# Fearavolla, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Nurney, barony of Carbury, Co. Kildare. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 301,546 m² (30.15 ha, 74.51 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,135 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Nurney, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/nurney.md - Barony: Carbury - Electoral division: Kilrainy, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 773 people lived in 241 households in the Kilrainy electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 6% 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/25572 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 80529 - Centre: latitude 53.387377, longitude -7.006831 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fearavolla, from 301 m² to 147,723 m² (14.77 ha, 36.5 acres); 11 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1019403: 147,723 m² (14.77 ha, 36.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1019403.md - Parcel 1034621: 28,430 m² (2.84 ha, 7.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1034621.md - Parcel 1027121: 28,387 m² (2.84 ha, 7.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1027121.md - Parcel 1075974: 25,359 m² (2.54 ha, 6.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1075974.md - Parcel 1042409: 17,012 m² (1.7 ha, 4.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1042409.md - Parcel 1018824: 16,005 m² (1.6 ha, 3.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1018824.md - Parcel 1068068: 6,358 m² (0.64 ha, 1.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1068068.md - Parcel 1068237: 4,691 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1068237.md - Parcel 1021335: 4,481 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1021335.md - Parcel 5673447: 4,135 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5673447.md - Parcel 1031311: 3,996 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1031311.md - Parcel 1068341: 3,331 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1068341.md - Parcel 5345141: 2,994 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5345141.md - Parcel 1057919: 2,922 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1057919.md - Parcel 1055380: 2,266 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1055380.md - Parcel 1015688: 1,975 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1015688.md - Parcel 1018387: 1,949 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1018387.md - Parcel 5283448: 350 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5283448.md - Parcel 2420772: 301 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2420772.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Fearavolla 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) 4 applications, newest first. - 14 Oct 2025, Meath County Council 2561103: Conditional. Permission. EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply for permission for works to uprate the existing Rinawade – Dunfirth Tee – Kinnegad 110kV overhead line (OHL). Within County Meath, the proposed development will take place within the following townlands: JARRETSTOWN, WALTERSTOWN, MOOR OF MEATH, RATHLEEK, GRANGE, BOGGANSTOWN, CAPPAGHCREEN, BROWNSTOWN, SALESTOWN, AFFOLLUS, KILGRAIGUE, HARRISTOWN, PORTERSTOWN, KILCLONE, KIMMINS, BARROCKSTOWN, BALLYMAGILLIN, MULHUSSEY, FERRESTOWN, RODANSTOWN, BATTERSTOWN, DOLANSTOWN, CALGATH, BALFEAGHAN, KILGLIN, FERRANS, CASTLEJORDAN, GORTNAHORNA, KILLASKILLEN, CLONGALL, KNOCKERSALLY OR COLEHILL. The Rinawade - Dunfirth Tee - Kinnegad 110 kV OHL circuit runs through County Meath, County Kildare and County Offaly. It is 54 km in length and travels from Kinnegad 110 kV substation in Killaskillen (County Meath) and traverses southeast where a short loop into Dunfirth 110 kV substation in Dunfirth (County Kildare) exists. The line then continues southeast where it terminates at Rinawade 110kV substation in Rinawade Lower (County Kildare). The OHL has a total of 249no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Meath County Council, there is 23.16 km of the existing OHL circuit, with 107 no. structures. Within the functional area of Kildare County Council there is 30.66 km, with 140 no. structures, and within the functional area of Offaly County Council there is 0.42 km, with 2 no. structures. Separate planning applications will be lodged with Kildare County Council and Offaly County Council. The proposed development within Co. Meath will comprise: • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between structure numbers 1 - 37, 185 - 214, and 218 - 223; • the replacement of angle mast in-situ at 1no. location, with a new angle mast; • the strengthening of tower foundations at 3no. locations; • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 5no. locations; • the painting of towers at 7no. locations; • shear block remedial works of towers at 1no. locations; • the replacement of polesets at 38no. locations, with similar structures. There will be no change in height at 12no. poleset replacements. There will be height increases between 0.1m and 2.0m at 26no. poleset replacements. • the replumbing of polesets at 11no. locations; • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561103/0 - 17 Jul 2025, Kildare County Council 2560812: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the refurbishment of the existing derelict building into a habitable, three-bedroom, detached bungalow, to include the demolition of the existing extension at the rear, a new pitched roof, proposed revisions to window & door openings on all four elevations, proposed internal modifications, the provision of a new wastewater treatment unit, a well for the provision of potable water, a proposed detached garage, entrance, landscaping, boundary treatments & all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560812/0 - 7 Aug 2018, Kildare County Council 18952: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (a) Erection of single storey type house; (b) Garage/fuel store for domestic use; (c) The installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/18952/0 - 4 Apr 2017, Kildare County Council 17359: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. (a) The erection of a dormer type house; (b) Garage/fuel store for domestic use; (c) The installation of a septic tank and percolation area and (d) Erection of recessed vehicular entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/17359/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Fearavolla. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Fearavolla. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Fearavolla. ## 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 Fearavolla, about 1 in 20 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: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Fearavolla. - 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/fearavolla.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/fearavolla.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/fearavolla.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Fearavolla 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) - Ballindoolin: https://everytownland.com/kildare/ballindoolin.md - Balrinnet: https://everytownland.com/kildare/balrinnet.md - Killinagh: https://everytownland.com/kildare/killinagh.md - Nurney: https://everytownland.com/kildare/nurney-80961.md - Williamstown: https://everytownland.com/kildare/williamstown.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. --- 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/fearavolla - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kildare/fearavolla