Kilkerin

66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilkerin, from 69 m² to 233,425 m² (23.34 ha, 57.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Kilkerin 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.

• 3 Aug 2023Conditional

  for development to construct a Livestock Slatted Unit with associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 23432

• 31 Mar 2023Conditional

  for development in the townlands of Ballyartney, Ballygeery East, Ballygeery West, Cloonkerry West, Cullenagh, KilKerin, Killofin, Knockphutteen and Lakyle North, Co Clare. The proposed development will include; (1) An extension of the existing Kilkerin Point 220 kV Line Cable Interface Mast (LCIM) compound, to facilitate new electrical equipment for the connection of two new 220 kV cable circuits, including: (a) A new control cabin (approximately 13.4sqm floor area by 3.5m high, which includes 0.85m ground clearance) and 2 no. parking spaces; (b) Associated 220 kV electrical equipment including, cable sealing ends, insulators, overhead conductors, surge arrestors and lightning masts measuring 15m high (tallest compound structure); (c) 220 kV underground cabling from the associated underground transition pits to the cable sealing end equipment; palisade fencing (approximately 2.6m in height, up to 3.5m in height, including anti-climb device) and gates; and associated landscaping. The development will also comprise; (2) A new fibre optic cable measuring an approximate length of 8.9km routed between Kilkerin Point LCIM compound (townland of Lakyle North) and Prospect 220 kV substation (townland of Ballygeery West); (3) Decommissioning of existing 220 kV electrical equipment, security fencing and gate at Kilkerin Point 220 kV compound; and (4) All ancillary site development works including site preparation works, site clearance and levelling, hardstanding, internal access tracks and temporary construction compound. This planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Assessment (NIS)

  Permission · Clare County Council, 23195

• 15 Feb 2023Conditional

  for development, the development consists of the construction of a slatted unit and associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2380

• 24 Jun 2022Conditional

  for the Construction of a Single Storey Detached Studio Building to rear of dwelling site include Lobby, Office, Toilet & Open Plan Studio area including connection to services, Also for permission for RETENTION of Garden Room Building with raised deck & also Extension and alteration to existing outbuildings to create Storage Shed Including

  Permission · Clare County Council, 22557

• 3 Nov 2021Conditional

  of the construction of an extension to an existing dwelling along with all associated works

  Retention · Clare County Council, 211155

• 29 Jan 2018Conditional

  for agricultural development of a manure pit structure and the construction of a livestock slatted shed over existing slurry pit plus associated ancillary siteworks

  Permission · Clare County Council, 1854

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
• Special Protection Area: River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA 004077
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Clonderalaw Bay 000027

Recorded monuments

• CL068-032001 Church
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• CL068-032002 Graveyard
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• CL068-032003 Standing stone
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• CL068-033001 Building
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• CL068-033002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• CL068-062 Enclosure
  Description

  On a low rise in pasture. A subcircular enclosure (c. 60m NW-SE; c. 40m NE-SW) defined by a bank visible at ITM 512132, 651051 on Ordnance Survey ortho photography (2013-2018) and on Digital Globe. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 24 May 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Kilkerin, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Kilkerin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Kilkerin · Cill Chéirín

Area

2,987,375 m² (298.74 ha, 738.2 acres)

Civil parish

Killofin, and its townlands

Barony

Clonderalaw

Electoral division

Killofin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

311 people lived in 127 households in the Killofin electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 12% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballina, Colmanstown, Knockphutteen, Lakyle North, Lakyle South, Mountshannon West

Placenames

Kilkerin 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.