Forenaghts Little
Townland in the civil parish of Forenaghts, barony of Salt South, Co. Kildare
- Area
- 85.2 ha
- 211 acres
- Land parcels
- 3
- registered freehold, median 5,074 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Forenaghts Little, from 3,087 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres) to 9,899 m² (0.99 ha, 2.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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 Forenaghts Little 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
23 Apr 2026Conditional
Retention for the existing single storey extension to the north of the existing two storey main dwelling (reg. ref. 83/663), the existing family room including windows, extended playroom, bathroom, utility and porch previously granted as a garage, boiler room and conservatory (reg. ref. 91/1373) also to the northern side of the existing two storey dwelling, the two storey extension to front and rear with bay window to the front elevation comprising kitchen and breakfast room at ground floor level and master bedroom and en-suite at first floor level, along with the single storey conservatory extension to the south existing main dwelling and all other associated ancillary site development works at Bridlewood, Forenaughts, Naas , Co. Kildare.
Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660440
22 Apr 2026N/a
the existing single storey extension to the north of the existing two storey main dwelling (reg. ref. 83/663), the existing family room including windows, extended playroom, bathroom, utility and porch previously granted as a garage, boiler room and conservatory (reg. ref. 91/1373) also to the northern side of the existing two storey dwelling, the two storey extension to front and rear with bay window to the front elevation comprising kitchen and breakfast room at ground floor level and master bedroom and en-suite at first floor level, along with the single storey conservatory extension to the south existing main dwelling and all other associated ancillary site development works
Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660436
15 Jul 2025Conditional
for the construction of a single storey extension (77 Sq m) to the western side of the existing, 2/3 storey dwelling. The development will also include landscaping, and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560795
7 Jul 2025N/a
for the construction of a single storey extension (77 Sq m) to the western side of the existing, 2/3 storey dwelling. The development will also include landscaping, and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560757
4 Jul 2025N/a
for the construction of a single storey extension (77 Sq m) to the western side of the existing, 2/3 storey dwelling. The development will also include landscaping, and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560746
18 Dec 2024Conditional
for the existing two storey building comprising gymnasium and associated facilities on the ground floor, home office and family room at first floor level all ancillary to main dwelling along with all other ancillary site development works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2461365
6 Dec 2024N/a
for the existing two storey building comprising gymnasium and associated facilities on the ground floor, home office and family room at first floor level all ancillary to main dwelling along with all other ancillary site development works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2461313
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Forenaghts Little.
Recorded monuments
- KD019-042 Church
Description
According to Synnott (1899-1902, 455-6), 'It appears … John de Lesse granted to [the Abbey of St Thomas, Dublin] the Church of 'Fornathbeg or Little Forenaghts. … No trace of the building, or even the site of the Little Forenaghts Church, can now be found …'. Synnott footnoted, 'Since writing the above, … I have discovered what greatly resembles the south and west walls of the old church on the west of the stable-yard (of Forenaghts House); the west wall abutting on the pond. About twelve feet from the top of the west gable wall are two narrow square-headed windows.' Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Forenaghts Little.
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 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_2842 (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 Forenaghts Little with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Forenaghts Little
- Area
- 852,408 m² (85.24 ha, 210.63 acres)
- Civil parish
- Forenaghts, and its townlands
- Barony
- Salt South
- Electoral division
- Rathmore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Rathmore electoral division: 1,175 people in 367 households; 92% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Baysland, Forenaghts Great, Haynestown, Newtown, Tipper East, Westown
- Placenames
- Forenaghts Little 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.