Kiltallaght
Townland in the civil parish of Drumshallon, barony of Ferrard, Co. Louth; in Irish Cill Tamhlachta
- Area
- 89.2 ha
- 220 acres
- Land parcels
- 29
- registered freehold, median 2,963 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kiltallaght, from 84 m² to 334,826 m² (33.48 ha, 82.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Kiltallaght 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
12 Feb 2026Conditional
Permission for variations to the proposed new dwelling and garage as per the previously approved planning permission (Ref No. 2560417)
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2660067
11 Aug 2025Conditional
A proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and polishing filter percolation area, new vehicular entrance onto public road and all associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2560507
30 Jun 2025Conditional
The development will consist of the following: 1. Construction of a new detached, single storey dwelling 2. Construction of a new garage 3. Alterations to existing agricultural entrance to accommodate new gates and piers 4. New proprietary wastewater treatment system & percolation area 5. All associated site works.
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2560417
4 Jun 2025Refused
Permission for: 1. A new single storey dwelling, detached garage and a new wastewater treatment system. 2.Alterations to the existing vehicular entrance to the neighbouring dwelling to provide a shared entrance to serve the existing neighbouring dwelling and the proposed dwelling. 3.Landscaping to provide for the ecological enhancement of the residual lands (approx. 3.71ha) through the designed rewilding of a variety of habitats and to promote the recolonisation of the lands by native flora and fauna. Together with all associated site development works.
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2560337
16 May 2025Refused
The development will consist of the provision of:1.A new two storey dwelling, detached garage and a new wastewater treatment system.2.Alterations to the existing vehicular entrance to the neighbouring dwelling to provide a shared entrance to serve the existing neighbouring dwelling and the proposed dwelling.3.Landscaping to provide for the ecological enhancement of the residual lands through the designed rewilding of a variety of habitats and to promote the recolonisation of the lands by native flora and fauna. Together with all associated site development works.
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2560280
16 May 2025N/a
The development will consist of the provision of:1.A new single storey dwelling, detached garage and a new wastewater treatment system.2.Alterations to the existing vehicular entrance to the neighbouring dwelling to provide a shared entrance to serve the existing neighbouring dwelling and the proposed dwelling.3.Landscaping to provide for the ecological enhancement of the residual lands through the designed rewilding of a variety of habitats and to promote the recolonisation of the lands by native flora and fauna. Together with all associated site development works.
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2560281
26 Jan 2024Refused
Permission for 1. A new single storey dwelling, detached garage and a new wastewater treatment system. 2. Alterations to the existing vehicular entrance to the neighbouring dwelling to provide a shared entrance to serve the existing neighbouring dwelling and the proposed dwelling. 3. Landscaping to provide for the ecological enhancement of the residual lands through the designed rewilding of a variety of habitats and to promote the recolonisation of the lands by native flora and fauna. Together with all associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2460050
26 Jan 2024Refused
Permission for 1. A new two storey dwelling, detached garage and a new wastewater treatment system. 2. Alterations to the existing vehicular entrance to the neighbouring dwelling to provide a shared entrance to serve the existing neighbouring dwelling and the proposed dwelling. 3. Landscaping to provide for the ecological enhancement of the residual lands through the designed rewilding of a variety of habitats and to promote the recolonisation of the lands by native flora and fauna, together with all associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 2460051
19 Oct 2023Refused
Permission for proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and polishing filter percolation area, new vehicular entrance onto public road and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2360412
27 Jul 2023Refused
Planning permission for a proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and polishing filter percolation area, new vehicular entrance onto existing access lane, use of existing vehicular entrance accessing the public road and all associated site development works
Permission · Louth County Council, 2360248
23 Dec 2020Conditional
Permission for the construction of a storey and a half style 4 bedroom dwelling house with detached domestic garage, on site well, waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 201169
27 Nov 2020Conditional
Permission for a proposed development that will consist of dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and polishing filter percolation area, new vehicular entrance and all associated site development works
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 201016
30 Jun 2020N/a
Apply for development of a single dwelling house with attached domestic garage with packaged wastewater system and polishing filter
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20461
6 May 2020N/a
Permission for a single dwelling house with attached domestic garage with packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 20319
18 Feb 2020N/a
Permission for development of a single dwelling house with attached domestic garage with packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter
Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 20116
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Kiltallaght.
Recorded monuments
- LH021-019 Church
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 Local tradition of church and graveyard. Bones unearthed in garden of house. (IFC Schools MSS 674, 152)
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kiltallaght.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 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_3140 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Kiltallaght with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.
The townland
- Name
- Kiltallaght · Cill Tamhlachta
- Area
- 892,217 m² (89.22 ha, 220.47 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drumshallon, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ferrard
- Electoral division
- Termonfeckin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Termonfeckin electoral division: 4,003 people in 1,280 households; 83% of households own their home; 51% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Baggotstown, Garrolagh, Kellystown, Priorstown
- Placenames
- Kiltallaght 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.