Knockalibade
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcummin, barony of Magunihy, Co. Kerry; in Irish Cnoc an Libéid
- Area
- 222.7 ha
- 550 acres
- Land parcels
- 100
- registered freehold, median 2,591 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
100 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockalibade, from 9 m² to 187,579 m² (18.76 ha, 46.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 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 Knockalibade 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
4 Aug 2026N/a
Permission to construct a new single storey dwelling, and all associated site works at Knockalibade, Rockfield, Co. Kerry
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660724
11 Jun 2026N/a
construct a new single storey dwelling, with a new mechanical treatment unit and sand polishing filter and a new connection to a private well, and all associated site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660530
3 Jun 2026N/a
THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF: Permision for (1) Alterations to front and rear elevations (2) Alterations to internal layout (3) Removal of the existing chimney (4) Extension to the rear of the existing dwelling and all ancillary works.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660497
19 May 2026N/a
Permission for (1) Alterations to front and rear elevations (2) Alterations to internal layout (3) Removal of the existing chimney (4) Extension to the rear of the existing dwelling and all ancillary works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660442
4 Mar 2026Refused
1/ Retention Permission to retain partially built dwelling within revised site boundaries and 2/ Permission to complete construction and minor alterations to partially built dwelling, complete residential access, install septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site works previously granted under planning reg number 19/339
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2660188
23 Mar 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23321
2 Aug 2022Conditional
BUILD A SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22819
23 Feb 2022Refused
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW VEHICULAR SITE ENTRANCE, WITH BOUNDARY TREATMENT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22192
22 Sept 2021N/a
(A) CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, (B) CONSTRUCT A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission · Kerry County Council, 211080
16 Aug 2021N/a
(A) CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE (B) CONSTRUCT A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission · Kerry County Council, 21945
21 Jul 2021Conditional
(A) DEMOLISH EXISTING SHED, (B) CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING SERVICED BY A MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER, (C) CONSTRUCT A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND (D) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21828
16 Feb 2021Refused
CONSTRUCT A NEW SITE ENTRANCE AND BOUNDARY TREATMENT WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21137
24 May 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT A DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19542
3 Apr 2019Conditional
(A) DEMOLISH EXISTING DWELLING DERELICT DWELLING, (B) ERECT NEW DWELLING AND GARAGE SERVED BT SEPTIC TANK, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19339
16 Jan 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT A GRANNY FLAT ATTACHED TO EXISTING HOUSE (GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REG NO. 00/3147) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 1916
14 Nov 2018N/a
CONSTRUCT A GRANNY FLAT ATTACHED TO EXISTING HOUSE (GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REG. NO. 00/3147) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 181119
28 Aug 2018Conditional
(A) PERISSION TO DEMOLISH EXISTING CONCRETE BLOCK STRUCTURE ON SITE AND (B) PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT AN AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH STABLES FOR THE HOUSING OF HORSES AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18843
21 Feb 2018N/a
CONSTRUCT A GRANNY FLAT ATTACHED TO EXISTING HOUSE (GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 00/3147) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 18163
20 Feb 2018N/a
(A) DEMOLISH EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING (B) ERECT NEW DWELLING AND GARAGE SERVED BY SEPTIC TANK, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 18143
10 Oct 2017Conditional
(A) RETAIN AS CONSTRUCTED SHED, (B) AS CONSTRUCTED PUMP HOUSE, (C) AS CONSTRUCTED TEMPORARY CHALET (D) AS CONSTRUCTED GARAGE (PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER 00/3147) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 171005
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Castlemaine Harbour SAC 000343
Recorded monuments
- KE058-045 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
In pasture, on a gentle SW-facing slope. A circular area (diam. c. 7m N-S) enclosed by a shallow fosse (Wth 0.9m at base; D 0.8m) and a low external earth and stone bank (Wth 1.9m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.35m). A possible entrance is at NE, with a possible causeway across the fosse. The fosse and bank are very overgrown with furze and briars along the W arc while along the NE arc they have been poached by cattle. The interior, which is covered with overgrowth, is marginally higher than the external ground level and is slightly convex at the centre. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE058-049 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on a SW-facing slope. This rath is indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) on the 1846 OS 6-inch map and on the 1894 OS 6-inch map as a pear-shaped enclosure (c. 50m N-S; c. 50m E-W) with the W half incorporated into the field boundary system. The approximate location is now a level area defined by field boundaries at N and W, by a break of slope along the S arc and by a differential growth pattern along the E arc. This is probably the 'remarkably large' and 'tilled' fort in the S end of Knockalibade which was recorded in the 1840s (OSNB, Kilcummin, no. 2, 24). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE058-287 Fulacht fia
Description
This potential feature was reported by Michael Connolly, County Archaeologist, Kerry County Council. It was identified by him during the course of an assessment of a 40 square mile area for the purpose of choosing a road route in 2000 to the north of Killarney. Reported to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland as an extant fulacht fia. Full access not gained: Closest access point is 100m to N. No potential feature evident upon historic mapping or modern aerial photography (OSi 2010; Bing 2015). This area has since been planted.
- KE058-288 Fulacht fia
Description
This potential feature was reported by Michael Connolly, County Archaeologist, Kerry County Council. It was identified by him during the course of an assessment of a 40 square mile area for the purpose of choosing a road route in 2000 to the north of Killarney. In established coniferous plantation. Reported to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland as an extant fulacht fia. Full access not gained: closest point accessed was 290m to W. More recent plantation established to S and W. No potential feature evident upon historic mapping or modern aerial photography (OSi 2010; Bing 2015). This area has since been planted with forestry, which is inaccessible.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockalibade.
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 Knockalibade.
- 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 Knockalibade with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Knockalibade · Cnoc an Libéid
- Area
- 2,227,359 m² (222.74 ha, 550.39 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
- Buddaghauns, Cleedagh, Curraross, Dooneen, Glandaeagh, Knockacullig North, Knockacullig South
- Placenames
- Knockalibade 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.