# Mountprospect, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Rathangan, barony of Offaly East, Co. Kildare.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 983,795 m² (98.38 ha, 243.1 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,669 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 16 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Rathangan, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/rathangan.md
- Barony: Offaly East
- Electoral division: Thomastown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 990 people lived in 294 households in the Thomastown electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 44% 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/25602
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 80894
- Centre: latitude 53.207657, longitude -7.007282 (WGS 84)

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

40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountprospect, from 91 m² to 168,405 m² (16.84 ha, 41.61 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1053483: 168,405 m² (16.84 ha, 41.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1053483.md
- Parcel 1056342: 150,788 m² (15.08 ha, 37.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1056342.md
- Parcel 1020552: 144,854 m² (14.49 ha, 35.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1020552.md
- Parcel 1047248: 135,775 m² (13.58 ha, 33.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1047248.md
- Parcel 1013800: 118,339 m² (11.83 ha, 29.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1013800.md
- Parcel 1088783: 53,696 m² (5.37 ha, 13.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1088783.md
- Parcel 1014380: 38,034 m² (3.8 ha, 9.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1014380.md
- Parcel 5685251: 31,796 m² (3.18 ha, 7.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5685251.md
- Parcel 1066797: 16,739 m² (1.67 ha, 4.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1066797.md
- Parcel 3388910: 10,744 m² (1.07 ha, 2.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3388910.md
- Parcel 1088316: 8,367 m² (0.84 ha, 2.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1088316.md
- Parcel 5599397: 6,423 m² (0.64 ha, 1.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5599397.md
- Parcel 1017615: 4,807 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1017615.md
- Parcel 1021830: 4,660 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1021830.md
- Parcel 3233873: 4,538 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3233873.md
- Parcel 5599392: 4,384 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5599392.md
- Parcel 2389847: 3,744 m² (0.37 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2389847.md
- Parcel 1055454: 3,151 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1055454.md
- Parcel 1045879: 2,749 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1045879.md
- Parcel 1053920: 2,692 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1053920.md
- Parcel 4938119: 2,647 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4938119.md
- Parcel 1072616: 2,626 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1072616.md
- Parcel 5589246: 2,624 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5589246.md
- Parcel 1059857: 2,619 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1059857.md
- Parcel 2650931: 2,606 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2650931.md
- Parcel 1089739: 2,602 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1089739.md
- Parcel 1071115: 2,520 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1071115.md
- Parcel 1049188: 2,493 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1049188.md
- Parcel 2650935: 2,322 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2650935.md
- Parcel 1038734: 1,423 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1038734.md
- Parcel 5075872: 1,362 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5075872.md
- Parcel 1019983: 1,342 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1019983.md
- Parcel 1015041: 1,328 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1015041.md
- Parcel 1031279: 1,252 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1031279.md
- Parcel 1017729: 1,173 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1017729.md
- Parcel 2677379: 958 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2677379.md
- Parcel 1087830: 684 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1087830.md
- Parcel 1027004: 285 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1027004.md
- Parcel 2488121: 231 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2488121.md
- Parcel 1013291: 91 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1013291.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Mountprospect 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)

16 applications, newest first.

- 28 Oct 2025, Kildare County Council 2561225: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. a 2 storey extension to rear and single storey extension to side of existing dwelling and all associated site works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: It is proposed to decommission the existing septic tank and replace it with a new Wastewater Treatment System. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561225/0
- 24 Mar 2025, Kildare County Council 2560302: Conditional. Permission. for works associated with the proposed uprate of the existing 110 kV Overhead Line (OHL) between the existing Cushaling 110 kV substation in the townland of Ballykilleen, Co. Offaly and the existing Portlaoise 110 kV substation in the townlands of Clonminam and Kylekiproe, Co. Laois. The Cushaling – Portlaoise 110 kV OHL is approximately 41.6 km long and comprises 17 no. steel lattice tower structures and 193 no. wooden pole structures. The existing circuit is located across the functional areas of Offaly County Council (OCC), Kildare County Council (KCC) and Laois County Council (LCC). Approximately 10 km of the existing OHL circuit is located within the functional area of OCC, approximately 9 km is within the functional area of KCC and approximately 22.6 km is located within the functional area of LCC. Separate planning applications are being lodged with each respective County Council. The Proposed Development across the functional area of Co. Kildare is located in the townlands of Coolelan, Kiltaghan North, Kiltaghan South, Clonmoyle West, Ummeras More, Mountrice, Mullaghroe Upper, Mullaghroe Lower, Coolatogher, Coolsickin or Quinsborough and Coolnafearagh. The Proposed Development works across the functional area of Co. Kildare will comprise: 1. The replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor with a new higher capacity conductor including installation of a new fibre communication connection; 2. The replacement of 2 no. steel towers and their foundations; 3. The replacement of steel members at 1 no. tower; 4. Full tower painting required at 1 no. location; 5. Shear block remedial works (raise and cap) at 1 no. tower location; 6. The replacement of wooden poles only at 8 no. locations; 7. The replacement of wooden poles and crossarm at 3 no. locations; 8. The replacement of crossarm only at 4 no. locations; 9. The replacement of existing danger notices at various locations, as required; 10. The replacement of hardware and fittings, such as insulators, insulator hardware, earthwire hardware and anti-climbing guards at various locations, as required; 11. The replacement of suspension clamps, vibration dampers and compression assemblies at all locations, as required; 12. All associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including clearance of vegetation, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and 13. Other temporary associated. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560302/0
- 25 Oct 2024, Kildare County Council 2461118: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for a two storey style dwelling, wastewater treatment system, upgrading of existing agricultural entrance to combined agricultural/domestic recessed entrance & all associated site works and amendment to planning ref: 961640 in relation to the sterilisation of subject lands. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461118/0
- 23 Oct 2024, Kildare County Council 2461104: N/a. Permission, 1 home. for two storey style dwelling, wastewater treatment system, upgrading of existing agricultural entrance to combined agricultural/domestic recessed entrance & all associated site works and amendment to planning ref: 961640 in relation to the sterilisation of subject lands. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461104/0
- 8 Jul 2022, Kildare County Council 22832: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a single storey style dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, new recessed entrance & all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22832/0
- 18 May 2022, Kildare County Council 22587: Refused. Permission, 1 home. two storey style dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, new recessed entrance & all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/22587/0
- 23 May 2018, Kildare County Council 18608: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. dormer style dwelling, wastewater treatment system, upgrading of existing agricultural entrance to combined agricultural/domestic recessed entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/18608/0
- 21 Feb 2018, Kildare County Council 18175: Conditional. Retention, 2 homes. sought for a single storey side sunroom extension and patio area to existing 1½ storey detached dwelling, associated and other alterations to all elevations, detached dormer garage and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/18175/0
- 19 Dec 2017, Kildare County Council 171446: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. reducing existing 2.4m high recessed entrance & gates to 1.2m high and all associated site works. Retention permission is sought for development which consists of existing shed c.151sqm used for domestic storage purposes. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/171446/0
- 15 Dec 2017, Kildare County Council 171424: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. the construction of a detached two storey house, single storey domestic garage, private well, recessed entrance, secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works. Revised by significant further information consisting of: the construction of a single storey bungalow, single storey domestic garage, recessed entrance, secondary effluent treatment system, and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/171424/0
- 8 Dec 2017, Kildare County Council 171395: N/a. Permission, 1 home. Retention of existing shed c. 151sqm used for domestic storage purposes, and permission for development which will consist of reducing 2.4m high recessed entrance and gates to 1.2m high in compliance with planning Ref. 16/380 and all associated site works at Rathwood Lodge,. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/171395/0
- 29 Nov 2017, Kildare County Council 171342: N/a. Retention, 1 home. of existing shed c. 151sqm used for domestic storage purposes and will consist of reducing 2.4m high recessed entrance and gates to 1.2m high in compliance with planning Ref. 16/380 and all associated site works at Rathwood Lodge,. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/171342/0
- 7 Jul 2017, Kildare County Council 17794: Refused. Retention. of existing shed c. 151sqm used for domestic storage purposes c. 91sqm and commercial storage purposes 60sqm, existing 2.4m high recessed entrance and gates for security purposes and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/17794/0
- 23 Jun 2017, Kildare County Council 17736: N/a. Permission, 2 homes. for the construction of a detached two storey house, single storey domestic garage, private well, recessed entrance, secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/17736/0
- 13 Apr 2017, Kildare County Council 17410: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. change of 2 storey house design and relocation of detached domestic garage. No change proposed to the septic tank and percolation area, recessed entrance and all associated siteworks as previously granted under planning Ref. 14/969. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/17410/0
- 27 Jan 2017, Kildare County Council 1781: Conditional. Permission. The proposal consists of the development of a multi-use shared leisure route (Blueway), approximately 115 kilometres (km) in length, on the existing navigation towpath, which is a National Waymarked Way. This will include tailored surface finishes, information, directional, and safety signage, and all other associated ancillary works. The route commences in Lowtown, County Kildare, passes through County Laois and finishes in St. Mullins, County Carlow. Approximately 47km of the route is in County Kildare, 16km in County Laois and 52km in County Carlow. An Environmental Impact Statement and Natura Impact Statement have been prepared in respect of the project and are submitted with the application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/1781/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal, site code 002104

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

- KD017-020: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD017-020----. At the N foot of a long, gentle pasture slope, immediately W of a tower house (KD017-021----) and an unclassified building (KD017-035----) c. 75m to its N. A large rectangular area (dims. L c. 350m E-W; Wth c. 150m) is defined by a main, broad, low earthen bank (Wth 4-7m; H 0.2-0.4m) along its N side, off which similar, shorter banks, run perpendicularly to the S to form a series of small rectangular fields (av. dims. L c. 40m; Wth c. 20m). (CUCAP BDU 16, 17: 1970). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
- KD017-021: Castle - tower house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD017-021----. Named 'Kiltaghan' castle on Noble and Keenan's 1752 map of County Kildare, after the townland it was then in, and spelt 'Kyltaghan' castle on Taylor's 1783 map of the county. By 1838 it was named 'Offaly Castle' and was located in Mountprospect townland on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map. Fitzgerald (1906-8, 159-60), commenting on the latter name says,' I can find no authority for it as it is called Kiltaghan Castle in the Rathangan Manor book of 1760, now at Carton'. At the N foot of a long, gentle pasture slope, immediately E of a possible late-medieval field system (KD017-020----), and c. 75m to the S of an unclassified building (KD017-035----). A low, roughly circular cairn of grassed-over, collapsed masonry (diam. 17m; H 0.8-1.6m) contains a short length of 'in situ' wall (L 6.2m; T 0.7m; H 1.8m) built of roughly coursed rubble masonry, with facing stones surviving at the W end. In 1986, traces of a barrel vault were noted (SMR file), but are no longer obviously visible. (CUCAP BDU 16, 17: 1970) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
- KD017-031: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD017-031----. In the mid-1960's, during land reclamation works, a wooden trough and burnt stone were discovered and reburied (SMR file). On level, wet, rushy, rough pasture c. 400m S of the W-flowing Slate River and immediately N of the Grand Canal (Athy Branch). A large, poorly preserved, low, grass-covered, sub-circular mound (diams. 27.5m NE-SW; 25.5m NW-SE; H 0.2-0.8m) is girdled by a broad, wet and poached band of slightly lower ground (Wth 2-6m; D 0.2m) NNE-S-NW, which runs off to the N and NW and may be a relict meander of a dried up stream. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
- KD017-035: Building, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD017-035----. At the N foot of a long, gentle, pasture slope, immediately E of a possible late-medieval field system (KD017-020----), and c. 75m to the N of 'Offaly Castle' (KD017-021----), a ruined tower house. Shown on the 1st. ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a rectangular building (est. dims. L c. 16m E-W; Wth c. 6m N-S). A small, low, almost square, grassed-over cairn of collapsed stone (dims. 6.8m N-S x 6.6m E-W; H 1m) contains an external corner at SW where small, rounded boulders forming the external face of a short portion of wall (L 1m N-S; 1m E-W) project through the sod cover. The structure may be associated with the tower house to the S. (CUCAP BDU 16, 17 (1970)) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
- KD017-036: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD017-036----. Visible on an aerial photograph (GSI N 427-9) as the cropmark of a small circular area (est. max. diam. c. 30m), apparently defined by a narrow fosse. At the N foot of a very gentle pasture slope. No visible surface trace survives. 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)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Mountprospect.

## 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 Mountprospect, about 1 in 5 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2349, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2349.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/mountprospect.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/mountprospect.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/mountprospect.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Mountprospect 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)

- Kiltaghan North: https://everytownland.com/kildare/kiltaghan-north.md
- Kiltaghan South: https://everytownland.com/kildare/kiltaghan-south.md
- Mullantine: https://everytownland.com/kildare/mullantine.md
- Rathangan: https://everytownland.com/kildare/rathangan.md
- Tullylost: https://everytownland.com/kildare/tullylost.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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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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