# Gilbertstown, Co. Carlow: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Gilbertstown, barony of Forth, Co. Carlow; in Irish Baile Ghilibeart.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 575,971 m² (57.6 ha, 142.33 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,772 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Gilbertstown, https://everytownland.com/carlow/parish/gilbertstown.md
- Barony: Forth
- Electoral division: Rathrush, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,139 people lived in 350 households in the Rathrush electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 53% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Carlow, https://everytownland.com/carlow.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/3477
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 10276
- Centre: latitude 52.77242, longitude -6.824266 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gilbertstown, from 237 m² to 252,624 m² (25.26 ha, 62.42 acres); 9 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 799782: 252,624 m² (25.26 ha, 62.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/799782.md
- Parcel 3122109: 81,846 m² (8.18 ha, 20.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3122109.md
- Parcel 803516: 61,854 m² (6.19 ha, 15.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803516.md
- Parcel 802703: 46,935 m² (4.69 ha, 11.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/802703.md
- Parcel 803515: 28,693 m² (2.87 ha, 7.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803515.md
- Parcel 803514: 25,448 m² (2.54 ha, 6.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/803514.md
- Parcel 3122092: 18,919 m² (1.89 ha, 4.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3122092.md
- Parcel 800870: 17,098 m² (1.71 ha, 4.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/800870.md
- Parcel 814245: 16,482 m² (1.65 ha, 4.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/814245.md
- Parcel 2520462: 5,659 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2520462.md
- Parcel 2392209: 3,885 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2392209.md
- Parcel 2518955: 3,863 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2518955.md
- Parcel 799781: 3,655 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/799781.md
- Parcel 799779: 2,889 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/799779.md
- Parcel 815047: 2,364 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/815047.md
- Parcel 799780: 1,369 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/799780.md
- Parcel 3174178: 1,179 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3174178.md
- Parcel 3122096: 737 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3122096.md
- Parcel 3174181: 667 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3174181.md
- Parcel 5968757: 237 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5968757.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Gilbertstown in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

2 applications, newest first.

- 9 Jun 2025, Carlow County Council 2560155: Refused. Permission. a 10 year permission for a Battery Energy Storage system. The proposed development will comprise of the following; A Battery Energy Storage System with associated infrastructure including a new internal access road, approximately 50 metres in length to the permitted Garreenleen Solar Farm (Planning Ref. 22163); An approximately 90 metre 33kV double circuit underground cable grid connection to the permitted Bendinstown 110kV Substation (Planning Ref. ABP–313139), to be installed in an excavated trench including underground ducting; Modular office and welfare buildings; Six steel storage containers and all associated site development and reinstatement works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and is included with this planning application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560155/0
- 11 May 2020, Carlow County Council 20143: Refused. Permission. A 10 year Planning Permission for a solar farm which will connect to the national grid on lands with a total area of circa 127 hectares, consisting of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 28 No. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations and associated equipment container, security fencing, satellite communications pole, CCTV, upgrading to existing access tracks and new access tracks, temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development works. Construction and operational access will be via entrances from the L-7111 and L-7112. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 35 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20143/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Gilbertstown.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CW013-023001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW013-023001-. The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 16 December 2009 Revised by: J. Farrelly According to O'Donovan (OSL 1839, 126), 'small and little frequented burial ground … with faint traces of foundation of Church'. According to two inquisitions held in 1538, belonged to friary at Graney, County Kildare (JKAS 1933, 301-2). Font recorded (JKAS 1933, 302). The church is depicted on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map, roughly centrally placed within a graveyard (CW013-023003-), and is described as being in ruins but by the later OS ed. the church is described as 'Site of'. Neither font nor church remains visible.
- CW013-023002: Font, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW013-023002-. Font recorded at Gilbertstown Church (CW013-002001-) (JKAS 1933, 302). Neither font or church were visible due to dense overgrowth when inspected by ASI in 1988. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011
- CW013-023003: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW013-023003-. Depicted with a dashed line as a roughly oval-shaped area, with trees growing around the perimeter, on the 1839 OS 6-inch map and a church (CW013-023001-) roughly centrally placed. On the 1908 OS 6-inch map the graveyard is depicted as a circular area (map diam. 38m) and the central church is indicated by a cross as 'Gilbertstown Church (Site of)'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 August 2011
- CW013-121: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW013-121----. Aerial photographs (GB91.EK.26 and EK.30) show cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse, located due south of graveyard (SMR: CW013-023003-). Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 15 April 2011

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gilbertstown.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Gilbertstown, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gilbertstown.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/carlow/gilbertstown.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/carlow/gilbertstown.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/carlow/gilbertstown.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Gilbertstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow: https://everytownland.com/carlow.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballynunnery: https://everytownland.com/carlow/ballynunnery.md
- Bendinstown: https://everytownland.com/carlow/bendinstown.md
- Garreenleen: https://everytownland.com/carlow/garreenleen.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/carlow/gilbertstown
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/carlow/gilbertstown