# Kilkenny, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Inishkeel, barony of Boylagh, Co. Donegal; in Irish Cill Chainnigh. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 580,460 m² (58.05 ha, 143.43 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,010 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Inishkeel, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/inishkeel.md - Barony: Boylagh - Electoral division: Maas, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Maas electoral division: 272 people in 104 households; 86% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 39% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/14925 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 51556 - Centre: latitude 54.832891, longitude -8.349704 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilkenny, from 129 m² to 109,001 m² (10.9 ha, 26.93 acres); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1401447: 109,001 m² (10.9 ha, 26.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1401447.md - Parcel 5270316: 80,605 m² (8.06 ha, 19.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5270316.md - Parcel 1325523: 51,189 m² (5.12 ha, 12.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1325523.md - Parcel 1368162: 36,920 m² (3.69 ha, 9.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1368162.md - Parcel 5236457: 30,337 m² (3.03 ha, 7.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5236457.md - Parcel 5485917: 19,068 m² (1.91 ha, 4.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5485917.md - Parcel 5044551: 17,439 m² (1.74 ha, 4.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5044551.md - Parcel 4054102: 12,401 m² (1.24 ha, 3.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4054102.md - Parcel 1309793: 11,410 m² (1.14 ha, 2.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309793.md - Parcel 5485936: 9,991 m² (1 ha, 2.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5485936.md - Parcel 5270339: 9,862 m² (0.99 ha, 2.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5270339.md - Parcel 1302913: 8,627 m² (0.86 ha, 2.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1302913.md - Parcel 4966800: 7,254 m² (0.73 ha, 1.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4966800.md - Parcel 4726488: 6,941 m² (0.69 ha, 1.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4726488.md - Parcel 1360479: 6,839 m² (0.68 ha, 1.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1360479.md - Parcel 5236461: 6,771 m² (0.68 ha, 1.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5236461.md - Parcel 1361880: 6,093 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1361880.md - Parcel 1401448: 6,031 m² (0.6 ha, 1.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1401448.md - Parcel 1338420: 5,332 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1338420.md - Parcel 3767855: 5,187 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3767855.md - Parcel 5044553: 5,071 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5044553.md - Parcel 1375088: 4,955 m² (0.5 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1375088.md - Parcel 1340423: 4,944 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1340423.md - Parcel 1337132: 4,884 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1337132.md - Parcel 4966813: 4,836 m² (0.48 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4966813.md - Parcel 1324732: 4,206 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1324732.md - Parcel 3767872: 3,768 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3767872.md - Parcel 1346887: 3,116 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1346887.md - Parcel 1426614: 2,904 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1426614.md - Parcel 1395314: 2,683 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1395314.md - Parcel 1334724: 2,619 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1334724.md - Parcel 1363040: 2,526 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1363040.md - Parcel 1323493: 2,476 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1323493.md - Parcel 1395957: 2,433 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1395957.md - Parcel 1380509: 2,332 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380509.md - Parcel 1405589: 2,208 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1405589.md - Parcel 5071875: 2,129 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5071875.md - Parcel 1321473: 2,064 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321473.md - Parcel 1407711: 2,030 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1407711.md - Parcel 5044550: 1,962 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5044550.md - Parcel 5236456: 1,804 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5236456.md - Parcel 1341200: 1,713 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1341200.md - Parcel 5632465: 1,696 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5632465.md - Parcel 1392087: 1,667 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1392087.md - Parcel 1406708: 1,567 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1406708.md - Parcel 1333726: 1,444 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1333726.md - Parcel 5254373: 1,394 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5254373.md - Parcel 4757230: 1,360 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4757230.md - Parcel 5233594: 1,059 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5233594.md - Parcel 3767876: 973 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3767876.md - Parcel 5071879: 419 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5071879.md - Parcel 3768250: 406 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3768250.md - Parcel 5233595: 348 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5233595.md - Parcel 5574526: 286 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5574526.md - Parcel 5113930: 156 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5113930.md - Parcel 5189826: 129 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5189826.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Kilkenny in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 6 applications, newest first. - 13 Sept 2024, Donegal County Council 2461438: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK /SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461438/0 - 1 Aug 2024, Donegal County Council 2450195: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING HOUSE, CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW HOUSE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2450195/0 - 19 Jan 2022, Donegal County Council 2250037: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250037/0 - 14 Dec 2021, Donegal County Council 2152496: N/a. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2152496/0 - 22 Oct 2018, Donegal County Council 1851621: Conditional. Permission. ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE & ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1851621/0 - 4 Jul 2018, Donegal County Council 1851031: Conditional. Permission. CHANGE OF DESIGN FROM THAT GRANTED UNDER 09/30340 (EXTENDED PLANNING REF: 14/51014) TO INCLUDE CHANGE TO WINDOWS IN THE FRONT AND SIDE ELEVATIONS, THE ADDITION OF A CONSERVATORY ON THE SIDE ELEVATION AND ALSO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1851031/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: West of Ardara/Maas Road SAC, site code 000197, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000197 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: West Of Ardara/Maas Road, site code 000197 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG065-014001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG065-014001-. A Chapel of Ease (DG065-014001-) to Inishkeel. Pococke (1752, 67) described it as 'an old church called Kilkenny'. Built of rubble, the surviving fragmentary ruins of this church, 9.6m by 4.6m internally, are undateable. The E and W gables are represented by grass-covered footings and only the central sections of the N and S walls 2.2m high remain; at the W end of the latter is the splayed ingoing of a window. The church stands in the middle of a rectangular modern graveyard (DG065-014003-). To the N and W of this graveyard is the outline of a curving enclosure (DG065-014002-). Most of a semicircle can be seen. No sign of the enclosure could be found to the E and S but the modern graveyard and church would have stood roughly at the centre of such a circle had this been originally complete. The enclosure is formed by a grassed-over wall c. 0.25m high and up to 1.4m wide. Sections of the wall-footing are visible. In places, the wall was built along the edge of a slope to the sea. There is a 3.5m gap in the wall to the W where the S side is definitely inturned for 7.3m. The site is located on fair pasture land on the S side of the Gweebarra river inlet. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008 - DG065-014002: Ecclesiastical enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG065-014002-. A Chapel of Ease (DG065-014001-) to Inishkeel. Pococke (1752, 67) described it as 'an old church called Kilkenny'. Built of rubble, the surviving fragmentary ruins of this church, 9.6m by 4.6m internally, are undateable. The E and W gables are represented by grass-covered footings and only the central sections of the N and S walls 2.2m high remain; at the W end of the latter is the splayed ingoing of a window. The church stands in the middle of a rectangular modern graveyard (DG065-014003-). To the N and W of this graveyard is the outline of a curving enclosure (DG065-014002-). Most of a semicircle can be seen. No sign of the enclosure could be found to the E and S but the modern graveyard and church would have stood roughly at the centre of such a circle had this been originally complete. The enclosure is formed by a grassed-over wall c. 0.25m high and up to 1.4m wide. Sections of the wall-footing are visible. In places, the wall was built along the edge of a slope to the sea. There is a 3.5m gap in the wall to the W where the S side is definitely inturned for 7.3m. The site is located on fair pasture land on the S side of the Gweebarra river inlet. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008 - DG065-014003: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG065-014003-. A Chapel of Ease (DG065-014001-) to Inishkeel. Pococke (1752, 67) described it as 'an old church called Kilkenny'. Built of rubble, the surviving fragmentary ruins of this church, 9.6m by 4.6m internally, are undateable. The E and W gables are represented by grass-covered footings and only the central sections of the N and S walls 2.2m high remain; at the W end of the latter is the splayed ingoing of a window. The church stands in the middle of a rectangular modern graveyard (DG065-014003-). To the N and W of this graveyard is the outline of a curving enclosure (DG065-0140020. Most of a semicircle can be seen. No sign of the enclosure could be found to the E and S but the modern graveyard and church would have stood roughly at the centre of such a circle had this been originally complete. The enclosure is formed by a grassed-over wall c. 0.25m high and up to 1.4m wide. Sections of the wall-footing are visible. In places, the wall was built along the edge of a slope to the sea. There is a 3.5m gap in the wall to the W where the S side is definitely inturned for 7.3m. The site is located on fair pasture land on the S side of the Gweebarra river inlet. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008 - DG065-015001: Mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG065-015001-. A flat-topped steep-sided mound 1.33m in height. It is oval-shaped 11.5m at base SW-NE and 8m at top and 16.2m at base NW-SE and 11.7m at top. Mainly composed of earth but with some stone protruding through the top. In the same field slightly to the SE is another similar feature 1.71m in height, 16.1m at base NE-SW and 9.4m at top and 18.1m at base NW-SE and 11.6m at top. A large slab 3.6m × 0.55m to 1.17m is located on the E side of the mound. The two mounds are located in fair pasture on the SE end of Ranny Point a small peninsula on the S side of the Gweebarra Estuary. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008 - DG065-015002: Mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG065-015002-. 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. 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilkenny. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: Susceptibility high, moderately high, 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 Kilkenny. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/donegal/kilkenny.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/kilkenny.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/kilkenny.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Kilkenny with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal: https://everytownland.com/donegal.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Gortnasillagh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/gortnasillagh.md - Maas: https://everytownland.com/donegal/maas.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/donegal/kilkenny - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/kilkenny