Killimy
Killimy is a townland in the civil parish of Coolbanagher, barony of Portnahinch, Co. Laois. Its name in Irish is Coill Ime.
- Area
- 142 ha
- 351 acres
- Land parcels
- 119
- registered freehold, median 1,926 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Residential 1 - Existing Residential
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
119 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killimy, from 9 m² to 289,765 m² (28.98 ha, 71.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Residential 1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 27 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1Residential 2 (New/proposed residential)
Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Open Space/Amenity (Active open space)
Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - N6Utilities (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community-Educational-Institutional (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, Laois · 0 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
20 Jun 2026N/a
construct a two-storey extension to the side of existing dwelling, alterations and renovations to same dwelling, installation of a new wastewater treatment system, new vehicular entrance from the existing laneway together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660389
1 Nov 2024Conditional
amend previously granted planning file no. 24/60260 to include change of roof type on the rear and side from flat roof to a hipped roof and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2460660
3 Jul 2024Conditional
instal tartan sprint lanes, long jump pit and shot putt throwing circle
Permission · Laois County Council, 2491
13 May 2024Conditional
construct proposed single storey extensions to rear and side of existing dwelling Alterations to existing ground floor layout and elevations. Installation of new waste water treatment system. Alterations to existing site entrance to form new recessed vehicular entrance with pedestrian access. Demolition of existing sheds. All associated landscaping and site works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2460260
13 Mar 2024Conditional
revise house plans and elevations on foot of previously granted permission reference number 21/166
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 2460132
7 Mar 2024N/a
revise house plans and elevations on foot of previously granted permission reference number 21/166
Permission · Laois County Council, 2460119
6 Dec 2023Conditional
erect a new dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank treatment system, shared site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2360517
5 Dec 2023N/a
I, Keith & Denise Lawless intend to apply for Permission at Killimy, Emo, Co. Laois. The development will consist of permission to erect a new dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank treatment system, shared site entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Laois County Council, 2360514
4 Sept 2023Conditional
erect 6 no. 18m high Floodlights to main pitch, New Ball Wall, and retain 36 no 3.5m Solar panel lights along perimeter walkway and to include all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2360353
30 Aug 2023N/a
for 6 no. 18m high Floodlights to main pitch, New Ball Wall, Retention Permission for 36 no 3.5m Solar panel lights along perimeter walkway and to include all associated site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 2360339
19 Jul 2022Conditional
retain as build amendments to original dwelling house granted under 196/85. Retention permission is also sought for increase in site size, second site entrance, domestic garage and all associated site works
Retention, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 22446
21 Feb 2022Refused
construct new dwelling house, garage, septic tank system and percolation area together with all ancillary services
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2275
18 Feb 2022N/a
construct new dwelling house, garage, septic tank system and percolation area together with all ancillary services
Permission · Laois County Council, 2273
18 Jun 2021Conditional
retain extension to dwelling house and associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21442
19 Mar 2021Conditional
construct an extension to existing dwelling house, and conversion of existing dwelling to granny flat accommodation and new detached garage, together with all ancillary services
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 21166
9 Apr 2020Conditional
demolish an existing garage/studio, construct single storey extensions to an existing bungalow dwelling with internal and external alterations and construct a new garage/studio to include all associated ancillary works
Permission, 2 homes · Laois County Council, 20181
3 May 2019Conditional
demolish a derelict shop and to change house type, erect a garage and alter the location of the dwelling and site entrance on site from that permitted on planning ref 18/593 together with all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 19246
15 Apr 2019N/a
demolish a derelict shop and to change house type, erect a garage and alter the location of the dwelling and site entrance on site from that permitted on planning ref 18/593 together with all ancillary works
Permission · Laois County Council, 19213
2 Oct 2018Conditional
retain demolition works of existing house and to construct new dwelling as per planning ref:14/416 and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18593
14 May 2018Conditional
refurbish, alter and extend existing dwelling, construction of garage/store and all associated works and site works
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 18294
26 Apr 2018N/a
refurbish, alter and extend existing dwelling, construction of garage/store and all associated works and site works
Permission · Laois County Council, 18258
10 Apr 2017Conditional
construct a new room to the rear of the EMO Parish recreational centre and to change the use of selected rooms for use as childcare facility and all associated site work
Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17168
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 Killimy.
Recorded monuments
- LA008-069 Enclosure
Description
Partial cropmark of circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 31m) visible on Google earth aerial imagery. See attached image taken from Google Earth aerial photographs taken 02/07/2018 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 09 September 2019
Architectural heritage
- Saint Paul's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Detached Gothic Revival Catholic church, c. 1870, with bell tower. Designed by J. S. Butler. Monument to Countess of Portarlington, c. 1875. Designed by J. E. Boehm.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Killimy, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Killimy.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Killimy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.
The townland
- Name
- Killimy · Coill Ime
- Area
- 1,419,969 m² (142 ha, 350.88 acres)
- Civil parish
- Coolbanagher, and its townlands
- Barony
- Portnahinch
- Electoral division
- Emo, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,338 people lived in 393 households in the Emo electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballykillane, Carn or Curraghane, Coolbanagher, Emo Park, Morett
- Placenames
- Killimy 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.