Gaganstown

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gaganstown, from 22 m² to 173,375 m² (17.34 ha, 42.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Gaganstown 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.

• 26 May 2023Conditional

  10 Year Planning Permission for a solar farm with a total area of circa 246 hectares in the townlands of Brannockstown, Brownstown, Carnalway, Coghlanstown West, Corbally, Delamain, Dunnstown, Gaganstown, Greenhills, Harristown, Hillsborough, Moorhill and Rochestown in County Kildare. The solar farm will consist of solar photovoltaic panels with a surface area of 1,130,000m2 on ground mounted frames, 40 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, 4 no. single storey spare parts containers, 19 no. Ring Main Units, 9 no. weather stations underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site, private lands and within the L6063, L2032, L6071, R448, L6072, R412, L6074, L6047 and R413 public roads to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, CCTV, access tracks, 5 no. stream and drain deck crossings, temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development and drainage works. Construction and operational access will be via entrances from the R412, R413, L6044, L6047 and L6063. The solar farm will have a maximum export capacity of circa 210 megawatts. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration. Part of the proposed development is situated within the demesne land of Harristown House which contains Protected Structures, but no works are proposed to these Protected Structures but no works are proposed to these Protected Structures. Revised by significant Further Information consisting of revised site layout plans to reduce panelled areas in Parcels 1 and 2, relocation of meteorological mast in Parcel 1 and all associated landscaping and ancillary works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23567

• 15 Jun 2022Conditional

  for an extension to the existing structural steel shed which has a floor area of 182.5 sq.m., the proposed extension is to have a floor area of 43.5 sq.m. and will comprise of a secure tool store, office and staff support facilities. Also under this application we apply for planning permission for the installation of an on-site treatment unit, 3 individual polytunnels and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 22737

• 12 Sept 2018Conditional

  the refurbishment of an existing dwelling including the demolition of an existing porch and conservatory, the provision of rooflights and dormer windows to the front and rear roof slopes, new entrance canopy, minor changes to elevations, domestic proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter, and all associated site and landscaping works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 181118

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 Gaganstown.

Recorded monuments

• KD029-013 Church
  Description

  In a totally overgrown graveyard (KD029-013001-) which also contains a medieval graveslab (KD029-013002-). According to Fitzgerald (1912-14a, 336), ‘Jago, or Yago, was at one time the name of a distinct parish in the Barony of South Naas, but it is now incorporated in that of Ballymore Eustace. It comprised the Townlands of Gaganstown, Moorhill, Boleybeg and Ardinode. The parish church stood in the burial ground [KD029-013001-] in Anfield Demesne.' According to Ronan (1941a, 37 note 112), the church is mentioned first as ‘Domnachmor an Athechda’, in 1179. Described in 1837 by O’Keeffe in the OSL (Herity 2002, 62 (180)) as, ‘… a very small portion of an old church.’, with the local tradition of a castle (KD029-036----) having stood in this area, ‘in a place called “Cúl a Teampuill” situated near the site of the old church of Gaganstown …’. The use of the terms 'Domhnach' and 'Teampull' suggest a pre-Norman foundation, while Yagostown, the old name for Gaganstown, derives from ‘Jago/Yago’, St James. A local tradition persists today that pilgrims returning successfully from Santiago de Compostella in Spain contributed to the building and upkeep of the church. In 1615, the church and chancel were described as being ‘in good repair', but were in ruins by 1630 (IHS 1941a 37, 1941b, 78). The surviving ruins were recorded on the OS 25-inch map as an E gable wall (L. c 8m, orientated NNE-SSW) and the E end of the adjoining N sidewall (L c. 4m, orientated ENE-WSW). A rectangular hollow (L 8m NNW-SSE; Wth 3m NNE-SSW; D 1m) faced with thin mortared flags along the E-side is all that survives of the church above ground. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 05 September 2013

• KD029-013001 Graveyard
  Description

  On a low wooded spur overlooking lower pasture to E, S and W, c. 180m S of the River Liffey. A completely overgrown sub-rectangular area (c. 45m E-W; c. 40m N-S) is enclosed by a low, ivy covered earthen bank (int. H 1.2m; Wth 3.3m; ext H 1m.). The interior rises up from the perimeter towards the centre (H 1m over N; 1.8m over S), just N of which lie the foundation lines of a levelled church (KD029-013----). There is a medieval graveslab in the E sector, and the remaining legible burials date from the18th to the 20th-centuries. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 04 September 2013

• KD029-013002 Graveslab
  Description

  In the E sector of a graveyard (KD029-013001-), which also contains a ruined church (KD029-013----). A gently tapering, granite slab (H 0.95m; Wth 0.3-0.4m; T 0.18m) is apparently erected upside-down and leans heavily towards the E. It carry's a Latin cross carved in relief on its E face. (Corlett 2003, 98, 100) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 04 September 2013

• KD029-046 Hearth
  Description

  A hearth was uncovered during archaeological monitoring of the construction of the Cork-Dublin natural gas pipeline (Cleary, Hurley & Twohig 1987, 5). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 17 September 2013

• KD029-047 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Miscellaneous features post-dated by ridge and furrow cultivation were uncovered during archaeological monitoring of the construction of the Cork-Dublin natural gas pipeline (Cleary, Hurley & Twohig 1987, 5). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 17 September 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Gaganstown, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gaganstown.

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.

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

Name

Gaganstown

Area

2,071,395 m² (207.14 ha, 511.85 acres)

Civil parish

Jago, and its townlands

Barony

Naas South

Electoral division

Gilltown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,028 people lived in 352 households in the Gilltown electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardinode West, Boleybeg, Coghlanstown West, Moorhill, Mullaghboy, Rochestown

Placenames

Gaganstown 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.