Creggstown

9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Creggstown, from 83 m² to 480,615 m² (48.06 ha, 118.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Creggstown 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.

• 24 Aug 2026N/a

  development which will consist of refurbishment works to 24.2 kilometres (km) of OHL; comprising provision of fibre wrap; replacement of 7 no. steel towers; replacement of 73 no. pole-sets/poles; replacement of 9 no. pole-set cross arms only; refurbishment work to 19 no. wooden pole-sets; and the treatment and painting of 2 no. steel towers. These structures (No’s. 182-299) and the associated OHL lie between where the OHL crosses the border into County Westmeath in the townland of Grange More, to where the OHL ties-in to the existing Mullingar 110kV substation in the townland of Irishtown, crossing the County Westmeath townlands of Grange More, Craddanstown, Joristown Lower, Priesttown, Clonreagh, Corbetstown, Higginstown, Hodgestown, Millerstown, Corbally, Edmondstown, Clonlost, Clonickilvant, Ballycor, Aghadaugh, Killynan (Cooke), Mountrobert, Macetown, Rathconnell, Clonsheever, Culleen Beg, Robinstown (Levinge), Ballyglass and Irishtown. The Proposed Development also includes 1 no. temporary Construction Compound in the townland of Aghadaugh. The refurbishment works in County Westmeath will consist of: the replacement (‘restringing’) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires; the installation of fibre wrap; replacement of 7 no. steel towers and 73 no. wooden pole-sets/poles with similar dimensions and heights as the existing (replacement towers will be no more than 0.5m taller than existing and replacement pole-sets/poles will be no more than 3m taller than existing); installation of replacement parts on towers and pole-sets; foundation refurbishment / strengthening and recapping / clearing of shear blocks; treatment and painting of towers to be retained; all associated site development works, including temporary works areas; clearance of shear block bases; vegetation maintenance works; ancillary site preparation works, site clearance and levelling at the 1 no. temporary construction compound; temporary works to existing tracks and new temporary access routes to each structure, one of which is within the curtilage of Millerstown House (protected structure RPS No. 020-050), in the townland of Millerstown; and all associated works required to facilitate the Proposed Development A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660445

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 Creggstown.

Recorded monuments

• WM020-093 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise, in gently undulating pasture. Annotated 'Fort' on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 42m NW-SE; 34m NE-SW). Monument described in 1970 as a circular-shaped area enclosed by two banks with a wide intervening space. The banks are best preserved ESE-S-W-WNW and are disturbed by quarrying in places. The original entrance is not clearly visible. The NNE quadrant of the monument is truncated by a road running WNW-ESE. Monument is visible as a tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 July 2019

• WM020-094 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on top of a rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Monument described in 1970-2 as an oval-shaped area (dims. 27m NNW-SSE; 20m WSW-ENE) enclosed by an inner bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The inner bank is best preserved from SE-W-N-NE and is reduced to a scarp (H 1.6m) NE-E-SE. The fosse is visible from S-W-N-ENE and the outer bank is visible from NW-N-ENE. A gap (overall Wth 4.5m; basal Wth 2.2m) at SSE may represent the original entrance. Monument is visible as a suboval-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 July 2019

• WM020-098 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views from NW-N-E-S-W. Ringfort (WM020-130----) lies c. 47m to SSW. Annotated ‘Fort’ on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 53m N-S; 46m E-W). Monument described in 1970 as a large suboval-shaped area enclosed by a bank and external fosse. The bank has gaps at SW and N. The fosse is visible as a slight depression from SSE-S-SSW. The entrance (Wth at top 8.4m; basal Wth 4.5m) is at SE. The interior rises gently from the perimeter toward the centre. Monument is visible as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 July 2019

• WM020-099 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated c. 60m NW of a pond, in a wet marshy area, surrounded by tillage and pasture. Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Monument described in 1981 as having no surface remains visible. Souterrain not visible on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 July 2019

• WM020-100 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Monument described in 1970 as an oval-shaped area (dims. 20.2m NW-SE; 20.2m E-W) enclosed by a bank that is best preserved from S-W-N and has been ploughed out from NNE-ENE. It has been partly quarried away at E and has been reduced to a scarp (H 1.6m) from ESE-S. There is no definite trace of a fosse or entrance feature. The interior is uneven with several slight natural humps and hollows. Monument is visible as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 July 2019

• WM020-141 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (LS_AS_35CT_00001_37) taken by Leo Swan shows outline of irregular-shaped enclosure in field SE of Creggstown House. Attached aerial image taken by Leo Swan courtesy of Katherine Daly. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 10 September 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 Creggstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Creggstown

Area

841,436 m² (84.14 ha, 207.92 acres)

Civil parish

Killucan, and its townlands

Barony

Farbill

Electoral division

Raharney, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Joristown Lower, Joristown Upper, Mylestown, Simonstown

Placenames

Creggstown 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.