Killykeen
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmore, barony of Loughtee Upper, Co. Cavan; in Irish Coillidh Chaoin
- Area
- 77.2 ha
- 191 acres
- Land parcels
- 5
- registered freehold, median 9 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killykeen, from 6 m² to 351,832 m² (35.18 ha, 86.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 3 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 Killykeen 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
3 Mar 2021Conditional
to erect 15 No. holiday chalets (7 No. detached storey and a half-style barnhouses and 8 No. semi-detached single storey cabins), connect to all associated existing site services and all ancillary site works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.
Permission · Cavan County Council, 21116
22 May 2019Conditional
for change of use of existing stables building to guest accommodation. Works to include carrying out of internal alterations and erection of extensions to sides and rear of existing building to provide ensuite accommodation to new bedrooms, bicycle and bin storage facilities, erection of a dining tent, connection to existing sewerage treatment facilities and all ancillary works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application. Significant further information including revised Natura Impact Statement has been submitted
Permission · Cavan County Council, 19188
30 May 2018Conditional
1. Change of use of small amenity building to shop and off license, also carry out alterations to fenestration on all elevations and roof. 2. Change use of larger Amenity Building to Clubhouse (Bar and Restaurant), erect single storey extension to front of same and additional single storey toilet block extension to side. 3. Change use of existing Plant and Storage building into Plant and Changing Rooms, add 3 No external seating pods to side of same and all associated alterations to elevations. 4. Erect new outdoor spa area incorporating hot tub pods, sauna barrels and a new single storey treatment room building. 5. Erect outdoor seating and lounge area structure (known as 'The Sitooterie') on the location of former tennis court. 6. Connect into existing service connections and carry out all ancillary siteworks. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application
Permission · Cavan County Council, 18221
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Oughter and Associated Loughs SAC 000007
- Special Protection Area: Lough Oughter SPA 004049
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Oughter And Associated Loughs 000007
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Killykeen.
Architectural heritage
- Killykeen Cottage, cottage ornee, 1815–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay single-storey cottage ornee with recessed central bays forming loggia to entrance (south) front, built 1819, having projecting central bays to rear (north elevation) flanked by recessed end bays. Now disused. Sprocketed clay tile roof with rendered chimneystack. Decorative pebblework walls with quartz inset to form date. Timber columns to recessed central bays, front and rear. Elliptical arched openings with timber casement windows. Square-headed door opening with timber doors.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Killykeen.
- 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 Killykeen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Killykeen · Coillidh Chaoin
- Area
- 771,765 m² (77.18 ha, 190.71 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Loughtee Upper
- Electoral division
- Killykeen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Killykeen electoral division: 646 people in 215 households; 90% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Corratober
- Placenames
- Killykeen 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.