Kincon

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kincon, from 279 m² to 272,156 m² (27.22 ha, 67.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Kincon 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.

• 11 Apr 2025Conditional

  Development will consist of the retention of existing dwelling house & garage, with upgrade to existing septic tank & percolation area. Including retention of existing access, boundaries, all other associated works & services.

  Retention, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560213

• 4 Jul 2023Conditional

  Full planning permission for the following; (1) Demolish existing detached dwelling house, (2) Construct replacement detached dwelling house and together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360262

• 26 Jul 2022Conditional

  Retain an agricultural shed as constructed on site.

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 22621

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 Kincon.

Recorded monuments

• MA021-011 Ringfort - rath
  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.

• MA021-012 Mound
  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.

• MA021-087 Enclosure
  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

• Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, church/chapel, 1925–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay double-height single-cell Catholic church, built 1928-9, on a rectangular plan. Renovated, 1985, with sanctuary reordered. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, concrete coping to gables on rendered thumbnail beaded kneelers with mild steel Celtic Cross finials to apexes, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on eaves boards on rendered eaves. Gritdashed roughcast walls bellcast over rendered plinth with rendered strips to corners supporting rendered band to eaves. Lancet window openings with concrete or rendered sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Lancet "Trinity Window" (east) with concrete or rendered sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having leaded stained glass panels. Lancet window opening to entrance (west) front with concrete or rendered sill, and rendered "bas-relief" surround framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fitting having leaded stained glass panel. Pointed segmental-headed opposing door openings (west) with rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Full-height interior open into roof with arcaded choir gallery (west) below stained glass "West Window" (----), carpeted central aisle between trefoil-detailed timber pews, paired Gothic-style timber stations between stained glass windows (1985), exposed collared timber roof construction on thumbnail beaded corbels with wind braced timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled ceiling in carved timber frame, and pointed-arch chancel arch framing carpeted stepped dais to sanctuary (east) reordered, 1985, with Romanesque-style timber altar below stained glass "Trinity Window" (----). Set in landscaped grounds with rendered panelled chamfered piers to perimeter having cruciform-detailed roll moulded gabled capping.

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

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kincon.

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.

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

Name

Kincon · Cionn Con

Area

1,928,744 m² (192.87 ha, 476.6 acres)

Civil parish

Kilfian, and its townlands

Barony

Tirawley

Electoral division

Kilfian East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

242 people lived in 89 households in the Kilfian East electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnagor, Belladooan, Carrowkeel, Cloonaleedin, Drinaghan, Farmhill, Rathreagh, Rooghan, Springhill

Placenames

Kincon 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.