Lisdowney

148 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lisdowney, from 47 m² to 652,359 m² (65.24 ha, 161.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 52 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Lisdowney 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.

• 2 Apr 2026Conditional

  of (a) an unauthorised extension to the rear and side of my dwelling house together with connections to an existing well and wastewater treatment system, (b) an extension to the rear of my domestic garage, (c) walls and gates to each side of my dwelling house, and all associated site works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2660195

• 23 Mar 2026N/a

  of an unauthorised extension to the rear and side of my dwelling house, together with connections to an existing well and wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2660167

• 14 Oct 2025Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, sewage treatment system and percolation area, including all necessary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2560660

• 14 May 2025Conditional

  to construct a new two 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, 2560262

• 9 May 2025Conditional

  to erect a new dormer style two storey private house, separate garage, to form a new entrance to the public road, to provide new treatment plant and percolation area, for connection to existing group water scheme together with all other associated site works on lands

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2560249

• 11 Mar 2025Conditional

  for development at this site. The development will consist of: 1. SITE ACCESS 2. CONSTRUCTION OF A DORMER DWELLING HOUSE 3. CONSTRUCTION OF GARAGE 4. EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM 5. ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2560112

• 6 Jun 2024Conditional

  to construct the following: 1. New single storey extension to the side of their existing community centre consisting of 2 no. new changings rooms, shower rooms, toilets, physio room, store, entrance lobby and gym, 2. New external signage, 3. New ball wall with all-weather synthetic playing area and associated perimeter fencing, 4. New wastewater treatment system and percolation area, 5. New public lighting to walking track, 6. All associated site developments works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460265

• 20 Apr 2024Conditional

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

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460182

• 22 Nov 2023Conditional

  to construct a two storey dwelling house, single storey domestic garage, provision of a new treatment plant and percolation area, new vehicular site entrance and all associated site developments works

  Permission, 2 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 2360530

• 12 Jun 2023Conditional

  for an amendment to planning application previously granted under reference PL/21/627 in the townlands of Killeen, Rathmacan, Gortnagap Kyleballyoughter, Courtstown, Raheen, Lates, Curraghscarteen, Canvarstown, Trenchardstown, Lisnalea, Hillend, Coldharbour, Killahy, Greenhill, Lughinny, Craddockstown, Tubbrid Lower, Clomantagh Lower, Barna, Newtown, Kilrush, Belville, Lodge, Garranamanagh, Balleen Lower, Lodge, Tifeaghna (Browne), Lodge Demesne West, Lodge Demesne East, Clontubbrid, Clone, Acragar, Skinstown, Lisdowney, Seskin South, Parksgrove Ballyragget & Moatpark, Co Kilkenny. The previously consented planning application comprised the installation of 31.4 km of a 38kV underground grid connection comprising cable ducting and associated electrical cabling and all other ancillary works including joint bays, culverts, maker posts and all associated development. The proposed amendments to the previously consented grid connection comprise: • Increase in number of joint bays along the extent of the grid connection from a total of 35 to 45 joint bays • Grid connection to be operated at 38kV but installed to a 110kV underground cable design standards/infrastructure • Minor Adjustments to the route and red line boundary

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360248

• 1 Jun 2023N/a

  - An amendment planning application for a planning application granted under reference PL/21/627 in the townlands of Killeen, Rathmacan, Gortnagap Kyleballyoughter, Courtstown, Raheen, Lates, Curraghscarteen, Canvarstown, Trenchardstown, Lisnalea, Hillend, Coldharbour, Killahy, Greenhill, Lughinny, Craddockstown, Tubbrid Lower, Clomantagh Lower, Barna, Newtown, Kilrush, Belville, Lodge, Garranamanagh, Balleen Lower, Lodge, Tifeaghna (Browne), Lodge Demesne West, Lodge Demesne East, Clontubbrid, Clone, Acragar, Skinstown, Lisdowney, Seskin South, Parksgrove Ballyragget & Moatpark, Co Kilkenny. The previously consented planning application comprised the installation of 31.4 km of a 38kV underground grid connection comprising cable ducting and associated electrical cabling and all other ancillary works including joint bays, culverts, maker posts and all associated development. The proposed amendments to the previously consented grid connection comprise: • Increase in number of joint bays along the extent of the grid connection from a total of 35 to 45 joint bays • Grid connection to be operated at 38kV but installed to a 110kV underground cable design standards/infrastructure • Minor Adjustments to the route and red line boundary

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360232

• 18 Aug 2022Conditional

  for change of design of dwelling house from that previously granted permission under file no 2074 and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 22538

• 1 Feb 2022N/a

  for the installation of a new wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2253

• 1 Feb 2022Conditional

  for the installation of a new wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2254

• 22 Jul 2021Conditional

  for a ten-year appropriate period planning permission for development of this site; the proposed development will constitute the provision of the following: The installation of 31.49km of a 38kV underground electrical cabling and all other ancillary works including joint bays, culverts, maker posts and all associated development in the townlands of Killeen, Rathmacan, Gortnagap, Kyleballyoughter, Courtstown, Raheen, Lates, Curraghscarteen, Canvarstown, Trenchardstown, Lisnalea, Hillend, Coldharbour, Killahy, Greenhill, Lughinny, Craddockstown, Tubbrid Lower, Clomantagh Lower, Barna, Newtown, Kilrush, Belville, Lodge, Garranamanagh, Balleen Lower, Lodge, Tifeaghna (Browne), Lodge Demesne West, Lodge Demesne East, Clontubbrid, Clone, Acragar, Skinstown, Lisdowney, Seskin South, Parksgrove Ballyragget & Moatpark, Co. Kilkenny. Advisory Note: The full extent of the grid connection is 33.8km, and a separate planning application will be made for an underground grid connection to Tipperary County Council. The development comprises part of an overall development for which planning permission was granted for a 9 turbine wind farm and all associated works on lands located in the townlands of Farranroy Upper, Farranroy Lower, Coolnashinnagh & Gortnasmuttaun, Co. Tipperary. The planning application will be accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21627

• 25 Aug 2020Conditional

  for development. The development will consist of the construction of a new single storey extension to the existing main school building comprising of one additional mainstream classroom, link corridor and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20559

• 28 Feb 2020Conditional

  is sought to construct a new agricultural entrance, the provision of dropped kerbs and all associated site development works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20122

• 11 Feb 2020Conditional

  for change of house design from that granted permission under File Ref No. 19/245 and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2074

• 11 Apr 2019Conditional

  for two-storey dwellinghouse, entrance, garage, packaged wastewater treatment system with raised bed polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 19245

• 14 Feb 2017Conditional

  for construction of a single storey detached dwelling, detached garage, site entrance, waste water treatment system & percolation area, boundary treatment at L1811 and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 1778

• 26 Jan 2017N/a

  for construction of a single storey detached dwelling, detached garage, site entrance, waste water treatment system and percolation area, boundary treatment at L1811 and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 1732

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 Lisdowney.

Recorded monuments

• KK004-016 Enclosure
  Description

  Just S of a small stream on gently sloping ground, in rough marshy terrain with numerous small hills intersected by little streams. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map. The monument appears to be levelled, though a circular area (diam. c. 25m) enclosed by slight traces of a fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.1-0.2m) are visible, despite being heavily overgrown with gorse at time of inspection. The interior has a slightly concave profile. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 10 February 2016

• KK009-011001 Enclosure
  Description

  On a fairly steep S-facing slope of valley, in rolling grassland. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) with possible linear features (KK009-011002-) extending to the S was identified on an aerial photograph (GSI roll 43, print 20). It is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 29 January 2018

• KK009-011002 Linear earthwork
  Description

  On a fairly steep S-facing slope of a valley, in pasture. Two parallel lines (L c. 70m; Wth apart c. 20) identified as cropmarks on an aerial photograph (GSI roll 43, print 20) running NNE-SSW c. 15m SW of a circular enclosure (KK009-011001-). These are not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 29 January 2018

• KK009-069001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  In a small E-W valley on the flat valley floor just above the flood plain and below the sloping valley sides. There are fair views to E-S-W. A castle with 'a stone house' adjoining is depicted on the Down Survey parish map (1655-6) and the accompanying terrier mentions, 'at Lisdowny a stone house in repaire and cabbins'. Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 320-1) associated the house depicted on the Down Survey with Lisdowney House which belonged, 'to the Lords Mountgarret, and appears to have been occupied, for the most part, by the junior branches of the Mountgarret family'. Carrigan (ibid.) goes on to say that the last occupant, a Miss Cheevers, died c. 1809 and that the house was accidently destroyed by fire shortly after her death. The house is depicted on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map but not on the subsequent 1900 revision. According to Carrigan (ibid.), 'The walls have been since taken down almost to the ground; the out-offices have been removed; the garden fences levelled; and but little now remains to indicate that a human habitation ever stood here. The existing foundations of the House show that it measures, internally, 51 ft. [c. 15.5m] by 21 ft. [6.4m], that the walls were 3 ft. [c. 0.9m] thick, and that they were built of stone and grouting of extreme hardness'. The foundations of this house (int. dims. 15m E-W;6m N-S; wall T 0.9m) were visible when inspected in 1987, as shown on the 1st ed. OS map in the SE corner a large sub-rectangular enclosure (max. dims 87m N-S; 72m E-W), bounded on the W side by a field bank and elsewhere by a stone wall. The foundations of a range (dims. 28m N-S; 8m E-W; wall T 0.9m) running N-S at right angles from near the SW angle house were also visible. Both the house and range pre-date the partially stone-walled enclosure. On Digitalglobe imagery (viewed 9 February 2018) the enclosing stone wall and any remains of buildings appear to have been levelled. There is no visible trace of a castle at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 9 February 2018

• KK009-069002 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  In a small E-W valley on the flat valley floor just above the flood plain and below the sloping valley sides. There are fair views to E-S-W. A castle with 'a stone house' adjoining is depicted on the Down Survey parish map (1655-6) and the accompanying terrier mentions, 'at Lisdowny a stone house in repaire and cabbins'. Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 320-1) associated the house depicted on the Down Survey with Lisdowney House which belonged, 'to the Lords Mountgarret, and appears to have been occupied, for the most part, by the junior branches of the Mountgarret family'. Carrigan (ibid.) goes on to say that the last occupant, a Miss Cheevers, died c. 1809 and that the house was accidently destroyed by fire shortly after her death. The house is depicted on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map but not on the subsequent 1900 revision. According to Carrigan (ibid.), 'The walls have been since taken down almost to the ground; the out-offices have been removed; the garden fences levelled; and but little now remains to indicate that a human habitation ever stood here. The existing foundations of the House show that it measures, internally, 51 ft. [c. 15.5m] by 21 ft. [6.4m], that the walls were 3 ft. [c. 0.9m] thick, and that they were built of stone and grouting of extreme hardness'. The foundations of this house (int. dims. 15m E-W;6m N-S; wall T 0.9m) were visible when inspected in 1987, as shown on the 1st ed. OS map in the SE corner a large sub-rectangular enclosure (max. dims 87m N-S; 72m E-W), bounded on the W side by a field bank and elsewhere by a stone wall. The foundations of a range (dims. 28m N-S; 8m E-W; wall T 0.9m) running N-S at right angles from near the SW angle house were also visible. Both the house and range pre-date the partially stone-walled enclosure. On Digitalglobe imagery (viewed 9 February 2018) the enclosing stone wall and any remains of buildings appear to have been levelled. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 9 February 2018

• KK009-070 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a natural rise above bogland on the valley floor, with a stream running roughly E-W c. 40m to the N. There are moderate views from this location. Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 320) describes an area called 'Dhooneeach' close to Lisdowney village, with a field called the well field. This appears to be a field c. 300m NW of the village. According to Carrigan (ibid.), 'Occupying the centre of the latter field, and coming very close to the well, is a large, dismantled fort, circular in shape, and rising to a height of 4 [1.2m] or 5 ft. [1.5m] over the surrounding land; the trench or fosse that enclosed it can still be traced nearly all the way round. Some hundred years ago or so a pigeon house stood on the fort, and its erection, no doubt, had much to do with the dismantling to which the fort has been subjected. This fort is the original Dhooneeach'. The location was identified during an SMR fieldtrip in 1987, the enclosure being visible as a low rise in the field. According to the landowner a 'wet rath' to the NW of the enclosure had been cleared away. On Digitalglobe imagery (viewed 12 February 2018) two enclosures are visible N of the well, that to the NE is less clear but it is possibly the denuded circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m), while that to the NW, possibly the 'wet rath' referred to by the landowner, is square and appears to be a moated site (KK009-071----). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 12 February 2018

• KK009-070001 Moated site
  Description

  On a natural rise above bogland on the valley floor, with a stream running roughly E-W c. 40m to the N. There are moderate views from this location. Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 320) describes an area called 'Dhooneeach' close to Lisdowney village, with a field called the well field. This appears to be a field c. 300m NW of the village. According to Carrigan (ibid.), 'Occupying the centre of the latter field, and coming very close to the well, is a large, dismantled fort, circular in shape, and rising to a height of 4 [1.2m] or 5 ft. [1.5m] over the surrounding land; the trench or fosse that enclosed it can still be traced nearly all the way round. Some hundred years ago or so a pigeon house stood on the fort, and its erection, no doubt, had much to do with the dismantling to which the fort has been subjected. This fort is the original Dhooneeach'. The location was identified during an SMR fieldtrip in 1987, the enclosure being visible as a low rise in the field. According to the landowner a 'wet rath' to the NW of the enclosure had been cleared away. On Digitalglobe imagery (viewed 12 February 2018) two enclosures are visible N of the well, that to the NE is less clear but it is possibly the denuded ringfort (KK009-070----), while that to the NW, possibly the 'wet rath' referred to by the landowner, is square (dims. 40m NW-SE; 40m NE-SW) and appears to be a moated site defined by a fosse. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 12 February 2018

• KK009-087 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On gently sloping wet boggy ground just above a stream course. During fieldwork in 1987 three large mounds of burnt stone and charcoal were identified adjacent to the stream. A circular low mound (max. diam. 7m), with another circular (max. diam. 10m) mound of burnt stone lying 10m to the SW and another, in the NE corner of field, which is also circular (max. diam. 12m) with at least three trough depressions evident. Since the fieldwork was carried out this field has been reclaimed and field boundaries removed (viewed on Digitalglobe satellite image, 19 February 2018). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 February 2018

• KK009-122 Cross-slab (present location)
  Description

  Currently located at the parochial house in Lisdowney. This cross-slab was found in the graveyard (KK009-013002-) associated with the medieval church of Coolcashin (KK009-013001-). A fragment of another cross-slab (KK009-019010-) was also found at this graveyard. See KK009-019009- for a description of this cross-slab. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 20 July 2018

• KK009-123 Cross-slab (present location)
  Description

  Currently located at the parochial house in Lisdowney. This cross-slab was found in the graveyard (KK009-013002-) associated with the medieval church of Coolcashin (KK009-013001-). A fragment of another cross-slab (KK009-019009-) was also found at this graveyard. See KK009-019010- for a description of this cross-slab. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 20 July 2018

Architectural heritage

• Saint Brigid's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1835–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay double-height Catholic church, built 1840, on a cruciform plan comprising three-bay double-height nave with single-bay double-height transepts to north and to south, and single-bay double-height shallow chancel to east continuing into single-bay three-storey sacristy/presbytery to east (having three-bay three-storey frontage). Extensively renovated, pre-1973. Pitched roofs on a cruciform plan (continuing into hipped section to sacristy/presbytery) with replacement artificial slate, pre-1973, clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stack to sacristy/presbytery, slightly sproketed eaves, and replacement aluminium rainwater goods, pre-1973, on rendered eaves. Painted rendered wall to entrance (west) front with rendered stepped buttresses, Tudor-headed recessed niches to ground floor outer bays (possibly originally door openings), pointed-arch recessed niches over (possibly originally window openings) having hood mouldings over, quatrefoil recess to gable having louvered panel fitting, and unpainted roughcast walls to remainder having rendered band to eaves. Pointed-arch window openings with cut-limestone sills, Y-mullions to window opening over entrance bay forming tripartite pointed-arch arrangement having hood moulding over, and replacement fixed-pane timber fittings, pre-1973, having leaded stained glass panels to chancel. Tudor-headed door opening with cut-limestone surround having chamfered reveals, hood moulding over, and timber panelled double doors having overpanel. Square-headed door openings to transepts with cut-granite surrounds, and tongue-and-groove timber panelled doors. Square-headed window openings to sacristy/presbytery (in bipartite arrangement to ground floor) with cut-limestone sills, and six-over-six timber sash windows having four-over-four timber sash windows to bipartite openings. Round-headed door opening with carved cut-granite surround, and timber panelled door having fanlight. Interior with porch having decorative clay tiling to floor, tooled carved cut-limestone stoup, tongue-and-groove timber panelled walls, full-height interior to nave with glazed diagonal tongue-and-groove timber panelled internal porch (with glazed diagonal tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors having decorative overlight, and glazed diagonal tongue-and-groove timber panelled flanking screens) supporting quatrefoil timber panelled gallery to first floor, timber floor incorporating herring-bone pattern to aisle, timber pews, tongue-and-groove timber panelled wainscoting, cut-stone wall monuments (1834 and 1855), moulded plasterwork archivolts to window openings, replacement altar fittings, pre-1973, to chancel, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling. Set back from road in own grounds. (ii) Graveyard to site with various cut-stone markers, post-1840-present.

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 Lisdowney, about 1 in 5 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 Lisdowney.

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.

• Lisdowney, Ballyragget5 sales

Name

Lisdowney · Lios Dúnaígh

Area

7,099,823 m² (709.98 ha, 1,754.4 acres)

Civil parish

Aharney, and its townlands

Barony

Galmoy

Electoral division

Lisdowney, the unit of the census

Census 2022

287 people lived in 97 households in the Lisdowney electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 48% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Acragar, Aharney (Co. Laois), Ballygowney, Ballyring Lower, Ballyring Upper, Grange, Lisduff, Monphole, Seskin Little, Seskin North, Seskin South, Skinstown, Tinnaslatty

Placenames

Lisdowney 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.