Tinnycross
Tinnycross is a townland in the civil parish of Ballymore Eustace, barony of Naas South, Co. Kildare. Its name in Irish is Tigh na Croise.
Parcel 6219755
- Area
- 265 m²
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 157 m².
- Zoning
- R1 New Residential (Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Ballymore Eustace) The objective
- Townland
- Tinnycross
Planning applications on this parcel
2 Jul 2019Conditional
91 no. 2 storey residential dwellings comprised of 6 no. 4 bedroom detached houses, 6 no. 4 bedroom terraced houses, 6 no. 3 bed detached houses, 71 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached & terraced houses and 2 no. 2 bedroom semi-detached houses on a site measuring approximately 5 hectares. Access to the proposed development will be via 2 no. new vehicular access points, from the R411 road to the west of the proposed site & from Truce Road to the east of the proposed site. The development also includes for all associated site development works, drainage, landscaping, open spaces etc.
Permission, 91 homes · Kildare County Council, 19750
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
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
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 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
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
- 27.8 ha
- 69 acres
- Land parcels
- 60
- registered freehold, median 289 m²
- Zoning
- R1
- New Residential
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tinnycross, from 10 m² to 85,713 m² (8.57 ha, 21.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Ballymore Eustace, Kildare · 39 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Ballymore Eustace, Kildare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community and Education (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Kildare County Development Plan 2023 - 2029 (Variation 3) - Ballymore Eustace, Kildare · 2 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
28 Apr 2026Conditional
Permission for the Provision of 4no. 12.0m high floodlight columns to existing astro pitch at Scoil Mhuire, Naas Road, Ballymore Eustace, Co. Kildare
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660463
12 Nov 2025Conditional
(1) The retention of the change of use of the building from retail to office use, (2) the retention of timber window and door surrounds on the north & west elevations, (3) the retention of a hipped roof section over the garage to the east of the site
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2561276
5 Nov 2025N/a
(1) The retention of the change of use of the building from retail to office use, (2) the retention of timber window and door surrounds on the north & west elevations, (3) the retention of a hipped roof section over the garage to the east of the site
Retention · Kildare County Council, 2561256
10 Apr 2024Conditional
the provision of a single storey extension to front of existing two storey School Building (existing floor area = 1,820sqm) consisting of a 2no. Classroom Special Education Unit and Boiler Room (proposed floor area of extension = 463sqm), together with 7no. additional car parking spaces, secure external soft play area, sensory garden, additional hard surfaced playground area, and all ancillary site development works
Permission · Kildare County Council, 2460312
25 Aug 2021Conditional
for revisions to permitted house types under Reg. Ref. 19/750 in an overall permitted development known as Tinnycross Park, located on lands at Tinnycross, Ballymore Eustace Co. Kildare. The proposed development consists of changes of house type from 2 no. permitted detached 3-bed house types to 2 no. detached 4-bed house types. The proposed development also includes for all associated modifications and site development works on a site area of c. 0.0901ha
Permission, 2 homes · Kildare County Council, 211224
4 Aug 2020Refused
the removal of an existing 12 metres telecommunications support structure (overall height 15 metres) together with telecommunications equipment on it and replacement with a new 20 metres telecommunications support structure (overall height 21.5 metres) carrying antennas, dishes, associated equipment, together with ground equipment cabinets and new fencing for wireless data and broadband services
Permission · Kildare County Council, 20853
2 Jul 2019Conditional
91 no. 2 storey residential dwellings comprised of 6 no. 4 bedroom detached houses, 6 no. 4 bedroom terraced houses, 6 no. 3 bed detached houses, 71 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached & terraced houses and 2 no. 2 bedroom semi-detached houses on a site measuring approximately 5 hectares. Access to the proposed development will be via 2 no. new vehicular access points, from the R411 road to the west of the proposed site & from Truce Road to the east of the proposed site. The development also includes for all associated site development works, drainage, landscaping, open spaces etc.
Permission, 91 homes · Kildare County Council, 19750
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 Tinnycross.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Tinnycross.
Architectural heritage
- House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay single-storey house with half-dormer attic, c.1900, with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to centre. Refenestrated, c.1990. Gable-ended roof with slate (gabled to half-dormer attic windows; gabled to porch). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack. Decorative timber bargeboards. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast walls. Painted. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Pointed-arch door opening. Replacement timber panelled door, c.1990. Overlight. Road fronted. Concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.
- Gates/railings/walls, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Section of rubble stone boundary walls, c.1830, with vertical coping.
- House, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace three-bay single-storey cottage, c.1900, with single-bay single-storey gabled advanced porch to centre. Extended, c.1975, comprising single-bay single-storey flat-roofed return to rear to north-east. Renovated and refenestrated, c.1990. Gable-ended roof with slate (gabled to advanced porch). Clay ridge tiles. Red brick chimney stack. Decorative timber bargeboards. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.1990. Flat-roof to return. Bitumen felt. Rendered walls. Unpainted. Cut-stone quoins to corners. Replacement render, c.1990, to side elevation to north-west and to return. Ruled and lined. Unpainted. Square-headed openings. Stone sills (concrete to return). Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.1990. Square-headed door opening. Replacement glazed timber panelled door, c.1975. Set back from road in own grounds. Section of iron railings to front (south-west).
- Water pump, 1852–1908 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding cast-iron "lion mask" water hydrant, extant 1908. Now disused. Street fronted on tarmacadam footpath.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Tinnycross, 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 Tinnycross.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Tinnycross with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kildare.
The townland
- Name
- Tinnycross · Tigh na Croise
- Area
- 278,060 m² (27.81 ha, 68.71 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, Ballymore Eustace West, Briencan, Kimmeens
- Placenames
- Tinnycross 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.