# Knocknahila, Co. Kerry: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilflyn, barony of Clanmaurice, Co. Kerry. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 351,918 m² (35.19 ha, 86.96 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,994 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilflyn, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/kilflyn.md - Barony: Clanmaurice - Electoral division: Kilflyn, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/24570 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 71987 - Centre: latitude 52.338571, longitude -9.619367 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknahila, from 305 m² to 286,731 m² (28.67 ha, 70.85 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1187939: 286,731 m² (28.67 ha, 70.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1187939.md - Parcel 1223310: 54,928 m² (5.49 ha, 13.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1223310.md - Parcel 1209322: 7,753 m² (0.78 ha, 1.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1209322.md - Parcel 1223206: 2,236 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1223206.md - Parcel 3968764: 2,206 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3968764.md - Parcel 3847274: 305 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3847274.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 2 applications, newest first. - 2 Feb 2026, Kerry County Council 2660066: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660066/0 - 23 May 2017, Kerry County Council 17470: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/17470/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA, site code 004161, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004161 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - KE021-102: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE021-102----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE021-102001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE022-032----. 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. 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knocknahila. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - 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: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - 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 flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/kerry/knocknahila.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/knocknahila.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/knocknahila.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Knocknahila with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry: https://everytownland.com/kerry.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Fahavane: https://everytownland.com/kerry/fahavane.md - Knockbrack East: https://everytownland.com/kerry/knockbrack-east.md - Knockbrack West: https://everytownland.com/kerry/knockbrack-west.md - Rea: https://everytownland.com/kerry/rea-72401.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/kerry/knocknahila - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kerry/knocknahila