Killala

11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killala, from 2,069 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres) to 166,759 m² (16.68 ha, 41.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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 Killala 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.

• 9 Jun 2026Conditional

  for construction of detached domestic garage with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2660215

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 Killala.

Recorded monuments

• SL027-020 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on the N end of a small ridge; the ground slopes down steeply c. 8m to N. A raised circular area (diam. 19m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.9m) which is internally faced with large stones. The internal bank height is low along the N arc. There is no clearly defined gap or entrance but the bank is low at E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL027-022 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough grazing, on top of a ridge. The westernmost of two adjoining raths (see SL027-023----), the fosses of which are c. 4m apart. A raised circular area (int. diam. 39m) enclosed by an earthen bank and an external fosse. The bank is substantial (Wth c. 8m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 2m) with some traces of internal stone kerbing at W and SW. Traces of possible footings of a stone wall are evident on top of the bank along the S arc. The entrance (Wth c. 5.4m) is at NE with a causeway across the fosse. The fosse (Wth 6m; D 1.1m) is clearly defined all round and apart from the junction with the adjoining rath at E, is surrounded by a terrace (Wth 13m; H 0.6m). The interior is partially covered with overgrowth. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL027-023 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough grazing, on top of a ridge. The easternmost of two adjoining raths (see SL027-022----), the fosses of which are c. 4m apart. A slightly raised circular area (38m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 0.9m), but truncated NE-SE by a field boundary. An external fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.6m) is evident WSW-WNW, at the densely overgrown junction of the two raths. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL027-024 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In poorly drained pasture, on a ridge. A raised circular area (int. diam. c. 30m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and an external fosse. The bank is highest along the N arc (Wth 8.4m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 2.8m), lower and more slumped (ext. H 1.8m) along the S arc. A possible entrance (Wth 2m) is at E with a possible causeway across the fosse, both densely covered with overgrowth. The fosse (Wth 3.6m; D 0.8m) is evident all round. On either side of the possible entrance a semicircular area (c. 10m x 15m) has been quarried out of the bank and the interior. The perimeter is densely covered with overgrowth and the interior to a lesser extent. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL027-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough grazing, at the base of the S-facing slope of a ridge. A circular area (int. diam. 29m) defined by the remains of an earthen bank (Wth 6.4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.4m) SW-N and by a scarp (H 1.2m) elsewhere. An external fosse is evident all round as a shallow depression (Wth 5m; D 0.4m) marked by a growth of rushes. Though there is no clearly defined entrance, there is a causeway (Wth c. 5m) across the fosse at E. The S portion of the interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope. A low rise (Wth c. 7m) immediately outside the fosse along the SW and E arcs may be the remains of a counterscarp bank. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Architectural heritage

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

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 Killala, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Killala with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Killala · Cill Eala

Area

500,865 m² (50.09 ha, 123.77 acres)

Civil parish

Ballysumaghan, and its townlands

Barony

Tirerrill

Electoral division

Collooney, the unit of the census

Census 2022

3,188 people lived in 1,209 households in the Collooney electoral division. 58% of households owned their home. 65% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardleebeg, Doonally, Gaddan, Gaddan Beg, Lurgan, Srananagh

Placenames

Killala 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.