Clonaghlis
Townland in the civil parish of Clonaghlis, barony of Salt South, Co. Kildare
- Area
- 188.5 ha
- 466 acres
- Land parcels
- 25
- registered freehold, median 8,093 m² (0.81 ha, 2 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonaghlis, from 650 m² to 553,656 m² (55.37 ha, 136.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Clonaghlis 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
6 Aug 2025Conditional
for construction of 2 storey, 3 bedroom dormer extension to the rear of existing single storey dwelling in an angled layout, to include 3 bedrooms, living / kitchen / dining, bathrooms and utility room, internal modifications to existing single storey dwelling, and new wastewater treatment system and surface water soakaway as previously permitted in Kildare Co Co Planning Reg Ref: 2460022, landscaping and associated and ancillary site development works to facilitate the proposed development. Revised by Significant Further Information which shows that the location of current connection to a shared septic tank is outside of our red boundary line. This connection is due to be disconnected once the new development is completed. It is also shows replacement of 2 windows in bedroom number 4 with 2 oriel windows and a Velux type roof light
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560899
5 Aug 2025N/a
for construction of 2 storey, 3 bedroom dormer extension to the rear of existing single storey dwelling in an angled layout, to include 3 bedrooms, living/kitchen/dining, bathrooms and utility room, internal modifications to existing single storey dwelling, and new wastewater treatment system and surface water soakaway as previously permitted in Kildare co Co Planning Reg Ref:2460022, landscaping and associated and ancillary site development works to facilitate the proposed development
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560885
28 Mar 2024Refused
a 30 metres monopole telecommunications antenna support structure with a headframe carrying antennas, dishes, remote radio units (RRUs), together with ground-based equipment cabinets, GPS, fencing, gantry poles, cable ladder, plinths and all associated site development works for wireless data and broadband services
Permission · Kildare County Council, 24105
17 Jan 2024Conditional
for a dual level extension to the existing cottage to include 4 bedrooms, living, kitchen and dining accommodation in an L-shaped configuration with septic tank and all associated landscaping and infrastructural works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460022
14 Dec 2023Conditional
for A) the retention of a residential entrance and internal road, serving adjacent serving an existing dwelling (Eirdcode W23 TV79) to serve existing and proposed dwellings. B) full planning permission for a new single storey detached dwelling with provision of a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, C) alterations to existing entrance and all associated site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2360484
8 Dec 2023N/a
for A) the retention of a residential entrance and internal road, serving adjacent serving an existing dwelling (Eirdcode W23 TV79) to serve existing and proposed dwellings. B) full planning permission for a new single storey detached dwelling with provision of a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, C) alterations to existing entrance and all associated site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2360465
28 Apr 2021Conditional
(a) Replacement of juvenile training pitch to all weather pitch with a 2.6m high ballstop netting to top a 2.4m high perimeter fencing with an overall height of 5m. (b) Erection of 2 No. 15.2m high Floodlighting Columns & 6no. 21.3m high Floodlighting columns to the existing main playing pitch with associated light fittings previously granted under planning file 20/487, (c) Installation of bunded diesel tank & generator; all located within a new 2.5m high fenced compound with associated site development and facilitating works previously granted under planning file 20/487
Permission · Kildare County Council, 21578
14 May 2020Conditional
(a) Erection of 6no. 21.3m high Floodlighting columns to the existing main playing pitch with associated light fittings, (b) Installation of bunded diesel tank & generator; all located within a new 2.5m high fenced compound with associated site development and facilitating works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 20487
9 Apr 2020N/a
(a) Erection of 6 No. 21.3m high floodlighting columns to the existing main playing pitch with associated light fittings; (b) Installation of bunded diesel tank and generator; all located within a new 2.5m high fenced compound with associated site development and facilitating works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 20364
22 Jun 2018Conditional
change of use of the ground floor of Block 2 from a Craft Shop to Fine Dining Restaurant to include various internal and external alterations. The development will also include planning permission for the construction of a single storey extension to Block 2 incorporating a bar area, connection to existing services and all associated site works. Lyons House, Lyons Demesne is a protected structure. Development works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 18750
20 Jun 2018N/a
extension of the existing hotel to include demolition of an existing storage shed of 660sqm and construction of: 4 no. 2-storey bedroom blocks, each with a floor area of 660sqm and height of 8.9m, and each containing 12 no. hotel bedrooms with balconies; a single storey over basement swimming pool building with a floor area of 1045sqm and height of 8.2m; a single storey boiler house with a floor area of 92sqm and height of 3.3m (total gross floor area of all proposed buildings is 3,777sqm); provision of 60 no. additional car parking spaces and 10 no. bicycle spaces and associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 18733
7 Jun 2018Conditional
the conversion of existing stable building to family flat, comprising of living room/study area, kitchen, bathroom and one bedroom, connected to rear of existing dwelling with flat-roof link and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18683
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal 002104
Recorded monuments
- KD015-003001 Church
Description
According to Hamilton (1918, 246), the church of 'Clonacles' (Clonaghlis) was granted to St Thomas' Abbey by Peter of Carmarthen, although the OSL (Herity 2002, 14 (41)) had previously recorded that, 'Clonoclis (Clonaghlis) is not at all known as a Parish name among the people, who do not even remember there was ever a Church called by such a name'. To N of centre of a graveyard (KD015-003002-). Only the ruins of a small rectangular structure (dims. L 9m E-W; Wth 3m N-S) defined by low, grassed-over walling (Wth 1m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.1m) survive. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
- KD015-003002 Graveyard
Description
According to the OSL (Herity 2002, 14, (41)) 'There is a small graveyard in the N.W. corner of the demesne … . The common name for it among the people is "reilicín" ie "little relic", or cemetery.' On a gentle E-facing slope in tillage which was formerly wooded demesne land, as indicated on the 1st ed. (1838) and latest ed. (1939) of the OS 6-inch map. A circular area (diam. c. 35m) is defined by a low scarp (H 0.5m) with iron railings, outside of which is a narrow headland (Wth 2m), the whole being enclosed by electric fencing. The interior is virtually inaccessible and completely overgrown with trees, nettle and briar, and fallen trees have damaged some headstones. The legible grave markers date from the 18th and 19th c. A church site (KD015-003001-) lies to N of centre. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Architectural heritage
- Henry Bridge, bridge, 1790–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch squared rubble stone hump back road bridge over canal, dated 1796, with dressed stone voussoirs, cut-stone stringcourse, rubble stone parapet walls, squinch and cut-granite date stone/plaque. Rubble stone walls. Cut-stone stringcourse. Rubble stone parapet walls. Cut-granite date stone/plaque. Cut-stone coping. Rubble stone splayed walls to wings. Single round arch. Dressed stone voussoirs. Squared rubble stone soffits with traces of render over. Sited spanning Grand Canal with grass banks to canal.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2902 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Clonaghlis with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Clonaghlis
- Area
- 1,884,921 m² (188.49 ha, 465.77 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonaghlis, and its townlands
- Barony
- Salt South
- Electoral division
- Donaghcumper, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Donaghcumper electoral division: 6,652 people in 2,218 households; 76% of households own their home; 60% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardclogh, Boston, Commons Upper, Kearneystown Upper, Lyons, Oughterard, Pluckstown, Tipperstown, Wheatfield Upper
- Placenames
- Clonaghlis 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.