Kilsillagh
Kilsillagh is a townland in the civil parish of Kilsillagh, barony of Ibane and Barryroe, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Cill Saileach.
- Area
- 99 ha
- 245 acres
- Land parcels
- 41
- registered freehold, median 6,943 m² (0.69 ha, 1.72 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 29
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilsillagh, from 133 m² to 205,719 m² (20.57 ha, 50.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 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
No zone of a development plan covers Kilsillagh 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
8 Jun 2026Refused
Permission for alterations to dwelling house including demolition of existing two-storey extension at side of dwelling and construction of new two-storey extension to side of dwelling and construction of single-storey extension to front of dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1519
3 Apr 2025Conditional permission
Permission to construct dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4584
14 Nov 2012Conditional
Demolition of an existing dwelling, the construction of a new dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/701
2 Nov 2012Incompleted application
Demolition of existing dwelling, construction of a new dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/683
17 May 2011Conditional
Alterations and extensions to dwelling and construction of a new vehicular entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/296
19 Apr 2011Incompleted application
Alterations including ground and first floor extensions to existing dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/240
5 Mar 2010Withdrawn
1) Demolition of existing two storey dwelling house 2) construction of shed for storage of farm machinery 3) Construction of two storey dwelling house and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/155
17 Aug 2009Withdrawn
Two storey dwelling, attached domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/921
28 Jul 2009Incompleted application
Two storey dwelling and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/850
3 Jul 2009Incompleted application
Two storey dwelling and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/749
20 Nov 2008Refused
Dwelling, garage, entrance, septic tank and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/2060
11 Nov 2008Incompleted application
Dwelling, garage, entrance, septic tank and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/2009
14 Sept 2007Conditional
Dwelling house incorporating granny flat with domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2416
8 Aug 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse incorporating granny flat (change of application and site to 01/3906), domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2117
2 Jan 2007Conditional
Construct new cubicle house consisting of underground tanks, yards, open slurry storage tank, silo slab, effluent tank and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8
4 Dec 2006Withdrawn
Dwelling, garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2627
30 Nov 2006Incompleted application
Construction of new cubicle house consisting of underground tanks, yards, new open slurry storage tank, new silo slab, new effluent tank and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2543
7 Jul 2006Refused
Extension and renovation of existing building into dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1292
5 Jul 2005Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4757
7 Jun 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/3933
10 May 2005Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/3128
8 Mar 2005Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/1373
23 Dec 2004Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/9646
30 Jul 2003Refused
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 03/3831
9 Jul 2001New application
Dwellinghouse incorporating a granny flat
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 01/3906
The 25 most recent of 29 applications.
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 Kilsillagh.
Recorded monuments
- CO136-081 Enclosure
Description
In pasture on S-facing slope. Shown on OS 6-inch map (1842) as small hachured circular area (diam. c. 10m). No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO136-082001 Graveyard
Description
Raised rectangular area (10m E-W; 9m N-S) immediately S of Kilsillagh Church (CO136-082002-); enclosed by stone wall, overgrown. According to local information last interment 1897. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO136-082002 Church
Description
On hilltop, on N side of graveyard (CO136-082001-), ruins of rectangular church (9.5m E-W; 6m N-S; wall thickness 0.8m). Remains of window ope in E wall with head of round-headed window on ground outside; central coor in S wall. In ruins prior to 1693 (Webster 1932, 272). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO136-083 Quarry
Description
Listed as a ‘quarry’ in the SMR (1988) and the RMP (1998). The evidence is not sufficient to warrant accepting this as the location of an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 3 March 2015
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilsillagh.
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 Kilsillagh, 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 Kilsillagh.
- 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 Kilsillagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Kilsillagh · Cill Saileach
- Area
- 990,244 m² (99.02 ha, 244.69 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilsillagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ibane and Barryroe
- Electoral division
- Butlerstown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 458 people lived in 149 households in the Butlerstown electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinvrokig, Ballymacredmond, Carrigeen, Dunworly, Lissycrimeen
- Placenames
- Kilsillagh 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.