Knocklishen Beg
Townland in the civil parish of Rathvilly, barony of Rathvilly, Co. Carlow; in Irish Cnoc Lisín Beag
- Area
- 129.5 ha
- 320 acres
- Land parcels
- 51
- registered freehold, median 4,113 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocklishen Beg, from 19 m² to 269,070 m² (26.91 ha, 66.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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 Knocklishen Beg 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
31 Aug 2026N/a
the construction of a new dwelling, domestic garage, new treatment unit and soil polishing filter, new well, new entrance onto existing lane which leads to public road, upgrading existing entrance onto public road and associate works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660263
26 Aug 2026N/a
the construction of a new dwelling, domestic garage, new treatment unit and soil polishing filter, new well, new entrance onto existing lane which leads to public road, upgrading existing entrance onto public road and associate works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2660261
23 Sept 2025Conditional
for permission for the construction of a new dwelling, domestic garage, new septic tank and percolation area, new well, new entrance onto existing lane which leads to public road, upgrading existing entrance onto public road and associate works
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 2560289
19 Nov 2024N/a
to 1) Construct an agricultural type shed for machinery and dry storage of feed stuffs. With a floor area of 116.51 sq.m and a max ridge height of 7.570 m. The exterior will be clad in its entirety with a green colour profiled metal sheeting with black trim, gutters and downpipes. 2) To upgrade the existing agricultural entrance to County Council standards. 3) All associated ancillary site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 2460365
4 Aug 2023Refused
permission for the retention of a mobile home used as a residence for a temporary period not exceeding 3 years, and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 2360163
11 May 2023N/a
permission for the retention of a mobile home used as a residence for a temporary period not exceeding 3 years
Retention · Carlow County Council, 2360077
13 Aug 2021Conditional
single storey extension to west side of dwelling together with all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 21304
23 Jul 2021N/a
Permission sought for a single storey extension to west side of dwelling together with all ancillary works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 21285
12 Jul 2021Conditional
Permission to construct a dormer style dwelling, single storey garage, septic tank and percolation area, new bored well, new entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Carlow County Council, 21267
25 Nov 2019N/a
a proposed new dwelling, new well, a proposed secondary treatment system to current EPA guidelines, new percolation area, new entrance off public road and all associated site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 19466
15 Nov 2019N/a
proposed new dwelling, new well, a proposed secondary treatment system to current EPA guidelines, new percolation area, new entrance of public road and all associated site works
Permission · Carlow County Council, 19452
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 Knocklishen Beg.
Recorded monuments
- CW004-004 Urn burial
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 Inverted encrusted urn protected by two irregular granite slabs, covering cremated bones of young adult (JRSAI 1945, 259-63).
- CW004-005001 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 Rectangular structure (13.5m x 6.4m) represented by three courses of wall (Wth 1.3m) with rubble core and very large roughly-coursed granite boulder facing. Gap in W wall is probably original entrance. Graveyard (CW004-005002-), slightly raised, extends N of church. Traces of discontinuous enclosing wall are visible at W and NW. Two small plain granite crosses (CW004-005003- and CW004-005004-) and a single basin bullaun (CW004-005005-) in graveyard. 'Holy water stone', from local description apparently a cross base with socket removed to Tinahely, Co. Wicklow (not located).
- CW004-005002 Graveyard
Description
Sub-rectangular shaped, slightly raised area (map dims. 35m N-S; 22m E-W), extends N of church (CW004-005001-). Traces of discontinuous enclosing wall are visible at W and NW. Two small plain granite crosses (CW004-005003- and CW004-005004-) and a single basin bullaun (CW004-005005-) present in graveyard. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011
- CW004-005003 Cross
Description
Two small plain granite crosses (CW004-005003- and CW004-005004-) and a single basin bullaun (CW004-005005-) present in graveyard (CW004-005002-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011
- CW004-005004 Cross
Description
Two small plain granite crosses (CW004-005003- and CW004-005004-) and a single basin bullaun (CW004-005005-) present in graveyard (CW004-005002-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011
- CW004-005005 Bullaun stone
Description
Two small plain granite crosses (CW004-005003- and CW004-005004-) and a single basin bullaun (CW004-005005-) present in graveyard (CW004-005002-). 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 Knocklishen Beg.
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 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 Knocklishen Beg.
- 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 Knocklishen Beg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.
The townland
- Name
- Knocklishen Beg · Cnoc Lisín Beag
- Area
- 1,295,448 m² (129.54 ha, 320.11 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rathvilly, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathvilly
- Electoral division
- Tiknock, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Tiknock electoral division: 348 people in 115 households; 93% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barnhill, Killalish Upper (Co. Wicklow), Knockboy, Knockevagh, Knocklishen More, Mountkelly, Tiknock
- Placenames
- Knocklishen Beg 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.