Carragh

253 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carragh, from 2 m² to 462,897 m² (46.29 ha, 114.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 45 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Caragh, Kildare · 155 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Caragh, Kildare · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community and Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Caragh, Kildare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Caragh, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Caragh, Kildare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 - Caragh, Kildare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 11 Sept 2026N/a

  Two storey contemporary town house, connection to mains sewer, boundary treatments and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2661017

• 4 Mar 2026N/a

  for 1 no. 3 bedroom, single storey, detached dwelling, new vehicular & pedestrian entrance onto existing estate road and all associated site works on site of circa. 0.113 Ha.

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660236

• 10 Dec 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing part-two-storey part-single-storey, four-bedroom house, to accommodate an occupational therapy room, and sensory therapy room. The proposal includes also for subdivision of the existing living room to include a new home office. The proposed works include 3 no. rooflights to the existing roof, installation of solar panels to upper roof level, surface water drainage connections, landscaping, and ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561411

• 10 Sept 2025Conditional

  for (A) permission for a change of use of the Heritage Centre granted under planning ref. 16/10 to a crèche facility. Retention permission is also sought for (B) an increase in the footprint of the granted building, (C) revisions to the granted elevations comprising (i) revisions to the window locations on the east & west elevations, (ii) the addition of a window on the east elevation, and (iii) the removal of the stone cladding on all four elevations of the granted Exhibition Hall at the east end of the building, and (D) revisions to the granted boundary treatments, comprising a 1.8m high block wall at the north-east & north-west boundaries of the site. Revised by Significant Further Information which comprises proposed new signage.

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2561038

• 11 Feb 2025Conditional

  for (A) the erection of a storey and a half type house, (B) garage / fuel store for domestic use, (C) the installation of a septic tank with percolation area and (D) new recessed vehicular entrance and access driveway and all associated site works, including the removal of the existing roadside hedgerow and provision of a new replacement native hedgerow, set back to allow adequate lines of sight

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2560117

• 27 Oct 2024Conditional

  for 43 solar powered 60 Watt integrated lights and ancillary works, spaced 17m apart and 4m in height along the northeast, southeast, southwest and northwest sides of the site following the existing footpath

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461126

• 31 May 2024Refused

  for A) Construction of a new three­ bedroom single storey dwelling, B) Single storey domestic garage, D) Packaged wastewater treatment system and percolation areas. E) Alterations to an existing recessed vehicle entrance to provide a new double recessed vehicle entrance to the proposed new dwelling, along with all facilitating and associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460499

• 27 May 2024N/a

  for (A) the erection of a storey and a half type house, (B) garage / store for domestic use, (C) the installation of a septic tank with percolation area and (D) new recessed vehicular entrance and access drive way and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460468

• 21 May 2024N/a

  for (A) the erection of a storey and a half type house, (B) garage / store for domestic use, (C) the installation of a septic tank with percolation area and (D) new recessed vehicular entrance and access drive way and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460447

• 4 Apr 2024Conditional

  (A) Demolition of existing single storey flat roofed rear extension, (B) Construction of single storey extension to Rear (south east) Elevation and Side (south west) Elevation of existing house (C) insertion of new window fenestration to Front (north west) elevation and Rear (south east) Elevation, (D) the installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area, (E) upgrading of existing agricultural entrance to a new vehicular recessed entrance, with the original house gate entrance to be permanently closed up and all associated site works. Revised by Significant Information which consists of revisions to the design and scale

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460283

• 20 Feb 2024Conditional

  for alterations to the Medical Centre granted under planning ref. no. 16/10 & PL 09.246382 as follows: (a) an increase in the ground floor area from 157.1sqm to 169.0sqm, (b) an increase in the first floor area from 46.2sqm to 58.0sqm, (c) elevational revisions to include the removal of the proposed stone cladding, revisions to the fenestration & external doors, and the inclusion of 2 no. dormer windows & 3 no. skylights in the roof of the 1.5-storey element of the building, and (d) internal modifications to include the sub-division of the building into two separate units

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2460140

• 21 Sept 2023Refused

  The development for retention consists of alterations to the Medical Centre granted under planning ref. no. 16/10 & PL 09.246382 as follows: (a) an increase in the ground floor area from 157.1sqm to 169.0sqm (b) an increase in the first floor area from 46.2sqm to 58.0sqm (c) elevational revisions to include the removal of the proposed stone cladding, revisions to the fenestration & external doors, and the inclusion of 2 no. dormer windows & 3 no. skylights in the roof of the 1.5-storey element. The development for planning permission will consist of (i) the change of use of the first floor from an administration area, staff room, staff w.c. & store room to a one-bedroom apartment, with associated parking & bicycle spaces, and (ii) a revision from the Heritage Centre granted under planning ref. no. 16/10 & PL 09.246382 to a proposed two-storey apartment block, comprising 4 no. two-bedroom apartments, a bicycle & bin store building, communal open space, parking, landscaping, and all ancillary site works to include connections to mains services

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360237

• 6 Sept 2023Conditional

  development on a site of c. 2.05 hectares on lands, bounded to the west by the R409 and Caragh View, to the south by agricultural buildings, and to the north and east by agricultural lands, at lands to the north of Caragh Village, Caragh, Co. Kildare. The development will consist of a mixed-use scheme comprising: 36 No. residential units (25 No. 2-storey houses (with attic) (10 No. 2-bed units and 15 No. 3-bed units) (with private open space); 2 No. duplex units (all 3-bed units) (with terraces/ private open space) and 9 No. apartments (all 1-bed units) (with terraces/ private open space) (with rooflights to stairs and landing, where relevant). The overall unit mix will comprise 9 No. 1-beds, 10 No. 2-bed units and 17 No. 3-bed units.); 2 No. ground floor level units comprising retail / office use (to accommodate use Class 1, 2 or 3 of Schedule 2, Part 4 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended)) (c. 63 sq m and c. 112 sq m floor area, each); bin stores (c. 34 sq m in total); and pumping station (78 sq m). The residential and retail / office development will range in height from 2-2.5 storeys. The development will comprise a total gross floor area of c. 3,364 sq m. The development will also include the provision of: vehicular, cyclist and pedestrian access from the R409; upgrade works to the roads (the R409 and Caragh View) and public realm at the front of the site (including the provision of a signalised junction with signalised pedestrian crossing); car and bicycle parking spaces; electric vehicle charging points; internal roads, footpaths and pedestrian crossings; public open space; hard and soft landscaping; boundary treatments; tree removal; tree planting; lighting; commercial and residential waste facilities; a surface water drainage connection extending east of site; attenuation tanks; permeable paving; SuDS; and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground including changes in level, boundary treatments and associated site servicing (foul and surface water drainage and water supply)

  Permission, 25 homes · Kildare County Council, 2360182

• 1 Sept 2023Refused

  the following. A) Construction of a new three­ bedroom single storey dwelling, B) Single storey domestic garage, D) Packaged wastewater treatment system and percolation areas. E) Alterations to an existing recessed vehicle entrance to provide a new double recessed vehicle entrance to the proposed new dwelling, along with all facilitating and associated site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360168

• 31 Aug 2023N/a

  for A) Construction of a new three­-bedroom single storey dwelling, B) Single storey domestic garage, D) Packaged wastewater treatment system and percolation areas. E) Alterations to an existing recessed vehicle entrance to provide a new double recessed vehicle entrance to the proposed new dwelling, along with all facilitating and associated site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360160

• 18 Aug 2023Conditional

  Retention permission is sought for two attic conversions to existing house in Caragh, Naas. Conversion no.1 used as an office space, Conversion no.2 used as a childs playroom.

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 23852

• 7 Jul 2023Refused

  The development consists of (A) the erection of a dormer type house, (B) garage/fuel store for domestic use, (C) the installation of a septic tank with percolation area and (D) new recessed vehicular entrance and access drive way and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23761

• 29 Sept 2022Conditional

  single storey extension to side of existing house, a large detached garage/shed to the rear of site, amendments to vehicle access to front to include new block walls and block pillars all to be retained with ancillary works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 221177

• 9 Sept 2022N/a

  sought for detached single storey extension to side of existing house, a large garage/shed to the rear of site, vehicle access to front with block walls and block pillars all to be retained with ancillary works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 221105

• 4 Aug 2022Refused

  development on a site of c. 2.05 hectares on lands, bounded to the west by the R409 and Caragh View, to the south by agricultural buildings, and to the north and east by agricultural lands, at lands to the north of Caragh Village, Caragh, Co. Kildare. The development will consist of a 39 No. unit two-storey scheme comprising: 38 No houses (incl. 9 No. terraced unites (3 No. terraces of 3 No. units each), 28 No. semi-detached units, and 1 No. detached unit) with private open space to the rear; and 1 No. apartment (located above a ground floor retail unit of 88 sq m) with a balcony/terrace provided on the west elevation. The overall unit mix will comprise: 13 No. 2-bed units; 24 No. 3-bed units, and 2 No. 4-bed units). This development will comprise a gross floor area of 3,899 sq m. The development will also include the provision of: vehicular, cyclist and pedestrian access from the R409; upgrade works to the roads (the R409 and Caragh View) and public realm at the front of the site (including the provision of a signalised junction with signalised pedestrian crossing) 79 No. car parking spaces, and 12 No. bicycle parking spaces (including 6 No. short-stay bicycle spaces adjacent to the retail unit; internal roads; public open space; a pumping station located within the public open space; a surface water drainage connection extending east of site; hard and soft landscaping; boundary treatments; tree removal; tree planting; lighting; commercial and residential waste facilities; SuDS; and all associated works above and below ground. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of inter alia of a revised proposal comprising a reduction in the No. of units from 39 to 35 No. units (including houses backing onto the protected treelines) and a revised site layout and landscaping plan reflecting the retention of 18 No. trees the subject of a Tree Preservation Order (TP01/2021)

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22956

• 1 Jun 2022Conditional

  (A) the erection of 5 No. horse stables for the rearing and training of horses with a tackroom , rug room, dry feed store, toilet and a double garage for domestic use, (B) Hay storage shed with covered dungstead and effluent holding tank, (C) the erection of two storey type farm house with single storey element to side (west) elevation, (D) the installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area, (E) upgrading of the existing field entrance to form a recessed vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22666

• 1 Jun 2022Refused

  (A) the erection of a single storey type house, (B) garage/fuel store for domestic use (C) the installation of a septic tank with percolation area and (D) new recessed vehicular entrance and access drive way and all associated site works.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 22669

• 27 Sept 2021Refused

  for existing access roadway to land as constructed, permission to remove steralisation agreement attached to permission 72/391, permission for the construction of a detached single storey bungalow, secondary effluent treatment system recessed entrance and all associated site works at

  Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 211381

• 1 Sept 2021Refused

  (a) The change of use of an existing domestic garage from storage to dwelling (2 Bed); (b) Change of fenestration; (c) Extension to side of dwelling; (d) New shared entrance and decommissioning of existing entrance and all associated site works and services

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 211250

• 14 Apr 2021Refused

  the construction of a detached single storey bungalow, secondary effluent treatment system, recessed entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21496

The 25 most recent of 44 applications.

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 Carragh.

Recorded monuments

• KD018-009 Enclosure
  Description

  Shown on Longfield's 1813 map (NLI Ms. 21. F. 34 (8)) accompanying a 'Survey … of the Estate of J. Mansfield Esq.' as a circular enclosure named 'Moat'. On level pasture at the top of a moderately steep SE-facing pasture slope in a field that is known locally as 'The Moat Field'. In 1986 a pit was visible in a sand/gravel-pit face 'adjacent to the site' (SMR file), and a large pit is shown immediately to the N of the monument on the 1st. Ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map. That pit has since been infilled and the area is grassed-over. No visible surface trace of the monument, which may have been a ringfort, survives. (NLI Ms. 16. H. 34 (5)) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD018-010 Cross - Wayside cross
  Description

  According to the OSL (2002, 45 (137)), ' … there is a stone in which was set a cross, none of which now remains. I [P. O'Keeffe] met several who remembered to have seen this cross'. It was described by Fitzgerald (1899-1902, 195-6) as, ' … a rough granite base of a cross, known locally as "the Wart Stone"; it is almost invisible as it is sunk deep in the ground by the roadside … ', while Crawford (1907, 237) called it 'a socket stone'. The exact location of this monument is unknown.There was a second cross base (KD018-012----) c. 350m to the SSE and a church (KD018-011001-) and graveyard (KD018-011002-) lie c. 200m to the ESE. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD018-011001 Church
  Description

  Possibly the 'small friary' mentioned by Tickell (1960, 375) as being in existence in 1731, and a church is shown here on Taylor's 1783 Map of County Kildare. According to the OSL (Herity 2002, 45 (137)), there existed '… the ruins of an old church, the burial ground (KD018-011002-) belonging to which is still in use'. In the S sector of a graveyard (KD018-011002-). This levelled monument survives as a low, grass-covered, rectangular area (dims. L 15.5m E-W; Wth 10.7m; H 0.7m) defined along the N side by low wall facing (H 0.7m) of randomly coursed limestone blocks and spall-stones. A roadside cross (KD018-010----) once stood c. 200m to the NW and a second roadside cross (KD018-012----) existed in the vicinity also. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD018-011002 Graveyard
  Description

  According to the OSL (Herity 2002, 45 (137)), 'In Carragh T.L. are the ruins of an old church (KD018-011001-), the burial ground belonging to which is still in use'. The burial ground is, however, not indicated on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map. At the top of a gentle, E-facing pasture slope. A rectangular area (dims L 40m E-W, Wth c. 30m) is enclosed by a mortared stone wall on the S, W and N sides, and by a deep drain (D 2m; Wth 1.8m) along the E. There is an entrance gate on the W side. The ruins of a church (KD018-011001-) lie in the S sector and the burials are marked mainly by headstones, with a few flat graveslab, the earliest legible of which date to the 18th-century. A modern extension to the graveyard runs to the E and S. A roadside cross (KD018-010----) once stood c. 200m to the NW and a second roadside cross (KD018-012----) existed in the vicinity also. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD018-030 Enclosure
  Description

  Visible on an aerial photo (GSI N 388-7) as the cropmark of a circular enclosure. On a gentle E-facing pasture slope. No visible surface trace of the feature survives. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

Architectural heritage

• Catholic Church of Our Lady and Saint Joseph, church/chapel, 1955–1965 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached twelve-bay double-height Hiberno Romanesque-style Catholic Church, dated 1958; built 1958-60; opened 1960, with round-headed openings, single-bay single-storey bowed chapel projections to east and to west, eight-bay single-storey flat-roofed sacristy projection to north-east with gabled advanced entrance bays, single-bay double-height bowed apse to north gable end and single-bay four-stage entrance tower to south gable end on a square plan having gabled doorcase. Gable-ended roof with slate (half-conical to chapels and to apse; pyramidal to tower on rendered corbels). Concrete ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves band. Flat-roof to sacristy projection. Bitumen felt. Rendered walls. Unpainted. Rendered piers along east and west elevations. Square buttressed piers to corners with apertures to top and pyramidal concrete capping. Concrete coping to sacristy projection (and to gables to advanced entrance bays). Round-headed window openings. Concrete sills (sill course to upper stage to tower). Fixed-pane windows. Square-headed door opening to tower. Rendered doorcase comprising Hiberno Romanesque surround with gable over. Round-headed flanking door openings. Rendered hood mouldings over. Timber panelled double doors (overlights to flanking door openings). Full-height interior. Tiled floor. Timber pews. Glazed timber panelled internal porch to south with timber panelled choir gallery over to first floor. Scalloped barrel-vaulted 'coffered' ceiling. Round arch to chancel (with flanking arches to side chapels). Marble altar furniture. Continuous hood moulding over openings to apse. Set back from road in own grounds. Lawns and landscaped grounds to sides and to rear.

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 Carragh, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2685 (ZIP).

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 Carragh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Carragh · Ceárach

Area

1,855,494 m² (185.55 ha, 458.5 acres)

Civil parish

Carragh, and its townlands

Barony

Clane

Electoral division

Carragh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,854 people lived in 563 households in the Carragh electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 53% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castlekeely, Donore, Gingerstown, Raheens, Stickins, Yeomanstown

Placenames

Carragh 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.