Duneany

115 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Duneany, from 21 m² to 527,711 m² (52.77 ha, 130.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 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 Duneany 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.

• 30 Jun 2025Conditional

  for the Construction of an American style barn to house horses, a roofed manure pit, a roofed Horse walker, a roofed lunging ring, Sand and ancillary works (i.e. minor landscaping, effluent tank, gates, fencing, concrete yards, hardcore yard areas and farmyard access road - all for agricultural purposes only) in a new farmyard utilising an improved existing farm entrance to the public road

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560726

• 27 Jun 2025N/a

  for the Construction of an American style barn to house horses, a roofed manure pit, a roofed Horse walker, a roofed lunging ring, Sand and ancillary works (i.e. minor landscaping, effluent tank, gates, fencing, concrete yards, hardcore yard areas and farmyard access road - all for agricultural purposes only) in a new farmyard utilising an improved existing farm entrance to the public road

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560717

• 25 Jun 2025N/a

  for the Construction of an American style barn to house horses, a roofed manure pit, a roofed Horse walker, a roofed lunging ring, Sand and ancillary works (i.e. minor landscaping, effluent tank, gates, fencing, concrete yards, hardcore yard areas and farmyard access road - all for agricultural purposes only) in a new farmyard utilising an improved existing farm entrance to the public road

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560704

• 16 Sept 2024Conditional

  for 1. Extension to rear of existing out-building 2. Repositioning of single recessed entrance and 3. All ancillary site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2460918

• 17 Jun 2024N/a

  for the construction of an American style barn to house horses, a roofed manure pit, a roofed Horse walker, a roofed lunging ring, a Forage store, Sand Arena and ancillary works (i.e. minor landscaping, effluent tank, SUDS stormwater drainage area, gates, fencing, concrete yards, hardcore yard areas and farmyard access road - all for agricultural purposes only) in a new farmyard utilising an improved entrance to the public road

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460544

• 2 Apr 2024N/a

  the Construction of an American style barn to house horses, a roofed manure pit, a roofed Horse walker, a roofed lunging ring, a Forage store, Sand Arena and ancillary works (i.e. minor landscaping, effluent tank, SUDS stormwater drainage area, gates, fencing, concrete yards, hardcore yard areas and farmyard access road - all for agricultural purposes only) in a new farmyard utilising the existing farm entrance.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460277

• 6 Sept 2023Conditional

  1. Construction new single storey extensions to side and rear of existing dwelling 2. Alterations to existing ground floor layout and elevations 3. All associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360183

• 2 Jun 2023Conditional

  to sub-divide property and Retention planning permission for the inner gate which facilitates the sub division of the property and Retention permission for the extended haybarn and for the single storey service building consisting of a reception & hospitality area and WC and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23605

• 25 May 2023N/a

  to sub-divide property and Retention Planning Permission for the inner gate which facilitates the sub division of the property and Retention Planning Permission for the extended hay barn and for the single storey extension to the two storey extension to the two storey service building consisting of a reception & hospitality area and WC and all associated and necessary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23564

• 6 Oct 2022Refused

  The construction of a bungalow, recessed entrance, wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 221201

• 27 May 2022Conditional

  alterations to existing detached garage to include new single storey mono-pitch roof garage extension joined by covered canopy, water butt, SuDS drainage, landscaping works and all associated ancillary works. "Retention Permission" sought to retain a replacement upgraded wastewater treatment plant, percolation area and all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 22637

• 16 Mar 2022Conditional

  removing condition 3 of planning file 00/139 and condition 3 of planning file 17/128 relating to sterilisation and constructing a bungalow, domestic garage, treatment system and percolation area, entrance and all associated ancillary site-works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22299

• 28 Jun 2021Conditional

  1. Demolition of existing detached domestic garage. 2. Construction of proposed single storey extension and attached single storey garage to side of existing dwelling. 3. Minor alterations to existing floor layouts and elevations and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 21946

• 24 May 2021Refused

  a bungalow type dwelling and domestic garage with effluent treatment system & percolation area with new vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 21714

• 28 Sept 2020Conditional

  domestic garage and fuel store and associated site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 201114

• 18 Sept 2020N/a

  retention of domestic garage and fuel store,

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 201073

• 3 Apr 2020Conditional

  for attic conversion to 1 Bedroom and Livingroom, new stairs, domestic garage and ancillary works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 20350

• 21 Dec 2018Conditional

  Retention; 1. An existing single storey café with a total floor space of 218.6m2. 2. An adjoining single storey children's depot with a total floor space of 56.7m2; which accommodates for an electrically-powered novelty train. 3. A surface level car park which contains 60 no. parking bays, and 1 bus bay and 4. The removal of portions of an existing agricultural access road which are not required as part of a proposed new entrance arrangement, as outlined below, with the affected space being returned to grassland. Permission is also sought for future development comprising 1. the construction of a proposed new vehicular access onto Local Road L-3010 and 2. A new / altered access roadway which will lead from this public route to Kildare Farm Foods. The new entrance arrangements will replace the longstanding use of County Road L-70601 my motorists accessing this overall property. Revised by significant further information consisting of: (A) Land Uses: A site layout plan which is colour coded to show different uses of various buildings on this overall landholding; (B) Traffic: Details of traffic movements to and from the overall landholding, of which the application site forms part; (C) Parking provision: Outline of the parking arrangement which serves this development; (D) Staff Numbers: Details of staff numbers; (E) Clarification items: Discussion of staff members’ duties, of suppliers, of purchasers and of general arrangements; (F) Details of existing effluent treatment arrangements including percolation areas and septic tanks on site. (G) A discussion on the impact of this development on residential amenity

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 181585

• 31 May 2018Conditional

  of domestic garage

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 18646

• 17 May 2018Conditional

  sought for one and a half storey rear extension to an existing one and a half storey dwelling, alterations to all elevations and all associated site works. A detached agricultural shed of circa 50sqm, a stable block of circa 317sqm attached to stable block as constructed under planning Ref. 06/1161 comprising of 10 number stables, covered lunge ring, covered horse walker, dung stead and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18576

• 2 May 2018N/a

  Retention for 1&1/2 storey rear extension to an existing 1&1/2 dwelling, alterations to all elevations and all associated site works. A detached agricultural shed of circa 50sq.m, a stable block of circa 317sq.m attached to stable block as constructed under planning ref 16 1161 comprising of 10 number stables, covered lunge ring, covered horse walker, dungstead and all associated site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 18511

• 6 Sept 2017Conditional

  the following: (a) Retention of part of previously unauthorised shed for use as dividing wall 1.8m high facing the north. (b) Retention of room forming part of said previously unauthorised shed containing services metering/connections for development. (c) Retention permission for size and scale of existing unauthorised single storey building and subsequent permission for conversion of said building for use as garage/fuel store. Building previously granted permission as domestic garage under planning reference 09/458. (e) Additional landscaping on site and all associated development works. Development as listed above and associated uses will be for the enjoyment of the adjoining residential building occupied by the applicant and his family,

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 171005

• 9 Mar 2017N/a

  an agricultural driveway which leads from a long standing farm entrance, which is located on local road L-3004, across the applicant's landholding to a point close by the operational farmyard on this 140 acre ancestral farm, the submission includes appropriate assessment screening

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 17259

• 8 Feb 2017Conditional

  1) the construction of a dormer dwelling, detached garage, foul water to the site effluent treatment system and percolation area, surface water to soakaways, recessed vehicular entrance and all associated site works, 2) amendment to condition number 3 of planning Ref. 00/139

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 17128

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 Duneany.

Recorded monuments

• KD027-012 Church
  Description

  In a graveyard (KD027-012001-). A long rectangular structure (c. 15m E-W; c. 4.5m N-S) of which portions of the N, E and S walls survive. Built of coursed and mortared limestone, the walls are heavily overgrown with ivy. The E gable contains a plain narrow light. A medieval font (KD027-012002-) lies in the interior, which also contains several headstones. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 31 August 2012

• KD027-012001 Graveyard
  Description

  On a slight rise in an area of gently undulating mixed pasture and tillage. A D-shaped area (diam. c. 40m ENE-WSW) with a fairly straight E-side (L c. 50m) contains a ruined church (KD027-012----) and a font (KD027-012002-). Legible grave markers date from the 18th to the 20th-century. (http://www.kildare.co/Graveyard-Details.asp?ID=K119) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 31 August 2012

• KD027-012002 Font
  Description

  In a ruined church (KD027-012----) in a graveyard (KD027-012001-). A rectangular granite font (basin L 0.7m; Wth 0.6m; D 0.19m) has a thick base and a central perforation. May date to the 13th or 14th-century. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 31 August 2012

• KD027-013 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  In open gently undulating tillage. Marked 'Site of Castle' on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map, suggesting there were no upstanding remains present at that time. A slightly raised area under the wheat crop in this field suggests that sub-surface features may survive. A medieval church (KD027-012----) and font (KD027-012002-) stand in a graveyard (KD027-012001-) c. 140m to the NNE. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 31 August 2012

• KD027-048 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Visible on both Apple Maps (pers. comm. C. Chambers, 25-06-2015) and on Bing satellite imagery (pers. comm. D. Brennan, 18-12-2015) as the cropmarks of three roughly concentric fosses enclosing a large sub-circular area (estimated external diameter c. 120m; estimated internal diameter c. 33m) enclosing a hilltop, in tillage. The area is shown as wooded on the 1st ed. (1839) of the OS 6-inch map and is named ‘Duneany Wood (Fox Covert)’ on the latest ed. (1939) of that map. This may be the Dún which gave the townland, Duneany [Eanna’s Fort], its name. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 18-12-2015

• KD027-050 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in tillage field with enclosure (KD027-051----) 90m to ESE. Cropmark of D-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 50m NNE-SSW x 42m WNW-ESE) with straight side at SE visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Faith Bailey. Date of upload: 20 November 2018

• KD027-051 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in tillage field with enclosure (KD027-050----) 90m to WNW. Cropmark of an enclosure (approx. dims. 52m E-W x 43m N-S) with annexe to N is visible on Google earth aerial imagery. A field boundary running E-W intersects the enclosure at S. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Faith Bailey. Date of upload: 20 November 2018

• KD027-057 Enclosure - large enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of large circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 80m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 02 April 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Duneany.

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.

No address of the register names Duneany with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Duneany · Dún Éanna

Area

4,518,336 m² (451.83 ha, 1,116.51 acres)

Civil parish

Duneany, and its townlands

Barony

Offaly West

Electoral division

Kildangan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kildangan electoral division: 736 people in 239 households; 81% of households own their home; 58% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygreany, Ballyvarney, Harristown Upper, Kildangan, Kingsbog or Common, Rathmuck, Walterstown

Placenames

Duneany 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.