Killurin

284 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killurin, from 31 m² to 411,333 m² (41.13 ha, 101.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 59 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Killurin 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Killurin 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

• Natural Heritage Area: Screggan Bog NHA 000921

Recorded monuments

• OF024-021 Enclosure
  Description

  Not visible at ground level. According to local information site was bulldozed several years ago and was known locally as a 'fort'. Depicted as a D-shaped enclosure on 1912 edition of OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF024-022001 Church
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in an area of undulating countryside with good views. Poorly preserved ruins of a rectangular building (ext. dims. 7m N-S; 12m E-W; wall T 0.9m) constructed with large roughly coursed limestone blocks. Later two storey barrel vaulted building with square tower (int. 1.4m x 1.4m) probable garderobe added to the N wall of the church. The ground floor of this later building consists of two barrel vaulted areas, the S room measures internally N-S 5.1m by E-W 4m W T 0.8m with the smaller N room measuring N-S 2m by E-W 4m. The larger room has a hole in the S end of the barrel vault to accommodate a wooden stairs which gave access to the first floor from which the tower was accessed. Overall the site appears to consist of an early medieval church with a later medieval priests room and possible garderobe tower added to the N wall of the church. The garderobe tower has an outlet at ground floor level into the destroyed church thus indicating that when this tower was being built the church must already have been destroyed. Bullaun stone (OF024-022002-) located at W end of church. No surface trace of earthworks (OF024-022003-) depicted on OS 6-inch map to E and S of church. According to Comerford (1883, 196-7) there was a burial ground (OF024-022005-) located here which was abandoned in the mid-19th-century and was used subsequently as a burial place for unbaptised children (OF024-022006-) with castle (OF024-055) located nearby. No surface trace of any burial ground or castle survives. (O'Flanagan 1927, vol. 1, 45) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF024-022002 Bullaun stone
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in an area of undulating countryside with good views. Poorly preserved ruins of a rectangular church (OF024-022001-). Bullaun stone (OF024-022002-) located at W end of church. No surface trace of earthworks (OF024-022003-) depicted on OS 6-inch map to E and S of church. According to Comerford (1883, 196-7) there was a burial ground (OF024-022005-) located here which was abandoned in the mid-19th-century and was used subsequently as a burial place for unbaptised children (OF024-022006-) with castle (OF024-055) located nearby. No surface trace of any burial ground or castle survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF024-022003 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in an area of undulating countryside with good views. Poorly preserved ruins of a rectangular church (OF024-022001-). Bullaun stone (OF024-022002-) located at W end of church. No surface trace of earthworks depicted on OS 6-inch map to E and S of church. According to Comerford (1883, 196-7) there was a burial ground (OF024-022005-) located here which was abandoned in the mid-19th-century and was used subsequently as a burial place for unbaptised children (OF024-022006-) with castle (OF024-055) located nearby. No surface trace of any burial ground or castle survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF024-022004 Ritual site - holy tree/bush
  Description

  No surface remains visible of any holy bush or tree in the vicinity of the medieval church (OF024-022001-). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF024-022005 Burial ground
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in an area of undulating countryside with good views. Poorly preserved ruins of a rectangular church (OF024-022001-). Bullaun stone (OF024-022002-) located at W end of church. No surface trace of earthworks (OF024-022003-) depicted on OS 6-inch map to E and S of church. According to Comerford (1883, 196-7) there was a burial ground located here which was abandoned in the mid-19th-century and was used subsequently as a burial place for unbaptised children (OF024-022006-) with castle (OF024-055) located nearby. No surface trace of any burial ground or castle survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF024-022006 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in an area of undulating countryside with good views. Poorly preserved ruins of a rectangular church (OF024-022001-). Bullaun stone (OF024-022002-) located at W end of church. No surface trace of earthworks (OF024-022003-) depicted on OS 6-inch map to E and S of church. According to Comerford (1883, 196-7) there was a burial ground (OF024-022005-) located here which was abandoned in the mid-19th-century and was used subsequently as a burial place for unbaptised children with castle (OF024-055) located nearby. No surface trace of any burial ground or castle survives. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF024-023 Enclosure
  Description

  Not visible at ground level. According to local information this was a square earthwork known locally as a 'moat'. Possibly associated with the nearby medieval church (OF024-022001-). Depicted on 1912 edition of OS 6-inch map as square shaped enclosure. Possible moated site. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF024-024 Linear earthwork
  Description

  No surface trace visible of levelled earthworks marked on all editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Killurin church (OF024-022001-) and destroyed rectangular earthwork (OF024-023----) located to the NW and W respectively. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF024-025 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  Description

  Post 1700 landscape feature known as a Ha Ha the encloses the front of Killurin House, however in the second field to the S of Killurin House there is a possible enclosure depicted on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map. Not indicated on the current edition of the OS 6-inch map. Mistakenly identified as the ha-ha around Killurin House and marked as such on the current edition of the 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF024-033 Enclosure
  Description

  Not visible at ground level. Aerial photographs (GSI, N 181/2) shows cropmark of circular enclosure. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF024-034 Designed landscape - ornamental lake
  Description

  This is the site of a pond associated with Mullagh House, a possible landscape feature associated with big house. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

Architectural heritage

• Mullagh House, folly, 1825–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-bay two-stage tower, built 1830-1, on a circular plan. Now in ruins. Roof now missing. Part creeper- or ivy-covered lime rendered or roughcast coursed rubble stone walls with lime rendered or roughcast parapets. Pointed-arch door opening below square-headed "loop" with concealed yellow brick voussoirs. Square-headed "loops" with concealed yellow brick dressings. Pointed-arch door opening (second stage) with concealed yellow brick voussoirs. Interior in ruins with remains of cantilevered spiral staircase. Set on hill in grounds shared with Mullagh House.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey thatched house, built c.1800, with lobby-entry plan. Hipped oaten straw roof with decorative knotting and exposed scolloping to ridge and twine to eaves. Low rendered chimneystack. Lime-washed and lime-plastered stone walls. Pivoted steel windows, having no windows in rear wall. Timber battened door and half-door. Siting at roadside with grassed area to front and with field to rear.

• Farm house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey farmhouse with attic over north end, built c.1800, with lobby-entry plan. Pitched oaten straw roof with exposed brick chimneystacks. Rendered stone walls. Square-headed replacement aluminium windows. Windbreak with flat concrete canopy having timber battened door. Northernmost bay converted to workshop. Outbuildings to site, one having pitched slate roof and rendered stone walls.

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 Killurin, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Killurin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Killurin · Cill Iúirín

Area

9,965,636 m² (996.56 ha, 2,462.56 acres)

Civil parish

Geashill, and its townlands

Barony

Geashill

Electoral division

Killeigh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,321 people lived in 441 households in the Killeigh electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annaghmore, Ballynacanty, Clonad, Clonterlough, Derrylahan, Gorteen, Killananny, Ross, Sconce

Placenames

Killurin 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.