# Maganey Upper, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Dunmanoge, barony of Kilkea and Moone, Co. Kildare.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 713,233 m² (71.32 ha, 176.24 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,815 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Dunmanoge, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/dunmanoge.md
- Barony: Kilkea and Moone
- Electoral division: Dunmanoge, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 461 people lived in 161 households in the Dunmanoge electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Kildare, https://everytownland.com/kildare.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/25053
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 80847
- Centre: latitude 52.911661, longitude -6.922055 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Maganey Upper, from 31 m² to 501,334 m² (50.13 ha, 123.88 acres); 14 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1071699: 501,334 m² (50.13 ha, 123.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1071699.md
- Parcel 1089094: 86,520 m² (8.65 ha, 21.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1089094.md
- Parcel 4912146: 41,360 m² (4.14 ha, 10.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4912146.md
- Parcel 1077961: 16,752 m² (1.68 ha, 4.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1077961.md
- Parcel 1089448: 16,093 m² (1.61 ha, 3.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1089448.md
- Parcel 1070845: 6,608 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1070845.md
- Parcel 5662273: 4,911 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5662273.md
- Parcel 4062401: 3,948 m² (0.39 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4062401.md
- Parcel 6087824: 3,909 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6087824.md
- Parcel 2668326: 3,722 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2668326.md
- Parcel 1074005: 3,594 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1074005.md
- Parcel 1089896: 3,491 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1089896.md
- Parcel 1072339: 3,177 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1072339.md
- Parcel 1054212: 3,094 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1054212.md
- Parcel 1075710: 3,012 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1075710.md
- Parcel 1031712: 2,203 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1031712.md
- Parcel 4062404: 173 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4062404.md
- Parcel 4062411: 31 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4062411.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Maganey Upper 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)

3 applications, newest first.

- 26 May 2026, Kildare County Council 2660550: Conditional. Permission. Replacement (“restringing”) and uprating of c.8.89km section of the conductor along the existing Athy - Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 11No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 16m to 24m, with height increases between 1m and 3m; - Replacement of 12No. existing intermediate Wooden Polesets crossarms; - Recapping works on shear blocks at 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Foundation strengthening of 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Bar member replacements to 8No. existing steel angle masts; - Separation of the existing double OHL circuit to provide for a new bypass OHL section measuring approximately 422m, connecting from the existing Athy 110 kV substation to the following proposed new structures on the existing Athy - Portlaoise 110 kV OHL: 2no. new single circuit angle masts (approximately 22.5m maximum height) and 1no. new wooden poleset (approximately 23.6m maximum height); and, - All associated works/development to existing structures, including hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of step bolts, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660550/0
- 20 Sept 2021, Kildare County Council 211335: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a 30 metre high multi-user lattice tower telecommunications support structure, carrying antenna and dishes enclosed within a 2.4 metre high palisade fence compound together with associated ground equipment and associated site works including new access track. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/211335/0
- 23 Dec 2020, Kildare County Council 201615: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to construct a two storey dwelling, garage, new splayed entrance, install a waste water treatment unit and percolation area and all other ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/201615/0

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## 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 Maganey Upper.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- KD037-073001: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD037-073001-. Identified during an aerial photographic survey by Dr. Gillian Barrett on 13 July 1990. Aerial photograph (GB90.BT.33) shows the cropmarks of two ring-ditches; one to the E (KD037-073001-) and the second (KD037-073002-) c. 20m to its W. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 2011
- KD037-073002: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD037-073002-. Identified during an aerial photographic survey by Dr. Gillian Barrett on 13 July 1990. Aerial photograph (GB90.BT.33) shows the cropmarks of two ring-ditches; one to the E (KD037-073001-) and the second (KD037-073002-) c. 20m to its W. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 12 December 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 Saint Laurence O'Toole, church/chapel, 1810–1850, Regional interest, registry number 11903901, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KD&regno=11903901. Detached three-bay double-height single-cell Catholic church, c.1830, with lancet-arch openings, single-bay single-storey gabled sacristy projection to north having bellcote to gable and single-bay single-storey projecting porch to south. Renovated, c.1970, with single-bay single-storey lean-to projecting porch added to north-east. Gable-ended (gable-fronted) roof with slate (gabled to sacristy projection; lean-to to porch to north-east). Clay ridge tiles. Cross finial to gable to south. Cut-stone bellcote to gable to sacristy projection. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Roof to porch to south not visible behind parapet wall. Roughcast walls. Painted. Buttresses to porch to south with profiled parapet wall over. Profiled section to sacristy projection forming base of bellcote. Unpainted. Lancet-arch window openings. Rendered sills and surrounds. Fixed-pane leaded stained glass windows. Rose window to south. Rendered surround. Leaded stained glass windows. Square-headed window openings inserted, c.1970, to north-east and to north-west. Concrete sills. Leaded stained glass windows. Pointed-arch door opening. Rendered reveals. Diagonal tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors. Set back from road in own grounds.Graveyard to site with various cut-stone grave markers, c.1830-present.Gateway, c.1830, to south comprising pair of cut-granite piers with wrought iron gates having cross finial.
- Levitstown Hall, school, 1835–1840, Regional interest, registry number 11903902, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KD&regno=11903902. Detached four-bay single-storey former national school, dated 1838, originally on a T-shaped plan with two-bay single-storey gabled projecting bay to centre having single-bay single-storey recessed end bays. Extensively renovated and extended, c.1970, comprising single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting bays to end bays to accommodate use as community centre. Refenestrated, c.1995, with some openings remodelled. Hipped roof (gabled to projecting bay). Replacement artificial slate, c.1970. Concrete ridge tiles. Timber eaves. Replacement aluminium rainwater goods, c.1970. Flat-roofs to projecting bays. Bitumen felt. Replacement roughcast walls, c.1970, to front elevation to south. Unpainted. Replacement render, c.1970, to remainder. Unpainted. Cut-stone date stone/plaque. Square-headed window openings (some remodelled, c.1995). Concrete sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1995. Square-headed door openings. Replacement timber doors, c.1970. Set back from road in own grounds. Rubble stone boundary wall to front.
- Levitstown Bridge, bridge, 1940–1960, Regional interest, registry number 11903903, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KD&regno=11903903. Four-span mass concrete road bridge over river, c.1950. Mass concrete piers. Concrete stringcourse. Mass concrete parapet walls with dressed granite coping. Four square-headed spans (one filled in with concrete). Sited spanning River Greese.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Maganey Upper, 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Maganey Upper.
- 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/maganey-upper.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/maganey-upper.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/maganey-upper.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Maganey Upper 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)

- Blackcastle: https://everytownland.com/kildare/blackcastle.md
- Castleroe West: https://everytownland.com/kildare/castleroe-west.md
- Levitstown: https://everytownland.com/kildare/levitstown-80803.md
- Maganey Lower: https://everytownland.com/kildare/maganey-lower.md
- Newtownpilsworth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/newtownpilsworth.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.

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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.

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