Mullaghreelan

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mullaghreelan, from 574 m² to 697,793 m² (69.78 ha, 172.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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 Mullaghreelan 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 Nov 2025N/a

  the construction of a single storey dwelling, a new entrance, septic tank & percolation area, a bored well and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2561284

• 24 Oct 2025N/a

  the installation of a closed system proprietary wash plant for the washing and sorting of excavated materials and all other ancillary site works. This quarry has the benefit of planning permission for extraction of sand and gravel (Pl. Ref 23/60256)

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561210

• 10 Oct 2025N/a

  for the installation of a closed system proprietary wash plant for the washing and sorting of excavated materials and all other ancillary site works. This quarry has the benefit of planning permission for extraction of sand and gravel (Pl. Ref 23/60256)

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561148

• 28 Sept 2023Conditional

  for (i) Extension to the existing sand and gravel pit with an extraction area of 4.890 hectares; (ii) Use of the existing sand and gravel pit for processing, storage of processed and unprocessed aggregates over an area of 4.681 hectares; (iii) Provision of mobile screening plant (no washing of aggregates will take place on site) and installation of a wheelwash within the existing sand and gravel pit; (iv) Restoration of the existing sand and gravel pit and proposed extension area to agricultural use with a combined total area of 9.571 hectares; (v) and all other ancillary site development works and activities associated with the proposed development. The duration for which the planning permission is sought is ten (10) years. Planning permission was previously granted for the existing sand and gravel pit and proposed extension area under Reg. Ref. 05/2340 as approved by An Bord Pleanala PL09.218352 and an extension of duration was also approved by Kildare County Council under Reg. Ref. 15/125 – Planning permission for both the existing sand and gravel pit and proposed extension have expired as has the extension of duration. No works have taken place since planning permission expired. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of the submission of a Site Restoration Plan.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360256

• 12 Jan 2022Conditional

  sought for the construction of a single storey detached domestic garage with home office and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2219

• 21 Dec 2018Conditional

  a new septic tank and percolation area to existing dwelling and all ancillary development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 181575

• 8 Dec 2017Conditional

  construction of a single storey dwelling, single storey garage, bored well, new domestic entrance off existing laneway, new wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 171388

• 8 Dec 2017Conditional

  construction of a single storey dwelling, single storey garage, bored well, new domestic entrance off existing laneway, new wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 171387

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 Mullaghreelan.

Recorded monuments

• KD037-018 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photographs (CUCAP BGN 30, AVM 2, AVL 98) show a cropmark of a fosse enclosing a circular area (est. max diam. c. 25m). Probably a ringbarrow or ringditch. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD037-022 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  Aerial photographs (CUCAP BGN 47 - filed with KD037-018----) show the cropmarks of two pairs of fosses defining two approximately parallel trackways running E-W c. 150m apart. The trackway to the N leads from a wooded area to an enclosure site (KD038-030----) (est. max. L. c. 300m). Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD037-023001 Moated site
  Description

  Aerial photographs (CUCAP BGN 36; AVM 2) show cropmarks of fosse enclosing a square shaped field or enclosure with pair of fosses of trackway extending E-W and bordering field at S (KD037-023002-/ KD038-052----). Possible moated site or small square shaped field. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD037-023002 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  Aerial photographs (CUCAP BGN 36) show the cropmarks of two pairs of fosses defining two approximately parallel trackways running E-W c. 150m apart. The trackway to the S leads from the wooded area to the square shaped field or possible moated site (KD037-023001) towards the W (est. max. L. c. 280m). Same monument as KD038-052----. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD037-024 Urn burial
  Description

  Pit with an inverted encrusted urn containing a cremation, covered by a slab. Found in a gravel pit in 1861 (FitzGerald 1896-9, 325). Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD038-030001 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photographs (CUCAP AVL 96, AVM 2, BGN 35) show a cropmark of a circular mound bound by a fosse (est. max. diam. c. 20m), at the centre of a larger circular enclosure (est. max. diam. c. 90m) defined by cropmark of a second fosse. No visible surface trace. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD038-030002 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  Aerial photographs (CUCAP AVL 96, AVM 2, BGN 35) show cropmarks of two pairs of parallel fosses or trackways running approximately E-W; trackway to N leads into enclosure (KD038-030001-). Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD038-034 Moated site
  Description

  Shown as a rectangular enclosure defined by bank of 1837 OS 6-inch map (max. dims. c. 40m NW-SE x 45m NE-SW). Visible as very low sub-rectangular platform (Wth. c. 23.5m) to N of E-W field fence now crossing the site. Possibly a moated site. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD038-035 Castle - ringwork
  Description

  National Monument No. 589. Situated on steep hill with views in all directions. Very high, steep-sided circular area (diam. 40m) surrounded by an earthen bank and external fosse (H of outer face of bank to fosse base 7m) with slight traces of an outer bank and fosse. Entrance with causeway at SW. Reputed to be a residence of kings of Leinster (OSL 1838, 75). Situated on steep hill with views in all directions. (Po. Ringwork .) Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD038-036 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Shown on the 1909 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure (max diam. c. 50m), with second external bank at N-E-S. Extensively damaged by sand digging, but described in 1955 as consisting of a low, wide, denuded bank and shallow fosse (Danaher 1955, no. 307). Some dark earth and pieces of bone visible in pit face. Situated on slope in tillage area. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD038-052 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  Aerial photographs (CUCAP BGN 36) show the cropmarks of two pairs of fosses defining two approximately parallel trackways running E-W c. 150m apart. The trackway to the S leads from the wooded area to the square shaped field or possible moated site (KD037-023001) towards the W (est. max. L. c. 280m). Same monument as KD037-023002-. Date of upload: 15 September 2016

• KD038-073 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB20.GN.30) shows cropmark of a rectilinear enclosure defined by a fosse. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 09 March 2012

• KD038-074 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB20.GN.31) shows cropmark of a ring-ditch. Compiled by: Dr. Gillian Barrett Date of upload: 09 March 2012

Architectural heritage

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

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 moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Mullaghreelan.

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 Mullaghreelan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Mullaghreelan · Mullach Raoileann

Area

1,893,899 m² (189.39 ha, 467.99 acres)

Civil parish

Kilkea, and its townlands

Barony

Kilkea and Moone

Electoral division

Kilkea, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilkea electoral division: 441 people in 143 households; 89% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyvass, Coolane, Kilkea Demesne, Kilkea Lower, Kilkea Upper

Placenames

Mullaghreelan 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.