Kilcurly

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilcurly, from 64 m² to 398,305 m² (39.83 ha, 98.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 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 Kilcurly 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.

• 28 Aug 2026N/a

  Permission to amend a previously granted cable route (Planning Reference Louth County Council: Ref. 22/453) for development at this site in the townlands of Kilcurly, Thomastown, Donaghmore, Mounthamilton, Lisnawully and Farrandreg. The development will consist of the laying of underground 38kV medium voltage electrical cables with associated ducting, 5 no. joint bays, with associated communication chambers and ancillary development within the R178 and An Bothair Dara public roads for a distance of approximately 4.090 meters. Approximately 560 m of cabling will be on private lands associated with the permitted Kilcurly Solar Farm. The underground cable is intended to connect the permitted 38kV substation in Kilcurly Solar Farm, in Kilcurly townland, with the Dundalk 110kV ESB substation, in Farrandreg townland. The solar farm and 38kV substation were granted permission by An Bord Pleanála (PL 15.309224) on the 2nd of November 2021. This followed the notification of provisional grant of planning permission from Louth County Council (Ref. 20/187) for Kilcurly Solar Farm. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the Application

  Permission · Louth County Council, 2660585

• 20 Jun 2025N/a

  Retention permission for 2no. steel container units used for the production of organic products as a home based economic activity and associated site development works.

  Retention · Louth County Council, 2588

• 3 Jun 2022Conditional

  Permission for the laying of underground 38kV medium voltage electrical cables with associated ducting , 4 no. joint bays with associated communication chambers and ancillary development within the R178 and Mount Avenue, L20018 public roads. The cable will run for a distance of 4087m. Approximately 3593 metres of this will be within the public road and approximately 494 metres of cabling will be on private lands associated with the permitted Kilcurly Solar Farm. The underground cable is intended to connect the permitted 38kV substation in Kilcurly Solar Farm with the Dundalk 110kV ESB substation in Farrandreg. The solar farm and 38kV substation were granted permission by An Bord Pleanála (Ref. No. PL15.309224) on the 2nd of November 2021, which followed the Louth County Council Permission Ref. No. 20/187. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years. A Natura Impact Statement has been submitted with this application

  Permission · Louth County Council, 22453

• 17 Dec 2021Conditional

  retention permission for amendments to site boundaries previously granted under planning ref. no. 11/290

  Retention · Louth County Council, 211500

• 23 Dec 2020Conditional

  Permission for a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, installation of a waste water treatment system/percolation area and all associated site development works. *Significant Further Information received on 17/11/2021*

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 201171

• 25 Nov 2020Conditional

  Permission for retention that consists of a porch extension to the front elevation and a conservatory extension to the side of an existing dwelling house

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 201002

• 25 Sept 2020Conditional

  EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 14596: Permission consequent on the grant of outline permission under planning ref no 11/535 for one dwelling house, waste water disposal system & all associated site works

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20752

• 16 Mar 2020Conditional

  A ten year permission for a solar farm on the site of approximately 62.8 hectares consisting of the following; up to 319,500 sqm of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; electrical substation with electrical control building and associated compound with palisade fence; inverter/transformer stations; underground power and communication cables and ducts; boundary security fencing; new internal access tracks and associated drainage infrastructure; new site entrance to the public local road which connects to the R178 road and 2 no. vehicle passing areas on lands adjoining the public local road; CCTV cameras and all associated site services and works*Significant Further Information submitted 4/11/20 which includes an NIS*

  Permission · Louth County Council, 20187

• 5 Mar 2020Conditional

  Permission for a cattle shed with 1 no. underground effluent storage tank, walled silage pit with concrete apron and all associated site works

  Permission · Louth County Council, 20151

• 17 Feb 2020N/a

  Permission for development for a cattle shed with 1no. underground effluent storage tank, walled silage pit with concrete apron and all associated site works

  Permission · Louth County Council, 20107

• 25 Oct 2019Conditional

  Retention permission for an unauthorised development consisting of a slatted underground effluent storage tank and all associated site works.

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19888

• 29 Aug 2019N/a

  Permission for a cattle shed with underground effluent storage tanks, walled silage pit with concrete apron and all associated site works.

  Permission · Louth County Council, 19696

• 10 May 2019Conditional

  Permission consequent on the grant of Outlline Permission, Planning Ref. No. 17/52 for one dwelling house, domestic garage/shed, waste water treatment plant and all associated site works.

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19355

• 27 Feb 2017Conditional

  Permission for development for a single storey general store, extension to existing silage pit wall and all associated site works.

  Permission · Louth County Council, 17138

• 31 Jan 2017Conditional

  Outline permission for development to consist of one dwellinghouse, domestic garage / shed, waste water treatment plant and all associated site works.

  Outline permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 1752

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 Kilcurly.

Recorded monuments

• LH006-055 Souterrain
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Discovered during quarrying. No further details. (CLAJ 1961, 10)

• LH006-058 Souterrain
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Short section of drystone-built passage discovered in early twentieth century. Now inaccessible. (CLAJ 1961, 10)

• LH006-061 Souterrain
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Section of passage (L c. 8m, Wth 1m, H 1.5m) running E-W and blocked at both ends by collapse. (CLAJ 1961, 10)

• LH006-110001 Souterrain
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Located on E slope of a drumlin. Discovered and subsequently destroyed during land reclamation in 1987. Located 8m NE of LH006-110002- and consisted of a curving drystone-built passage (L c. 9m) orientated E-W. The passage descended from the original entrance at the E down to the W end, where the S wall stood to a height of 1.5m.

• LH006-110002 Souterrain
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Located on E slope of a drumlin. Discovered and subsequently destroyed during land reclamation in 1987. Located 8m SW of LH006-110001-. It consisted of a section of drystone-built passage (L 8.5m) extending N-S, with an expanded terminal at the S. At the N end, features of the drystone walling suggest a former drop-hole entrance. Measurements are inexact or not available owing to the largely destroyed nature of the site at the time of inspection.

• LH006-111 Burial ground
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Site marked 'Old Burial Ground' on 1835 ed. of OS 6-inch map, is a stone-faced tree-ring. Bones unearthed in the adjoining field. (CLAJ 1941,15).

• LH007-058 Crannog
  Description

  The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Circular platform of earth and stones (diam. 22m) with traces of a kerb of large boulders forming the perimeter. The site is located in a marshy hollow, probably formerly a small lough. (CLAJ 1978, 166)

Architectural heritage

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

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

Landslides

Susceptibility 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_2962 (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 Kilcurly with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.

Name

Kilcurly · Cill Choirle

Area

1,798,266 m² (179.83 ha, 444.36 acres)

Civil parish

Dunbin, and its townlands

Barony

Dundalk Upper

Electoral division

Castletown, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Allardstown, Carnroe, Carrickallan, Cortial, Donaghmore, Dunbin Big, Plaster, Thomastown

Placenames

Kilcurly 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.