Kyle

27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kyle, from 732 m² to 276,360 m² (27.64 ha, 68.29 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Kyle 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.

• 15 Feb 2023Conditional

  construct a two-storey dwelling, the opening of a new shared vehicular entrance to the site and right of way, new private water well and septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2360050

• 15 Feb 2023Conditional

  construct a two-storey dwelling, associated detached double garage, the opening of a new shared vehicular entrance to the site and right of way, new private water well and septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2360051

• 7 Feb 2023N/a

  construct a two-storey dwelling, associated detached double garage, the opening of a new shared vehicular entrance to the site and right of way, new private water well and septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site development works.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2360036

• 7 Feb 2023N/a

  Construct a two-storey dwelling, the opening of a new shared vehicular entrance to the site and right of way, new private water well and septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site development works.

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2360037

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 Kyle.

Recorded monuments

• LA015-022 Bullaun stone
  Description

  In gently undulating countryside. Near St. Molua's Church (LA023-015) is St. Molua's stone an ancient font (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 279). No visible surface remains of bullaun stone that was located in a field to the SW of the church and graveyard (LA015-023001/002-). Recorded by Elizabeth FitzPatrick in 1993 as St. Molua's Stone is a large weathered limestone boulder (L 1.6m x 1.1m Wth ; H 0.6m) which on its upper surface contains five depressions. The Bullaun stone was formerly situated at the NW end of the field across the road to the SW of the graveyard (LA015-023002-). During preparation of this field for tillage in more recent times, the stone was pushed right up against the N field boundary at its W end. According to T. L. Cooke the local people up to about 1810 held an annual meeting at this stone on the Festival of Lughnasa (1st August) for dancing, merriment and match-making. Recent site inspection recorded the presence of the bullaun stone located immediately inside the entrance gates to the graveyard on the S side. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA015-023001 Church
  Description

  In undulating countryside. St Molua founded a monastery here in the sixth century and he is commemorated on the 4th August (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 81, 277). The present church is medieval in date but within the surrounding D-shaped graveyard (LA015-023002-), a variety of features associated with the earlier foundation survive. These include St Molua's Grave, two Early Christian cross-slabs (LA015-023005/009-), the decorated capital of a Romanesque doorway (LA015-023003-), another stone bearing Romanesque decoration incorporated in the graveyard wall, and St Moula's trough (LA015-023004/008-) which was originally located in E end of graveyard under a rag tree now no longer extant. St Moula's stone, a weathered limestone bullaun (LA015-023006-) (L 1.6m, Wth 1.1m; H 0.6m) with five depressions, originally lay in field across road to SSW. It was recently pushed up against W end of boundary of that field. Remains of a possible ecclesiastical enclosure (LA015-023007-) lie c. 200m to SE. The church (L 13m N-S; 6.5m E-W; wall T 1m) is constructed of randomly coursed sandstone. In poor condition, only the lower courses of E and S walls survive, and the grassed-over wall-footings of W and n walls. Featureless, but some cut and dressed stone from it is incorporated in the graveyard wall and architectural fragments, some of which were reused as grave-markers, are visible in graveyard (LA015-023002-). Most graves date from 1700-1900. The Teehan family vault, at N end of E wall of church, has reused window facing-stones, with identical crosses, from the earlier twelfth-century church (Fitzpatrick 1993). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA015-023002 Graveyard
  Description

  In undulating countryside. Some uninscribed grave markers visible. Mostly modern headstones. St. Molua founded a monastery at Kyle in the late sixth or early seventh century, Kyle is now known as Clonfert-Molua or Cluain Ferta Moula - the meadow of the grave. D-shaped graveyard (dims. 82.3m E-W x 38.15m N-S) enclosed by a boundary wall of roughly coursed limestone rubble (H 1.4m ; T 0.9m) some of which is built with medieval cut stone and punch dressed stone from church (LA015-023001-). Also incorporated into the graveyard wall are stones with roll moulding and one stone decorated with a chevron suggesting it came from a romanesque church (Fitzpatrick 1993, 5). Rectangular shaped graveyard (int. dims. 37m N-S; 80m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall as indicated on current ed OS 6-inch map. Church site in centre of graveyard. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA015-023003 Architectural fragment
  Description

  In undulating countryside. Carved Hiberno-Romanesque architectural fragments in the graveyard (Roe. Helen M., Unpublished 28-31). Romanesque fragment of a doorway jamb with diagonal tooling visible. At least 7 architectural fragments are scattered throughout the graveyard some, which appears to have been fabric from the medieval church. One of these stones are the remains of a large sandstone capital lying near the S boundary wall of the graveyard (LA015-023002-), this capital comes from a 12th century doorway of the church. On a recent site inspection the scalloped capital was located on the SE angle of the E gable of the levelled church in the centre of the graveyard. Other architectural fragments were scattered around the wall footings of this levelled building. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA015-023004 Sarcophagus
  Description

  St. Molua's Grave located in SW end of graveyard (LA015-023002-) described in the 19th century by T. L. Cooke as 'it is most remarkable, being 12 feet in length by three feet in breadth. A large, rude, and uninscribed stone marks one end; and a nearly similar stone points out the other end. The limits of the sides are defined by rough limestone flags standing on an end. The upper edges of these flags are barely visible above the surface of the ground'. Today, two of these sandstone erect slabs are still visible one placed at a right angle to the other, but the clearly defined elements of the plot observed by the Celtic Cross were one suspects altered by the erection of the commemorative Cross and replaced by modern kerbing in 1920 (Fitzpatrick 1993). This cross was erected by Mrs M. Delaney 1920 to commemorate the burial place of St. Molua. Shrine of St. Molua now in British Museum. (Crawford J.R.S.A.I. Vol 53, 1923, 76, 80, 87, 161, 162). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA015-023005 Cross-slab
  Description

  In undulating countryside. St. Molua founded a monastery here in the sixth century and he is commemorated on the 4th August. (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 277). Fragment of an east-west wall visible. No other visible surface remains. St. Molua founded a monastery at Kyle in the late sixth or early seventh century, kyle is now known as Clonfert-Molua or Cluain Ferta Moula - the meadow of the grave. This record refers to one two Early Christian cross-inscribed slabs situated in Clonfert-Molua graveyard (LA015-023002-; see also LA015-023009-). This slab is located 7m N of the S boundary wall of the graveyard and 27m W of the E boundary wall. It is a round-headed slab that was re-used as a grave-marker and is a sandstone slab (dims. 0.85m x 0.54m x 0.06m) and is decorated on its E face with a large cross with a central roundel with expanded terminals. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In this instance the record has been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 22 November 2013

• LA015-023006 Bullaun stone (present location)
  Description

  In gently undulating countryside. Near St. Molua's Church (LA023-015) is St. Molua's stone an ancient font (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 279). No visible surface remains of bullaun stone that was located in a field to the SW of the church and graveyard (LA015-023001/002-). Recorded by Elizabeth FitzPatrick in 1993 as St. Molua's Stone is a large weathered limestone boulder (L 1.6m x 1.1m Wth ; H 0.6m) which on its upper surface contains five depressions. The Bullaun stone was formerly situated at the NW end of the field across the road to the SW of the graveyard (LA015-022). During preparation of this field for tillage in more recent times, the stone was pushed right up against the N field boundary at its W end. According to T. L. Cooke the local people up to about 1810 held an annual meeting at this stone on the Festival of Lughnasa (1st August) for dancing, merriment and match-making. Recent site inspection recorded the presence of the bullaun stone located immediately inside the entrance gates to the graveyard on the S side. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA015-023007 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  In undulating countryside. St. Molua founded a monastery at Kyle in the late sixth or early seventh century, kyle is now known as Clonfert-Molua or Cluain Ferta Moula - the meadow of the grave. D-shaped graveyard (dims. 82.3m E-W x 38.15m N-S) enclosed by a boundary wall of roughly coursed limestone rubble (H 1.4m ; T 0.9m) some of which is built with medieval cut stone and punch dressed stone from church (LA015-023001-). Also incorporated into the graveyard wall are stones with roll moulding and one stone decorated with a chevron suggesting it came from a romanesque church (Fitzpatrick 1993, 5). The graveyard wall may follow the line of an early Christian enclosure. Remains of a possible eccelsiastical enclosure lie c. 200m to SE of church (LA015-023001-) and graveyard (LA015-023002-). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA015-023008 Sarcophagus
  Description

  In the 19th century there was a stone known as St. Molua's Trough at the E end of the graveyard (LA015-023002-) under a hawthorn tree that was festooned with rags. Today the trough, stands mounted in concrete in the yard of the modern Catholic church in Ballaghmore village (LA015-033) and the sacred tree no longer survives. The rectangular sandstone trough (L 0.95m x 0.48m x 0.40m; T 0.13m) has a lip running around the inner edge of the top of the trough maybe to accommodate a lid for the trough. This stone may have been a saints reliquary. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA015-023009 Cross-slab
  Description

  In undulating countryside. St. Molua founded a monastery here in the sixth century and he is commemorated on the 4th August. (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 277). Fragment of an east-west wall visible. No other visible surface remains. St. Molua founded a monastery at Kyle in the late sixth or early seventh century, kyle is now known as Clonfert-Molua or Cluain Ferta Moula - the meadow of the grave. This record refers to one two Early Christian cross-inscribed slabs situated in Clonfert-Molua graveyard (LA015-023002-; see LA015-023005-). This slab lies up against the inner face of the W end of the S boundary wall of the graveyard and approximately 3m E of a large Celtic Cross. The stone consists of a large roughly rectangular sandstone slab or pillar (1.32m x 0.38m x 0.16m base Wth; 0.16m T) decorated with a large incised circle within which there is a simple line cross, above the circle there is a semi-circle and below the central circle there is a second semi-circle (FitzPatrick 1993; FitzPatrick 2003, 167, Fig. 29). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In this instance the record has been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 22 November 2013

• LA015-023010 Cross-slab
  Description

  Located in S quadrant of Kyle graveyard (LA015-023002-) a few meters N of a cross-slab (LA015-023009-). Small semi-circular shaped slab (Wth 0.17m; T 0.02m) protruding above surface of graveyard with fragment of inscribed cross with T-shaped terminal partially visible on face of slab. The semi-circular shape of the slab may suggest that this stone was used as a grave marker or simple headstone of post-medieval date with simple cross-inscribed onto face of slab. Alternatively it may be the remains of a cross-slab of Early Christian date. Attached image uploaded courtesy of Gary Dempsey. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 10 September 2015

• LA015-034 Standing stone
  Description

  Situated in a marshy field immediately W of St Molua's church (LA015-023001-). This standing stone, aligned N-D, is roughly D-shaped in plan (H 1.1m; Wth at base 1.6m, T 0.35m) and tapers towards the top. The area around the base of the stone is hollowed out, probably the result of cattle using it as a scratching post (pers. comm. Elizabeth FitzPatrick). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA015-036 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  Part of the Slighe Dhala running on a NE-SW axis can be still be seen in the field to the S of St Moula's church and graveyard (LA015-023001/002-). This ancient roadway today can be traced for a distance of 82m where it takes the form of a hollow-way (Wth 4m; ext. D. 1m; L 82m) running in a NE-SW direction that is delimited by two earthen banks flanking the medieval roadway (Ftizpatrick 2003, 169). Aerial photographs that were taken in 1996 show the cropmark of this levelled roadway in the adjoining field to the E of the upstanding section. The extant portion of the roadway is today incorporated into the field boundary where it has survived intact to the present day. The other sections of the Slighe Dhala that can still be seen running through Co. Laois can be traced at Ballaghmore (LA015-018) and in the townland of Cashel (Upperwoods By.) (LA022-005005-). The section of the road described above consists of a sunken linear ditch (top Wth. 6m; base Wth. 2.3m; ext. D 1m) flanked on either side by an earthen bank (Top Wth. 3m; base Wth. 1.5m; ext. H0.3m ) running on a NE-SW direction. This earthwork is located on flat poorly drained land within a field that is covered in drainage earthworks of 18th-19th century date, the ditch at time of visit was waterlogged and does not have the appearance of a medieval roadway or the profiled of a medieval road. The base of the dicth is very narrow and the sides are not distinct, this feature may be a drainage ditch associated with the drainage earthworks/platforms in the adjoining field. Area 4 marked on aerial photograph in article is a field boundary delimiting very wet poorly drained land and a stream which forms the dog-leg shape, the topogrpahy here is totally unsuitable for a medieval roadway and there is no evidence for such a road in this area marked on the aerial photograph. During site inspection this field between the bank and the stream was covered in low drainage platforms and the land was so wet that it was impossible to walk. Very unlikely location for a medieval roadway. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

Architectural heritage

• , 1700–1750 · Regional interest
  Description

  Graveyard with various cut stone grave markers, c. 1700 - c. 1900. Remains of detached abbey to site. Now in ruins.

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 Kyle, about 1 in 10 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kyle.

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 Kyle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Kyle · An Chill

Area

1,530,333 m² (153.03 ha, 378.15 acres)

Civil parish

Kyle, and its townlands

Barony

Clandonagh

Electoral division

Kyle, the unit of the census

Census 2022

224 people lived in 93 households in the Kyle electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyduff, Cloncourse, Clononeen, Clonoonagh, Lackey, Springhill

Placenames

Kyle 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.