Garrisker

100 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garrisker, from 148 m² to 474,490 m² (47.45 ha, 117.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 58 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 Garrisker 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.

• 25 Nov 2025N/a

  for (i) The conversion and change of use of two-storey squash courts / fitness centre into a Bed & Breakfast facility comprising 10 no. ensuite bedrooms and a breakfast room, (ii) Alterations to the window and door openings on the elevations of the building, (iii) connection to the existing septic tank and percolation area which currently serves the adjoining public house. (iv) car parking area to the rear of the building and associated siteworks (v) flat roof metal clad canopy over the front door to the front (west) and side (south) elevations. (B) Planning Permission is sought for the following: (i) the removal of an external fire escape, (ii) the construction of a new internal compartmented stairwell, (iii) the provision of a new accessible ensuite bedroom / guest lounge at ground floor level, iv) The provision of a new fire escape window to bedroom 1 / guest lounge. (v) site development works to provide Part M compliant approach to the building and level access

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2561324

• 20 Mar 2025Refused

  for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a solar PV energy development with a total site area of 45.9 hectares, comprising of the construction of PV panels mounted on metal frames, transformer stations, GRP unit, internal access tracks, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, electrical cabling and ducting, temporary construction compound, landscaping and all ancillary infrastructure and associated works. The solar farm would be operational for 35 years. The export capacity to grid is estimated to be c. 35MW MEC. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of this application

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560291

• 7 Nov 2024Refused

  for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a solar PV Energy Development with a total site area of 173.3 hectares comprising of transformer stations and GRP enclosures, solar PV ground mounted on support structures, temporary construction compounds, access tracks (existing, new and upgraded), perimeter fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV and other ancillary grid infrastructure and associated works. The solar farm would be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted with the application. The export capacity to the grid is estimated be c. 118MEC AC. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: An amended haul route which incorporates 8 passing bays (7 on the L5006 and one on the unnamed road west of the Application Site)

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461180

• 1 Nov 2024N/a

  for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a solar PV Energy Development with a total site area of 173.3 hectares comprising of transformer stations and GRP enclosures, solar PV ground mounted on support structures, temporary construction compounds, access tracks (existing, new and upgraded), perimeter fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV and other ancillary grid infrastructure and associated works. The solar farm would be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted with the application. The export capacity to the grid is estimated be c. 118MEC AC.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2461147

• 27 Feb 2023Conditional

  of the retention of 2 No. domestic sheds at the rear of our dwelling for ancillary use to our main dwelling

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 23170

• 13 Nov 2020Refused

  construction of a rural housing cluster consisting of 5 No. detached two storey houses with 5 No. single storey domestic garage, each with individual secondary effluent treatment systems, recessed entrance, access road to serve the proposed development and all associated site works

  Permission, 5 homes · Kildare County Council, 201364

• 20 Aug 2020Conditional

  (a) Erection of a single storey type house to front with split level two storey to rear, with integral garage for domestic use; (b) The installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment plant with percolation area and (c) Upgrading of existing agricultural entrance to a combined recessed entrance and access driveway and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20934

• 14 Aug 2020Conditional

  (A) The erection of a two-storey type house, (B) garage/ fuel store for domestic use, (C) the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment plant with soil polishing filter percolation area, (D) erection of cattle shed with slatted unit and (E) new vehicular entrance and access drive way to serve the house and the agricultural building and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20907

• 30 Jul 2020N/a

  (A) the erection of a two-storey type house, (B) garage/fuel store for domestic use, (C) the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment plant with a soil polishing filter percolation area and (d) new vehicular entrance and access drive way and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20839

• 27 May 2020Conditional

  for 100kWp of solar panels on an existing building and Retention Permission for alterations to said building, granted permission under file number 12/513, and all associated works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 20528

• 13 May 2020N/a

  for 100kWp of solar panels on an existing building and Retention Permission for alterations to said building, granted permission under file number 12/513, and all associated works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 20485

• 8 May 2018Conditional

  Erect new extension to existing dwelling house and ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 18535

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballina Bog 000390

Recorded monuments

• KD003-046 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 50m) visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph. See attached image of Google Earth photograph taken 28/06/2018 which shows cropmark of the enclosure based on information supplied by Anthony Murphy Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Anthony Murphy Date of upload: 20 February 2019

Architectural heritage

• Broadford School, school, 1825–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey rubble stone former school, dated 1830, with round-headed door opening to centre and door opening to first floor to south approached by flight of steps. Now in residential use. Hipped roof with slate. Concrete ridge tiles. No chimney stacks. No rainwater goods on eaves course. Coursed squared rubble stone walls. Cut-stone date stone. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Red brick surrounds. Timber casement windows (some possibly replacement). Round-headed door opening. Cut-stone Gibbsian surround. Timber panelled door. Spoked fanlight. Set back from road in own grounds.Gateway, c.1830, to west comprising rendered piers with iron gates having rubble stone flanking boundary wall.

• Saint Mary's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay double-height Gothic Revival Catholic church, built 1862-5, retaining early aspect comprising five-bay double-height nave with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to north and single-bay double-height lower chancel to east having single-bay single-storey gabled sacristy projection to south-east. Gable-ended roofs with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Cut-stone coping to gables with finials to apexes. Ogee-profile cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-stone eaves course. Coursed cut-stone walls. Cut-stone dressings including stepped intermediary buttresses to north and to south. Paired lancet-arch window openings to nave. Cut-stone chamfered sills and surrounds. Fixed-pane windows (some with stained glass panels). Traceried (five-light) window to chancel in pointed-arch frame having cut-stone chamfered surround. Pointed-arch windows with profiled openings to arch. Fixed-pane stained glass windows. Traceried (five-light) window to entrance bay to west in pointed-arch frame having cut-stone surround. Lancet-arch openings. Fixed-pane windows. Square-headed door opening in cut-stone tripartite doorcase comprising series of three pointed-arches on cut-stone colonettes having moulded necking with recessed arches over. Cut-stone shouldered surround to door opening. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Full-height interior open into roof. Carved timber pews. Carved Gothic-style timber confessionals. Timber panelled gallery to first floor to west on posts. Open timber roof construction. Lancet-arch chancel arch. Set back from road in own grounds. Lawns and tarmacadam forecourt to front.

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 10 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 Garrisker.

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.

• Garrisker, Broadford6 sales

Name

Garrisker

Area

3,460,582 m² (346.06 ha, 855.13 acres)

Civil parish

Ballynadrumny, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Ballynadrumny, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballynadrumny electoral division: 580 people in 213 households; 82% of households own their home; 25% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballina, Ballinderry, Ballinlig, Ballyonan, Clonuff, Cornamucklagh, Kilglass, Royaloak, Tanderagee

Placenames

Garrisker 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.