Robinstown Lower
Townland in the civil parish of Rathgarve, barony of Fore, Co. Westmeath
Parcel 134230
- Area
- 436,004 m² (43.6 ha, 107.74 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it, 699 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Robinstown Lower
Planning applications on this parcel
1 Dec 2025Conditional
construction of a dwelling house, detached garage with septic tank and percolation area with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560592
18 Sept 2020Conditional
single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling ( a building registered in Co Westmeath Development Plan of Protected Structures RPS No. 003-020) demolition of rear out buildings and partial demolition of rear wall and all associated site works and landscaping works.
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 206251
8 Jul 2020N/a
construct a single storey extension to the rear (a building registered in the County Westmeath Architectural Inventory Register no.15400314) and associated site works and landscaping works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 206173
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 2 recorded monuments.
- WM003-012 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on SE facing slope of rising ground just below summit of prominent hillock with excellent views to the SE & SW. Old laneway 25m to N as shown on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Circular area (approx. diam. 27m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank, with traces of an external fosse. Entrance gap (Wth 1.7m) at ESE, several modern gaps in bank elsewhere. Two large stones on SW side of entrance gap appear to represent stone facing of the entrance. Evidence for external and internal drystone stone facing of enclosing bank. A sub-circular depression in the WNW quadrant appears to be due to quarrying and a grass covered mound along its upper edge appears to be upcast. No surface remains visible of souterrain in ringfort. According to local tradition there was a 'cave' inside the ringfort. The interior slopes from NW-SE. Post-1700 field boundaries intersect the perimeter of the monument at N and SW as depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 20 December 2016
- WM003-013001 Souterrain
Description
No surface remains visible of an isolated possible souterrain in the area marked on the OS 6-inch map. According to local information this was the location of a cave that was no longer accessible (ASI Field Report 19/05/1977). Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 20 December 2016
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).
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 39.8 ha
- 98 acres
- Land parcels
- 12
- registered freehold, median 7,211 m² (0.72 ha, 1.78 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Robinstown Lower, from 820 m² to 187,463 m² (18.75 ha, 46.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Robinstown Lower 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
16 Jun 2026N/a
Permission and RETENTION Permission, the development will consist of Permission to (A) construct a 233m2 multi-purpose community building with 1st floor area, (B) extend existing club house consisting of 2 additional dressing rooms, referee’s room, modifications & alternations to existing clubhouse, (C) install a 50m x 23m all-weather astro area with associated fencing & floodlighting (D) relocated position of existing playing pitch, (E) install floodlit walking track around the perimeter of the site, (F) install skills wall, (G) reconfigure & relocate carpark (H) decommission existing septic tank & install new wastewater treatment unit with percolation area. RETENTION Permission is sought for (I) an extension of the site boundaries/curtilage of the existing GAA grounds to the north and north-east which is currently used as a training area. Permission is sought to use this area to facilitate the provision of a proposed new pitch with associated floodlights & ball stops & all associated site development works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660315
21 May 2026N/a
permission to (a) construct a 233m2 Multi-Purpose Community Building with 1st Floor area, (b) extend existing club house consisting of 2 additional dressing rooms, referee’s room, modifications & alternations to existing clubhouse, (c) install a 50m x 23m All-Weather Astro Area with associated fencing & floodlighting (d) relocated position of existing Playing Pitch, (e) works proposed include an extension of the site boundaries/curtilage of the existing GAA grounds to the north and north-east, to facilitate the proposed provision of the proposed new pitch with associated Floodlights & Ball stops, (f) install floodlit walking track around the perimeter of the site, (g) install Skills Wall, (h) reconfigure & relocate carpark (i) decommission existing septic tank & install new Wastewater Treatment unit with percolation area & all associated site development works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660263
26 Mar 2026N/a
to (a) construct a 233m2 Multi-Purpose Community Building with 1st Floor area, (b) extend existing club house consisting of 2 additional dressing rooms, referee’s room, modifications & alternations to existing clubhouse, (c) install a 50m x 23m All-Weather Astro Area with associated fencing & floodlighting (d) relocated position of existing Playing Pitch, (e) form new Playing Pitch with associated Floodlights & Ball stops, (f) install floodlit walking track around the perimeter of the site, (g) install Skills Wall, (h) reconfigure & relocate carpark (i) decommission existing septic tank & install new Wastewater Treatment unit with percolation area & all associated site development works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660138
13 Mar 2026N/a
to (a) construct a 233m2 Multi-Purpose Community Building with 1st Floor area, (b) extend existing club house consisting of 2 additional dressing rooms, referee’s room, modifications & alternations to existing clubhouse, (c) install a 50m x 23m All-Weather Astro Area with associated fencing & floodlighting (d) relocated position of existing Playing Pitch, e) form new Playing Pitch with associated Floodlights & Ball stops, (f) install floodlit walking track around the perimeter of the site, (g) install Skills Wall, (h) reconfigure & relocate carpark (i) decommission existing septic tank & install new Wastewater Treatment unit with percolation area & all associated site development works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660120
30 Jan 2024Conditional
to (a) move / relocate existing entrance 35m east of existing position & (b) to construct a multi-use playground and all associated site development work
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2460025
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Robinstown Lower.
Recorded monuments
- WM003-042 Cross - Wayside cross
Description
Described in 1928 as 'A plain square socket stone, the cross belonging to which is missing. It is placed at the angle of a lane three quarters of a mile (1km ) N of Rathgarve Church (WM003-068----)' (Crawford 1928, 57, no. 4). The cross is situated on the townland boundary between Robinstown Lower, Ballycomoyle and Robinstown Upper. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 June 2010
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Robinstown Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Robinstown Lower
- Area
- 398,445 m² (39.84 ha, 98.46 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rathgarve, and its townlands
- Barony
- Fore
- Electoral division
- Hilltown, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycomoyle, Raheen More, Robinstown, Robinstown Upper
- Placenames
- Robinstown Lower 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.