Kilmead

144 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilmead, from 30 m² to 342,706 m² (34.27 ha, 84.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Kilmead 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.

• 18 Jun 2025Conditional

  for - Installation of an LPG tank located on a concrete plinth with a 1.8m high perimeter screen enclosure, - Installation of an Air Source Heat Pump on existing hard landscaping with a 2.8m high perimeter screen enclosure, and - Installation of vandal resistant EVC car charging local electrical enclosure, distribution board and dual car charging outlet

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560684

• 6 Jun 2025N/a

  for an Installation of an LPG tank located on a concrete plinth with a 1.8m high perimeter screen enclosure, Installation of an Air Source Heat Pump on existing hard landscaping with a 2.8m high perimeter screen enclosure, and Installation of vandal resistant EVC car charging local electrical enclosure, distribution board and dual car charging outlet

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560627

• 28 Apr 2025Conditional

  for the provision of a single storey extension to the rear of existing single storey School Building (existing floor area = 1,048sqm) consisting of a 2no. Classroom Special Education Unit, 2no. New Toilet Cubicles to Existing Mainstream Classroom, and Boiler Room (proposed floor area of extension = 468sqm), minor internal alterations, 6no. additional car parking spaces including 1no. accessible car parking space, vehicular set-down area, secure external soft play area, sensory garden, and all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560441

• 23 Apr 2024Conditional

  for the demolition of the existing substandard porch to the front, the demolition of the existing substandard extension to the rear, and the erection of a Dormer Extension to the Side and Rear. Revised by Significant Further Information which relates to the proposal being altered from a dormer extension to a single storey extension to the side and rear and the upgrade of the existing septic tank and percolation area.

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 24132

• 16 Aug 2022Conditional

  changes to the single storey extension permitted by planning reference 20/916 including: demolition of existing utility; refurbishments and alterations of the existing single storey dwelling with an extension to side/west and rear/south; conversion of garage into family flat comprising kitchen/dining/living and bedroom spaces; and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including wastewater treatment system and polishing filter previously granted under planning reference No. 20/916

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 221005

• 22 Jul 2022Refused

  for the construction of 30 dwellings over two phases. 1. Demolition of existing partially completed dwellings including 2 number units currently at wall plate level, 5 number units at ground floor slab level and 4 number units at foundation level. 2. New vehicular and pedestrian access on to public road to south west of site including construction of a roadside footpath along the site frontage. Integration of new road and footpath to existing Cluain Ard development. Temporary construction traffic access onto local road to the southwest of the site. 3. Phase 1 comprises construction of 20 dwellings as follows; 2 number semi-detached two bedroom bungalow dwellings (type 6), 2 number semi-detached three bedroom dormer dwellings (type 5), 2 number detached three bedroom bungalow dwellings (type 4a), 6 number detached four bedroom two storey dwellings (type 3), 4 number detached four bedroom two storey dwellings (types 2a and 2b) and 4 number detached four bedroom two storey dwellings (type 1). 4. Phase 2 comprises construction of 10 dwellings as follows; 5 number detached three bedroom bungalow dwellings (types 4a and 4b), 1 number detached four bedroom two storey dwellings (type 3) and 4 number detached four bedroom two storey dwellings (type 2a and 2b). 5 All associated site development and facilitation works to include civil engineering works to achieve proposed construction levels, roads, footpaths, drainage and sewerage networks, watermain, electrical and telecommunications service connections, boundary treatments, landscaping works, playground along with all associated site development and facilitating works

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 22903

• 22 Jul 2022Refused

  for previously approved development (register reference 07/1733) for 4 no. dwellings to comprise 2no. 3 bedroomed 2 storey semi-detached dwellings and 1no. 3 bedroomed detached bungalow with entrances off Moate View and 1no. 4 bedroomed detached bungalow with entrance off public road, demolition of derelict structure and all ancillary site development works all

  Permission, 3 homes · Kildare County Council, 22904

• 27 May 2022N/a

  for previously approved development (register reference 07/1733) for 4 no. dwellings to comprise 2no. 3 bedroomed 2 storey semi-detached dwellings and 1no. 3 bedroomed detached bungalow with entrance off Moate View and 1no. 4 bedroomed detached bungalow with entrance off public road, demolition of derelict structure and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 4 homes · Kildare County Council, 22636

• 17 Aug 2020Conditional

  Dormer style extension to the rear of existing single storey dwelling, upgrade of existing septic tank and percolation area, internal and external alterations to original single storey dwelling and all associated site works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of the proposal being altered from a dormer to a single storey extension

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 20916

• 24 Mar 2020Conditional

  single storey extension to the side and rear of an existing single storey dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 20303

• 20 Aug 2019Refused

  the construction of a two storey detached dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, a new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 19940

• 7 Mar 2018Conditional

  removal of existing agricultural barn; internal alterations and refurbishment of an existing split level single storey house; the conversion and dormer extension of the attic to provide additional bedroom and study space; alterations to external elevations including new fenestration and an entrance porch; and the provision of all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground including a new waste water treatment system and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 18228

• 10 Jul 2017Conditional

  of the detached garage converted to an art studio to the side of my house. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of a new on site wastewater treatment system now required / proposed

  Retention · Kildare County Council, 17801

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 Kilmead.

Recorded monuments

• KD031-027 Burial ground
  Description

  Near the top of a moderately steep E-facing slope in a housing estate. Signposted ‘15th Century Fitzgerald Graveyard.’ A well-maintained slightly raised circular area (diam. 22m; H 0.4-1m) is enclosed by a mortared stone wall with an entrance at NE. The interior contains table-tombs, flat slabs and headstones, and legible gravemarkers date to the 18th and 19th-century. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 09 October 2013

• KD031-028 Moated site
  Description

  On a low E-W ridge in tillage. A fairly well-preserved, but totally overgrown, rectangular area (int. 32m NW-SE; 24m NE-SW) is defined by a substantial earthen bank (int. H 1.2m; Wth 16m; ext. H over fosse 4.7m) and a broad outer fosse (Wth at base 3.6m; D 1.8m). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 09 October 2013

• KD035-113 Enclosure
  Description

  In tillage. Visible on Bing Maps Aerial view (pers. comm. P. Reid). A circular area (est. diam. c. 30m) is defined by the cropmark of a back-filled fosse. A second, larger enclosure site (KD035-114----) lies immediately to the SE. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 13 November 2014

• KD035-114 Enclosure
  Description

  In tillage. Visible on Bing Maps Aerial view (pers. comm. P. Reid). A large circular area (est. diam. c. 60m) is defined by the cropmark of a back-filled fosse. A second, smaller enclosure site (KD035-113----) lies immediately to the NW. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 13 November 2014

Architectural heritage

• Saint Ita's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1795–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay double-height Catholic church, dated 1798, on a cruciform plan comprising two-bay double-height nave with two-bay double-height transepts to north-west and to south-east, single-bay single-storey gabled sacristy projection to south-west and entrance bay to north-east having bellcote to gable. Extended, c.1980, comprising two-bay single-storey lean-to range to south-west. Gable-ended roof on a T-shaped plan with slate (behind parapet wall to north-east; gabled to sacristy projection). Clay ridge tiles. Cut-stone bellcote to gable to north-east. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1995. Lean-to to additional range to south-west. Artificial slate. Rendered walls. Painted. Rendered parapet wall to north-east with cut-stone pinnacles to coping. Lancet-arch openings (blind to bays flanking entrance to north-east). Cut-stone sills. Fixed-pane leaded stained glass windows. Lancet-arch door opening to north-east. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors. Square-headed door openings to remainder. Timber panelled doors. Full-height interior. Inscribed cut-stone wall monuments. Decorative stations. Gothic-style marble altar furniture. Balustraded timber galleries to first floor to transepts. Set back from road in own grounds. Tarmacadam grounds to site.Freestanding belfry, c.1870, to north comprising rendered piers with bell over.

• Kilmead House, house, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey double-pile rubble stone house with attic, c.1850, on an L-shaped plan with three-bay single-storey return to rear to north-east having segmental-headed integral carriageway opening into internal courtyard. Renovated and refenestrated, c.1980, with two-bay single-storey infill block added to rear elevation to north-east and single-bay single-storey advanced glazed porch added to entrance. Gable-ended roof on an L-shaped plan with slate (replacement artificial slate, c.1980, to double-pile section). Clay ridge tiles. Red brick chimney stacks. Square rooflights. Yellow brick course to eaves. Rainwater goods now gone. Flat-roof to infill block. Corrugated-iron. Rubble stone walls. Hammer dressed stone ashlar quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Yellow brick dressings. Timber lintel to opening to return. Replacement timber casement windows, c.1980. Glazed timber advanced porch, c.1980, to entrance. Square-headed door opening. Timber panelled door. Segmental-headed integral carriageway. Hammer dressed stone ashlar surround. Yellow brick dressings. Replacement timber panelled double doors, c.1980. Set back from road in own grounds.Formal avenue to north-west with cut-granite monolithic stones to boundary.Gateway, c.1850, to north-west comprising pair of cut-granite piers with cast-iron gates.

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 Kilmead, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2503 (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.

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

Name

Kilmead · Cill Míde

Area

1,969,933 m² (196.99 ha, 486.78 acres)

Civil parish

Narraghmore, and its townlands

Barony

Narragh and Reban East

Electoral division

Skerries, the unit of the census

Census 2022

717 people lived in 228 households in the Skerries electoral division. 67% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnagross, Ardscull, Ballindrum, Fontstown Upper, Glassely, Monatore, Youngstown

Placenames

Kilmead 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.