Tully West

Tully West is a townland in the civil parish of Kildare, barony of Offaly East, Co. Kildare. Its name in Irish is An Tulaigh Thiar.

Parcel 6102097

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Tully WestKildare Tully East

50 m

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Area: 1,623 m²
Buildings: 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 266 m².
Zoning: M2 Town Centre (Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029) The objective
Townland: Tully West

Planning applications on this parcel

4 Feb 2024Refused
Demolition of existing house and garage on site. Construction of a two storey building consisting of 8 No. apartments, (6 No. one beds and 2 No. two beds) and 4 No. Offices, Landscaping, Bin and Bike Store, Entrance, Connection to foul and surface water and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460086
9 Aug 2023Refused
demolition of existing house and garage on site, construction of 10 No. apartments, (8no. one beds and 2No. two beds) in 3 separate buildings, A, B, and C, (each building is a detached two storey building). landscaping, bin and bike store, entrance, connection to foul and surface water and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360104
19 Aug 2022Conditional
existing single front porch extension, rear extension and attic conversion for storage purposes as constructed to existing single storey detached house and all associated site works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 221017

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 59 recorded monuments.

KD022-029001 Historic town
Description
On a low ridge at the W-edge of the Curragh. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 196-265), the name Kildare is derived from Cill Dara, ‘the church of the oak’, a tree which, according to the 7th century writer Cogitosus, stood beside St. Brigid’s early-6th century monastery (KD022-029002-). The Annals of Clonmacnoise record that in 1012, ‘all the Towen of Kildare was burnt by a thunderbolt but one house’, suggesting a secular, urban-type settlement had developed in association with the monastery. A borough was established at Kildare before 1176, and became the principal manor of Strongbow's Lordship in north Leinster, and the earliest fortification may have been a motte (KD022-029025-). By the end of the 13th century, Kildare contained a castle (KD022-029004-), a cathedral (KD022-029005-), and both Franciscan (KD022-029006-) and Carmelite friaries (KD022-029007-). A parliament was held there in 1309-10. In 1316, John Fitzthomas, newly created earl of Kildare, was granted the town and castle. Bradley et al (op. cit., 199) suggest a population of about 1,000 in the town in the early-14th century. In 1515, the town received a new charter, and a weekly market and burgesses were licensed to enclose the town with walls and a fosse (KD022-029009-). It was the scene of an engagement in 1598, during the Nine Years War, when it was so badly damaged that it was described by Fynes Moryson (1907, ii, 351) as, ‘altogether disinhabited’. The cathedral was ruined and roofless in 1604, and a number of properties were described in 1607 as ‘ruinous’ or ‘lately burned’. However, the town recovered to become an important garrison site during the Confederate War of 1641-53. Around 1659, the Census of Ireland noted a population of 359 (Pender 1939, 395). (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 320; Orpen 1911-20, 374-381; Gilbert 1884, ii, 339) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 19 January 2012
KD022-029002 Ecclesiastical site
Description
According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 196-265), the name Kildare is derived from Cill Dara, ‘the church of the oak’, a tree which, according to the 7th century writer Cogitosus, stood beside St. Brigid’s early-6th century monastery. Originally founded for nuns, it became a ‘double monastery’, with nuns under an abbess and monks under an abbot or bishop (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 319-20). The first bishop recorded was Conleth, who died in 520 (Annals of Ulster). Cogitosus’ Life of Brigid, written c. 680, describes a large church with many windows, and formal, decorated doors for the nuns and monks, who were separated by a screen running down the centre of the church. The altar was also cut off from the rest of the church by a screen covered with paintings and hangings, and was flanked by the richly ornamented shrines of Brigid and Conleth. The shrines were reputedly carried off by Viking raiders in 835. The monastery was burned on a number of occasions between 710 and 1089, (not always maliciously): after one burning, in 1012, The Annals of Clonmacnoise record, ‘all the Towen of Kildare was burnt by a thunderbolt but one house’, suggesting a secular, urban-type settlement had developed around the monastery, while after another burning, in 1050, it was noted that both the wooden church (durthech) and the stone church (damhlaig) were destroyed. Kildare’s importance was recognised in 1111 at the Synod of Rathbreasil, when it became one of the five episcopal sees of Leinster. The precise location of the early monastery is uncertain, but it almost certainly stood on, or near, the surviving cathedral (KD022-029005-), high cross (KD022-029021-) and round tower (KD022-029020-) in the graveyard (KD022-029003-); while the curvilinear nature of some streets may reflect the lines of early monastic enclosures (KD022-029058-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 19 January 2011
KD022-029003 Graveyard
Description
Just NW of the Market Sq. A sub-rectangular area (est. dims. L c. 115m E-W; Wth c. 65m N-S), enclosed by a mortared stone wall, which, according to Bradley et al (1986 vol. 3, 216), may have formed the innermost enclosure (KD022-029058-) of St. Brigid’s monastery (KD022-029002-). Contains a high cross (KD022-029021-), a round tower (KD022-029020-), St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-), numerous architectural fragments, and burials dating up to modern times. To the NE of the cathedral are the footings of two walls, possibly the mortuary chapel of the Leigh family. Immediately to the E of the cathedral is a smal, rectangularl barrel-vaulted structure (E-W L 4.3m; Wth 3.1m) with wicker centring, which originally would have stood above ground level, with a lintelled, internally splaying ope in the S wall. To the E of the cathedral, and N of the barrel-vaulted structure, is a small, rectangular, subterranean, stone-roofed chamber (L 1.5m; Wth 1.4m), possibly the remains of a burial vault. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 19 January 2012
KD022-029004 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
Description
Stands between Nugent St. to the W and Cox’s Lane to the E. Gatehouse on E side of Anglo-Norman poygonal shaped enclosure castle was converted into a tower house in the 15th century which now stands in the car park of the Silken Tomas hotel in Kildare town. According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 207-13), the Anglo-Norman castle originally consisted of a curtain-walled, polygonal enclosure (area c. 0.43 hectares) with four towers, and a possible motte (KD022-029025-) at its S-angle. Today only three sides of the polygonal walled enclosure or curtain wall (NW, NE and SE), a gatehouse converted into a tower house and the lower courses of two mural towers (at SW and N) survive above ground. Kildare town was used frequently by Strongbow as a base during the early 1170s, and the castle, which was in existence before 1185 (Curtis 1933-43, i, 4), may have been built by Strongbow himself, rather than the generally accepted builder, William Marshall. Between 1297 and 1299 repairs were carried out to the houses, towers and gates, and a new bakehouse, kitchen and well were constructed (38th PRI rep. DK, 47-48, 102). The castle was sufficiently strong to withstand a three-day assault by Edmund Bruce in 1316. In 1331, it was described as having four towers, a chapel and a kitchen. The Anglo-Norman gatehouse was converted into a tower house of 15th century date, with the curtain wall of the polygonal castle acting as the bawn wall for the 15th century tower house. Access to the Anglo-Norman polyonal shaped castle enclosure was through a gatehouse on the SE-side. The gatehouse which today stands in the car park of the Silken Thomas hotel consists of a multi-period rectangular (ext. dims. L c. 11.5m; Wth c. 9.8m) four storey high tower built with rubble limestone with a base batter on the N, E and W walls. The ground level in the enclosed area to the W and NW of the gatehouse is much higher (H c. 3m) than outside to the E, suggesting that a timber gangway must have led up to the rounded entrance in the E wall, which is now infilled with a post-medieval window, with a simple entrance passage beyond, from which a stairs gives access to first floor-level above. This level is lit by a twin-light window in the E wall and a single-light in the W wall, and contains a blocked-off garderobe in the in the SW-angle. A stairs, entered through the N wall leads to second floor-level, which contains a long, intra mural chamber in the N wall, lit at the E and W ends by narrow, square headed windows, by a twin light, round arched window in the N wall, and by a now blocked loop in the NE-angle. A window visible in the outer face of the S wall suggests it too contains a, now blocked up, intra mural chamber. The main second floor chamber is lit by twin light, round headed window in the E wall, and a stairs near the SE angle give access to the parapets and roof area which are modern rebuilds. A substantial, battered, curtain wall (ext. H 5-6m; int H 1.5m; T 1.6m) of Anglo-Norman date, built of rubble limestone blocks, runs off the gatehouse towards the NNE, and its course can be traced counter-clockwise to the SW. A post-medieval water tower stands inside the castle ward to the N of the gatehouse. The interior f the castle ward is today used as a storage yard for Kildare County Council. Only a short portion of the curtain wall can be traced on the opposite, SW side, of the gatehouse, from where it presumably ran SW to the site of the possible motte (KD022-029025-). The curtain wall defence was augmented by three mural towers: one at the SW is named ‘Old Tower’ on Sherrard’s (1798) Map of Kildare, but no visible surface trace survives: remains of a second, rectangular and possibly open-backed tower (max. dims. L 9.8m; Wth 4m; wall T 1.6m), at NW, are incorporated into the rear of Graham’s Bakery on the corner of Market Sq. and Station Rd.: remains of a third, open-backed, rectangular tower (dims max. L 8.8m; Wth. could not be determined) survive at NE. (Mac Niocaill 1964, 101). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 23 March 2016
KD022-029005 Cathedral
Description
Near the centre of a graveyard (KD022-029003-), just NW of the Market Sq. According to Bradley et al. (1986 Vol. 3, 217-21), St. Brigid's Cathedral is the successor to the pre-Norman church of Kildare. It consists of a nave and chancel church, with an almost square crossing tower and transepts, built of roughly coursed limestone with ashlar quoins (int dims: nave L c. 23.4m; Wth c. 9.3m; chancel L c. 12.5m; Wth c. 6.8m; tower L c. 6.8m; Wth c. 6.8m; N and S transepts L c. 8.1m; Wth c. 7.5m). The N transept, the greater part of the chancel, the W windows of the nave, and the N, E and W walls of the tower were entirely rebuilt during the restoration begun in1896, when external buttressing was also added to both nave and chancel. Earlier restorations had also occurred: the cathedral was in ruinous condition in 1223, when it was rebuilt by the first English bishop, Ralph of Bristol (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 83). The roof was pulled down in 1588 and the tower, chancel and north transept collapsed, possibly due to a failure of the foundations. The choir was rebuilt in 1686 and served as a cathedral until the late-19th century restoration of the entire structure. The chancel is lit by three graded lancets above a blank arcade of trefoil-headed arches with pointed canopies, and the restored N and S walls contain two, opposing lancets. The restored crossing tower rises from square piers with centrally attached shafts, and high pointed arches open into the nave, chancel and transepts. Access to the upper floors is via a spiral stairs in a modern octagonal turret at the angle of the nave and N transept. First floor-level was the belfry stage and is lit by two pointed windows in each wall. Second floor-level is marked by an external string course supported on small corbels, above which the walls are stepped-in slightly, and is lit by three small pointed windows with chamfered granite jambs in each wall. A stepped parapet supported on a drainage course is attributed by Leask (1960, 89) to repairs mentioned in 1395. The nave’s N and S walls are each supported externally by six, evenly spaced buttresses joined at the top by pointed arches to form arcades of six bays, five of which frame a lancet, with the two others framing opposing doorways to W of centre of the nave. The W gable wall is buttressed at the N and S ends, and now contains three modern, graded lancets. The N transept was entirely rebuilt in the late-19th century, closely modelled on the S transept and is lit by three lancets in each wall.The S transept contains the main entrance to the church in its E wall; a modern pointed doorway inserted into an earlier, large, pointed arch. A gable line above the door supports Leask’s suggestion (1960, 89) that there was a chapel projecting from each transept. The S transept is lit by three graded lancets in the S wall, and traces of three narrow, pointed lancets survive in the W wall which were superseded by two modern lancets. Some 21 decorated, line-impressed, square (L 0.12m; Wth 0.12m; T 0.025m), orange coloured medieval floor tiles were found in the Cathedral. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 19 January 2012
KD022-029007 Religious house - Carmelite friars
Description
Located to the WNW of St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-) in a graveyard (KD022-029061-). The Carmelite Priory of St Mary, founded by William de Vesci in 1290. In 1539 it consisted of a church, belfry, dormitory, hall, and two chambers. All the buildings except the church and messuage were burned in 1540 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 290). According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 243-6), a late-18th century drawing by Cooper shows a roofless, single-aisled church, with two small traceried roundels above in the E wall, six pointed lancets and a flat lintelled doorway towards the W in the S wall (JKAS 1971-6, 436, 490). There are no visible remains of the priory, but it is indicated on Rocque’s 1757 map immediately S of the modern Carmelite church. Late medieval limestone panels (KD022-029062-, KD022-029063-, KD022-029064-, KD022-029065- and KD022-029066-) set in the N transept wall of the modern church may have originated in the earlier church. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 23 January 2012
KD022-029009 Town defences
Description
According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 213), a charter of 1515 authorised the burgesses of Kildare to enclose the town with a stone wall and a fosse, for which a murage grant was provided. Thomas (1992, 125) suggests that that grant, ‘… made a few years after the death of the “great earl” of Kildare but during the lord deputy-ship of his son, may therefore have been to restore an existing but decayed wall, or else to upgrade a simple earthen enclosure.’ While the existence of a murage grant is not proof positive that defences were either constructed or repaired at that date, Kildare’s frontier location strongly suggests that town defences were a necessity, unless the strong Anglo Norman castle (KD022-029004-) was deemed sufficient to meet any threat. No visible physical evidence for the morphology of the town defences survives, and any description is based on, mainly later, historical sources, and any suggested town wall course is conjectural. The earliest reference to town gates only occurs in the later-17th century, when, in 1674, three gates are mentioned; Clare Gate, Ellis Gate and White Gate, and a Fire Castle, which may also have formed part of the defences. The Clare Gate was situated on Claregate Street on the W side of the town (PRONI D 30378/2/3/5), and is indicated on Roque's 1757 map. Bradley et al’s mapping (op. cit. 213, Fig. 85) suggests a location at c. ITM E 672649 N 712438. Ellis Gate was probably located on Station Road, on the highest point of the ridge at the NE side of the town. Bradley et al.’s mapping (op. cit 214, Fig. 85) suggest a location at c. ITM E 672912 N 712480. White Gate was located on the E side of the town on Dublin Street, possibly just SSE of the Anglo Norman castle (KD022-029004-). Bradley et al.’s mapping (op. cit. 214-5, Fig. 85) suggests a location at c. ITM E 672953 N 712333. The Fire Castle is shown on Rocque’s 1757 map, to the W of the Cathedral (KD022-029005-) and may have formed part of the town defences. Bradley et al.’s mapping (op. cit. 213-4, Fig. 85) suggests a location at c. ITM E 672673 N 712536. It’s likely there was a S gate, possibly near the S end of Bride Street. Bradley et al.’s mapping (op. cit. 213-4, Fig. 85) suggests a location at c. ITM E 672809 N 712232. Besides the town gates, Rocque’s map records ‘Black Ditch or Cleamore Street’ as the old name for Academy Street, which suggests the town’s SW defences ran along this line, between Clare Gate at W and a S gate. Thereafter, the defences would have followed a line possibly running E from a S gate before turning N to the White Gate and on to the NNW to Ellis Gate, then, skirting N of the Cathedral, back around to the Clare Gate, via Fire Castle. (Andrews and Simms 1986; Horner 1975-6, 480-84) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 24 January 2012
KD022-029020 Round tower
Description
In the NW sector of a graveyard (KD022-029003-), c. 30m NW of St. Brigid's Cathedral (KD022-029020-). According to Bradley et al. (1986 Vol 3, 222), the base and lower courses of the tower are built of evenly coursed granite blocks, with roughly coursed limestone blocks above (H. 32.6m; diam. 5.3m). There are seven floors; five supported on corbels, with the third and sixth on offsets. The red sandstone Romanesque doorway faces SE (H. above ground level 4.6m), and is of four orders (the outermost order is modern) with a gable above. The ornament includes chevrons, rosettes and foliation. There are narrow pointed splayed windows on the second, third, fourth and fifth floors, and five windows, each partially blocked at the base, on the top floor. Battlements were added in the 18th century. (Fitzgerald 1891-5, 76, 86-91; De Paor 1967, 137; Barrow 1979, 118-122) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 24 January 2012
KD022-029021 Cross - High cross
Description
In the SW sector of a graveyard (KD022-029003-), to the SW of St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). According to Bradley et al. (1986 Vol 3, 224-5), a damaged undecorated, ringed, granite cross-head, the upper portion of which is missing, is carried on a tall, plain, gently tapering granite shaft (H 3m; Wth 0.56m; T 0.31m) on a large, almost square base (H 1.2m; L 1.36m; Wth c.1.33m). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy date o fupload: 24 January 2012
KD022-029022 Cross
Description
A large collection of cross slabs, grave slabs, decorated stones and three effigies (See KD022-029023- and KD022-029027- to KD022-029057-), dating from the 10th to the 17th centuries have been placed in St. Brigid’s Cathedral (KD022-029005-). KD022-029022-: On the S-side of the nave. According to Bradley et al. (1986 Vol 3, 225. Fig. 97), a large granite stone with a chamfered upper edge (H. 0.97m; L 0.62m; Wth 0.5m) contains a broad rectangular mortice (L 0.44m; Wth 0.3m; D 0.15m). While usually described as a font (Patterson 1982, 13), it lacks a drainage hole and may be a cross-base. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 24 January 2012

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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 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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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: 253.6 ha; 627 acres
Land parcels: 121; registered freehold, median 1,178 m²
Zoning: R2; Existing Residential / Infill
Planning: 49; applications since 2010

Land parcels

Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann

193 parcels are drawn. Click one to see it.© Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0

121 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tully West, from 7 m² to 122,115 m² (12.21 ha, 30.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 72 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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Zoning

Development plans, national zoning

R2Existing Residential / Infill (Existing residential)
Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare · 81 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
C5National Stud and Green Belt (Tourism and related)
Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
G4Open Space and Amenity (Active open space)
Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
C1.1Commerical (Commercial, retail)
Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
R1New Residential [Low Density] (New/proposed residential)
Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, Kildare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
N2.2Transport and Utilities (Wastewater)
Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2023 - 2029, 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

15 Aug 2026N/a
Permission is sought for A) a detached two storey dwelling, on site effluent treatment system & percolation area, surface water to soakaways, ancillary landscaping, access via existing recessed entrance and access laneway and all associated site works and B) 2 no. 95sq.m poly tunnels, ancillary hardstanding area and all associated site works.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660928
13 Aug 2026N/a
Permission is sought for A) a detached two storey dwelling, on site effluent treatment system & percolation area, surface water to soakaways, ancillary landscaping, access via existing recessed entrance and access laneway and all associated site works and B) 2 no. 95sq.m poly tunnels, ancillary hardstanding area and all associated site works.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660920
15 May 2026Conditional
Extension of Duration of 21/261 which consists of a single storey, Child Development Centre, containing therapy and meeting rooms, staff offices and canteen, group training room, retail shop, external play areas, covered walkways and sensory garden, art installations, lit signage, carparking, bin store, plant, acoustic screen, new masonry boundary walls and all associated siteworks and landscaping
Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 2660
6 Jun 2025Conditional
for a revised location of an effluent treatment system and percolation area, previously granted under planning ref. 072833 and all associated site works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560629
18 May 2025N/a
for a revised location of an effluent treatment system and percolation area, previously granted under planning ref. 072833 and all associated site works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2560510
25 Feb 2025Conditional
Planning Permission and Outline Permission is sought for a residential development. The development will consist of full planning permission for site layout and development works and outline permission for 5 individual serviced residential sites all on a site of circa 0.89 ha with vehicular and pedestrian access from the Grey Abbey Road, with all associated soft and hard landscaping, side boundary treatments, open space, minor drainage works and site works. Revised by Significant further information which consists of : Full planning permission for site layout and development works and outline permission for reduced number of individual serviced residential sites from 5 Nos. to 4 Nos.; re- orientation of the sites from the eastern edge of the site to the western edge, revised vehicular and pedestrian access, with all associated soft and hard landscaping, side boundary treatments, open space, minor drainage works and site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560177
20 Feb 2025N/a
for site layout and development works and outline permission for 5 individual serviced residential sites all on a site of circa 0.89 ha with vehicular and pedestrian access from the Grey Abbey Road, with all associated soft and hard landscaping, side boundary treatments, open space, minor drainage works and site works to be carried out
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2560161
20 Feb 2025Conditional
for the demolition of an existing single-storey house and garage and the provision of twenty homes comprising two no. two-storey terrace blocks of housing containing five no. three-bedroom dwellings in each block; one two-storey terrace block of housing containing four no. three-bedroom dwellings; and a two-storey detached building containing six no. two-bedroom own-door apartments. The application includes modified site access and internal access roads with turning hammerheads, the creation of twenty five parking bays, the provision of passive and active communal open spaces and all water, sewage and stormwater connections to the local networks. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of: The number of residential units proposed has been reduced from twenty to eighteen. Two storey own-door apartment block type ‘A’ containing six no. two bed apartments is replaced with new terrace block 4 containing two no. three bed houses and two no. two bed houses. Terrace blocks 1 & 2 each now have four no. three bed houses and one no. two bed house. This mix replaces the former mix of five no. three bed houses in each block. Engineering design for the foul, surface water and water infrastructure has been updated. A new connection into the existing foul sewer on the Grey Abbey Road is now proposed. Amendments to the site layout have also resulted in updated car and bicycle parking provisions. The design for the access at the site frontage and the frontage to the north of the site has been updated to include for a priority junction and continuation of the existing cycle track and footpath along the Grey Abbey Road. This will tie into the existing cycle track and footpath further north at Grey Abbey View. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of the following (with these amendments carried out in response to a Clarification of Further Information request): (a) Terrace block type 4 has been amended as follows: o Previously proposed 2 no. 2 bed mid-terrace house type ‘B1’ has been replaced with 2 no. 2 bed mid-terrace house type ‘D1’ to eliminate any overlooking from habitable rooms to the rear at first floor level. o Previously proposed 1 no. 3 bed end-terrace house type ‘C1’ has been replaced with 1 no. 3 bed end-terrace house type ‘A1’. o The total no. of units in terrace block type 4 is still 4 and has the same mix (2 no. 2 beds and 2 no. 3 beds with house types as follows: 1 no. house type ‘A1’, 1 no. house type ‘C1’, a
Permission, 15 homes · Kildare County Council, 2560164
25 Oct 2024Conditional
For 1. Sub-division of existing site 2. Construction of 2no. dormer type semi-detached dwellings with associated landscaping, lighting and boundary construction 3. Construction of new recessed shared vehicular entrance 4. Connection to existing services and 5. All ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 2461117
6 Jun 2024Conditional
for construction of single-story extension to rear of existing house
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460518
5 Jun 2024N/a
for construction of single-story extension to rear of existing house
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460506
4 Feb 2024Refused
Demolition of existing house and garage on site. Construction of a two storey building consisting of 8 No. apartments, (6 No. one beds and 2 No. two beds) and 4 No. Offices, Landscaping, Bin and Bike Store, Entrance, Connection to foul and surface water and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460086
22 Aug 2023Conditional
a) The construction of ground and first floor extensions to the front, side and rear of the existing two storey dwelling totalling 45.5 m² broken down as follows: -Part single-storey part two-storey extension to the rear and side of the existing dwelling totaling 28 m² at ground floor level and 14.3 m² at first floor level; and -Proposed single storey porch extension to the front of the existing dwelling totaling 3.2 m². b) The conversion of the existing attic to habitable accommodation totalling 30.1 m². The attic accommodation will be accessed by a new stairs at first floor level. c) In addition to the proposed fenestration for the new extension works, new windows are proposed to the existing eastern-facing gable wall alongside new roof windows to the existing northern-facing roof. d) Proposed internal alterations to facilitate the proposed extension works and new internal layout. e) The proposed lowering of approximately a 6.5m length of existing brick-faced boundary wall to the eastern side of the existing dwelling—the first panel of the existing boundary wall is to be reduced by c. 0.975 m and the second panel is to be reduced by c. 1.2 m. The proposed reduction in wall height is to facilitate improved passive surveillance of the public realm and access to daylight and views for the proposed extension works. f) The proposed continuation of the existing low painted metal railing along the eastern boundary of the site to the southern and western property boundaries. A new electric gate is also proposed to the front (southern) elevation—the height and design is to match the existing and proposed painted metal railings. g) All associated site development works including connection to all existing services on site.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360134
11 Aug 2023Refused
the construction of the following; (i) 96 no. Individual Housing units for the Elderly consisting of 2 bedroom semi-detached single storey bungalows, open space to include proposed wheelchair accessible ecology garden (249sq.m), proposed wheelchair accessible butterfly garden (329sq.m), proposed wheelchair accessible sensory garden (329sq.m), proposed outdoor seating area (134sq.m) (ii) single storey creche (468sq.m.) to include 4no. classrooms, W.C.’s, sleep room, staff room, central kitchen, reception, office, store, an associated outdoor play area (1,030sq.m.), wheelchair accessible sensory play area (304.6sq.m.), building mounted signage (1.8sq.m.), boundary treatments, 30 no. car parking spaces (inclusive of 3 no. accessible parking spaces) and set down area, covered bicycle stands and outdoor bin storage, (iii) 1 no. 5 aside football pitch 36.5m x 27.5m, 6 no. 18m high training lights and poles, all fencing and ball stop netting, 2m wide hard standing looped walkway around the perimeter of pitch, coach set down, 15no. car parking spaces and covered bicycle stands (iv) single storey administration building (63.8sq.m.) to include 2no. offices and W.C. and all associated drainage connection works and site development works including ESB substation and switch room, foul pumping station, foul and surface water drainage, landscaping, path lighting and boundary treatments, all at
Permission, 96 homes · Kildare County Council, 2360110
9 Aug 2023Refused
demolition of existing house and garage on site, construction of 10 No. apartments, (8no. one beds and 2No. two beds) in 3 separate buildings, A, B, and C, (each building is a detached two storey building). landscaping, bin and bike store, entrance, connection to foul and surface water and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360104
20 Jul 2023Refused
1. Sub-division of existing site, 2. Construction of 2no. dormer dwellings with associated landscaping, lighting and boundary construction 3. Construction of new recessed shared vehicular entrance via Tully West Lane, 4. Connection to existing services and 5. All ancillary works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360053
13 Jul 2023Refused
for the construction of the following; (i) single storey creche (467sq.m.) to include 4no. classrooms, W.C.’s, sleep room, staff room, central kitchen, reception, office, store, an associated outdoor play area (2,724sq.m.), building mounted signage (1.8sq.m.), boundary treatments, 67 no. car parking spaces (inclusive of 6 no. accessible parking spaces) and set down area, covered bicycle stands and outdoor bin storage, (ii) 1 no. 140m x 80m all weather GAA pitch, 6 no. 18m high training lights and poles, all fencing and ball stop netting, 2m wide hard standing looped walkway around the perimeter of pitch and covered bicycle stands (iii) 1no. single storey male and female changing room building (108sq.m.), (iv) bespoke park (9,766sq.m.) to include soft and hard landscaping area, outdoor seating area (179sq.m), playground area (775sq.m), ecology garden (477sq.m), butterfly garden (479sq.m), sensory garden (718sq.m), sensory play area (335sq.m.), (v) coach car park (763sq.m.) to facilitate 2no. 52 seater coaches and 2no. mini coaches and all associated drainage connection works and site development works including ESB substation and switch room, foul and surface water drainage, landscaping, path lighting and boundary treatments, all at
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360026
10 Jul 2023N/a
for 1. Sub-division of existing site. 2. Construction of 2no. dormer dwellings with associated landscaping, lighting and boundary construction 3. Construction of new recessed shared vehicular entrance via Tully West Lane, 4. Connection to existing services and 6. All ancillary works.
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2360018
24 Mar 2023Conditional
Extension of Duration of Planning Ref. No. 17/523 - a residential and childcare scheme on a site of 10.2 hectares approximately. The lands are principally bounded by greenfield/agricultural lands to the north and west; the Nurney Road (R415), greenfield/agricultural lands, and a residential dwelling to the east; and residential dwellings, a commercial premises and greenfield/agricultural lands to the south. The proposed development will consist of the provision of 207 No. residential units (including private open space) comprising 6 No. five-bed two storey (with habitable attic accommodation over) houses (including balcony at first floor level) (all semi-detached), 81 No. four-bed two storey houses (80 No. semi-detached and 1 No. detached) and 120 No. three-bed two storey houses (111 No. semi-detached and 9 No. mid-terraced); and a two-storey childcare facility (305.8sqm gross floor area). The proposed development will also consist of: the provision of car parking spaces; vehicular and pedestrian access and egress via the Nurney Road, with associated works to the Nurney Road to include a right-hand turning lane, pedestrian crossing, traffic calming, alterations to existing footpaths and verges, and provision of cycle paths; provision of internal routes for vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians; Sustainable Urban Drainage systems; provision of pumping station including ancillary associated infrastructure; piped services and drainage; renewable energy facilities (solar panels); associated signage; hard and soft landscaping works including lighting and boundary treatments; and infrastructural and site excavation and development works above and below ground. The development also consists of an increase of ground levels at the site by up to c.1.9m. The increase in ground levels will be facilitated through the importation of approximately 100,000m3 of infill material. For the avoidance of doubt, the imported infill material required to alter the ground levels will not be a waste as defined by the Waste Management Act 1996 (as amended)
Extension of duration · Kildare County Council, 23301
6 Mar 2023Conditional
single storey extension to rear of existing two-storey dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 23218
19 Aug 2022Conditional
existing single front porch extension, rear extension and attic conversion for storage purposes as constructed to existing single storey detached house and all associated site works
Retention · Kildare County Council, 221017
25 Apr 2022N/a
development will consist of the construction of a new recessed entrance with vehicular sliding gate in place of existing entrance and all ancillary works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 22470
4 Apr 2022Refused
2 No. dormer dwellings, 2No domestic garages, 2 No. waste water treatment systems and polishing filters, new access road and entrance details, to both dwellings, and all other associated site development works, also demolition of existing bungalow on same site
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 22380
4 Mar 2021Conditional
a single storey, Child Development Centre, containing therapy and meeting rooms, staff offices and canteen, group training room, retail shop, external play areas, covered walkways and sensory garden, art installations, lit signage, carparking, bin store, plant, acoustic screen, new masonry boundary walls and all associated siteworks and landscaping
Permission · Kildare County Council, 21261
29 May 2020Conditional
the demolition of existing dwelling and outbuildings and the construction of a dormer cottage with detached double garage and all associated site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Kildare County Council, 20542

The 25 most recent of 49 applications.

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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 Tully West.

Recorded monuments

KD027-049 Water mill - unclassified
Description
Corn Mill depicted on the 1838 OS 6-inch map standing 440m S of Tully Preceptory (KD034----) and Tully Castle (KD022-066---) may have been built on the site of or incorporated remains of the medieval mill of Tully. An alternative location for this mill (KD027-010003-) could have been at Brallistown Commons 285m to NW where there are two stone water chutes (KD027-010002-) known locally as 'St. Brigid's Kneeling Stones' incorporated into the watercourse of possible holy well (KD027-010001-) dedicated to St. Brigid. However this latter location could have been the site of an early Christian horizontal mill with the later medieval mill moving to the new location where the Corn Mill is depicted standing on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map. A medieval watermill was listed at an inquisition into the lands of the dissolved preceptory (KD022-034----) of Tully that was held at Kildare on the 25th of November, 1540. The possessions of the preceptory were described in this inquisition as consisting of 'a castle or fortilage (KD022-066----) necessary for the farmer, with orchard, garden, 60 acr. ar.[able] of the demesne lands and 2 acr. p.[asture]; 60s. ... In the v.[icarage], 3 mess.[uages], 100 acr. ar. ; Dermot Trury and others; 100s., and customs, 4 ploughdays, 4 cartdays, 2 hooks, and 1 hen, 10.s. 6.d. A cottage; 2s., and customs, 2 hooks and 1 hen, 6d. A watermill, 26s 8d.' (White 1943, 96). The mill was mentioned as forming part of the manorial estate of Tully in the 17th century. The manor of Tully was granted to Henry Harrington which included the 'site of the manor or preceptory of Tullie, co. Kildare, the demesne lands, the lands of Tully, with a mill, Mooretown, and Frereton, with the customs of the tenants, land in Bralessen, Treven and Prompellan, co. Kildare ; the rectories of Tully, Downen, Rathbride, and Calveston, and the tithes of Ballyenlen, Frereton, Mooreton by Kilkae, Kilkale by Connall, and Kilkorke, belonging to the said preceptory, (rent £21 6s. 8d.); the lands of Rosberie, Scarleston, Moorton, and Richardeston, co. Kildare, and their tithes, and the tithes of Cornelescorte, same co., possessions of the priory of Connall, same co., (rent £7 11s. 4d.) To hold in tail male, by the service of a twentieth part of a knight's fee. Rent £27 8s., as above, and rendering yearly 10 bushels of wheat and barley malt, and 10 bushels of oat malt' (Nicholls 1994, 513). In 1615 King James I granted Philip Hore lands including the 'the preceptory or manor of Tully, containing the site thereof, 3 houses, a cottage, an orchard, a garden, 160a arable, 2a pasture, a mill, and the customs of the tenants—Moretowne, containing 2 houses, a cottage, the customs of the tenants, and 80a ; Frereton, containing 2 houses, a cottage, the like customs, and 60a; Bralissan, containing a house and 6a; Trenen otherwise Tribune end Prompelane, 20a; the rectories of Tully, Downy otherwise Downeny, Rathbride, and Calwestowne; the tithes and alterages of Frereton, parcel of Rathbride rect. the tithes of Mooretowne near Kilca; the tithes of Kilcale otherwise Kilbelane near Connall; the tithes of Killcorcke; rent, £22 13s 4d, and 20 pecks of port-corn at Naas on the Purification—the towns and lands of Rossberry, Skarlestowne, Mooretone, and Richardston, containing a castle or fort, 8 houses, and 100a; rent, £4 1s 4d—the corn-tithes of the said last-mentioned lands and the tithes of Cornelliscourt; rent, 3l 10s 0d; to hold all these lands and premises from the preceptory of Tully inclusive, in capite, by the 20th part of a knight's fee' (Griffith 1966, 292). In 1632 an inquisition into the lands of the deceased Patrick Sarsfield of Tully recorded that his estate included the manor, preceptory (KD022-034----) and lands of Tully, Friartown and Brallistown, 1 castle (KD022-066----), 10 messuages, 1 watermill and 226 acres of land in Rosberry, Scarletstown, Moortown and Richardstown, 1 castle, 10 messuages and 150 acres the rectory church of Tully, Downen, Rathbride etc.’ (Anon. 1826, 35 Car. I). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 15 June 2018

Architectural heritage

The Cottage, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey rubble stone cottage, c.1820, possibly originally part of larger composition with two-bay single-storey recessed wing to right (north). Extensively renovated, c.1995. Gable-ended roofs. Replacement artificial slate, c.1995. Concrete ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Rendered surrounds. Replacement 2/2 timber sash windows, c.1995. Square-headed door opening. Replacement timber panelled half-door, c.1995. Road fronted. Tarmacadam footpath to front.
Valetta, house, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey house with half-dormer attic, c.1880, on an irregular plan with single-bay single-storey gabled advanced bay to centre, single-bay single-storey flanking bay to left (south) and single-bay single-storey recessed end bay to right (north) having single-bay single-storey lean-to lower entrance bay to front and two-bay single-storey wing to right (north). Renovated and refenestrated, c.1990. Gable-ended roofs on a complex plan with slate (lean-to to entrance bay). Red clay ridge tiles with finials to apexes. Red brick chimney stacks. Timber eaves and bargeboards. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1990. Rendered walls. Painted. Square-headed window openings. Rendered sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Square-headed door opening. Rendered pilaster doorcase with frieze and moulded rendered pediment over. Replacement glazed uPVC door, c.1990. Set back from road in own grounds. Tarmacadam grounds to site.

Ground and risks

Radon, landslides, flooding

Radon: At the centre of the townland of Tully West, 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: No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Tully West.
Flooding: The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Homes sold

Property Price Register

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

The townland

Name: Tully West · An Tulaigh Thiar
Area: 2,535,844 m² (253.58 ha, 626.62 acres)
Civil parish: Kildare, and its townlands
Barony: Offaly East
Electoral division: Kildare, the unit of the census
Census 2022: 11,587 people lived in 3,873 households in the Kildare electoral division. 64% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
Neighbouring townlands: Brallistown, Brallistown Commons, Brallistown Little, Greyabbey, Kildare, Kingsbog or Common, Maddenstown Middle, Maddenstown South, Newtown, Tully East, Walterstown Lower
Placenames: Tully West 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.