Knockacullig North
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcummin, barony of Magunihy, Co. Kerry; in Irish Cnoc an Choiligh Thuaidh
- Area
- 325.3 ha
- 804 acres
- Land parcels
- 89
- registered freehold, median 3,044 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
89 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockacullig North, from 11 m² to 157,169 m² (15.72 ha, 38.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 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 Knockacullig North 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
19 Feb 2026Conditional
Planning permission to: (a) demolish a dwellinghouse, (b) construct a dwellinghouse and install a new septic tank and percolation area along with associated site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660124
9 Mar 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22254
20 Dec 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT A NEW EASY FEED SLATTED LIVESTOCK UNIT. THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE TO INCORPORATE ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND SLURRY STORAGE TANK WITH 2 EXTERNAL AGITATION POINTS AND ANCILLARY EXTERNAL CONCRETE. THE ABOVE TO BE CARRIED OUT WITH ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 181260
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 Knockacullig North.
Recorded monuments
- KE059-063 Kiln - lime
Description
Mid/late 19th-century limekiln (L c. 4m N-S) built into steep bank at N side of minor road. Random rubble front wall (H 3m; Wth 2.5m), incorporated into field boundary, faces S. Central recess (H 1.9m; Wth 1.6m) has roughly built arch without voussoirs. Top of kiln overgrown. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE059-064 Kiln - lime
Description
Mid/late 19th-century limekiln built into steep S-facing slope on N side of Gweestin Stream. Ivy-covered front wall (H 4m; Wth 3m) faces SSW. Central arched recess (H 2m; Wth 1.9m; D 1.6m). Funnel infilled. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockacullig North.
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 Knockacullig North.
- 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 Knockacullig North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Knockacullig North · Cnoc an Choiligh Thuaidh
- Area
- 3,252,999 m² (325.3 ha, 803.83 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcummin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Magunihy
- Electoral division
- Kilcummin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilcummin electoral division: 2,348 people in 773 households; 86% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bawnaglanna, Glandaeagh, Knockacullig South, Knockalibade, Knockataggle More
- Placenames
- Knockacullig North 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.