Corgarve

32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Corgarve, from 2,034 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres) to 210,874 m² (21.09 ha, 52.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Corgarve 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.

• 22 Sept 2025Conditional

  alterations to an existing dwelling/creche which will entail (i) a change of use of the dwellings existing Kitchen, Dining & Living area to form part of the child care unit to accommodate a full day care service (ii) within the dwelling, change an existing bedroom and walk in wardrobe to an open plan kitchen, dining living space (iii) add additional carparking, connect into existing on-site services and all associated site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560462

• 17 Sept 2024Conditional

  retention permission for 2 No. children’s heated outdoor shelters and 02 No. outside toilets connected to existing sewage treatment system all as constructed

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2460338

• 6 May 2022Conditional

  Retention permission for 1 no. children's outdoor shelter and for an extension to an existing children's shelter including a new front façade to the existing shelter, new southern boundary location and for 2 no. outside toilets connected to existing sewage treatment system

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 22233

• 29 Jul 2019Conditional

  Permission for change of use from an existing pre-school to a full day care service and change of use from an existing domestic garage to a children's outdoor shelter area and commercial kitchen, new waste water treatment system and polishing filter. Retention permission for two children's outdoor shelters and a boundary wall to the north as constructed and all associated site works

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 197158

• 3 Jan 2018Conditional

  The erection of a new bungalow dwelling with connection to a new effluent wastewater treatment system and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 187002

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 Corgarve.

Recorded monuments

• WM031-065 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise, in undulating pasture overlooking a small valley to E and with good views to the N and S. Ringfort (WM031-088----) lies c. 150m to S. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped earthwork with a limekiln in the S quadrant that has been intersected by a public road to W. Monument described in 1977 as a roughly D-shaped area (dims. 40m N-S; 42m E-W) which is partially defined by a fosse, a scarp and a steep natural slope, with the straight side formed by the public road running NW-SE and which cuts the monument across the WSW sector. The monument is defined by a shallow fosse visible from NW-N-ENE, by a steep natural slope from ENE-E-ESE and by a scarp from ESE-S-SSW. There is a low bank outside the fosse from NW-N-NE, but this may be part of an old field fence. There is no indication of an original entrance. The interior has a slight N-facing slope and there are no visible features. A small quarry is located just inside the roadside fence at W. Monument is visible today as a subcircular-shaped tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 21 November 2019

• WM031-084 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Surveyed in 2013 and described by McGuinness (2014, 38-9) as following: 'This heavily overgrown barrow was examined and described for the ASI in 1973: A small circular mound, now slightly disturbed & with a depression on top, surrounded by a fosse & with a good bank of earth & stone outside it. The whole monument is covered with furze and briars, making inspection difficult. The diam of the earthwork is approx 26m. The barrow is situated on a ridge with good views of the surrounding countryside, which is fairly well drained pasture land. [SMR file] From this description the monument, with a small mound and substantial bank, appears to be a ringbarrow rather than a bowl-barrow with external bank. The depression on top of mound possibly indicates that it has been ransacked by treasurehunters'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Date of upload: 23 February 2015

• WM031-088 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on slight SE-facing slope, in pasture, with views to N. Ringfort (WM031-089----) lies c. 75m to S and ringfort (WM031-065----) lies c. 150m to N. Monument described in 1977 as a roughly circular-shaped area (dims. 34m NE-SW; 30m NW-SE) defined by an earth and stone bank best preserved from SSW-W-WNW and reduced to a scarp elsewhere. There is some indication of a shallow external fosse visible from WSW-W-WNW and from NNE-NE-ENE, although the latter is very faint. There is no indication of an original entrance. The interior has a SE-facing slope, the surface is slightly uneven, although no features are visible. A modern field wall skirts the perimeter of the monument, to NW. Monument is visible today as a subcircular-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 22 November 2019

• WM031-089 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in level pasture. Ringfort (WM031-088----) lies c. 75m to N. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork. Depicted on the 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1983 as a roughly rectangular-shaped area (dims 28m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 1m; Wth c. 1m) which is quite substantial, particularly to S, W and N. The bank has been completely removed at the NE corner and for c. 10m along the N end of the E side. The bank is poorly preserved along the remainder of the E side. There are no clear indications of an external fosse however a line of nettles outside the bank along the S, W N and parts of the E side may suggest an infilled fosse. There is no obvious entrance, although a modern gap is cut through the centre of the N side. The interior of the site is obscured by dense vegetation, however there appears to be a roughly rectangular-shaped slightly raised area in the centre. There are no visible wall foundations or other indications of a house site indicating that this may be a natural feature. The E and W banks are straight and parallel to one another and the N and S banks have a slight curvature. The inside of the SE, SW and NW corners are clearly curved. Monument is visible today as a long subrectilinear-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 22 November 2019

• WM031-092 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on the edge of a scrub-covered ridge, otherwise in pasture. Barrow (WM031-084----) abuts directly to NW. Annotated 'Fort' on the 1837 OS Fair Plan. Depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork. Not shown on the 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map. Levelled monument described in 1973 as no surface remains visible. Levelled monument is obscured today by scrub vegetation on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 22 November 2019

• WM031-117 Burial ground
  Description

  Situated on an elevated sandy knoll with ground falling away in all directions but particularly to the south and west. Human remains were uncovered in the rear garden of a modern bungalow in Corgarve and the site had been initially visited by Laureen Buckley on behalf of the National Museum of Ireland [NMI] who retrieved the skull of an adult female along with portions of a femur and a number of other bones. The human remains were uncovered when the owner of the bungalow was digging a trench running adjacent to a wooden gazebo and located 3m to the NW of the house and 2.8m W of the wall of the bungalow. The site was inspected by Matthew Seaver who extended the small trench to an area of 1.3m by 1.10m to try and ascertain the number and condition of the burials. In his report he recorded the following details; 'The stratigraphy comprised a shallow deposit of humic sand overlying light brown sand. On the northern side of the trench alongside the concrete sill beam of the Gazebo the sand contained cable ties, plastic children’s toys and other modern debris to a depth of 0.54m in depth. This investigation found that Burial 1, 2018:45 was located at 0.45m in depth on the western side of the trench. At this location a mandible and pelvis fragments were located in the same place along with a broken femur fragment. It was concluded that these bones had been disturbed at some point in the past and were removed. Underlying these and running west-east across the trench was an articulated vertebrae. On the southeastern side of the trench a further skull was found immediately below the surface, Burial 2. This discovery confirmed that the site is by definition a small cemetery with an indication that the burials are west-east in orientation but some had been disturbed in the past and that further more extensive licensed fieldwork would be required to uncover its full extent. The trench was subsequently backfilled with sand with markers buried to indicate the location of human remains. The human remains retrieved will be subject to osteological analysis and radiocarbon dating in the near future with appropriate licensing' (Matthew Seaver IA/127/2018 ; NMI Accession No. 2018:45). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on report kindly provided by Matthew Seaver, Assistant Keeper, Irish Antiquities Division, National Museum of Ireland. Date of upload: 30 August 2018

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

Name

Corgarve

Area

1,275,408 m² (127.54 ha, 315.16 acres)

Civil parish

Ardnurcher Or Horseleap, and its townlands

Barony

Moycashel

Electoral division

Streamstown, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Cloghanaskaw, Gneevekeel, Kilpatrick, Laragh, Lissavra Big, Lissavra Little, Streamstown, Syonan, Teermore

Placenames

Corgarve 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.