# Mullaghroe Lower, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Lackagh, barony of Offaly West, Co. Kildare. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 434,822 m² (43.48 ha, 107.45 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,193 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Lackagh, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/lackagh.md - Barony: Offaly West - Electoral division: Lackagh, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 841 people lived in 265 households in the Lackagh electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 11% 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/25188 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 80907 - Centre: latitude 53.17186, longitude -7.038848 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mullaghroe Lower, from 237 m² to 216,708 m² (21.67 ha, 53.55 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1077818: 216,708 m² (21.67 ha, 53.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1077818.md - Parcel 1035074: 102,157 m² (10.22 ha, 25.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1035074.md - Parcel 1077820: 10,650 m² (1.07 ha, 2.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1077820.md - Parcel 1040840: 9,908 m² (0.99 ha, 2.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1040840.md - Parcel 3243778: 5,338 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3243778.md - Parcel 5729576: 4,365 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5729576.md - Parcel 1035076: 4,222 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1035076.md - Parcel 5209204: 3,841 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5209204.md - Parcel 1042495: 3,193 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1042495.md - Parcel 2997686: 3,022 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2997686.md - Parcel 1017093: 2,533 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1017093.md - Parcel 2651201: 2,498 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2651201.md - Parcel 1016253: 2,467 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1016253.md - Parcel 1057248: 2,238 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1057248.md - Parcel 1035090: 2,116 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1035090.md - Parcel 2651203: 1,936 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2651203.md - Parcel 4659352: 237 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4659352.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Mullaghroe Lower 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) 7 applications, newest first. - 4 Dec 2025, Kildare County Council 2561380: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. single storey style dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, new recessed entrance & all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561380/0 - 18 Nov 2025, Kildare County Council 2561300: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. For (A) Retention permission for single storey extension to the side (west elevation) of the existing house, previously granted under file ref. 99/1072, (B) Retention permission for minor internal alterations and alterations to the rear elevations (north elevation) of existing house, previously granted under file ref. 99/1072, (C) Retention permission for garage for domestic use.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561300/0 - 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 - 22 May 2020, Kildare County Council 20504: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a detached dormer dwelling, detached garage, foul water to on site effluent treatment system and percolation area, surface water to soakaways, recessed vehicular entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/20504/0 - 18 May 2020, Kildare County Council 20493: N/a. Permission, 1 home. The construction of a detached dormer dwelling, detached garage, foul water to on site effluent treatment system and percolation area, surface water to soakaways, recessed vehicular entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/20493/0 - 22 Mar 2019, Kildare County Council 19298: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to erect four-bedroom detached single storey dwelling, domestic garage, packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all other associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/19298/0 - 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 Applicants are not shown. ## 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) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Mullaghroe Lower. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Farm house, 1700–1837, Regional interest, registry number 11902107, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KD®no=11902107. Detached five-bay single-storey lobby entry thatched farmhouse, extant 1837, on a T-shaped plan originally four-bay single-storey on a rectangular plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch; four-bay single-storey rear (west) elevation. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Hipped oat straw thatch roof with bobbin-topped rope twist ridge, rendered central chimney stack having stringcourse below capping, and exposed hazel or sally stretchers to eaves having exposed scallops. Limewashed lime rendered or roughcast battered walls on flush plinth. Square-headed window opening (porch) with concrete or rendered sill, and concealed dressings framing timber casement window. Square-headed window openings with concrete or rendered sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set back from line of road with concrete verge to front. ## 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 Mullaghroe Lower, 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_2313, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2313.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/mullaghroe-lower.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/mullaghroe-lower.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/mullaghroe-lower.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Mullaghroe Lower 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) - Ballykelly: https://everytownland.com/kildare/ballykelly.md - Coolatogher: https://everytownland.com/kildare/coolatogher.md - Mountrice: https://everytownland.com/kildare/mountrice.md - Mullaghroe Upper: https://everytownland.com/kildare/mullaghroe-upper.md - Ummeras More: https://everytownland.com/kildare/ummeras-more.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/mullaghroe-lower - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kildare/mullaghroe-lower