Rathasker

10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathasker, from 2,278 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres) to 662,840 m² (66.28 ha, 163.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• P1Agriculture
  Naas Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community and Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Naas Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 10 Oct 2025Conditional

  of extension to existing stable block consisting of 2no. stables and 2no. plant rooms with all associated site development and facilitating works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2561151

• 6 Nov 2023Conditional

  for change of use of the existing building from part residential, part guest house use to full guest house use. The proposed development includes minor internal reconfiguration of layouts to provide a total of 9 no. ensuite bedrooms including 1 no. accessible ensuite bedroom. Changes to the façade include minor modifications to the fenestration on the north, west and east elevations, addition of roof lights and new door openings. The proposal also consists of the provision of a wellness garden facility to include a gym (c. 40.3 sqm), a wellness pod (c. 50.5 sqm) incorporating a treatment pod, hot tub deck area, sauna, WC and plant room. 11 no. car parking spaces including 1 no. accessible space and 1 no. EV charging point and, 10 no. bicycle parking spaces are proposed at surface level. The existing domestic wastewater treatment system is proposed to be decommissioned and replaced with an upgraded wastewater treatment plant and associated percolation area. Access will be maintained via the existing vehicular entrance. The proposal includes all site services, boundary treatments, photovoltaic panels, plant areas, bin storage areas, hard and soft landscaping, drainage works and ancillary site development works on a site of 0.925 ha

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360359

• 29 Mar 2023Conditional

  4 no. agricultural polytunnels

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 23320

• 28 Feb 2022Refused

  for the construction of 3 no. detached two-storey dwellings each with their own septic tank, percolation area, and entrance including all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22213

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 Rathasker.

Recorded monuments

• KD024-001001 Enclosure
  Description

  On a hilltop (OD 423 feet) in pasture. In 1837 according to the OSL (Herity 2002, 59 (173)), ‘In Rathascar T.L. are the ruins of a castle [KD024-001002-] standing in the centre of a Fort or Mound.’ A circular area (diam 40m) was enclosed by an earthen bank, gapped at N and E, and an external fosse. The interior contained the foundations of a castle (KD024-001002-), probably a tower house (SMR file). The monuments were levelled in 1984, but subsurface remains may survive. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 07 June 2012 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 9/1971).

• KD024-001002 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  In an enclosure (KD024-001001-) and visible as the foundations of a rectangular structure (SMR file). Cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (KD024-001001-) or bawn visible in aerial photographs, no visible remains of castle building (Digital Globe). In 1837 according to the OSL (Herity 2002, 59 (173)), ‘In Rathascar T.L. are the ruins of a castle standing in the centre of a Fort or Mound’ [KD024-001001-]. Both monuments were levelled in 1984, but subsurface remains may survive. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 12 May 2016 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 9/1971).

Architectural heritage

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

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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2725 (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.

No address of the register names Rathasker with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Rathasker · Ráth Oscair

Area

1,205,663 m² (120.57 ha, 297.93 acres)

Civil parish

Naas, and its townlands

Barony

Naas North

Electoral division

Naas Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Naas Rural electoral division: 3,351 people in 1,139 households; 71% of households own their home; 69% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bluebell, Jigginstown, Killashee, Killashee, Newland South, Newtown

Placenames

Rathasker 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.