Churchtown

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Churchtown, from 60 m² to 387,788 m² (38.78 ha, 95.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Churchtown 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.

• 18 Feb 2020Conditional

  (A) DEMOLISH PART OF EXISTING DWELLING (B) CONSTRUCT EXTENSION AND CARRY OUT INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING (C) DESIGNATION OF PART OF DWELLLING AS A FAMILY FLAT (D) RELOCATION OF VEHICULAR ENTRANCE TO THE EAST (E) REPLACE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK WITH A WASTE WATER TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20149

• 7 Aug 2019Conditional

  RETAIN AS CONSTRUCTED DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE INCLUDING SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA ALL WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19833

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Churchtown.

Recorded monuments

• KE065-012001 Church
  Description

  Knockane Church/ Teampall an Chnocáin: The remains of this church are located on a slight rise in a graveyard (KE065-012003-) situated a short distance E of the Gaddagh river. Ó Cíobháin suggests that it is to be identified with the parish church noted in Papal Annates of 1433, 1479, 1487 and 1511 (1985, lxx). It was described in 1615 as 'up and well' (Royal Visitation), and in 1622 was included in a list of parochial churches in the diocese. Its incumbent minister in 1633 was Willmus Lane, who was also minister of ‘Dunlo’ (TCD MS 2158 94, 37). The graveyard is the burial place of the Macgillycuddy’s of the Reeks, a branch of the O’Sullivan Mores who were associated with nearby Dromaloughane castle (KE065-059----). A nineteenth-century Protestant church stands close to the N side of the Medieval remains. The church measures 21.35m x 7.2m internally. Burials obscure its interior and tombs abut it externally at S. The walls, which survive to almost full height, are rubble-built and set in a loose lime and sand mortar. The side-walls average 3.8m high and 1m thick. The E gable has a tall, narrow, round-headed window with splayed ingoings. Similar windows, averaging 1.1m high, occur towards the E end of both side-walls. A possible third window, obscured beneath heavy overgrowth, occurs adjacent to a ragged ope near the W end of the N wall. There is a lintelled niche at the N end of the E gable, and two further niches occur towards the E ends of the N and S walls. A round-arched tomb niche is located in the N side-wall, 3.8m from the E gable. The pointed doorway, with displaced jambs, in the S wall has a segmental rear arch, and drawbar sockets are retained in its splayed ingoings. A series of beam-holes occur toward the W end of the N and S walls, which, together with a .2m wide offset located 3.5m up the W gable, may indicate that a wooden loft or gallery formerly existed at this end of the church. An ogham stone (KE065-012004-), now in NMI (1885:432), may derive from this site. Rhys, quoting from Graves, recorded that this stone was found in a churchyard ‘near Killorglin’ (1902, 16), while Macalister, also quoting Graves, recorded that it was first seen ‘standing in the churchyard at Knockane’ (1945, 248-9). The ogham stone measures 1.15m x .35m x .11m, and is split length-wise in half, removing the initial portion of the inscription. Macalister read the remainder, along the sinister angle, as: MAQI RECTA In the late 1980s a cross-inscribed stone from the adjoining townland of Killoughane (KE065-124----) was built into the boundary wall of the graveyard. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1089. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE065-012002 Cross-inscribed stone (present location)
  Description

  O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 354, no. 1089; 428, no. 1480) record that this stone was discovered during the demolition of an old house near Killoughane Church (KE065-058----) in the late 1980s. However, the precise location of the house in which it was found is not given and while the stone is likely to have been associated with Killoughane church it is not certain that it was. Therefore its original location (KE065-124----) must remain unknown. This stone is 18th-century in date (pers. comm. J. Sheehan). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 13 January 2012

• KE065-012003 Graveyard
  Description

  Knockane Church/ Teampall an Chnocáin: The remains of this church are located on a slight rise in a graveyard (KE065-012003-) situated a short distance E of the Gaddagh river. Ó Cíobháin suggests that it is to be identified with the parish church noted in Papal Annates of 1433, 1479, 1487 and 1511 (1985, lxx). It was described in 1615 as 'up and well' (Royal Visitation), and in 1622 was included in a list of parochial churches in the diocese. Its incumbent minister in 1633 was Willmus Lane, who was also minister of ‘Dunlo’ (TCD MS 2158 94, 37). The graveyard is the burial place of the Macgillycuddy’s of the Reeks, a branch of the O’Sullivan Mores who were associated with nearby Dromaloughane castle (KE065-059----). In the late 1980s a cross-inscribed stone from the adjoining townland of Killoughane (KE065-124----) was built into the boundary wall of the graveyard. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1089. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE065-012004 Ogham stone
  Description

  Knockane Church/ Teampall an Chnocáin: The remains of this church are located on a slight rise in a graveyard (KE065-012003-) situated a short distance E of the Gaddagh river. Ó Cíobháin suggests that it is to be identified with the parish church noted in Papal Annates of 1433, 1479, 1487 and 1511 (1985, lxx). It was described in 1615 as 'up and well' (Royal Visitation), and in 1622 was included in a list of parochial churches in the diocese. Its incumbent minister in 1633 was Willmus Lane, who was also minister of ‘Dunlo’ (TCD MS 2158 94, 37). The graveyard is the burial place of the Macgillycuddy’s of the Reeks, a branch of the O’Sullivan Mores who were associated with nearby Dromaloughane castle (KE065-059----). A nineteenth-century Protestant church stands close to the N side of the Medieval remains. An ogham stone (KE065-012004-), now in NMI (1885:432; see DU018-176----), may derive from this site. Rhys, quoting from Graves, recorded that this stone was found in a churchyard ‘near Killorglin’ (1902, 16), while Macalister, also quoting Graves, recorded that it was first seen ‘standing in the churchyard at Knockane’ (1945, 248-9). The ogham stone measures 1.15m x .35m x .11m, and is split length-wise in half, removing the initial portion of the inscription. Macalister read the remainder, along the sinister angle, as: MAQI RECTA The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1089. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE065-013 Enclosure
  Description

  A circular enclosure featuring a number of trees in its interior is marked at this location on the first edition of the OS map. No surface trace survives of the site. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 791. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE065-101 Kiln - lime
  Description

  In pasture. In the 1930s Capt. D. B. O'Connell recorded a 'slag mount' in the townland of Churchtown (KAS). This would appear to be the same feature which he referred to as a 'curious "site"...on the lands of Mr. T. Foley of Churchtown' in a general description of 'ancient mines' (O'Connell 1939, 23). There are no visible remains of this possible monument. It is possible that what O'Connell was referring to was the remains of a limekiln which is indicated on the 1846 and 1894 OS 6-inch maps in the immediate vicinity of the 'slag mount'. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE065-132 Enclosure
  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

• Knockane Church, church/chapel, 1810–1815 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding double-height Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built 1812, with three-bay nave, single-bay single-storey vestry projection to north elevation and single-bay three-stage entrance tower to west gable end. Burnt in 1822. Extensively reconstructed in 1825. In use in 1894. Now derelict and partly dismantled. Pitched slate roof having gable parapets with carved springers and cast-iron gutters and hopper. Castellated parapet to tower. Rendered walls to south elevation. Roughcast rendered walls to parts of tower and to north wall. Exposed rubble stone to east wall. Snecked limestone walls to vestry. Pointed arch openings having timber six-over-six pane sliding sash windows with over panels having switch-track glazing bars, concrete sills to north wall and limestone surrounds to south window. East window removed. Timber boarded door with limestone step. Plaster ceiling to interior with moulded bands and deep coved cornice having roundels to flat of ceiling. Floor boards, pews and wall monuments, and dado removed. Graveyard to site with various cut-stone grave markers and mausolea, c. 1815-present. Macgillycuddy mausoleum to graveyard. Gateway, built c. 1825, to north-east comprising pair of limestone ashlar piers with cast-iron gates. Ruined church to south.

• Knockane Church, mausoleum, 1815–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay single-storey limestone ashlar mausoleum, dated 1820, with octagonal corner piers having conical caps, inscribed plaques and central urn finial.

• Churchtown House, country house, 1730–1750 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay three-storey country house, built 1740, on a rectangular plan. Hipped slate roof on a U-shaped plan with central valley, clay ridge tiles and rendered chimneystacks. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walls with projecting eaves band. Slate-hanging south and west walls. Timber nine-over-six and six-over-six pane sliding sash windows at ground and first floors, timber casements to second floor, timber three-over-three pane sliding sash windows to basement with moulded limestone sills. Limestone doorcase with consoles, timber panelled door and limestone step. Venetian window opening to first floor to rear. Retaining interior features. Detached four-bay two-storey rubble stone-built outbuilding, built c. 1800, to north with outline of single-bay single-storey gabled projecting bay to south elevation. Attached three-bay single-storey rubble stone-built outbuilding, built c. 1800, to west. Detached six-bay two-storey rubble stone-built outbuilding, built c. 1800, to west with elliptical-headed integral carriage arch. Freestanding cast-iron water pump, c. 1890, now disused. Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, built c. 1840, to north-east retaining early fenestration. Gateway, built c. 1840, to north-east comprising six limestone ashlar piers with acorn finials, cast-iron gates and curved walls. Wall-mounted cast-iron letter box, c. 1905, to north-east with inscribed "ER" monogram; now disused. Demesne remodelled as golf course.

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

At the centre of the townland of Churchtown, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_137 (ZIP).

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.

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

Name

Churchtown · Fearann na gCat

Area

1,192,424 m² (119.24 ha, 294.65 acres)

Civil parish

Knockane, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkerron North

Electoral division

Churchtown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

498 people lived in 174 households in the Churchtown electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ards, Cappaganneen, Carhoobeg, Carhoonahone, Cullenagh Lower, Dromaloughane, Killoughane, Tullig

Placenames

Churchtown 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.