Kilkilvery

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilkilvery, from 2,114 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres) to 141,026 m² (14.1 ha, 34.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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 Kilkilvery 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.

• 25 Jun 2026N/a

  to remodel and extend the existing old vacant derelict cottage, to construct a domestic garage, a new effluent treatment system, a new percolation area, and all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2661058

• 14 Oct 2025Conditional

  for construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, onsite wastewater treatment and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 25278

• 15 Nov 2021N/a

  to construct a slatted shed with cubicles and a holding area. A Natura Impact Statement and Flood risk report are included with the application. Gross floor space of proposed works: 865.1 sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 212112

• 29 Mar 2021N/a

  to construct a slatted shed with cubicles and a holding area at the above location. Gross floor space of proposed works: 865.1 msq

  Permission · Galway County Council, 21479

• 18 Jan 2021Conditional

  to remodel and extend existing vacant old dwelling house, to construct a domestic garage, new effluent system, new percolation area and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 99 msq h & 60 msq G

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2129

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 Kilkilvery.

Recorded monuments

• GA042-152 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In low-lying grassland. Poorly preserved oval rath (N-S 36m, E-W c. 25m) defined by a low bank and external fosse at SSE, and elsewhere by a scarp. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA042-154 Children's burial ground
  Description

  On a WSW-facing slope in grassland. According to local tradition, this was the site of a CBG. No visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA042-224 Ringfort - unclassified
  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 Kilkilvery.

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 Kilkilvery, about 1 in 5 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Kilkilvery with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Kilkilvery · Cill Chilbhire

Area

762,936 m² (76.29 ha, 188.53 acres)

Civil parish

Kilkilvery, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Headford, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,864 people lived in 695 households in the Headford electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bunnaconeen, Cahernaheeny, Cloonee, Gortarica, Lodge

Placenames

Kilkilvery 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.