Knockclonagad
Townland in the civil parish of Sliguff, barony of Idrone East, Co. Carlow; in Irish Cnoc Cluana Gaid
- Area
- 314.5 ha
- 777 acres
- Land parcels
- 113
- registered freehold, median 12,771 m² (1.28 ha, 3.16 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
113 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockclonagad, from 74 m² to 186,761 m² (18.68 ha, 46.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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
No zone of a development plan covers Knockclonagad 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
16 Apr 2025Conditional
brick finish to the front, side and rear of existing dwelling house as constructed, to retain ground floor bay window as constructed to the front of same, to retain “Dutch” style gables to the side and front of same, all ancillary site works and services
Retention · Carlow County Council, 2560099
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
11 May 2024N/a
a new light industrial unit, together with all associated site and landscaping works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460117
17 Dec 2023Conditional
the erection of a dwelling house, garage, installation of a treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2360299
14 Dec 2023N/a
the erection of a dwelling house, garage, installation of a treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2360295
10 Aug 2023Conditional
Permission for the erection of a dwelling house with treatment system & soil polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2360170
28 Jul 2023N/a
permission for the erection of a dwelling house with treatment system & soil polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2360148
21 Nov 2022Conditional
the construction of a Single Storey Dwelling, detached garage, septic tank & percolation area, bored well, splayed entrance and all associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 22397
19 Apr 2022Conditional
for the construction of a two-storey dwelling, detached garage, wastewater treatment system, bored well, splayed entrance and all associated ancillary works
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 22135
26 Nov 2021Conditional
For the erection of a new wood store shed and all associated site and landscaping works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 21462
18 Dec 2019Conditional
for an extension to an existing agricultural building and all associated site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 19489
25 May 2018Conditional
Demolition of the existing single storey wood-turning workshop and storage buildings; alterations to the existing wastewater treatment system; construction of a new single storey wood turning workshop and study centre with ancillary storage buildings plus all associated landscaping, site works and signage.
Permission · Carlow County Council, 18209
4 Sept 2017Conditional
Retention planning permission is sought to retain dwelling house as constructed, retention planning permission is sought to retain domestic garage as constructed, all ancillary site works and services.
Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 17263
2 May 2017Conditional
Permission for development at Knockclonagad, Garryhill. The development consists of the Construction of a 6 bay slatted shed to house cattle. Also, two loose cattle sheds each sized 18.6m x 12.4m and ancillary works (i.e. concrete yard areas and cattle crush, gates and railings etc. all for agriculture purpose only) all in existing farm yard area.
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 17136
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 Knockclonagad.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knockclonagad.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockclonagad.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Knockclonagad.
- 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 Knockclonagad with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.
The townland
- Name
- Knockclonagad · Cnoc Cluana Gaid
- Area
- 3,145,012 m² (314.5 ha, 777.15 acres)
- Civil parish
- Sliguff, and its townlands
- Barony
- Idrone East
- Electoral division
- Corries, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Corries electoral division: 560 people in 192 households; 93% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghabeg, Ballinree, Ballynakill, Carrignafecka, Coolnacuppoge, Currenree or Corry Beg, Drumfea, Garryhill, Milltown
- Placenames
- Knockclonagad 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.