Thomastown

91 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Thomastown, from 14 m² to 419,168 m² (41.92 ha, 103.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Thomastown 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.

• 13 Oct 2025Conditional

  works to uprate the existing Rinawade – Dunfirth Tee – Kinnegad 110kV overhead line (OHL). Within County Kildare, the proposed development will take place within the following townlands: Confey, Parsonstown, Barnhall, Easton, Rinawade Upper, Rinawade Lower, Castletown, Oldcarton, Nicholastown, Killickaweeny, Cappagh, Newtown, Ballynakill, Ballyvoneen, Dysart, Dunfierth, Coolree, Kilmurry, Thomastown, Kilshanchoe, Clonagh, Cadamstown, Tanderagee, Calfstown, Ballinderry, Balrinnet, Kilglass, Nurney, Williamstown, Ballindoolin, Carrick, Grange East, Rahin. The Rinawade - Dunfirth Tee - Kinnegad 110 kV OHL circuit runs through County Meath, County Kildare and County Offaly. It is 54 km in length and travels from Kinnegad 110 kV substation in Killaskillen (County Meath) and traverses southeast where a short loop into Dunfirth 110 kV substation in Dunfirth (County Kildare) exists. The line then continues southeast where it terminates at Rinawade 110kV substation in Rinawade Lower (County Kildare). The OHL has a total of 249no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Kildare County Council, there is 30.66 km of the existing OHL circuit, with 140 no. structures. Within the functional area of Meath County Council there is 23.16 km, with 107 no. structures, and within the functional area of Offaly County Council there is 0.42 km, with 2 no. structures. Separate planning applications will be lodged with Meath County Council and Offaly County Council. The proposed development within Co. Kildare will comprise: the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between structure numbers 93 - 153, 224 - 226, and 240 - 247; the strengthening of tower foundations at 9no. locations; the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 14no. locations; the painting of towers at 15no. locations; shear block remedial works of towers at 1no. location; the replacement of polesets at 43no. locations, with similar structures. There will be no change in height at 6no. poleset replacements. There will be height increases between 0.1m and 2.0m at 33no. poleset replacements. Poleset numbers 67, 72 and 132 will increase in height no greater than 3.0m, and poleset number 151 will increase in height no greater than 4.0m; the replumbing of polesets at 14no. locations; the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at all structures where conductor wires will be replaced; the replacement of stay wire/a

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561155

• 28 Aug 2025N/a

  for to construct a new extension at the side of our existing dwelling to include a family room and to join and convert the garage to the extension to include two bedrooms and a bathroom with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560979

• 24 Jul 2025Conditional

  for the (A) erection of a one and a half storey type house, (B) garage / fuel store for domestic use, (C) installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area, (D) upgrade of existing agricultural entrance to a recessed vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2560837

• 14 Mar 2025Refused

  for (A) construction of a dormer type house,(B) garage for domestic use, (C) bored well, (D) installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area, (E) upgrade of existing agricultural entrance to a double recessed vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2560272

• 16 Jun 2023Conditional

  consists of (A) the erection of a two storey type house, (B) garage for domestic use, (C) the installation of proprietary wastewater treatment plant with percolation area and (D) upgrading of existing farm entrance to a combined vehicular recessed entrance and access driveway and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 23663

• 6 Dec 2022Refused

  the importation of material to in-fill and re-contour the subject site at Thomastown, Johnstownbridge, Co. Kildare. Once the importation is complete the applicant will seed the land in line with Teagasc guidelines and return it to agricultural use. The Operational Phase will see the site being used as agricultural pastureland. The applicant proposes, subject to planning, to import clean greenfield soil and stone to remediate approximately 3.689ha of the total site. The 3.689ha is divided into two distinct areas - Area 1 is 2.718ha and Area 2 is 0.971ha. A fill plan has been drawn up for the importation of ca. 103,455 tonnes of soil to fill Area 1, and ca. 25,005 tonnes to fill Area 2, equating to a total of ca. 128,460 tonnes of soil and subsoil. Permission is being sought for a 5-year period (ca. 25,692 tonnes per annum) and will be subject to a waste facility permit. The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR)

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 221447

• 11 Nov 2022N/a

  for the importation of matrerial to in-fill and re-contour the subject site at Thomastown, Johnstownbridge, Co Kildare. Once the importation is complete the applicant will seed the land in line with Teagasc guidelines and return it to agricultural use. The Operational Phase will see the Site being used as agricultural pastureland. The applicant proposes, subject to planning, to import clean greenfield soil and stone to remediate approximately 3.689ha of the total site. The 3.689ha is divided into two distinct areas - Area 1 is 2.718ha and Area 2 is 0.971ha. A fill plan has been drawn up for the importation of ca. 103,455 tonnes of soil to fill Area 1, and ca. 25,005 toones to fill Area 2, equating to a toal ca. 128,460 tonnes of soil and subsoil. Permission is being sought for a 5-year (cia. 25,692 tonnes per annum) and will be subject to a waste facility permit. This application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR).

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 221348

• 11 Sept 2019Conditional

  importation of clean topsoil and subsoil into the subject site of 4.29 hectares at Kilmurry, Johnstown Bridge, Co. Kildare, in order that the site can be rendered suitable for agriculture. It is proposed to improve approximately 3.79 ha of the site and it is estimated that this will require approximately 62457 cubic metres of greenfield, inert soil and stone. The applicant also proposes to install a temporary site office and canteen, wheelwash, portaloo and carry out all ancillary site works. The application relates to an activity requiring a Waste Facility Permit from Kildare County Council. Revised by significant further information consisting of; an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been submitted

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 191018

• 25 Oct 2017Conditional

  amendments to development previously approved under Planning Register Reference 16/660 for a storey and a half / dormer type dwelling to include the following; revised location of proposed dwelling on family landholding from the approved set back distance of 211m to a reduced set back distance of 30.4m measured from the public road, reduction in floor area from 337.6sqm to 267.9sqm, omission of single storey utility room to side, minor elevational amendments, and all associate site works (note that the location of the "aquamax" waste water treatment system and sand polishing filter will remain as approved under Planning Register Reference 16/660)

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 171192

• 25 Jan 2017Conditional

  (a) Erection of one and a half storey/dormer type house; (b) Garage/fuel store for domestic use; (c) The installation of Oakstown BAF wastewater treatment system with percolation area and (d) Erection of recessed vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 1762

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 Thomastown.

Recorded monuments

• KD003-035 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated in SE corner of field containing cropmarks of several enclosures. Ring-ditch visible as a cropmark on aerial photograph taken 11/07/2018. Cropmark of larger enclosure or possible ringfort (KD003-036----) immediately to W. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Noel Murphy Date of upload: 2 August 2018

• KD003-036 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated in SE corner of field containing cropmarks of several monuments (KD003-035-/037-/038-). Cropmark of circular shaped enclosure with entrance gap at E visible on aerial photograph taken 11/07/2018. Cropmark of smaller ring-ditch (KD003-036----) immediately to E. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Noel Murphy Date of upload: 2 August 2018

• KD003-037 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated in centre of field containing cropmarks of several monuments (KD003-035-/036-/038-). Cropmark of circular shaped enclosure with entrance gap at E visible on aerial photograph taken 11/07/2018. ESB pole stands in NW quadrant of enclosure close to the enclosing cropmark. Curvilinear cropmark running off E side of ringfort may represent the remains of an annexe. Concentration of curvilinear cropmarks running off and across the annexe on N and S side may represent the remains of a field system (KD003-038----). Cropmark of smaller ringfort possible (KD003-036----) and ring-ditch (KD003-035----) to E. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Noel Murphy Date of upload: 2 August 2018

• KD003-038 Field system
  Description

  Situated in centre of field containing cropmarks of several monuments (KD003-035-/036-/037-). Cropmark of linear earthworks running off and across the annexe of a possible ringfort (KD003-037----) are visible on aerial photograph taken 11/07/2018. Concentration of linear cropmarks running off and across the annexe on N and S side may represent the remains of a field system (KD003-038----). Cropmark of smaller ringfort possible (KD003-036----) and ring-ditch (KD003-035----) to E. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Noel Murphy Date of upload: 2 August 2018

Architectural heritage

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

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 20 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_2532 (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 Thomastown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Thomastown

Area

2,289,639 m² (228.96 ha, 565.78 acres)

Civil parish

Cadamstown, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Cadamstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cadamstown electoral division: 1,554 people in 460 households; 84% of households own their home; 54% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clonagh, Johnstown, Kilmore, Kilmorebrannagh, Kilmurry, Kilshanchoe, Martinstown

Placenames

Thomastown 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.