Garhy

56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garhy, from 14 m² to 362,139 m² (36.21 ha, 89.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Garhy 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.

• 1 Jul 2024Conditional

  the following works; 1. Construction of a new side extension 2. Construction of a new front porch 3. Alterations to window opes 4. Alterations to internal layout 5. Construction of a new domestic garage 6. Installation of a new treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460225

• 16 Nov 2023Conditional

  Retention permission of existing first floor storage area (67.9sqm), as constructed on site. Permission is also sought to retain the existing fuel & storage shed to the south of the site (94.6sqm) and storage shed to the north (143.9sqm) as constructed on site and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2360388

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 Garhy.

Recorded monuments

• WM031-037 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Situated on poorly drained reclaimed grassland standing on the townland boundary with Jamestown which forms the N enclosing element of the monument. Visible today on Digital Globe photography as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a fosse and outer bank. Profile of monument based on aerial photographic evidence suggests that this may be the remains of a ring-barrow. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 November 2019

• WM031-038 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise, in gently undulating pasture, with a good view of the surrounding landscape. Athlone to Mullingar railway line is c. 15m to SE. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly oval-shaped area (approx. dims. 34m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank. There is no visible trace of an external fosse with possible entrance gap at N. The interior is uneven and there are traces of three possible house sites (WM031-038001-). Monument is visible today as an oval-shaped partially tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 113November 2019

• WM031-038001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Situated on a rise, in gently undulating pasture, with a good view of the surrounding landscape. Athlone to Mullingar railway line is c. 15m to SE. Inside ringfort (WM031-038----) are the remains of three house sites. A square-shaped house site is located in the NW quadrant. The remains of a rectangular-shaped house site defined by a wall to S and W, adjoins the bank of the ringfort at NE. A third house site is defined as a rectangular-shaped outline of a structure visible in the S quadrant. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 13 November 2019

• WM031-039 Cist
  Description

  The ASI have recorded the presence of a Cist Grave in the townland of Garhy, c.3.5km west of Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath. This report seeks to clarify the actual position of the Cist as well as providing a short description of same with references. The Cist Grave known locally as ‘The Warrior’s Grave’, was described by Thomas Shaw (1921, 145) and more recently by Jim McCormack and Oliver Hussey (1990). It lies on the summit of a small, rounded hillock at the south end of a pasture field. There are wide views from the hummock to the west, north and east. The location of the cist as currently plotted on the Historic Environment Viewer (19.12.23) is somewhat inaccurate: its actual location is clearly visible on the MapGenie 2013-2018 aerial imagery at ITM 630607, 743805.  The visible remains comprise a large, roughly rectangular, sandstone slab 1.65m in length, 1m in width and 0.12 to 0.2m in thickness, its long axis running east and west. Its upper surface is heavily scarred and stands 0.15m to 0.25m above the surrounding field. The slab rests on at least four side-stones which define a rectangular chamber filled with clay and stones to within 0.25m of the roof. The side-stone on the north side is clearly visible on the ground surface, suggesting that the slab is slightly displaced.  McCormack and Hussey (1990, 79) recorded that the grave ‘was opened in 1969, but it was found that it had been interfered with [sic.]’.   Compiled by Caimin O’Brien based on report submitted by archaeologist Paul Gosling.   Date of Compilation: 10 November 2025

• WM031-043 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in improved pasture to E and scrub to W. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 63m N-S; 53m E-W) defined by a scarp, the interior is bisected by a townland boundary running N-S. Monument is visible today as an oval-shaped tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 13 November 2019

• WM032-001 Enclosure
  Description

  Monument surveyed by the ASI in 1976 and described as 'The site is on lowlying poor pasture land at the N foot of a low E-W ridge. A large, broad oval (?) enclosure outlined by a low scarp with a low bank at its upper edge. Unfortunately the whole site is heavily overgrown with trees and bushes and is difficult to examine. The perimeter appears to have been levelled from ENE through E to ESE and the site now has a horseshoe shape. The perimeter is faint on the N and NW and from NW through W through S to ESE. The perimeter is a low bank of stone and earth with facings, external and internal of large stones set upright. There are a number of gaps in the bank but these may be due to disturbance and it is not possible to distinguish an original entrance. The interior rises unevenly towards the centre. To the NE and SSW of the centre are 2 subrectangular enclosures which are possible hut sites (WM032-001001-; WM032-001002-). Both of them are outlined by low irregular banks or walls of stone and earth. The NE house site (int. dims. 5m NW-SE; 5m NE-SW; wall T. 2m) is larger and its walls (H 0.8m) are built of large irregular stones, in places reduced to a low bank of earth and stone. There is an entrance gap (Wth 1m) on the E wall, narrow and lined with thin slabs laid on edge. The SW house (int. dims. 5.2m NW-SE; 3.5m NE-SW; Wall T 1.8m) is smaller and more irregular and its walls (H 0.7m) are roughly built of large stones. No entrance feature visible. There are some stones visible here and there in the interior which is overgrown with trees and bushes. The site is not convincing as a ringfort. It may be a late farmyard. The two hut sites also look late in date perhaps 18th/19th century? There is a good deal of rock outcropping in the field to the N and NE of the site' (SMR File, 15/06/1978). The possible monument is depicted as a sub-rectangular-shaped earthwork on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map with two possible rectangular house sites (WM032-001001-; WM032-001002-) in the N quadrant of the monument. On this map the monument is indicated as being located in an area of rock outcrop. This monument is visible on OSI aerial photos 2005 as a roughly circular area overgrown with bushes and trees (http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,631658,744301,6,0; accessed 12 February 2013). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 February 2013

• WM032-001001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Monument surveyed by the ASI in 1976 and described as 'The site is on lowlying poor pasture land at the N foot of a low E-W ridge. A large, broad oval (?) enclosure (WM032-001----) outlined by a low scarp with a low bank at its upper edge. Unfortunately the whole site is heavily overgrown with trees and bushes and is difficult to examine. The interior rises unevenly towards the centre. To the NE and SSW of the centre are 2 subrectangular enclosures which are possible hut sites (WM032-001001-; WM032-001002-). Both of them are outlined by low irregular banks or walls of stone and earth. The NE house site (int. dims. 5m NW-SE; 5m NE-SW; wall T. 2m) is larger and its walls (H 0.8m) are built of large irregular stones, in places reduced to a low bank of earth and stone. There is an entrance gap (Wth 1m) on the E wall, narrow and lined with thin slabs laid on edge. The SW house (WM032-001002-) is smaller and more irregular and its walls are roughly built of large stones. The site is not convincing as a ringfort. It may be a late farmyard. The two hut sites also look late in date perhaps 18th/19th century? There is a good deal of rock outcropping in the field to the N and NE of the site' (SMR File, 15/06/1978). The possible monument is depicted as a sub-rectangular-shaped earthwork on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map with two possible rectangular house sites (WM032-001001-; WM032-001002-) in the N quadrant of the monument. On this map the monument is indicated as being located in an area of rock outcrop. This monument is visible on OSI aerial photos 2005 as a roughly circular area overgrown with bushes and trees (http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,631658,744301,6,0; accessed 12 February 2013). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 February 2013

• WM032-001002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Monument surveyed by the ASI in 1976 and described as 'The site is on lowlying poor pasture land at the N foot of a low E-W ridge. A large, broad oval (?) enclosure (WM032-001----) outlined by a low scarp with a low bank at its upper edge. Unfortunately the whole site is heavily overgrown with trees and bushes and is difficult to examine. The interior rises unevenly towards the centre. To the NE and SSW of the centre are 2 subrectangular enclosures which are possible hut sites (WM032-001001-; WM032-001002-). Both of them are outlined by low irregular banks or walls of stone and earth. The NE house site (WM032-001001-)is larger and its walls are built of large irregular stones, in places reduced to a low bank of earth and stone. The SW house (int. dims. 5.2m NW-SE; 3.5m NE-SW; Wall T 1.8m) is smaller and more irregular and its walls (H 0.7m) are roughly built of large stones. No entrance feature visible. There are some stones visible here and there in the interior which is overgrown with trees and bushes. The site is not convincing as a ringfort. It may be a late farmyard. The two hut sites also look late in date perhaps 18th/19th century? There is a good deal of rock outcropping in the field to the N and NE of the site' (SMR File, 15/06/1978). The possible monument is depicted as a sub-rectangular-shaped earthwork on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map with two possible rectangular house sites (WM032-001001-; WM032-001002-) in the N quadrant of the monument. On this map the monument is indicated as being located in an area of rock outcrop. This monument is visible on OSI aerial photos 2005 as a roughly circular area overgrown with bushes and trees (http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,631658,744301,6,0; accessed 12 February 2013). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 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 Garhy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Garhy · Gáireach

Area

2,672,817 m² (267.28 ha, 660.47 acres)

Civil parish

Castletownkindalen, and its townlands

Barony

Moycashel

Electoral division

Jamestown, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Adamstown, Aghabrack, Ballyhast, Creeve, Jamestown, Killeen, Shurock, Sraduff

Placenames

Garhy 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.