Moyvoughly

203 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moyvoughly, from 39 m² to 564,435 m² (56.44 ha, 139.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 40 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Moyvoughly 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 Nov 2025Conditional

  development which shall consist of the following: A) Planning permission for the construction of: 1) a new steel frame shed covering over existing holding yard, 2) a new slatted shed to include a new slatted cubicle shed section over an existing silage slab to be removed, and a new covering shed section over an existing collecting yard, 3) a new silage pit extension, 4) a new dungstead, 5) a new seepage tank for calf house, and 6) all ancillary site works; and B) Retention Permission for: 1) an existing calf house extension to existing calf house, 2) an existing dry bed machinery shed, 3) an existing steel frame calf house, 4) an existing drybed extension to existing slatted shed, 5) an existing silage slab, and 6) all ancillary site work

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560591

• 28 Aug 2024Conditional

  construction of a 2-storey dwelling house, single dwelling treatment system with percolation area, and all associated site works. Existing entrance to site relocated

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460302

• 7 Jun 2022Conditional

  construction of a new steel frame robotic milking parlour with associated slatted tanks & yards and the widening of the existing road entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 22305

• 25 Nov 2021Conditional

  (A) Demolition of existing silage pit and store, (B) Extension of the existing milking parlour, developing a new dairy in an existing adjacent building. Adding auto-drafting and handling facilities into the existing post milking holding yard. (C) Construction of an extension to existing pre-milking cow collection yard with provision for underground slatted tanks and a backing gate. (D) Construction of a cubicle shed with underground slatted slurry storage tanks, (E) Construction of a new double silage pit, (F) Construction of an agricultural building to include underground slatted tank, straw bedded areas for calf rearing and facilities for dry storage of straw and machinery and all associated site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 21625

• 12 Aug 2021Conditional

  Construction of a four-bedroom dwelling and garage. The application will also include an effluent treatment unit with percolation area, upgrade of existing agricultural entrance to a domestic entrance and all associated site works and drainage

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21453

• 17 May 2021Conditional

  Construction of a four-bedroom dwelling and domestic garage. The application will also include an effluent treatment unit with percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works, landscaping and drainage

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21258

• 21 Aug 2020Conditional

  Construction of one dwelling, garage, alter existing entrance onto public road, boundary fence/wall, suitable waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 207124

• 25 Feb 2020N/a

  A two and single storey type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance works, boundary fence/wall, suitable waste water treatment system with polishing filter, bored well and all ancillary works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 207032

• 20 Dec 2019Conditional

  Construction of a new dwelling house with proprietary treatment system, percolation area and associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 197263

• 22 Oct 2018Conditional

  Proposed construction of a two storey type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall. suitable wastewater treatment system with polishing filter and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 187199

• 14 Jul 2017Conditional

  The development shall consist of the following; construction of a 2 storey dwelling; septic tank with percolation area; domestic garage; new road entrance, and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 177126

• 12 May 2017Conditional

  Planning Permission to construct an extension to existing garage and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 177090

• 11 Apr 2017N/a

  Planning Permission to construct an extension to existing garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 177069

• 22 Feb 2017Conditional

  To construct a dwelling house, domestic garage and single dwelling treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 177031

• 1 Feb 2017Conditional

  Planning Permission for a side and rear slatted shed extensions onto an existing slatted shed, planning for a new manure pit and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 177014

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

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Ballynagrenia And Ballinderry Bog NHA 000674

Recorded monuments

• WM023-078001 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a very slight rise, in relatively low-lying, wet pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. Rectangular-shaped enclosure/house site (WM023-078002-) lies c. 12m to W. Monument described in 1971 as a large subcircular-shaped area (diam. 39m) enclosed by a low bank and external fosse with slight causeway (Wth at top 2.3m; overall Wth 3.4m) at E may represent the entrance. The bank is almost reduced to a scarp in places and is slightly defaced by livestock. There is a disturbance depression within the centre. The W half of the interior is occupied by a suboval-shaped house site (WM023-078003-) which appears to be a later feature because its slight fosse cuts through the fosse of the ringfort. A Preservation Order was placed on this monument on 11/02/1975 (SMR file). See attached plan and profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 29 July 2019

• WM023-078002 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on a very slight rise, in relatively low-lying, wet pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. Ringfort (WM023-078001-) lies c. 12m to E. Monument described in 1971 as a small rectangular-shaped area (dims. 20m NE-SW; 11m NW-SE) enclosed by a bank and external fosse, possible entrance gap (Wth at top 3.7m; basal Wth 1.5m) at W. The bank is very low with faint traces of an external fosse. A Preservation Order was placed on this monument on 11/02/1975 (SMR file). Enclosure is barely visible today as a faint cropmark on Digital Globe aerial photograph. See attached plan and profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 29 July 2019

• WM023-078003 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Situated on a very slight rise, in relatively low-lying, wet pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. Within the W half of ringfort (WM023-078001-) is a suboval-shaped house site (dims. 18.5m NW-SE) enclosed by a low bank which is reduced to a scarp in places and defaced by livestock. The bank is incorporated into the bank of the ringfort from SSW-W-NW. A gap (Wth at top 7.6m; basal Wth 3.5m) at SSE may represent an entrance. This house site appears to be a later feature as its slight fosse cuts through the fosse of the ringfort. There is a small disturbance depression on the exterior at SE. A Preservation Order was placed on this monument on 11/02/1975 (SMR file). Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 29 July 2019

• WM023-090 Enclosure
  Description

  Outline of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 27m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 24/03/2017 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 6 March 2020

• WM030-018 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on NNW-facing slope, in wet undulating pasture, overlooking the Tang River c. 100m to NW. Ringforts (WM030-016----/-017----) lie c. 150m to NW and c. 190m to WNW, respectively. Depicted as an earthwork on Larkin’s 1808 map of Co. Westmeath (NLI, MS 46,580). Monument described in 1983 as no surface remains visible. Monument is not visible today and the area has been planted with forestry on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 07 November 2019

• WM030-021 Standing stone
  Description

  Situated on top of a small, natural rise, with extensive views, except where overlooked by higher ground to NE and S. Not depicted on OS mapping. Monument described in 1979 as a large upright limestone slab (H 2.7m) which has a broad face (Wth 1.25m) to E and W and is thin in cross-section (T 0.65m). The stone leans at a slight angle to NW. The top of the stone is roughly rounded to a point. The ground around the stone has been worn by livestock and it is now in a slight hollow, having small stones against its base at N and S. Another large limestone boulder lies flat on the ground c. 1m to WSW. This has a single circular hole drilled in its upper surface which is probably a blasting hole. There is an old disused quarry depression to E and a low bank running from the stone to NE, which may represent up-cast. Some small rock outcrops can be seen in the natural rise, to S of the two stones. A field boundary running NW-SE lies c. 37m to E. Monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 07 November 2019

• WM030-022 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Surveyed in 2013 and described by McGuinness (2014, 54-5) as following: 'Less than 150m NNW of monument (WM030-023----) just described, is another feature which on the surface could be interpreted as a barrow. This greatly damaged monument is preserved only on N side of E-W running field fence, S side of monument apparently having been removed. Although remaining part of monument is by no means regular in appearance or easily classifiable, it appears to comprise an irregular-shaped mound incorporating blocks of limestone and rising to its highest point on E side. This mound appears to be delimited on E and W halves by a bank, but bank on the W side is on markedly higher ground than that on E, being not much lower than the mound itself. It is not certain that the western stretch of ‘bank’ is indeed a bank and it does not obviously join up with the much better defined eastern stretch; if it is accepted that the two banks join up to form one half of the perimeter of the monument, its maximum visible diameter from E to W is 46.5m. There appears to be a slight inner ditch associated with both E and W stretches of bank. On E side, where bank is much more low-lying than on W side, the central mound rises 1.95m above the ‘ditch’ on inside of bank. On E side, bank is 4m in width; on W side it is 2.6m in width. Although this is unclear, eastern stretch of bank appears to veer off to N, running towards the rushy, reedy area close by; if this is so, it would clearly not join up with the western stretch. The aerial photograph of the genuine barrow in Moyvoughly on the ASI website, which takes in the present monument, suggests that the impression of an outer ‘bank’ of unusual form, and by implication the monument as a whole, may be the accidental result of the intersection of snaking natural escarpments and man-made banks. Though possibly a barrow, this monument must be treated with serious doubt. Monument is located in undulating, partly drained pastureland. Immediately to N of monument is a narrow band of low-lying grassland adjoining a rushy area 23m to N of barrow that may formerly have been a lake; part of the ‘lakeshore’ appears to be delimited by a bank of uncertain origin. In this area of grassland just NW of barrow and between it and the ‘lake’ is a small oval or subrectangular earthwork possibly representing a hutsite'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Date of upload: 23 February 2015

• WM030-023 Barrow - bowl-barrow
  Description

  Situated in low-lying gently undulating pasture. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a tree-lined oval-shaped tree-lined earthwork (approx. dims. 54m N-S; 47m E-W). A barrow (WM030-022----) lies c. 90m to NW. Monument described in 1973 as the remains of a roughly oval-shaped earthwork which is enclosed by a bank from SW-W-NW. There is no definite indication of a bank elsewhere. The interior is very uneven with stones and boulders projecting from the surface. The earthwork is divided into three parts by modern field banks and fences. Monument is clearly visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography as consisting of a central mound (approx. diam. 8m) enclosed by a possible fosse and external bank (overall ext. diam. 44m). Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019 Surveyed in 2013 and described by McGuinness (2014, 54-5) as following: 'Large, roughly subcircular monument (Diam. 47.5m N-S) comprising a subcircular central mound (Diam. 10.2m N-S x 13.2m E-W) surrounded at a considerable distance by a bank, giving the impression of a broad, shallow ‘ditch’ in between. SE stretch of bank appears to have been removed, precluding a measurement of the E-W diameter of the monument. Although on undulating ground, monument is level when viewed from a distance. Where highest on NW side, central mound rises up to 1.55m above area between mound and bank; it has irregular upper surface, perhaps damaged by cattle but with exposed blocks of limestone visible in places. Other limestone blocks have been incorporated in the outer bank, which is really only a clear bank on the S side, where it reaches up to 3.5m in width and up to 0.45m in height above the interior, being more like a step elsewhere—that is to say the broad level area surrounding the mound simply drops down to external ground level, especially on the N side where the ‘step’ is up to 1.45m high and the ‘bank’ has no clearly defined inner edge. There may be a true ditch immediately inside the bank, giving the overall monument the appearance of a Wessex disc-barrow or of a hengiform ditched enclosure with central mound, but this is by no means certain. Immediately W of monument is a stretch of a second earthen bank, apparently not part of the barrow but running almost tangentially to it and swerving off to NW. Monument is located in low-lying pastureland with higher ground to S; local landowner pointed out that major drainage operations had taken place here over the years, such that large parts were previously marshy or fully flooded, immediately to NE and E of the barrow. Possible Second Barrow (WM030-022----): Less than 150m NNW of monument just described, is another feature which on the surface could be interpreted as a barrow. This greatly damaged monument is preserved only on N side of E-W running field fence, S side of monument apparently having been removed. Although remaining part of monument is by no means regular in appearance or easily classifiable, it appears to comprise an irregular-shaped mound incorporating blocks of limestone and rising to its highest point on E side. This mound appears to be delimited on E and W halves by a bank, but bank on the W side is on markedly higher ground than that on E, being not much lower than the mound itself. It is not certain that the western stretch of ‘bank’ is indeed a bank and it does not obviously join up with the much better defined eastern stretch; if it is accepted that the two banks join up to form one half of the perimeter of the monument, its maximum visible diameter from E to W is 46.5m. There appears to be a slight inner ditch associated with both E and W stretches of bank. On E side, where bank is much more low-lying than on W side, the central mound rises 1.95m above the ‘ditch’ on inside of bank. On E side, bank is 4m in width; on W side it is 2.6m in width. Although this is unclear, eastern stretch of bank appears to veer off to N, running towards the rushy, reedy area close by; if this is so, it would clearly not join up with the western stretch. The aerial photograph of the genuine barrow in Moyvoughly on the ASI website, which takes in the present monument, suggests that the impression of an outer ‘bank’ of unusual form, and by implication the monument as a whole, may be the accidental result of the intersection of snaking natural escarpments and man-made banks. Though possibly a barrow, this monument must be treated with serious doubt. Monument is located in undulating, partly drained pastureland. Immediately to N of monument is a narrow band of low-lying grassland adjoining a rushy area 23m to N of barrow that may formerly have been a lake; part of the ‘lakeshore’ appears to be delimited by a bank of uncertain origin. In this area of grassland just NW of barrow and between it and the ‘lake’ is a small oval or subrectangular earthwork possibly representing a hutsite'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness.

• WM030-024 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Sub-rectangular shaped earthworks visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs may be the remains of Moyvoughly Castle. The castle is depicted on the 1657 Down Survey maps of Rathconrath barony and Ballymore parish (NLI, MS 723-4). The castle is not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 October 2016

• WM030-025001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated in low-lying, wet pasture, to the immediate E of a structure (long-axis N-S). Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a well. A bullaun stone (WM030-025002-) lies c. 55m to W. According to English (1968), a holy well named after St Patrick is situated on the edge of the river, to rear of the school, close to a bullaun stone which is known as St Patrick’s knee. Monument described in 1979 as the remains of a well which is defined by a collapsed sod-covered stone wall (H c. 0.3m) that is partly disturbed at NW. The well is choked with weeds and some small stones and still contains water. It is overshadowed by some thorn bushes and a large, dead tree to SE. There are no indications of any outer enclosure or of any veneration of the well. Monument is visible today as a poorly drained wet patch of ground on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019

• WM030-025002 Bullaun stone
  Description

  Situated in low-lying, wet pasture, to the immediate E of an avenue running NW-SE. Not depicted on OS mapping. A holy well (WM030-025001-) lies c. 55m to E. According to English (1968), a single hole bullaun stone known as St Patrick’s knee is situated on the right-hand-side of an old avenue and to W of a holy well named after St Patrick. Monument described in 1979 as a single bullaun depression (diam. 0.3m) situated approximately in the centre of a roughly triangular-shaped limestone boulder. The depression is roughly circular in plan and is defined by artificially smoothed sides which narrowing toward the base which is filled with water. Monument is potentially visible as a boulder on the right side of an old avenue on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019

• WM030-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise, in well-drained pasture, with commanding views of the surrounding landscape. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped tree-lined earthwork. An enclosure (WM030-027----) lies c. 110m to NE. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 46m) which is defined by a well-preserved scarp which is partially disturbed by quarrying at N. The interior is raised above the surrounding ground level and the surface rises very gently from the perimeter toward the centre. Monument is clearly visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography as a subcircular-shaped earthwork. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019

• WM030-027 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a rise, in well-drained pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped enclosure. A ringfort (WM030-026----) lies c. 110m to SW. Levelled monument described in 1973 as no surface remains visible. Some stones are scattered on the ground where the earthwork formerly stood. Monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography, where the area is obscured by the shadow of the adjacent field boundary. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019

• WM030-132 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in low-lying gently undulating pasture, possible bowl-barrow (WM030-23---) 130m to WNW. Sub-rectangular-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 39m NE-SW x 44m NW-SE) bisected by a post-1700 field boundary which is clearly visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019

• WM030-133 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on reclaimed grassland. Large irregular-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 66m N-S x 105m E-W) bisected by a post-1700 field boundary clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photography. Could be the remains of a large raised field associated with land drainage as there is evidence of field drains running off NE and SE angles of earthwork. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019

• WM030-134 Enclosure
  Description

  Depicted as a small circular-shaped enclosure on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map and visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography as a tree-covered earthwork. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 08 November 2019

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 Moyvoughly with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Moyvoughly

Area

7,715,660 m² (771.57 ha, 1,906.58 acres)

Civil parish

Ballymore, and its townlands

Barony

Rathconrath

Electoral division

Umma, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinderry, Ballycloghduff (grogan), Ballydoogan, Ballynagall, Ballynagrenia, Dunlom East, Lissanode, Raheen, Toorbeg, Umma Beg Or Moneynamanagh, Umma More

Placenames

Moyvoughly 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.