# Hillsborough, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Greatconnell, barony of Connell, Co. Kildare. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,013,136 m² (101.31 ha, 250.35 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,969 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Greatconnell, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/greatconnell.md - Barony: Connell - Electoral division: Droichead Nua Rural, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Kildare, https://everytownland.com/kildare.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/25780 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 80643 - Centre: latitude 53.164948, longitude -6.752656 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Hillsborough, from 139 m² to 245,440 m² (24.54 ha, 60.65 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1059599: 245,440 m² (24.54 ha, 60.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1059599.md - Parcel 1089520: 198,655 m² (19.87 ha, 49.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1089520.md - Parcel 5933878: 150,079 m² (15.01 ha, 37.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5933878.md - Parcel 1013503: 134,399 m² (13.44 ha, 33.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1013503.md - Parcel 1025224: 58,549 m² (5.85 ha, 14.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1025224.md - Parcel 1086826: 57,116 m² (5.71 ha, 14.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1086826.md - Parcel 1085984: 40,522 m² (4.05 ha, 10.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1085984.md - Parcel 1084662: 19,273 m² (1.93 ha, 4.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1084662.md - Parcel 1018689: 17,804 m² (1.78 ha, 4.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1018689.md - Parcel 1029890: 17,290 m² (1.73 ha, 4.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1029890.md - Parcel 1082649: 16,829 m² (1.68 ha, 4.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1082649.md - Parcel 1088677: 15,827 m² (1.58 ha, 3.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1088677.md - Parcel 1078052: 15,507 m² (1.55 ha, 3.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1078052.md - Parcel 2636473: 3,935 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2636473.md - Parcel 1075804: 3,273 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1075804.md - Parcel 1060040: 2,666 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1060040.md - Parcel 1020178: 2,302 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1020178.md - Parcel 1090399: 2,290 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1090399.md - Parcel 1023743: 2,022 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1023743.md - Parcel 4841933: 1,867 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4841933.md - Parcel 1031428: 1,419 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1031428.md - Parcel 1074106: 1,410 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1074106.md - Parcel 1058738: 1,234 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1058738.md - Parcel 1042522: 1,192 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1042522.md - Parcel 2636488: 701 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2636488.md - Parcel 1030221: 682 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1030221.md - Parcel 4938167: 360 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4938167.md - Parcel 1089197: 165 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1089197.md - Parcel 1058104: 149 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1058104.md - Parcel 1018300: 139 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1018300.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 8 applications, newest first. - 30 Oct 2025, Kildare County Council 2561238: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561238/0 - 21 Oct 2025, Kildare County Council 2561187: N/a. Permission, 1 home. the demolition of existing single storey dwelling and replacement with two storey contemporary style house and all associated site development works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561187/0 - 12 Dec 2023, Kildare County Council 2360475: Refused. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360475/0 - 26 May 2023, Kildare County Council 23567: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/23567/0 - 15 Dec 2022, Kildare County Council 221493: N/a. Permission. (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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/221493/0 - 28 Jun 2022, Kildare County Council 22783: Conditional. Permission. to upgrade existing residential entrance to a recessed entrance all associate site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22783/0 - 5 Sept 2018, Kildare County Council 181091: Conditional. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/181091/0 - 21 Aug 2018, Kildare County Council 181021: N/a. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/181021/0 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 Hillsborough. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - KD023-024: Mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD023-024----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD023-025----. 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 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 Hillsborough. ## 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 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, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2657.zip (ZIP). - 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/hillsborough.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/hillsborough.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/hillsborough.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Hillsborough 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) - Corbally: https://everytownland.com/kildare/corbally-80403.md - Greatconnell: https://everytownland.com/kildare/greatconnell.md - Oldtown: https://everytownland.com/kildare/oldtown-80975.md - Rosetown: https://everytownland.com/kildare/rosetown-81083.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/hillsborough - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kildare/hillsborough