# Dundonnell, Co. Westmeath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Churchtown, barony of Rathconrath, Co. Westmeath. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,666,992 m² (166.7 ha, 411.92 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 10,523 m² (1.05 ha, 2.6 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Churchtown, https://everytownland.com/westmeath/parish/churchtown.md - Barony: Rathconrath - Electoral division: Churchtown, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Churchtown electoral division: 362 people in 119 households; 89% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 2% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Westmeath, https://everytownland.com/westmeath.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/51601 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 230591 - Centre: latitude 53.507732, longitude -7.472674 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dundonnell, from 141 m² to 573,977 m² (57.4 ha, 141.83 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2723747: 573,977 m² (57.4 ha, 141.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2723747.md - Parcel 5289757: 332,794 m² (33.28 ha, 82.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5289757.md - Parcel 2892884: 285,915 m² (28.59 ha, 70.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2892884.md - Parcel 2594167: 166,932 m² (16.69 ha, 41.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2594167.md - Parcel 115995: 123,241 m² (12.32 ha, 30.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/115995.md - Parcel 116863: 52,781 m² (5.28 ha, 13.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/116863.md - Parcel 116841: 30,968 m² (3.1 ha, 7.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/116841.md - Parcel 91529: 29,065 m² (2.91 ha, 7.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/91529.md - Parcel 91538: 24,843 m² (2.48 ha, 6.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/91538.md - Parcel 91621: 11,952 m² (1.2 ha, 2.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/91621.md - Parcel 2762694: 9,095 m² (0.91 ha, 2.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2762694.md - Parcel 2633160: 6,972 m² (0.7 ha, 1.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2633160.md - Parcel 117505: 5,246 m² (0.52 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/117505.md - Parcel 115944: 3,030 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/115944.md - Parcel 115955: 2,809 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/115955.md - Parcel 91756: 2,737 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/91756.md - Parcel 91535: 2,737 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/91535.md - Parcel 91776: 1,044 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/91776.md - Parcel 91770: 470 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/91770.md - Parcel 2723731: 141 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2723731.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Dundonnell in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 4 applications, newest first. - 21 Jun 2025, Westmeath County Council 2560308: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construction of a new single storey extension to the west elevation of the existing dwelling and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560308/0 - 3 Jun 2025, Westmeath County Council 2560277: N/a. Permission. development which will consist of; A new single storey extension to the West side of the existing dwelling.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560277/0 - 23 Dec 2024, Westmeath County Council 2460505: Conditional. Permission. Instream restoration of approximately 500m of the Buggaun River, to improve biodiversity and conservation for Brown Trout. Involves the introduction of spawning gravel, creation of holding pools, provision of fencing and drinking troughs. An NIS was prepared and is included in the planning documents. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460505/0 - 4 Dec 2024, Westmeath County Council 2460463: N/a. Permission. instream restoration of approximately 500m of the Buggaun River, to improve biodiversity and conservation for Brown Trout. Involves the introduction of spawning gravel, creation of holding pools, provision of fencing and drinking troughs. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460463/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Dundonnell. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WM018-164: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWM018-164----. Situated on flat poorly drained land. Small circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 7m) defined by a fosse and external bank visible on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 11 February 2019 - WM025-010: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWM025-010----. Situated in pasture. Annotated 'Dundonnell Castle' and depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a rectangular-shaped building with its long axis aligned NW-SE. A rectangular-shaped enclosure is shown running off S end of W wall of castle. On the 1837 map the castle appears to be standing in N corner of a rectangular-shaped enclosure which could represent the remains of a bawn (WM025-010001-). Castle described in 1978 as no surface remains visible. Earthworks clearly visible to the N of the castle appear to represent the remains of a field system. Linear earthwork to NE of castle and bawn probably represents the remains of a medieval roadway (WM025-010002-) leading into the castle and bawn. This sunken way defined by a two linear banks is clearly visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 03 September 2019 - WM025-010001: Bawn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWM025-010001-. Situated in pasture which is surrounded by low-lying marshy ground to SE, S and W and which is overlooked by a low rise to N. Dundonnell Castle site (WM025-010----) stands in N quadrant of a subrectangular-shaped enclosure (approx. dims. 67m NW-SE x 62m NNE-SSW) defined by the remains of a substantial bank and fosse to NW, NE and SE and by a drain to SW. The interior is uneven with slight rises, low banks and the scant remains of some wall footings. The area to the N, E and SE is traversed by a series of banks and ditches which form a complex of enclosures adjoining the castle site. The remains of a possible medieval road (WM025-010002-) or sunken way is visible to NE. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 03 September 2019 - WM025-010002: Road - hollow-way, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWM025-010002-. Situated in pasture. Annotated 'Dundonnell Castle' (WM025-010----) and depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a rectangular-shaped structure standing in N quadrant of rectangular shaped bawn (WM025-010002-) with roadway running from NE side of bawn towards present public road. This roadway (approx. L. 400m) is clearly visible today on Digital Globe aerial photograph as a possible sunken way (approx. Wth 10m) flanked on either side by a low earth and stone bank which connects the castle with the public road to the NE. At the SW end of the roadway there are a series of smaller enclosures containing cultivation ridges of uncertain antiquity. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 03 September 2019 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dundonnell. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Dundonnell. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/dundonnell.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/dundonnell.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/dundonnell.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Dundonnell with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath: https://everytownland.com/westmeath.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballynafearagh: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/ballynafearagh-230166.md - Brottonstown: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/brottonstown.md - Brottonstown Little: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/brottonstown-little.md - Bryanstown: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/bryanstown.md - Churchtown: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/churchtown-230362.md - Jamestown: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/jamestown-230749.md - Nicholastown: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/nicholastown-231055.md - Strattonstown: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/strattonstown.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/dundonnell - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/westmeath/dundonnell