Townparks
Townparks is a townland in the civil parish of St. Michael's, barony of Narragh and Reban West, Co. Kildare.
Parcel 1019056
- Area
- 206 m²
- Buildings
- 4 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 138 m².
- Zoning
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- Townland
- Townparks
Planning applications on this parcel
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Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map gives no landslide susceptibility class here. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2352 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 99.5 ha
- 246 acres
- Land parcels
- 624
- registered freehold, median 311 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential / Infill
- Planning
- —
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
624 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Townparks, from 1 m² to 135,178 m² (13.52 ha, 33.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 54 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 565 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 23 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community and Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C6Industry and Warehousing (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O1Strategic Reserve (Strategic reserve, White land)
Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C1.1Transport and Utilities (Commercial, retail)
Athy Local Area Plan 2021 - 2027, Kildare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
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Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal 002104
Recorded monuments
- KD035-021 Castle - hall-house
Description
On W edge of flat low-lying poorly drained land which forms part of the flood-plain of the River Barrow which flows 80m to the NE. The religious house (KD035-022006-) of the Crutched Friars founded by Richard de St. Michael in the thirteenth century is 520m to the SSE, also located on the W bank of the River Barrow. A 13th century hall house built by Richard de St. Michael stands on dry ground overlooking the River Barrow to SE and possibly a fording point over the river. The main entrance to the castle faces the River Barrow and it possible that there may have a quay or harbour located on the W bank of the Barrow opposite the castle entrance. A series of linear earthworks forming rectangular features in the poorly drained field to SE may represent the remains of medieval fish-ponds (KD035-021002-). The land to the NW is higher dry ground and does not appear to have formed part of the floodplain. There are archaeological earthworks in the field to the N and S of the castle. Some of the earthworks in the field to the N of the castle may form part of the bawn wall (KD035-021001-) and two storey house (KD035-022003-) depicted on a drawing of the castle dating from 1795 (Costello 1992-3, 87; TCD MS 942/2:51, 56, 58,68). The 1656 Down Survey map of Kildare depicts a settlement (KD035-021003-) in the form a cluster of buildings standing on the W bank of the River Barrow between Woodstock Castle and the religious house (KD035-022006-) of the Crutched Friars (downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#c=Kildare). The stone hall-house was probably built in the thirteenth century by Richard de St. Michael, Lord of Rheban (KD030-008----) (Carroll 1892, 103). Richard was son of Robert de St. Michael who witnessed Strongbow’s grant of Aghaboe, Co. Laois (Orpen 2005, 150) in the late 12th century. In 1215 his son Richard paid £100 as a fine to the King to ‘have the land which belonged to his father’ (Cal doc. Ire., 103), these lands included the castle of Rheban (KD030-008----) and the lands of Woodstock. According to Brewer (1826, 40-1) the castle was ‘first erected by Richard de St. Michael, Lord of Rheban, noticed above as the founder of the Crouched Friary (KD035-022006-) (reign of John 1199-1216). In 1315 Robert Bruce took the castles of Rheban (KD030-008----) and Woodstock and later in 1325 Lysagh O’More took possession of the manors of Rheban and Woodstock (Anon. 1793, 161-2). These castles, together with the manors of Woodstock and Rheban (KD030-008----) passed as dowry lands, to Thomas FitzGerald, seventh Earl of Kidlare, in the early 15th century. Some time around 1424, Thomas FitzGerald, seventh Earl of Kildare, then Lord Offaly, married Dorothy, daughter of Anthony O’More [Moore] of Leix, and so gained possession of the manors of Woodstock and Rheban, including the town of Athy, and established within them a court-baron and court-leet’ (Anon. 1809, 99). In 1534 the castle appears to be in the hands of the O’More’s of Leix when in this year it was recorded that ‘O’More to suffer Woodstock and the manor of Athy to be repaired’ (Cal. S.P. Ire., 11). Two years later in 1536 Lord Leonard Grey, Lord Deputy of Ireland wrote to the king stating that he had ‘provided victuals, lime, masons, and carriage, intending to re-edify the castle and bridge of Athy, and the manor of Woodstock’ (Cal. S.P. Ire., 19) In 1835 the castle and bawn was described as following; ‘standing on the western bank of the river barrow, it was designed to command the principal ford on this part of the river, in conjunction with White’s castle (KD035-022010-), situate on the opposite bank, a little lower down-the ford lying between. Tradition assigns it to about the year 1290, and that a descendant oft he earl of Pembroke was its first master; whilst our antiquaries, with more reason, seem inclined to attribute the erection of the present structure to Thomas Fitzgerald, lord of Offaley, and afterwards seventh earl of kildare, who on marrying Dorothea, daughter of Anthony O’More, of Leix, received in dower the manors of Woodstock and Rheban (KD030-008----), in which family it still remains. The plan of the building was originally a regular square; in after times an addition was made to it of a square tower, joining the south side, and built in uniformity with the front facing the river. The walls are of great thickness, and, considering the attacks they have been exposed to, in good preservation. The mullioned windows are much admired, and were elegantly executed. In viewing the interior from what can be collected from the remains, we are struck with the curios arrangements of architecture. A fine arched gateway, and part of the outer court-wall (KD035-021001-) yet remain. Some short time since a stone, of which the following cut is a representation, was discovered in the ruins, and carefully preserved by Holmes Bigham, Esq. the present occupier of the adjoining land; it is the only piece of sculpture of interest that has, even in a mutilated state, survived, from the barbarous taste of disfiguring pleasure-grounds and grottoes with relics, that can be only useful where they are rendered interesting by time. The ford which the castle commanded, and from which Athy derives its name, was called Athelehac, or anciently Athlegar, the ford towards the west; also Ath-trodan, or the cattle for. In 1642, the Marquis of Ormond took Woodstock from the rebels; and subsequently, in 1647, Owen Roe O’Neal surprised it, and put the garrison to the sword; his victory, however, was but of short duration; for Lord Inchiquin compelled him, in a little time after, to surrender it and Athy. The lordship of Woodstock and Castlemitchell was set by the Earl of Kildare to Daniel Hutchison, alderman, for ninety-nine years, from May 1st 1657, at 100l. the first forty-one years, yearly, and 200.l a year during the rest of the lease, with six fat wethers or three pounds’ (Enna 1835, 295-6). The castle had a finely carved fireplace which was still in situ in 1808 when it was described as ‘a noble ruin situated on the banks of the river Barrow, about a mile from Athy, is still remarkable for a curious Chimney-piece in good preservation, adorned with curious figures in bass relief’ (Anon. 1808, 329). The precise location of this fireplace inside the castle has not been identified and it would appear that today there are no remains of the decorated cut-stone fireplace surround. A carved stone of 16th century date depicting a man playing the bag-pipes was taken from the fireplace of Woodstock Castle and is now located at Kilkea Castle (KD037-017002-) (Fitzgerald 1915, 133). For the purposes of clarity in the flowing description, the NE wall of the castle will be described as E facing, NW face as N and so on. Present remains consist of the ruins of an Anglo-Norman thirteenth century hall-house which was first built as a two storey high building with first floor entrance that was later modified over the centuries with the insertion of new floor levels and the rebuilding of an angle tower on the SE angle in the 16th century. New windows, fireplaces and gun-ports were inserted into the castle along with earthen artillery fortifications in the field adjoining the structure. The Urban Survey of Kildare recorded that this building was a ‘thirteenth century structure with sixteenth and seventeenth century additions. An important castle which was the centre of the St. Michael manor of Woodstock’ (Bradley et. al. 1986, 71). A drawing of the castle dating from 1795 shows the W face of the castle as it was drawn from SW looking NE. Several buildings along with the bawn wall are no longer visible today. However some of the earthworks in the field to the N of the castle represent the remains of these structures. On this drawing a single storey ruinous building with exposed rafters is illustrated running E off the SE angle of the castle. The crease line of the roof from this building is still v
- KD035-021001 Bawn
Description
On W edge of flat low-lying poorly drained land which forms part of the flood-plain of the River Barrow which flows 80m to the NE. The religious house (KD035-022006-) of the Crutched Friars founded by Richard de St. Michael in the thirteenth century is 520m to the SSE, also located on the W bank of the River Barrow. A 13th century hall house (KD035-021----) known as Woodstock Castle built by Richard de St. Michael stands on dry ground overlooking the River Barrow to SE and possibly a fording point over the river. There are archaeological earthworks in the field to the N and S of the castle. Some of the earthworks in the field to the N of the castle may form part of the bawn wall and two storey house (KD035-021003-) depicted on a drawing of the castle dating from 1795 (Costello 1992-3, 87; TCD MS 942/2:51, 56, 58,68). In 1835 the bawn was described as following; ‘A fine arched gateway, and part of the outer court-wall yet remain’ (Enna 1835, 295-6). A drawing of the castle dating from 1795 shows the W face of the castle as it was drawn from SW looking NE. Several buildings along with the bawn wall are no longer visible today. However some of the earthworks in the field to the N of the castle represent the remains of these structures. On this drawing a single storey ruinous building with exposed rafters is illustrated running E off the SE angle of the castle. The crease line of the roof from this building is still visible in the render at the S end of the E wall of the castle at first floor level. Some redbrick visible in the fabric of the castle wall beside this crease line may be related to the building shown on the 1795 drawing. The S wall of this single storey building may have been built up against the inner face of the S wall of the bawn but this is not certain. A drawing dated forty years later in 1835 shows that the building and bawn wall on the SE angle no longer survives. A tall pointed gateway of the bawn wall can be seen a short distance to the N of the N wall of the castle. Today a section of this bawn wall survives running N off the W end of the N wall of the castle. Immediately N of and flanking this gateway opening there is a rectangular shaped building or gate-tower rising the full height of the bawn wall. On another undated photograph there is no building beside the gateway but there is visible the arch of the window or slit ope (pers. comm. Laura Bowen). The drawing of the gateway shows a recessed arch possibly set back from the wall to accommodate recessed gate or drawbridge. The interior of the bawn appears to have been entered from a roadway aligned E-W running from the gateway in a W direction. The defended courtyard of the castle appears to have been located to the N and E of the castle with bawn wall possibly returning onto the SE angle of the castle. A photograph of the E side of the castle taken by Robert French c. 1865-1914 (NLI L_ROY_07286) shows the lower walls of the mainly levelled bawn wall to the N and NE of the castle. An earlier undated photograph of the E wall of the castle shows the remains of a section of the bawn wall running off the N face standing at least up to first floor level (athyphotos.gallery/woodstock-castle.html). Today one can see the remains of a squat rectangular hall house (KD035-021----) with the remains of a very thick bawn wall (T. 1.7m) projecting out N from the W end of the N wall for a short distance where it formed the opening of a gateway facing towards the river which is visible on a drawing of the castle dating from 1795 (Costello 1992-3,87). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 April 2016
- KD035-021002 Fish-pond
Description
On W edge of flat low-lying poorly drained land which forms part of the flood-plain of the River Barrow which flows 80m to the NE. The religious house (KD035-022006-) of the Crutched Friars founded by Richard de St. Michael in the thirteenth century is 520m to the SSE, also located on the W bank of the River Barrow. A 13th century hall house known as Woodstock Castle (KD035-021----) built by Richard de St. Michael stands on dry ground overlooking the River Barrow to SE and possibly a fording point over the river. A series of linear earthworks forming rectangular features in the poorly drained field to SE on the floodplain of the River Barrow may represent the remains of medieval fish-ponds associated with the adjoining hall house. Alternatively these rectilinear features which are visible on the ground and on aerial photographs may be the remains of post-medieval drainage channels. The 1656 Down Survey map of Kildare depicts a settlement (KD035-021003-) in the form a cluster of buildings standing on the W bank of the River Barrow between Woodstock Castle and the religious house (KD035-022006-) of the Crutched Friars (downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#c=Kildare). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 April 2016
- KD035-021003 House - 17th century
Description
On W edge of flat low-lying poorly drained land which forms part of the flood-plain of the River Barrow which flows 80m to the NE. The religious house (KD035-022006-) of the Crutched Friars founded by Richard de St. Michael in the thirteenth century is 520m to the SSE, also located on the W bank of the River Barrow. A 13th century hall house known as Woodstock Caste (KD035-021----) built by Richard de St. Michael stands on dry ground overlooking the River Barrow to SE and possibly a fording point over the river. A series of linear earthworks forming rectangular features in the poorly drained field to SE may represent the remains of medieval fish-ponds (KD035-021002-). The land to the NW is higher dry ground and does not appear to have formed part of the floodplain. There are archaeological earthworks in the field to the N and S of the castle. Some of the earthworks in the field to the N of the castle may form part of the bawn wall (KD035-021001-) of the castle and a two storey house depicted on a drawing of the castle dating from 1795 (Costello 1992-3, 87; TCD MS 942/2:51, 56, 58,68). The 1656 Down Survey map of Kildare depicts a settlement (KD035-021003-) in the form a cluster of buildings standing on the W bank of the River Barrow between Woodstock Castle and the religious house (KD035-022006-) of the Crutched Friars (downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#c=Kildare). A drawing of the castle dating from 1795 shows the W face of the castle as it was drawn from SW looking NE. Several buildings along with the bawn wall are no longer visible today. However some of the earthworks in the field to the N of the castle represent the remains of these structures. A two storey house aligned on a E-W axis can be seen a short distance to the N of the rectangular tower. This house appears to be 17th century in date as it possesses a single gable-end chimney stack on E gable that projects externally beyond the gable wall and rises high above the roof line. The top of the chimney is crowned with a string-course with moulded shaft above typically found on 17th century houses. The wall footings of a single pile building aligned along an E-W axis located to the N of the castle which are visible on aerial photographs could be the levelled remains of this building depicted on the 1795 drawing. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 April 2016
- KD035-021004 Settlement deserted - medieval
Description
Possible deserted medieval settlement located on the W bank of the River Barrow between the religious house (KD035-022006-) of the Crutched Friars founded by Richard de St. Michael in the thirteenth century and Woodstock Castle (KD035-021----). A series of linear earthworks forming rectangular features in the poorly drained field to SE may represent the remains of medieval fish-ponds (KD035-021002-). The 1656 Down Survey map of Kildare depicts a settlement in the form a cluster of buildings standing on the W bank of the River Barrow between Woodstock Castle (KD035-021----) and the religious house (KD035-022006-) of the Crutched Friars (downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#c=Kildare). This would place the settlement in the area which today is used as a recreational council owned park. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 April 2016
Architectural heritage
- Galilee, hospital/infirmary, 1830–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached seven-bay symmetrical two-storey over basement former fever hospital, built 1836, with projecting end bays, restored c. 1985. Now in use as residential retreat house with single-storey wings to both sides. Coursed limestone walls and gateway to side.
- Saint Vincent's Hospital, workhouse, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding former workhouse, built 1843, now local hospital. Eighteen-bay two-storey front with two- and three-bay three-storey projecting wings. Projecting single-storey gabled porch with single-storey flanking bays. Single-storey T-plan rear wings. Coursed limestone boundary wall to rear.
- Saint Vincent's Hospital, gates/railings/walls, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Hospital entrance gateway with truncated limestone piers, granite spur stones and wall, originally built c. 1845. Extensively remodelled c. 1970, with wrought-iron railing added to walls and reused lamp standard of former gas light. Rubble stone wall to rear.
- Saint Vincent's Hospital, gate lodge, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Formerly detached five-bay single-storey hospital gate lodge, built c. 1845, as workhouse lodge with extension to rear. Now in use as sheltered housing.
- Woodstock Lodge, farm house, 1810–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, c. 1820, having round-arched doorcase. Two-bay single-storey extension to side, c. 1867. Stone front garden wall with concrete coping and cast-iron railings and gate. Window and door openings to house boarded up in 2003.
- Canal (section of), 1785–1795 · Regional interest
Description
Section of the Grand Canal (Barrow Line) constructed c. 1790. Links into the Barrow Navigation to south of the town at Horse Bridge.
- House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Corner-sited end-of-terrace two-bay two-storey house, c. 1820. Retail outlet to ground floor with shopfronts, c. 1985.
- House, 1930–1935 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built 1932, possibly containing masonry of earlier house.
- House, 1870–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced six-bay two-storey house, built 1877, with retail outlet to ground floor. Arched doorway and segmental-headed carriageway arch converted to shop.
- Eversley, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey Georgian house, c. 1810. Round-arched block- and-start stone doorcase and protruding chimneystack to south gable.
- House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey Georgian house, c. 1810. Round-arched block-and-start doorcase and two-storey return.
- House, 1855–1865 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, c. 1860, with elliptical-headed fanlit door. Two-storey rear extension, c. 1980.
- House, 1855–1865 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, c. 1861, with two-storey return/extension.
- House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced four-bay two-storey house and licensed premises, c. 1845, formerly with integral carriageway arch. Pubfront c. 1985. Joined to adjacent house c. 1941 with single-storey extensions to rear.
- Athy Lock, lock, 1785–1795 · Regional interest
Description
Canal lock, c. 1790, with timber and steel gates, cut limestone retaining walls and bank.
- Athy Lock, machinery, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Cast-iron canal side crane, c. 1900. Inscribed with manufacturer's name 'H. Lee and Sons, Limerick'.
- Grand Canal House, office, 1790–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Originally detached five-bay two-storey over basement former canal offices, c. 1795, with arched block-and-start doorcase. Gate posts to front. Former offices now in use as house and restaurant.
- Dry dock, 1790–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Canal dry dock, c. 1790, repaired c. 1980, with cut limestone to entrance, in-situ concrete to remainder. Repaired timber sluice gate.
- House, 1850–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Corner-sited end-of-terrace four-bay two-storey house, c. 1855, renovated c. 1990. Elliptical-arched doorcase and two-storey split-level return to rear. Single-storey outbuilding converted to surgery, c. 1990.
- Bollard, 1790–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Group of six cast-iron mooring bollards, c. 1800, flanking canal lock. Group of timber mooring posts to south-east of Augustus Bridge.
- Athy District Model National School, building misc, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
Description
Four-bay two-storey former Victorian Tudor model farm residence, built 1851, now private house. Four-bay two-storey stables and outhouses to rear and half-dormer upper floor. Gabled dormers, projecting single-storey porch and integral carriageway arch to rear. Front garden with cut limestone square piers, having peaked caps, rubble street wall and courtyard to rear.
- Athy District Model National School, building misc, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
Description
Six-bay single-storey former model farm tackroom, built 1851, partly converted to flat, c. 1995. Bays to both ends unused with south end in separate ownership. Cast-iron water pump to front.
- Athy District Model National School, stables, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
Description
Former model farm stables, built 1851, six-bay single-storey converted c. 1990 to apartment and nursery school. Limestone ashlar gate pier adjoining north end.
- Athy District Model National School, animal house, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey former model farm cow byre, built 1851, converted c. 1995 to commercial offices. Limestone flagging to front.
- Athy District Model National School, outbuilding, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
Description
Four-bay two-storey former model farm outbuildings, built 1851, built continuous with stable walling of house. Renovated c. 1990, now in use as school.
- Athy District Model National School, outbuilding, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
Description
Former model farm outbuilding, built 1851, single-storey with hipped central projection. Converted to commercial use, c. 1990, now in educational use. Gravel yard with granite kerbs.
- Athy District Model National School, model school, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
Description
Formerly detached five-bay two-storey Victorian Tudor Gothic model national school, c. 1851, with upper storey half-dormered projecting end bays. Single-storey school projecting to side and rear, renovated c. 1990. Partly in social service use. Rubble stone wall to front and cast-iron railings.
- The Manse, manse, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey over basement gable-fronted Victorian Tudor style manse, c. 1866, with upper storey half-dormered. Bay window to right-hand side. Now dwelling and medical surgery. Tooled limestone piers with ashlar capping. Corrugated-iron double gate in snecked rubble stone wall.
- Athy Presbyterian Church, church/chapel, 1850–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-cell Presbyterian church, built 1855, with Gothic details. Lecture hall, c. 1889, to east of chancel, interior remodelled c. 1946. Random coursed limestone rubble wall, iron gates to street with monolithic granite piers and cut granite steps up to entrance.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Townparks, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2398 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Townparks with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Townparks
- Area
- 994,707 m² (99.47 ha, 245.8 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. Michael's, and its townlands
- Barony
- Narragh and Reban West
- Electoral division
- Athy East Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 4,216 people lived in 1,630 households in the Athy East Urban electoral division. 60% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Athy, Barrowford, Bleach, Cardington, Cardington Demesne, Chanterlands, Clonmullin, Gallowshill, Paudeenourstown, Woodstock North, Woodstock South
- Placenames
- Townparks 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.