Kilmacar

76 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilmacar, from 1,057 m² to 370,647 m² (37.06 ha, 91.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 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 Kilmacar 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.

• 27 Oct 2025Conditional

  to construct a new single storey dwelling house, new single storey detached garage, new vehicular site entrance, new proprietary sewage treatment system and percolation area and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2560689

• 24 Apr 2023Conditional

  to construct a calf shed and walled dungsted together with all other associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360158

• 11 Oct 2022Conditional

  to construct Overground slurry tower and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 22667

• 26 Apr 2021Conditional

  for a one and a half storey dwelling house, garage, septic tank and percolation area, borehole, new entrance and all other associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 21332

• 21 Oct 2020Conditional

  to construct a two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, entrance to public road, septic tank and percolation area, private bore well together with all other associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 20707

• 2 Apr 2019Conditional

  to construct slatted cubicle shed with loose straw area and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 19203

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

• KK010-037 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a slight E-W slope just below the crest of hills on the W side of the Nore river valley, in rolling grassland. There are excellent views to N, S and W across and along the valley. A circular area (int. diam. 29m) enclosed by a low earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H c. 1m) with slight traces of an external fosse. The interior slopes slightly to the W. There is an entrance (Wth 1.5m) at S. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 4 December 2018

• KK010-038001 Church
  Description

  On the gentle W-facing slope above the river Gloshia c. 1km to the E. There are good views across and along valley from N to S, view limited to W by rising ground. Kilmacar Castle (KK010-038003-) was located 60m to the SW. Within the southern portion of a graveyard (KK010-038002-). According to the OS Letters (1839, 27-9) the W gable had, ‘a public house built up against it on the outside, the door of which is within one foot of the graves’ (O’Flanagan ed. 1930, vol. 1, 9-10). This building, which fronts onto the public road, is indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map abutting the W gable of the church and running roughly northward, at right angles to the gable. The building is no indicated on the subsequent 1947 revision map. A rectangular structure consisting of undivided nave and chancel (int. dims. L 16.6m; Wth 5.9m; wall T 0.9m), built of coursed large blocks and small slabs, bonded with a gritty mortar, aligned E-W. The W end of the church is the best preserved, including the W gable (H c. 5m) and the N and S walls (L 3.55m; H c. 2m) W of opposing doorways. The remainder of the church survives as low wall-footings (H c. 0.5m) with a gap of 2m in the N wall. The N doorway (Wth 1.05m) has a dressed sandstone surround, chamfered externally, the top of the doorway is missing. The doorway embrasure has a drawbar-hole in the W side. The S doorway is broken out (Wth of gap 1.4m). The W gable has a set-back (H 2m above int. ground level) to support a timber gallery. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 5 December 2018

• KK010-038002 Graveyard
  Description

  On the gentle W-facing slope above the river Gloshia c. 1km to the E. There are good views across and along valley from N to S, view limited to W by rising ground. A medieval church (KK010-038001-) is located within the southern portion of a graveyard. According to the OS Letters (1839, 27-9), ‘the burying ground at the Church is large and much frequented’ (O’Flanagan ed. 1930, vol. 1, 9-10). An irregularly, though roughly triangular-shaped graveyard (dims. c. 50m NW-SE; c. 45m ENE-WSW; c. 40m NE-SW) occupies the N quadrant of a crossroads. The graveyard is enclosed by hedgerow and a stone wall. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 5 December 2018

• KK010-038003 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  On the gentle W-facing slope above the river Gloshia c. 1km to the E. There are good views across and along valley from N to S, view limited to W by rising ground. Kilmacar medieval church (KK010-038001-) and graveyard (KK010-038002-) are located 60m to the ENE. The OS Letters (1839, 28-9) describe, 'a Moat on the other side of the road [from the church] on the west, with the site of an old Castle; this place is popularly called the Barrack' (O’Flanagan ed. 1930, vol. 1, 10). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 202) the castle stood midway between 'the moat and Kilmocar church', and, 'it was occupied successively by the Pays, the Byrnes, and Charles Kavanagh [the latter lived in the 18th century] ... It fell on a St. Martin's night, about 1780, crushing to death a herd and his family, who happened to be living in it at the time'. The castle is indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and 1947 revision as 'site of', however, a roughly circular feature on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map at this location may be the 'moat' or barrow (KK010-038004-) which was removed in 1880 (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 201-02). It is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 5 December 2018

• KK010-038004 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  On the gentle W-facing slope above the river Gloshia c. 1km to the E. There are good views across and along valley from N to S, view limited to W by rising ground. Kilmacar medieval church (KK010-038001-) and graveyard (KK010-038002-) are located 60m to the ENE. Indicated as a roughly circular feature (diam. c. 18m) on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map. The OS Letters (1839, 28-9) describe, 'a Moat on the other side of the road [from the church] on the west, with the site of an old Castle; this place is popularly called the Barrack' (O’Flanagan ed. 1930, vol. 1, 10). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 201-2), 'about 60 or 70 yds. due west of Kilmocar church , there was a large cone-shaped moat or tumulus, which was removed about the year 1880. In the centre of the moat, on a level with the surrounding land, the workmen came upon an enclosure 4 or 5 ft. square, built of solid masonry, but with no covering slab; it was filled up with black earth and human bones'. Carrigan (ibid.) also states that Kilmacar castle stood midway between 'the moat and Kilmocar church'. It is unclear whether the castle stood on the 'moat' in which case the mound may have been a motte, or whether it was located near to, but not on it. The reference to what sounds like a cist (KK010-038007-) beneath the mound, suggests it was a barrow. The mound is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 5 December 2018

• KK010-038005 Earthwork
  Description

  On the gentle W-facing slope above the river Gloshia which flows c. 1km to the E. Earthworks identified on an aerial photograph (CUCAP AYP014, 10 July 1969) may be related to a settlement associated with Kilmacar church (KK010-038001-) and castle (KK010-038003-). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 5 December 2018

• KK010-038007 Cist
  Description

  On the gentle W-facing slope above the river Gloshia c. 1km to the E. There are good views across and along valley from N to S, view limited to W by rising ground. Kilmacar medieval church (KK010-038001-) and graveyard (KK010-038002-) are located 60m to the ENE. Indicated as a roughly circular feature (diam. c. 18m) on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map. The OS Letters (1839, 28-9) describe, 'a Moat on the other side of the road [from the church] on the west, with the site of an old Castle; this place is popularly called the Barrack' (O’Flanagan ed. 1930, vol. 1, 10). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 201-2), 'about 60 or 70 yds. [c. 55-64m] due west of Kilmocar church , there was a large cone-shaped moat or tumulus, which was removed about the year 1880. In the centre of the moat, on a level with the surrounding land, the workmen came upon an enclosure 4 or 5 ft. [c. 1.2m x 1.5m] square, built of solid masonry, but with no covering slab; it was filled up with black earth and human bones'. Carrigan (ibid.) also states that Kilmacar castle stood midway between 'the moat and Kilmocar church'. It is unclear whether the castle stood on the 'moat' in which case the mound may have been a motte, or whether it was located near to, but not on it. The reference to what sounds like a cist beneath the mound, suggests it was a barrow (KK010-038004-) . The cist is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 5 December 2018

• KK010-039 Enclosure
  Description

  On the gently rising W slopes of Gloshia river valley, in rolling grassland. There are good views N, E and S across and along the valley, land rising gently to E. An enclosure (int. diam. c. 32m N-S; c. 33m E-W; overall diam. c. 47m N-S; c. 45m E-W) is indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and 1947 revision. The monument has been levelled and is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 4 December 2018

• KK010-040 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On gently sloping rolling grassland, on the floor of the Gloshia river valley, c. 350 W of the river. There are good views to the N and S along the valley and E across the valley, and fair to W across gently rising land. A roughly circular area (max. dims. 28m E-W, 24m N-S) enclosed by slight earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H c. 0.7m) and shallow external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.1m). There are two entrances, one at E (Wth 3m) and one at W (Wth 3m), one probably originally and the other a cattle gap. The interior, which is cattle poached, slopes to the W, following the natural fall in slope. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 5 December 2018

Architectural heritage

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

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 Kilmacar, 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 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 Kilmacar.

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

Name

Kilmacar · Cill Mocheara

Area

3,295,383 m² (329.54 ha, 814.31 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmacar, and its townlands

Barony

Fassadinin

Electoral division

Kilmacar, the unit of the census

Census 2022

471 people lived in 157 households in the Kilmacar electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Connahy, Coolnambrisklaun or Coolnacoppoge, Kilcollan, Maudlin, Shanganny, Tinalintan, Toor Beg

Placenames

Kilmacar 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.