# Donaghmore, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Donaghmore, barony of Salt North, Co. Kildare; in Irish Domhnach Mór.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 349,906 m² (34.99 ha, 86.46 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 1 registered freehold parcel lies mostly in it, median 323,057 m² (32.31 ha, 79.83 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Donaghmore, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/donaghmore.md
- Barony: Salt North
- Electoral division: Maynooth, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 18,729 people lived in 6,110 households in the Maynooth electoral division. 65% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Kildare, https://everytownland.com/kildare.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/25412
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 80484
- Centre: latitude 53.37542, longitude -6.55135 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

1 registered freehold parcel lies mostly in Donaghmore, from 323,057 m² (32.31 ha, 79.83 acres) to 323,057 m² (32.31 ha, 79.83 acres); 4 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2942973: 323,057 m² (32.31 ha, 79.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2942973.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Donaghmore in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

1 application, newest first.

- 7 Mar 2022, Kildare County Council 22242: Refused. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system, and percolation area, also the upgrading of the existing farm yard to include the relocation of hay/dry bed cattle shed, construction of new stables, sand arena, farm machinery shed, soiled water tank and dungstead. Form new domestic entrance to existing land including all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22242/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Royal Canal, site code 002103

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- KD006-005001: Ecclesiastical enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD006-005001-. According to Gwynn and Hadcock (1970, 380), this is 'Domhnach-mor-maige-luadat' ("the great church of Nuadhat's plain (Maynooth)") where St Erc, a disciple of the 6th century St Senan, was bishop, and the 'Donagh' (Domhnach) element in the townland name does suggest a possible Patrician foundation. In open, gently undulating pasture immediately S of Carton Demesne, and separated from it by the Royal Canal, a railway line and road. A very poorly preserved large, roughly circular, outer enclosure (est. diam. c. 130m) is defined by a low, earthen bank (Wth 5m; H 0.25m) NE-E-S, with traces of an external fosse (Wth 7m; D 0.6m) between E and S. The enclosing elements stop at S where the site is approached and entered by an apparently contemporary, embanked roadway (Wth 6-7m; traceable ext. L 52m N-S) defined on each side by an earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; H 0.4m) which widens (Wth 8.5m) just inside the outer enclosure and runs towards to a central area (int L 28m N-S) occupied by a roughly oval-shaped graveyard (KD006-005004-) which is the original location of an ogham stone (KD006-005002-) and which contains a medieval church (KD006-005002-), and which may overlie the site of an original inner enclosure (est. diams c. 60m NW-SE; c. 45m NE-SW). There is no obvious visible surface trace of an outer enclosing element from S-W-NE, but traces may survive under the railway embankment between N and NE. The SE sector of the interior is sub-divided by a low earthen bank (Wth 4m; H 0.5m; L 36.5m NW-SE)) running between the two enclosures (CUCAP ATA028, 1967; AYR049/050, 1969; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 372). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
- KD006-005002: Ogham stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD006-005002-. Discovered in 1902 by Lord Walter Fitzgerald (1903-5, 26) in the NE sector of Donaghmore graveyard (KD006-005004-), where, according to O'Hanluain (1935-45, 170), it marked an O'Farrell family grave. Macalister (1945, 130-1, no. 26) recorded the stone's dimensions (0.76 x 0.36 x 0.23m, converted from Macalister) and read the inscription as: NETTAVRECC [KOI] MAQI MUCCOI TRENALUGGO. McManus (1997, 66, 79) suggested that there was enough room for a more likely NETTAVROICC or NETTAVROECC and that Macalister's KOI was doubtful. The stone is now in the National Museum of Ireland (DU018-173----). Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 14 September 2016
- KD006-005003: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD006-005003-. In the S sector of a graveyard (KD006-005004-) on an early monastic site (KD006-005001-). The poorly preserved, ivy-clad remains of a rectangular structure built of uncoursed limestone blocks (wall T 0.9m). An account by Lord Walter Fitzgerald (1903-5, 26-28) contains a ground plan showing a nave (dims. L c. 9.9m ESE-WNW; Wth c. 5.1m) and chancel (dims. L c. 4.9m ESE-WNW; Wth c. 3.7m) with breaks in the N and S walls of the nave, and the information that the ruins were repointed in 1892 by order of the Duke of Leinster. A segmented, pointed rubble arch (Wth 2.4m; H 2.7m) of thin flagstones in the E wall of the nave gave access to the chancel which has been levelled since, and the area is now occupied by a large grave plot. The W gable of the nave is surmounted by a small bellcote and has a narrow loft light with a square head and internal splay. The interior contains numerous headstones. Displaced limestone door jambs mentioned in an earlier Fitzgerald account (1896-99, 156) were not located. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
- KD006-005004: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD006-005004-. On the higher, N end, of a short, low spur at the centre of an early monastic enclosure (KD006-005001-). A roughly oval area (diams. c. 60m NW-SE; c. 45m NE-SW) is defined by a low, overgrown, but well-built, cross-capped, mortared stone wall, inside of which a grass path runs around the perimeter. The enclosing element may follow an older, Early Christian enclosure line. Ashlar-piered gates at SW give access and the legible grave markers date from the 18th and 19th century, and are concentrated to W, N and E of the medieval church (KD006-005003-) in the S sector. An ogham stone (KD006-005002-) was found in the NE sector (CUCAP ATA028, 1967; AYR049/050, 1969). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
- KD006-012: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD006-012----. In open, gently undulating pasture, c. 200m SE of an ecclesiastical site (KD006-005001-). Visible on an aerial photograph (GSI 614-3) as the cropmark of a possible rectangular enclosure. No visible surface trace of a monument was found (SMR file). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Donaghmore, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2898, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2898.zip (ZIP).
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/kildare/donaghmore.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/donaghmore.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/donaghmore.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Donaghmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare: https://everytownland.com/kildare.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Barrogstown East: https://everytownland.com/kildare/barrogstown-east.md
- Carton Demesne: https://everytownland.com/kildare/carton-demesne.md
- Kilmacredock Lower: https://everytownland.com/kildare/kilmacredock-lower.md
- Maynooth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/maynooth.md
- Railpark: https://everytownland.com/kildare/railpark.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/kildare/donaghmore
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kildare/donaghmore