Knocknakilly

13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknakilly, from 3,402 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres) to 389,075 m² (38.91 ha, 96.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 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 Knocknakilly 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.

• 6 May 2026Conditional

  Planning Permission is sought by Carey Architects, on behalf of Claire Quinlan, for changes to previously approved application Reference No. 24/60142 comprising changes to proposed wastewater treatment system and raised polishing filter and all ancillary site works at site at Knocknakilly, Kilflynn, Co. Kerry. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the planning authority at County Buildings, Rathass, Tralee, during its public opening hours: Monday to Friday 9.00 A.M. to 5.00 P.M. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee of EUR20 within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660397

• 8 Mar 2024Conditional

  Retention Permission and Planning Permission are sought by Carey Architects, on behalf of Claire Quinlan, for Retention Permission for two storey extension to rear and Planning Permission for (a) demolition of attached garage to side (north-east), (b) construction of single storey extension to side (north-east), (c) addition of window to side (north-east) elevation at ground floor level, alteration of existing window opes to side (north-east) elevation at ground floor level and widening of existing window to side (north-east) elevation at first floor level and (d) decommissioning of existing septic tank and installation of proposed wastewater treatment system and raised polishing filter and (e) all associated site works at site at Knocknakilly, Kilflynn, Co. Kerry

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460142

• 5 Oct 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCT AN AGRICULTURAL SHED WHICH WILL BE USED FOR THE STORAGE OF HAY AND ALL NECESSARY ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 20922

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 Knocknakilly.

Recorded monuments

• KE016-072 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  This univallate rath consists of a circular area enclosed by an earthen bank c 5m wide at the base. It rises to 1m above the interior and 1.5m above the surrounding land. The interior is at a slightly higher level than the surrounding land and two main openings are evident, one to the E measuring 3.4m wide and one WSW measuring 5.2m wide. No permission was given to survey the ringfort. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 629. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Knocknakilly, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Knocknakilly · Cnoc na Cille

Area

729,037 m² (72.9 ha, 180.15 acres)

Civil parish

Kilfeighny, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmaurice

Electoral division

Kilfeighny, the unit of the census

Census 2022

993 people lived in 372 households in the Kilfeighny electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Glanoe, Kilfeighny North, Leampreaghane, Pallas, Tullig

Placenames

Knocknakilly 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.