Killonahan

33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killonahan, from 390 m² to 250,390 m² (25.04 ha, 61.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Killonahan 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.

• 17 May 2023Conditional

  the construction of a vehicular entrance, single storey dwelling house, garage, domestic waste water treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2360324

• 21 Jun 2018Conditional

  the construction of a two storey dwelling house, domestic storage shed, entrance, driveway, mechanical aeration unit, soil polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 18617

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 Killonahan.

Recorded monuments

• LI021-062 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In gently undulating pasture with good views in all directions. Located 230m E of the townland boundary with Garranroe and 530m WNW of Killonahan Church (LI021-067001-) and Graveyard (LI021-067002-). A ringfort (LI021-063----) lies 400m to the S. The site is depicted as a circular fort lined with trees on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a scarped oval enclosure (ext. diam. 45m N-S; 54m E-W) at the junction of three fields. Inspected by the ASI in 2000 and described as an ovoid-shaped area (int. diam. 39.5m N-S; 42m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall (Wth 3.55m; int. H 2.05m; ext. H 2.1m) with possible entrance (Wth 6m) at WSW that appears to have been widened for farm access. The interior is level, dry and clear of overgrowth. The cashel wall has partially collapsed on the N, E, S and NW side, but survives with an internal and external face in sections, it is heavily overgrown and tree roots penetrate the wall core around its circuit. The site is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020. See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by the ASI and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 12 August 2020

• LI021-063 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In elevated pasture on a slight E-facing slope with good views in all directions. Located at the southern tip of Killonahan 150m N of the townland boundary with Rathbranagh, 90m E of the townland boundary with Garranroe and 100m W of the townland boundary with Ballylusky. The ringfort (LI021-060----) lies 150m to the W. The site is depicted as a circular fort on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. 40m), a trigonometrical station is located on the NE ringfort bank indicating that the monument occupies a local high spot. Inspected by the ASI in 2000 and described raised circular-shaped area (int. diam. 30m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 4.6m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.7m) and an external fosse (Wth 4.7m; int. D 0.7m; ext. D 0.3m) with an entrance gap (Wth 2m) at SSW. The interior was level, dry and overgrown. A later field boundary (orientated NE-SW) runs along the NW side of the fosse. The site is visible on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018 and 14/02/2020. See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by the ASI and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 12 August 2020

• LI021-067001 Church
  Description

  Westropp recorded the following details about Killonahan; 'A parish in Pubblebrian and Coshmagh. Kellonchon, 1201, 1204. Geffry de Mareys did homage to Bishop Hubert for Killonethon, c. 1223 ; Killonwyn, 1302 ; Kyllonchan, 1418; Killanahan, 1615b; Killonahama, Killonaghinmore, and Killeonahanna, 1657 (D.S.(B.), 21, 25; Civil Survey, pp. 14, 15; Petty, 69), Cilanacam, from St. Onchu, Feb. 8th (O'Donovan); the church was destroyed in 1641. Site - Part of the north wall, 9 feet [2.7m] long and high, of coarse field stones, stood in 1840; near it was the dry well of St. Senan (O.S.L. 14, E. 8, p. 39)' (Westropp 1904-5, 380). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 11 December 2018

• LI021-067002 Graveyard
  Description

  Medieval church site (LI021-067001-) of Killonahan stood in centre of graveyard which consists of a rectangular-shaped area (approx. dims. 34m N-S x 45m E-W) enclosed by post-1840 stone wall with entrance gate at S. Graveyard boundary depicted as a circular shaped feature, probably an earthen bank on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Site of St. Senan's Well (LI021-068----) lies 250m to E. The Ordnance Survey described the graveyard in 1840 as following; 'There is an extensive graveyard which looks old and is not much in use. Elder, whitethorn and ash trees are growing in it. The locality of this church is high ground' (OSL vol. 2, 391). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 July 2019

• LI021-067003 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Medieval church site (LI021-067001-) of Killonahan stood in centre of graveyard (LI021-067002-) depicted as a circular shaped area the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map, possibly following line of early Christian ecclesiastical enclosure. Possible curving cropmark of ecclesiastical enclosure visible in field 60m NE of graveyard boundary wall on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Site of St. Senan's Well (LI021-068----) lies 250m to E. The Ordnance Survey described the church and graveyard in 1840 as following; 'The name of this parish is pronounced Cill Unucain (Oncon) which signifies the Church of Saint Onchu. The Life of S. Onchu is given in AA. SS. at 8th February' (OSL vol. 2, 390). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 July 2019

• LI021-068 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Ó Danachair (1955, 214) recorded the following details about this holy well; 'St Sennan's Well (site of) on 1840 map. St Sennan's Well, now dried up; it was frequented as a holy well about 20 years since. OSL. No tradition survives'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 02 July 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, 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_881 (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.

No address of the register names Killonahan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Killonahan · Cill Onchon

Area

1,300,503 m² (130.05 ha, 321.36 acres)

Civil parish

Killonahan, and its townlands

Barony

Pubblebrien

Electoral division

Crecora, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Crecora electoral division: 461 people in 155 households; 89% of households own their home; 25% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinveala, Ballyfookoon, Ballylusky, Garranroe, Killanahan, Rathbranagh

Placenames

Killonahan 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.