbey (WM004-035010-) 330m to SW. Compiled and updated by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 14 April 2015

• WM004-029 Castle - motte and bailey
  Description

  Mound situated at SW end of low ridge running SW-NE on wet marshy land with stream immediately to SW. Wayside cross (WM004-025----) 50m to NE, Knocknamonaster earthwork (WM004-035011-) and site of stone bridge as depicted on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map 50m to SW, Fore Abbey (WM004-035010-) 255m to SW. Classification of this monument is difficult due to the poor condition of the mound caused by quarrying. Present remains consist of a poorly preserved steep sided flat-topped earth and stone mound that appears to have been partially quarried into in the post-medieval period. There are several depressions in the side of the mound which appear to be the result of quarrying. On the NE side of the mound there is a flat elevated area partially damaged by quarrying and now covered in scrub bushes which may represent the remains of a bailey area. Low grass-covered linear earthwork running SW-NE visible in field immediately N of mound appear to be the remains of a field system of uncertain antiquity. It is possible that this mound may be the remains of a badly damaged prehistoric burial mound or barrow rather than the remains of a possible motte and bailey. Not depicted as an antiquity on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. WM004-029----_06.jpeg Profile section of mound as drawn by Archaeological Survey of Ireland based in Co. Westmeath c. 1970s. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 14 April 2015

Architectural heritage

• Sallymount House, farm house, 1700–1814 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse with dormer attic, extant 1814, on a rectangular plan; three-bay single-storey return along rear (north) elevation. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Pitched slate roof centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof; pitched slate roof (north), roll moulded clay ridge tiles, lichen-spotted coping to gables with rendered chimney stacks to apexes having stepped capping supporting yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls on lichen-spotted cut-limestone chamfered plinth with cut-limestone monolithic pediment. Segmental-headed central door opening with two cut-limestone steps, cut-limestone doorcase with engaged Doric columns on plinths supporting ogee-detail open bed pediment on dosserets framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed flanking window openings in tripartite arrangement with cut-limestone sills, timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows having two-over-two sidelights. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-three timber sash windows. Segmental lunette window opening (gable) with cut-limestone sill, and concealed dressings framing hub-and-spoke fitting. Square-headed window openings (gables) with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing timber sash windows. Square-headed central door opening in tripartite arrangement (north) with concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having two-over-two timber sash sidelights. Square-headed flanking window openings in tripartite arrangement with concrete sills, timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows having two-over-two sidelights. Set in landscaped grounds with cut-granite octagonal piers to perimeter having polygonal capping supporting arrow head-detailed cast-iron double gates.

• Sallymount House, farmyard complex, 1700–1837 · Regional interest
  Description

  Farmyard complex, extant 1837, on an L-shaped plan including (north): Attached seven-bay single-storey coach house-cum-stable outbuilding on a rectangular plan. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods retaining cast-iron downpipes. Repointed rubble stone walls. Elliptical-headed central carriageway with yellow brick block-and-start surround. Camber-headed door openings with yellow brick voussoirs framing timber boarded double doors. Round-headed flanking window openings with cut-limestone sills, and yellow brick voussoirs framing casement windows having overlights. Square-headed openings (half-attic) with cut-limestone sills, and cut-limestone monolithic surrounds framing louvered fittings; (east): Attached seven-bay single-storey outbuilding with half-attic on a rectangular plan. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge toles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting terracotta octagonal pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods retaining cast-iron downpipes. Repointed rubble stone walls. Square-headed central door opening with cut-limestone block-and-start surround centred on keystone framing timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (ground floor) with cut-limestone sills, timber mullions, and cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds centred on keystones framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (half-attic) with cut-limestone sills, timber mullions, and cut-limestone monolithic surrounds framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set in grounds shared with Sallymount House.

• Kiln, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay two-stage lime kiln, built c.1820, on a square plan. Now out of use. Constructed of coursed limestone rubble with squared limestone quoins to corners. Segmental-headed arch to front (south), the former oven aperture, with dressed limestone voussoirs. Former loading bay to top of kiln. Set back from road (north) to the extreme northwest corner of Westmeath, adjacent to Co. Meath, on main Castlepollard to Oldcastle road.

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

Name

Clonnageeragh

Area

2,743,345 m² (274.33 ha, 677.9 acres)

Civil parish

St. Feighins, and its townlands

Barony

Fore

Electoral division

Fore West, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Annagh (Co. Meath), Ballany (Co. Meath), Ben, Carpenterstown, Fore, Lakill And Moortown

Placenames

Clonnageeragh 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.