Kilpatrick

66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilpatrick, from 506 m² to 312,033 m² (31.2 ha, 77.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Kilpatrick 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.

• 29 Jul 2026N/a

  Permission and Retention Permission. The Development will consist of Planning Permission to (a) demolish existing derelict dwelling and construct a replacement single storey dwelling with converted attic, install a proprietary wastewater treatment system & percolation area, with all associated site development works (b) to construct a dungstead and seepage storage tank and (c) RETENTION Permission to retain 135m2 of existing Horse Stable building associated with existing Equine Yard & farm

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660401

• 22 Jul 2026N/a

  to (a) demolish existing Derelict dwelling & construct a replacement single storey dwelling with converted attic, install a Proprietary Waste Water Treatment System & percolation area with all associated site development works (b) permission to retain 135m2 of existing Horse Stable building associated with existing Equine Yard & Farm and (c) permission to construct a Dugstead and seepage storage tank

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660385

• 19 May 2026Conditional

  development which will consist of permission for the internal and external renovations of existing derelict dwelling (57.2sq m) and for the construction of a rear and side extension (230.36 sq m) and domestic garage (60 sq m). Permission is also sought for the installation of a wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, and permission to upgrade existing domestic entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2660254

• 7 Aug 2025N/a

  to (a) renovate & extend existing derelict dwelling including attached outbuilding – extension consists of a single storey kitchen, living, dining area with flatroof link to the Southeast elevation of existing building (b) install Proprietary Waste Water Treatment System & percolation area with all associated site development works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560398

• 26 Sept 2024Refused

  (a) renovate & extend existing dwelling, (b) construct detached garage & store (c) install Proprietary Waste Water Treatment System & percolation area with all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460358

• 19 Sept 2024Conditional

  1) Demolition of the existing single-storey extensions to the rear of the current derelict dwelling, 2) construction of an extension to the front, side and rear of the existing derelict dwelling, 3) Installation of a proposed proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area 4) and all associated ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460342

• 8 Mar 2024Conditional

  construction of a cubicle shed with slatted tanks and all associated site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2460073

• 9 Feb 2022Conditional

  to retain converted attic which includes two bedrooms and WC (51m2)

  Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2246

• 13 Jan 2022N/a

  To retain converted attic which includes two bedrooms and WC (51m²)

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 226

• 13 Dec 2021Refused

  construct one number detached two storey dwelling, one number detached single storey garage, to create new entrance to public road, to install a private well a septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 21660

• 9 Jul 2018Conditional

  construction of milking parlour with dairy and drafting/slatted collecting yard, cubicle shed with slatted tanks, walled silage slab and all associated site works.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 186214

• 26 Jun 2018N/a

  construction of milking parlour with dairy and drafting/slatted collecting yard, cubicle shed with slatted tanks, walled silage slab and all associated site works.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 186206

• 17 Feb 2017Conditional

  of the existing 6 bay slatted shed, retention of the freestanding meal bin and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 176046

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 Kilpatrick.

Recorded monuments

• WM008-078 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In grassland, ringfort (WM008-079----) 400m to SSE. Present remains consist of a circular-shaped area (diam. c. 44m) enclosed by a bank and external fosse visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 21 August 2023

• WM008-079 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on steep NE facing slope of a prominent ridge in undulating countryside. Motte (WM008-080---) 200m to NE. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 30m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank. The bank has a modern disturbance gap at N, and an entrance gap (Wth 4m) at ENE. The interior slopes from NW-SE. In the S quadrant of the interior, adjoining the inner face of the bank is a steep flat-topped sub-triangular shaped earthen platform. See attached section of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 April 2017

• WM008-080 Burial mound
  Description

  Situated at the base of E facing slope of a prominent ridge in grassland with good views to the NW and ESE. Ringfort (WM008-079---) 200m to SW. A sub-circular raised area (approx. diam. 8m WSW-ENE; 6m SSE-NNW) enclosed by a low narrow bank and very slight fosse. The fosse is only visible from SW-W. Classification of monument is very difficult. Originally classified as a motte castle but the low height of the mound would argue against such a classification. The small diameter of the platform and the mound like morphology of the site might suggest some form of barrow or possible burial mound. See attached plan and section of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 April 2017

• WM008-081 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on W facing slope of ridge running E-W. Depicted as an earthwork on Larkin’s 1808 map (NLI, MS 46,580) of County Westmeath. No surface remains visible. Post-1700 quarry hole visible as a crop-mark on Digial Glober aerial photograph to SSW may have been the feature depicted on Larkin's map of 1808. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 April 2017

• WM013-001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a low rise of ground in grass-land, sloping down to lower poorly drained land at E and SE. Church (WM013-002---) and graveyard (WM013-002001-) 180m to SE. In 1632 an inquiry into the estate of the deceased Walter Browne who died on the 25th of March 1611 recorded that he possessed 2 castles 20 messuages, 20 gardens & 180 acres of land in the townland of Kilpatrick also known as Dorsankill (Cal. inq. post mortem, 76, Car I). This Inquisition Post Mortem also recorded that Walter possessed a castle (WM012-211----) in the nearby townland of Tuitestown. The estate belonging to Walter was inherited by his son William who was 30 years of age at the time of his death. The lands of Kilpatrick alias Dorsankill were held as a tenant to Lancelot Bulkeley Archbishop of Dublin (ibid.). No castle is depicted in this townland on the 1657 Down Survey map of Kilpatrick Parish (NLI MS 723-4). In 1641 the lands of Kilpatrick amounting to 314 acres were in the ownership of William Browne who is listed in the terrier of the Down Survey as an 'Irish Papist'. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a number of rectangular buildings in a farmyard that is annotated as 'Old Castle’. On this map the buildings are depicted as upstanding structures and not as ruinous buildings. All that remains are a number of low grass-covered mounds of stone representing the collapsed rubble of the 'Old Castle'. To the W of these mounds there is a large sub-rectangular shaped area defined by a low earthen bank with external fosse visible from E through S to SW. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 October 2017

• WM013-002 Church
  Description

  Kilpatrick Church stands in the N quadrant of an oval-shaped graveyard (WM013-002001-) defined by a 19th century wall with site of Kilpatrick Castle (WM013-001----) 190m to NNW. The townland of Kilpatrick was also known as Dorsankill as recorded in 1632 (Cal. inq. post mortem, 76 Car. 1). This multi-period fortified church is situated on top of high ground, with good extensive views of the surrounding countryside in all directions. A large quarry hole is located immediately to the NW of the graveyard and the upcast from the quarrying has formed an earthwork around the edge of the quarry. The curving earthwork of a post-medieval road can be seen in the field to the N of the church and graveyard (CUCAP BGH097/98). This earthwork represents the remains of a roadway used by carts transporting quarried stone from the quarry down to the public road to the NW of the church and graveyard. It is likely that this quarry was used in the medieval period to supply stone for the construction of the church. Known locally as ‘Kilpatrick Old Church’ this medieval church was mentioned in 1391 when a papal letter was sent to ‘Thomas Andrew. Provision of the perpetual vicarage of Kylpatryk [Kilpatrick], in the diocese of Meath, value 12 marks, void by the resignation of Richard Rowe’ (Cal. papal letters, 414). In 1518 the church of Kilpatrick was referred to as the church of ‘Dorsykyll’ or ‘dorsyngkyl’ (Scott 2008, 334, 339). In 1864 George Du Noyer painted a watercolour of the N face of Kilpatrick church showing the stairs turret on the NW angle of the church (Du Noyer Sketches VI (45), Royal Irish Academy). The main doorway into the nave is clearly depicted while the N wall of the ruinous NW angle tower is shown rising above the stone vaulted roof of the nave, the low poorly preserved N wall of the chancel is shown standing several courses high. No graveyard wall is shown on this illustration which suggests that the graveyard wall was constructed some time after 1864. The watercolour sketch of the church and its ground plan can be viewed online on the Prints & Drawings Catalogue of the Royal Irish Academy at www.ria.ie/Library/Catalogue. Present remains consist of the ivy-clad ruins of a poorly preserved nave (int. dims. 7.15m E-W; 6.2m N-S; wall T 1.5m) and possible chancel (int. dims. 3.53m E-W; 6.24m N-S; wall T 0.9m) church, the nave of which has been converted into a three storey high residential tower house in the 15th or 16th century. A similar conversion occurred to the church at Clonarney (WM009-034001-) Co. Westmeath where the W end of the church was converted into a residential building. Only the lower wall courses of the N and S walls of the possible chancel survive, while most of the E wall has collapsed. The masonry of the chancel differs from that of the nave and the walls are thinner which suggests that this chancel may not be contemporaneous with the latter. The poor preservation of the walls makes it difficult to be certain but it is possible that the structure at the E end of the nave was not built as a chancel but as a later burial enclosure for local families. The interior of the possible chancel has been used as a place of burial in the post medieval period and there is a large 18th or 19th century table top tomb in the centre of the chancel. Originally Kilpatrick church may have been built as a single cell undivided church which was divided into a nave and chancel church in the 15th century or later. The interior of the nave has also been used in the post medieval period as a place of burial. A marble wall memorial dedicated to the Salmon family of Rickardstown House dating from 1901 has been inserted into the internal E face of the W wall of the nave. An earlier site report in 1981 carried out by the Archaeological Survey of Ireland described the remains of ‘a bullaun stone (WM013-002003-) 6.5m to the S of the church and portion of a very fine stone cross (WM013-002002-) and base immediately to E end of chancel’ (SMR File 1981). No remains of this bullaun stone or the upper portion of the cross could be located at time of visit. The fortified church at Kilpatrick has been compared by Leask (1960, 21) to St. Munna’s fortified church (WM012-076----) at Taghmon which is 4km to the SW. The nave of the church appears to have been converted into a three storey high residential tower house. A projecting angle tower (wall T 0.46m) containing a spiral stairs (int. diam. 1.8m) on the NW angle of the nave gave access to the first and second floor level chambers of this tower. The floor levels of this church appear to have been altered when the W end of the church was converted into a three storey tower. A row of four large square-shaped beam holes the line of which cuts across the window embrasure of the S window can be seen in the N face of the S wall. Above these beam holes there are a row of stone corbels c. 3.05m above the present level of the ground floor which respect the head of the S window embrasure and appear to have supported the wooden first floor over the nave. The line of the square beam holes cuts across the top of the S window embrasure and may be the remains of an earlier floor which predates the windows and the stone vaulted roof over the first floor. The converted nave of the church is entered through a round-headed roughly hammer dressed doorway (Wth 1m) located off centre to W in the N wall. Immediately inside the doorway on the E splay of the embrasure are the remains of a drawbar slot (L 1.6m; Wth 0.16m x H 0.2m) running through the centre of the N wall. The dividing wall between the nave and chancel is not bonded into the N and S wall of the nave and appears to have been secondary insertion. This cross-wall (wall T 0.85m) contains a pointed chancel arch (Wth 2m; H 1.8m) with the remains of a blocked openings possibly wall cupboards (Wth 0.9m) visible in the W face of this wall to the N and S of the chancel arch opening. It is not clear of these blocked openings represent the remains of blocked up wall cupboards or whether they were window embrasures. A ground plan of the church drawn by George Du Noyer in 1864 depicts these niches as small wall cupboards. However on the ivy-covered E face there are traces of possible voussoirs of these arches suggesting that they may have been openings. The footings of a robbed out wall can be seen running across the floor of the chancel arch opening suggesting that this archway was once blocked up. The remains of an ivy-covered single light ogee-cusped headed window (Wth 0.4m) with hollowed incised spandrels and square-headed hood moulding is located off centre to E in S wall of nave. Iron bar holes and a glazing groove can be seen on the window jambs. This window is the only window providing light to the ground floor of the nave. At first floor there is a similar ivy-covered window in the centre of the W wall providing the only source of light to the first floor of the nave. Either side of the first floor window embrasure in the E face are the remains of square-shaped beam holes. Above this window on the external W facing wall there is a carved head now invisible due to the thick cover of ivy. The carved head was described in 1981 as following: ‘the head above the west window was uncovered from beneath its mantle of ivy. It is not a sophisticated piece of sculpture but has an eerie feel to it, like one of the cadaver figures. It is keyed into the wall immediately above the window. It has protuberant cheeks, eyes and an open mouth, but no trace of a nose’ (SMR File 1981). A broken out doorway in the NW angle of the ground floor of the nave gives access to the spiral stairs from which the first and second floors of the tower were accessed. Narrow vertical slit opes provide light for the stairs at ground and first floor levels. The stone vaulted first floor was entered through a square-headed hammer dressed doorway accessed of the spiral stairs i

• WM013-002001 Graveyard
  Description

  In pasture, on top of high ground with good views of the surrounding countryside. A roughly oval-shaped graveyard (int. dims. 62m E-W; 44m N-S) enclosed by a 19th century stone wall with entrance gate and stile on N side. Ivy-clad ruins of medieval church (WM013-002----) stands in N quadrant of graveyard. A bullaun stone (WM013-002003-) and stone cross (WM013-002002-) the upper portion of which is now missing are located within the graveyard. In 1864 George Du Noyer painted a watercolour of Kilpatrick church showing the stairs turret on the NW angle of the church (Du Noyer Sketches VI (45), Royal Irish Academy). No graveyard wall is shown on this illustration which suggests that the graveyard wall was constructed some time after 1864. The watercolour sketch of the church and its ground plan can be viewed online on the Prints & Drawings Catalogue of the Royal Irish Academy at www.ria.ie/Library/Catalogue. A large quarry hole is located immediately to the NW of the graveyard and the upcast from the quarrying has formed an earthwork around the edge of the quarry. The curving earthwork of a post-medieval road can be seen in the field to the N of the church and graveyard. This earthwork represents the remains of a roadway used by carts transporting quarried stone from the quarry down to the public road to the NW of the church and graveyard. It is likely that this quarry was used in the medieval period to supply stone for the construction of the church. The graveyard contains memorials dating from the 18th to recent times. To the S of the church in the S quadrant of the graveyard are clear rows of unmarked headstones. In some instances architectural fragments from the church have been reused as gravemarkers. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 28 March 2014

• WM013-002002 Cross
  Description

  Only the rectangular base of a cross survives lying on the surface of the graveyard (WM013-002001-) up against the external E wall of the chancel of Kilpatrick church (WM013-002----). A watercolour drawing of this cross was made in 1864 by George Du Noyer and this drawing is now kept in the library of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (album ref. no. 9/45/3). The cross including the missing head of the cross was last recorded in 1981 when it was described as following: ‘Immediately outside the east wall [of the church is the rectangular base of a cross with a rectangular socket. The base is of limestone and measures 70cms by 45cms by 25cms deep. The socket measures 22cms by 33cms. Nearby lies the broken head of the cross. The shaft of the cross appears to be missing. The top of the head of the cross is broken off. One side bears a crucifixion while the other bears a pieta with remains of an inscription. Beneath the inscription appears to be C ERALD ROWN’ (SMR file 1982). The head of the cross described in 1981 could not be found during a recent site visit. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 28 March 2014

• WM013-002003 Bullaun stone
  Description

  Unable to locate bullaun stone in Kilpatrick graveyard (WM013-002001-) which was described in 1981 by the Archaeological Survey of Ireland as the following: 'There is a bullaun stone 6.5m to the S of the church (WM013-002----)' (SMR File 1981). Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 28 March 2014

• WM013-002004 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  The quadrantal form of the graveyard (WM013-002001-) boundary wall possibly indicates the presence of an Early Christian ecclesiastical enclosure (Swan 1988, 21). Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 12 October 2015

• WM013-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a low prominent hillock with good views from NW-N-E. A raised oval-shaped area (approx. diam. 32m NW-SE) enclosed by a low earthen bank and a shallow external fosse best preserved from W-N with causewayed entrance gap (Wth 2.6m) at E. The interior is uneven and rises towards the centre. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 3 April 2018

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).

• Kilpatrick, Collinstown12 sales

Name

Kilpatrick

Area

3,415,069 m² (341.51 ha, 843.88 acres)

Civil parish

Kilpatrick, and its townlands

Barony

Fore

Electoral division

Kilpatrick, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybeg, Barbavilla Demesne, Clondalever, Derrynagarragh, Rickardstown

Placenames

Kilpatrick 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.