Knocknahila

6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknahila, from 305 m² to 286,731 m² (28.67 ha, 70.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Knocknahila 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.

• 2 Feb 2026Conditional

  PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE WITH MECHANICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND RAISED POLISHING FILTER, INCLUSIVE OF ALL ANCILLARY DRAINAGE, SITE WORKS AND LANDSCAPING. ALL AT KNOCKNAHILLA, KILFLYNN, CO. KERRY

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660066

• 23 May 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A SERIES OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS TO THE FRONT, SIDE AND REAR OF THE HOUSE AND TO CARRY OUT INTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING HOUSE AND TO CONSTRUCT A NEW SHED IN A NEW LOCATION AND TO DECOMMISSION EXISTING WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND INSTALL A MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT AND SAND POLISHING FILTER ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS ALL

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17470

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA 004161

Recorded monuments

• KE021-102 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diameter 32m N-S, 30m E-W This univallate ringfort consists of a circular area enclosed by a well-defined bank of earth and stone. The bank SW through S to SE would appear to have been stone faced in relatively recent times. Also contained within the bank to the NNE is a stone-lined lime kiln. A slight trace of an exterior fosse can be noticed to the SW through S to SE. The enclosing bank rises to a maximum of 2m above the interior and 3.2m above the external ground level. The fosse where it survives is 1m wide and 1m below the height of the surrounding land. A 2.4m wide gap to the NW provides access to the interior. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 762. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE021-102001 Souterrain
  Description

  There is no mention of a possible souterrain in the published entry for the rath (KE021-102----) (see Toal 1995, 191, no. 762). However, from the information on the cover sheet for this souterrain record in the SMR file, the source would appear to be 'based on local tradition'. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 January 2014

• KE022-032 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

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knocknahila.

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 Knocknahila, about 1 in 10 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.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knocknahila.

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 Knocknahila with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Knocknahila

Area

351,918 m² (35.19 ha, 86.96 acres)

Civil parish

Kilflyn, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmaurice

Electoral division

Kilflyn, the unit of the census

Census 2022

264 people lived in 103 households in the Kilflyn electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Fahavane, Knockbrack East, Knockbrack West, Rea

Placenames

Knocknahila 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.