Killofin
Killofin is a townland in the civil parish of Killofin, barony of Clonderalaw, Co. Clare. Its name in Irish is Cill Lua Finn.
- Area
- 128.3 ha
- 317 acres
- Land parcels
- 25
- registered freehold, median 2,425 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killofin, from 76 m² to 440,830 m² (44.08 ha, 108.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Labasheeda Settlement Plan, Clare · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3Community (Community facilities)
Labasheeda Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Labasheeda Settlement Plan, Clare · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O2Village Growth Area (General)
Labasheeda Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Labasheeda Settlement Plan, Clare · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Labasheeda Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
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 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
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: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
- Special Protection Area: River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA 004077
Recorded monuments
- CL068-041001 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.
- CL068-041002 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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Killofin.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Killofin, about 1 in 5 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 Killofin.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Killofin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Killofin · Cill Lua Finn
- Area
- 1,282,722 m² (128.27 ha, 316.97 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, Cullenagh, Knockphutteen, Mountshannon East
- Placenames
- Killofin 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.