Faughalstown

91 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Faughalstown, from 10 m² to 652,507 m² (65.25 ha, 161.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Faughalstown 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.

• 13 Aug 2026N/a

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

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660430

• 22 Jun 2026N/a

  development which will consist of planning permission to construct new slatted shed and ancillary site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660327

• 9 Mar 2026N/a

  the development will consist of: 1. Milking parlour, collecting yard, drafting and animal handling area with underground slatted slurry storage tank, dairy, machine room and farm office. 2. Meal bin and water tank. 3. Manure pit, Silage pit extension and soiled water tank. 4. Cow shed with underground slatted slurry storage tank and easy feed passages. 5. Concrete yards and all ancillary works.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660096

• 30 May 2022N/a

  demolition of 71sqm rear extension and construction of 412sqm two storey extension to the side and rear elevations to create 6 bedroom dwelling. Including new septic tank and associated site works.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 22290

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Lough Derravaragh SPA 004043
• Natural Heritage Area: Lough Derravaragh NHA 000684

Recorded monuments

• WM007-028 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in pasture-land on the SE facing slope of a prominent hill, with commanding views to NE, E, S & W. Lough Derravaragh 480m to SW. Ringfort (WM007-030----) 570m to NE. An oval enclosure (approx. diam. 19m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by a well preserved earthen bank with several gaps, and slight fosse. Traces of an outer bank may be a recent feature. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI in 1975. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 April 2017

• WM007-029 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in pasture-land on the NE face side of a high prominent ridge which runs NW-SE, with extensive views from NW-N-E. Ringfort (WM007-030----) 280m to SE. A circular area (approx. diam. 28m N-S; 27m E-W) enclosed by a well preserved earth and stone bank, narrow shallow fosse, best preserved at S and almost completely filled in elsewhere. Possible entrance gap (Wth 2.3m) at NE. The interior slopes appreciably from SW-NE, and contains a series of banks and a long sub-rectangular depression which could be the remains of a possible hut site or the result of post-medieval quarrying. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI in 1975. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 April 2017

• WM007-030 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the S face of a slight slope in hilly pasture-land. Ringfort (WM007-029----) 280m to NW. A sub-circular area (approx. diam. 47m N-S; 43m E-W) enclosed by a well preserved earthen bank (approx. Wth 4m) disturbed by quarrying at SW, NW & NNE, and a wide deep round-bottomed fosse which has been filled in from SSE-S-W-WNW. Possible entrance gap (Wth 3m) at S. The raised interior has vague traces of cultivation ridges. Possible remains or traces of an external bank at ENE. See attached section of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI in 1975. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 April 2017

• WM007-043 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  The building depicted as 'Old Court' on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map is located 50m E of Lough Derravaragh and 80m NNW of Mortimer's Castle (WM007-044----). According to local tradition 'Old Court' was said to have been the seat of the Mortimer family in the late middle ages. Described in 1980 as 'The buildings shown on the OS map have completely disappeared. The ruined buildings to the N.W. appear to be the remains of 18th or 18th century outhouses. No archaeological significance' (ASI Survey Report 9 October 1980). Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 13 April 2017

• WM007-044 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  National Monument No. 610. In 1682, Sir Henry Piers recorded that Fahatty or Faughalstown on the eastern banks of Lough Derravaragh was ‘the retiring place of Mortimer Earl of March’ (Vallancey 1786, 66). In a letter written by Goddard H. Orpen to Thomas Lunn of Belvedere, the historian wrote that the tradition recorded by Piers may have been to Sir Thomas de Mortimer, Chief Justice of the King’s Bench in 1382 rather than Sir Edmund Mortimer who died in 1381. In 1397, Sir Thomas de Mortimer fled to Ireland and sought refuge with the native Irish in Leinster after he was found guilty of treason by English Parliament and a warrant was issued for his arrest (Gilbert 1865, 277). No castle is depicted in this townland on the seventeenth century Down Survey map of Fore Barony (NLI, MS 723-4). The ruins of an ecclesiastical building are depicted on the Down Survey map of Fore Barony in the area where Mortimer’s Castle is indicated on the OS 6-inch map. In 1902 a single wall of the castle standing two storeys high was drawn by Revd. William Falkiner of Killucan Rectory, the illustration clearly depicts a segmental window embrasure at ground and first floor levels (NLI PD 3129 TX 6). In 1826 the monument was described as located ‘on the eminence, overlooking every point of the lake with a lordly comprehension of view, stood, in the olden time, a baronial castle, of which, now, there remains only the foundation lines, overgrown with grass, and a very small relic of one of the inferior buildings of the fortress. The castle, which covered, including its area, more than an acre of ground was surrounded by a deep ditch; and judging from the lines of the foundations, it was on the plan, and could not have been much, if at all, inferior in magnitude, to the castle of Trim. Not many years back, a considerable portion of the ruins was standing, but they were pulled down, and the stone carried away, probably to build the cottages of the neighbouring peasantry’ (Greendrake 1826, 47). Described in 1974 as following: ‘This is a large rectangular earthwork set on a high embankment on the edge of Lough Derravaragh. The earthwork is outlined by a low bank of earth and stone. This bank is set on top of a massive steep embankment. On the NW, North, NE & East & SE sides there is a very wide deep fosse outside the embankment. On the West and SW sides the steep embankment drops down to the edge of the lake. There are entrances to the interior on the NW and SE sides. In the SE corner the banks rise into a massive mound. In the Southern corner there is a deep depression. North of this depression there is the outline of a rectangular house. Northwest of this house site is a further large depression. In the NW corner there is a depression overgrown with . At the southern corner of this there is a small ruin. This ruin appears to have contained a stairway leading to cellars or an undercroft. It is impossible to explore this area further without a torch. In the Northern corner a bank cuts off the corner of the earthwork. South of this bank and running along the NE side of the interior is a rectangular platform. The diam. of the earthwork NE-SW is 12.5m approx. There are wide views of the surrounding countryside and the lake to East, South and West. The site is overlooked by rising ground to the NE. (SMR File 12/09/1974). Depicted on the 1837 Ordnance Survey Fair Plan map as a rectangular shaped earthwork with L-shaped ruin in NW corner. A gap in the hachures along the NW side of the earthwork may represent location of original entrance into the earthwork. OS trig. station in SE corner of monument. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 January 2016

• WM007-045 Church
  Description

  Early medieval church and graveyard (WM007-045002-) at Faughalstown, reputedly founded in the sixth-century by Diarmuid, son of Lughna, possibly descended from the Uí Fiachrach clan. Faughalstown or Fochlaid was possibly a proprietory church of the Uí Fiachrach Cúile Fobair (Masterson 1998, 44-5). Diarmuid was the patron saint of the parish of Faughalstown (Ó Riain 2011, 516). The poor survival of the building makes it difficult to be certain about the original layout of the church. It is not clear if it is an undivided church or the remains of a nave and chancel structure. Only the lower wall footings of a possible nave and chancel church remain standing in NE quadrant of oval-shaped graveyard (WM007-045001-) with curving field boundary of larger ecclesiastical enclosure (WM007-045002-) 40m N of church overlooking shoreline of Lough Derravaragh 160m to SSW. Wayside cross (WM007-049----) 620m to E, St. Dermots Well (WM007-048----) located 430m to SSE, Mortimer's Castle (WM007-044----) 690m to WNW. Poorly preserved remains of a nave (approx. dims. 8.5m N-S; 13m E-W) and chancel (approx. dims. 7m N-S; 6.5m E-W) church (overall approx. ext. dims. 8.5m N-S; 19.5m E-W) built with random limestone rubble, gap (Wth. 2m) in S wall of the nave located off centre to W may mark the site of a doorway but no dressed stone is visible, a gap directly opposite in the N wall appears to be the result of collapse. The line of the chancel is marked by a rebate visible in the N and S walls of the church. A single jamb of a broken out window is visible in the S wall of the nave located off centre to E. The interior of the church is covered in briars and other vegetation making detailed examination impossible. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 8 August 2017

• WM007-045001 Graveyard
  Description

  Early medieval church (WM007-045----) and graveyard at Faughalstown, reputedly founded in the sixth-century by Diarmuid, son of Lughna, possibly descended from the Uí Fiachrach clan. Faughalstown or Fochlaid was possibly a proprietory church of the Uí Fiachrach Cúile Fobair (Masterson 1998, 44-5). Diarmuid was the patron saint of the parish of Faughalstown (Ó Riain 2011, 516). Ruins of medieval nave and chancel church standing in NE quadrant of oval-shaped graveyard with curving field boundary of larger ecclesiastical enclosure (WM007-045002-) 40m N of church with shoreline of Lough Derravaragh 160m to SSW. Wayside cross (WM007-049----) 620m to E, St. Dermots Well (WM007-048----) located 430m to SSE, Mortimer's Castle (WM007-044----) 690m to WNW. Poorly preserved remains of a nave and chancel church which forms N boundary of rectangular shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 30m N-S; 40m E-W) as depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. On the revised 1913 ed. OS 25 inch map the graveyard (dims. 70m E-W; 43m N-S) is enclosed by a larger oval shaped wall of post-1837 date. Entrance located at E end of S wall of graveyard. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 8 August 2017

• WM007-045002 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  The oval form of the graveyard (WM007-045001-) boundary wall possibly indicates the presence of an Early Christian ecclesiastical enclosure (Swan 1988, 21) associated with a monastery founded by Diarmuid, son of Lughna, patron saint of the parish of Faughalstown (Ó Riain 2011, 516). The curving boundary wall on the N side of the graveyard follows the curving line of an earlier larger ecclesiastical enclosure preserved in the curving field boundary 40m N of the graveyard wall. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 12 October 2015

• WM007-045003 Font
  Description

  Standing in the SW quadrant of Faughalstown graveyard (WM007-045001-) there is a section of an octagonal-shaped limestone shaft (H 0.37m x Wth 0.35m) which has a central hole possibly serving as a drainage hole for a medieval font associated with Faughalstown Church (WM007-045----) standing in NE quadrant of graveyard. Possible section of octagonal-shaft of a medieval font. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 8 August 2017

• WM007-046 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the S face of a ridge which runs NW-SE with good views from S-E-W. Annotated on the 1837 OS Fair Plan as ‘fort’, and depicted as a sub-circular earthwork (approx. diam. 30m N-S; 25m E-W) on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. This site has been levelled. All that remains is a short segment of a wide shallow fosse at S. It is visible as a faint crop mark on the Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 April 2017

• WM007-048 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Diarmuid, son of Lughna, is the patron saint of the parish of Faughalstown (Ó Riain 2011, 516). St. Dermot's Well is marked at a different place on the 1837 and 1911 ed. OS six inch maps. On the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map ‘St Dermot’s Well’ is depicted 270m to the NE of the present OS 6-inch map location and 255m NE of the original shoreline of Lough Derravaragh. A well without a dedication is marked on the shoreline of the lake on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. This well without dedication is depicted as St. Dermot's Well on subsequent editions of the OS 6-inch maps. A concrete pump-house and spring at the site now. There are no surface remains visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011 of the well marked as St. Dermot's Well on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. The location of the well on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map appears to be the correct location of the holy well. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 April 2017

• WM007-049 Cross - Wayside cross
  Description

  Annotated 'Crossbane' (Crois Bhán / White Cross) in Gothic script on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map which it is depicted standing on the side of a public road. Faughalstown Church (WM007-045----) and graveyard (WM007-045001-) lies 630m to the W, St. Dermot's Well (WM007-048----) stands 580m to the SW. Local folklore collected between 1935-8 from Faughalstown National School recorded the following details about this wayside cross; ‘On the right hand side of the road about a half mile this side of the graveyard of Faughalstown there stands the remains of an old limestone cross called the "Cres Bhan". It was over five feet [1.5m] in height and the letters I.H.S. were inscribed on it as shown in the accompanying sketch. About five years ago [c. 1930] it got broken at the point marked B in the sketch. The arms are in Carrigys yard and the top lies on the ground beside the cross. It is said that this cross was erected by Saint Feichen at the time he had his chapel [WM007-045001-] in Faughalstown graveyard [WM007-045001-]. Up to 30 years ago [c. 1905] the people had to carry the corpses to the graveyard because the hearse had not come into use. When they were passing the cross they stopped and said the De profundis’ (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0720, Pages 040-1; www.duchas.ie). Broken wayside cross described in 1980 as 'a broken cross shaft (L 0.92m; Wth 0.21m) lies partly buried by bushes inside the field fence. The shaft is plain with chamfered corners and a bevelled end to fit into a socket. A large limestone boulder now inaccessible in the bushes appears to have been the base of the cross. The top of the shaft is roughly squared as if to accommodate a shoulder piece of the head of the cross. However these could be hidden in the bushes. The shaft appears to be of late medieval date probably 16th or 17th century' (SMR file). Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 4 April 2020

• WM007-054 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in hilly pasture-land. Lough Derravaragh 800m to SW. The field fence which marks the boundary with Ringstown townland is 15m to W. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. dims. 21m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by a well preserved earthen bank and external fosse. The bank appears to have been steepened in relatively modern times. Entrance gap (Wth 2.6m) and causeway (Wth 4.3m; H 0.25m) at E. The interior slopes from ENE-WSW. A low irregular round-topped mound (dims. 7m NNE-SSW; 3.5m ENE-WSW; H 0.15m) is visible in the centre which could be the remains of a possible hut site. Site appears to have been completely levelled and is not visible on 2005 OSI aerial photographs or on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 14 April 2017

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

Name

Faughalstown · Fochla

Area

4,092,406 m² (409.24 ha, 1,011.26 acres)

Civil parish

Faughalstown, and its townlands

Barony

Fore

Electoral division

Faughalstown, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Grangestown, Kiltoom, Milltown, Ringstown, Templanstown

Placenames

Faughalstown 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.