Kilshanchoe

81 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilshanchoe, from 12 m² to 196,147 m² (19.61 ha, 48.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 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 Kilshanchoe 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.

• 13 Oct 2025Conditional

  works to uprate the existing Rinawade – Dunfirth Tee – Kinnegad 110kV overhead line (OHL). Within County Kildare, the proposed development will take place within the following townlands: Confey, Parsonstown, Barnhall, Easton, Rinawade Upper, Rinawade Lower, Castletown, Oldcarton, Nicholastown, Killickaweeny, Cappagh, Newtown, Ballynakill, Ballyvoneen, Dysart, Dunfierth, Coolree, Kilmurry, Thomastown, Kilshanchoe, Clonagh, Cadamstown, Tanderagee, Calfstown, Ballinderry, Balrinnet, Kilglass, Nurney, Williamstown, Ballindoolin, Carrick, Grange East, Rahin. The Rinawade - Dunfirth Tee - Kinnegad 110 kV OHL circuit runs through County Meath, County Kildare and County Offaly. It is 54 km in length and travels from Kinnegad 110 kV substation in Killaskillen (County Meath) and traverses southeast where a short loop into Dunfirth 110 kV substation in Dunfirth (County Kildare) exists. The line then continues southeast where it terminates at Rinawade 110kV substation in Rinawade Lower (County Kildare). The OHL has a total of 249no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Kildare County Council, there is 30.66 km of the existing OHL circuit, with 140 no. structures. Within the functional area of Meath County Council there is 23.16 km, with 107 no. structures, and within the functional area of Offaly County Council there is 0.42 km, with 2 no. structures. Separate planning applications will be lodged with Meath County Council and Offaly County Council. The proposed development within Co. Kildare will comprise: the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between structure numbers 93 - 153, 224 - 226, and 240 - 247; the strengthening of tower foundations at 9no. locations; the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 14no. locations; the painting of towers at 15no. locations; shear block remedial works of towers at 1no. location; the replacement of polesets at 43no. locations, with similar structures. There will be no change in height at 6no. poleset replacements. There will be height increases between 0.1m and 2.0m at 33no. poleset replacements. Poleset numbers 67, 72 and 132 will increase in height no greater than 3.0m, and poleset number 151 will increase in height no greater than 4.0m; the replumbing of polesets at 14no. locations; the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at all structures where conductor wires will be replaced; the replacement of stay wire/a

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561155

• 24 Oct 2024Refused

  for a habitable dwelling in place of domestic garage permitted under planning file Reg. No. 22/324

  Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2461110

• 13 May 2024Conditional

  for 1. Single Storey extension to right hand side of existing dwelling, 2. New enclosed single storey porch to front elevation, 3. New glazed in-plane rooflights to existing front roof, 4. New window to left hand side elevation and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 24150

• 16 Jun 2023Refused

  (A) the construction of a single storey dwelling (B) garage for domestic use, (C) the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 23664

• 14 Apr 2023Refused

  for the amendment of the permission granted under Kildare County Council (KCC) Reg. Ref. 17326. The proposed amendment consists of the removal or amendment of Condition No. 2 attached to the permission which requires that the permitted dwellings be first occupied for a minimum period of seven years as a sole place of permanent residence by persons complying with the local needs criteria set out in table 4.3 of the Kildare County Development Plan 2017-2023. The proposed amendment to the permission proposes either the removal of the condition from the permission, or the amendment of the condition to broaden the criteria to be applied to persons who may first occupy the dwellings

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23394

• 16 Nov 2022Conditional

  the construction of a single storey dwelling and detached domestic garage, O'Reilly Oakstown BAF sewerage treatment system, recessed site entrance and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 221368

• 24 Mar 2022Conditional

  (a) The erection of a two storey type house; (b) Garage/fuel store for domestic use; (c) The installation of an Sepcon BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area and (d) Upgrading of existing farm entrance and all associated site works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of an alteration to the red line boundary and the location of the proposed dwelling, garage and associated services have moved

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22324

• 10 May 2021Refused

  for (A) the erection of a one and half storey type house with single storey side projection to the south west elevation. (B) garage/fuel store for domestic use. (C) the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment plant with a sand polishing filter percolation area, (D) New vehicular recessed entrance and access driveway and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21637

• 5 Feb 2021Conditional

  (a) the erection of a single storey type house, (b) garage/fuel store for domestic use, (c) the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment plant with a sand polishing filter percolation area, (d) upgrading of existing agricultural entrance to a vehicular recessed entrance to serve the proposed house and all associated site works. The application is accompanied with an Appropriate Assessment Screening Report. Development at

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21122

• 11 Oct 2019Conditional

  (a) The erection of a two storey type house; (b) garage/fuel store for domestic use; (c) The installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area and (d) Upgrading of existing family home vehicular entrance to a combined recessed entrance, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 191128

• 28 May 2019N/a

  (a) The erection of a one and a half storey type house; (b) Garage/fuel store for domestic use; (c) The installation of an Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area, and (d) New vehicular entrance and access driveway and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19596

• 27 May 2019Conditional

  partial demolition of a rear extension, construction of a new rear extension and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 19592

• 15 Mar 2019Conditional

  (a) Erection of single storey type house; (b) Garage/fuel store for domestic use; (c) The installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area, and (d) Upgrading the existing entrance into a combined recessed entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19264

• 2 Jan 2018Conditional

  the construction of a new gabled front porch within the footprint of the existing lean-to porch to the West elevation and associated windows and doors, as well as minor alterations to the existing external wall finishes to the West, South and North elevations of the church including replacing the existing windows and doors, and all associated works to complete the development

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 182

• 28 Mar 2017Conditional

  the construction of 3 no. detached dormer type dwellings each with detached single storey domestic garages and individual onsite waste water treatment systems, vehicular access from public road, 1 no. separate entrance (Plot 1), 1 no. shared double entrance (Plot 2 and 3), together with all associated landscaping, site works and services,

  Permission, 6 homes · Kildare County Council, 17326

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 Kilshanchoe.

Recorded monuments

• KD003-018 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing pasture slope. A large, fairly well-preserved, sub-circular area (int. dims. L 59m N-S; max Wth 58m E-W) is defined by an overgrown inner earthen bank (Wth 4.8m at S-7.4m at E) NNE-SW which is reduced to a scarp (H 2.5m) elsewhere, by an overgrown fosse (Wth 4.5m at E-7.7m at W), and by a second, outer earthen bank (Wth 4.3m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 0.9m) SW-NW. There is a causewayed entrance (Wth 4m) at NE. Later field boundaries radiate off the monument at SE and W. Visible as densely overgrown on a recent aerial photograph (OSi Orthophoto 2005). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

Architectural heritage

• Catholic Church of the Holy Family, bell tower/stand, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron belfry, erected c.1880, comprising four pillars with fluting, acanthus leaf motif and foliate decoration having bell over.

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 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_2494 (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 Kilshanchoe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Kilshanchoe · Cill Seanchua

Area

1,020,086 m² (102.01 ha, 252.07 acres)

Civil parish

Dunfierth, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Dunfierth, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dunfierth electoral division: 804 people in 263 households; 92% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynamullagh, Clonagh, Kilmurry, Thomastown

Placenames

Kilshanchoe 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.