# Kilshanchoe, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Dunfierth, barony of Carbury, Co. Kildare; in Irish Cill Seanchua. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,020,086 m² (102.01 ha, 252.07 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 81 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,278 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 15 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Dunfierth, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/dunfierth.md - Barony: Carbury - Electoral division: Dunfierth, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Kildare, https://everytownland.com/kildare.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/25545 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 80753 - Centre: latitude 53.385291, longitude -6.890823 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 81 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilshanchoe, from 12 m² to 196,147 m² (19.61 ha, 48.47 acres); 34 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1076034: 196,147 m² (19.61 ha, 48.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1076034.md - Parcel 5432955: 86,650 m² (8.67 ha, 21.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5432955.md - Parcel 1090495: 76,246 m² (7.62 ha, 18.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1090495.md - Parcel 1057134: 73,396 m² (7.34 ha, 18.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1057134.md - Parcel 1088308: 70,433 m² (7.04 ha, 17.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1088308.md - Parcel 1034448: 69,078 m² (6.91 ha, 17.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1034448.md - Parcel 1065863: 68,725 m² (6.87 ha, 16.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1065863.md - Parcel 1021100: 63,013 m² (6.3 ha, 15.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1021100.md - Parcel 1081321: 50,097 m² (5.01 ha, 12.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1081321.md - Parcel 1034590: 42,350 m² (4.24 ha, 10.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1034590.md - Parcel 1017225: 19,558 m² (1.96 ha, 4.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1017225.md - Parcel 1023581: 18,578 m² (1.86 ha, 4.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1023581.md - Parcel 1071036: 14,776 m² (1.48 ha, 3.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1071036.md - Parcel 1035740: 10,491 m² (1.05 ha, 2.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1035740.md - Parcel 1020070: 7,556 m² (0.76 ha, 1.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1020070.md - Parcel 1068935: 7,262 m² (0.73 ha, 1.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1068935.md - Parcel 1088775: 7,041 m² (0.7 ha, 1.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1088775.md - Parcel 1060425: 6,539 m² (0.65 ha, 1.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1060425.md - Parcel 1015001: 6,205 m² (0.62 ha, 1.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1015001.md - Parcel 1064708: 5,741 m² (0.57 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1064708.md - Parcel 5788462: 5,461 m² (0.55 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5788462.md - Parcel 1040651: 5,435 m² (0.54 ha, 1.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1040651.md - Parcel 1078973: 5,281 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1078973.md - Parcel 3233604: 4,240 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3233604.md - Parcel 1013223: 4,200 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1013223.md - Parcel 4927354: 4,146 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4927354.md - Parcel 6009363: 4,088 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6009363.md - Parcel 1029765: 4,081 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1029765.md - Parcel 4942480: 4,015 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4942480.md - Parcel 1087390: 3,889 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1087390.md - Parcel 1089667: 3,796 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1089667.md - Parcel 1059150: 3,744 m² (0.37 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1059150.md - Parcel 1036048: 3,246 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1036048.md - Parcel 5908448: 3,035 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5908448.md - Parcel 1069432: 2,886 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1069432.md - Parcel 1074282: 2,771 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1074282.md - Parcel 1035058: 2,661 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1035058.md - Parcel 1086947: 2,624 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1086947.md - Parcel 1029021: 2,421 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1029021.md - Parcel 1077716: 2,330 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1077716.md - Parcel 2669424: 2,278 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2669424.md - Parcel 1030843: 2,278 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1030843.md - Parcel 1086542: 2,160 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1086542.md - Parcel 2428601: 2,113 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2428601.md - Parcel 2669425: 2,033 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2669425.md - Parcel 2428557: 1,947 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2428557.md - Parcel 2428568: 1,925 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2428568.md - Parcel 1066741: 1,917 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1066741.md - Parcel 1019234: 1,841 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1019234.md - Parcel 1026115: 1,760 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1026115.md - Parcel 1026474: 1,756 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1026474.md - Parcel 1057780: 1,753 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1057780.md - Parcel 1014398: 1,607 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1014398.md - Parcel 3227830: 1,498 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3227830.md - Parcel 5548661: 1,482 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5548661.md - Parcel 1083697: 1,195 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1083697.md - Parcel 5908472: 1,148 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5908472.md - Parcel 5908452: 1,112 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5908452.md - Parcel 2652698: 1,070 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2652698.md - Parcel 1088845: 910 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1088845.md - Parcel 1086111: 881 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1086111.md - Parcel 1033338: 792 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1033338.md - Parcel 1082787: 772 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1082787.md - Parcel 5230911: 662 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5230911.md - Parcel 3230966: 566 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3230966.md - Parcel 2669407: 562 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2669407.md - Parcel 1027419: 555 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1027419.md - Parcel 5788459: 452 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5788459.md - Parcel 1031751: 387 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1031751.md - Parcel 5548654: 387 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5548654.md - Parcel 4995850: 383 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4995850.md - Parcel 4166960: 272 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4166960.md - Parcel 5389507: 241 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5389507.md - Parcel 1074304: 93 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1074304.md - Parcel 3230965: 91 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3230965.md - Parcel 4996967: 88 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4996967.md - Parcel 1042272: 83 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1042272.md - Parcel 4926657: 72 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4926657.md - Parcel 5548668: 63 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5548668.md - Parcel 4947539: 47 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4947539.md - Parcel 5908469: 12 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5908469.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 15 applications, newest first. - 13 Oct 2025, Kildare County Council 2561155: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561155/0 - 24 Oct 2024, Kildare County Council 2461110: Refused. Retention, 1 home. for a habitable dwelling in place of domestic garage permitted under planning file Reg. No. 22/324. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461110/0 - 13 May 2024, Kildare County Council 24150: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/24150/0 - 16 Jun 2023, Kildare County Council 23664: Refused. Permission, 1 home. (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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/23664/0 - 14 Apr 2023, Kildare County Council 23394: Refused. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/23394/0 - 16 Nov 2022, Kildare County Council 221368: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/221368/0 - 24 Mar 2022, Kildare County Council 22324: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22324/0 - 10 May 2021, Kildare County Council 21637: Refused. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/21637/0 - 5 Feb 2021, Kildare County Council 21122: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/21122/0 - 11 Oct 2019, Kildare County Council 191128: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/191128/0 - 28 May 2019, Kildare County Council 19596: N/a. Permission, 1 home. (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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/19596/0 - 27 May 2019, Kildare County Council 19592: Conditional. Permission. partial demolition of a rear extension, construction of a new rear extension and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/19592/0 - 15 Mar 2019, Kildare County Council 19264: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/19264/0 - 2 Jan 2018, Kildare County Council 182: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/182/0 - 28 Mar 2017, Kildare County Council 17326: Conditional. Permission, 6 homes. 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,. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/17326/0 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 Kilshanchoe. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - KD003-018: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD003-018----. 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 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) - Catholic Church of the Holy Family, bell tower/stand, 1860–1900, Regional interest, registry number 11900311, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KD®no=11900311. Freestanding cast-iron belfry, erected c.1880, comprising four pillars with fluting, acanthus leaf motif and foliate decoration having bell over. ## 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 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, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2494.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/kilshanchoe.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/kilshanchoe.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/kilshanchoe.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Kilshanchoe 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) - Ballynamullagh: https://everytownland.com/kildare/ballynamullagh.md - Clonagh: https://everytownland.com/kildare/clonagh-80320.md - Kilmurry: https://everytownland.com/kildare/kilmurry-80741.md - Thomastown: https://everytownland.com/kildare/thomastown-81164.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/kilshanchoe - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kildare/kilshanchoe