Killydoon
Townland in the civil parish of Drumlumman, barony of Clanmahon, Co. Cavan
- Area
- 66.1 ha
- 163 acres
- Land parcels
- 32
- registered freehold, median 7,766 m² (0.78 ha, 1.92 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killydoon, from 446 m² to 197,962 m² (19.8 ha, 48.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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 Killydoon 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
7 Nov 2025Conditional
for the following: (1) To renovate the existing dormer type dwelling to include internal layout & external elevational alterations (2) to raise the roof level of entire dormer section of the dwelling to 2 storey to incorporate revised first floor layout (3) to construct first floor extension to rear of dwelling over kitchen to incorporate master bedroom (4) to construct single storey family flat extension to side and front of existing dwelling (5) to demolish existing single storey domestic store and shed (6) to decommission existing septic tank and construct new waste water treatment unit and percolation area (7) and all associated ancillary site development works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2560662
6 Oct 2023Conditional
to (a) RETAIN and complete alterations to design of family flat extension currently under construction, previously approved under planning application ref. no. 19/237, alterations include revised floor plan and elevations (b) planning PERMISSION is sought for revised roof design from pervious mono-pitch design to a traditional A Frame design (c) planning PERMISSION is sought for alternative finishes to elevations (d) together with all associated site works
Permission · Cavan County Council, 2360219
9 Aug 2023N/a
to (a) retain and complete alterations to design of family flat extension currently under construction, previously approved under planning application ref. no. 19/237, alterations include revised floor plan and elevations (b) planning permission is sought for revised roof design from pervious mono-pitch design to a traditional A Frame design (c) planning permission is sought for alternative finishes to elevations (d) together with all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2360134
15 Apr 2020N/a
erect two-storey dwelling house, double domestic garage and ancillary works, the property will be served by Erne Valley Group Water Scheme and domestic sewage treatment system on site
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20135
17 Jun 2019Conditional
to construct a single storey family flat extension, alter driveway & demolish outbuildings, install wastewater treatment system and percolation area, together with all associated site works. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 19237
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 Killydoon.
Recorded monuments
- CV031-044 Ringfort - rath
Description
An earlier report (OPW 1974) described a raised circular area (int. diam. c. 38m) enclosed by a low earthen bank. Original entrance was not identified. Site has been levelled. Not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
- CV031-045 Ringfort - rath
Description
Raised circular area (int. diam. 27.9m) enclosed by a much-defaced low earthen bank. Modern roadway runs ENE-WSW through the internal area. Original entrance not recognisable. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Killydoon.
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 10 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 Killydoon.
- 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 Killydoon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Killydoon
- Area
- 661,359 m² (66.14 ha, 163.43 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drumlumman, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanmahon
- Electoral division
- Drumlumman, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Drumlumman electoral division: 674 people in 204 households; 87% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Drumbannow, Drumcor, Drumhawnagh, Grousehall, Legwee
- Placenames
- Killydoon 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.