# Glebe North, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilcullen, barony of Kilcullen, Co. Kildare.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 581,179 m² (58.12 ha, 143.61 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,629 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilcullen, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/kilcullen.md
- Barony: Kilcullen
- Electoral division: Kilcullen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Kilcullen electoral division: 3,695 people in 1,256 households; 75% of households own their home; 53% of homes were built since 2001; 4% 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/25836
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 80565
- Centre: latitude 53.113048, longitude -6.776238 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glebe North, from 35 m² to 171,596 m² (17.16 ha, 42.4 acres); 27 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1053791: 171,596 m² (17.16 ha, 42.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1053791.md
- Parcel 1057795: 140,060 m² (14.01 ha, 34.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1057795.md
- Parcel 5731504: 59,601 m² (5.96 ha, 14.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5731504.md
- Parcel 1089461: 30,878 m² (3.09 ha, 7.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1089461.md
- Parcel 5064777: 26,688 m² (2.67 ha, 6.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5064777.md
- Parcel 5209125: 26,115 m² (2.61 ha, 6.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5209125.md
- Parcel 1058849: 25,600 m² (2.56 ha, 6.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1058849.md
- Parcel 1027284: 15,160 m² (1.52 ha, 3.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1027284.md
- Parcel 1031560: 8,564 m² (0.86 ha, 2.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1031560.md
- Parcel 5239106: 8,526 m² (0.85 ha, 2.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5239106.md
- Parcel 1090978: 5,753 m² (0.58 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1090978.md
- Parcel 5416520: 5,652 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5416520.md
- Parcel 1038654: 5,245 m² (0.52 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1038654.md
- Parcel 5731516: 4,629 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5731516.md
- Parcel 1013142: 4,156 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1013142.md
- Parcel 4265560: 3,861 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4265560.md
- Parcel 1057378: 3,195 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1057378.md
- Parcel 1070881: 2,968 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1070881.md
- Parcel 2677332: 2,605 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2677332.md
- Parcel 1017037: 2,004 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1017037.md
- Parcel 1058049: 1,951 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1058049.md
- Parcel 1018236: 1,881 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1018236.md
- Parcel 1078089: 1,429 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1078089.md
- Parcel 5155058: 1,348 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5155058.md
- Parcel 1040882: 980 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1040882.md
- Parcel 5382594: 536 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5382594.md
- Parcel 5382551: 35 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5382551.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Glebe North 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)

9 applications, newest first.

- 9 Dec 2025, Kildare County Council 2561402: Conditional. Permission. permission for a granny flat extension to the side of my house, incorporating existing domestic storage shed and part of the existing house. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561402/0
- 6 Jul 2021, Kildare County Council 21991: Conditional. Permission. for extensions and alterations to existing cottage to include, (A) Restoration works to existing cottage to include new metal clad/slated roof, removal of all recent annex extensions front and side and all associated works. (B) New single storey & storey and a half domestic extensions to front, rear and side of existing cottage, linked to existing cottage by flat roof structure. New windows to rear of existing cottage. (C) Domestic garage. (D) Relocated site entrance, driveway, landscaping and screen planting. (E) Effluent treatment plant and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/21991/0
- 26 Jan 2018, Kildare County Council 1873: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. Retention of as-built amendments to development as approved under Planning Register Reference 16/1102 to include the following: reduction in floor area of stairwell extension to basement from 9.7 sqm. to 3.8 sqm, minor alteration to internal layout, minor elevational amendments, together with all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/1873/0
- 29 Nov 2017, Kildare County Council 171344: Conditional. Permission. development within an overall application area of 35.8 hectares. Continued use on lands measuring c. 29.7 hectares of the existing permitted development under Planning Reg. Ref. 06/651 consisting of: Extraction of sand and gravel with processing that includes crushing, washing (with associated silt disposal lagoons) and screening and all ancillary works and structures, and to include a proposed new holding pond; Continued use of the existing readymix concrete batching plant granted under Planning Reg. Ref. 94/1109 and 90/52, and sand and gravel workings, with associated plant and facilities granted under Planning Reg. Ref. 94/1109 and 89/150; Site facilities consisting of prefabricated offices, WC and waste water treatment and percolation area, canteen and cloakroom, ESB substation and switch house, concrete laboratory, bunded fuel tanks and water recycling bays, weighbridge and wheelwash granted under Planning Reg. Ref. 06/651. The proposed development will also consist of an extension (c. 6.1 hectares) to the existing permitted sand and gravel pit for extraction over an area of c. 4.3 hectares and processing taking place at the existing plant within the existing permitted development area of Planning Ref. 06/651. The remaining c. 1.8 hectares will consist of an overburden storage area, screening berms and buffer zones to existing archaeological features to be preserved in-situ. Restoration of the entire site (Planning Reg. Refs. 94/1109, 89/150 and 06/651) to a combination of agricultural and nature conservation areas. The proposed operational period is for 10 years plus 2 years to complete restoration (total duration sought 12 years). This planning application will be accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR). Revised by Significant Further Information. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/171344/0
- 6 Nov 2017, Kildare County Council 171243: N/a. Permission. development within an overall application area of 35.8 hectares; continued use of the existing permitted development under P. Reg. Ref. 06/651 consisting of; extraction of sand and gravel with processing that includes crushing, washing (with associated silt disposal lagoons) and screening and all ancillary works and structures; continued use of the existing readymix concrete batching plant granted under P. Reg. Ref. 94/1109 & 90/52, and sand and gravel workings, with associated plant and facilities granted under P. Reg. Ref. 94/1109 & 89/150; site facilities consisting of prefabricated offices, WC, canteen and cloakroom, ESB substation and switch house, bunded fuel tanks and water recycling bays, weighbridge and wheelwash granted under P. Reg. Ref. 06/651. The proposed development will also consist of an extension to the existing permitted sand and gravel pit with associated extraction and processing over an area of c4.3 hectares. Restoration of the entire site (P. Reg. Refs. 94/1109, 89/150 & 06/651) to a combination of agricultural and nature conservation areas. The proposed operational period is for 10 years plus 2 years to complete restoration (total duration sought 12 years). This planning application will be accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/171243/0
- 15 May 2017, Kildare County Council 17545: Refused. Permission, 1 home. a detached domestic storage shed and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/17545/0
- 31 Mar 2017, Kildare County Council 17346: Conditional. Extension of duration. Extension of Duration of Planning Ref. 12/701 - (A) Single storey bungalow and domestic garage. (B) Effluent treatment plant. (C) New site entrance, landscaping and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/17346/0
- 21 Mar 2017, Kildare County Council 17305: N/a. Extension of duration. Extension of Duration of Planning Ref. 12/701 - (A) Single storey bungalow and domestic garage. (B) Effluent treatment plant. (C) New site entrance, landscaping and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/17305/0
- 23 Feb 2017, Kildare County Council 17188: Conditional. Extension of duration. Extension of Duration Ref. 06/651 for extraction of sand and gravel with processing that includes crushing, washing (with associated silt disposal lagoons) and screening and all ancillary works and structures on a total site measuring 37.0 hectares. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/17188/0

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## 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 Glebe North.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- KD028-049: Settlement deserted - medieval, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD028-049----. On a moderately steep-sided hilltop (OD c. 150m) upon which several roads converge. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 4, 384-99), Kilcullen is a deserted medieval borough established on the site of an Early Christian monastery (KD028-049001-). The earliest reference to the borough occurs in 1403 when the provost and burgesses received a royal charter for a weekly market - the borough is described in that charter as having been recently burned. In 1456, it was again “burned, laid waste and destroyed” by the native Irish and parliament authorised a levy of £10 on the county of Kildare to enable Roland FitzEustace to build a fortified tower or towerhouse there. In 1478, FitzEustace obtained a murage grant for the town’s defences (KD028-049008-). The scarcity of references to Kilcullen in the 16th and 17th-centuries suggests the borough declined at this time. An inquisition in 1581 (ibid 386) refers to the ‘old walls and close within the walls called the old manor house of Kilcullen’, while in 1588 the manor and town of Kilcullen were leased to Brian FitzWilliams. The Civil Survey of 1654 records ‘severall ruined Castles and Stone houses’ and the census of Ireland in 1659 recorded a population of 115. No visible surface trace of the borough, town walls, castles or stone houses survive, but the borough probably ocupied the area at the intersection of the several roads, immediately W of the surviving church (KD028-049005-) round tower (KD028-049006-) and graveyard (KD028-049011-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 17 May 2013
- KD028-049001: Ecclesiastical site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD028-049001-. On a moderately steep-sided hilltop (OD c. 150m) upon which several roads converge. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 4, 384-5, 391-599), the placename Kilcullen derives from Cill Chuilinn, ‘church of the steep slope’. This was an Early Christian foundation traditionally associated with Isernius (d. 468) and MacTail (d. 548). The deaths of its abbots are recorded from the later 8th-century, and a number of bishops are noted in the 10th and 11th-centuries. Its plundering by Amhlaibh and the foreigners (Norse) of Dublin is recorded in 937-8 and another raid is recorded in 944. A stone church is mentioned in 1037 and the monastery was burned in 1114. Little physical evidence of the early monastery survives, but some curving field boundaries may reflect the line of an early monastic enclosure (KD028-049014-). The site’s importance is reflected in the later, High crosses (KD028-049002-, KD028-049003- and KD028-049004-), round tower (KD028-0490006-) and church ruins KD028-049005-) which do survive. (Gwynn and Hadcock 1979, 42-3) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 17 May 2013
- KD028-049008: Town defences, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD028-049008-. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 4, 389-90), in 1478, parliament imposed a levy for the walling of Kilcullen, a medieval borough (KD028-049----), and also released the townspeople from all levies in order to enable them to strengthen their town. An inquisition in 1581 refers to the ‘old walls and close within the walls called the old manor house of Kilcullen.’ Archdall, visiting Kilcullen in 1781, recorded a tradition that it had been ‘a large walled town with seven gates’, one of which was apparently still standing which he described as ‘about 10 feet wide (c. 3m), with a handsome Roman arch, under which the present turnpike road runs’, and he added that traces of a second gate were to be seen to the SW. In 1795, Seward noted that Kilcullen was entered by ‘an arch at the turnpike’. By 1837, according to the OSL (Herity 2002, 67 (197)), ‘This gate does not now remain; it was, tradition says, pulled down when Coaches began to run by that town, as it stood an obstacle …; it being at where a small slated house is now near the turnpike gate on that road.’ No visible surface traces of any of the gates survive, nor is the circuit of the town walls identifiable. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 17 May 2013
- KD028-049014: Ecclesiastical enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD028-049014-. On a moderately steep-sided hilltop (OD c. 150m), on the site of an Early Christian monastery (KD028-049001-) and later, medieval borough (KD028-049----). According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 4, 389), the possible line of an ecclesiastical enclosure may be preserved in a curving, but now levelled field boundary (visible on aerial photographs), to the E of a church (KD028-049005-) and graveyard (KD028-049011-), and also in the slightly curving line of the laneway to the N of the green. (CUCAP ATA072, BDU030, BDR033) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 17 May 2013
- KD028-049015: Battlefield, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD028-049015-. The 1798 United Irishmen rebellion broke out in the east midlands of Ireland on the night of 23-24 May. Here the counties of Dublin, Meath and Kildare were to see the most significant military action. Events in Dublin on the night of 23 May were significant for what did not happen, as the rebellion was crushed by Crown forces here almost as spoon as it began. Meath and Kildare were to see greater, and longer-lasting, military action, however, as the rebellion took hold much more firmly in those two counties. The battle of Kilcullen, fought on 24 May, has the distinction of being one of the first of the major military clashes in the east midlands. In Kildare, during the night of 23-24 May, United Irish insurgents carried out attacks in the towns of Ballymore-Eustace, Naas, and Prosperous, but these all failed. Subsequent to this, that same night, insurgents began to mobilise at the old churchyard in old Kilcullen, which was on the southern outskirts of that town. By daybreak on 24 May (c. 5 am) c. 300 insurgents had gathered there. This seditious congregation was soon brought to the attention of the commander of the local Crown forces, Lieutenant General Sir Ralph Dundas, however. He almost immediately gathered some forces together and set out to defeat the insurgent forces. The scene was thus set for the subsequent battle. After the outbreak of rebellion in Kildare county on the night of 23 May, 300 insurgents gathered at the churchyard at Old Kilcullen on 24 May, where they set up camp. This churchyard was on a hill on the southern outskirts of the town, about 100 feet above the fair green. The local government commander in the area was Lieutenant General Sir Ralph Dundas. His headquarters were at Castlemartin, some 2 miles away, and when he learned of the assembly of United Irishmen partisans at Kilcullen, he gathered a force to oppose them. Altogether, this General had 200 soldiers at his disposal. The Crown forces consisted of approximately 120 infantry and approximately 80 Cavalry. The Cavalry was made up of a party of Romney Fencibles and 9th Dragoons. Captain Erskine led the latter, while the Romneys were led by Captain Cooke. The Suffolk Fencibles infantry was under Captain Beale’s command. Once gathered, Dundas moved his force to the churchyard, but the Cavalry outran the infantry and arrived there first. Essentially, the battle of Kilcullen took place at two locations; the initial engagement took place at Old Kilcullen churchyard, while the second engagement occurred in the area of Kilcullen/Kilcullen Bridge and Turnpike Hill. Given the similarities between contemporary accounts of these landscapes during the battle and their depiction in the First Edition Ordnance Survey map (1837-8), it may be concluded that the general environment had not changed much in the intervening forty years; thus the landscape as shown in the first survey map may be taken as being representative of that during the time of the battle. The Old Kilcullen churchyard is a recorded archaeological site (KD028-049---) which is designated as a national monument (Ref. No. 71) and protected structure (Ref. No. B28-01). The site comprises of the ruins of a church, a round tower, a cross and a graveyard and is delineated on all sides by a stone wall, presumably that which was present during the time of the battle. The wall stands to a height of approximately 1.2m. The site is situated in a rural environment and is elevated above the surrounding landscape; the hill fort of Dun Ailline is visible to the northeast. As a result of the churchyard’s elevation, the insurgents would have been able to clearly observe the advance of Crown forces. It is unclear if the Government forces advanced from Castlemartin demesne or from Kilcullen village to the churchyard, thus two possible routes of advance are possible. However, both of these roadways lead to the fair green which is mentioned in contemporary accounts. Consequently, it can be asserted that the latter section of the route taken by the Crown forces constituted that which ran to the east of the fair green in a north-south orientation. As it is known that the Government forces retreated to Kilcullen, it can be taken that they travelled via the old main road to the village. The fields immediately surrounding the churchyard, as well as those constituting the fair green and its environs, comprise open grassland and the field boundary pattern within the region remains almost identical to that depicted on the first survey map. Consequently, the presence of associated archaeological material within the area is most likely. North of Old Kilcullen is the present-day town of Kilcullen/Kilcullen Bridge (both essentially constitute one settlement area) where the Crown forces reassembled after their defeat at Old Kilcullen. Although a new road has recently been constructed to the town’s west, the road network remains almost identical to that as depicted in the first survey and the road that was used to travel between Old Kilcullen and Kilcullen (once regarded as the main road) during the battle, is still in use. Settlement is nucleated along the roadside of Kilcullen/Kilcullen Bridge but is primarily dispersed beyond the extent of the town. Castlemartin House which is located to the west of Kilcullen and was occupied by General Sir Ralph Dundas at the time of the battle, is still present; the boundaries of the estate have since changed however. A substantial portion of Turnpike Hill, located approximately 1km just north of the town, is currently in the private ownership of Castlemartin Stud and principally comprises undeveloped grassland. Commanding views are provided from the summit of the hill, which stands to a height of approximately 150m above sea level, though hedgerows and the presence of structures in the town may have obscured the insurgents’ view of Crown manoeuvres here. Clearly the hill’s prominent location was also valued in the past as a tumulus (KD028-024-----) is situated at its summit. The roadway east of this hill (i.e. the Dublin road) constitutes the same roadway the insurgents would have been positioned on while waiting to attack Government troops. This road is lined on either side by a large number of industrial and residential sites, though there are undeveloped green areas also. As the region has been developed in modern times, the field boundaries that are still present display a predominantly different layout to those depicted on the first survey; some of the field boundaries depicted on the first survey map, within the battlefield zone as depicted in this report, are still present however.

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)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: 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: Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, 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 Glebe North.
- 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/glebe-north.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/glebe-north.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/glebe-north.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Glebe North 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)

- Ballysaxhills: https://everytownland.com/kildare/ballysaxhills.md
- Knockaulin: https://everytownland.com/kildare/knockaulin.md
- Moortown: https://everytownland.com/kildare/moortown-80884.md
- Oldkilcullen: https://everytownland.com/kildare/oldkilcullen.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.

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