Dooraheen

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dooraheen, from 570 m² to 134,446 m² (13.44 ha, 33.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Dooraheen 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.

• 28 Nov 2025Conditional

  (i) Proposed amendment to the entrance serving the dwelling granted under planning ref 21/22 (ii) removal of condition 7 (a) on the grant of planning for planning ref 21/22

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560587

• 23 May 2022Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 22274

• 22 Jan 2021Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling, wastewater treatment system and percolation area. permission is also sought to alter existing entrance onto road and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2122

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 Dooraheen.

Recorded monuments

• WM032-034 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Monument surveyed by ASI in 1976 and described as following; 'A large broad oval area (diam. 49m N-S; 39m E-W) outlined by a steep scarp. There is a low bank at the upper edge of the scarp from E to S but it is not clear if this is an original feature or not. A modern field wall runs along the edge of the site, scarp faced with stone from NNE-E, this is the border of the laneway shown on on the OS 6-inch map. A second outer modern vertical scarp has been sug and a modern concrete farm shed (hay barn) has been erected just outside the site on the N and there are older buildings on the NNE. A modern drain runs NE-SW just outside the scarp on the NW. From NW-W-SW the scarp is on the top of a steep natural slope with a large pond at its foot. A modern field wall runs E-W just outside the scarp on the S. Most of the perimeter except on the W has been defaced by later activity. There is no indication of an entrance. The interior rises unevenly from all sides towards the centre. The interior is very uneven and there are a number of shallow depressions on the S and SE and E which seem to be due to disturbance. Some stones are visible here and there in the surface but no features are discernible. The perimeter is rather heavily overgrown on the NW-W-SW. The site is on a small N-S ridge in pasture land and there are extensive views in all directions ' (ASI File 29/06/1976). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 15 February 2013

• WM032-046 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Monument surveyed by ASI in 1978 and described as following; 'A small roughly circular area (diam. 30m N-S; 30m W-W) outlined by a low scarp with traces of a low bank at its upper edge and of a shallow fosse at its foot. A modern (E-W) field fence runs into the bank at the NNW and from there to the SW the bank is incorporated in a field fence, another field fence (N-S) runs into the bank at the SW. Modern field walls runs outside the perimeter from SW-S-E-NE. The fosse is poorly preserved and seems to have been filled in everywhere except on the NNE-NE. There is some stone (field clearance) dumped on the outer edge of the fosse on the NNE. There is some stone visible in the face of the scarp on the E but there is no definite evidence for a facing of stone. The bank is poorly preserved but it is traceable all round the perimeter. There is no sign of an entrance. The interior is flat except for a small oval rise just NE of centre, the significance unknown. The perimeter is overgrown on the N, W, S and NE. The site is on a small rise with good views all round. The site is in the SE corner of a hay field' (SMR File 29/06/1978). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 February 2013

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

Name

Dooraheen

Area

600,867 m² (60.09 ha, 148.48 acres)

Civil parish

Castletownkindalen, and its townlands

Barony

Moycashel

Electoral division

Castletown, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhast, Ballynacoska, Keelbeg, Kilbalraherd, Kippinduff, Rathnugent

Placenames

Dooraheen 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.