Brackagh

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brackagh, from 79 m² to 304,346 m² (30.43 ha, 75.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Brackagh 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.

• 1 Jun 2026N/a

  The development will consist of planning permission to construct two new rear dormer windows and ancillary site works. Planning permission to retain existing first floor attic conversion consisting of 2no bedrooms, 1 bathroom and 1 storage area and ancillary site works.

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660570

• 23 Nov 2020Conditional

  Development within an overall application area of 17 hectares. Upgrading of the site entrance onto the R401 regional road, consisting of improvements to the surface to allow regular HGV traffic. Installation of all required site facilities, consisting of a prefabricated welfare facility (including a toilet facility with septic tank and percolation area), a double skinned fuel tank in a secure container, a weighbridge and a wheelwash. Installation of a processing plant and associated settlement lagoon (closed water system). Extraction of sand and gravel with processing that includes crushing, washing and screening, using the newly installed plant over an area of 9.2 hectares. The extraction works will take place in two phases (Extraction Phase 1: c. 4.9 hectares and Extraction Phase 2: c. 4.3 hectares). The sand and gravel extraction will be dry working above the water table. The remaining c. 7.8 hectares will consist of the processing area, a stockpile area, and overburden storage area and buffer zones to the site boundaries. Restoration of the site lands will be to a beneficial agricultural after-use. The proposed operational period is for 8 years plus 1 year to complete restoration (total duration sought 9 years). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of this planning application. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of updates to the EIAR and revised plans which include amendments to the proposed sand and gravel extraction depths within Phase 1 and Phase 2

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 201409

• 30 Nov 2018Conditional

  (a) Demolition of existing lean-to extension to rear of existing house and demolition of existing galvanized roofed outbuilding, (b) single storey extension to rear (east elevation) of existing house, (c) minor internal alterations within the existing house, (d) installation of Oakstown BAF waste water treatment system with soil polishing filter percolation area, (e) erection of new garage /fuel store for domestic use and (f) upgrading of existing entrance to a vehicular recessed entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 181444

• 6 Oct 2017Refused

  to construct a new bungalow type dwelling house, domestic garage, upgrade of existing agricultural entrance to new vehicular entrance, septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site services

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 171105

• 6 Mar 2017Refused

  construction of a one storey extension with partial basement to the rear of existing dwelling, decommissioning of existing septic tank and Puraflo sewerage treatment system to be replaced by a new O’Reilly Oakstown BAF sewerage treatment system and all associated ancillary site works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of a change of design to the proposed extension which involves relocating the extension further east along rear of existing dwelling and a reduction in overall footprint by removing one wing of previous extension proposal. Revised extension to consist partially of two storeys on split level following the existing contours of the site

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17241

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 Brackagh.

Recorded monuments

• KD002-002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  According to the OSL (Herity 2002, 34), '… there is a well called Lady Well, at which stations were performed on Lady-Day in Harvest', and Jackson (1979-80, 145) says a pattern was held here in August. At the W foot of a low hill, with a second holy well (KD002-003----) c. 500m to the SSW. The well is contained in a circular (int. diam. 1.5m), semi-subterranean, stone-built well-house (H 2.4m) which has a flat, concrete roof. A plain lintelled doorway (Wth 0.8m; H 1.3m) and steps at W give access. The well was dry on the day of the visit. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD002-003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Described by Wilde (1850, 46) as a, 'sacred spring called Tober-aulin (Beautiful Well)'. On the NE bank of a small, NW-flowing tributary of the River Boyne, with a second holy well (KD002-002----) c. 500m to the NNE. A small bridge (built 1849) immediately to the W contains a short, curved section of wall which is believed locally to define the limits of the well. (Jackson 1980, 145) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD002-004 Burial ground
  Description

  According to the OSL (Herity 2002, 34 (101)), the 'old graveyard (was) used as yet as a place of sepulture'. On a NE-facing pasture slope with a castle site (KD002-005----) c. 100m to the SW. An overgrown, triangular area (dims. L c. 26m along N; L c. 25m along E; L c. 35m along W) with a rounded apex to S and curving N-limits, is defined by a low, dry-stone wall, outside of which, along the N, a small tributary of the River Boyne flows NW. The interior is accessed through an iron gate on the E side and the oldest visible headstone is dated 1769. The burial ground appears to be disused. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD002-005 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Indicated on the 1st. ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map as 'Site of Castle' beside a dashed, subrectangular area (est. dims. L c. 30m NE-SW; Wth c. 10m). On a low knoll in level pastureland, with a disused burial ground (KD002-004----) c. 80m to the NE. No visible surface traces survive. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

Architectural heritage

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

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. 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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Brackagh, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

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 Brackagh.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. 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.

No address of the register names Brackagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Brackagh

Area

1,293,551 m² (129.36 ha, 319.64 acres)

Civil parish

Carrick, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Carrick, the unit of the census

Census 2022

304 people lived in 100 households in the Carrick electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballindoolin, Ballyboggan (Co. Meath), Ballycowan, Corwig, Killinagh, Russellswood

Placenames

Brackagh on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, 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.