Commons East
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcock, barony of Ikeathy and Oughterany, Co. Kildare; in Irish An Coimín Thoir
Parcel 4477296
- Area
- 128 m²
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Commons East
Planning applications on this parcel
25 Mar 2022Conditional
development consists of: The installation of 539 sqm of photo-voltaic solar panels onto the existing supermarket roof. The solar panels will be used to create green electricity, all of which will be used by the store
Permission · Kildare County Council, 22330
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 6 recorded monuments.
- KD005-002 Ecclesiastical site
Description
According to Gwynn and Hadcock (1970, 389), 'Cell-choca, the monastery of the 6thC virgin Cocha (Chuaca)' was located at Kilcock. No visible surface trace of the monument survives, but a later, medieval church (KD005-002001-) and graveyard (KD005-002002-) may occupy its site. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
- KD005-002001 Church
Description
According to Cullen (1999, 36) this may have been the church mentioned in 1303 in an Ecclesiastical Commissioners Report as being capable of accommodating 90 people, and which may have been given into the control of the Knight's Hospitallers. Located to NE of centre in a graveyard (KD005-002002-). Known locally as 'St Coca's Church', it may occupy the site of a 6thC monastery (KD005-002----). Traces of the levelled church may survive as a slightly raised, rectangular area (dims L c. 18m E-W; Wth c. 6m; H 0.2-0.5m), at the NE edge of which a short length of walling (traceable L c. 3m; Wth 0.65m) composed of small blocks of mortared stone, projects through the sod cover. This may have been original location of the decorated medieval font (KD005-029----) now located in the nearby 'St Patrick's', 19th century Catholic church. The 1st ed. (1838) OS 6-inch map representation of a roofed church in the S corner of the graveyard may be a cartographic error? Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
- KD005-002002 Graveyard
Description
On Church Lane, just N of the square in Kilcock village, and known locally as 'St Coca's Graveyard', it may occupy the site of a 6thC monastery (KD005-002----). The graveyard is sub-rectangular in plan (dims. L c. 50m NE-SW; Wth c. 40m), enclosed by a high wall (av. H 2m; T 0.5m) of roughly coursed, cross-capped, mortared stone and is entered through a gate at the W end of the S wall. The S two-thirds of the yew-planted interior is higher (H c. 1m) than the rest and contains the majority of burials, dating from early-18th to early-20th c. Traces of a levelled church (KD005-002001-) are visible just NE of centre. According to Simms (1999, 185) the graveyard was also used as a Children's Burial Ground (KD005-031----). Both Cullen (1999, 36) and Simms (1999, 184) refer to the presence of a now inaccessible, underground burial vault in the graveyard. (Rochfort 1999, 67-74) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
- KD005-002003 Coffin-resting stone
Description
According to Simms (1999, 183-4), local tradition relates that in the past, Catholic funerals had to remain outside the gates of the graveyard (KD005-002002-) until the burial fees were paid and the coffin was rested on a stone in the interim. A small roughly dressed block of stone beside the E pier of the entrance gates is pointed to as having been the coffin-resting stone. However, Rochfort (1999, 74) states that a cross base (KD005-030----), once located at the edge of the Fair Green, served that function. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
- KD005-002004 Children's burial ground
Description
According to Simms (1999, 185), the old graveyard in Kilcock (KD005-002002-) was closed for burials from August 1899, but despite (or perhaps because of) the closure, 'still-born' babies were buried there. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
- KD005-022 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Located NE of the square in Kilcock village and indicated, but not named, on the 1st. Ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map. Known locally as 'Tubbermohocca' and dedicated to the 6th century St Coca, sister of St Kevin of Glendalough, the well was apparently covered in the mid-19th century. (O'Donoghue 1999, 170-71). Local tradition recalls a pattern day at the well on the 6th of June (pers. comm. Mr. Michael Durkan). It was rediscovered recently when a man-hole cover was lifted to reveal a circular well (diam c. 0.8m), several metres deep and lined with small, undressed mortared stone walling. The well was dry on day inspected. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2753 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
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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
- 6.6 ha
- 16 acres
- Land parcels
- 40
- registered freehold, median 238 m²
- Zoning
- G1
- F1 - Open Space
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Commons East, from 27 m² to 44,269 m² (4.43 ha, 10.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 4 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
27 Feb 2026Conditional
For the installation of 3 no. rooflights to the front roof slope of the existing two-storey semi-detached dwelling, along with internal alterations to the attic space to facilitate its use as a home office, guest bedroom, and ancillary storage.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660211
18 Feb 2026N/a
the installation of 3 no. rooflights to the front roof slope of the existing two-storey semi-detached dwelling, along with internal alterations to the attic space to facilitate its use as a home office, guest bedroom, and ancillary storage. No additional plumbing or drainage works are proposed as part of this application
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660150
20 Nov 2025N/a
The installation of 3 no. rooflights to the front roof slope of the existing two-storey semi-detached dwelling, along with internal alterations to the attic space to facilitate its use as a home office, guest bedroom, and ancillary storage. No additional plumbing or drainage works are proposed as part of this application
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561311
17 Nov 2025N/a
the installation of 3 no. rooflights to the front roof slope of the existing two-storey semi-detached dwelling, along with internal alterations to the attic space to facilitate its use as a home office, guest bedroom, and ancillary storage. No additional plumbing or drainage works are proposed as part of this application
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2561295
23 Jun 2023Conditional
(a) single storey family flat type extension to the rear of existing dwelling house, (b) 2 no. rooflights in attic space along front roof plane of the existing dwelling house, (c) connection to all existing site services nd all associated development works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 23707
30 May 2023Conditional
the construction of an artificial grass multi-use games area, associated earth retaining structure, access pathway, perimeter fence to the playing surface and all ancillary site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 23580
28 Apr 2023N/a
of the construction of an artificial grass multi-use games area, associated earth retaining structure, access pathway, perimeter fence to the playing surface, and all ancillary site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 23452
25 Mar 2022Conditional
development consists of: The installation of 539 sqm of photo-voltaic solar panels onto the existing supermarket roof. The solar panels will be used to create green electricity, all of which will be used by the store
Permission · Kildare County Council, 22330
24 May 2021Conditional
the construction of an artificial grass multi-sport playing surface, perimeter fence to the playing surface, and all ancillary site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 21715
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Commons East.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Commons East.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Commons East.
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
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2752 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Commons East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Commons East · An Coimín Thoir
- Area
- 66,349 m² (6.63 ha, 16.4 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcock, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ikeathy and Oughterany
- Electoral division
- Kilcock, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilcock electoral division: 8,896 people in 2,853 households; 69% of households own their home; 65% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Dolanstown (Co. Meath), Kilcock, Newtownmoyaghy (Co. Meath)
- Placenames
- Commons East 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.