Glebe

6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glebe, from 1,300 m² to 20,021 m² (2 ha, 4.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Glebe 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Glebe 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 the townland of Glebe.

Recorded monuments

• WM012-076 Church
  Description

  National Monument No. 265. Taghmon derived from the Irish Tigh/Teach Munna meaning the house of Munna a late sixth / early seventh century saint who died in 635. This saint was the son of Tulchán and has been variously assigned to belonging to either the Ceinéal Conaill of Donegal, the Corca Raoidhe [Corkaree] of Westmeath and the Corca Oiche of Limerick (Ó Riain 2011, 505). His feastday is commemorated on the 21st of October (Ibid., 507). Church building standing beside castle (WM012-074----) depicted on the 17th century Down Survey map of Corkaree Barony (NLI, MS 723-4). Medieval fortified church known as St. Munna's Church stands in the centre of a graveyard (WM012-076001-) with Taghmon Castle (WM012-074----) 150m to NW, motte and bailey (WM012-079----) castle 350m to SE. The church and graveyard appears to have been built on the site of the early Christian monastery (WM012-076003-) founded by St. Munna. Described in 1980 as following; ‘This is a rectangular church with a residential tower at the west end. Church and tower are the same width and appear to be contemporary. The church is entered by a gothic doorway of limestone with a mutilated sandstone head of a bishop above, at the west end of the north wall of the church. There is a blocked up doorway at the west end of the south wall. There are two single ogee headed windows in both the north and south walls. The windows are of sandstone with moulded hoods. The more westerly window in the north wall has a sheela-na-gig (WM012-076002-) above it (also of sandstone). The east window is a large pointed opening outlined by dressed limestone which appears to be 19th c. date. The original tracery and mullions are missing. The lower courses of the outer walls of the church and tower are battered and rise to their full height with stepped battlements protecting a wall walk. Inside the church is roofed with a high barrel vault. There is a fine piscina in the east end of the south wall. There are two aumbries to the west of it and a large aumbry in the east end of the north wall. The window opes are widely splayed within. There is no sign of a division between nave and chancel. The lower floor of the tower is vaulted and is entered only from the church by a simple pointed doorway at the southern end of the west wall. A doorway, simple pointed, at the north end of the west wall leads to a spiral stairs leading to apartments in the tower. A vaulted roof covers the second floor and forms the floor of the third floor. Each floor contains a rectangular room and a very small room off it. In all the tower is four storeys high. The upper storey, now open to the sky. Corbels and the line of a wooden roof can be still be seen above the top floor. A blocked doorway on the stairs leads out to the top part of the church. There appears to have been an apartment below the vaulted rood originally. A small slit window exists high in the south wall near the west end. This would have lighted an attic room above the nave. There is a garderobe in the west wall of the small room on the third floor. At the north end of the west wall of the tower (outside) is a sandstone head. The building measures 9.2m N-S by 20.8m E-W. The tower being 6m wide E-W. The church being 14.8m E-W (outside measurements). The church is set within a roughly rectangular graveyard (WM012-076001-) bounded by a bank. The graveyard contains a number of 18th c., 19th c. and 20th c. tombstones’ (SMR File, 24/10/1980; CUCAP BDV078). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 January 2016

• WM012-076001 Graveyard
  Description

  St. Munna's Church (WM012-076----) standing in centre of sub-rectangular shaped graveyard (dims. 58m N-S; 63m E-W) with Taghmon Castle (WM012-074----) 150m to NW and motte and bailey (WM012-079----) 350m to SE. Described in 1980 as following; ‘The church is set within a roughly rectangular graveyard bounded by a bank. The graveyard contains a number of 18th c., 19th c. and 20th c. tombstones’ (SMR File, 24/10/1980). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 January 2016

• WM012-076002 Sheela-na-gig
  Description

  St. Munna's Church standing in centre of graveyard (WM012-076001-) with Taghmon Castle (WM012-074----) 150m to NW and motte and bailey (WM012-079----) 350m to SE. Sheela-na-gig located over trefoil window in N wall of 15th century Taghmon church (WM012-076----); not in original location (Freitag 2004, 142). Described in 1980 as following; ‘The more westerly window in the north wall has a sheela-na-gig (WM012-076002-) above it (also of sandstone)’ (SMR File, 24/10/1980). Described by Freitag as a, ‘figure carved on slab in seated position. Big head without ears; pained expression on face, with mouth wide open, baring two rows of teeth. Two indentations for eyebrows and clearly marked nostrils. Big hands clasping tightly flexed knees. Lower legs held apart, revealing big oval pudenda with round hole in middle. Lower part of carving missing’ (Freitag 2004, 142). Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 27 January 2015

• WM012-076003 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Taghmon derived from the Irish Tigh/Teach Munna meaning the house of Munna a late sixth / early seventh century saint who died in 635. This saint was the son of Tulchán and has been variously assigned to belonging to either the Ceinéal Conaill of Donegal, the Corca Raoidhe [Corkaree] of Westmeath and the Corca Oiche of Limerick (Ó Riain 2011, 505). His feastday is commemorated on the 21st of October (Ibid., 507). Possible ecclesiastical enclosure identified by Swan (1988, 10) who recorded that there was evidence of a possible enclosure in the sub-circular form of the boundary wall of the graveyard (WM012-076001-) (CUCAP BDV078). Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 18 August 2015

• WM012-078 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on NE facing slope of a steep hill in grassland, with good views to NE. Ringfort (WM012-075----) 40m to N, motte and bailey (WM012-079---) 160m to S, Taghmon church (WM012-076----) and castle (WM012-074----) 360m and 490m to W respectively. Depicted as a ringfort on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map where it is shown standing alongside the avenue to the Glebe House. No depicted on subsequent editions of the OS 6-inch maps. The road which marks the boundary with the townland of Foxburrow lies 25m to N. All that remains of this much degraded monument is a slightly raised sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 29m NE-SW) enclosed by a fosse which is barely visible at NW and ENE. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible running NNW-SSE across the interior, which rises towards the centre. A section of the perimeter from N-ENE has been quarried away. Visible as a faint crop mark on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 15 February 2018

• WM012-079 Castle - motte and bailey
  Description

  Situated on the summit of a high undulating ridge in grassland, with excellent views in all directions. Taghmon Church (WM012-076---), graveyard (WM012-076001-) and castle (WM012-074-----) 315m and 480m to NW respectively. Ringforts (WM012-078----/ WM012-075----) 160m and 215m to N respectively, ringfort (WM012-077----) 130m to SW. Impressive remains of a circular flat-topped mound (top diam. 12m E-W; bottom diam. 20m E-W) of earth and stone the base of which is enclosed by a deep fosse. The top of the motte slopes slightly to the NW. A crescentic bailey (approx. diam. 36m NW-SE; 16m NE-SW) at NNE is enclosed by two earthen banks with an intervening fosse, which also curves to enclose the motte. The interior of the bailey slopes slightly to SSE. The outline and shape of the monument is clearly visible on aerial photographs taken 1970 (CUCAP BDV079/080). See attached plan of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 15 February 2018

Architectural heritage

• Saint Munna's Church (Taghmon), church/chapel, 1450–1850 · National interest
  Description

  Freestanding fortified Church of Ireland church, built c.1450 and extensively altered c.1843. Now out of use and in State ownership. Comprises two-bay single-cell church with attached two-stage tower on square-plan to the west end with a battlemented parapet (Irish crenellations). Pitched natural slate roof hidden behind continuous battlemented parapet with Irish crenellations and cast-iron rainwater goods. Constructed of rubble limestone with a pronounced base batter. Clasping buttresses to east end of nave, c.1843. Two cusped ogee-headed window openings with cut-sandstone surrounds to north and south faces of nave with hoodmouldings over. Loop hole openings to south face of nave and to tower. Victorian window opening with limestone surround and tracery added to east (chancel) gable, c.1843. Carved sheela-na-gig figure above window opening to north face of nave. Pointed-arch doorcase with chamfered cut stone surround, a sheeted timber door with a carved medieval ecclesiastical figure over. Blocked pointed-arched doorcase to west end of south face of nave. Interesting interior with barrel-vaulted roof to nave, vaulted stone roofs to the tower, cut stone fireplaces, a cut stone piscina and a cut stone spiral staircase. Interior now cleared of internal fittings. Set back from road in extensive grounds with collection of grave markers, mostly nineteenth century in date. Gate-piers on round plan and wrought-iron gate to the north.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Glebe.

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. 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.

No address of the register names Glebe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Glebe

Area

266,896 m² (26.69 ha, 65.95 acres)

Civil parish

Taghmon, and its townlands

Barony

Corkaree

Electoral division

Taghmon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Taghmon electoral division: 449 people in 150 households; 93% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Foxburrow, Monkstown, Rathcorbally, Taghmon

Placenames

Glebe 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.