Glassely

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glassely, from 116 m² to 1,048,514 m² (104.85 ha, 259.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Glassely 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.

• 28 Aug 2026N/a

  for a milking parlour (3), dairy (5), machine room (4) and meal bin, walled manure pit (12A), slurry tank (T1) and slatted feeding area (12C & 19), 2 no. loose houses (9 & 8A), cubicle shed (16) and unroofed cubicles (17), roofed silage pit (15) and unroofed, walled silage pit (15), feed store (13) concrete yards (A & 18), hardcore yards and all ancillary works. The new development will consist of the erection of a roof over existing collecting yard (3A) and new slurry tank (T3), cattle drafting yard (3B), roof over existing manure pit (12A), feed passage (12B) and unroofed slatted feeding area (12C), roof over existing loose yard ((11) previously granted permission under Pl. Ref. 07/466), underground slatted slurry tank (T3) and underground slabbed soiled water tank (T4), alterations to existing farm road, concrete yards and ancillary works.

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2660971

• 6 Mar 2026N/a

  Renewable Energy Directive (REDIII) Development. Application for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a solar PV energy development (renewable energy development) with a total site area of 137.7 hectares, comprising of the construction of PV panels mounted on metal frames, inverters, internal access tracks, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, electrical cabling and ducting, creation of a new access off the L8017, a temporary construction compound, landscaping and all ancillary infrastructure and associated works. The solar farm would be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of this application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660249

• 4 Mar 2026Conditional

  1) Carry out alterations to the front elevation to include (a) altering window sizes to create a balanced elevation. (b) removal of a chimney which appears on the right-hand side when viewed from the public road 2) Carry out a single storey extension to the rear. Part of this extension will be seen from the front elevation. 3) Decommission and upgrade the existing septic tank system to a Secondary Sewage Treatment System with a Soil Polishing Filter. 4) Remove the existing old garage. 5) All ancillary sites work in association with the above. The existing cottage has a floor area of 59.01 sq.m. The proposed extension will add a further 118.24 sq.m

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660232

• 14 Mar 2025Conditional

  of a domestic garage and a storage shed on the rear of the existing house

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560271

• 10 Mar 2025N/a

  of a domestic garage and a storage shed on the rear of the existing house

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560238

• 6 Mar 2025N/a

  of a domestic garage and a storage shed on the rear of the existing house

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560224

• 15 Sept 2023Conditional

  alterations to dwelling under construction (Planning Reference 20/522). Alterations include revisions to external window sizes, additional floor areas to side (in two separate locations) and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 23899

• 26 May 2020Conditional

  the renovation and alteration of existing cottage, demolition of existing single storey extension to the rear and construction of a new single storey extension to the rear. New wastewater treatment system, connection to existing on site services and all associated site works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 20522

• 9 Oct 2017Conditional

  a single storey extension (8.15m2) to the rear of existing single storey dwelling and retention permission for a single storey detached garage (36.5m2) to the rear of existing single storey dwelling, 1 no. Velux to the rear and all associated site works

  Retention, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 171117

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 Glassely.

Recorded monuments

• KD032-037001 Church
  Description

  In a graveyard (KD032-037004-) which also contains fragments of a Fitzgerald chest tomb (KD032-037002-) and cross (KD032-037003-). According to Fitzgerald (1912-14b, 1913, 82), the ‘ancient church of Glassealy’ was dedicated to St. Patrick, and, ‘… in pre-Reformation times the tithes of Glassealy formed a portion of those of the Rectory of Norrach, now Narraghmore, which belonged to the Nunnery of “Tymolynbegg” or Timolin [KD036-025002-].’ Only the foundation line of portion of the S wall of the church survives (traceable L 4.1m E-W; T 0.85m; H 0.2m) running W from a subterranean Fitzgerald burial vault. A single earthfast stone to the N may be the remains of the outer face of the N wall, which would give an external width of 7.15m for the church. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 October 2013

• KD032-037002 Tomb - chest tomb
  Description

  In a graveyard (KD032-037004-) which also contains a ruined church (KD032-037001-) and a cross (KD032-037003-). According to Fitzgerald (1912-14b, 1913, 83), ‘All the stone fragments … were discovered by me deeply sunk in the ground in different parts of the churchyard in March 1898 and April 1900. I caused them to be dug up with local assistance in order to take photographs of and make rubbings from them.’ The fragments comprise two end pieces (L c. 0.64m; Wth c. 0.54m), one bearing the Fitzgerald family arms, the other the Crucifixion, the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. John, together with three fragments from the front of the tomb, divided into plain oblong niches, each containing a male or female figure, the former clad in armour. Fitzgerald (op. cit) says it was originally a three-sided tomb which stood against a wall above the vault in the graveyard. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 October 2013

• KD032-037003 Cross
  Description

  In a graveyard (KD032-037004-) which also contains a ruined church (KD032-037001-) and fragments of a Fitzgerald chest tomb (KD032-037002-). According to Fitzgerald (1912-14b, 1913, 83), ‘All the stone fragments … were discovered by me deeply sunk in the ground in different parts of the churchyard in March 1898 and April 1900. I caused them to be dug up with local assistance in order to take photographs of and make rubbings from them.’ Two portion of a cross shaft survive (total H c. 1.45m); the upper one having a mortice hole to take the cross-head, and bearing the date 1615 with the Crucifixion carved above, and the lower fragment with a dowel and the inscription ‘Pray/ for W.F/ G.E.FG/&D.T.M., which Fitzgerald (op. cit) interprets as, ‘Pray for William FitzGerald, Ellinor FitzGerald, &. The D.T.M initials are a puzzle.’ Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 October 2013

• KD032-037004 Graveyard
  Description

  On a short but moderately steep N-facing valley slope with a small stream flowing W just to the N. A trapezoidal shaped area (max. c. 48m NW-SE; c. 40m NE-SW) is enclosed by a mortared stone wall, inside which an earlier grassed-over stone wall runs along the SE and SW sides. Contains a ruined church (KD032-037001-), fragments of a Fitzgerald chest tomb (KD032-037002-) a cross (KD032-037003-) and a Fitzgerald burial vault. Legible gravemarkers date from the 18th to the 20th-century. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 30 October 2013

• KD032-038 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Near the S end of a narrow N-S valley or glen, some 290m SE of Glassely church (KD-32-037001-) and graveyard (KD-32-037004-). At the foot of a low rock outcrop, large slabs have been cemented together to form a roughly rectangular surround to a natural spring (2m E-W; 0.8m N-S; D of water 0.5m). Two mature ash trees stand to the NE and ESE and beside the latter a low thorn bush has a metal hook in it from which three mugs hang. The surrounding area has been landscaped with plants and shrubs, and a fine statue of St. Patrick stands nearby. (Fitzgerald 1912-14b, 99 - for a photo of well in the early 20th-century; Jackson 1979-80, 155-6) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 31 October 2013

Architectural heritage

• Glassely House, miller's house, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement former mill owner's house, c.1780, retaining early fenestration with segmental-headed door opening to centre, single-bay two-storey lean-to lower end bay to north, three-bay three-storey rear elevation to west and two-bay two-storey return to rear to west. Now in private residential use. Hipped roof with slate (lean-to to recessed end bay; gable-ended to return). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Square rooflights to recessed end bay and to return. Rendered band to eaves. Cast-iron rainwater goods on iron brackets. Roughcast walls over rubble stone construction. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings (round-headed to centre rear elevation to west). Stone sills. 3/6 and 6/6 timber sash windows (1/1 timber sash windows to return). Segmental-headed door opening. Timber doorcase. Timber panelled door. Fixed-pane sidelights and spoked fanlight. Set back from road in own grounds. Gravel forecourt to front. Attached two-bay two-storey outbuilding, c.1780, to return to west retaining early fenestration. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Yellow brick chimney stack with traces of render over. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. 3/6 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening. Timber door. Mill stone to site. Gateway, c.1780, to south-east comprising pair of piers with moulded capping having curved flanking walls.

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

At the centre of the townland of Glassely, 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 the townland of Glassely.

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.

No address of the register names Glassely with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.

Name

Glassely · Glais Éile

Area

2,669,972 m² (267 ha, 659.76 acres)

Civil parish

Narraghmore, and its townlands

Barony

Narragh and Reban East

Electoral division

Burtown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

421 people lived in 157 households in the Burtown electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballindrum, Battlemount, Kilmead, Lynamsgarden, Monatore, Mullamast

Placenames

Glassely 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.