Kilphelan
Kilphelan is a townland in the civil parish of Kilphelan, barony of Condons and Clangibbon, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Cill Fhaoláin.
Parcel 2155299
- Area
- 3,108 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 175 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Kilphelan
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 49.9 ha
- 123 acres
- Land parcels
- 10
- registered freehold, median 2,781 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilphelan, from 204 m² to 251,245 m² (25.12 ha, 62.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Kilphelan 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
28 Jan 2026Grant with conditions
Permission to construct a single storey extension to side of existing dwelling and ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0169
17 Dec 2008Refused
Dwelling, garage, effluent treatment system & ancillary site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/10174
7 Feb 2008Conditional
Relocation of milking parlour permitted under 06/9744
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4605
14 Aug 2006Conditional
Dwelling
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 06/9738
14 Aug 2006Conditional
Construction of milking parlour, silage pit and apron, slatted shed with associated feeding passages, holding yards, overground slurry store, calving boxes, extension to cubicles, roofs over easyfeed yards, meal bins, fuel bunding, dry stores and associated site works and retention of calf shed, workshop, slatted shed, cubicle shed, easyfeed yard, holding yards, meal bins, calving boxes stores and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9744
11 Jul 2006Incompleted application
Dwelling
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 06/8792
6 Jun 2006Incompleted application
Construction of milking parlour, silage pit, slatted shed, holding yard, slurry store and associated site works and retention of calf shed, slatted shed, cubicle shed holding yards, meal bins, stores and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7817
25 May 2006Conditional
Alterations and extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7475
30 Jul 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/5904
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 Kilphelan.
Recorded monuments
- CO019-064001 Graveyard
Description
In W half of possible early ecclesiastical enclosure (13903), c. 80m N of road. D-shaped graveyard (straight side c. 60m NNW-SSE; projecting c. 45m to WSW); entrance gate on S side. South of centre is site of parish church of Kilphelan (14437). Broken conglomerate millstone just outside and to E of gate. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO019-064002 Church
Description
In graveyard (14597). Shown on 1842, 1905 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps as 'site of' church. Power (1932, 63) described foundations of church as 'at present almost untraceable'. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO019-064003 Ecclesiastical enclosure
Description
In pasture. Penannular arc (c. 60m NNW-SSE) indicated SE->NNE on 1842 OS 6-inch map, with graveyard occupying W half of interior; only D-shaped graveyard (14597) indicated on 1905 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps. W half of enclosure survives as graveyard, E half levelled. Described by Power (1932, 63) as an 'ancient cemetery which still retains its circular outline and enclosing fence'. Broken millstone lies on ground immediately to S of enclosure. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO019-065 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture on E side of stream. Irregular mound of burnt material (L 18m; Wth 10m; H 1m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO019-107002 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Fulacht fiadh noted c. 10m S of stream (pers. comm. J. Monk). No visible surface trace. Second fulacht fiadh (10796) c. 30m to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilphelan.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Kilphelan, 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 low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kilphelan.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Kilphelan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Kilphelan · Cill Fhaoláin
- Area
- 499,291 m² (49.93 ha, 123.38 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilphelan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Condons and Clangibbon
- Electoral division
- Kilphelan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 557 people lived in 195 households in the Kilphelan electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyadack North, Caherdrinny, Dromleigh, Flemingstown
- Placenames
- Kilphelan 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.