Dardistown

32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dardistown, from 14 m² to 495,787 m² (49.58 ha, 122.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Dardistown 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.

• 30 May 2025Conditional

  A 10-year planning permission and a 40-year operational life for a solar energy development with a total site area of 157 hectares comprising (i) photovoltaic solar panels on steel mounting frames; (ii) electrical transformer stations; (iii) underground electrical and communications cabling within the proposed development site, private lands and within the carriageway of the L1501, L1505, L5610, L5611 and L5614 public roads; (iv) containerised battery energy storage facility; (v) the upgrade of 4 no. existing site entrances and development of 1 no. new site entrance; (vi) on-site access tracks; (vii) 4 no. temporary construction compounds; (viii) security fencing and gates; (ix) pole-mounted security cameras; and (x) all associated and ancillary site development, landscaping and reinstatement works. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Report and a Natura Impact Statement.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560268

• 3 Mar 2025Conditional

  proposed alterations, including changes to the applicants and plans, to the previously approved application (Reference No. 22149), which was granted for the development. The development consists of a residential dwelling, associated garage, approved wastewater treatment system and percolation area to EPA standards, a new vehicular entrance and all ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560081

• 12 Feb 2025N/a

  proposed alterations, including changes to the applicants and plans, to the previously approved application (reference number 22/149)

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560040

• 7 Oct 2022Conditional

  modifications to the existing house and change of use of agricultural stores to domestic use and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 22488

• 29 Mar 2022Conditional

  1 no. residential dwelling, formed of one part single, one part two storey house, associated garage, approved wastewater treatment system and percolation area to EPA standard; and new vehicular entrance at

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 22149

• 21 Mar 2022Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house & detached garage with septic tank & percolation area with all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 22123

• 23 Feb 2022N/a

  1 no. residential dwelling, formed of one part single, one part two storey house, associated garage, approved wastewater treatment system and percolation area to EPA standards and new vehicular entrance

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2278

• 23 Nov 2021Conditional

  Permission to construct a dwelling house and detached garage with septic tank and percolation area with all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21622

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

• WM013-098 Church
  Description

  Situated on a low rounded rise of ground in grassland. Referred to locally as ‘Churchyard Hill’ by the land-owner. No visible trace of a monument at this location. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 July 2018

• WM013-099 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  The precise location of Dardistown Castle has not been identified. The castle is depicted on the 1655 Down Survey map of Killagh parish where it is shown standing on the lands of Sir Thomas Nugent who is listed as an 'Irish Papist' (NLI, MS 723-4). The terrier of the Down Survey parish map recorded that in Dardistown there 'is a castle in repaire with diverse cabbins’ (ibid.). Adams (1959, 57) suggested that an 'old mote' located near Dardistown House marked the site of this castle. This 'old mote' was described by the ASI in 1977 'a natural ridge which has a bank all round. Atop of this is what appears to be an artificial structure called a ‘cairn’ (ASI field report 16/05/1977). The castle is not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. There is no evidence to suggest that Dardistown House was built on the site of the medieval castle. In 1983 the area around Dardistown House was visited and the surveyor recorded that there was no trace of any castle at this location and that 19th century farm buildings were visible around the farmyard marked as Dardistown House. The owner of Dardistown House at the time knew of no local tradition regarding Dardistown Castle. There was no surface remains of the 'old mote' which appears to have been levelled. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 5 October 2016

• WM013-100 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  According to Adams (1959, 57) the building depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a structure with two smaller structures to the S, surrounded by small fields was the site of Dardistown Castle (WM013-099----). It has also been suggested that the castle was located in close proximity to Dardistown House located 580m to N. No surface remains visible of any building at this location. Dardistown Castle is depicted on the 1655 Down Survey map of Killagh parish where it is shown standing on the lands of Sir Thomas Nugent who is listed as an 'Irish Papist' (NLI, MS 723-4). The terrier of the Down Survey parish map recorded that in Dardistown there 'is a castle in repaire with diverse cabbins’ (ibid.). Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 July 2018

• WM013-115 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Possible holy well annotated in Gothic script as 'Tober Luibe' on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 July 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).

• Dardistown, Bracklyn7 sales

Name

Dardistown

Area

1,635,737 m² (163.57 ha, 404.2 acres)

Civil parish

Killagh, and its townlands

Barony

Delvin

Electoral division

Killulagh, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygillin, Ballyowen, Graffanstown, Hiskinstown, Killagh, Reynella

Placenames

Dardistown 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.