Glebe

77 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glebe, from 8 m² to 95,021 m² (9.5 ha, 23.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Established Residential (Existing residential)
  WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Killucan Rathwire, Westmeath · 60 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Open Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Killucan Rathwire, Westmeath · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Expanded Settlement Centre (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Killucan Rathwire, Westmeath · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Mixed Use (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Killucan Rathwire, Westmeath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R3Consolidation Site (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Killucan Rathwire, Westmeath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community, Educational & Institutional (Community facilities)
  WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Killucan Rathwire, Westmeath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space (Open space, park)
  WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Killucan Rathwire, Westmeath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Sporting Recreational (Active open space)
  WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Killucan Rathwire, Westmeath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Proposed Residential (New/proposed residential)
  WCC CDP 2021 - 2027 Killucan Rathwire, Westmeath · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 16 Jun 2026Conditional

  development which will consist of the proposed refurbishment and change of use of the existing derelict market house currently used for storage to provide retail use at the ground floor and office use at first and second floors. The ground floor retail to incorporate market sales, coffee shop, outdoor seating area and sanitary provisions and the upper floors to provide e-working/co-working facilities and associated amenities, sanitary provisions, etc. The proposed change of use and refurbishment works include rebuilding the roofs of the attached single-storey outbuilding and two-storey external stair enclosure, new window and door units to the ground floor arcade, new timber-sash windows at first and second floors, restoring existing historic fabric (structure and boundaries), removing non-historic materials, full electrical and plumbing provisions and changes to the internal layouts to facilitate the new uses. The development will also provide parking to the rear of the site accessed via the public road, bin storage, bicycle parking, hard landscaping, connections to the public sewer and all associated site works and service connections. The property is a Protected Structure recorded in the Westmeath County Development Plan 2021-2027, RPS reference number 020-013

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660316

• 25 Oct 2024Conditional

  (1). construction of new 140x90m playing pitch and (2). extend existing walking track around the proposed playing pitch and to include the installation of 6m high light columns and all associated ancillary site services

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2460410

• 23 Sept 2024N/a

  (1) construction of a new 140x90m playing pitch and (2) extend existing walking around the proposed playing pitch and to include the installation of 6m high light columns and all associated ancillary site services

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2460351

• 3 May 2024Conditional

  (1) demolition of existing domestic shed, (2) construct a private dwelling house, (3) connection to the existing public drainage infrastructure, (4) provision of 1 no. additional car parking space and re-orientation of 2 existing car parking spaces (5) entrance onto existing public estate and (6) all ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460146

• 9 Mar 2023Conditional

  development consisting of the renovation and extension of an existing two-storey detached dwelling. The development will also include the demolition of an existing two-storey extension, the construction of a detached garage, upgrading of existing vehicular entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2330

• 2 Mar 2023N/a

  renovation and extension of an existing two-storey detached dwelling. The development will also include the demolition of an existing two-storey extension, detached garage, upgrading of existing vehicular entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2328

• 6 Aug 2021Conditional

  Construction of an extension onto the existing graveyard, St Etchen's Church is a protected structure(Ref 020-011)

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 21442

• 6 May 2021Conditional

  The development will consist of the change of use of existing derelict house and outbuildings to employee accommodation and construction of a proposed two storey extension to the side of an existing dwelling house and connected to the outbuildings, which are a protected structures(Westmeath County Development Plan 2014-2020 020-015 and 020-016 and NIAH ref 15312016 & 15312017) the restoration and internal alterations to the existing dwelling house and outbuildings repair and replacement of existing roofs and windows to the dwelling house and outbuildings, demolition of existing ruined boiler and store. The existing dwelling house will be converted for 3 no. 2 bed units, 1 no. 1 bed. unit and 2 no. 1 bed studio units. The existing converted outbuildings and proposed extension will be used for 2 no. two storey 2 bed units, 8 no. 1 bed units and 3 no. 1 bed studio units. The site works will include a proposed parking area, landscaping and all associated site works and services

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 21246

• 16 Dec 2019Conditional

  Retention of works that have been constructed and complete the following, retention for 6 no. dwelling houses as constructed and completion of same and all ancillary site works

  Retention, 6 homes · Westmeath County Council, 196346

• 11 Jun 2019Conditional

  construction of 16 No. 6m high light columns to existing walking track, install 8 No. 20m high floodlight columns to existing main pitch, install 6 No. 20m high floodlight columns to existing training pitch, new 45x30m all-weather surface pitch including fencing and floodlights and all associated ancillary site services

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 196149

• 5 Jul 2017Conditional

  for the following at Main Street, Rathwire, Co. Westmeath. (1) Demolish the existing half round roofed shed on site, (2) construct 4 no. 2 bed 2 storey terraced houses along the site frontage with the public road and 2 no. 2 bed single storey houses to the rear, (3) all associated carparking, (4) access roadway and entrance onto public road, (5) connections to the existing public drainage infrastructure and (6) all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 176193

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

• WM020-128 Church
  Description

  The partial remains of a medieval nave and chancel church with residential tower on E end of N wall of church can be seen adjoining the E gable of the 19th century church of Ireland church dedicated to St. Etchen which stands in the centre of a large rectangular-haped graveyard (WM020-128001-). A wayside cross (WM020-127----) is 170m to the NE, a second wayside cross (WM020-135----) and Anglo-Norman motte and bailey (WM020-125001-) castle are 265m and 480m to the SSW respectively. A medieval font (WM020-128002-) originally located inside the medieval church, is now located inside the present 19th century Church of Ireland building. The present Church of Ireland church was constructed in 1803 partially on the site of the nave of the medieval church (Lotts 2011, 5). The vestry minute books from 1801 records that ‘having examined the state of the church and taken the opinion of workmen on the subject have resolved that the state of the walls is very unsafe and such as makes it inexpedient to lay out money in repairs as the whole will be very likely to fall if not taken down. We the Parishioners…have therefore resolved with the approbation of the Bishop that the foresaid church be taken down and new one built’ (Lotts 2011, 7). The medieval church remains were surveyed in 1976 when it was described as 'the remains apparently ancient of the large E portion of chancel of a church with tower features on N side. The E gable has a 3 light window with trefoil head. The nave of the church was probably either incorporated into the present Protestant church directly to the W or demolished to make way for it. Remains of Farrell vault inside tower feature. Open to south, underneath this and a pointed arched doorway also in S wall. Note the dressed stone in the doorway has plain surround (16th /17th century date). There is a double arched aumbry head on E side (interior). This may be reset. Outside on S wall there is a large wedge shaped graveslab with plain square plaque in relief on top' (SMR file). In 2011 an architectural heritage assessment report was carried out on the Church of Ireland building. This report recorded that ‘Casey and Rowan state that the manor of Rathwire was established in the reign of Edward I (1239-1307) and granted to John D’Archy of Platten, Co. Meath in 1336. Other sources date its origins earlier to Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath, who arrived in Ireland in 1171 as one of the first Norman lords (died 1186), and the Annals of the Four Masters record that King John received hostages here in 1210. The manor flourished for several centuries and in 1598 was named as one of the seven market towns of Westmeath. In 1606, the Earl of Clanrickarde purchased Rathwire and the surrounding lands, some of which were confiscated. Following the Williamite Wars, the estates were granted to Robert Pakenham, who died in 1703, and is buried in the crypt of St. Etchen’s Church’ (Lotts 2011, 5). In 1682 the medieval nave and chancel church was described by Sir Henry Piers as ‘the largest of all the parish churches I have seen in this county’ having a ‘large and well-built steeple’ and a ‘fair large chancel raised almost to the height of the body of the church: the whole well roofed and shingled’ (Lotts 2011, 5). A residential tower possibly a priests residence located at the E end of the medieval church was described by Piers in 1682 as a ‘fair and handsome castle without roof’ that was built adjoining the NE wall of the chancel of the church’ (Lotts 2011, 5). According to the architectural heritage assessment report, the ‘chancel and castle structure survive to the east of the church in ruinous form to the present day, displaying carved stone details typical of the 15th century’ (Lotts 2011, 5). The church described in 1682 was partially demolished in 1803 when the present Church of Ireland church was built. It has been suggested that parts of the present crypt of the C of I church date from the medieval church with burials belonging to the Pakenham family dating back to 1703 (Lotts 2011, 5). A map of the glebe land dating from 1779 depicts the church as a long rectangular building with a tower at the W end of the church standing in the centre of a rectangular shaped ‘churchyard’ (WM020-128001-) (Lotts 2011, 6). A large house with gardens and outbuildings is shown on this map located on the SW angle of the graveyard boundary wall. These buildings are depicted on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map but are not depicted on the revised 1910 map. A kick in SW angle of the present graveyard boundary wall is depicted on the 1779 map (Lotts 2011, 6). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 8 August 2012

• WM020-128001 Graveyard
  Description

  The partial remains of a medieval nave and chancel church (WM020-128----) with residential tower on E end of N wall of church can be seen adjoining the E gable of the 19th century church of Ireland church dedicated to St. Etchen which stands in the centre of a large roughly rectangular shaped graveyard (dims. 95m E-W x 65m N-S). The present Church of Ireland church was constructed in 1803 partially on the site of the nave of the medieval church (Lotts 2011, 5). A wayside cross (WM020-127----) is 170m to the NE, a second wayside cross (WM020-135----) and Anglo-Norman motte and bailey (WM020-125001-) castle are 265m and 480m to the SSW respectively. A medieval font (WM020-128002-) originally located inside the medieval church, is now located inside the present 19th century Church of Ireland building. A map of the glebe land dating from 1779 depicts the church as a long rectangular building with a tower at the W end of the church standing in the centre of a rectangular shaped ‘churchyard’ (WM020-128001-) (Lotts 2011, 6). A large house with gardens and outbuildings is shown on this map located on the SW angle of the graveyard boundary wall. These buildings are depicted on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map but are not depicted on the revised 1910 map. A kick in SW angle of the present graveyard boundary wall is depicted on the 1779 map (Lotts 2011, 6). This cartographic evidence suggests that the present S wall of the graveyard dates from the 18th century while other parts of the graveyard wall may date from the 19th century as the parish vestry book records in 1809 that money was raised 'towards enclosing the churchyard' (Lotts 2011, 7). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 8 August 2012

• WM020-128002 Font
  Description

  An architectural heritage assessment report carried out in 2011 recorded that the ‘medieval font was uncovered in the 19th century on the site and is currently positioned on a 19th century pedestal at the rear of the nave’ (Lotts 2011, 31) in the 19th century church of Ireland church dedicated to St. Etchen. This medieval font originally came from the medieval church (WM020-0128001-), the partial ruins of which are located immediately to the E of the present 19th century Church of Ireland church. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 08 August 2012

• WM020-128003 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  The quadrantal form of the graveyard (WM020-128001-) boundary wall possibly indicates the presence of an Early Christian ecclesiastical enclosure (Swan 1988, 20). Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 9 October 2015

• WM020-128004 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Folklore collected from Castlepollard School recorded the following details about St Mignas/Meehan's Well; 'St Meehans well is pointed out in Glon and the Saint's sister's well is in a stone quarry on the apex of a neighbouring hill chiselled in a solid rock and always full of water. Eaumas was the name of the sister and to the well is also attributed the cure of warts' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0721, Pages 220-1; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5009031/4979146). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 15 August 2023

Architectural heritage

• Saint Etchen's Church (Killucan), church/chapel, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Church of Ireland church, rebuilt between 1803 and 1815, comprising a three-bay nave with a three-stage tower (on square-plan) attached to the west end having an octagonal spire, clasping corner buttresses and a crenellated parapet with corner pinnacles.. Contains the fabric of an earlier church on site, c.1450. Various Victorian extensions to chancel at east end. Pitched natural slate roofs with overhanging eaves having exposed rafter ends and with raised cut stone verges to gable ends. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble limestone construction to nave and chancel over cut limestone plinth with cut limestone dressings to openings. Rubble limestone construction to tower with extensive cut limestone trim, including corner buttresses, slender spire, string courses, hoodmouldings over belfry openings and a date plaque having raised date ‘1813’. Tudor-arched window openings to nave having cut stone sills and timber Y-tracery, one retaining early timber windows and the others having late-nineteenth century stained glass. Pointed-arched doorcase to the south face of tower having chamfered cut limestone surround, early timber sheeted door and a hoodmoulding over. Square-headed window opening over doorcase to second stage having paired cusped multi-paned windows. Pointed-arched openings to belfry (divided in four sections with cusped and pointed heads) having chamfered limestone surrounds and a moulded hoodmoulding over. Interesting interior with a medieval font, c.1250, and an early-eighteenth century wall memorial to Robert Pakenham, dated 1703. Ruins of tower and chancel of earlier church to the east. Set in a graveyard to the west end of Killucan in an elevated position in the landscape. Bounded on road frontage by a roughcast rendered wall. Main entrance gate to the south comprising a pair of dressed limestone gate piers, on square-plan with cut stone capping over, supporting a wrought-iron gate. Flight of cut stone steps to front.

• The Rectory, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey over basement former rectory, built or rebuilt c.1813, having projecting full-height single-bay gable-fronted wings to either end (east and west), a decorative cast-iron veranda to the recessed entrance (north) and a three-bay three-storey return to rear (east). Now derelict. Roof to main house now missing with natural slate to rear extension. Rendered chimneystacks, timber bargeboards, cast-iron rainwater goods and remains of brackets at eaves level to main building. Built of coursed limestone rubble with render over, now failing. Roughcast rendered finish to return with flush quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with cut stone sills and remains of timber sliding sash windows. Latticed-paned windows to rear return. Recessed segmental-headed blind arches to ground floor of projecting end bays, each with a single square-headed window opening. Two square-headed doorcases with niche between to centre of main façade set in decorative cast-iron veranda supporting a single-pitched roof over. Set back from road in extensive landscaped grounds, now partially occupied by modern housing. Extensive ranges of early-nineteenth century outbuildings to rear (east) (15312017).

• The Rectory, outbuilding, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Complex of single-storey and two-storey outbuildings on 'T-shaped' plan, built c.1810, arranged around a courtyard to the rear (east) of St. Etchen’s Rectory (15312016). Now disused. Two-storey buildings have pitched and hipped natural slate roofs, cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered chimneystacks. Single-storey structures have corrugated-iron roofs. Constructed of rubble limestone with roughcast render over and brick detailing to window openings, carriage arches and doorcases. Circular windows at first floor level to the building to the northeast. Brick-lined well on circular plan to the centre of the courtyard. Located to the rear of St. Etchen's Rectory (15312016) in extensive landscaped grounds, now partially occupied by modern housing.

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 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.

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

276,190 m² (27.62 ha, 68.25 acres)

Civil parish

Killucan, and its townlands

Barony

Farbill

Electoral division

Killucan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killucan electoral division: 2,039 people in 678 households; 74% of households own their home; 55% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Killucan, Rathwire Lower, Rathwire Upper

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.