Kilbrackan
Townland in the civil parish of Lea, barony of Portnahinch, Co. Laois; in Irish Cill Bhreacáin
- Area
- 103.4 ha
- 255 acres
- Land parcels
- 36
- registered freehold, median 3,466 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilbrackan, from 165 m² to 475,734 m² (47.57 ha, 117.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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
No zone of a development plan covers Kilbrackan 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
2 Mar 2026Conditional
Retain existing flood light columns and score board. Planning permission is sought to install 2 no ball stop nets, erect 6 no flood light columns with associated lighting, cable, ducting and wiring, replace existing floodlights with LED floodlights on retained masts, install replacement scoreboard and all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2660108
26 Feb 2026N/a
retain existing flood light columns and score board. Planning permission is sought to install 2 no ball stop nets, erect 6 no flood light columns with associated lighting, cable, ducting and wiring, replace existing floodlights with LED floodlights on retained masts, install replacement scoreboard and all associated site works.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2660103
6 Oct 2022Conditional
restore to agricultural lands of a disused Sand & Gravel Pit. The works will comprise of the importation, compaction and contouring of approx. 77,000 tonnes of uncontaminated soil and stone arising from construction projects under a Waste Facility Permit
Permission · Laois County Council, 22615
29 Sept 2022N/a
restore to agricultural land of the site, which is currently a disused San & Gravel Pit. Approx 48,000 cubic meters or approx. 77,000 tonnes of uncontaminated soil and stone arising from construction works is to be imported, subject to a Waste Facility Permit. The material will be compacted and contoured similar to the adjacent agricultural lands
Permission · Laois County Council, 22602
31 Mar 2021Conditional
construct a dormer style dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, new entrance and all associated and necessary site works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 21192
16 Oct 2020Refused
construct dormer style dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary wastewater system and polishing filter, new entrance and all associated and necessary site works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 20535
10 Jul 2020Conditional
change of use from creche & Play school to a private dwelling and a dormer extension and all necessary modifications to the building and all associated and necessary site works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 20344
25 Sept 2019Conditional
construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, packaged wastewater treatment system & percolation area, new entrance and all associated and necessary site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 19536
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
- Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal 002104
Recorded monuments
- LA009-054 Enclosure
Description
Aerial photograph (GB89.AI.34) shows cropmark of a large sub-circular enclosure defined by a narrow fosse interrupted in two places facing SE. An additional curved fosse forms a smaller enclosure within and attached to the fosse of the main enclosure. Barrett , G.F. (2002-) 'Flights of discovery: archaeological air survey in Ireland, 1989-2000' in The Journal of Irish Archaeology, XI, 2002., pp. 1-30.
- LA009-055 Enclosure
Description
Aerial photograph (GB89.AI.34) shows cropmark of a sub-circular enclosure defined by a fosse. Barrett , G.F. (2002-) 'Flights of discovery: archaeological air survey in Ireland, 1989-2000' in The Journal of Irish Archaeology, XI, 2002., pp. 1-30.
- LA009-056 Enclosure
Description
Aerial photograph (GB89.AI.36) shows cropmark of a sub-circular enclosure (incomplete) defined by a fosse. Barrett , G.F. (2002-) 'Flights of discovery: archaeological air survey in Ireland, 1989-2000' in The Journal of Irish Archaeology, XI, 2002., pp. 1-30.
- LA009-057 Enclosure
Description
Aerial photograph (GB89.AI.36) shows cropmark of an irregular curvilinear enclosure (incomplete) defined by a fosse and with an entrance facing SW. Barrett , G.F. (2002-) 'Flights of discovery: archaeological air survey in Ireland, 1989-2000' in The Journal of Irish Archaeology, XI, 2002., pp. 1-30.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilbrackan.
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 10 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_2265 (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 Kilbrackan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.
The townland
- Name
- Kilbrackan · Cill Bhreacáin
- Area
- 1,033,760 m² (103.38 ha, 255.45 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lea, and its townlands
- Barony
- Portnahinch
- Electoral division
- Sallyford, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Sallyford electoral division: 604 people in 199 households; 93% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Courtwood, Fisherstown, Jamestown or Ballyteigeduff, Mooreabbey Demesne (Co. Kildare), Rathronshin
- Placenames
- Kilbrackan 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.