Kilmackilloo
Townland in the civil parish of Clondahorky, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal; in Irish Cill Mhic Giolla Aodha
- Area
- 183.7 ha
- 454 acres
- Land parcels
- 57
- registered freehold, median 5,096 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilmackilloo, from 27 m² to 227,092 m² (22.71 ha, 56.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 41 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Kilmackilloo 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 Sept 2026N/a
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC STORAGE SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661666
20 Mar 2026Conditional
(1) REPOSITIONING AND ALTERATION WORKS INCLUDING ATTIC CONVERSION WORKS AND GABLE WINDOWS TO DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) REPOSITIONING OF APPROVED TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, BOTH PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 03/3003
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660456
24 Feb 2025Conditional
DOMESTIC SHED
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560244
14 Feb 2025Conditional
ERECTION OF A DRY BED AGRICULTURAL SHED
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560181
29 Feb 2024Conditional
EXTENSIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2460249
15 Nov 2023Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH INSTALLATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND TEMPORARY PERMISSION FOR A SHIPPING CONTAINER
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351747
24 Jun 2020Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AT THIS SITE
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050825
26 May 2020Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH SEPTIC TANK
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050681
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 Kilmackilloo.
Recorded monuments
- DG026-036 Burial ground
Description
Kilmackilloo burial ground is noted on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map. There is no trace of it now. It was located in light-soiled ground, suitable for grazing, marked by the occurrence of rock outcrop. It is overlooked by higher ground to the S. 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
- DG026-039 Burial
Description
A slightly curved line of about 10 stones was observed (but not surveyed) protruding c. 1m above the bog. It was locally described as a 'chief's grave'. The site is located on a bog-covered hilltop. 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
Architectural heritage
- Bridge, 1790–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Double-arch bridge, built c.1810, carrying road over Faymore River, having cut-stone voussoirs, triangular-plan cut-stone cut-water, and rusticated parapet with rendered copings.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- 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 Kilmackilloo.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Kilmackilloo with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Kilmackilloo · Cill Mhic Giolla Aodha
- Area
- 1,837,472 m² (183.75 ha, 454.05 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clondahorky, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division
- Creenasmear, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Creenasmear electoral division: 314 people in 109 households; 92% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyboe, Creenasmear, Creeslough, Faymore, Glassan, Gortnaleck, Masiness, Roosky
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Kilmackilloo 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.