Moanamought Commons
Townland in the civil parish of Callan, barony of Callan, Co. Kilkenny; in Irish Móin na mBocht
- Area
- 14.2 ha
- 35 acres
- Land parcels
- 52
- registered freehold, median 185 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moanamought Commons, from 9 m² to 40,523 m² (4.05 ha, 10.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 43 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agriculture
Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Open Space / GI (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021-2027, Kilkenny · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
10 Dec 2025Conditional
for alterations and extension to existing mill building, provision of sign and all associated site works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560800
30 Oct 2025Conditional
of constructed rear extension to dwelling and constructed detached garage and Full Planning permission to: 1. Upgrade wastewater system to current EPA Guidelines. 2. Improvement works to existing entrance and roadside boundary
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2560698
14 Nov 2023Conditional
for the construction of 19 No. 2-storey semi-detached and terraced housing units, together with proposed boundary treatments, landscaping, and all associated site development works. The proposed road network and services to connect to existing residential development known as Friary Walk, (Planning permission ref.99-1809, 10-458, 16-186 & 20-189)
Permission, 19 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 2360516
9 May 2023Refused
for the construction of 43 No. 2-storey semi-detached and terraced housing units together with proposed boundary treatments, landscaping and all associated site development works. The proposed road network and services to connect to the existing residential development known as Friary Walk, (Planning permission ref. 99-1809, 10-458, 16-186 & 20-189).
Permission, 43 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 2360185
20 Apr 2023N/a
for the construction of 43 No. 2-storey semi-detached and terraced housing units together with proposed boundary treatments, landscaping and all associated site development works. The proposed road network and services to connect to the existing residential development known as Friary Walk, (Planning permission ref. 99-1809, 10-458, 16-186 & 20-189)
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360149
9 Feb 2021Conditional
to construct a 2 storey dwelling, garage, entrance, wastewater treatment system, connection to mains water, soakpits and all other associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2172
24 Mar 2020Conditional
for construction of 41 No. 2 storey semi-detached and terraced housing units, 8 No. residential serviced sites together with proposed boundary treatments. landscaping and all associated site development works. The proposed road network and services to connect to existing residential development known as Friary Walk, (Planning permission ref. 99-1809 & 10-458).
Permission, 41 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 20189
13 Aug 2018Conditional
to retain a one-bedroom dormer type dwelling as constructed to date and for permission to complete the dwelling, construct an access road and connect to the public water and waste water mains at
Retention, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 18541
14 Jul 2017Conditional
for a proposed extension to an existing grain intake and product dispatch building, to include the replacement of an existing intake pit, replacement of an existing yard area and all associated site works which includes the demolition of the existing intake pit and side walls
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 17471
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Moanamought Commons.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Moanamought Commons.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Moanamought Commons.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, 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_3413 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Moanamought Commons with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.
The townland
- Name
- Moanamought Commons · Móin na mBocht
- Area
- 142,392 m² (14.24 ha, 35.19 acres)
- Civil parish
- Callan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Callan
- Electoral division
- Callan Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Callan Rural electoral division: 1,932 people in 628 households; 82% of households own their home; 51% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Blackstaff, Castletobin, Castletobin West, Clashacollare, Maxtown, Minnauns, Skeaghacloran
- Placenames
- Moanamought Commons 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.