Killoughternane

82 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killoughternane, from 14 m² to 271,591 m² (27.16 ha, 67.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Killoughternane 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.

• 4 Nov 2025Conditional

  the construction of a Single-Storey Dwelling, wastewater treatment system, a bored well, splayed entrance and all associated site development works. Retention Permission is also sought for the existing mobile home on site in use as temporary accommodation for the duration of construction work

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2560341

• 16 Dec 2024Conditional

  • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor • the strengthening of foundations at 7no. locations • shear block remedial works at 77no. locations • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 34no. locations • the replacement of 5.1km of earthwire • the painting of all structures • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures • all associated works within the existing Kellis 220kV substation to accommodate the uprated 220kV OHL including uprating of the Great Island bay in Kellis 220kV substation • the installation of a temporary link between the Great Island – Kellis and Dunstown = Kellis 220kV OHLs to create a temporary circuit, which will include the erection of a temporary four-pole timber structure between the existing Angle Mast 191 on the Great Island- Kellis circuit and the existing Angle Mast 157 on the Dunstown – Kellis circuit • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing, and • other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., busy national roads, wide rivers, etc. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. Please see Site Notice for full development description

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460410

• 7 Oct 2024N/a

  for development consisting of works along the ca. 70.3km Great Island – Kellis 220kV OHL between the existing Great Island 220kV substation in the townland of Great Island in southwest County Wexford and the Kellis 220kV substation located in the townland of Kellistown East, central County Carlow. The OHL has a total of 216no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Carlow County Council, there is 44.2km of the existing OHL circuit, with 135no. structures. Within the functional area of Wexford County Council there is 26.1km, with 81no. structures. A separate planning application is being lodged with Wexford County Council. The proposed development within Co. Carlow will comprise: • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor; • the strengthening of foundations at 7no. locations; • shear block remedial works at 77no. locations; • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 34no. locations; • the replacement of 5.1km of earthwire; • the painting of all structures; • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at structures; • all associated works within the existing Kellis 220kV substation to accommodate the uprated 220kV OHL including uprating of the Great Island bay in the Kellis 220kV substation; • the installation of a temporary link between the Great Island – Kellis and Dunstown – Kellis 220kV OHLs to create a temporary circuit, which will include the erection of a temporary four-pole timber structure between the existing Angle Mast 191 on the Great Island – Kellis circuit and the existing Angle Mast 157 on the Dunstown – Kellis circuit; • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including vegetation clearance and management, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts / piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and • other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, vegetation clearance and management, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems (i.e., guard poles) and temporary watercourse crossings. Where required, an aerial catenary stringing system (ACSS) will be used to facilitate stringing operations over major obstacles, e.g., busy national roads, wide rivers, etc.

  Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460319

• 1 Nov 2021Conditional

  Construction of a two-storey dwelling, detached garage, on-site wastewater treatment system, bored well, and all associated site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 21415

• 2 Sept 2019Conditional

  to demolish the remains of existing derelict outbuildings to the side of house and to replace them with a two-storey domestic extension together with general landscaping and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 19343

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 Killoughternane.

Recorded monuments

• CW019-048001 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 upload/revision: 17 July 2007 National Monument No. 393. Small, rectangular eighth or ninth-century single cell church (2.7m x 3.7m) with antae. Of large, well-finished granite boulders. Entrance with restored jambs in W gable. One round-headed window in E gable, with splayed rounded rear arch. Only lower courses of S and W walls preserved. Granite font with rectangular basin with central outlet, single basin bullaun stone. Holy well (CW019-049001-) 100m to E. (JRSAI 1943, 98-100) Preservation Order no. 73/1939. This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 73/1939). It was subsequently taken into Guardianship on the 24/07/1940.

• CW019-048002 Font
  Description

  Granite font (L 0.75m; Wth 0.62m; D 0.25m) with rectangular basin with central outlet located outside of church (CW019-048001-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW019-049001 Ritual site - holy well
  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: 8 July 2011 Revised by: Claire Breen Situated 100m ENE and downslope of White Chapel. Still venerated. Shrine erected in 1950. Bullaun stone (CW019-049002-) in hedge E of holy well. See CW019-048001- and CW019-048002- for church and font.

• CW019-049002 Bullaun stone
  Description

  Irregular shaped granite boulder (max. L 0.83m; max. Wth 0.63m) with single shallow hollow (diam. 0.28m; D 0.16m), in hedge E of holy well (CW019-049001-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW019-063 Ringfort - cashel
  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 subcircular area (12.5m NE-SW, 10.3m NW-SE) enclosed by low grass-covered stone wall (H 0.5-0.7m; T 1m). Gaps at N and S; neither appears to be original.

• CW019-074 Standing stone
  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 Stone is of granite, apparently propped with chocking stone. Rectangular section, tapering towards top (H 1.85m; dims. at base 1m x 0.65m, at top 0.15m x 0.5m). According to local information, may have been raised for cutting as gatepost.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Killoughternane.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Killoughternane.

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.

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

Name

Killoughternane · Cill Fhoirtchearnáin

Area

2,093,858 m² (209.39 ha, 517.4 acres)

Civil parish

Sliguff, and its townlands

Barony

Idrone East

Electoral division

Killedmond, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killedmond electoral division: 458 people in 160 households; 87% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinree, Dunroe, Knocksquire or Knockscur, Seskinnamadra

Placenames

Killoughternane 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.