Kilgeever
Townland in the civil parish of Kilgeever, barony of Murrisk, Co. Mayo; in Irish Cill Ghaobhair
- Area
- 220.5 ha
- 545 acres
- Land parcels
- 121
- registered freehold, median 7,204 m² (0.72 ha, 1.78 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
121 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilgeever, from 186 m² to 474,515 m² (47.45 ha, 117.26 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Kilgeever 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
13 Jul 2026N/a
construct extensions and alterations to existing dwelling house, and provide a new upgraded proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area along with all associated services
Permission · Mayo County Council, 26157
9 Apr 2026Conditional
The development will consist of 1.) the retention of minor alterations to existing dwelling house previously granted under P02/439 refers 2.) retention of site layout on revised boundaries 3.) retention of the existing garage and shed as constructed.
Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660278
19 Mar 2025Conditional
retain existing extension constructed to dwelling house and to retain standalone garage together with all ancillary site services
Retention · Mayo County Council, 25107
22 Feb 2023Conditional
construct a private dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system and soil polishing filter together with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2390
23 Jan 2023Conditional
The installation of approximately 15Km of 250mm OD water Trunk Main, which will extend from a position approximately 1Km from Westport at the junction of Pound Road and the R355 in the townland of Carrownalurgan to Kilsallagh Lower at the road junction between the R355 and the L1826 road to Drummin and the installation of approximately 29.3Km of a mains distribution network to supply water to 473 No Consumers along the route of the Trunk Main and in the area to the Townlands to the West of Croagh Patrick. All associated temporary site development works to gain access including clearance of vegetation, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/ piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing, walls, and hedging; and any other temporary associated and ancillary development works required for the purposes of the proposed watermain, including the installation of stone tracks and temporary watercourse crossings. The watermain pipeline is located within the townlands of Cloghan, Clooneen, Knockfin, Ardoley, Churchfield, Knockaraha East, Knockaraha West, Streamstown, Belclare, Killadangan, Deerpark West, Murrisknaboll, Carrowkeeran, Bellataleen, Carrowkeel, Murrisk Demesne, Meermihil, Glaspatrick, Thornhill, Carrowmacloughlin, Leckanvy, Killsallagh Lower, Killsallagh Upper, Kinknock, Kilgeever, Cuilleen, Mullagh, Cartoor, Glenbaun, Glencally, Furgill, Cregganroe and Boheh in County Mayo.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360016
15 Aug 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22689
3 Aug 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21826
28 Jun 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SOIL POLISHING SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21675
13 Aug 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18623
27 Jul 2018Conditional
DEMOLISH EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE ALONG WITH PROVISION OF A NEW PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT AND PERCOLATION AREA ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 18580
4 Aug 2017Conditional
CONSTRUCT SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND LANDSCAPING
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 17628
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 Kilgeever.
Recorded monuments
- MA086-006001 Church
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.
- MA086-006002 Graveyard
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.
- MA086-006003 Cross-slab
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.
- MA086-006004 Cross-inscribed pillar
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.
- MA086-006005 Ritual site - holy well
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 Kilgeever.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, 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_98 (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
- Kilgeever, Louisburgh5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Kilgeever · Cill Ghaobhair
- Area
- 2,204,938 m² (220.49 ha, 544.85 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilgeever, and its townlands
- Barony
- Murrisk
- Electoral division
- Louisburgh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Louisburgh electoral division: 1,117 people in 446 households; 71% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 34% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Kilgeever 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.