Oldtowndonore
Townland in the civil parish of Downings, barony of Clane, Co. Kildare; in Irish Seanbhaile Dhún Uabhair
- Area
- 412.6 ha
- 1,020 acres
- Land parcels
- 35
- registered freehold, median 29,991 m² (3 ha, 7.41 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Oldtowndonore, from 639 m² to 495,905 m² (49.59 ha, 122.54 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Oldtowndonore 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
21 Aug 2026N/a
Permission is sought for a detached dormer dwelling, on site effluent treatment system and percolation area, surface water to soakaways, access via an existing road entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660950
8 Feb 2026N/a
for a detached dormer dwelling, on site effluent treatment system and percolation area, surface water to soakaways, access via an existing road entrance and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2660106
19 Dec 2025N/a
for a detached dormer dwelling, on site effluent treatment system and percolation area, surface water to soakaways, access via an existing road entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2561473
29 Aug 2025Refused
for a detached dormer dwelling, on site effluent treatment system and percolation area, surface water to soakaways, access via an existing road entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2560987
26 Aug 2024N/a
for a dwelling, an onsite waste water treatment system, and connection to an existing road entrance
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460826
26 Aug 2024Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling, an onsite waste water treatment system, and connection to an existing road entrance
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460831
21 Aug 2024N/a
for the construction of a dwelling, an onsite waste water treatment system, and connection to an existing road entrance
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460812
20 Jun 2024Conditional
for a two storey extension to the side of existing house, merging to a single storey section to the rear and side of existing house plus all associated works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 24199
18 Jun 2024N/a
for a two storey extension to the side of existing house, merging to a single storey section to the rear and side of existing house plus all associated works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 24195
4 Jun 2024N/a
for a two storey extension to the side of existing house, merging to a single storey section to the rear and side of existing house plus all associated works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 24181
15 Jun 2022Conditional
the construction of a dwelling, an onsite waste water treatment system, a connection to the public road and ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22733
7 Aug 2020Conditional
to construct new storey and a half style dwelling, domestic garage, site entrance, install proprietary treatment system with percolation area and all associated works. This permission will be in lieu of and supersede previous permission granted to applicant under planning reference number 17/1438
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20870
22 Jul 2020N/a
to construct new storey and a half style dwelling, domestic garage, site entrance, install proprietary treatment system with percolation area and all associated works. This permission will be in lieu of and supersede previous permission granted to applicant under planning reference number 17/1438
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20803
2 Jun 2020N/a
(ABP Decision http://www.pleanala.ie/casenum/307284.htm Case is due to be decided by 05/10/2020 by ABP ) Application to An Bord Pleanála for Substitute Consent to regularise the status of historic peat extraction (and ancillary works) on the milled peat production bogs of the Kilberry Bog Group
27 Jan 2020N/a
to construct new storey and a half style dwelling, domestic garage, site entrance, install proprietary treatment system with percolation area and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2053
17 Jul 2018Conditional
amendments to previously approved permission, planning reference number 17/1438, to include the following: revised dwelling location, stone finish to gable of front elevation, 4 number additional Velux roof windows over kitchen/dining area, 2 number Velux windows at first floor level in master bedroom ensuite and wardrobe and all associated works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 18860
18 Dec 2017Conditional
construction of a dwelling, domestic shed, and septic system and ancillary works
Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 171438
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Oldtowndonore.
Recorded monuments
- KD018-031 Enclosure
Description
Visible on an aerial photo (GSI N 389-8) as the cropmark of a circular enclosure. On a gentle pasture slope which forms the W side of a small, narrow valley with an extensive tract of bog to the W. No visible surface trace of the feature survives. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
- KD018-032001 Enclosure
Description
Visible on an aerial photo (GSI N 389-8) as the cropmark of an arc of fosse, possibly the W limits (SW-W-NNW) of a circular enclosure. On level pasture. No visible surface trace of the feature survives. The same photo shows the cropmarks of some seven, very small rectilinear enclosures immediately to the N (KD018-032002-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
- KD018-032002 Enclosure
Description
Visible on an aerial photo (GSI N 389-8) as the cropmarks of some seven, very small rectilinear enclosures immediately to the N of the cropmark of a possible larger enclosure (KD018-032001-). On level pasture. No visible surface trace of the features survive. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
- KD018-041 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure visible on Google Earth aerial photograph taken 28/06/2018. Not visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph. See attached image taken from Google Earth Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Chris Corlett Date of upload: 27 November 2018
- KD018-042 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure visible on Google Earth aerial photograph taken 28/06/2018. Not visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph. See attached image taken from Google Earth Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Chris Corlett Date of upload: 27 November 2018
- KD018-043 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure visible on Google Earth aerial photograph taken 28/06/2018. Not visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph. See attached image taken from Google Earth Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Chris Corlett Date of upload: 27 November 2018
- KD018-045 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Cropmark of circular-shaped bivallate enclosure (approx. int. diam. 26m; overall ext. diam. 48m) visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken 28/06/2018. See attached image of Google Earth photograph taken 28/06/2018 which shows cropmark of the enclosure based on information supplied by Anthony Murphy Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Anthony Murphy Date of upload: 19 February 2019
- KD018-046 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 40m) visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken 28/06/2018. See attached image of Google Earth photograph taken 28/06/2018 which shows cropmark of the enclosure based on information supplied by Anthony Murphy Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Anthony Murphy Date of upload: 19 February 2019
- KD018-051 Enclosure
Description
Faint cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 26m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Seán Sourke. Date of upload: 12 March 2019
- KD018-052 Enclosure
Description
Faint cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 28m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Seán Sourke. Date of upload: 12 March 2019
- KD018-053 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 30m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Seán Sourke. Date of upload: 12 March 2019
- KD018-055 Enclosure - large enclosure
Description
Cropmark of large irregular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 65m NW-SE) bisected by a modern trackway visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 28/06/2018. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Seán Sourke. Date of upload: 12 March 2019
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Oldtowndonore.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2652 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Oldtowndonore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Oldtowndonore · Seanbhaile Dhún Uabhair
- Area
- 4,125,845 m² (412.58 ha, 1,019.52 acres)
- Civil parish
- Downings, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clane
- Electoral division
- Donore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Donore electoral division: 860 people in 279 households; 89% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Derreens, Donore, Newtowndonore, Raheens, Stickins
- Placenames
- Oldtowndonore 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.