Kilmore
Townland in the civil parish of Cadamstown, barony of Carbury, Co. Kildare
- Area
- 288.6 ha
- 713 acres
- Land parcels
- 95
- registered freehold, median 3,453 m² (0.35 ha, 0.85 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
95 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilmore, from 88 m² to 344,783 m² (34.48 ha, 85.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 52 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
6 May 2025Conditional
for (A) planning permission for (1) the construction of a new single storey extension to existing single storey dwelling and outbuildings, (2) internal and elevational alterations to existing single storey dwelling and outbuildings including removal of chimney flues and alterations to the front door porch, (3) the construction of a single storey, domestic use, swimming pool room to the North of the existing dwelling, linked by means of a low profile corridor, (4) the renovation and conversion of the existing haybarn to a domestic use garage/shed, ancillary to the use of the dwelling, (5) the construction of new piers and wing walls at existing vehicular entrance, (6) removal of existing septic tank, (7) installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation/polishing filter together with (9) all associated landscaping, site works and services, and (B) retention of planning permission is being sought for (10) a previously constructed domestic use poly tunnel ancillary to the use of the dwelling, site and landholding,, (11) a previously constructed agricultural shed ancillary to the use of the dwelling, site and landholding and (12) a previously constructed single storey, low profile, modular type “Home Office” ancillary to the use of the dwelling, site and landholding
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560467
30 Oct 2024N/a
for (1) the construction of a new single storey extension to existing single storey dwelling and outbuildings, (2) internal and elevational alterations to existing single storey dwelling and outbuildings including removal of chimney flues and alterations to the front door porch, (3) the construction of a single storey, domestic use, swimming pool room to the North of the existing dwelling, linked by means of a low profile corridor, (4) the renovation and conversion of the existing haybarn to a domestic use garage/shed, ancillary to the use of the dwelling, (5) the construction of new piers and wing walls at existing vehicular entrance, (6) removal of existing septic tank, (7) installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation/polishing filter together with (9) all associated landscaping, site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2461136
28 Jun 2024Conditional
for (A) the construction of a two-storey house, (B) the construction of a garage for domestic use (C) the installation of a bored well, (D) the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area (E) alterations to existing entrance, from a dual entrance to triple entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460586
27 Jun 2024N/a
for (A) the construction of a two-storey house, (B) the construction of a garage for domestic use (C) the installation of a bored well, (D) the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area (E) alterations to existing entrance, from a dual entrance to triple entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460579
3 Jan 2023Conditional
a livestock Housing Unit with underground slurry storage tanks, meal storage bin, concrete silage storage slab, concrete apron and all site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 236
9 Nov 2022Conditional
For the construction of a new single storey low profile extension to the rear of the existing single storey low profile dwelling including minor alterations to the internal layout of the existing dwelling and the installation of a new proprietary waste-water treatment system (Oakstown O'Reilly BAF) together with all associated landscaping, site works and services,
Permission · Kildare County Council, 221339
25 Jul 2022Conditional
(Extention of Duration from previous Planning File 21/1698) change of house type from dormer type house to single storey house, amendment to garage/fuel for domestic use and relocation of recessed entrance, all previously granted under file Ref. 16/1094
Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 22909
20 Jun 2022Conditional
(a) Erection of single storey house; (b) Garage/fuel store for domestic use; (c) The installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment plant and percolation area and (d) Upgrade of existing vehicular entrance and access drive-way and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22749
13 Jun 2022N/a
(Extension of Duration from Planning File 21/1698) change of house type from dormer type house to single storey house, amendment to garage/fuel for domestic use and relocation of recessed entrance, all previously granted under file Ref. 16/1094
Permission · Kildare County Council, 22724
25 Apr 2022Conditional
sought for new cattle shed
Permission · Kildare County Council, 22471
12 Apr 2022N/a
sought for new cattle shed
Permission · Kildare County Council, 22421
3 Dec 2021Conditional
change of house type from dormer type house to single storey house, amendment to garage/fuel for domestic use and relocation of recessed entrance, all previously granted under file Ref. 16/1094
Permission · Kildare County Council, 211698
26 Jul 2021Conditional
(A) removal of existing extension to rear (north-west) elevation and removal of existing porch to front (south-east) elevation of existing single storey type house (B) new single storey extension to the rear (north-west) of existing single storey type house, to form a family apartment (C) New porch and 1 no. existing window to be replaced with 1 no. larger window to the front (south-east) elevation (D) erection of garage/fuel store for domestic use (E) decommissioning and removal of existing septic tank and installation of proprietary waste water treatment system and sand polishing filter percolation area and all associated siteworks. All
Permission · Kildare County Council, 211089
2 Aug 2019Conditional
construction of a 2 storey dwelling with detached domestic garage, alterations to existing family home, vehicular entrance, effluent treatment system and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19877
9 Jul 2018Conditional
Extension of Duration of Planning Ref. No. 13/208 - one and a half storey dwelling, garage, new recessed entrance and propriety waste water treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works
Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 18817
11 Jun 2018N/a
constructing a 2 storey dwelling with detached domestic garage, alterations to existing family home vehicular entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18691
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Royal Canal 002103
Recorded monuments
- KD003-044 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 44m) visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken 28/06/2018. See attached image of Google Earth photograph showing cropmark supplied by Brian Doyle Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Brian Doyle Date of upload: 19 February 2019
- KD003-045 Enclosure
Description
Circular-shaped enclosure bisected by post-1700 field boundary with U-shaped landscape feature to N visible on Lidar TII imagery. No surface remains visible of levelled enclosure. See attached Lidar image showing enclosure kindly provided by Brian Doyle Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Brian Doyle Date of upload: 19 February 2019
Architectural heritage
- Kilmore Bridge, bridge, 1790–1795 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch rubble stone road bridge over canal, built 1793, with ashlar voussoirs and parapet wall. Uncoursed squared rubble stone walls. Ashlar coping to parapet walls. Single round arch. Ashlar voussoirs. Squared rubble stone voussoirs with render over. Sited spanning Royal Canal with rubble stone swept walls and grass backs having stone-paved tow path to south.
- House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Group of three terraced three-bay single-storey houses with half-dormer attics, c.1900, on a corner site with one retaining original aspect. House to left (east) renovated, c.1970, with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed advanced porch added to centre. House to centre refenestrated, c.1980. Gable-ended roof (shared) with slate (gabled to half-dormer attic windows). Clay ridge tiles (crested to half-dormer attic windows). Rendered chimney stacks. Timber eaves and bargeboards. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat-roofed to porch to left (east). Bitumen felt. Timber eaves. Roughcast walls. Painted. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Original 2/2 timber sash windows (replacement timber casement windows, c.1980, to house to centre). Replacement timber panelled and glazed timber panelled doors, c.1970-c.1980. Set back from line of road in own grounds on a corner site. Landscaped forecourts to front. Rubble stone boundary wall to front and to side (west).
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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_2492 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Kilmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Kilmore
- Area
- 2,885,761 m² (288.58 ha, 713.09 acres)
- Civil parish
- Cadamstown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbury
- Electoral division
- Cadamstown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cadamstown electoral division: 1,554 people in 460 households; 84% of households own their home; 54% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballina, Ballinderry (Co. Meath), Clonagh, Kilmorebrannagh, Kilmurry (Co. Meath), Moyvally, Newcastle (Co. Meath), Thomastown
- Placenames
- Kilmore 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.