# Geraldine, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilberry, barony of Narragh and Reban West, Co. Kildare. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,406,010 m² (140.6 ha, 347.43 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,948 m² (0.39 ha, 0.98 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): R2 Existing Residential / Infill, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilberry, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/kilberry.md - Barony: Narragh and Reban West - Electoral division: Athy Rural, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 4,548 people lived in 1,506 households in the Athy Rural electoral division. 65% of households owned their home. 66% 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/24875 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 80557 - Centre: latitude 53.007988, longitude -6.956303 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Geraldine, from 809 m² to 1,176,228 m² (117.62 ha, 290.65 acres); 47 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1075967: 1,176,228 m² (117.62 ha, 290.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1075967.md - Parcel 1078036: 104,303 m² (10.43 ha, 25.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1078036.md - Parcel 1031602: 58,533 m² (5.85 ha, 14.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1031602.md - Parcel 1020217: 14,019 m² (1.4 ha, 3.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1020217.md - Parcel 1015423: 6,439 m² (0.64 ha, 1.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1015423.md - Parcel 1060090: 6,400 m² (0.64 ha, 1.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1060090.md - Parcel 1067234: 5,528 m² (0.55 ha, 1.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1067234.md - Parcel 1072418: 4,451 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1072418.md - Parcel 1054283: 4,138 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1054283.md - Parcel 1058153: 3,758 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1058153.md - Parcel 1042668: 3,153 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1042668.md - Parcel 1053754: 3,054 m² (0.31 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1053754.md - Parcel 1073974: 2,924 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1073974.md - Parcel 1059392: 2,045 m² (0.2 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1059392.md - Parcel 1040588: 1,467 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1040588.md - Parcel 1020764: 1,462 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1020764.md - Parcel 1021836: 1,020 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1021836.md - Parcel 5541708: 809 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5541708.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - R2 Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential): Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare; 10 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://kildarecoco.ie/AllServices/Planning/LocalAreaPlans/CurrentLocalAreaPlans/AthyLocalAreaPlan2021-2027/ - P1 Agriculture: Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare; 5 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://kildarecoco.ie/AllServices/Planning/LocalAreaPlans/CurrentLocalAreaPlans/AthyLocalAreaPlan2021-2027/ ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 2 applications, newest first. - 7 Apr 2022, Kildare County Council 22397: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. sought to construct a part single storey, part two storey dwelling, detached garage, new entrance, connection to existing mains water, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22397/0 - 18 Jun 2018, Kildare County Council 18718: Refused. Permission, 69 homes. completion of existing development at Prusselstown Green to replace previously proposed estate design (Reg. Ref: 07/300028 - now expired) for 86 units (13 houses completed) with revised design that follows the established pattern of the development around four green spaces. Proposed development shall consist of one four bedroom two storey detached house, 58 three bedroom two storey semi-detached houses in four designs, 4 no. three bedroom two storey terraced houses, 4 no. two bedroom two storey terraced houses and a crèche (260sqm) with 2 no. two bedroom apartments over and for all associated roads, paths, boundary walls and services on and under land. This application is for phase 1 only consisting of 69 residential units and the crèche. Phase 2 shall be subject to a further application and shall consist of a further 54 units bringing the proposed overall total number of units across the site to 136 units (123 proposed plus 13 completed). Revised by significant further information consisting of; alterations to the design of House Type A1;alterations to the siting and orientation of Unit Nos. 1-4 The Park, Unit Nos. 1-4 The Court, Unit Nos. 1-2 The Crescent and Unit Nos. 23-24 The Crescent and the crèche / apartment building; alterations to Unit Nos. 1-4 The Park to become House Type A (Nos. 1-3 and A1 (No. 4) units in place of House Type B1; alterations to Unit Nos. 1, 17 and 24 The Crescent to become a House Type A1 in place of House Type B1; alterations to Unit Nos. 2, 18 and 23 The Crescent to become a House Type A in place of House Type B1; alteration to Unit No. 51 The Park to become House Type A in place of House Type A1; alterations to the layout of Unit No. 14 The Way House Type C; alterations to vehicular, pedestrian and cyclist routes; alterations to on-street visitor car parking and crèche set-down area; amended red line boundary to provide for public lighting on Geraldine Road; alterations to associated hard and soft landscaping works including boundary treatments; alterations to proposed infrastructural services provision and related pipework, and development works above and below ground; and the preparation and submission of a Natura Impact Statement.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/18718/0 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 Geraldine. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - KD035-018: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD035-018----. At the N end and abutted N-E-S by the 16th green of the Athy Golf Club, and skirted by a laneway at NW. A low but prominent hillock is enclosed by a mortared stone wall delimiting a rectangular area (45m NW-SE; 36.5m NE-SW; H 2.5m at SE). The well-maintained interior contains a dense concentration of 19th and 20th-century headstones and a few flat graveslabs. The foundations of a possible church (KD035-018001-) occur just SW of centre. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 04 December 2013 - KD035-018001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD035-018001-. On a level terrace just SW of centre in a graveyard (KD035-018----). A low, grassed-over collapsed spread of walling is possibly the remains of the E wall of a church (L 7m N-S; Wth 3m; int H 0.3m; ext H 0.6m). At its S end, two parallel earthfast stones run W and may be two facing stones of a S wall (T 0.6m). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 04 December 2013 - KD035-019001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD035-019001-. Aerial photographs (CUCAP ASU 76 and BOC 65) show the cropmark of a fosse enclosing a circular area (est. diam. c. 55m), with a possible entrance at the SE, together with the faint cropmark of a fosse defining a possible annexe or field attached at SE. Probably a ringfort site with an annexe. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 28 November 2013 - KD035-019002: Field boundary, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD035-019002-. Aerial photographs (CUCAP ASU 76 and BOC 65) show the cropmark of a circular enclosure (KD035-019001-), together with the faint cropmark of a fosse defining a possible annexe or field attached at SE. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 28 November 2013 - KD035-082: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD035-082----. Aerial photograph (GB96.FZ.07) shows cropmark of a ring-ditch, one of a pair of ring-ditches forming part of a group of six ring-ditches located in close proximity. Compiled by; Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 07 December 2011 - KD035-111: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD035-111----. In tillage. Visible on Bing Maps Aerial view (pers. comm. P. Reid) a small circular area (est. diam. c. 10m) defined by the cropmark of a back-filled fosse. Possibly the remains of a ring-barrow. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 12 November 2014 - KD035-112: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD035-112----. In tillage. Visible on Bing Maps Aerial view (pers. comm. P. Reid) a small circular area (est. diam. c. 15m) defined by the cropmark of a back-filled fosse. Possibly the remains of a ring-barrow. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 12 November 2014 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Geraldine House, farm house, 1680–1720, Regional interest, registry number 11903504, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KD®no=11903504. Detached three-bay two-storey over raised basement house, c.1700, originally on a U-shaped plan with pair of three-bay three-storey returns to rear to north-east. Renovated and extended, c.1800, with single-storey prostyle tetrastyle Tuscan portico added to centre approached by flight of steps, two-bay full-height bowed projecting bay added to side elevation to north-west and single-bay three-storey infill return added to rear to north-east. Part refenestrated, c.1965. Gable-ended roofs with slate (three running perpendicular to main ridge to returns to north-east; half-conical to bowed projecting bay). Clay ridge tiles. Roughcast chimney stacks. Rendered eaves band. Cast-iron rainwater goods on brackets. Flat-roof to portico behind parapet wall. Roughcast walls. Painted. Cut-stone portico with Tuscan columns, frieze and pierced parapet wall over. Square-headed openings. Stone sills. Early 3/3 and 6/6 timber sash windows. Some replacement aluminium casement windows, c.1965, to all elevations. Square-headed door opening approached by flight of ten cut-granite steps. Replacement glazed timber panelled double doors, c.1965. Set back from road in own landscaped grounds. Gravel forecourt to front. Group of detached outbuildings, c.1800, to north-east about a courtyard comprising: Detached six-bay two-storey outbuilding to north-west. Now disused and part derelict. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Cut-stone coping to gables. Rendered band to eaves. Rainwater goods now gone. Rendered walls over rubble stone construction. Painted/limewashed. Square-headed openings (some slit openings to first floor and to rear elevation to north-west). Stone sills. Exposed lintels (originally concealed). No fittings. Moulded cut-stone block-and-start doorcases. No fittings. Detached three-bay two-storey cut-stone outbuilding to north-east with segmental-headed integral carriageway to left. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Vents to apex. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Coursed cut-stone walls. Square-headed openings (including door opening to first floor to gable end to north-west). No sills. Yellow brick block-and-start surrounds. Louvered timber panelled fittings. Segmental-headed integral carriageway. Yellow brick dressings. Corrugated-iron doors. Detached four-bay two-storey rubble stone outbuilding to north-east with group of four elliptical-headed integral carriageways to ground floor. Reroofed, c.1930. Gable-ended roof. Replacement corrugated-iron, c.1930. Iron ridge tiles. Iron rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls. Red brick dressings including quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Red brick surrounds. Louvered timber panelled fittings. Elliptical-headed integral carriageways. Red brick surrounds. No fittings. Detached seven-bay two-storey rubble stone outbuilding to south-east with pair of round-headed door openings and pair of elliptical-headed integral carriageways to right. Reroofed, c.1930. Gable-ended roof. Replacement corrugated-iron, c.1930. Iron ridge tiles. Iron rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls. Cut-stone quoins. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Red brick surrounds. 4/4 timber sash windows in tripartite style with 2/2 side panes. Round-headed door openings. Moulded cut-stone architraves, lintels and archivolts over with keystones. Red brick dressings to arches. Timber boarded half-doors. Overlights. Elliptical-headed integral carriageways. Red brick dressings. Recessed reveals. No fittings. Gateway, c.1800, to west comprising pair of cut-stone piers with stringcourses having wrought iron gates. ## 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 Geraldine, about 1 in 10 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 Geological Survey did not answer. - Terrain model: the Geological Survey did not answer. - 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/geraldine.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/geraldine.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/geraldine.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Geraldine 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) - Ardmore: https://everytownland.com/kildare/ardmore.md - Barkersford: https://everytownland.com/kildare/barkersford.md - Gallowshill: https://everytownland.com/kildare/gallowshill.md - Prusselstown: https://everytownland.com/kildare/prusselstown.md - Russellstown: https://everytownland.com/kildare/russellstown-81089.md - Sawyerswood: https://everytownland.com/kildare/sawyerswood.md - Smallford: https://everytownland.com/kildare/smallford.md - Tullygorey: https://everytownland.com/kildare/tullygorey.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/geraldine - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kildare/geraldine