Killilagh

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killilagh, from 368 m² to 39,916 m² (3.99 ha, 9.86 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Doolin Settlement Plan, Clare · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Mixed Use (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Doolin Settlement Plan, Clare · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C1.1Commercial (Commercial, retail)
  Doolin Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O2Village Growth Area (General)
  Doolin Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Doolin Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community (Community facilities)
  Doolin Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Doolin Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 29 Jan 2026Conditional

  of the following existing developments; 1 Existing single storey lean-to extensions at both sides of existing house. 2. Existing single storey flat roof extensions to side and rear. 3. Existing Porch at rear. 4. Existing storage shed at rear of house. 5. Existing caravan now used for storage purposes only. 6. Existing Pods and bases for short-term letting for tourism. 7. Alterations to existing dwelling elevations (as previously granted under planning ref P11/734). 8) Permission for change of use of part of the dwelling to allow short-term letting for tourism. 9. Upgraded treatment plant and associated new percolation area

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2622

• 6 Sept 2022N/a

  of the following existing developments, all within existing site boundaries; 1. Existing single storey lean-to extensions at both sides of existing house. 2 Existing single storey flat roof extensions to side and rear. 3. Existing Porch at rear. 4. Existing storage shed at rear of house. 5. Existing caravan now used for storage purposes only, 6. Alterations to existing dwelling elevations (as previously granted under planning ref P11734)

  Retention · Clare County Council, 22792

• 28 Jun 2022N/a

  to construct new garage / storage shed, including all ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 22569

• 24 Apr 2017Conditional

  for development which will consist of a dwelling house with proprietary waste treatment system, polishing filter and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17302

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: Black Head-Poulsallagh Complex SAC 000020
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Black Head-Poulsallagh Complex 000020

Recorded monuments

• CL008-063001 Church
  Description

  On a low ENE-WSW running ridge in undulating pastureland, in the centre of an associated graveyard (CL008-063002-). Indicated and named ‘Killilagh Church (in ruins)’ on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Mentioned as Killadlagh (Cill Eidlach) in the Papal Taxation List of 1302 and in the Calendar of Papal Letters in the early 15th century (Westropp 1900-1902, 135; Cunningham 1980, 88). The church in its current form has been dated to the late 15th or early 16th century (Westropp 1900-1902, 135; 1905, 358; Cunningham 1980, 88; Swinfen 1992, 52). Its foundation has been attributed to Saint Falie/Falia (Comber 1997, 102) and Saint Lonan (Westropp 1900-1902, 135), among other possibilities (e.g., Spellissy 1983, 10). The now roofless church comprises a rectangular nave (19.4m ENE-WSW; 7.95m NNW-SSE) with a square transept (5.2m NNW-SSE; 5.47m ENE-WSW) built against the E end of the S wall. It is constructed of random-coursed mortared limestone masonry with a rubble core and stressed quoinstones (wall Wth 0.9-1.07m). All of the walls stand to their original heights, except the E gable which has almost entirely collapsed. The N wall (H 3.55m) has an offset in the exterior, 10.6m from the NW corner. This corresponds roughly to either of two vertical lines in the S wall, and may possibly be an indication of the original length of the nave before the transept was built (c. AD 1500). There is a partly blocked opening (H 1.33m; Wth 0.75m) 4.75m from the E end of the N wall. Only the exterior part of this opening was blocked, resulting in a shallow niche-like recess in the inner wall-face of the nave. A drainage course runs along the top of this wall. Only the ivy-clad N end (L c. 2m) of the E wall survives. This wall collapsed in a storm in 1903 (Westropp 1905, 358). However, it was described in the OS Letters of 1839 (Comber 1997, 102) as having a high round-headed window (H c. 3.05-3.66m; Wth 0.2-1.68m; 1.52m above ext. ground level) (see also Frost 1893). Limited excavation in 2013 revealed the location of the altar at this gable (Hull 2013:380, www.excavations.ie). The S wall (H 3.55m) of the nave incorporates a doorway (Wth 1.18m; H 2.15m) near its SW corner, with intact lintel. One of the surviving jambstones is a re-used stoup featuring a shallow circular depression (diam. c. 0.1m) on its surface. To the E of the doorway is a plain single-light loop (H 0.85-1.1m; Wth 0.2-0.7m; 1.15m above int. ground level). To the E of this loop there are two vertical joints in the wall, running from the ground to the top. These joints (also visible on the inner wall-face within the nave) may be due to repair-work, or alternatively they may mark the original corner of the nave. Near the E end of the S wall is a wide round arch (Wth 2.22m; H 1.83m) separating the nave from the transept, with finely chiselled and pecked patterns on the voussoirs. As on the N wall, a drainage course runs along the top of the S wall. The W wall (H 7m) has a single plain loop at upper floor level, and a partly broken square-headed bellcote/belfry over the apex. The transept has a window in the centre of each of its three exterior walls, all with finely decorated spandrels. The E window is a simple ogee-headed loop (H 1.03-1.4m; Wth 0.21-0.86m), as is the W window (H 0.92-1.25m; Wth 0.17-0.75m). Both have fine carvings on the jambs, and there is a spudstone on the W window. The S wall has a twin-light double ogee-headed ope (H 1.33-1.9m; 0.5-1.37m) with external hood-moulding and a missing mullion. Large (2011) noted a fragment of a basal quern stone with partial perforation and an inscribed stone with vine leaf and a lion in false relief, both built into the church wall. The church interior is largely overgrown and rubble-strewn, with many loose cut-stone pieces visible, including a door jambstone just inside the doorway and the base of a font (CL008-063005-) at the W end of the nave. There is a burial vault (AD 1784) of the Thynne family in the NW corner (Swinfen 1992, 53). The following images have been uploaded: CL008-063001-_01.jpg W gable CL008-063001-_02.jpg W window of transept CL008-063001-_03.jpg Partly blocked opening in N wall and later burial vault from SW CL008-063001-_04.jpg S wall of transept  CL008-063001-_05.jpg E window of transept from SE CL008-063001-_06.jpg E window of transept interior CL008-063001-_07.jpg Doorway interior from NW CL008-063001-_08.jpg S wall of nave and W wall of transept, from SW CL008-063001-_09.jpg Nave interior from SW CL008-063001-_10.jpg Arch between nave and transept from NW CL008-063001-_11.jpg Stoup re-used as jambstone CL008-063001-_12.jpg Decorative stone in church wall CL008-063001-_13.jpg Basal quernstone fragment re-used in church wall Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 10 January 2023 Spellissy, S. 1983 A Doolin walk: from Tuath Clae Church to Doonagore Castle. The Other Clare 7, 8-13.

• CL008-063002 Graveyard
  Description

  On a low ENE-WSW ridge in undulating pastureland, with wide views. Indicated and named ‘Grave Yard’ on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. A subrectangular graveyard (48m ENE-WSW; 37.5m NNW-SSE) defined by a stone wall with a gate on the W side. The overgrown interior slopes to the SW, with a church (CL008-063001-) in the centre and highest point. There are many upright and recumbent headstones in the graveyard, mainly dating to the 19th and 20th centuries with some earlier examples also, including a headstone (CL008-063004-) dating to c. 1630. Other cut-stone pieces are also found in the graveyard, including several architectural fragments (Large 2011). There are also accounts of previously noted fragments at the graveyard which have since gone missing (e.g., Spellissy 1983, 10; 1984, 64; Swinfen 1992, 52). A carved limestone head (CL016-171----) with a biretta, projecting from a rectangular block and therefore probably a corbel, had been lying in the graveyard until 1971 when it was taken and later recovered; it is now on display in the Burren Centre in Kilfenora (Rynne 1976; Cunningham 1980, 88; Swinfen 1992, 53). A McNamara family burial vault (1882) abuts the S exterior of the graveyard (Spellissy 1983, 10). There is an enclosure (CL008-063003-) immediately to the WSW of the graveyard. A ringfort (CL008-066----) lies c. 85m to the E. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 11 January 2023 Spellissy, S. 1983 A Doolin walk: from Tuath Clae Church to Doonagore Castle. The Other Clare 7, 8-13.

• CL008-063003 Enclosure
  Description

  On a low ENE-WSW ridge in undulating pasture with wide views. Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Ringfort’ in the RMP (1996). This subrectangular enclosure (28m ENE-WSW; 23m NNW-SSE) is defined by a low round-topped earthen bank (Wth 6.5-9m; int. H 0.2-0.35m; ext. H 0.9-1.5m). There is a subcircular rise (H 0.1m; diam. 3m) in the central interior. Westropp (1905, 358) suggested that this might be a burial mound, and recorded that its top had been deeply excavated. A modern water trough has been inserted into the S side of the bank and a drystone wall runs along the E edge of the bank. Killilagh graveyard (CL008-063002-) is immediately to the ENE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 16 January 2023

• CL008-063004 Headstone
  Description

  Outside the junction of the nave and transept of Killilagh Church (CL008-063001-). A headstone with a date of 1630 and a Latin inscription (pers. comm. Simon Large, SMR file). Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 16 January 2023

• CL008-063005 Font
  Description

  Situated in the W interior of Killilagh church (CL008-063001-). Identified and photographed by Simon Large (2011). This flat-lying square-shaped stone font base (est. L c. 0.6m; Wth 0.6m) has a subcircular socket (diam. c. 0.23m) in the centre of its flat upper surface. In the middle of that circular socket is another (diam. c. 0.07m) which is deeper. There are four smaller circular holes (diam. c. 0.12m) near each corner of the slab. These sockets would have supported a now-missing font pedestal. The following image has been uploaded: CL008-063005-_01.jpg Font base Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 16 January 2023

• CL008-066 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On an SE-facing slope in undulating pastureland, with wide views. Hachured on the 1897 OS 25-inch plan and 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This subrectangular ringfort (29.5m NE-SW; 26.5m NW-SE) is defined by a scarp (H 1m). Loose stones and field-clearance rubble are visible on the surface of the undulating interior. The NE side of the ringfort abuts a levelled field boundary running NW-SE. A medieval church (CL008-063001-) within a graveyard (CL008-063002-) lies c. 85m to the W. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 26 October 2022

• CL008-068 Enclosure
  Description

  On a gentle NE-facing slope in pasture, with wide views. Listed as 'Potential site - aerial photo' in the RMP (1996). This levelled rectangular enclosure (17m NW-SE; 16m NE-SW) is defined on three sides (SW-N) by a very faintly visible band (Wth 1.5m) of dense vegetation (grass, nettles, etc.); the NE side is overlaid by a modern field wall. It may have been a moated site. The following image has been uploaded: CL008-068----_01.jpg Aerial view from WNW (ASI photo, SMR file) Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 26 October 2022

• CL008-148 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough reclaimed pastureland in an area of outcropping limestone. This small roughly oval-shaped enclosure (c. 8.5m E-W; c. 6m N-S) is visible on current aerial imagery (OSi digitalglobe (2011-2013) and Geohive MapGenie Imagery (2013-2018)). This monument was also noted by Kate Lavender and reported to the National Monument Service as a roughly rectangular hut site (int. dims. 4.8m N-S; 5.1m E-W; ext. dims. 10.2m E-W; 9.6m N-S) with rounded corners defined by low earth and stone banks (Wth 2.2-2.7m) with gaps at N, S and E some of which were made by livestock. Upright flat slabs line the inner edges of the N and S banks. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 27 September 2022

• CL008-149 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pastureland. This possible cashel, roughly circular in plan (c. 23m NE-SW), is visible on current aerial imagery (Geohive MapGenie Imagery (2013-2018) and OSi Digitaglobe (2011-2013)). It is defined by an overgrown stone spread from NE-S. A field wall overlies it from S-W and a kink in this wall appears to mirror the outline of the cashel wall. Another field boundary cuts across it from W-NE and no visible trace of the cashel wall is evident to the NW of it. A third field wall extends off it at E. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 28 September 2022

• CL008-154 Enclosure
  Description

  On a slight NE-facing slope in an area of fertile cleared pasture. A large rectangular enclosure (c. 90m ENE-WSW; c. 45m NNW-SSE), oriented NE-SW is visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) partly as a low bank (at SW) and partly as a cropmark. The SW corner (c. 14m of the SW side and c. 47m of the SE side) is clearly visible on OSi MapGenie orthophotos. Reported by Conn Herriott. Killilagh graveyard lies c. 70m to the SW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 26 October 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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

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 Killilagh.

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.

No address of the register names Killilagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Killilagh · Cill Aidhleach

Area

387,154 m² (38.72 ha, 95.67 acres)

Civil parish

Killilagh, and its townlands

Barony

Corcomroe

Electoral division

Killilagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killilagh electoral division: 816 people in 245 households; 80% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 27% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycahan, Teergonean, Toomullin

Placenames

Killilagh 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.