Kilcullane

76 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilcullane, from 24 m² to 226,542 m² (22.65 ha, 55.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Kilcullane 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.

• 5 Jul 2025Conditional

  the construction of a single-storey granny flat, to be attached to the side of the existing dwelling, together with all associated site development and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2560667

• 3 Oct 2024Conditional

  a dwelling house and detached garage/shed as constructed on site and all ancillary site works (previously granted under planning application reference 03/210)

  Retention, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2460985

• 28 Jun 2023Conditional

  the construction of a new dwelling, separate agricultural building, wastewater treatment system, sand-based horse arena, new entrance driveway, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2360459

• 21 Jul 2021Conditional

  construction of a slatted unit for cattle, silage feeding apron and all ancillary concrete works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 211035

• 10 Jun 2020Conditional

  the construction of an agricultural shed with a slatted tank and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 20488

• 21 Mar 2019Conditional

  the construction of a dormer style dwelling house with attached garage, an entrance, installation of a waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 19257

• 30 Aug 2018Conditional

  an entrance for forestry purposes

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 18864

• 11 Apr 2017Conditional

  carry out alterations to existing cottage, increase ridge height and convert attic to study room and construct a storey and a half type extension to the west side of existing cottage, new entrance with boundary wall, detached garden shed, new sewerage treatment system and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17308

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 Kilcullane.

Recorded monuments

• LI032-071001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In flat gently undulating wet pasture at the junction of three townlands (Loughgur, Moohane and Kilcullane) predominantly within Kilcullane townland straddling the townland boundary where the N edge of the external fosse is located within Moohane. The site is located 1km SE of the Carraig Aille stone forts (LI032-053002-/003-) at Lough Gur. The site is part of a complex of archaeological monuments comprising of a ringfort (LI032-071001-) at its centre; outer defensive enclosures (LI032-071002-) surrounding the fort; possible settlement earthworks (LI032-071004-) abutting the SE side and a mound (LI032-071003-) located 30m NW in Loughgur townland. The ringfort (LI032-071001-) is depicted as a circular antiquity (ext. diam. c. 35m) on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Depicted as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 37.5m) on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. O'Kelly (1942-3, 241) described the monument as a 'circular earthen platform surrounded by a fosse, which is continuous. The entrance is not recognisable. The platform is 5' [1.5m] high over the fosse-bottom and the overall diameter is 135' [41m]. Situated in poor low-land'. Outer enclosing elements (LI032-071002-) identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 175; AP 4/3606) as outer double ditched enclosures around a ringfort (LI032-071001-). The defensive enclosures are visible on the OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 where the extent of the external defences (LI032-071002-) are visible up to 30m outside the interior of the fort (ext. diam. c. 83m N-S; 73m E-W). The W and NW margins of the circular defensive enclosures have been truncated by later agricultural field boundaries and associated land improvement visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 05/04/2006; 25/03/2017 and 28/06/2018. The latest Google Earth orthoimage taken 20/09/2020 in combination with the Bruff aerial photograph suggests that the site consists of the internal enclosure surround by a bank and two external fosses each with an external bank. See attached Bruff survey image Bruff 4/3606 and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 19 November 2020 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP - 349/1 taken 13/09/2002.

• LI032-071004 Settlement cluster
  Description

  In flat gently undulating wet rushy pasture at the junction of Kilcullane townland with Moohane. The site is located 1km SE of the Carraig Aille stone forts (LI032-053002-/003-) at Lough Gur. The settlement remains are part of a complex of archaeological monuments comprising a multi-vallate ringfort (LI032-071001-) at its centre with an earthwork (LI032-071003-) located 30m to NW. The possible settlement earthworks are not depicted on the OSi historic maps. Identified (LI032-071004-) by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 176; AP 4/3606) as a trackway. The settlement earthworks are partially visible on the OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 and on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 where the extent of the earthworks on the SE side of the ringfort is visible extending 55m to NE; 45m to E and 50m to SE. The site is defined on its NW side by the ringfort (LI032-071001-) and survives S of the modern townland boundary with Moohane, the E and S sides are defined by modern field boundaries that have mostly been removed which partially reflect the earlier archaeological earthworks (ext. dims. c. 134m N-S; 98m E-W). The site is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 05/04/2006; 25/03/2017; 28/06/2018 and 20/09/2020. The possible settlement earthworks are clearest on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. The possible settlement is laid out NE and SW of a road (L. 50m; Wth. 3.5m; orientated NW-SE) leading from the S to the ringfort. Three rectangular enclosures are located S of the road. The W enclosure abutting the external fosse of the ringfort is the largest (ext. dims. 22m NE-SW; 28m NW-SE). The central enclosure (ext. dims. 15m NE-SW; 15m NW-SE) may represent the remains of a house foundation. A smaller enclosure (ext. dims. 11m NE-SW; 7m NW-SE) may also represent the wall footings of a house. The possible house sites to the N are less clear, although there is a rectangular-shaped enclosure (ext. dims. 16.5m NE-SW; 12m NW-SE) abutting the road and several other enclosures and features to the NE between the road and the townland boundary. These earthworks may represent the remains of a medieval clustered settlement. See attached Bruff survey image Bruff 4/3606 and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 19 November 2020 See attached ASI aerial photograph ASIAP - 349/1 taken 13/09/2002.

• LI032-076001 Church
  Description

  Kilcullane church ruins stands on N side of graveyard (LI032-076002-) with Kilcullane Castle (LI033-077----) and River Camoge 110m to E. Nave and chancel church ruins described in 1840 as following; ‘The old Church of this Parish is situated in a small graveyard not much used and on level ground in the Townland of Kilkillaun, about three hundred yards west of the River Camog. It consists of a nave and choir. The east gable of the choir is now reduced to the height of four feet [1.2m]; this choir is eighteen and a half feet [5.7m] long by twelve feet ten inches [3.9m]. On its south wall three and a half feet [1m] from the east gable there was a window which is now entirely disfigured. The choir arch, which is eleven and a half feet [3.5m] high by seven feet ten inches [2.4m], is in the pointed style and formed of brown cut stone. The nave is thirty three feet [10m] long by twenty feet two inches [6m]. Of its south wall nine and a half feet [2.8m] in length adjoining the west gable and three feet [0.9m] adioining the middle gable, remain; the rest of the wall is destroyed to the foundation. There were two windows, one on each of the side walls of the nave near the middle gable but they are now totally disfigured. The doorway must have been on that portion of the south wall which is destroyed. There was a window on the west gable which has completely lost its form. The walls are about ten feet [3m] high, three feet [0.9m] in thickness and built of regular sized lime stones cemented with lime and sand mortar’ (OSL, 44). Westropp (1904-5, 447) recorded the following details about Kilcullane Church; 'A parish."Magnahengi, from the ford of Scivil towards to the east, with the whole marsh to Kilkilin and Kealkillin itself," 1185 (Charter of Magio); Kilcallane, 1578 (Fiants, 3250); Kylkyllane, 1586 (Peyton, p. 27); grant of Kilkellan to Edward Browne, 1607 (Patent R.); Cillcaclain, Cathlan's Church, locally Kilkillaun (O'Donovan). Fabric - It has a nave and chancel, 33 feet [10m] by 20 feet [6m], and 18½ feet [5.7m] by 12 feet 10 inches [3.9m]; walls, 10 feet [3m] by 3 feet [0.9m]; east end down; all features defaced; choir arch pointed, 11½ feet [3.5m] high, 7 feet 10 inches [2.4m] wide, (O.S.L., 8, p. 68). It is shown with one gable and roofless, 1657 (D.S.A., 38 ; Petty, 68)'. Kilcullane church and castle (LI032-077----) depicted standing beside each other on the 1654-7 Down Survey map of Kilcullane Parish (NLI, MS 718). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 April 2019

• LI032-076002 Graveyard
  Description

  Kilcullane church ruins (LI032-076001-) stands on N side of graveyard with Kilcullane Castle (LI033-077----) and River Camoge 110m to E. Church ruins and graveyard described in 1840 as following; ‘The old Church of this Parish is situated in a small graveyard not much used and on level ground in the Town land of Kilkillaun, about three hundred yards west of the River Camog’ (OSL, 44). Graveyard consists of a roughly rectangular shaped area (approx. dims. 15m N-S x 24m E-W) enclosed by post-1700 stone wall with nave and chancel church forming N boundary of graveyard. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 April 2019

• LI032-077 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Kilcullane Castle described in 1840 as following; 'On the bank of the river (Camoge) east of the old Church (LI032-076001-) and in the same townland, remains the first arch of an old Castle, but the external face of the walls is destroyed. This building measures twenty one feet eight inches [6.6m] by thirteen feet ten inches [4.2mm] and the walls were five and a half feet [1.6m] in thickness (OSL, 44). Westropp (1906-7, 185-6) recorded the following details about Kilcullane Castle; '1244 Adam de Anno held Kilcallan at rent of a soar hawk and ½ mark of silver. Godfrey de Anno was heir (C.S.P.L). 1287 J. Daundon held it from Sir T. de Clare, as of Any manor, at rent of one pair of furred gloves and six pence (1b.). Ralph Brun, of.Kilkelen, fined (1b., 155). The Browne family appear to have held it thenceforward. 1583 T. Browne held Kylkyllane C[astle]. and Camas (Des. R., 67b; Peyton, p. 13; Inq. Exch., 11). 1607 Grant of these to Walter and E. Browne (Pat. R.). 1610 Edm. Baggott and D. O'Grady were granted Kilkillane. 1655 The decayed C[astle]. held by Teige O'Grady (C.S., xxxi., p. 22 ; D.S.A., 38)'. Kilcullane church (LI032-176001-) and castle depicted standing beside each other on the 1654-7 Down Survey map of Kilcullane Parish (NLI, MS 718). The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that on the lands of Teige Grady of Kilcullane, there was a 'decayed Castle & 14 Cabins' (Simington 1938, 109). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 April 2019

• LI032-081 Enclosure
  Description

  In low-lying, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses, on the floodplain of the Camoge River. Ring-ditch (LI032-211----) lies 35m to NE. Depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a semicircular-shaped earthwork (60m NE-SW; 38m NW-SE) enclosed by the canalised river running NNE-SSW to W and by a meander loop from N-E-SSW. Upstanding possible monument visible as a semicircular-shaped earthwork on OSi orthoimages taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimages taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. Monument is enclosed by a townland boundary with Herbertstown (Powell) and Ballinscoola, which now forms a dry meander loop, after the river was canalised at this point. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Date of upload: 6 November 2020

• LI032-228 Earthwork
  Description

  In rough, wet pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses, 170m W of a townland boundary with Ragamus. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 217.01 & 217.02: AP 5/2013) as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork having a smaller, unidentifiable earthwork within the N quadrant of the interior. Monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped cropmark (37m E-W; 35m N-S) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 05/04/2006, 04/04/2013 and 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimages taken 05/04/2006, 04/04/2013 and 28/06/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled 217.01 & 217.02 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 16 November 2020

• LI032-231 Enclosure
  Description

  In the N corner of a triangular tract of low-lying forestry, 335m W of the Camoge River which marks the townland boundary with Ballinscoola. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 222: AP 5/2014) as a small circular-shaped cropmark, in the N corner of a triangular-shaped field. Monument is not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 05/04/2006, just after forestry establishment or on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, or on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013, or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018, where it is obscured by forestry in each case. See attached Google Earth orthoimages and Bruff aerial survey image labelled 222 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 16 November 2020

• LI032-232001 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  On the crest of a distinct narrow ridge running NW-SE, in rough, wet pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses, on the floodplain of the Camoge River 265m to ENE. A townland boundary with Ragamus lies 35m to WSW. The southern-most of a group of three contiguous barrows (LI032-232001-/03-/04-) which are on top of the ridge; a linear earthwork (LI032-232002-) lies to the immediate W. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 218.01: AP 5/2014) as a small circular-shaped cropmark. Monument is visible as a circular-shaped cropmark (diam. 10m) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 04/04/2013. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image labelled 218.01 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 16 November

• LI032-232002 Linear earthwork
  Description

  On top of a narrow ridge running NW-SE, in rough, wet pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses, on the floodplain of the Camoge River 265m to ENE. A townland boundary with Ragamus lies 35m to WSW. A group of three contiguous barrows (LI032-232001-/03-/04-) are on the spine of the ridge, to the immediate E. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 218.02: AP 5/2014) as a long, linear-shaped earthwork. Monument is visible as a linear-shaped earthwork (approx. L 90m; Wth 8m) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 04/04/2013. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image labelled 218.02 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 16 November

• LI032-232003 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  On the spine of a distinct narrow ridge running NW-SE, in rough, wet pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses, on the floodplain of the Camoge River 265m to ENE. A townland boundary with Ragamus lies 35m to WSW. The central of a group of three contiguous barrows (LI032-232001-/03-/04-) which are on top of the ridge; a linear earthwork (LI032-232002-) lies to the immediate W. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 218.03: AP 5/2014) as a small circular-shaped cropmark. Monument is visible as a circular-shaped cropmark (diam. 10m) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 04/04/2013. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image labelled 218.03 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 17 November 2020

• LI032-232004 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  On the crest of a narrow ridge running NW-SE, in rough, wet pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses, on the floodplain of the Camoge River 265m to ENE. A townland boundary with Ragamus lies 35m to WSW. The central of a group of three contiguous barrows (LI032-232001-/03-/04-) which are on top of the ridge; a linear earthwork (LI032-232002-) lies to the immediate W. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Monument identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 218.04: AP 5/2014) as a small circular-shaped cropmark. Monument is visible as a very faint circular-shaped cropmark (diam. 10m) on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-2012, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 04/04/2013. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image labelled 218.04 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 18 November 2020

• LI032-344 Earthwork
  Description

  Cropmark of circular-shaped area (diam. c. 31m) defined by a ditch visible on Google Earth photograph taken 20/03/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 10 January 2022

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilcullane.

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 Kilcullane, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Kilcullane, Bruff6 sales

Name

Kilcullane · Cill Chathláin

Area

2,938,798 m² (293.88 ha, 726.19 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcullane, and its townlands

Barony

Smallcounty

Electoral division

Cahercorney, the unit of the census

Census 2022

761 people lived in 260 households in the Cahercorney electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinscoola, Gortnaskagh, Herbertstown (O'Grady), Herbertstown (Powell), Knockainy West, Loughgur, Moohane, Patrickswell, Ragamus

Placenames

Kilcullane 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.