# Blackhill, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Oughterard, barony of Salt South, Co. Kildare; in Irish An Cnoc Dubh. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 710,915 m² (71.09 ha, 175.67 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 121 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,458 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 18 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Oughterard, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/oughterard.md - Barony: Salt South - Electoral division: Oughterard, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 846 people lived in 271 households in the Oughterard electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 2% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Kildare, https://everytownland.com/kildare.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/26028 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 80184 - Centre: latitude 53.259052, longitude -6.5629 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 121 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Blackhill, from 12 m² to 107,839 m² (10.78 ha, 26.65 acres); 31 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 4316875: 107,839 m² (10.78 ha, 26.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4316875.md - Parcel 1084704: 82,596 m² (8.26 ha, 20.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1084704.md - Parcel 1028661: 75,684 m² (7.57 ha, 18.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1028661.md - Parcel 1074250: 45,443 m² (4.54 ha, 11.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1074250.md - Parcel 1040716: 34,945 m² (3.49 ha, 8.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1040716.md - Parcel 4094830: 33,319 m² (3.33 ha, 8.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4094830.md - Parcel 1053688: 28,891 m² (2.89 ha, 7.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1053688.md - Parcel 4897982: 27,119 m² (2.71 ha, 6.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4897982.md - Parcel 4316910: 24,167 m² (2.42 ha, 5.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4316910.md - Parcel 1084996: 17,890 m² (1.79 ha, 4.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1084996.md - Parcel 1018275: 16,517 m² (1.65 ha, 4.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1018275.md - Parcel 1065961: 14,565 m² (1.46 ha, 3.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1065961.md - Parcel 4316905: 10,195 m² (1.02 ha, 2.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4316905.md - Parcel 1034609: 9,978 m² (1 ha, 2.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1034609.md - Parcel 1033849: 9,233 m² (0.92 ha, 2.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1033849.md - Parcel 1064831: 8,862 m² (0.89 ha, 2.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1064831.md - Parcel 1064275: 8,201 m² (0.82 ha, 2.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1064275.md - Parcel 1074946: 6,647 m² (0.66 ha, 1.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1074946.md - Parcel 1079135: 5,677 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1079135.md - Parcel 1058631: 5,352 m² (0.54 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1058631.md - Parcel 4897727: 4,439 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4897727.md - Parcel 1046530: 4,380 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1046530.md - Parcel 1040575: 4,103 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1040575.md - Parcel 1036001: 3,911 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1036001.md - Parcel 4897669: 3,887 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4897669.md - Parcel 1072939: 3,702 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1072939.md - Parcel 2609129: 3,535 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2609129.md - Parcel 1066661: 3,484 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1066661.md - Parcel 1065077: 3,466 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1065077.md - Parcel 1077224: 3,329 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1077224.md - Parcel 1059936: 3,315 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1059936.md - Parcel 1049382: 2,909 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1049382.md - Parcel 1074858: 2,909 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1074858.md - Parcel 1080453: 2,741 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1080453.md - Parcel 1049383: 2,734 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1049383.md - Parcel 1049037: 2,717 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1049037.md - Parcel 3184444: 2,596 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3184444.md - Parcel 1026556: 2,593 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1026556.md - Parcel 1073353: 2,482 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1073353.md - Parcel 1065075: 2,401 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1065075.md - Parcel 1055399: 2,258 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1055399.md - Parcel 1044355: 2,229 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1044355.md - Parcel 1084159: 2,173 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1084159.md - Parcel 5026912: 2,170 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5026912.md - Parcel 5277931: 2,138 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5277931.md - Parcel 1032792: 2,106 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1032792.md - Parcel 4953691: 2,075 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4953691.md - Parcel 4840957: 2,064 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4840957.md - Parcel 5218641: 2,050 m² (0.2 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5218641.md - Parcel 1064274: 2,014 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1064274.md - Parcel 1084738: 1,981 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1084738.md - Parcel 3323568: 1,955 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3323568.md - Parcel 1029418: 1,908 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1029418.md - Parcel 1079333: 1,841 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1079333.md - Parcel 1073106: 1,760 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1073106.md - Parcel 1078695: 1,617 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1078695.md - Parcel 1089783: 1,553 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1089783.md - Parcel 1080118: 1,546 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1080118.md - Parcel 3173727: 1,498 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3173727.md - Parcel 1055329: 1,493 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1055329.md - Parcel 1089664: 1,458 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1089664.md - Parcel 1090504: 1,343 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1090504.md - Parcel 1027550: 1,264 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1027550.md - Parcel 1077831: 1,258 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1077831.md - Parcel 5418880: 1,201 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5418880.md - Parcel 1079600: 1,167 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1079600.md - Parcel 1085638: 1,134 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1085638.md - Parcel 2652868: 1,130 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2652868.md - Parcel 1036986: 1,127 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1036986.md - Parcel 4953642: 1,103 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4953642.md - Parcel 1089390: 1,020 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1089390.md - Parcel 5222711: 978 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5222711.md - Parcel 2652922: 967 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2652922.md - Parcel 1036405: 925 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1036405.md - Parcel 2652932: 910 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2652932.md - Parcel 1035272: 860 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1035272.md - Parcel 1020155: 842 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1020155.md - Parcel 1057041: 840 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1057041.md - Parcel 1065780: 808 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1065780.md - Parcel 1021223: 728 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1021223.md - Parcel 1019394: 721 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1019394.md - Parcel 1070922: 676 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1070922.md - Parcel 1067057: 652 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1067057.md - Parcel 1088656: 583 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1088656.md - Parcel 1064768: 546 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1064768.md - Parcel 1074658: 494 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1074658.md - Parcel 1056438: 367 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1056438.md - Parcel 5418883: 361 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5418883.md - Parcel 1017190: 361 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1017190.md - Parcel 1074576: 355 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1074576.md - Parcel 1073374: 332 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1073374.md - Parcel 2652929: 302 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2652929.md - Parcel 1019904: 293 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1019904.md - Parcel 1039405: 285 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1039405.md - Parcel 1037478: 270 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1037478.md - Parcel 1065311: 259 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1065311.md - Parcel 4897725: 244 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4897725.md - Parcel 1065169: 229 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1065169.md - Parcel 2652934: 225 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2652934.md - Parcel 1081851: 217 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1081851.md - Parcel 2652925: 211 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2652925.md - Parcel 1046848: 205 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1046848.md - Parcel 1048268: 188 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1048268.md - Parcel 1049169: 187 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1049169.md - Parcel 1066806: 171 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1066806.md - Parcel 1031376: 169 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1031376.md - Parcel 4953682: 168 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4953682.md - Parcel 1048280: 163 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1048280.md - Parcel 1065572: 163 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1065572.md - Parcel 1024664: 145 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1024664.md - Parcel 4968231: 145 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4968231.md - Parcel 1048765: 117 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1048765.md - Parcel 1039224: 114 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1039224.md - Parcel 1072953: 100 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1072953.md - Parcel 5418881: 100 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5418881.md - Parcel 1064493: 92 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1064493.md - Parcel 1059418: 74 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1059418.md - Parcel 1064492: 70 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1064492.md - Parcel 1036491: 42 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1036491.md - Parcel 1049171: 35 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1049171.md - Parcel 5418897: 12 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5418897.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Blackhill 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) 18 applications, newest first. - 25 Sept 2026, Kildare County Council 2661062: N/a. Retention. a. RETAIN ENLARGED GARAGE WITH ACCESS STAIRS TO FIRST FLOOR LEVEL STORE. b. RETAIN APPLICATION 05/1780 FURTHER INFORMATION REQUEST DIRECTIVE 2: NO HALF HIPS, RETAIN DORMER BAY TYPE WINDOW, NO MOCK TUDOR CLADDING, NO REAR BALCONY AND NO BRICK FACADES IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE KILDARE RURAL DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES. c. RETAIN WIDENED ALTERED FRONT VEHICULAR ACCESS.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661062/0 - 23 Feb 2026, Kildare County Council 2660176: Refused. Permission. 3 no. single storey, detached tourist accommodation lodges each with 2 no. additional single storey, detached glamping pods along with a single storey, detached retreat building. Also, ancillary development consisting of replacement vehicular entrance, landscaping, boundary treatment, bike storage, car parking, EV charging facilities, disabled car parking, outdoor sauna and plunge pool low level lighting, bin storage area, new internal access roads and on-site waste water treatment facilities for all units. All associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660176/0 - 19 Jul 2025, Kildare County Council 2560818: Refused. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a single storey detached bungalow with single storey element, single storey detached domestic garage, recessed entrance, secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560818/0 - 23 Oct 2024, Kildare County Council 2461102: Refused. Permission, 1 home. for a detached one and half storey house with single storey element, single storey detached domestic garage, recessed entrance, secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461102/0 - 21 Oct 2024, Kildare County Council 2461087: N/a. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a detached one and half storey house with single storey element, single storey detached domestic garage, recessed entrance, secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461087/0 - 14 Feb 2024, Kildare County Council 2460116: Refused. Permission, 1 home. for the construction of a detached one and half storey house with single storey element, single storey detached domestic garage, recessed entrance, secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460116/0 - 25 Jul 2023, Kildare County Council 23808: Refused. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a new dwelling, with attached domestic garage, onsite wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, new splayed entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/23808/0 - 4 Jul 2023, Kildare County Council 23745: N/a. Permission. Will consist of the construction of a new dwelling, with attached domestic garage, onsite wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, new splayed entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/23745/0 - 28 Jun 2023, Kildare County Council 23717: Conditional. Permission. (i) A 61.4sqm extension to the existing service station amenity building to accommodate a new food offer and revised seating, circulation, customer toilets, storage, staff areas, resulting in a net retail floor area of 87sqm and an overall floor area of 330.8sqm; (ii) Elevational changes to building including new canopy, new and relocated signage, new entrance and exit doors, a pay hatch and new glazing; (iii) Revisions to the site layout incorporating a modified western site entrance area, 8 no. new car parking spaces, including 2 no. disable spaces, new bicycle parking area comprising 6 no. spaces and new signage at eastern entrance; (iv) The construction of 2 no. refuse areas in southwest corner with 2100mm high timber fencing surrounding; (v) All associated drainage and other site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/23717/0 - 14 Mar 2023, Kildare County Council 23250: Conditional. Retention. (a) The retention of an 81.5 sqm single storey creche and (b) The provision of a new package wastewater and all associated site works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/23250/0 - 8 Jun 2022, Kildare County Council 22704: N/a. Retention. an 81.5m2 single storey creche at this site. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22704/0 - 11 May 2022, Kildare County Council 22545: Conditional. Permission. sought for: (i) An extension (61.4 sqm) to the service station amenity building to accommodate 2 No. new food offers and revised seating, circulation, customer toilets, storage, and staff areas, resulting in a net retail floor area of 100 sqm and an overall floor area of 326.6 sqm. (ii) Elevational changes to building including new canopy, relocated signage, new entrance doors and glazing. (iii) Associated revisions to the site layout incorporating a modified western site entrance, 8 No. new car parking spaces including 2 No. disabled spaces. (iv) All associated drainage works and other site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22545/0 - 25 Mar 2022, Kildare County Council 22332: N/a. Retention. sought for an 81.5 sqm single storey creche at this site. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22332/0 - 19 Oct 2021, Kildare County Council 211508: Refused. Retention. a commercial garage/car sales & repairs forecourt facility to include: (A) Prefabricated sales office structure, (B) Vehicle servicing outbuilding structure, (C) Canteen structure, (D) Toilet outhouse type structure, (E) Vehicle display hard standing forecourt area, (F) Floodlights and cctv cameras, (G) Security fencing, (H) Vehicular entrance/egress point, (I) Signage, and all associated ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/211508/0 - 15 Jan 2020, Kildare County Council 2025: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. the retention of dwelling as built as previously granted under planning ref. no. 04/2725, and all ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2025/0 - 19 Dec 2019, Kildare County Council 191419: N/a. Retention. retention and alterations to dwelling previously granted under planning ref. no. 04/2725, alterations to existing dwelling include; (1) Alterations to layout including removal of rear projections decreasing the overall floor area and reducing bedrooms from 6 to 5. (2) Minor alterations to all elevations including positioning, size and style of windows and doors, and garage doors. (3) Addition of first floor dormer window to side elevation. (4) Addition of saddle rooflight to main roof pitch. (5) Replacement of 2 no. dormer windows on rear elevation with 2 no. dormer style doors with integrated roof balconies and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/191419/0 - 9 Apr 2019, Kildare County Council 19379: Conditional. Permission. A high power electric vehicle charging station consisting of the : (1) installation of 6 no. electric vehicle charging bays, each comprising a parking space and electric v (2) associated revisions to existing car parking area.(3) installation of electric vehicle power units. (4) construction of a new substation. (5) erection of illuminated signage. (6) all associated lighting, infrastructure , site and development works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/19379/0 - 30 Jul 2018, Kildare County Council 18920: Refused. Retention. retaining a prefabricated sales office structure, floodlights and CCTV cameras and all ancillary site-works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/18920/0 Applicants are not shown. ## 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 Blackhill. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Blackhill. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Blackhill. ## 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 Blackhill, about 1 in 10 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: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2872, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2872.zip (ZIP). - 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/kildare/blackhill.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/blackhill.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/blackhill.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Blackhill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare: https://everytownland.com/kildare.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Bishopscourt Upper: https://everytownland.com/kildare/bishopscourt-upper.md - Blackchurch: https://everytownland.com/kildare/blackchurch.md - Boherphilip: https://everytownland.com/kildare/boherphilip.md - Kill East: https://everytownland.com/kildare/kill-east.md - Kilwarden: https://everytownland.com/kildare/kilwarden.md - Tuckmilltown: https://everytownland.com/kildare/tuckmilltown.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. --- 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/kildare/blackhill - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kildare/blackhill