Taghnafearagh

5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Taghnafearagh, from 2,483 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres) to 401,722 m² (40.17 ha, 99.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Taghnafearagh 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.

• 13 Jun 2026N/a

  RETENTION is sought for development which consists of a clay lined earthen bank lagoon with surround safety fence and ancillary works

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2660312

• 2 Aug 2019Conditional

  Partial demolition of existing single storey cottage with internal and external alterations and the construction of a single storey extension adjoining existing cottage and replacing existing septic tank and percolation area with all associate site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 197161

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 Taghnafearagh.

Recorded monuments

• WM024-090 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Ringforts (WM024-093----/WM024-091----) lie c. 140m to NW and c. 150m to SE, respectively. Taghnafearagh House lies immediately to NW. Monument described in 1971 as a subcircular-shaped area (dims. 32.5m N-S; 27m E-W) enclosed by a bank and slight external fosse with a gap (Wth at top 4.3m; basal Wth 1.2m) at NNW which may represent the entrance. The bank is low on the interior where some large stones represent the remains of an internal stone facing. The bank is high and steep on the exterior and it incorporates some rock outcrop at SSE. It is slightly defaced and with livestock gaps in several places. The slight fosse is best defined at N. The interior rises slightly from the perimeter towards the centre; there is some rock outcrop within. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 21 August 2019

• WM024-091 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Ringfort (WM024-090----) lies c. 150m to NW. Monument described in 1971 as a small circular-shaped area (dims. 26.7m N-S; 25.8m E-W) enclosed by a well preserved earthen bank and slight remains of an external fosse visible from SSW-W-N-SE. No entrance feature visible. A modern roadside wall which forms the townland boundary with Mosstown extends outside the bank from SE-S-SSW. The interior has a gentle ENE-facing slope and a boulder lies within the NW quadrant. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 21 August 2019

• WM024-092 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Annotated ‘Fort’ on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map where it is depicted as a small circular-shaped tree-lined enclosure outlined by two concentric lines. Depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped tree-planted earthwork (approx. diam. 34m). Monument described in 1971 as no surface remains visible. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 21 August 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 Taghnafearagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Taghnafearagh

Area

687,451 m² (68.75 ha, 169.87 acres)

Civil parish

Killare, and its townlands

Barony

Rathconrath

Electoral division

Killare, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinaspick Or Bishopstown, Ballinkeeny Or Mosstown, Clare, Dungaghy, Mosstown Demesne

Placenames

Taghnafearagh 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.