Killamery

75 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killamery, from 142 m² to 706,309 m² (70.63 ha, 174.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Killamery in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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• 27 Feb 2025Conditional

  of constructed agricultural storage shed with associated works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2560089

• 25 Feb 2025Conditional

  for development of an external milk silo and associated site works necessary to facilitate the proposed development

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560082

• 8 Jan 2024Conditional

  of an unroofed slatted tank, concrete apron and associated site works necessary to facilitate the proposed development

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2460007

• 23 Dec 2021Conditional

  for development of roofless cubicles, slatted tank, concrete apron and associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 211063

• 8 Mar 2021Conditional

  for development of a silage base, collecting yard, concrete apron and associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21157

• 23 Nov 2020Conditional

  for development consisting of a two storey dwelling house with part single storey, detached garage and storerooms, wastewater treatment system and assocaited site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 20805

• 23 Apr 2020Conditional

  to demolish outhouses and construct an extension to dwelling along with renovation works to include raised ridge level, to upgrade existing wastewater system to current EPA Guidelines, to relocate entrance to improve sightlines and all other associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20254

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Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Killamery.

Recorded monuments

• KK030-008 Settlement deserted - medieval
  Description

  Empey (1990, 85) lists Killamery as a town in his map of the medieval county of Kilkenny. The presence of a motte (KK030-008001-) suggests that at the very least it was a manorial centre. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 317), ‘the townland of Killamery having been acquired by the Earls Marshall, about the beginning of the 13th century, was granted by them, as a feudal tenancy, to the Tobins, or De St. Albin’s, Lords of Kaemshinagh. On the 30th April, 1247, it was held by Thomas de St. Albin from Richard de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford’. Killamery is mentioned several times in the Calendar of Ormond Deeds, the King being due ‘Half a knight’s fee in Kyllamery’ in c. 1399 and in c. 1413 the Royal service from ‘Kilamery’ amounted to 20 shillings (Curtis 1934, vol. 2, 236; 317). In 1584 the Ormond Deeds mention ‘Walter McRichard Tobin of Kilamery, Co. Kilkenny’ in relation to land grants (Curtis 1970, vol. 6, 14). Killamery was eventually forfeited by James Tobin following the 1641 Rising (Carrigan 1905, vol. 4, 317). The precise location of the medieval settlement is unknown, though it would have centred on the motte and parish church (KK030-008003-). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 20 July 2017

• KK030-008002 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  On raised ground at the base of a hill which rises to the S-SE, in rolling pasture overlooking a broad plain from NW-N. The land drops away steeply immediately N of the church where there is a small valley with St. Nicholas’s holy well (KK030-008007-) to the NW in this valley. The land rises again immediately N of this forming a hillock on which stands a high cross (KK030-008004-), the whole being encompassed by the graveyard (KK030-008010-). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 311-2) a monastery here was founded by St. Gobán Fionn early in the 7th century whose festival is celebrated on the 6th of December. The monastery would have been enclosed by a circular enclosure which is not currently visible at ground level. There is a curving scarp (L c. 40m) c. 13m N of the N wall of the graveyard which may be either an earlier graveyard boundary or could be portion of the ecclesiastical enclosure. The scarp terminates before reaching the field boundary to the E and this seems to be where a pathway, as indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. 6-inch OS map, ran from the S side of the village and entered the graveyard a the NE end of the N side. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 8 August 2017

• KK030-008003 Church
  Description

  On raised ground at the base of a hill which rises to the S-SE, in rolling pasture overlooking a broad plain from NW-N. The land drops away steeply immediately N of the church where there is a small valley with St. Nicholas’s holy well (KK030-008007-) to the NW in this valley. The land rises again immediately N of this forming a hillock on which stands a high cross (KK030-008004-), the whole being encompassed by the graveyard (KK030-008010-). There is a motte (KK030-008001-) c. 125m to the NNE. Located 5m N of the N wall of the ruinous Church of Ireland church. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 311-2) a monastery here was founded by St. Gobán Fionn early in the 7th century whose festival is celebrated on the 6th of December. It would appear that in the 15th century Killamery was a prebendal parish (the rents, fees and tithes of the parish supported a member of a cathedral, in this case St. Canice’s in Kilkenny) as in the Calendar of Ormond Deeds of 1403 there is a reference to ‘Richard Whitesyde, cleric, prebendary of Kyllamerry’ (Curtis 1934, vol. 2, 268). Of the church, the lower courses of the E end of S wall (L 8.6m; H 0.5-0.55m; T c. 1m) and S end of the E wall (L 4.55) survive, though only the internal face of the wall is visible. It is composed of roughly cut boulders in the S wall with smaller stones in the E wall. The N portion of the church has been quarried out, including the N wall and N end of the E gable. The W end of the S wall and the W gable are not visible at ground level. In the OS Letters (O’Curry 1840, 97), it is described as, ‘The foundation, between three [0.9m] and four feet [1.2m] high, remains on the southeast side of the churchyard or burying ground, measuring twenty three feet [7m] by eighteen [5.48m], walls two feet nine inches [0.84m] thick; this part would appear to have been the Quire of the church as vestiges of some more extensive building may be traced projecting west from it. There is a yew tree within the area of the Quire (choir) five feet [1.5m] in circumference and two white thorns of good growth near it’. There are a number of 19th century graveslabs lying flat within the interior area of the church. There is a cross-slab (KK030-008011-) in the graveyard c. 10m WNW of the church. At the N portion of the graveyard, near the high cross (2.7m to the SE of the high cross), is a fragment of a sandstone round-headed window head (dims. L 0.42m; T 0.16-0.19m), chamfered internally and externally (D of chamfers 0.05m and 0.07m) with lime mortar (T 0.02-0.025m) on one side of the stone. Also in the same area there is a fragment of a jamb (dims. L 0.43m; Wth 0.25m; H 0.32m) with a roll-moulding (diam. 0.12m). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 July 2017

• KK030-008004 Cross - High cross
  Description

  On raised ground at the base of a hill which rises to the S-SE, in rolling pasture overlooking a broad plain from NW-N. The high cross is on a hillock where there are a number of 18th and 19th century headstones. The land drops away steeply immediately S of this hillock to a small valley with St. Nicholas’s holy well (KK030-008007-) c. 10m to the S in this valley. The land rises again immediately S of this, on which rise there are the remains of a church (KK030-008003-). All these monuments are enclosed within the graveyard (KK030-008010-). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 311-2) a monastery here was founded by St. Gobán Fionn early in the 7th century whose feast day is celebrated on the 6th of December. In the Annals of the Four Masters the obit of an abbot, Domhnall son of Niall is given in 1004 (Edwards 1990, 41). Of the monastic site only a high cross (KK030-008004-), two cross-slabs (KK030-008005-; KK030-008011-), a stone cross (KK030-008013-), the remains of a church (KK030-008003-) and two bullaun stones (KK030-008006-; KK030-008008-) are currently visible at the location. The sandstone open-ringed high cross (H 2.56m; roof-cap H c. 0.3m; total H c. 2.86m; cross head max. Wth 1.16m; cross shaft Wth 0.47m; T 0.35m) stands on a two-tiered base (basal dims. 1.25m square; H 0.7m). There is a raised heavy rope-like moulding around the edges which terminates at a projecting basal plinth which is formed at the base of the shaft. There is figurative carving in the cross heads and the panels are decorated with floral and interlace patterns. Edwards (1990, 61) dates the high cross to the end of the 8th or first half of the 9th century. The following description of the decoration is based on work by Harbison (1992, 121-4). The E face: the cross head has a central raised boss with radiating lines. Beneath it is interlace, from each side of which emerges a serpent which stretches its head with upturned snout into the arms of the cross. There it crosses the neck of, and bites the lower jaw of, another serpent which emerges from a spiral above the central boss. On the upper arm of the cross there is an animal with body and forward-stretching legs and a head with a wide-open mouth with sharp teeth. The shaft is decorated with three patterns of marigold type, with a small three-pointed knot of interlace in the intervening spaces above and below. The W face: the cross head has a central whorl within a circular raised moulding. Beneath which is a worn scene with a tall figure seated in the centre, with two figures, presumably angels, kneeling on its shoulders and holding an object (a crown?) above its head. The seated figure stretches out his left arm so that the hand is placed on the head of a small winged figure in the bottom right hand corner. Through comparison with a mosaic in St. Mark’s in Venice this has been interpreted as God blessing and sanctifying the seventh day of creation. The N arm shows a horseman hunting a stag with a dog on its back, the S arm shows a chariot procession with a man with a crook or crozier on or above the horse and a number of human figures in front. Above the whorl a seated figure with bare legs on the left appears to hold up a small creature on its knees and is approached by a figure from the right, possibly holding a stick. Harbison suggest this represents Eve holding up one of her children and Adam tilling the soil after they have been expelled from paradise. The upper arm is decorated with interlinked chains. The shaft contains two main panels, the upper consisting of vertically structured fretwork with diagonal lines interspersed, the lower larger panel consists of diagonal fretwork. The basal plinth is very worn but according to Macalister it bears an inscription, ‘ÓR DO MAELSECHNAILL’, which translates as ‘Prayer for Maelsechnall’. The N side: Vertical ribs divide the shaft into three upright panels. The central panel has broad interlace which continues in a slightly different form under the ring and reverts to the original pattern for the upper arm. The end of the arm is divided into four panels. The top left depicts two embracing figures which may represent Christ and John the Baptist embracing in the desert or Jacob wrestling with an angel. The top right shows a central figure holding out an object towards the right and a figure on the left which has been interpreted as Salome with Herodias in the centre with the head of John the Baptist or The Temptation of St. Anthony or David killing the lion/Death of Goliath or. The bottom left depicts two figures holding up a large upright object between them, which if related to John the Baptist, may represent the tablet on which Zacharias writes the name John. Another interpretation is Paul and Anthony receiving bread in the desert. The bottom right shows two figures facing forward, that on the left seeming to hold a child, possibly Elisabeth and Zacharias with the infant John the Baptist. The S side: Vertical mouldings on the shaft divide it into three upright panels, the central one having simple broad-banded interlace which turns into running spirals under the arm but reverts to interlace for the top of the upper arm. The basal plinth has a roundel decorated with interlace. The end of the arm depicts Noah’s Ark as a semi-circular hull, a steering oar on the right and four figures below deck. Above the deck there is a dove with very large claws, probably holding an olive-branch in its mouth. The base of the high cross: The E side: The lower level is decorated on the E side with rows of steeped crosses with sunken centres and the upper is very worn but in the left-hand half there would appear to be a man sticking out his arm in the midst of birds and other animals. The W side: The lower level is divided into a number of panels, of which that in the centre has two crosses in false relief sharing one common arm, and bearing lozenge-shaped or spiral decoration. To the left is a panel of interlace forming a cross with four triangular arms, while at the extreme right-hand end there is a panel of interlace forming a cross-shape. The panel on the extreme left has interlinked squares with sunken centres. The upper level has three groups of two bosses, probably with spiral and trumpet decoration between them. The N side: The lower level has a stepped pattern in relief, probably with geometrical decoration in the background. The upper level has no apparent decoration. The S side: The lower level is divided into three separate panels, that on the left with a broad interlace, the other two are too worn to discern. The upper level is badly weathered but seems to have on the left a cross-shaped panel possibly bearing a human interlace surrounding a sunken cross within it, and on the right perhaps interlace motifs. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 July 2017

• KK030-008005 Cross-slab
  Description

  On raised ground at the base of a hill which rises to the S-SE, in rolling pasture overlooking a broad plain from NW-N. The high cross is on a hillock where there are a number of 18th and 19th century headstones. The land drops away steeply immediately S of this hillock to a small valley with St. Nicholas’s holy well (KK030-008007-) c. 10m to the S in this valley. The land rises again immediately S of this, on which rise there are the remains of a church (KK030-008003-). All these monuments are enclosed within the graveyard (KK030-008010-). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 311-2) a monastery here was founded by St. Gobán Fionn early in the 7th century whose feast day is celebrated on the 6th of December. In the Annals of the Four Masters the obit of an abbot, Domhnall son of Niall is given in 1004 (Edwards 1990, 41). Of the monastic site only a high cross (KK030-008004-), two cross-slabs (KK030-008005-; KK030-008011-), a stone cross (KK030-008013-), the remains of a church (KK030-008003-) and two bullaun stones (KK030-008006-; KK030-008008-) are currently visible at the location. The cross-slab is currently located 3.8m NNW of the high cross, where it has been fixed, on its side, with metal straps to a low wall. A roughly rectangular slab (dims. 1.56m x 0.56m; T at top 0.145m; T at base 0.09m) with a rounded top. The decoration, on the smooth flat surface, is described by Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 314) as, ‘an irregularly shaped panel in two incised lines embracing a Latin cross, which terminates in a triangular-shaped base enclosing a triquetra. It has two incised Irish inscriptions, one of which, under the left arm of the cross, commences towards the base, continues upwards parallel to the shaft, and is a follows: ÓR AR ANMAINN AEDAIN that is: A prayer for the soil of Aedhán. The other inscription runs across the top of the slab, over the cross, and is: OR AR ANMIN AEDAEN that is: A prayer for the soul of Aedhán’. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 2 August 2017

• KK030-008006 Bullaun stone
  Description

  On raised ground at the base of a hill which rises to the S-SE, in rolling pasture overlooking a broad plain from NW-N. The high cross is on a hillock where there are a number of 18th and 19th century headstones. The land drops away steeply immediately S of this hillock to a small valley with St. Nicholas’s holy well (KK030-008007-) c. 10m to the S in this valley. The land rises again immediately S of this, on which rise there are the remains of a church (KK030-008003-). All these monuments are enclosed within the graveyard (KK030-008010-). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 311-2) a monastery here was founded by St. Gobán Fionn early in the 7th century whose feast day is celebrated on the 6th of December. In the Annals of the Four Masters the obit of an abbot, Domhnall son of Niall is given in 1004 (Edwards 1990, 41). Of the monastic site only a high cross (KK030-008004-), two cross-slabs (KK030-008005-; KK030-008011-),a stone cross (KK030-008013-), the remains of a church (KK030-008003-) and two bullaun stones (KK030-008006-; KK030-008008-) are currently visible at the location. This bullaun stone, which was misidentified as a font by Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 315), is currently located 2m SW of the high cross. According to Carrigan (ibid.), the stone 'lies in Mrs. Carroll's field, about 250 yds (c. 228m), south of the graveyard; it is a large rough boulder, with a nicely chiselled circular bowl'. There is now no bullaun stone in this field, which is upslope from the graveyard. The bullaun stone appears to have been moved to within the graveyard. It is a free-standing boulder of old red sandstone (max. dims. 0.84m x 0.68m; T at E end 0.13m; T at W end 0.22m) with a roughly circular depression (diam. 0.33m x 0.36m; D 0.18m). Half of the upper surface of the stone has broken off, leaving the bowl shallower on that side. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 2 August 2017

• KK030-008007 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In the small valley between the two hills, the whole being encompassed by Killamery graveyard (KK030-008010-). The holy well is 13m S of the high cross (KK030-008004-) and c. 50m NW of the ruined medieval church (KK030-008003-). It is dedicated to St Nicholas whose feast day is celebrated on the 6th of December, the same date as the feast day of St Gobán Fionn who is attributed with founding a monastery here early in the 7th century (Carrigan 1905, vol. 4, 311-2). Of the monastic site only a high cross (KK030-008004-), two cross-slabs (KK030-008005-; KK030-008011-), a stone cross (KK030-008013-), the remains of a church (KK030-008003-) and two bullaun stones (KK030-008006-; KK030-008008-) are currently visible within the graveyard. The holy well (dims. 0.96m N-S; 0.66m E-W; D of water 0.2m) is defined by boulders, with a large round-topped upright boulder (H 1.2m; Wth 1.05m; T 0.53m) dominating the E side, which has been carved on the W face, forming a projecting triangular pediment over the carved rectangular entrance (Wth 0.53m; H 0.4m; D 0.34m) to the spring. According to Carrigan (ibid., 315), the pediment represents the hill of Calvary and was, or was intended to be, surmounted by a cross. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 2 August 2017

• KK030-008008 Bullaun stone
  Description

  On raised ground at the base of a hill which rises to the S-SE, in rolling pasture overlooking a broad plain from NW-N. The high cross is on a hillock where there are a number of 18th and 19th century headstones. The land drops away steeply immediately S of this hillock to a small valley with St. Nicholas’s holy well (KK030-008007-) c. 10m to the S in this valley. The land rises again immediately S of this, on which rise there are the remains of a church (KK030-008003-). All these monuments are enclosed within the graveyard (KK030-008010-). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 311-2) a monastery here was founded by St. Gobán Fionn early in the 7th century whose feast day is celebrated on the 6th of December. In the Annals of the Four Masters the obit of an abbot, Domhnall son of Niall is given in 1004 (Edwards 1990, 41). Of the monastic site only a high cross (KK030-008004-), two cross-slabs (KK030-008005-; KK030-008011-), a stone cross (KK030-008013-), the remains of a church (KK030-008003-) and two bullaun stones (KK030-008006-; KK030-008008-) are currently visible at the location. This bullaun stone is a free-standing sandstone boulder (max. dims. 0.98m x 0.89m; T 0.25m) with a roughly circular depression (diam. 0.37m x 0.39m; D 0.24m), the base of which has broken off, leaving a large hole (dims. 0.26m x 0.25m). It is likely that the bullaun stone was found within the graveyard and placed near the high cross. The adjacent bullaun (KK030-008006-) is likely to be that mentioned by Carrigan (ibid. 315) as a 'font' located 250 yards (c. 228m) upslope to the S of the graveyard. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 2 August 2017

• KK030-008010 Graveyard
  Description

  At the base of a hill which rises to the S-SE, in rolling pasture overlooking a broad plain from NW-N. Killamery graveyard encloses a large area (dims. 95m roughly N-S; 46m E-W at the N end, tapering to 21m at the S) including two hillocks and a small valley between them. The medieval church (KK030-00811-), a later, now ruined, C of I church and a cross-slab (KK030-008011-) occupy the S hillock, with a holy well (KK030-008007-) at the W end of the valley and a high cross (KK030-008004-), a cross-slab (KK030-008005-), a stone cross (KK030-008014-), two bullaun stones (KK030-008006-; KK030-008008-) and a fragment from a chest tomb (KK030-008012-) are on the N hillock. Most of the 18th and 19th century headstones are located on the N hillock, though there are a few N of the C of I church. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 311-2) a monastery here was founded by St. Gobán Fionn early in the 7th century whose feast day is celebrated on the 6th of December. In the Annals of the Four Masters the obit of an abbot, Domhnall son of Niall is given in 1004 (Edwards 1990, 41). The graveyard, which is enclosed by a stone wall capped with cement, is entered at the S end of the E wall, where there is a stile and a gate. The slope of the N hillock extends northward beyond the graveyard wall for c. 13m and it is possible that the medieval graveyard followed the curving scarp at this point, rather than the straight wall which cuts across it. The scarp terminates before reaching the field boundary to the E and this seems to be where a pathway, as indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. 6-inch OS map, ran from the S side of the village and entered the graveyard a the NE end of the N side. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 2 August 2017

• KK030-008011 Cross-slab
  Description

  On raised ground at the base of a hill which rises to the S-SE, in rolling pasture overlooking a broad plain from NW-N. The cross-slab is ying in the S portion of the graveyard c. 12.5m NNW of the ruinous C of I church. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 311-2) a monastery here was founded by St. Gobán Fionn early in the 7th century whose feast day is celebrated on the 6th of December. In the Annals of the Four Masters the obit of an abbot, Domhnall son of Niall is given in 1004 (Edwards 1990, 41). Of the monastic site only a high cross (KK030-008004-), two cross-slabs (KK030-008005-; KK030-008011-), a stone cross (KK030-008013-), the remains of a church (KK030-008003-) and two bullaun stones (KK030-008006-; KK030-008008-) are currently visible at the location. Identified and described by Manning (1982, 378-9), this is a rectangular sandstone slab (dims. 1.28m x 0.49m; T 0.14m) decorated with an incised single line Latin cross with cross-let at the base, which is accentuated by two roughly parallel lines following the shape of the cross. The whole is framed within a roughly rectangular incised line, the lower lines of which curve inwards at the cross base before running vertically to the edge of the slab. A vertical line also runs to the edge of the slab from the base of the cross and another line runs off the curving upper dexter corner of the frame to the edge of the slab, with a line branching out from this which runs to the top edge of the slab. The bottom left hand corner is broken and more recently the slab is completely broken into two, the break being roughly horizontal across the arms of the cross. Manning (ibid.) dates the cross to between the 8th and 12th century. Though less finely executed, it is similar to the inscribed cross-slab (KK030-008005-) currently located near the high cross. Another cross-slab (KK030-008013-) is currently missing, though may still be somewhere within the graveyard. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 3 August 2017

• KK030-008012 Tomb - chest tomb
  Description

  Lying in the northern portion of Killamery graveyard (KK030-008010-), 1.8m NW of the high cross (KK030-008004-). Only the broken upper portion of a badly spalled limestone graveslab (L 0.87m; Wth 0.73m; T 0.1m) survives, the side edge is straight at the top (D 0.04m) and chamfered (D 0.095m) towards the base. It is mentioned by Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 315) as being ‘a fragment of a sculptured tomb of about the year 1600’. It bears a Latin inscription in Roman capitals within a border margin along the top and upper sinister portion which reads: [HIC J]ACET THOMAS COMOFORT DE... The graveslab formed the upper slab of a chest tomb commemorating Thomas Comerford, c. 1610 (Cockerham 2009, 353). The central decoration consists of a raised three or four-armed cross with trefoil terminals, each connected with a curving line. The upper arm survives completely intact, with only portions of the side arms surviving. The upper surface of the slab has completely broken off beneath the IHS inscription. At the centre of the cross head, where the arms meet, there are the letters IHS. There is a moon with a face in the upper sinister corner and a sun with face in the upper dexter corner. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 8 August 2017

• KK030-008013 Cross-slab
  Description

  A cross-slab (0.38m x 0.22m) originally located in Killamery graveyard (KK030-008010-) but not currently visible. The stone bore an Irish inscription ‘Ór ar Thuathal’ (A prayer for Tuathal) under an incised single-line Latin cross (L c. 0.12m) with enlarged ends. Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 315) described the stone as a very small freestone flag, thin and rough. (Crawford 1913, 261; Manning 1982, 378-9) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 16 July 2013

• KK030-008014 Cross
  Description

  On raised ground at the base of a hill which rises to the S-SE, in rolling pasture overlooking a broad plain from NW-N. Located 2.30m NW of the high cross (KK030-008004-). The high cross is on a hillock where there are a number of 18th and 19th century headstones. The land drops away steeply immediately S of this hillock to a small valley with St. Nicholas’s holy well (KK030-008007-) c. 10m to the S in this valley. The land rises again immediately S of this, on which rise there are the remains of a church (KK030-008003-). All these monuments are enclosed within the graveyard (KK030-008010-). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 311-2) a monastery here was founded by St. Gobán Fionn early in the 7th century whose feast day is celebrated on the 6th of December. In the Annals of the Four Masters the obit of an abbot, Domhnall son of Niall is given in 1004 (Edwards 1990, 41). Of the monastic site only a high cross (KK030-008004-), two cross-slabs (KK030-008005-; KK030-008011-), a stone cross (KK030-008013-), the remains of a church (KK030-008003-) and two bullaun stones (KK030-008006-; KK030-008008-) are currently visible at the location. A crude plain limestone cross (H 0.59m (above ground); Wth across arms 0.44m; T 0.06m) similar to those found at other Early Medieval monastic sites, particularly in the West of Ireland. It is standing upright in the graveyard, the broad faces facing E and W. The W face is spalled at the top, the outer surface of the upper arm (Wth 0.23m; H 0.19m) having broken away. At the base of the shaft (Wth 0.29m; H 0.15m) the stone widens out (Wth 0.4m; H 0.1 above ground). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 3 August 2017

• KK030-012 Fulacht fia
  Description

  A fulacht fia was identified at this location (pers. comm. John Maher, 1986) on the SMR (1987) and RMP (1996) maps. A field inspection in 1989 does not mention a fulacht fia at this location, rather it describes the levelled remains of a fulacht fia (KK030-012001-) and a burnt spread (KK030-012002-) c. 130m and c. 140m NNE of the location respectively. It is possible that the original location plotted for this fulacht fia was incorrect. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 25 July 2023

• KK030-012001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a gentle NW-facing slope, with a low-lying marshy area at the base of the slope. A spread of dark soil and burnt stones (dims. 15m N-S; 11m E-W) with a second spread of burnt material (KK030-012002-) located 20m to the NE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 25 July 2023

• KK030-012002 Burnt spread
  Description

  On a gentle NW-facing slope, with a low-lying marshy area at the base of the slope. An oval spread of dark soil (dims. 15m NE-SW), with a second spread of burnt material (KK030-012001-) located 20m to the SE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 25 July 2023

Architectural heritage

• Saint Nicholas's Church (Killamery), church/chapel, 1810–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Remains of detached two- or three-bay double-height single-cell Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built 1815, on a rectangular plan; single-bay three-stage tower (west) on a square plan. Disused, 1903. Now in ruins. Roof now missing. Remains of rubble stone walls retaining traces of lime rendered surface finish on cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on plinth with rough hewn rubble stone flush quoins to corners; rubble stone walls (tower) retaining traces of lime rendered surface finish on cut-limestone chamfered cushion course on plinth with cut-limestone stringcourses including cut-limestone stringcourse (bell stage) supporting cut-limestone obelisk pinnacle-topped battlemented parapets. Outline of camber- or segmental-headed window openings. Outline of lancet window opening (tower). Pointed-arch openings (bell stage) with cut-limestone bowed sills, and rubble stone voussoirs with hood mouldings. Interior in ruins. Set in overgrown grounds with cylindrical piers to perimeter supporting tubular mild steel "farm gate".

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 Killamery, about 1 in 20 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 Killamery.

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 Killamery with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Killamery · Cill Lamraí

Area

2,458,515 m² (245.85 ha, 607.51 acres)

Civil parish

Killamery, and its townlands

Barony

Kells

Electoral division

Coolaghmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

467 people lived in 152 households in the Coolaghmore electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballaghoge (Co. Tipperary), Ballyduggan (Co. Tipperary), Farranaree, Frankfort West, Garranmachenry, Mangan (Co. Tipperary), Ninemilehouse (Co. Tipperary), Rockview (Co. Tipperary)

Placenames

Killamery 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.