Killalongford
Killalongford is a townland in the civil parish of Clonmore, barony of Rathvilly, Co. Carlow. Its name in Irish is Coill na Longfort.
- Area
- 186.4 ha
- 461 acres
- Land parcels
- 70
- registered freehold, median 9,490 m² (0.95 ha, 2.34 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
70 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killalongford, from 989 m² to 153,182 m² (15.32 ha, 37.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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
No zone of a development plan covers Killalongford 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
No planning application touches the townland of Killalongford in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 Killalongford.
Recorded monuments
- CW009-034001 Church
Description
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 16/12/2009 According to McDonald (Carloviana 1981, 13) said to have been founded by Croine Beg about AD 550. Circular area (diam. 42m) defined by very low bank (H 0.1-0.2m; Wth c. 1m) appears to be the graveyard (CW009-034002-) which is depicted on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map as a triangular area and on the later ed. as a roughly circular area. No visible trace of church. See also mound (CW009-043001-).
- CW009-034002 Graveyard
Description
According to McDonald (Carloviana 1981, 13) the church (CW009-034----) is said to have been founded by Croine Beg about AD 550. Circular area (diam. 42m) defined by very low bank (H 0.1-0.2m; Wth c. 1m) appears to be the graveyard (CW009-034002-) which is depicted on the 1839 'OS 6-inch' map as a triangular area and on the later ed. as a roughly circular area. No visible trace of church. See also mound (CW009-043001-). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 August 2011
- CW009-037 Earthwork
Description
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Shown on 1839 'OS 6-inch' map as circular enclosed area with trees (max. diam. c. 40m). Curve in field boundary probably reflects NE portion of former monument. Slight evidence of possible curving bank visible at S. Possibly ringfort site.
- CW009-043001 Mound
Description
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Small mound levelled during land clearance. Possible bullaun stone (CW009-043002-) found at that time now in Knockananna Museum Co. Wicklow. Field known locally as 'Crone Field' and believed to be site of convent associated with St. Croine. See also Kilcroan Church (CW009-034----).
- CW009-043002 Bullaun stone
Description
Small mound (CW009-043001-) levelled during land clearance. Possible bullaun stone found at that time, now in Knockananna Museum, Co. Wicklow. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Killalongford.
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 Killalongford, about 1 in 5 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 high, 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 Killalongford.
- 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 Killalongford with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.
The townland
- Name
- Killalongford · Coill na Longfort
- Area
- 1,864,166 m² (186.42 ha, 460.65 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathvilly
- Electoral division
- Clonmore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 548 people lived in 199 households in the Clonmore electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyshane, Coolalaw, Gowle (Co. Wicklow), Knockatomcoyle (Co. Wicklow), Oldtown, Seskin (Co. Wicklow)
- Placenames
- Killalongford 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.