Clonmoran
Townland in the civil parish of St. Patrick's, barony of Shillelogher, Co. Kilkenny; in Irish Cluain Morna
- Area
- 51.4 ha
- 127 acres
- Land parcels
- 18
- registered freehold, median 2,186 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonmoran, from 149 m² to 302,607 m² (30.26 ha, 74.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 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 Clonmoran 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
28 Aug 2026N/a
for development. The development will consist of the demolition of an existing agricultural shed and partial demolition of existing outbuildings. Removal of existing porch and collapsed chimney and renovation of the existing cottage, including new rooflights and chimney stack. The construction of a new extension, part two storey, part single storey, new domestic shed with PV Panels on the roof, connection to mains water, new waste water treatment unit and polishing filter, soakaway, new vehicular entrance onto the public roadway, boundary treatments, landscaping and all associated site works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660546
9 Jul 2025Conditional
for development. The development will consist of planning permission for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a solar PV energy development, battery storage and grid route with a total site area of 25.1 hectares, comprising of the construction of PV panels mounted on metal frames, MV Power Stations, substation, batteries, MV stations, new access tracks, underground cabling and ducting, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, a temporary construction compound, 10kV underground cabling connecting the solar farm to the existing Rosehill 38kV substation, and all ancillary grid infrastructure and associated works. The proposed development consists of works within the curtilage of Protected Structures Ref. C1000, C1002 and C330. The development would be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of this application
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560416
16 Apr 2025N/a
for development at this site. The development will consist of planning permission for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a solar PV energy development, battery storage and grid route with a total site area of 25.1 hectares, comprising of the construction of PV panels mounted on metal frames, MV Power Stations, substation, batteries, MV stations, new access tracks, underground cabling and ducting, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, a temporary construction compound, 10kV underground cabling connecting the solar farm to the existing Rosehill 38kV substation, and all ancillary grid infrastructure and associated works. The development would be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of this application
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560202
25 Jul 2023Conditional
to retain as follows: 1. extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling house, 2. domestic shed and carport, 3. domestic home office, 4. Planning Permission to install a secondary treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2360342
22 Sept 2021N/a
to retain as follows: 1. extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling house, 2. domestic shed and carport, 3. domestic home office and all associated site works
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 21794
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 Clonmoran.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Clonmoran.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Clonmoran.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2169 (ZIP).
- 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 Clonmoran with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.
The townland
- Name
- Clonmoran · Cluain Morna
- Area
- 514,218 m² (51.42 ha, 127.07 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. Patrick's, and its townlands
- Barony
- Shillelogher
- Electoral division
- Kilkenny Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilkenny Rural electoral division: 18,603 people in 6,480 households; 64% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Baunreagh, Castleblunden, Margaret's Fields, Mortgage Fields, Poulgour, Shellumsrath
- Placenames
- Clonmoran 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.