# Rathsillagh Upper, Co. Kildare: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Fontstown, barony of Narragh and Reban East, Co. Kildare; in Irish Ráth Saileach Uachtarach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,382,706 m² (138.27 ha, 341.67 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,745 m² (0.37 ha, 0.93 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Fontstown, https://everytownland.com/kildare/parish/fontstown.md - Barony: Narragh and Reban East - Electoral division: Fontstown, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 456 people lived in 144 households in the Fontstown electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 6% 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/25065 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 81054 - Centre: latitude 53.053964, longitude -6.872758 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathsillagh Upper, from 188 m² to 549,211 m² (54.92 ha, 135.71 acres); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1077476: 549,211 m² (54.92 ha, 135.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1077476.md - Parcel 1012865: 224,606 m² (22.46 ha, 55.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1012865.md - Parcel 1034902: 190,672 m² (19.07 ha, 47.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1034902.md - Parcel 1020021: 123,555 m² (12.36 ha, 30.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1020021.md - Parcel 1060337: 79,138 m² (7.91 ha, 19.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1060337.md - Parcel 4757325: 46,340 m² (4.63 ha, 11.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4757325.md - Parcel 1012785: 37,683 m² (3.77 ha, 9.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1012785.md - Parcel 4757336: 28,996 m² (2.9 ha, 7.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4757336.md - Parcel 4724816: 23,080 m² (2.31 ha, 5.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4724816.md - Parcel 1023684: 21,940 m² (2.19 ha, 5.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1023684.md - Parcel 4724810: 20,506 m² (2.05 ha, 5.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4724810.md - Parcel 1042576: 4,380 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1042576.md - Parcel 2667520: 3,921 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2667520.md - Parcel 4757323: 3,918 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4757323.md - Parcel 1088128: 3,896 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1088128.md - Parcel 2667540: 3,594 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2667540.md - Parcel 1054182: 3,247 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1054182.md - Parcel 1059470: 3,040 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1059470.md - Parcel 1090806: 2,733 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1090806.md - Parcel 1014801: 2,305 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1014801.md - Parcel 4724805: 1,442 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4724805.md - Parcel 3120980: 1,155 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3120980.md - Parcel 1036888: 1,074 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1036888.md - Parcel 1055510: 831 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1055510.md - Parcel 5890970: 596 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5890970.md - Parcel 1016118: 415 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1016118.md - Parcel 4757301: 397 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4757301.md - Parcel 1022534: 355 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1022534.md - Parcel 4757194: 275 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4757194.md - Parcel 5890953: 188 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5890953.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Rathsillagh Upper 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) 4 applications, newest first. - 31 Jul 2024, Kildare County Council 24248: Conditional. Permission. for installation of a replacement Waste Water Treatment System and Percolation area to serve the existing building. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/24248/0 - 26 Jul 2024, Kildare County Council 24244: N/a. Permission. for installation of a replacement waste water treatment system and percolation area to serve the existing building. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/24244/0 - 27 Apr 2023, Kildare County Council 23440: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. for the following 1.Retention for existing entrance and roadway. 2. Retention for stables building. 3. Retention for outdoor plant, laundry/utility building . 4. Retention for office building. 5. Retention for as constructed dwelling. 6. Permission for extension to the existing dwelling. 7. Permission for domestic garage. 8. Permission for yoga & gym building. 9. Permission to upgrade existing effluent treatment system to comply with current EPA guidelines and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/23440/0 - 20 Apr 2023, Kildare County Council 23409: N/a. Retention, 1 home. 1. Retention for existing entrance and roadway, 2. Retention for stables building, 3. Retention for outdoor plant, laundry/utility building, 4. Retention for office building, 5. Retention for as constructed dwelling, 6. Permission for extension to the existing dwelling, . 7. Permission for domestic garage, 8. Permission for yoga & gym building, 9. Permission to upgrade existing effluent treatment system to comply with current EPA guidelines and associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/23409/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Rathsillagh Upper. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - KD031-015: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD031-015----. An undated map of Rathsillagh (NLI Ms. 21.F. 35 (066)) includes the word 'castle' at the location of the present Rathsillagh House. A large two storied outbuilding (L 30m; Wth 15m) with substantial stone walls (av. T 1.5m), now used as a barn, may incorporate the remains of the castle (pers. comm. S. Hickey). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 7 October 2013 - KD031-016: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD031-016----. At the top of a long gentle E-facing pasture slope. A raised circular area (diam. 40m; H 1m) is defined by a low overgrown scarp SSE-W-NE and by a later field bank - possibly incorporating an earlier enclosing bank - NE-E-SSE. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 07 October 2013 - KD032-017001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD032-017001-. Near the top of a long moderately steep E-facing pasture slope. Visible on 1971 aerial photographs (CUCAP AVM 25, BGN 19) as the cropmarks of two parallel fosses enclosing a large oval enclosure (est max diam. c. 80m NW-SE), with the cropmarks of two other parallel fosses to the E, possibly forming part of an associated field system (KD032-017002-). No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 16 October 2013 - KD032-017002: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD032-017002-. Near the top of a long moderately steep E-facing pasture slope. Immediately E of a possible enclosure (KD032-017001-) Visible on 1971 aerial photographs (CUCAP AVM 25, BGN 19) as the cropmarks of two parallel fosses, possibly forming part of an associated field system. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 16 October 2013 - KD032-066: Moated site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKD032-066----. In tillage. Visible on Bing Maps Aerial view (pers. comm. P. Reid) as the cropmark of a square area (est. L c. 30m NE-SW; est. Wth. c. 30m NW-SE) defined by a back-filled fosse. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 12 November 2014 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathsillagh Upper. ## 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 Rathsillagh Upper, about 1 in 10 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rathsillagh Upper. - 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/rathsillagh-upper.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kildare/rathsillagh-upper.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kildare/rathsillagh-upper.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Rathsillagh Upper 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) - Ballynagussaun: https://everytownland.com/kildare/ballynagussaun.md - Elone: https://everytownland.com/kildare/elone.md - Fontstown Upper: https://everytownland.com/kildare/fontstown-upper.md - Kilrush: https://everytownland.com/kildare/kilrush.md - Oldgrange: https://everytownland.com/kildare/oldgrange-80971.md - Rathsillagh Lower: https://everytownland.com/kildare/rathsillagh-lower.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/rathsillagh-upper - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kildare/rathsillagh-upper