Laraghbryan East

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Laraghbryan East, from 133 m² to 714,182 m² (71.42 ha, 176.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
  Maynooth and Environs Joint Local Area Plan 2025 - 2031, Kildare · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O1Strategic Reserve (Strategic reserve, White land)
  Maynooth and Environs Joint Local Area Plan 2025 - 2031, Kildare · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Maynooth and Environs Joint Local Area Plan 2025 - 2031, Kildare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S1University Zone 2 (Education)
  Maynooth and Environs Joint Local Area Plan 2025 - 2031, Kildare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community and Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Maynooth and Environs Joint Local Area Plan 2025 - 2031, Kildare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Phase 2 New Residential (Transport-Oriented Development) (Strategic Residential Reserve)
  Maynooth and Environs Joint Local Area Plan 2025 - 2031, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
  Maynooth and Environs Joint Local Area Plan 2025 - 2031, Kildare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 31 May 2019Conditional

  A new Maynooth University Students Centre across two building blocks with a shared external space contained under a new canopy. The development consists of two, two-storey buildings with screened mechanical plant at roof level, providing circa 3700m2 new floor space. External works will include a new access road and culvert, canopy structure, localized hard and soft landscaping, bicycle storage, the installation of a water attenuation tank, upgrade works to existing switch rooms and the demolition of a single storey blockwork storage unit at lands to the west of the existing Phoenix Building on the North Campus,

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 19622

• 11 Aug 2017Conditional

  the construction of new 2.4 metre high perimeter fencing to the north, west and south boundaries of 17 hectares of land to the west of the existing north campus including all associated site and ancillary works. Existing boundary treatment between lands to remain in situ

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 17913

• 7 Jul 2017N/a

  the construction of a new 3 metre high perimeter fencing to the north, west and south boundaries of 27 hectares of land to the west of the existing North Campus including all associated site and ancillary works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 17797

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Royal Canal 002103

Recorded monuments

• KD005-008 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  On level, improved pasture, c. 130m N of a medieval church (KD005-009002-) and graveyard (KD005-009003-), with an enclosure site (KD005-021----) c. 200m to the E. Indicated as 'Ca. Rs.' (Castle Residence) on Taylor's 1783 map of County Kildare, but not recorded on the 1st (1838) or current (1939) eds. of the OS 6-inch map. In 1985, some loose dressed stones, a few with mortar attached, (the result of recent dumping according to the landowner), were noted together with some low linear earthworks running N-S across the field and visible on a 1986 aerial photograph (CUCAP APE 8) (SMR file). There is no longer any visible surface trace of these features. However, traces (noted in 1985) of the fosse of a possible enclosure (KD005-021----) do survive. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD005-009001 Ecclesiastical site
  Description

  The site was an early monastic foundation associated with St Senan (possibly of Scattery Island, Co Clare). The death of its abbot Glaindibur is recorded in AD 767 and its oratory was burnt and plundered by the 'men of Meath' in AD 1036 and again in AD 1040. (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 396). Because of it's location on a major route way, it was, according to McSweeney (1940, 125), a monastic rest house for pilgrims and clerics passing E and W. A medieval church (KD005-009002-) and graveyard (KD005-009002-) are likely to stand on, or close to, the early monastery, of which no visible surface trace survives; except for a small portion of a possibly associated enclosure (KD005-021----) c. 250m to the NE. According to the OSL (Herity 2002, 15-16) Archdall records the death of the First Earl of Kildare at Laraghbryan in AD 1316. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD005-009002 Church
  Description

  The church is mentioned in Strongbow's confirmation of the Glendalough possessions as belonging to Glendalough in 1173, and was later subservient to St. Mary's Maynooth (KD005-016----) with which it was united in 1518. According to the OSL (Herity 2002, 15-16) Archdall records the death of the First Earl of Kildare at Laraghbryan in AD 1316. It was in good condition in 1615, and in 1630, although by the latter date the chancel was 'uncovered' (IHR 1941a, 47-8; IHS, 98). Stands to SW of centre of a graveyard (KD005-009003-). A fairly well-preserved, but completely ivy-clad, rectangular structure (int. dims. L 24.9m E-W; Wth 5.9m) built of coursed, limestone blocks (walls av. T 0.8m) with roughly dressed quoins, comprises a nave (int. dims. L 14m; Wth 5.9m) and slightly narrower chancel (int. dims. L 10.9m; Wth 5.35m), with a later, three-storied, rectangular tower (int. dims. L 3.5m E-W ; Wth 2.5m: wall T 0.6m) abutting the W gable wall. The nave can be entered through either of two, almost opposing, opes near the W ends of the N (Wth 3.5m) and S walls (Wth 3.3m), which are probably enlarged original doorways. The nave is lit by one window in the N wall and two in the S wall; all tall, pointed-arched and set in broadly splaying, round-arched embrasures and probably 14thC in date, and plaster survives on the wall faces. The slightly narrower chancel has a modern burial vault inserted into its E end where the original E window is robbed-out. It is lit by one window in the N wall and three in the S, one of which is now blocked-up, all similar to those in the nave. There are two doorways in the N wall. The more easterly one (Wth 1.5m) appears to be a later insertion into an older window ope opposite a similar ope in the S wall, while the more westerly one (Wth 1.8m) is almost opposite a third doorway (Wth 1.3m) which also appears to be a later insertion into an older window ope into which a single light, cusped ogee-headed window head with hood-moulding, and concave jambs (15thC?) was previously inserted, in the S wall. The later tower is entered from the nave through a low, narrow (Wth 0.87m) round-headed doorway. The ground-floor is lit by a loop in the SW angle from where a lintelled intramural stairs leads to first-floor level which is lit by a loop in the N and S walls and contains a wall-cupboard in the N wall. A spiral stairs in the NW angle leads to second-floor level which is lit by a loop in the SW angle. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD005-009003 Graveyard
  Description

  On level, improved pasture c. 50m N of the Lyreen River, possibly on the site of an Early Christian monastery (KD005-009001-), with traces of a possibly associated enclosure (KD005-021-) c. 250m to the NE, and c. 200m S of a possible castle site (KD005-008----). A large, sub-rectangular roadside graveyard (dims. L c. 90m E-W; Wth c. 80m N-S) is enclosed by a well-built mortared stone wall. It contains a medieval church (KD005-009002-) to SW of centre. Legible burial markers date from the 18th century to the present-day. Archaeological monitoring (Licence no. 97E0390) of the excavation of a gas pipeline trench along the road verge immediately S of the graveyard revealed previously disturbed ground but no archaeological deposits. (www.excavations.ie) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD005-021 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  In open, level, improved pasture c. 200m E of a possible castle site (KD005-008----) and c. 250m NE of an early monastic site (KD005-009001-), a medieval church (KD005-009002-) and a graveyard (KD005-009001-). Visible on a 1966 aerial photograph (CUCAP APE 8) as a short, curving arc of shallow fosse. It may mark the E limits (NE-E-SE) of a large enclosure (traceable L c. 60m; Wth 5.5m; D 0.4m), more likely to have been associated with possible pre-Norman monastic activity at nearby Laraghbryan (KD005-009001-) than with the possible castle (KD005-008----) to the W. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

• KD005-036 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 44m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Edward O'Riordan. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018. Date of upload: 6 November 2018

• KD005-037 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Cropmark of circular-shaped trivallate ditched enclosure/barrow (approx. ext. diam. 30m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Edward O'Riordan. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018. Date of upload: 6 November 2018

• KD005-041 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of enclosure (approx. diam. 39m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photograph taken 28/06/2018. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Matthew Mullen Reynolds. Date of upload: 21 November 2019

Architectural heritage

• Jackson's Bridge and 14th Lock, bridge, 1790–1795 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three-arch cut-stone road bridge over canal, railway line and stream, dated 1793, with ashlar voussoirs, cut-stone date stone plaque, and single-arch pedestrian bridge to north over stream. Coursed cut-stone walls. Cut-stone date stone/plaque. Cut-stone coping to parapet walls. Three segmental arches of varying form and height. Ashlar voussoirs. Squared rubble stone soffits with traces of render over. Single round arch to north. Cut-stone voussoirs. Squared rubble stone soffits with traces of render over. Sited spanning Royal Canal to north, Midland and Great Western Railway line to centre, and stream to south with pedestrian bridge to north providing access to tow path. Grass banks to canal, to railway line and to stream.Canal lock, c.1795, to north with cut-stone retaining walls having timber lock gates over with integrated pedestrian bridge and possibly retaining early mechanisms.

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 20 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; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2833 (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 Laraghbryan East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Laraghbryan East · Láithreach Briúin Thoir

Area

1,121,205 m² (112.12 ha, 277.06 acres)

Civil parish

Laraghbryan, and its townlands

Barony

Salt North

Electoral division

Maynooth, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Maynooth electoral division: 18,729 people in 6,110 households; 65% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycurraghan, Collegeland, Crewhill, Laraghbryan West, Maws, Maynooth, Maynooth South, Newtown, Timard, Treadstown

Placenames

Laraghbryan East 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.