Fassagh
Townland in the civil parish of Ballyloughloe, barony of Clonlonan, Co. Westmeath; in Irish Fásach
Parcel 86652
- Area
- 259,173 m² (25.92 ha, 64.04 acres)
- Buildings
- 5 buildings touch it, 1,638 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
- Fassagh
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 3 recorded monuments.
- WM029-030 Inauguration site
Description
The precise location of the inauguration place of the Mac Amhalghaidh / Magawley clan has not been identified and several locations have been suggested (Fitzpatrick 2004, 170-1). In 1837 O’Donovan suggested that the hill beside Tullymagawley House may have been the hill on which Magawley was ‘made’. The Ordnance Survey Letters of 1837 records that the ‘hill of Tullymagawley preserves as a ‘monumentum aere perennius’ the name of the ancient Lord of the soil (Walsh 1957, 7). Dalton (1926, 52) recorded that the ‘inauguration chair of the Magawley chiefs stood on the hillock now called Tullymagawley’. This ‘hill of Tullymagawley’ may be the place described by Cox (1970, 62) in 1970 as a ‘grave-like mound’. A natural looking hillock in the field to the N of Tullymagawly House (WM029-031----) may mark the site of the 'Hill of Tully Mac Awley'. It is possible that this roughly circular shaped mound or hillock is entirely natural with no archaeological features visible (SMR File 23/08/1983). Fitzpatrick suggested that this hill was an unlikely location for inauguration ceremonies and that the 'Hill of Tully Mac Awley' identified by O'Donovan was possibly located in the neighbouring townland of Ballymurry (Fitzpatrick 2004, 170). A hilltop enclosure (WM030-065----) 1.1km to the E of Tullymagawly House standing in the townland of Ballymurry is locally believed to be the inauguration place of the Mac Amhalghaidh clan (ibid.). Fitzpatrick (2004, 171) however suggests that the bowl barrow (WM030-104----) on Knockdomny Hill is the more likely location for the inauguration place of the Mac Amhalghaidh clan. Compiled and revised by : Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload : 21 July 2015
- WM029-031 Bawn
Description
According to Cox (1972, 155) 'in Tully townland is the last seat of the Magawlys of Calry. Their old house a modest one still stands and nearby is a high wall of old masonry containing a few splayed windows measuring 4" by 15". The wall would appear to have once surrounded an older building or 'castle' '. Cox appears to be describing the possible remains of a bawn wall which enclosed an old building possibly a castle that was replaced in the 18th century by the present house marked Tullymagawly on the OS 6-inch maps. Compiled by : Caimin O'Brien Date of upload : 14 August 2012.
- WM030-064 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a low rise, in pasture, overlooked by a wide, gradual rise to SE, Tullymagawly 145m to NE. An inauguration site (WM029-030----) of the Magawly family and a bawn (WM029-031----) lie c. 140m and 150m to NW and WNW, respectively. Not depicted on OS mapping. Monument described in 1980 as an oval-shaped area (dims. 34m NE-SW; 24.5m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (H 2m) which is best preserved from ENE-E-SSE and is lower (H 1m) from SSE-S-SW-W-NE. There is a slight ledge at the base of the scarp from SSE-S-SW. The top is platform-like and has a very slight NE-facing slope with faint traces of old cultivation ridges running NE-SW. A field fence skirts the base of the scarp at NE. This earthwork may be related to the inauguration site of the Magawly clan and could have been used as an inauguration mound. Monument is visible today as an oval-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. 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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0.
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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
- 83.3 ha
- 206 acres
- Land parcels
- 41
- registered freehold, median 3,001 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fassagh, from 114 m² to 288,634 m² (28.86 ha, 71.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Fassagh 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
14 Feb 2025Conditional
(i) the construction of a car wash facility, comprising of one automatic wash bay, associated car wash plant room and payment terminal, (ii) the installation of an above ground self-bunded MGO tank to northeast of the existing HGV fuel forecourt, (iii) the relocation of existing air/water/vacuum service area, (iv) the provision of new road markings and, (v) all other associated site drainage, site development and landscaping works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560045
17 Sept 2019Conditional
Construction of a single storey dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, vehicular entrance and all associated site development works
Permission consequent, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 197193
25 Apr 2019Conditional
Construction of a new three-bedroom one-storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, new effluent treatment system, new bored well and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 197096
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Fassagh.
Recorded monuments
- WM030-087 Children's burial ground
Description
Situated in undulating pasture, on the S side of the Athlone-Mullingar railway line, with very good views to S. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly oblong-shaped area (approx. dims. 68m WNW-ESE; 40m NNE-SSW) defined by a perforated line, annotated ‘Grave Yard’. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a much larger subrectangular-shaped enclosure (approx. dims. 108m WNW-ESE; 68m NNE-SSW) covering 1.5 acres, abutting a railway line to N. According to O’Donovan (OSNB 1837 No. 2, 13), this was ‘formerly used as a common graveyard, but now only used for children who die prior to baptism,’ i.e. a children’s burial ground (WM030-087001-). Monument described in 1979 as a roughly rectangular-shaped mound defined by an artificial scarp of earth and stone. The limits of the scarp are difficult to define except where it incorporates some large stones. There are a number of irregular linear formations of steadfast stones in the SW quadrant and a number of other set stones possibly forming a wall (T 1.1m) that extends out in a southerly direction. There are also some large boulders in the centre of the site. Much of the interior is covered by a growth of tall, dense grasses and weeds. A bullaun stone (WM030-087002-) is reputed to exist within the site. Monument is visible todayas a raised oblong-shaped earthwork within a large, raised irregular oval-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 09 November 2019
- WM030-087001 Ecclesiastical enclosure
Description
Possible ecclesiastical enclosure identified by Swan (1988, 10) who recorded that there was evidence of a possible enclosure in the circular form of the boundary wall of the graveyard (WM030-087----). Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 20 August 2015
- WM030-087002 Bullaun stone
Description
Situated in undulating pasture, on the S side of the Athlone-Mullingar railway line, with very good views to S. Precise location is depicted on the OS Fair Plan map within the E side of a children's burial ground (WM030-087----). According to O’Donovan (OSNB 1837 No. 2, 13), the burial ground ‘contains a very remarkable stone bearing the supposed impression of St Patrick’s knees’. Monument described in 1979 as being located within graveyard (WM030-087----) according to local information, although there are no surface remains visible. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 09 November 2019
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Fassagh.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. 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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Fassagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Fassagh · Fásach
- Area
- 832,695 m² (83.27 ha, 205.76 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballyloughloe, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clonlonan
- Electoral division
- Carn, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Carn electoral division: 805 people in 277 households; 93% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghanvoneen, Ballymurry, Glen, Killogeenaghan, Mackanrany, Tully, Williamstown
- Placenames
- Fassagh on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, 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.