Corry
Townland in the civil parish of Rathaspick, barony of Moygoish, Co. Westmeath
Parcel 109511
- Area
- 1,638,925 m² (163.89 ha, 404.99 acres)
- Buildings
- 10 buildings touch it, 1,179 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
- Corry
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 2 recorded monuments.
- WM006-038 Religious house - Franciscan Third Order Regular
Description
Kilmichael monastery belonging to the Third Order of St. Francis was founded by the Petit family who were granted the barony of Magheradernon in the late 12th century by Hugh de Lacy, lord of Meath (Stevens and Moll 1722, 199). Recorded in 1976 as 'the ruins now consist of the grass-covered foundations of a fairly large rectangular structure (ext. dims. 24m E-W by 9.4m N-S) orientated east-west and having a N extension (transept feature) (ext. dims. 11.2m N-S by 8.3m E-W). The low banks are best preserved on the SW and NW sides. Two indifferent gaps on the S side and on the W end may represent door opes. There is some visible stonework, but no facing stones. A slight internal mounding towards the W end may represent an internal division. There is also a vague gap in the N side towards the W end. The annexe/transept feature at the E end on the N side is also comprised of very low grass-covered stone footings. Some slight gaps in these banks, one of which at the E corner may represent an opening. In both structures the internal moundings lie directly alongside the footings and so probably consist of collapse. Extending out from the NW corner of the main structure is a low double bank on the slope. Another low bank extending in E direction out from the SE corner for some 15m. Faint traces of low earthworks to the N and E may indicate the location of some of the domestic buildings. Further away to the S and on the higher knoll to the NE are traces of ancient field fences. The church remains are located on top of a low limestone outcrop surrounded by poorly drained pasture land' (SMR file). 150m to the SSE are the remains of an L-shaped earthwork (WM006-039----). Although indicated in the OS 6-inch map as a 'Nunnery (in Ruins)' these remains mark the site of the Franciscan Friary of Kilmacahill which was dissolved in 1540 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 267, 272). The OS probably made a cartographic error and mistakenly identified the site of this friary with a Nunnery in Kinard (SMR file). This friary was founded by the Petit family who were the Anglo-Norman barons of Maghertierne (Magheradernon) (Gwynn & Hadcock 1988, 272). In 1548 the farm of this friary which was valued at 26s. 8d. was sold to Edmund Nugente (Gwynn & Hadcock 1988, 272). The lands of the friary then passed into the hands of the Nangle family of Ballysax, Co. Kildare. In 1611 Robert Nangle of Ballysax, Co. Kildare surrendered to the Crown the 'site, &c. of the late monastery of Kilmacaile, containing the ruinous walls of a church, a small church-yard, 5 cottages, 40a arable, 12a pasture, 3a moor in the town and fields of Kilmacaile' (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I, 208). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
- WM006-040 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on the top of a natural rise in gently undulating pasture-land, 15m S of the roadway which marks the boundary between Mace and Kilmacahill or Caraun townlands. Possible deserted medieval settlement earthworks (WM006-039----) 140m to N. Franciscan friary (WM006-038----) 370m to NE. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 40m N-S; 47m E-W) enclosed by a substantial earth and stone bank, best preserved at N, and a slight fosse. The bank, which has several disturbance gaps, appears to have been steepened from NE-S-SSW. Possible entrance gap (Wth 1m) at NW. The interior slopes slightly from NE-SW, and has traces of cultivation ridges which run NNE-SSW. Post-1700 field boundaries intersect the monument at S, SW & NW. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 31 January 2017
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).
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 159 ha
- 393 acres
- Land parcels
- 48
- registered freehold, median 6,319 m² (0.63 ha, 1.56 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Corry, from 230 m² to 234,364 m² (23.44 ha, 57.91 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Corry 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
26 May 2025Conditional
renovation of a single storey derelict structure formally a dwelling house, the partial demolition of the existing structure as well as demolition of the attached outbuildings to the north-east side and the porch on the south-east side. The development will also consist of amendments to the existing fenestration, repair works to the roof and external walls, the construction of single storey extensions, 6.6m2 to the south-west side and 84.82m2 to the north-east side of the structure, the installation of a wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter, a proposed vehicle entrance and gates off the public road, and all ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560256
3 Apr 2025N/a
development which will consist of renovation of an existing single storey dwelling, the demolition of the attached outbuildings to the north-east side and the porch on the south-east side of the existing dwelling, and the construction of single storey extensions, 6.6m2 to the south-west side and 84.82m2 to the north-east side of the existing dwelling. The development will also consist of amendments to the existing fenestration, repair works to the existing roof and external walls, the installation of a wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter, proposed vehicle entrance and gates off the public road, and all ancillary site works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560156
26 Mar 2025N/a
development which will consist of renovation of an existing single storey dwelling, the demolition of the existing attached outbuildings to the rear, and the construction of a single storey extension to the south-west side of the existing dwelling. The development will also consist of amendments to the existing fenestration, repair works to the existing roof and external walls, the installation of a wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter, proposed entrance off the public road and all ancillary site works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560133
20 Jun 2017Conditional
to construct two bell mouth entrances A and B onto public road to facilitate access to forestry plantations together with internal access roads and turning heads and all associated site works.
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 176186
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Protection Area: Lough Iron SPA 004046
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Iron 000687
Recorded monuments
- WM006-042 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a low rise of ground on poorly drained grassland. Ringfort (WM006-043----) 60m to SSE. Originally depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map, and later depicted as a D-shaped enclosure on the revised 1911 ed. OS 6-inch map. Present remains consist of a D-shaped area (approx. diam. 35m NE-SW; 34m NW-SE) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank mainly reduced to a scarp with traces of a wide shallow external fosse only visible from S-W-N. A post-1700 field fence and drain running NW-SE intersects the site at W. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible running NNE-SSW across the interior of the monument. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 31 January 2017
- WM006-043 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a slight natural rise in gently undulating pasture-land. Ringfort (WM006-042---) 60m to NW. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map (approx. diam. 30m E-W), the S half of this monument has been levelled, visible only as a dark band of vegetation (Wth 5m). All that remains is a poorly preserved earthen bank from W-N-NE where it survives incorporated into a post-1700 field fence which curves around the N quadrant of the monument. The slightly raised interior slopes slightly from E-W. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 31 January 2017
- WM006-063 Barrow - unclassified
Description
There is no paper file in the ASI archive for this monument. In poorly drained grassland, with motte and bailey castle (WM006-027----) 70m to NW. Outline of circular-shaped earthwork (diam. c. 16m) defined by a ditch visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 16 August 2023
- WM011-053003 Weir - fish
Description
Situated on the site of Tristernagh House with medieval bridge (WM011-052----) 160m to W. Lough Iron was originally 280m to NE but since the Inny River drainage scheme of the late 1960s the shoreline of the lake now stands 650m to NE. Augustinian priory (WM011-053----) of Tristernagh sometimes called the Priory of Kilbixy, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and founded by Geoffrey de Constantine of Cosmeston Castle, Glamorganshire, in the late 12th century (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 196; Dugdale 1846, 1147). In 1540 an extent of the priory lands made at Tristernagh recorded the existence of 'a weir on the lake (Lough Iron) called Nany Water (Inny River?), called the Pryors Were, yielding annually 180 eels' (White 1943, 276). The precise location of this eel weir known as the 'Prior's Weir' on Lough Iron has not been identified. The eel weirs depicted on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map shown standing on the Inny River marking the townland boundary between Corry and Baronstown Demesne may have been built on the site of the eel weirs mentioned in the 1540 extent. In 1609 King James I granted Adam Loftus of Rathfarnham Castle the ‘site, & co. of the late priory, monastery, or religious house of the B. V. Mary of Tristernagh, 7 orchards and gardens, containing 2a, and all buildings within the same—20 messuages and cottages, 140a arable in Tristernagh, Abbotston, and the Grange—12 messuages and 100a arable in Templeforan—in all the said towns 120a pasture and bog— a ruinous castle, and 40a arable in Kilbiskie (Kilbixy), and a weir called the Frier’s weir upon the Naniwater in Kilbiskie parish—a castle, 6 messuages, 60a arable, and 60a pasture in Ballicarge—6 messuages, 40a arable, and 15a pasture, with a watermill in Milforen— 5 messuages, and 80a arable in Monckton- 40a arable, and 40a pasture in Rathcorballye—in Siffin, 60a pasture—in Donnowre, 60a pasture; with all the customs, rents, and services of the tenants of all the said premises—the rectories, churches, chapels, and tithes, & co. of Tristernagh, Kilbiskie (Kilbixy), Killucknevan (Killucan), Imper, Sonnagh, Raysback, Stafernan, Leen and Leaken’ (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., 7 Jas I). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 21 August 2017
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Corry with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Corry
- Area
- 1,590,027 m² (159 ha, 392.9 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rathaspick, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moygoish
- Electoral division
- Glenlough, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycorkey, Baronstown Demesne, Joanstown, Kilmacahill Or Caraun, Mace
- Placenames
- Corry 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.