Castleroe West

80 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castleroe West, from 8 m² to 507,101 m² (50.71 ha, 125.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Castleroe West 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.

• 25 Aug 2026N/a

  RED III for 10-year permission for the development of a solar farm on an overall site of c. 129.8 hectares consisting of the following: c. 496,308 sq m of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; 19 no. hardstanding locations for electrical skids; new internal access tracks with passing bays; underground power and communications cables and ducts, including along the L8084, L8087, L4009 and L4012 public roads; 1no. Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) location associated with the underground cable route; a total of 4 no. solar farm site entrances (1 no. from the L8084 public road, 1 no. from the L8091 public road, and 2 no. from the L4012 public road); access gates; 4 no. temporary site compounds of c. 4,050 sq m each to be used for storage during construction activity; 48no. Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Containers and 12no. associated MV Stations as well as associated CCTV, BESS Compound fencing, gate, boundary fencing and all associated ancillary drainage development, site works and services. The solar farm will be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660958

• 26 May 2026Conditional

  Replacement (“restringing”) and uprating of c.8.89km section of the conductor along the existing Athy - Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 11No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 16m to 24m, with height increases between 1m and 3m; - Replacement of 12No. existing intermediate Wooden Polesets crossarms; - Recapping works on shear blocks at 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Foundation strengthening of 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Bar member replacements to 8No. existing steel angle masts; - Separation of the existing double OHL circuit to provide for a new bypass OHL section measuring approximately 422m, connecting from the existing Athy 110 kV substation to the following proposed new structures on the existing Athy - Portlaoise 110 kV OHL: 2no. new single circuit angle masts (approximately 22.5m maximum height) and 1no. new wooden poleset (approximately 23.6m maximum height); and, - All associated works/development to existing structures, including hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of step bolts, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660550

• 23 Mar 2026Conditional

  retention for the single storey, pitched roof extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660303

• 15 Dec 2025N/a

  the single storey, pitched roof extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house

  Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2561423

• 12 Apr 2024N/a

  a single storey portacabin to the side of existing school building, connection to existing services and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460314

• 25 Jul 2022Conditional

  a single storey extension to the side of existing dormer dwelling and as built roof finish (Granted under 94/604 as blue/black slates, now finished with blue/black tiles) and all associated site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 22911

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 Castleroe West.

Recorded monuments

• KD037-048 Castle - tower house
  Description

  A square tower with slightly rounded corners (int. dims 3.7m x 5.5m; wall Th. 2.5m), with at least two floors over the ground floor. The building stands to height of c. 7.5m. It is constructed of roughly coursed undressed mortared red conglomerate with dressed limestone pointed arch door surrounds. The original entrance is in the N wall with a mural staircase in the N wall leading off to the E. The ground floor is barrel vaulted with splayed loops in the N and W walls, and simple loops in the E and N walls. A N wall loop leads out from a rectangular recess. There are garderobes in the first and second floors in the S wall, opposite the entrance. A rectangular tower has been added to the SW corner. The tower house is incorporated into a now ruined house (at the W), probably of late seventeenth or early eighteenth century (Fitzgerald 1899-1902, 229-31, 251-2).

• KD037-058 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.AG.15) shows cropmark of a small ring-ditch (one of a group of 5 closely spaced ring-ditches (KD037-058----, KD037-059----, KD037-060----, KD037-061---- and KD037-062----). Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011

• KD037-059 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.AG.15) shows cropmark of a small ring-ditch (one of a group of 5 closely spaced ring-ditches (KD037-058----, KD037-059----, KD037-060----, KD037-061---- and KD037-062----). Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011

• KD037-060 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.AG.15) shows cropmark of a small ring-ditch (one of a group of 5 closely spaced ring-ditches (KD037-058----, KD037-059----, KD037-060----, KD037-061---- and KD037-062----). Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011

• KD037-061 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.AG.15) shows cropmark of a small ring-ditch (one of a group of 5 closely spaced ring-ditches (KD037-058----, KD037-059----, KD037-060----, KD037-061---- and KD037-062----). Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011

• KD037-062 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.AG.15) shows cropmark of a small ring-ditch (one of a group of 5 closely spaced ring-ditches (KD037-058----, KD037-059----, KD037-060----, KD037-061---- and KD037-062----). Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011

• KD037-063 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.AG15) shows the cropmark of an irregular curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse. A dense positive cropmark defines a large central pit within the enclosure. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011

• KD037-079 Enclosure
  Description

  Discovered during an aerial photographic survey in August 1995 by Dr. Gillian Barrett. Aerial photograph (GB95.FT.10) shows the cropmark of an irregular curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse; one of two conjoined enclosures (KD039-049----). (Barrett 2002, 1-30) Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011

• KD039-003 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (CUCAP BGN051) shows a cropmark of fairly large kidney-shaped enclosure (est. max dims c. 60m N-S x c. 40m E-W) defined by fosse with smaller circular enclosure (est. max diam. c. 30m) within outer enclosure but not concentric. Dr. Gillian Barrett's aerial photographs (GB89.R.08 and GB.91.EL.22) show the cropmark of an oval enclosure defined by a fosse. A sub-circular enclosure defined by a narrow fosse is located off-centre in the northern segment of the main enclosure. Three possible pits are located within the inner enclosure. (Barrett 2002, 1-30 Fig.3). Date of upload: 6 September 2016

• KD039-049 Enclosure
  Description

  Discovered during an aerial photographic survey in August 1995 by Dr. Gillian Barrett. Aerial photograph (GB95.FT.10) shows cropmark of an irregular, kidney-shaped curvilinear enclosure defined by a fosse; one of two conjoined enclosures (KD037-079----). (Barrett 2002, 1-30: Fig. 3) Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 13 December 2011

• KD039-050 Enclosure
  Description

  Recorded in July 1995 in the course of an aerial photographic survey by Dr. Gillian Barrett. Aerial photograph (GB95.FT.06) shows the indistinct cropmark of a curved fosse, possibly the southern boundary of a circular enclosure. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 13 December 2011

Architectural heritage

• Castleroe Lodge, farm house, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1900, retaining early aspect with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to centre, single-bay single-storey flanking canted bay windows, single-bay single-storey recessed end bays and single-bay two-storey return to rear to east having single-bay two-storey lean-to lower projecting bay to south-east. Extended, c.1990, comprising three-bay single-storey double-pile return to rear to east. Hipped roofs behind parapet walls with slate (lean-to to projecting bay to south-east; gable-ended double-pile roofs to additional return). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roof to porch behind blocking course (materials not visible). Rendered walls (roughcast to rear to east). Unpainted. Channelled piers to corners. Rendered paired pilasters to porch. Moulded cornices (on consoles to main block). Rendered parapet walls with panels. Square-headed openings (including to canted bay windows to ground floor to main block; shallow segmental-headed to first floor; tripartite arrangement to end bays; round-headed to return). Stone sills. Rendered architraves to first floor. 1/1 timber sash windows (3/6 and 6/6 timber sash windows to side and to rear elevations; uPVC casement windows to additional return). Timber panelled door. Overlight. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own landscaped grounds. Tarmacadam drive to front.Remains of detached three-bay three-storey rubble stone medieval tower house, c.1500, to east with single-bay full-height gabled advanced bay to south. Now in ruins and in use as eye-catcher. Roof now missing (probably originally gable-ended (gabled) to gabled advanced bays). Rubble stone walls. Square-headed openings. Cut-stone surrounds. No fittings.Gateway, c.1900, to east comprising rendered piers with moulded cornices having curved walls.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Castleroe West.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.

• Castleroe West, Maganey6 sales

Name

Castleroe West · Caisleán an Róigh Thiar

Area

2,071,871 m² (207.19 ha, 511.97 acres)

Civil parish

Dunmanoge, and its townlands

Barony

Kilkea and Moone

Electoral division

Dunmanoge, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dunmanoge electoral division: 461 people in 161 households; 85% of households own their home; 20% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Beaconstown, Blackcastle, Castleroe East, Kilkea Upper, Knockroe, Levitstown, Maganey Upper

Placenames

Castleroe West 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.