Killacolla

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killacolla, from 194 m² to 327,197 m² (32.72 ha, 80.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Killacolla 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.

• 26 May 2026N/a

  the demolition of an existing dwelling house and to construct a replacement dwelling house, detached garage and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 26133

• 13 Aug 2021Conditional

  extension to the rear and rebuilt store to the side of the existing dwelling house and changes to the front elevation including a velux roof window to the front roof

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 211165

• 15 Mar 2021Conditional

  an existing telecommunications support structure(previously granted permission under Planning ref. 11/834), together with associated ground equipment cabinets within a fenced compound

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 21308

• 1 Nov 2019Conditional

  a change of design of extension to existing house to that permitted under previously approved planning permission ref. no. 18/1106 together with all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 191079

• 14 Nov 2018Conditional

  the construction of a new one and a half storey extension to existing house, internal modifications and external alterations of existing house, new domestic waste water treatment system with polishing filter, and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 181106

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
• Special Protection Area: River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA 004077

Recorded monuments

• LI018-005 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  On S shore of Shannon estuary, atop low oval rise (c. 25m E-W; c. 14m N-S) bounded by high-tide shoreline to N and surrounded elsewhere by marshy ground subject to flooding. Rise covered in places by dense overgrowth. Centrally placed along S edge of rise is low rectangular sod-covered platform (c. 10m E-W; c. 8m N-S) in which stones are evident, especially along its edges, but none are mortar bonded and no structural edges are apparent. Further stony banks are evident atop rise but these are largely obscured by overgrowth. Nothing appears to be known of the site's history (Donnelly 1994, vol. 2, 130). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI018-006 Moated site
  Description

  In undulating pasture. Monument, depicted as embanked roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map and as rectangular enclosure (L: c. 50m NW-SE; c. 40m E-W), missing its SE side, on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. According to local information site was an embanked rectangular enclosure levelled c. 1980 when surrounding field boundaries removed. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI018-010 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on N-facing hillside. Circular area (27.6m N-S; 26.7m E-W) enclosed by two concentric earthen banks with intervening fosse (Wth 3.3m). Inner bank (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.5m) forms complete circuit but external bank (int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.6m) and fosse replaced/overlain by field boundary SSE->SW. Interior level and in pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI018-011001 Field boundary
  Description

  On the N side of Prospect Hill. Discovered during the excavation of a short cist (LI018-01102-) in September 1989; it was found 5m NE of the cist (Doody 1992, 220; Doody 1993, fig. 3). A short section of collapsed stone wall (Wth c. 3m) was revealed beneath a covering of peat. This ran in a NW-SE direction, 38m SW of, and running parallel to, another stretch of peat-covered walling (LI018-01107-). There is now no surface trace of this field boundary in a field of reclaimed pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI018-011002 Cist
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, on a S-facing slope just below the summit of Prospect Hill, overlooking the River Shannon to the N. The cist was discovered in the early summer of 1989 during land reclamation, and subsequently archaeologically excavated by Martin G. Doody in September 1989 (Doody 1992; Doody 1993). The cist had been damaged but excavation revealed a rectangular cist (0.83m N-S; 0.43m E-W; D 0.32m) with its sides constructed of six thin sandstone slabs (Doody 1992, 217-8; Doody 1993, fig. 4). This was built in an oval pit (1.24m N-S; 0.79m E-W; D 0.39m). No artefacts, bones or finds of any type were recovered during the excavation. According to Doody (1992, 221) this structure 'falls into the category of short cists as defined by Waddell (1970)'. The excavation also revealed a possible cist (LI018-01104-) 2.5m to the E, a hearth (LI018-01103-) 2m to the S, a short section of pre-bog wall (LI018-01101-) 5m to the NE, and further pre-bog walls and clearance cairns (LI018-01105-, 06-, 07-, LI018-01301-, 02-), and a fulacht fia (LI018-01108-) in an area nearby to the E (see Doody 1993, fig. 2). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI018-011003 Hearth
  Description

  Discovered during the excavation of a short cist (LI018-01102-) in September 1989; it was found 2m S of the cist (Doody 1992, 219; Doody 1993, fig. 5). The excavation revealed a rectangular depression (0.3m N-S; 0.7m E-W; D 0.11m) containing a setting of stones showing 'some trace of burning' which 'is most likely to have been a hearth site' (Doody 1992, 219). No finds were recovered in association with the hearth. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI018-011004 Cist
  Description

  Discovered during the excavation of a short cist (LI018-01102-) in September 1989. This cist it was found 2.5m to the E of the short cist (Doody 1992, 219; Doody 1993, fig. 3). The structure had been heavily damaged during land reclamation, but excavation revealed an irregular-shaped space cut in the bedrock (0.8m E-W; 0.7m N-S) and covered by a large flat slab. No finds of any type were recovered from the site. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI018-011005 Mound
  Description

  Discovered during the excavation of a short cist (LI018-01102-) in September 1989; it is located c. 80m NNE of the cist and described as 'a peat covered mound' on E side of access road (Doody 1993, fig. 2). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of Upload: 3 August 2012

• LI018-011006 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Discovered during the excavation of a short cist (LI018-01102-) in September 1989; it was found c. 65m NE of the cist (Doody 1992, 219-20; Doody 1993, figs 2 & 6). Excavation of the cairn revealed little of its structure which had 'been almost completely levelled' (Doody 1992, 219) except for a basal layer of stones resting on solid bedrock. According to the landowner this feature, before being disturbed during land reclamation, was 'roughly circular in plan with a diameter of c. 4-5 meters and a height of approximately 1 meter above the surrounding bog' (ibid.). Doody (ibid., 220) concluded that this was probably 'a field clearance cairn which had been thrown up before the onset of the peat growth'. A broken hone stone (Doody 1993, fig. 8) was recovered from the cairn fill, though 'its association with the cairn is not certain' (Doody 1992, 220). Doody's map (Doody 1993, fig. 2) shows a 'peat covered mound (levelled)' c. 20m to ENE, a 'peat covered mound' c. 30m to NNW, and a ' low mound' c. 40m to NE of the cairn. There is now no visible trace of these features in a field of reclaimed pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI018-011007 Field boundary
  Description

  On the N side of Prospect Hill. Discovered during the excavation of a short cist (LI018-01102-) in September 1989. In the area E of the cist a series of pre-bog walls were revealed during land reclamation (see LI018-01101- & LI018-01301-; Doody 1992, 220; Doody 1993, figs 2 & 7). This, the best preserved stretch, ran in a NW-SE direction over a distance of 140m. A short section of it was excavated revealing a collapsed wall (Wth c. 4m) covered by 0.5m of peat. The wall core (Wth 1.3m; max. surviving H 0.5m) was constructed directly on an 'old ground' surface 'except where a shallow trench was dug through this, perhaps to serve as a foundation or to mark out the line of the proposed construction' (Doody 1992, 220). There is now no surface trace of this field boundary in a field of reclaimed pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI018-011008 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Discovered during the excavation of a short cist (LI018-01102-) in September 1989; it was found 150m SE of the short cist (Doody 1993, figs 2). The site was revealed during land reclamation as a 'displaced mound of burnt stone' (Doody 1992, 217); it was not excavated. There is now no evident trace for the feature in a field of reclaimed pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI018-011009 Mound
  Description

  Discovered during the excavation of a short cist (LI018-01102-) in September 1989; it is located c. 90m NE of the cist and described as 'a peat covered mound (levelled)' (Doody 1993, fig. 2). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of Upload: 3 August 2012

• LI018-013001 Field boundary
  Description

  On the N-facing side of Prospect Hill, immediately E of the pre-bog field system (LI018-01107-) recorded by Doody (1992; 1993). The sod-covered remains of a collapsed stone wall (Wth c. 0.9m; H c. 0.3m) extends c. 94m W from a recent N-S field boundary, with a gap of c. 8m between the two. Adjacent to the E end of the wall is a collection of stones which are probably the remains of a field-clearance cairn. There is now no surface trace of this field boundary in a field of reclaimed pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI018-013002 Mound
  Description

  Discovered during the excavation of a short cist (LI018-01102-) in September 1989; it is located c. 100m NE of the cist and described as 'a low mound' on E side of 'modern field boundary' (Doody 1993, fig. 2). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of Upload: 3 August 2012

• LI018-116 Standing stone
  Description

  In pasture, on top of a low rise in a generally flat area. An upright stone (H 1.3m; Wth at base 1.8m; Wth at shoulder 0.5m; T 0.2m) that is roughly triangular in profile and section, with its long axis aligned E-W. It leans slightly to the SW. The edges of the stone have been rubbed smooth by cattle, who have also poached the ground at its base. There are two other slabs embedded in the ground immediately to the N (L 1.3m; H 0.35m; T 0.25m) and to the S (L 1.4m; H 0.48m; T 0.1m) of the upright. Further smaller stones are strewn about the immediate vicinity. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI018-119 Standing stone
  Description

  On top of a rise, in undulating pasture. An upright stone (H 1.45m; Wth 0.4m; T 0.3m), roughly rectangular in profile and section, with its long axis aligned N-S. Its edges have been worn smooth by cattle scratching against it. Cattle have also worn down the ground at its base, exposing two packing stones. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI018-124 Kiln - lime
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Killacolla, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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.

• Killacolla, Glin5 sales

Name

Killacolla · Coill an Chalaidh

Area

2,695,864 m² (269.59 ha, 666.16 acres)

Civil parish

Kilfergus, and its townlands

Barony

Shanid

Electoral division

Fleanmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

230 people lived in 84 households in the Fleanmore electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Caheragh, Cloonoughter, Flean More, Kilteery

Placenames

Killacolla 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.