Tyrrellstown
Townland in the civil parish of Moylisker, barony of Fartullagh, Co. Westmeath
Parcel 120736
- Area
- 128,880 m² (12.89 ha, 31.85 acres)
- Buildings
- 4 buildings touch it, 1,189 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
- Tyrrellstown
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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.
- WM026-089 Castle - tower house
Description
Situated in pasture, in the SE angle formed by the junction of four field boundaries. Described in the terrier of the 1657 Down Survey map of Enniscoffy parish map as ‘upon Symonstowne stands a castle’ (NLI, MS 723-4). In 1641 the castle stood on lands belonging to Walter Tyrell who is listed as an 'Irish papist' and owner of the adjoining townland of Stonestowne (ibid.). Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a rectangular-shaped building annotated ‘Simonstown Castle (in Ruins)’ within a large rectangular-shaped bawn (WM026-089001-). Simonstown Castle described in 1978 as a two storey high rectangular-shaped building with its long axis aligned E-W, with the N and E wall being the highest (approx. max. H 12m). The masonry is of roughly hewn limestone blocks with dressed quoins. There is a possible turret on the NW corner which is not clearly visible due to being obscured by a dense cover of ivy. The N wall (L 15m) has a base batter approximately half way up its surviving height. An exposed garderobe chute is visible in the NE corner. A small rectangular window opening is visible at its E end. The E wall (T 2.3m) has three small, rough loops at different positions which appear to light a mural staircase which survives to first floor level. There is also an opening with a pointed arch high up in the E wall. The S wall contains the main doorway at the E end and a plain rectangular window opening with an internal splay. The W wall (L 8m; T 1.4m) has a modern gap with an arched window overhead. In the NE corner of the ground floor level is a chimney. There is a wicker-centred barrel vault over the ground floor which is well preserved except at the E end. The wicker centring remains on the ground floor walls and in the door opening. The first floor above has a growth of small trees and there is a significant amount of ivy on the walls. This castle probably dates to the 15th or 16th century. There are the ruins of two 19th century buildings; one just outside the castle at S, within the bawn and the second is just outside the bawn at NE is said to be a herdsman’s house of the former estate (local information). Castle described by Salter (2004, 155) as following; 'A battered base has been added to the SW wall of a building originally measuring 14m by 7.6m. A stair in the NW end wall leads from the vaulted basement to just one upper storey, possibly subdivided into two rooms and having a latrine in the west corner'. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 04 November 2019
- WM026-089001 Bawn
Description
Situated in pasture. Bawn of Simonstown Castle (WM026-089----) depicted on Boyd’s Estate Map of 1818 (WCL/M/BBE/7) as being half the size of the rectilinear-shaped enclosure (approx. dims. 100m N-S x 58m E-W) shown on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map and the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Tower house (WM026-089----) adjoins half way along the inner E side. Monument described in 1976 and 1978 as a rectangular-shaped enclosure defined by a substantial bank of earth and stone to NE, SE and SW, having no real indication of an external fosse. There is a double bank with a shallow dip along the NW side. The earthwork is best preserved along the NE side where it has a sharp profile and an outward splay at the NE corner, which appears slightly raised. There is a narrow earthen flat platform or terrace-like feature approx. half way up the outer face of the NE bank. This side has an entrance gap at N, outside of which are the ruins of a 19th century house, with yellow brick dressings, said to be a herdsman’s house of the former estate (local information). The interior has an E-facing slope and is slightly uneven with a few stones scattered around the surface. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 04 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).
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
- 149 ha
- 368 acres
- Land parcels
- 22
- registered freehold, median 4,958 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tyrrellstown, from 361 m² to 676,225 m² (67.62 ha, 167.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Tyrrellstown 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
29 Aug 2024N/a
Retention Permission for a Shed to the Rear of Existing Dwelling House
Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2460305
15 Aug 2019Conditional
Construction of a bungalow, domestic garage, new domestic site entrance and install a treatment system and percolation area, new agricultural site entrance west of the proposed site replacing the proposed closure of the existing agricultural site entrance together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 196228
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 Tyrrellstown.
Recorded monuments
- WM026-062 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on N-facing slope of a low rise, in gently undulating pasture. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a large roughly circular-shaped earthwork. Monument described as a small oval-shaped area (dims. 34m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by a scarp and external fosse. The scarp is slight and the fosse is narrow and shallow, although is reasonably well defined to S, W and N. There is no trace of a fosse at E, which may have been infilled when an irregular shaped field boundary was constructed to E, since removed. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior has a slight N-facing slope with what appear to be natural humps and hollows. A wide shallow depression runs into the fosse at SSW. A field fence running roughly E-W is to the immediate N of the monument. Outline of levelled monument partially visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 02 October 2019
- WM026-067 Castle - tower house
Description
Castle ruins on SW angle of Tyrrellstown House which forms SW corner of the farmyard quadrangle as depicted on the OS 25-inch map. A castle is shown in Tyrrellstown on the Down Survey barony map of Fartullagh, although it is not shown on the Parish Map and is not mentioned in the Terrier (NLI, MS 723-4). Monument described in 1976 as a portion of a castle which is now incorporated into the structure of the present Tyrrellstown House. It appears to form a projecting wing of the house in the form of a small ancient turret or tower. The walls (T 1.5m) are constructed of rubble stone and contain a small, narrow doorway. The site is now ruinous and there are no clear indications of any further early walls. A broken rectangular-shaped stone basin or trough rests on a nearby garden wall and may be associated with the monument. According to a second report from 1976 all that remains is a short stretch of wall (L 3m; H 6m) running S from the SW corner of Tyrrellstown House. The rest was apparently removed some years ago. There are no further features visible. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 02 October 2019
- WM026-086 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a slight rise, in pasture, overlooked by higher ground to NE and with a narrow view of Lough Ennell to W. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1971 as a subcircular-shaped area (dims. 38.6m E-W; 37.2m N-S) enclosed by a bank and external fosse. The bank is steep on the exterior and is best preserved from N-E and is almost reduced to a scarp from E-S-W-N. The interior of the bank is defined by four large stones which are slightly spaced apart at NE and may have formed a facing. There are traces of a very slight fosse and a portion of earth and stone field boundary crosses it at S. The original entrance is not visible. The interior has a slight ENE-facing slope with traces of cultivation ridges running ENE-WSW and several naturally formed humps and hollows in the centre. A low scarp (L 8.2m; H 0.5m) with a facing of large stones curves to S and SSW of the centre and is of unknown significance. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 04 November 2019
- WM026-087 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a low ridge running N-S, in pasture, with extensive views to S and SW. Depicted as an enclosure on Larkin’s 1808 map of Co. Westmeath (NLI, MS 46,580). Monument described in 1978 as an oval-shaped area (dims. 59m NNE-SSW; 42m ESE-WNW) enclosed by an earthen bank and external fosse. The bank is well defined on the exterior and is almost reduced to a scarp which is steep from NNE-ESE. The fosse is present from NNW-N-NNE and from SSW-S-SSE. There may be traces of an outer bank at N but this is indefinite as it seems to continue on to the E and may be an old field bank. There may have been an entrance at SE where the scarp is lower. The interior is level and featureless. An old field bank running NNE-SSW, now largely removed, skirted the edge of the monument, to W. Visible today as the low outline of a levelled enclosure on Digital Globe aerial photograph. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 04 November 2019
- WM026-128 Ringfort - rath
Description
Outline of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 34m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery and Digital Globe aerial photos. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 20/11/2005 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 6 March 2020
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 Tyrrellstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Tyrrellstown
- Area
- 1,490,025 m² (149 ha, 368.19 acres)
- Civil parish
- Moylisker, and its townlands
- Barony
- Fartullagh
- Electoral division
- Belvidere, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Anneville Or Rathduff, Beggstown, Carrick, Dunboden Demesne, Gainestown, Gaybrook Demesne, Gorteen, Paslicktown, Simonstown
- Placenames
- Tyrrellstown 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.