Bishopsland

Bishopsland is a townland in the civil parish of Ballymore Eustace, barony of Naas South, Co. Kildare. Its name in Irish is Fearann an Easpaig.

Parcel 1040887

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BishopslandBallymore Eustace East

200 m

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Area: 44,347 m² (4.43 ha, 10.96 acres)
Buildings: 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 588 m².
Zoning: G4 Open Space and Amenity (Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Ballymore Eustace) The objective
R2 Existing Residential / Infill (Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Ballymore Eustace) The objective
P1 Agricultural (Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Ballymore Eustace) The objective
R1 New Residential (Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Ballymore Eustace) The objective
Townland: Bishopsland

Planning applications on this parcel

16 Aug 2023Conditional
the demolition of the existing dwelling and shed. The construction of a replacement dwelling involving a detached, part single storey/part 2-storey, 4-bed dwelling (including garage). Removal of existing vehicular access and provision of a modified vehicular access further east (involving part removal of existing boundary wall). Erection of new gates and pillars. Construction of 2 no. detached storage areas. Ancillary development including hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatment and accommodation of a new public footpath which will form part of the Ballymore Eustace River Walk. All associated site and drainage works, including replacing a septic tank with on-site wastewater treatment system and percolation area
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2360119

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 this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 19 recorded monuments.

KD029-011001 Historic town
Description
On a S-facing slope on the E bank of the River Liffey, near the border with County Wicklow. A significant pre-Norman ecclesiastical presence is indicated by the two high crosses (KD029-011006- and KD029-011007-) and a cross slab (KD029-011009-) in the graveyard (KD029-011004-) containing the ruins of St. John’s Church (KD029-011002-) at the E end of the town. According to Bradley et al. (1986, vol. 1, 71-74), the name ‘Ballymore’ [i.e. Baile mór/town] is found in late 12th-century documents, while the epithet Eustace first occurs in Irish in 1548 and in English sources from 1666, because the Eustace family held the office of constable of the castle (KD029-011005-) for most of the Middle Ages. A Norman motte (KD029-011003-) was erected, probably to the N of the present town. Ballymore was a manor belonging to the archbishops of Dublin: references occur to the archbishop’s castle of Ballymore in a grant of 1181-90 and to his manor of Ballymore in a grant of 1191. The grant of a weekly market is referred to between 1189 and 1199, and in 1234, Henry III granted the archbishop the right to hold a yearly fair. A document of c. 1256-66 indicates Ballymore had become a borough with burgesses paying 12d yearly and holding 12 acres in burgage. A 1326 extent of the manor of Ballymore states that there were 160 burgesses in the borough, as well as two water mills and a common kiln together with 16 cottages that paid no rent, four cottages lying in waste and a plot of land called ‘Taillourbourgage’. In 1540, the grant of a weekly market and annual fair was confirmed by the king to the archbishop. Ballymore was plundered during the Geraldine revolt of 1546, while in 1572, it was reported that all Ballymore, except for one le Strange’s house and castle, had been burned by the Irish. In 1608, James I revived the rights of fairs and markets in the town and in 1659, the population was given as 132. The precise location and extent of the medieval borough is uncertain. It may have stood near St. John’s Church (KD029-011002-) at the E end of the present town or may have been focused on Church Road, to the SW, which runs roughly N-S in a bend in the River Liffey, and off which, especially to the E, long narrow, burgage-like plots run. The layout of the ‘main’ part of the town, including Main Street and the Market Square to the NE of Church Road, probably dates from the 17th-century. In 1997 archaeological testing was carried out under licence no. 97E0370 on a proposed house site (693075/709960) listed as Site 2 at Bishopslane in 1997 uncovered medieval features, deposits and finds relating to the medieval settlement (KD029-011001-) of Ballymore Eustace (Hayden 1998, 90). The site was located on the S side of Bishopslane Road 155m W of the medieval church (KD029-011002-) and graveyard (KD029-011004-) and 265m SE of the Anglo-Norman motte castle (KD029-011003-). The archaeological deposits were concentrated at the N end of the development site in a 20m zone running N-S and facing onto the present road. Archaeological testing under licence No. 97E0425 was carried out on the adjoining development sites; Site 1 located immediately W of Site 2 and Sites 3-6 located immediately to the E. Medieval settlement features, deposits and finds were found in all 19 test trenches with possible medieval structure at the N and S ends of the trenches with cultivation furrows located in between the possible structures (Hayden 1998, 90, No. 262). The archaeological testing in these fields shows that the settlement associated with the medieval town or manor of Ballymore Eustace located between the medieval church and castle. In 1999 a Preservation Order (PO 1 of 1999) was placed on the proposed development site No. 1 (693046/709953), Site No. 3 (693099/709936) , Site No 5 (693146/709912) and Site No. 6 (693180/709896). In the same year archaeological monitoring was carried out on Site 4 prior to the construction of a single storey dwelling and no archaeological features or deposits were uncovered (Lynch 2000, 121, No. 360). The following year archaeological monitoring of ground-works on Site 3 under licence No. 97E0425etx. was carried out and medieval pottery dating from the 12th-15th century was recovered from the site. A bungalow was subsequently constructed on this site. Sites 1, 5, and 6 are currently undeveloped green-field sites as visible on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 4 April 2017
KD029-011002 Church
Description
In a graveyard (KD029-011004-) at the E edge of Ballymore Eustace, a historic town (KD029-011001-). According to Bradley et al. (1986, vol. 1, 77-8), the first reference to a church occurs in 1192, although the presence two high crosses (KD029-011006- and KD029-011007-) and a cross slab (KD029-011009-) in the graveyard indicates the existence of a significant pre-Norman church site. The church was a prebend of St. Patrick’s cathedral in Dublin from before 1227 when it was valued at 20 marks. It is referred to as the ‘church of Blessed Mary of Ballymore’ in a document of 1529-34. The church was described as in good repair in the Royal Visitation of 1615, but had deteriorated by the time of Archbishops Bulkley’s Visitation in 1630. Few physical remains survive: fragments of two walls are visible to the E (L 1.8m; H 3m; T 1.05m) containing a splayed ope, and S (L 2m; H c. 1m; T 1.05m) of the present, 19th-century church. A font (KD029-011010-) in the porch of the 19th-century church presumably came from the medieval church, while a second font (KD029-011013-) in the graveyard is said to have come from Coghlanstown church (KD029-005001-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 August 2013
KD029-011003 Castle - motte
Description
Possibly at the N edge of Ballymore Eustace, a historic town (KD029-011001-), where ‘Close Hill’ is named on the OS 25-inch map and shown as a steep-sided subcircular earthwork (base diams. c. 25m NE-SW; upper surface diams. c. 12m NE-SW; c. 10m NW-SE). According to Counihan (1991, 58-9), ‘The section drawing [done by the architect Basil Stallybrass sometime between 1901 and 1906] shows the deliberate scarping of Close Hill and confirms the location of the motte site. Basil's notes mention Close Hill, a circular mound - no bailey, height 35 ft (c. 10.7m) - a terrace on the top larger one side than the other'. According to Bradley et al. (1986, vol. 1, 76), Close Hill is a conical mound (H 20m; summit diam. 9m), the upper 3-4m of which appear to be the result of artificial heightening. The N side has been quarried for gravel. The summit is uneven, and there is a lower (D 1.5m) sloping platform on the W (Wth 6-7m). Large stones and blocks, with traces of mortar, in the enclosing field wall suggest the presence of a significant masonry structure, possibly an Anglo-Norman masonry castle (KD029-011005-), on the motte. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 August 2013
KD029-011004 Graveyard
Description
On a S-facing slope on the E edge of Ballymore Eustace, a historic town (KD029-011001-). A roughly square area (max. c. 82m E-W; c. 80m N-S) is enclosed by a well-built stone wall with a gate and stile in the NW corner and a gate in the SE corner. Mature beech and yew trees grow throughout. It’s likely to have been a significant pre-Norman ecclesiastical site because the graveyard also contains two high crosses (KD029-011006- and KD029-011007-), two cross-inscribed slabs (KD029-011008-, KD029-011009-) and seven graveslabs (KD029-011014- to KD029-011020-). There is also a medieval font (KD029-011013-), a holed stone (KD029-011012-) and the fragmentary remains of a medieval church (KD029-011002-) to the rear of an upstanding 19th-century church, which itself contains a second medieval font (KD029-011013-) and a 16th-century knightly effigy (KD029-011011-). Burials from the 18th-century to recent times are marked by chest tombs, table tombs and headstones, many of which are leaning and some of which are broken. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 August 2013
KD029-011006 Cross - High cross
Description
The cross stands in a graveyard (KD029-011004-) to the N of a 19th-century church. Of granite, this tall, slightly tapering, ringed cross (H 3.4m; Wth across arms 1.4m; shaft H 2.15; Wth 0.42-0.49m; T 0.33-0.35m) stands on deeply buried rectangular base. The upper shaft and the E side of the S arm are damaged. The W face has a large central boss surrounded by a low rounded moulding and the ring on both faces is banded by a double half-roll moulding. It is probably pre-1200 in date. A secondary inscription in Roman capitals on the W face reads (anticlockwise); AMEN/ NO(r) THE 9 ERECTED IN 16/89/BY/ AM WALL/ IHS (King, H. 1999 Excavations at the North Cross, Ballymore Eustace, Co. Kildare. Unpublished report, National Monuments Service, Dublin), and commemorates its re-erection in 1689. The cross was leaning badly, and in 1999 it was taken down and re-erected securely, the work being informed and facilitated by a small scale archaeological excavation around the base (Licence No. 99E0143; King, op. cit.). The deeply buried base consists of a large granite boulder, worked to create a stepped pyramidal shape on its upper surface. It is crudely cut, and the steps are of uneven height. The lower part of the stone is unworked, and the eastern side is steeply concave. The base was sitting on the undisturbed natural and was propped on the east by a number of stones overlain in places by mortar. The cross shaft was found to have no tenon and sat loosely in the base’s mortice to a depth of c. 0.3m. The mortice was, however, over double that depth but bellied inwards at c. 0.3-0.35m below the upper surface, resulting in a narrowing which did not permit the shaft to be seated securely in position. The gap between the shaft and the mortice had allowed an old iron key, probably for the church door, to slip down into the bottom of the mortice, which was filled up with soil, dead leaves and water. Excavation was confined to the area immediately around the base so that no stratified burials would be disturbed, although a number of cuts for burials were recorded. The lack of significant stratigraphy or any great depth of burial suggested that this area of the graveyard had not been extensively used. The finding of two sherds of medieval pottery, slag, a bronze binding strip and a small quantity of animal bone suggested some medieval occupation activity in the area before its use as a burial-ground. (Manning 1998, 112; King 2004) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 August 2013
KD029-011007 Cross - High cross
Description
Bradley (et. al. 1986, vol. 1, 79) described the South Cross standing in Ballymore Eustace graveyard (KD029-011004-), to the SE of St. John's C. of I. church as consisting of an unpierced ringed cross carved from a single block of granite (total H 1.97m; base: H 0.82m; L 0.46-0.56m; Wth 0.38-0.4m; shaft; H 1.15m; Wth 0.35m T 0.24-0.27m). The base is a tall rectangular piece of stone, not much wider than the shaft, with low moulding around its edges. The gently tapering shaft has rounded edges and is undecorated except for half-diamond shapes on the lower end of each face. Only the lower sections of recessed spandrels forming the ring survive. It is probably pre-1200 in date. Recent photogrammetric survey of this cross carried out by Seán Sourke clearly shows the V shaped terminal at the base on all four faces of the cross. The survey also revealed faint traces of a possible ringed cross visible on the W face of the base and fainter traces of possible decoration on the other three faces of the cross-base. See attached photogrammetric images courtesy of Seán Sourke. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 16 October 2020
KD029-011008 Cross
Description
According to Bradley et al. (1986, vol. 1, 79) it stands in a graveyard (KD029-011004-), to N of a 19th-century church. A roughly shaped granite Latin cross (dims. H 1.67m; Wth across arms 0.4m; T 0.15m) of uncertain date. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 August 2013
KD029-011009 Cross-slab
Description
According to Bradley et al. (1986, vol. 1, 79) it stands in a graveyard (KD029-011004-), to W of a 19th-century church. A tapering granite slab (H 1.03m; Wth 0.47-0.67m; T 0.19m) bears an incised cross with expanded arms, and is probably pre-1200 in date. (Corlett 2003, 87, 88, 106, Slab 1) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 August 2013
KD029-011010 Font
Description
According to Bradley et al. (1986, vol. 1, 79-80), the font stands in the porch of a 19th-century church, in a graveyard (KD029-011004-). A cylindrical granite stone (diam. 0.77m; H 0.47m) contains a bowl (diam 0.54m; D 0.25-0.26m) which is almost straight-sided and has a flat base with a central circular drain-hole (diam. 0.09m). The rim of the bowl is flat but has broken away at one point and was subsequently replaced with concrete. It is possibly 12th-century in date. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 August 2013
KD029-011011 Tomb - effigial (present location)
Description
According to Bradley et al. (1986, vol. 1, 80), a 16th-century limestone knightly effigy was moved from Old Kilcullen (KD028-049012-) to a 19th-century church in a graveyard (KD029-011004-) in Ballymore Eustace. The slab, carved in high relief with the figure of a knight, is believed to represent Sir Oliver FitzEustace. The head is on a cushion and the feet rest on an animal. The right arm lies on his breast and the left is extended, lying across a sword. The knight is represented as armed, in a long hauberk (coat) of mail with short sleeves and with a mail collar attached. The bascinet (helmet) has a visor and there is a crest, possibly a stag couchant, on the forehead (Hunt 1974, 77, 153, Fig. 142). Hunt (op. cit. 153) considers that the effigy, ‘represents indifferent journeyman’s work, but is said to have been “restored” in the nineteenth century.’ Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 August 2013

And 9 more.

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 rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
Terrain model: No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
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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Area: 225.8 ha; 558 acres
Land parcels: 61; registered freehold, median 5,911 m² (0.59 ha, 1.46 acres)
Zoning: M2; Village Centre
Planning: 17; applications since 2010

Land parcels

Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann

BishopslandBallymore Eustace East Broadleas Commons Britonstown Ballymore Eustace West Horsepasstown Silverhill Lower Blakestown Lower Longstone Bishopslane

1,000 m

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61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bishopsland, from 13 m² to 728,709 m² (72.87 ha, 180.07 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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Zoning

Development plans, national zoning

M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Ballymore Eustace, Kildare · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Ballymore Eustace, Kildare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Ballymore Eustace, Kildare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Ballymore Eustace, Kildare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
P1Agricultural (Agriculture)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Ballymore Eustace, Kildare · 0 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

26 Mar 2025Conditional
for amendments to a previously approved planning application granted under Planning Ref. 24/61098 including moderate relocation of house, equine structures and treatment system within the same field and alterations to site boundaries along with all site development and facilitating works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2560317
22 Oct 2024Conditional
for a) proposed new single storey dwelling, b) stable block with manure pit and effluent tank, c) use of existing property entrance, d) treatment system & percolation area along with all associated site development and facilitating works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2461098
18 Oct 2024N/a
for a) proposed new single storey dwelling, b) stable block with manure pit and effluent tank, c) use of existing property entrance, d) treatment system & percolation area along with all associated site development and facilitating works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2461077
24 Aug 2023Conditional
1: raising existing ridge height 300mm to front 2: first floor dormer bedroom extension to rear with flat roof and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 23867
16 Aug 2023Conditional
the demolition of the existing dwelling and shed. The construction of a replacement dwelling involving a detached, part single storey/part 2-storey, 4-bed dwelling (including garage). Removal of existing vehicular access and provision of a modified vehicular access further east (involving part removal of existing boundary wall). Erection of new gates and pillars. Construction of 2 no. detached storage areas. Ancillary development including hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatment and accommodation of a new public footpath which will form part of the Ballymore Eustace River Walk. All associated site and drainage works, including replacing a septic tank with on-site wastewater treatment system and percolation area
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2360119
10 Aug 2023Conditional
1. Carry out renovation works and to construct 2 no. single storey extensions to the rear of 2 no. attached cottages at Chapel Street, Ballymore Eustace. 2. Cottage no. 1 located at Eircode W91R8K1 (formally known as Deegans) has an existing floor area of 30.09 sq.m and the proposed extension will add 85.90 sq.m. 3. Cottage no. 2 located at Eircode W91Y3V5 (formally known as Marshalls) has an existing floor area of 28.93 sq.m and the proposed extension will add 88.24 sq.m. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of (1) Retention Permission now sought for the excavation works to the rear which reduces the levels to provide a level area to the rear of both cottages which extends out to 15m from the rear walls. The ground is then sloped up to the original garden level. (2) Permission to carry out renovation works and to construct two no. single storey extensions to the rear of two no. attached cottages at Chapel Street, Ballymore Eustace. Cottage no. 1 located at Eircode W91R8K1 (formally known as Deegans) has an existing floor area of 30.09sq.m and the proposed extension will add 74.67sq.m. Cottage no. 2 located at Eircode W91Y3V5 (formally known as Marshalls) has an existing floor area of 28.93sq.m and the proposed extension will add 72.93sq.m
Permission · Kildare County Council, 23840
26 Apr 2023N/a
(a) proposed new single storey dwelling, (b) stable block with manure pit and effluent tank, (c) new vehicle entrance, (d) treatment system and percolation area along with all associated site development and facilitating works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 23437
29 Nov 2022Refused
a) proposed single storey dwelling. b) stable block with manure pit and effluent tank, c) new vehicle entrance, d) treatment system & percolation area along with all associated site development and facilitating works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 221425
17 Nov 2022Conditional
the installation of 4,280sqm (880kW) ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and all associated and ancillary works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 221371
25 Apr 2022Conditional
for new agricultural entrance along with all associated site development and facilitating works.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 22474
14 Apr 2021Conditional
(1) Change of use from Butchers Shop to Coffee Shop. (2) Change front elevation to include a window and door combination allowing direct access from the street. (3) Change the existing signage from K. Langan Butchers to Ballymore Brú,
Permission · Kildare County Council, 21497
2 Mar 2021Conditional
a single storey sunroom extension to rear 22sqm. Retention Permission for widening of vehicle entrance from access road at existing dwelling at 9 Poulaphouca, Ballymore Eustace, Naas, Co. Kildare previous planning permission 96/18 all
Permission · Kildare County Council, 21249
12 Feb 2021N/a
single storey sunroom extension to rear 22sqm. Retention Permission for widening of vehicle entrance from access road at existing dwelling
Retention · Kildare County Council, 21162
29 May 2020Conditional
(a) change of use of existing farm stables and coach house (a protected structure) to 5 holiday let dwelling units (2no. 3-Bed and 3no. 2-Bed Units) and associated alterations (b) new internal road connecting proposed development to existing entrance granted under planning ref. no. 06/902 (c) existing entrance to be upgraded to Kildare County Councils recess entrance requirements (d) decommissioning of existing septic tank and replaced with new wastewater treatment system and percolation area to service all existing and proposed units and all associated site works and services
Permission · Kildare County Council, 20537
24 May 2018Conditional
(1) Dismantling 2 No. existing piers either side of the vehicular entrance, wall and gate (the pier to the north of the pedestrian entrance will be retained in situ). (2) Providing a wider vehicular entrance measuring 5.58m wide (10.71m wide including pedestrian access) with a new capped pillar to the south (this will form an outer entrance). (3) The existing gates and 2 No. piers will be relocated further east and a new pier erected. Together they form an inner entrance (the vehicular entrance will be wider than existing and the pedestrian entrance will now be on the south side). (4) The area between the new and old gates will contain a Hoggin finish and will be enclosed to the north and south by estate metal railings and grass verge. The remaining area at the outer entrance will consist of an asphalt surface. (5) The proposed works will involve some work on public owned lands (Kildare County Council lands) involving new footpath to either side of the entrance (notably to the south side of the entrance where currently there is no footpath for pedestrians). (6) All associated site works including a “Stop” sign at the outer entrance (western entrance), landscaping and the introduction of bollards in order to prevent parking
Permission · Kildare County Council, 18615
20 Jun 2017N/a
(A) Change of use from existing established retail / commercial use to café / deli with ancillary retail provision for consumption of hot and cold food and drinks on and off the premises (B) Demolition of the existing rear return storage and toilet block, (C) Construction of new toilet block and storage area to rear, (D) New external seating area to rear with fixed canopy over, (E) Demolitions and Alterations to rear roof profile, (F) New windows and doors throughout and provision of new roof lights, (G) Provision for the sale of wine on the premises, (H) New signage to front façade and associated lighting, and (I) All ancillary and associated works as maybe required.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 17725
21 Apr 2017Conditional
the demolition of a previous structure
Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 17446

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

Special Protection Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir SPA 004063
Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir 000731

Recorded monuments

KD029-012 Mound
Description
In a small patch of mixed woodland which has been partially cleared and new trackways run through. A poorly preserved, irregularly shaped, grass-covered mound (14m NE-SW; 11m NW-SE; H 1.4-1.8m.). In 2000, archaeological trial trenching of the mound (Excavation Licence No. 00E0909: Stevens 2001a, 1-35) in advance of the expansion of the adjoining Dublin Corporation water treatment plant to the E led the excavator to conclude that the area in general had been subject to modern truncation through quarrying and backfilling and that the mound appeared to have been truncated beyond all recognition. No evidence of any residual archaeological material was found. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 04 September 2013
KD029-039 Linear earthwork
Description
The area which would later be called 'The English Pale', from the Latin 'palus', a stake, and also possibly from the name of an earthen fortification at Calais in France (Lydon 1972, 261), originated in the 14th-century when Norman settlers began fortifying their lands in counties Dublin, Kildare, Louth and Meath against attack by the native Irish. By 1435, ongoing attacks, probably primarily aimed at cattle theft (O'Riordáin 1971, 15), prompted the concept of an additional, linear defensive feature, the boundaries of which were defined in a 1488 Act of Parliament as extending, 'from Merrion inclusive to the waters of the Dodder, by the new ditch to Saggard, Rathcoole, Kilheel (Kilteel), Rathmore and Ballymore (Eustace), thence to the county of Kildare into Ballycutlan (Coghlanstown), Harristown and Naas, and so thence to Clane, Kilboyne, and Kilcock' (Mc Neill 1950, 250). In 1494, Parliament directed that, 'every inhabitant, earth tiller and occupier in said marches (borderlands), do build and make a double ditch six feet high above ground at one side or part which meareth next unto Irishmen between this and next Lammas (August 1st.), the said ditches to be kept up and repaired as long as they shall occupy said land.' However, Ellis (Ellis S. G. 'The emergence of the English Pale in Ireland' in Irish Historical Studies) points to a statute in Poyning's parliament in 1495 for 'ditches to be made aboute the Inglishe pale' as the first application of the term to Ireland. The Pale contracted eastwards in subsequent years and it is not certain if its original extent was ever completely ditched. By the 17th-century The Pale had ceased to have any real political or defensive significance. Only a few short sections have been positively identified in Co Kildare; in Kilteel Upper/Cupidstown near Rathmore (KD020-008-----), in Bishopsland just SW of Ballymore Eustace (KD029-039----), at Castlebrown or Clongowes (KD010-021----/KD014-008----) and finally, the best preserved, semi-continuous portion which runs for c. 3365m through the townlands of Ballybrack, Ballyloughan, Clonduff, Clonfert South and Graiguepottle, c. 5km N of Clongowes (KD010-001----). A section of the boundary was identified in Bishopsland by Patrick Healy (FF 1976, 5). It consists of a narrow trackway (av. Wth 2.1m) running N-S (original traceable L c. 660m) flanked along its E and W sides by a low earthen bank (int. H 0.2-0.3m; Wth 3.2m; ext. H 0.9m). The W bank has been narrowed along its outer (W) face by the construction of a modern access road running parallel to it, while the S section of the monument (L c. 270m) has been levelled by the construction of a large municipal water treatment works, although sub-surface archaeological deposits may survive intact. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 16 September 2013
KD029-051 Barrow - bowl-barrow
Description
Prominently sited at the W end of a steep-sided E-W pasture ridge, around the S and W of which the River Liffey flows. A fairly well-preserved raised central, circular, earthen area (base diams. 10.1m N-S; 9m E-W; summit diams. 2.4m N-S; 2.2m E-W is girdled by a broad, level area (Wth 8.1-10m) which is in turn enclosed by a low earthen bank (int. H 0.1-0.9m; Wth 3.4-5.1m; ext H0.5-1.4m). An outer fosse, traceable WSW-N-ESE may be the result of later landscaping. Mature beech trees grow on the bank along the N perimeter, and one grows on the central mound. A second, possible barrow (KD029-012----) lies c.220 m to the N. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 04 September 2013

Architectural heritage

House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Group of twelve terraced three-bay single-storey cottages, c.1900. Individually renovated and extended, c.1960-c.2000, with some retaining early aspect. Gable-ended roofs with slate (some with replacement artificial slate, c.1960-c.2000). Clay ridge tiles (concrete ridge tiles to replacement roofs). Rendered and roughcast chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods (some replacement rainwater goods, c.1960-c.2000). Rendered and roughcast walls. Painted. Square-headed openings (some remodelled, c.1960-c.2000). Stone sills (concrete sills to remodelled openings). 1/1 and 2/2 timber sash windows (replacement timber and uPVC casement windows, c.1960-c.2000, to some houses). Replacement glazed timber doors, c.1960-c.2000. Road fronted. Tarmcadam, concrete and stone flagged footpath to front.
House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Group of thirteen terraced three- and five-bay single-storey cottages, c.1900. Individually renovated and extended, c.1960-c.2000. Gable-ended roofs with slate (some with replacement artificial slate, c.1960-c.2000). Clay ridge tiles (concrete ridge tiles to replacement roofs). Rendered and roughcast chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods (some replacement rainwater goods, c.1960-c.2000). Rendered and roughcast walls. Painted. Square-headed openings (some remodelled, c.1960-c.2000). Stone sills (concrete sills to remodelled openings). Rendered surrounds to some openings. Replacement timber and uPVC casement windows, c.1960-c.2000. Replacement glazed timber doors, c.1960-c.2000. Road fronted. Concrete flagged footpath to front.
House, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Pair of end-of-terrace three-bay single-storey cottages, c.1850, retaining early fenestration. Gable-ended roof (shared) with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered and red brick chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast walls to house to north. Painted. Rendered walls to house to south. Painted. Square-headed openings. Stone sills. 2/2 timber sash windows. Replacement glazed timber panelled doors, c.1990. Road fronted. Concrete flagged footpath to front.
Liffey Works, water tower, 1990–1992 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding reinforced concrete water tower, erected 1991, comprising ‘champagne glass-profile water tank on a fluted cylindrical shaft. Set back from road in grounds shared with water treatment plant.
Bishopland, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1820, retaining early fenestration with three-bay single-storey lean-to parallel range to rear to north having single-bay two-storey projecting stairway return. Extended, c.1860, comprising two-bay two-storey double-pile block to east with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch added to centre of original block and single-bay single-storey flat-roofed entrance bay added to rear to north. Part refenestrated, c.1920. Gable-ended roof with slate (lean-to to parallel range; hipped to stairway return; hipped double-pile (M-profile) to additional block). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cut-stone coping to gables. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Flat-roof to porch and to entrance bay. Felt. Rendered walls (roughcast to south to additional block). Painted. Rendered pilasters to porch. Square-headed window openings (tripartite to ground floor to front (south) to original block). Stone sills. 6/6 timber sash windows (with some replacement 1/1 timber sash windows, c.1920). Segmental-headed window opening to stairway return. Tripartite timber sash window with fanlight over. Round-headed window openings to porch. Stone sills. Moulded archivolts. 1/1 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening to porch. Glazed timber panelled double doors. Segmental-headed door opening to entrance bay. Timber panelled door. Sidelights and fanlight. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own landscaped grounds. Gravel forecourt to front.Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1820, to north-east retaining early aspect. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Clay coping to gables. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls with render over. Segmental-headed window openings to ground floor. Square-headed window openings to first floor. Stone sills. Timber casement windows.Group of attached and detached outbuildings, c.1820, to north on a quadrangular plan about a courtyard comprising:Attached three-bay two-storey house to north. Renovated, c.2000. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.2000. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Replacement timber casement windows, c.2000. Square-headed door opening. Replacement glazed timber door, c.2000.Pair of attached four-bay two-storey stable ranges to north with series of segmental-headed integral carriageways to ground floor to range to east. Now disused. Gable-ended roofs with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls (ruled and lined to ground floor to range to east). Unpainted. Rendered stringcourse. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. No fittings. Square-headed door openings. No fittings. Segmental-headed integral carriageways to ground floor to range to east. No fittings.Detached three-bay two-storey building to east with segmental-headed integral carriageway to centre and three-bay single-storey recessed end bays. Hipped slate roofs. Clay ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls with render over. Unpainted. Square-headed openings. Stone sills. Timber fittings. Segmental-headed integral carriageway. Dressed voussoirs. Part blocked-up.Group of three detached four-bay single-storey rubble stone stable buildings to south and to west. Hipped roofs with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls. Painted. Square-headed openings. Some door openings with cut-stone quoined surrounds. Timber panelled shutters to window openings. Timber panelled half doors.Gateway to courtyard comprising pair of piers with finials having round-headed opening to centre.

Ground and risks

Radon, landslides, flooding

Radon: At the centre of the townland of Bishopsland, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
Terrain model: No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Bishopsland.
Flooding: The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Homes sold

Property Price Register

Bishopsland, Ballymore Eustace6 sales

The townland

Name: Bishopsland · Fearann an Easpaig
Area: 2,258,434 m² (225.84 ha, 558.07 acres)
Civil parish: Ballymore Eustace, and its townlands
Barony: Naas South
Electoral division: Ballymore Eustace, the unit of the census
Census 2022: 1,589 people lived in 582 households in the Ballymore Eustace electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
Neighbouring townlands: Ballymore Eustace East, Bishopslane, Blakestown Lower (Co. Wicklow), Britonstown (Co. Wicklow), Broadleas Commons, Horsepasstown, Silverhill Lower
Placenames: Bishopsland 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.