Killyganard

48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killyganard, from 180 m² to 258,434 m² (25.84 ha, 63.86 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 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 Killyganard 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.

• 3 Sept 2026N/a

  retain change of use of an existing domestic garage to a self-contained family accommodation unit, together with all associated site works, at Killyganard, Athy, Co. Laois, R14 X685. The family accommodation unit is to be used in conjunction with, and ancillary to, the existing dwelling on the site.

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 2660608

• 1 Sept 2026N/a

  change of use of an existing domestic garage to a self-contained family accommodation unit, together with all associated site works

  Retention · Laois County Council, 2660594

• 29 May 2026Conditional

  - Replace (“restringing”) and uprating of c.10.2km section of the conductor along the existing Athy - Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 14No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 16m to 23m, with height increases between 1m and 2m; - Replacement of 15No. existing Intermediate Wooden Poleset crossarms; - Bar member replacements to 2No. existing steel angle masts; - Recapping works on shear blocks at 2No. existing steel angle masts; and, - All associated works/development to existing structures, including insulator/hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of step bolts, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Laois County Council, 2660323

• 26 May 2026Conditional

  Replacement (“restringing”) and uprating of c.8.89km section of the conductor along the existing Athy - Carlow 110 kV OHL circuit; - Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; - Replacement of 11No. existing Intermediate Wooden Polesets, with similar structures. The replacement of these structures will result in standardised heights from 16m to 24m, with height increases between 1m and 3m; - Replacement of 12No. existing intermediate Wooden Polesets crossarms; - Recapping works on shear blocks at 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Foundation strengthening of 1No. existing steel angle mast; - Bar member replacements to 8No. existing steel angle masts; - Separation of the existing double OHL circuit to provide for a new bypass OHL section measuring approximately 422m, connecting from the existing Athy 110 kV substation to the following proposed new structures on the existing Athy - Portlaoise 110 kV OHL: 2no. new single circuit angle masts (approximately 22.5m maximum height) and 1no. new wooden poleset (approximately 23.6m maximum height); and, - All associated works/development to existing structures, including hardware replacement (strain clamps, suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of step bolts, replacement of line identification and danger notices, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anti-climbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Kildare County Council, 2660550

• 26 May 2017Conditional

  retain location of the dwelling house and attached garage; retain location of current site boundaries and entrance; retain garage attached to dwelling house; retain front and rear porch; retain front elevation of dwelling. PLANNING PERMISSION is also sought for the provision of a new septic tank and percolation area together with all ancillary services and associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Laois County Council, 17255

• 24 May 2017N/a

  retain location of the dwelling house and attached garage; retain location of current site boundaries and entrance; retain garage attached to dwelling house; retain front and rear porch; retain front elevation of dwelling. PLANNING PERMISSION is also sought for the provision of a new septic tank and percolation area together with all ancillary services and associated site works

  Retention · Laois County Council, 17248

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 Killyganard.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Killyganard.

Architectural heritage

• Popefield House, house, 1810–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-storey late-Georgian villa with dormer attic, c. 1825, with single- and two-storey bows. Stable complex to site. Detached gate lodge to site.

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 Killyganard, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2321 (ZIP).

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 Killyganard with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Killyganard · Coill Ghánaird

Area

1,206,035 m² (120.6 ha, 298.02 acres)

Civil parish

Ballyadams, and its townlands

Barony

Ballyadams

Electoral division

Barrowhouse, the unit of the census

Census 2022

518 people lived in 172 households in the Barrowhouse electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballylynan, Drumroe, Rathgilbert, Rosbran, Rosbran (Co. Kildare), Whitebog

Placenames

Killyganard 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.