# Joinersfolly, Co. Kilkenny: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of St. Patrick's, barony of Shillelogher, Co. Kilkenny; in Irish An Ráth Mhór. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 473,322 m² (47.33 ha, 116.96 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,587 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): C3 Industrial/Technology Park, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 13 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: St. Patrick's, https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/parish/st-patricks.md - Barony: Shillelogher - Electoral division: Kilkenny Rural, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Kilkenny, https://everytownland.com/kilkenny.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/26954 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 90924 - Centre: latitude 52.630179, longitude -7.233503 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Joinersfolly, from 143 m² to 116,392 m² (11.64 ha, 28.76 acres); 33 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 833526: 116,392 m² (11.64 ha, 28.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/833526.md - Parcel 2845882: 67,280 m² (6.73 ha, 16.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2845882.md - Parcel 5855687: 63,709 m² (6.37 ha, 15.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5855687.md - Parcel 860056: 51,029 m² (5.1 ha, 12.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/860056.md - Parcel 5652308: 49,577 m² (4.96 ha, 12.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5652308.md - Parcel 815307: 28,329 m² (2.83 ha, 7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/815307.md - Parcel 833646: 24,238 m² (2.42 ha, 5.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/833646.md - Parcel 868108: 21,190 m² (2.12 ha, 5.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/868108.md - Parcel 6029661: 20,970 m² (2.1 ha, 5.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6029661.md - Parcel 6029758: 9,339 m² (0.93 ha, 2.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6029758.md - Parcel 2978234: 4,539 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2978234.md - Parcel 864108: 4,472 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/864108.md - Parcel 819663: 3,587 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/819663.md - Parcel 2559253: 3,431 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2559253.md - Parcel 3640120: 3,224 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3640120.md - Parcel 2845872: 3,080 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2845872.md - Parcel 816590: 1,985 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/816590.md - Parcel 837963: 1,428 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/837963.md - Parcel 817504: 1,118 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/817504.md - Parcel 839496: 1,087 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/839496.md - Parcel 847943: 1,023 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/847943.md - Parcel 2845867: 821 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2845867.md - Parcel 5813718: 450 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5813718.md - Parcel 4861684: 214 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4861684.md - Parcel 818313: 143 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/818313.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - C3 Industrial/Technology Park (Office, business/technology park and related): Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny; 14 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.kilkennycoco.ie/eng/services/planning/development-plans/city-and-county-development-plan-2021/adopted-city-and-county-development-plan.html - C2.1 Industrial/Warehousing (Industrial, enterprise, employment): Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny; 10 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.kilkennycoco.ie/eng/services/planning/development-plans/city-and-county-development-plan-2021/adopted-city-and-county-development-plan.html - R2 Existing Residential (Existing residential): Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.kilkennycoco.ie/eng/services/planning/development-plans/city-and-county-development-plan-2021/adopted-city-and-county-development-plan.html ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 13 applications, newest first. - 8 Jul 2026, Kilkenny County Council 2660436: N/a. Retention. to retain indefinitely existing dog boarding kennels (Coco’s Kennels) and a storage shed including all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660436/0 - 19 Jun 2026, Kilkenny County Council 2660382: N/a. Permission. FOR THE INSTALLATION OF 600 KWp (2,636M2) OF GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR PV ARRAY AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES. THE GROUND MOUNTED PV ARRAY WILL BE INSTALLED OVER TWO (2) NUMBER PHASES. PHASE 1, WHICH WILL CONSIST OF 300.12KW OF GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR PV, AND WILL OFFSET KCETB’S MANDATED SUSTAINABILITY AND DECARBONISATION CLIMATE ACTION PLAN TARGETS, (1,318.2M2). PHASE 2, WILL ALSO CONSIST OF ANOTHER 300.12KW OF GROUND MOUNTED SOLAT PV (1,318M2). IT IS ENVISAGED THAT PHASE 2 WILL COMMENCE OVER THE COMING FIVE (5) YEARS. INCLUDED IN THIS APPLICATION IS A LANDSCAPE & VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (LVIA), A GLINT & GLARE ASSESSMENT, & A LANDSCAPE MITIGATION PLAN. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660382/0 - 8 Jun 2026, Kilkenny County Council 2660346: N/a. Permission. FOR THE INSTALLATION OF 600 KWp (2,636M2) OF GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR PV ARRAY AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES. THE GROUND MOUNTED PV ARRAY WILL BE INSTALLED OVER TWO (2) NUMBER PHASES. PHASE 1, WHICH WILL CONSIST OF 300.12KW OF GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR PV, AND WILL OFFSET KCETB’S MANDATED SUSTAINABILITY AND DECARBONISATION CLIMATE ACTION PLAN TARGETS, (1,318.2M2). PHASE 2, WILL ALSO CONSIST OF ANOTHER 300.12KW OF GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR PV (1,318M2). IT IS ENVISAGED THAT PHASE 2 WILL COMMENCE OVER THE COMING FIVE (5) YEARS. INCLUDED IN THIS APPLICATION IS A LANDSCAPE & VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (LVIA), A GLINT & GLARE ASSESSMENT, & A LANDSCAPE MITIGATION PLAN. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660346/0 - 3 Apr 2026, Kilkenny County Council 2660198: N/a. Permission. FOR THE INSTALLATION OF 600 KWp (2,636M2) OF GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR PV ARRAY AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES. THE GROUND MOUNTED PV ARRAY WILL BE INSTALLED OVER TWO (2) NUMBER PHASES. PHASE 1, WHICH WILL CONSIST OF 300.12KW OF GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR PV, AND WILL OFFSET KCETB’S MANDATED SUSTAINABILITY AND DECARBONISATION CLIMATE ACTION PLAN TARGETS, (1,318.2M2). PHASE 2, WILL ALSO CONSIST OF ANOTHER 300.12KW OF GROUND MOUNTED SOLAT PV (1,318M2). IT IS ENVISAGED THAT PHASE 2 WILL COMMENCE OVER THE COMING FIVE (5) YEARS. INCLUDED IN THIS APPLICATION IS A LANDSCAPE & VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (LVIA), A GLINT & GLARE ASSESSMENT, & A LANDSCAPE MITIGATION PLAN.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660198/0 - 22 Dec 2025, Kilkenny County Council 2660002: Conditional. Permission. an extension of the existing industrial building (for the purpose of medical device manufacturing) on site and alterations to the vehicular entrance and car park in the southeastern portion of the site. The proposed extension of the industrial building will comprise the extension of the building southwards by 10.5m, with the extension to the building having an overall height of c. 9.3m. The extension to the building will result in an increase in gross floor area of 1,375 sq.m. in total, and will accommodate additional medical device manufacturing floor space, corridors, and service areas. PV arrays will be provided at roof level. The proposed alterations to the existing vehicular entrance and car parking area comprise site clearance works, a new visitor vehicle entrance with a set down area and 6 no. visitor parking spaces to the southwest of the existing security hut, and the provision of 8 no. additional parking spaces as an extension of the existing car park. The proposed development also includes associated access arrangements and alterations to existing pedestrian and cycle facilities and fire tender route to accommodate the visitor entrance and extension, lighting, bollards, 1 no. additional ‘visitor’ sign, boundary treatments and barriers, alterations to existing landscaping to facilitate the building extension and visitor entrance / parking, alteration to existing roof PV arrays on the existing building to allow for additional roof ventilation ducting to facilitate the building extension, alterations to underground services, and all associated and ancillary works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660002/0 - 2 Dec 2025, Kilkenny County Council 2560773: Conditional. Permission. for the erection of a 2.4m high palisade boundary fence and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560773/0 - 2 Dec 2025, Kilkenny County Council 2560774: Conditional. Permission. for: (A) Proposed two storey side and single storey rear extension to existing two storey detached dwelling. (B) Elevational changes to existing dwelling. Including all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560774/0 - 21 Feb 2025, Kilkenny County Council 2560075: Conditional. Permission. The site is situated to the west of the Bohernatounish Road (and of existing buildings within the Business and Technology Park), to the east of the Outrath Road and Loughboy Industrial Estate, and to the south of the Kilkenny Ring Road(N10) and an existing office development. Permission is sought for the following development: • Expansion of the existing Central Utilities Building compound to facilitate construction of 38kV substation (as required by the ESB) to accommodate 2 no. electrical transformers, a single storey client switchroom building (with a parapet height of c.5.8m), and a single storey control room building (with a parapet height of c. 5.8m).• The control room building will accommodate a gas insulated switchgear room, control room, battery room, storeroom and WC. • The development includes all associated landscaping and ancillary works, services, protection masts, and boundary treatments. Retention permission is sought for the following alterations to the development permitted under Reg. Ref.: 22/662:• Amendments to the permitted industrial building including to the building footprint and the area of the ancillary office space and reception / dining areas (resulting in a decrease of c. 593 sq.m. in gross floor area (GFA) in total).• Associated amendments to the internal layout of the industrial building, to the building facades (including alterations to entrance / exit doors and fenestration), and roof plan (including rooflights), and the location of ancillary structures and landscaping in the vicinity of the ancillary office area, to reflect the altered building layout. • Relocation of one stair core along the northern building façade southward to sit within the massing of the building. • Construction of a of pump house, tanks for rainwater harvesting, smoking shelter, provision of a gabion wall around the outdoor dining area, omission of waste storage structure, relocation of pallet storage to the northeastern corner of the service yard, and relocation and alterations to permitted signage (including the omission of building signage on the southern elevation, provision of signage to the northern, western, and eastern elevation, campus and directional signage, and 3 no. flagpoles adjacent to the southern site entrance). • Amendments to the northern access point to the site, to remove the permitted vehicular access and provide for pedestrian and cycle access • Amendments to the Central Utilities Yard including relocation of 2 no. sprinkler. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560075/0 - 26 Aug 2024, Kilkenny County Council 2460408: Conditional. Retention. to retain pillars & open porch to front of existing dwelling, front entrance walls/railings and entrance gates along the front boundary of the site and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460408/0 - 13 Apr 2023, Kilkenny County Council 2390: Conditional. Retention. to retain storage sheds, including all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2390/0 - 7 Oct 2022, Kilkenny County Council 22662: Conditional. Permission. The proposed development will consist of the following: All site clearance and enabling works required to facilitate the development; The construction of an industrial building (for the purpose of medical device manufacturing),with a gross floor area (GFA) of 29,490sqm and with a maximum parapet height of c.16.3metres. The building will be part-one and part-two storeys in height, with enclosed plant at roof level; The proposed building will accommodate assembly rooms, an electron-beam sterilization area, support and staff welfare facilities, kitchen and dining facilities, warehouse/storage space, and ancillary office space. The ancillary office space totals 4,645sq.m at ground and first floor levels; Provision of a fenced marshalling yard and waste yard to the north of the proposed building, along with loading bays, waste compactor and gated access points; The provision of a fenced utility compound area located to the western part of the site, which will accommodate 2no. emergency generators, 2no. sprinkler tanks and a single storey building comprising a sprinkler house, and ESB substation, including client control room (with a GFA of 182sqm); The provision of a single storey security guard house (with a GFA of 42sqm) to the southeast of the site; The provision of 520no. car parking spaces and 236no. bicycle parking spaces; The access to the unit will be provided via an existing intersection within the Kilkenny IDA Business and Technology Park and via the existing link road to the south of the site. The development includes the surfacing of the link road to serve the subject site; The development also includes landscaping, boundary treatments, photovoltaic panels at roof level, entrance barriers, site lighting, and all associated site development works, including underground foul and storm water drainage services and attenuation areas, and all ancillary works. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application and the EIAR will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority. The site is located to the west of the Bohernatounish Road (and of existing buildings within the Business and Technology Park), to the east of the Outrath road and Loughboy Industrial Estate, and to the south of the Kilkenny Ring Road (N10) and an office development currently under construction.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/22662/0 - 13 Dec 2017, Kilkenny County Council 17826: Conditional. Permission. to build a farm machinery store shed and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/17826/0 - 22 Feb 2017, Kilkenny County Council 17101: Conditional. Permission. to remove an existing Sun room attached to the rear, to increase the height, to a one and half storey dormer to a portion of the existing bungalow and to extend the proposed dormer out to the rear. Proposed alterations to the wall finishes and window fenestration to the front elevation. To convert a portion of the attached garage to living space and replace the existing flat roof to the garage with a pitched roof to match the existing roof, to replace the exising concrete roof tiles with a slate finish throughout and all associated site works on lands. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/17101/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Joinersfolly. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - KK019-042003: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKK019-042003-. One of three enclosures identified as cropmarks on an aerial photograph (CUCAP BGG026, 16 July 1971). This roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 46m) is defined by a fosse. A field boundary, running roughly E-W, kinks out slightly on the line of the S edge of the enclosure. There is a ring-ditch (KK019-042002-) c. 70m to the S and another enclosure (KK019-042001-) c. 80m to the SW. See attached: KK019-042003-_01 aerial photograph CUCAP BGG026, 16 July 1971 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 6 October 2020 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 Joinersfolly. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 5 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: Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2185, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2185.zip (ZIP). - 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/kilkenny/joinersfolly.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/joinersfolly.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/joinersfolly.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Joinersfolly with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Cox's Fields: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/coxs-fields.md - Danville: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/danville.md - Loughboy: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/loughboy.md - Outrath: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/outrath.md - Raggetsland: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/raggetsland.md - Springhill: https://everytownland.com/kilkenny/springhill-91469.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/kilkenny/joinersfolly - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kilkenny/joinersfolly