Kinknock

70 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kinknock, from 14 m² to 201,115 m² (20.11 ha, 49.7 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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 Kinknock 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.

• 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

• 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

• 25 Nov 2022Conditional

  change of house type to that previously granted under planning application number P21/380 and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 221043

• 12 Sept 2022Conditional

  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, 22773

• 6 Sept 2021N/a

  CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE DOMESTIC GARAGE PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 21950

• 22 Apr 2021Conditional

  EXTEND AND RENOVATE EXISTING HABITABLE HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 21380

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 Kinknock.

Recorded monuments

• MA086-019 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough grazing, on the lower S-facing slopes of Kinknock Hill. Subcircular area (diam. c. 18m) defined by a low bank (Wth on top 1m; H c. 0.55m) of earth and stone. The interior has an uneven surface, with a slight rise in ground level evident in the W half, and a greater spread of stones visible at NE, both internally and externally of the bank. Relict cultivation ridges, on a roughly N-S axis, traverse the interior and the surrounding field. There is another enclosure (MA086-020----) c. 140 upslope to N. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 April 2014

• MA086-020 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough grazing/commonage, on the S-facing slopes of Kinknock Hill, just below the summit of the E shoulder of the hill. Circular area (diam. c. 15m) defined by a low bank (Wth on top 1m) of earth and stone. The bank has a maximum internal height of c. 0.4m at N but its external face is almost flush with exterior ground level. The interior has an uneven surface and is traversed by relict cultivation ridges which are also evident in the surrounding field. A later field bank skirts the S edge of the enclosure. There is another enclosure (MA086-019----) c. 140 downslope to S. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 April 2014

• MA096-029 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.

Architectural heritage

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

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 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_116 (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 Kinknock with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Kinknock · Cionn an Chnoic

Area

1,139,987 m² (114 ha, 281.7 acres)

Civil parish

Kilgeever, and its townlands

Barony

Murrisk

Electoral division

Kilsallagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilsallagh electoral division: 575 people in 217 households; 82% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 28% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bellakip, Fallduff, Kilgeever, Kilsallagh Lower, Kilsallagh Upper, Mullagh

Placenames

Kinknock 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.