Rathmore
Townland in the civil parish of Bodenstown, barony of Naas North, Co. Kildare; in Irish An Ráth Mhór
- Area
- 168.9 ha
- 417 acres
- Land parcels
- 88
- registered freehold, median 3,107 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
88 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathmore, from 31 m² to 132,323 m² (13.23 ha, 32.7 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 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 Rathmore 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 Nov 2025N/a
constructing a two-storey detached type dwelling, detached domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system, recessed vehicular entrance, and all associated ancillary site-works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2561316
7 Mar 2024Conditional
the construction of 2 no. single storey extensions to the side and to the front of existing dwelling along with all associated site development works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460200
22 Feb 2024N/a
For the construction of 2 no. single storey extensions to the side and to the front of existing dwelling along with all associated site development works.
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2460150
30 Jun 2022Conditional
(a) Erection of storage shed for domestic use to the rear of proposed house granted under file Ref. No. 21/970; (b) Removal of condition 3(a) and 3(b) from the grant of permission under file Ref. 02/2498 dated 30/01/2004,
Permission · Kildare County Council, 22795
4 Feb 2022Conditional
for upgrading of the existing vehicular entrance granted under file ref 02/2498 to a combined recessed entrance. serving the existing family home and the proposed house granted under 21/970 with alterations to driveway to serve the existing house and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 22118
22 Jul 2021Conditional
a detached domestic garage with loft store/home studio, recessed vehicular entrance, and all associated ancillary siteworks
Retention · Kildare County Council, 211075
2 Jul 2021Conditional
(A) the erection of Two storey type house with single storey side projection to the south elevation, (B) garage/fuel store for domestic use, (C) the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment plant with a soil polishing filter percolation area and (D) new access driveway to serve the proposed house taken from the existing family home entrance/roadway granted under file ref 02/2498 and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 21970
20 May 2021Conditional
the demolition of the existing extension to the side of the house, proposed single storey extensions to the side and rear, the upgrading of the existing septic tank to a wastewater treatment system, and all ancillary site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 21695
12 May 2021N/a
the demolition of the existing extension to the side of the house, proposed single-storey extensions to the side and rear, the upgrading of the existing septic tank to a wastewater treatment system, and all ancillary site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 21649
29 Oct 2020Refused
construction of a one and a half storey detached house, secondary effluent treatment system, recessed entrance, detached stable block (3 stables, tack room, store) and all associated site works, removal of sterilisation condition attached to Planning Ref. 77/9,
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201290
19 Oct 2020N/a
construction of a one and a half story detached house, secondary effluent treatment system, recessed entrance, detached stable block (3 stables, tack room, store) and all associated site works, removal of sterilisation condition attached to Planning Ref 77/9,
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 201229
3 Jul 2020Refused
(a) The erection of a single storey type house; (b) The installation of a Sepcon BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area; and (c) New vehicular entrance and access driveway and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20710
26 Jun 2020N/a
(a) the erection of a single storey type house, (b) the installation of a Sepcon BAF wastewater treatment plant with polishing filter percolation area and (c) new vehicular entrance and access drive way and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20664
10 Jun 2020Refused
Bungalow, domestic garage, Oakstown waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated works and services
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20584
9 Apr 2020Refused
construction of a one and half storey detached house, secondary effluent treatment system, recessed entrance, detached stable block (3 stables, tack room, store) and all associated site works. Removal of sterilisation condition attached to planning Ref. 77/9
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20362
2 Apr 2020N/a
construction of a one and half story detached house, secondary effluent treatment system, recessed entrance, detached stable block (3 stables, tack room, store) and all associated site works. Removal of sterilisation condition attached to planning ref. 77/9
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20346
23 Aug 2019Refused
a 1 & 1/2 storey dwelling, on site effluent treatment system and percolation area, surface water to soak aways, detached stable block with 3 no. stables, tack room and store, recessed vehicular entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19959
8 Aug 2019N/a
Permission is sought for a 1 ½ storey dwelling, on site effluent treatment and percolation area, surface water to soak aways, detached stable block with 3 no. stables, tack room and store, recessed vehicular entrance and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19899
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 Rathmore.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rathmore.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathmore.
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 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_2759 (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 Rathmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Rathmore · An Ráth Mhór
- Area
- 1,689,416 m² (168.94 ha, 417.46 acres)
- Civil parish
- Bodenstown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Naas North
- Electoral division
- Bodenstown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Bodenstown electoral division: 5,091 people in 1,700 households; 71% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Abbeyland, Blackhall, Capdoo, Daars North, Irishtown Upper, Ladycastle Upper, Shortwood
- Placenames
- Rathmore 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.