Clongownagh
Clongownagh is a townland in the civil parish of Feighcullen, barony of Connell, Co. Kildare.
- Area
- 63.2 ha
- 156 acres
- Land parcels
- 44
- registered freehold, median 4,159 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clongownagh, from 75 m² to 142,214 m² (14.22 ha, 35.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Clongownagh 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
5 Aug 2026N/a
(A) 60m x 45m all-weather synthetic grass astro training pitch with perimeter fencing, footpath and LED sports flood lights including lighting columns and light cowls, (B) new internal road layout with additional car parking spaces to facilitate the new all-weather training pitch and (C) the installation of 65 no. PV solar panels on the roof of the existing clubhouse
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660893
2 Jul 2024Conditional
for the construction of 2 no. detached, 4 bedroom, dormer dwellings, 2 no. on site effluent treatment systems and percolation areas, surface water to soak aways, shared recessed vehicular entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 2460601
19 Apr 2024Refused
for construction of a private equestrian facility consisting of a sand arena and dressage arena by importing 16500cubic metres(approx.) of inert material recovered from excavation or dredge spoil comprising natural material of clay, silt, sand, gravel or stone resulting in land treatment to benefit agriculture and ecological improvement of existing lands and all associated site works. (The works will require a waste permit pending planning). Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of a Natura Impact Statement.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460336
4 Apr 2024N/a
construction of a private equestrian facility consisting of a sand arena and dressage arena by importing 16000 cubic metres of inert material recovered from excavation of dredge spoil comprising natural material of clay, silt, sand, gravel or stone resulting in land treatment to a benefit agriculture and ecological improvement of existing lands and all associated site works. (The works will require a waste permit pending planning)
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460282
21 Jan 2021Conditional
(a) demolition of existing domestic shed and construction of a new single storey family flat type extension to side / rear of existing dwelling, (b) additional new single storey main kitchen / dining / utility extension to rear of existing dwelling house, (c) internal modifications, connection to existing services on site, landscaping and all associated development works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2160
31 Jul 2017Conditional
Construction of a new dormer/storey and a half house in side garden of parents house including demolition of existing office and sheds and incorporating new Oakstown effluent treatment system, new rainwater harvesting unit, new dual entrance and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17868
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Mouds Bog SAC 002331
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Mouds Bog 000395
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Clongownagh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Clongownagh.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Clongownagh, 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_2568 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Clongownagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Clongownagh
- Area
- 632,286 m² (63.23 ha, 156.24 acres)
- Civil parish
- Feighcullen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Connell
- Electoral division
- Morristownbiller, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 16,107 people lived in 5,312 households in the Morristownbiller electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Baronstown East, Baronstown West, Hawkfield, Milltown
- Placenames
- Clongownagh 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.