Hillsborough

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Hillsborough, from 139 m² to 245,440 m² (24.54 ha, 60.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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 Hillsborough 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.

• 30 Oct 2025Conditional

  a replacement dwelling development consisting of demolition of existing single storey dwelling and replacement with two storey contemporary style house and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2561238

• 21 Oct 2025N/a

  the demolition of existing single storey dwelling and replacement with two storey contemporary style house and all associated site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2561187

• 12 Dec 2023Refused

  for a two storey extension to the front, rear and side to include for complete remodeling of the existing dwelling, new roof, ‘A’ rated blockwork external walls and new fenestration to all elevations

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360475

• 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 Dec 2022N/a

  (a) A two-storey extension to the front, rear and side to include for complete remodelling of existing dwelling, new roof, "A" rated blockwork external walls and new fenestration to all elevations. (b) Reconstruction and extension of the original garage to comprise a home office and store with new mono pitch roof. (c) Decommission existing septic tank and soak hole and replace with Oakstown Effluent Treatment System

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 221493

• 28 Jun 2022Conditional

  to upgrade existing residential entrance to a recessed entrance all associate site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 22783

• 5 Sept 2018Conditional

  for an existing telecommunications installation comprised of a 30m monopole, antennas, dishes, associated equipment, cabinets and fencing. The development is required to maintain existing/provide additional mobile and broadband services

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 181091

• 21 Aug 2018N/a

  an existing telecommunications installation comprised of: a 30m monopole, antennas, dishes, associated equipment, cabinets and fencing. The development is required to maintain existing/provide additional mobile and broadband services

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 181021

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 Hillsborough.

Recorded monuments

• KD023-024 Mound
  Description

  On a gravel ridge named ‘Mount Crawley’ on the OS 6-inch mapping. A circular feature is shown in this general location on Taylor's Map of County Kildare (1783). A low oval mound (diams. 20m; 10m; H 1m), the centre of which had been dug out, stands on the summit of the ridge (SMR file 1982). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 29 May 2012

• KD023-025 Well
  Description

  At the NE foot of a steep-sided gravel ridge. Although named 'St. Augustine's Well' on the OS 6-inch mapping, there is no evidence of it being a holy well. In 1988, the well was archaeologically excavated (Keeley www.excavations.ie 1988:34: Last accessed 29-05-2012) in advance of the proposed M9 Motorway development immediately to the E. A cluster of trees marked the general area of the well and while the surrounding area was waterlogged, the actual location of the well was not visible. The excavation revealed the source of the well as a series of stone settings defining a small rectangular area (L 3m; Wth 2m) at the point where a natural spring emerged from the base of the ridge. It was interpreted as being a purely domestic well, probably associated with the former Hillsborough House c. 100m to the NE (which was also archaeologically excavated (ibid 1988:34)). A narrow, artificially constructed channel, extended from the well downslope for some 12.5m. The sides of the channel were defined by a single course of horizontally placed bricks, with overlapping slates forming the base and flat stones acted as a covering for the feature. The remains of a similar channel were uncovered several metres to the east. Both features appeared to form a water supply system for the house. In addition to the channels, a series of stone walls were located downslope from the well and are probably the remains of outhouses and avenue walls. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 29 May 2012

Architectural heritage

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

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 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_2657 (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.

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

Name

Hillsborough

Area

1,013,136 m² (101.31 ha, 250.35 acres)

Civil parish

Greatconnell, and its townlands

Barony

Connell

Electoral division

Droichead Nua Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Droichead Nua (Newbridge) Rural electoral division: 2,844 people in 863 households; 91% of households own their home; 62% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Corbally, Greatconnell, Oldtown, Rosetown

Placenames

Hillsborough 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.