Hiskinstown

74 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Hiskinstown, from 20 m² to 573,630 m² (57.36 ha, 141.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Hiskinstown 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.

• 2 Dec 2025N/a

  development which will consist of 1) The construction of a new single storey extension of approx. 595m² to the side (south) of the existing school building consisting of a two-class base special education needs (SEN) suite with ancillary support areas and 1no. General Mainstream Classroom with a link corridor connection to the existing school building 2)External site works will include new relocated vehicle entrance to the North, Hiskinstown Road and an exit to the South, Killucan Road, new car and bus set down areas, total of 51no. car parking spaces in 2 separate areas to front and rear of the school, associated new landscaping works, new boundary wall & railings to the West and South, external play areas, drainage works to include new on-site wastewater treatment facility, storm drainage discharging to soakaways and PV panels on roof of the extension 3) The application includes a Stage 1: Appropriate Assessment Screening

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560593

• 24 Jun 2025Conditional

  permission for construction of: 1. three bay fodder storage shed 2. four bay cattle housing unit with underground storage tank and 3. provision for solar panels on both proposed buildings and all site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560313

• 30 May 2025Conditional

  A 10-year planning permission and a 40-year operational life for a solar energy development with a total site area of 157 hectares comprising (i) photovoltaic solar panels on steel mounting frames; (ii) electrical transformer stations; (iii) underground electrical and communications cabling within the proposed development site, private lands and within the carriageway of the L1501, L1505, L5610, L5611 and L5614 public roads; (iv) containerised battery energy storage facility; (v) the upgrade of 4 no. existing site entrances and development of 1 no. new site entrance; (vi) on-site access tracks; (vii) 4 no. temporary construction compounds; (viii) security fencing and gates; (ix) pole-mounted security cameras; and (x) all associated and ancillary site development, landscaping and reinstatement works. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Report and a Natura Impact Statement.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560268

• 6 Sept 2024Conditional

  construction of a residence, domestic garage, new entrance, septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2463

• 31 Oct 2017Conditional

  construction of a 3 bay slatted shed, concrete yard and penning area and all ancillary site services.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 176308

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299

Recorded monuments

• WM013-062 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Situated in well drained grassland with ringfort (WM013-096---) 50m to W. Possible site of levelled castle of Hiskinstown. According to Adams (1959, 59) a sub-rectangular-shaped enclosure defined by a low earthen bank marks the site of the levelled castle. This enclosure appears to form part of a wider complex of earthworks that are visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 10 April 2018

• WM013-096 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a low hillock with occasional rock outcrop in undulating grassland, with good views all around. Possible castle site (WM013-062---) lies 50m to E, a series of linear earthworks possibly represent a field system are visible to E and SE on aerial photographs. Present remains consist of a raised circular shaped area (approx. diam. 35m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by a well preserved earthen bank and slight external visible from N-SSE only. There is an entrance gap (Wth 2.1m) at NE. The interior rises towards a level area at centre. This earthwork could be the remains of an Anglo-Norman ringwork with associated field system. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 July 2018

Architectural heritage

• Dysart House, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway in a Greek Revival style serving Dysart House, erected c.1850, comprising four tapered round-headed cast-iron posts on square-plan with shell motifs with central cast-iron double gates flanked by sections of fixed cast-iron railings with bars forming slender diamond-type pattern. Located to the southeast of Dysart House (15401314) and to the northeast of attendant gate lodge (15401315).

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).

• Hiskinstown, Delvin9 sales

Name

Hiskinstown

Area

1,224,088 m² (122.41 ha, 302.48 acres)

Civil parish

Killulagh, and its townlands

Barony

Delvin

Electoral division

Killulagh, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygillin, Ballymaghery, Ballynacor, Dardistown, Dysart, Graffanstown, Mulchanstown, Williamstown (briscoe), Williamstown (rochford)

Placenames

Hiskinstown 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.