Templemartin

40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Templemartin, from 196 m² to 121,518 m² (12.15 ha, 30.03 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Templemartin 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.

• 13 Jul 2026Conditional

  to construct a granny flat extension to the side of dwelling to include the conversion of existing garage to form part of the granny flat extension - Construct a detached domestic garage - Upgrade existing wastewater system to current EPA Guidelines and all other associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660445

• 25 Mar 2025Conditional

  for the construction of an underground slurry storage tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560147

• 14 Mar 2025N/a

  for the construction of an underground slurry storage tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560122

• 23 Feb 2024Conditional

  to construct a single storey extension to rear and porch to the front of existing dwelling and all associated site development works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460088

• 12 Jan 2024N/a

  for the erection of a 5 bay single slatted shed with straw lieback and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460015

• 19 Mar 2021Conditional

  for a two storey private residence, detached garage, vehicular entrance and driveway, wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 21194

• 1 Mar 2021N/a

  for a two storey private residence, detached garage, vehicular entrance and driveway, borewell, wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works on lands located

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 21130

• 24 May 2019Conditional

  of (A) existing round roof hay barn with lean to and (B) Planning Permission for the erection of a 4 bay single slatted shed and all associated site works intended for Development

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 19348

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 Templemartin.

Recorded monuments

• KK020-008 Enclosure
  Description

  On a N-facing slope with good views from NNE-E but obscured elsewhere by rising ground. Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and 1900 revision as a roughly rectangular enclosure (overall diam. c. 32m N-S; c. 26m E-W). It lies immediately N of a piggery complex and a farm road cuts across the N portion of the monument. The enclosure is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 9 November 2020

• KK020-009001 Church
  Description

  At foot of NE-facing slope with good views from N-E only. According to the OS Letters (1839), ‘Tradition says that this Church belonged to the Vicars Choral of St. Kenny’s Church. The Priest used to say mass in this ruin on every St. Martin’s Day till about 30 years ago [c. 1809]’ (O’Flanagan ed. 1930, 247-50 (83-4)). The church, composed of roughly coursed limestone rubble, forms the N side of an irregularly shaped graveyard (KK020-009002-). It consists of an originally undivided church (int. dims. 13m E-W x 7m N-S; wall T 0.8m), of which the S wall, E gable and W end of N wall survive. The original E gable of the church was broken through and a chancel (ext. dims. 8.75 N-S x 5.8m E-W) added, only the lower courses (H c. 1m) of which survive. There is an entrance in the form of a pointed, chamfered and punch-dressed doorway at the W end of the S wall of the nave. The OS Letters (1839) state that there was another doorway oppose, in the N wall, ‘which was destroyed about 20 years ago [c. 1819] by one who felt the effect of the vengeance of St. Martin’ (ibid.). The breach accessing the chancel is flanked to the N and S by rectangular loops set into deep splayed embrasures, widening towards the nave. The S loop is blocked by a 19th-century wall memorial. At the E end of the N wall of the church there is portion of a square limestone holy water stoup (D 0.32m; surviving Wth 0.25m) with a circular basin (D 0.17m; rim T 0.05m). There is also a curving chamfered architectural fragment (L 1.1m; max. Wth 0.33m) within the nave and near this, immediately E of the doorway, there are two 13th/14th-century graveslabs (KK020-009004-; KK020-009005-). In the chancel, along the S wall, there are two 16th-century graveslabs (KK020-009003- and KK020-009006-). Also within the church interior there are a number of 19th-century table tombs and headstones. Though there are no diagnostic dating features, Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 362) suggests that the church, ‘can scarcely be later than the 13th century’ and the presence of two 13th/14th-century graveslabs implies that the church was in use at this period. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 9 November 2020

• KK020-009002 Graveyard
  Description

  At foot of NE-facing slope with good views from N-E only. An irregular, roughly D-shaped area (ext. dims. 52m NE-SW x 26m NW-SE), covered in overgrowth and enclosed by a stone wall. On the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map a parish boundary runs along the N-NW side of the graveyard and the medieval church (KK020-009001-) whose W gable and N wall also form part of this boundary. Within the church are two 13th/14th-century graveslabs (KK020-009004-; KK020-009005-) and two 16th-century graveslabs (KK020-009003- and KK020-009006-). Also within the church interior there are a number of 19th-century table tombs and headstones. The graveyard is densely populated with 18th and 19th-century headstones and uninscribed grave-markers. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 9 November 2020

• KK020-009003 Graveslab
  Description

  In the chancel of St. Martin's medieval church (KK020-009001-). One of two 16th-century graveslabs (see also KK020-009006-) within the chancel. Described by Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 363) as, 'a floor-slab with a raised eight-pointed cross down the centre, and the following raised letter Old English [Black Letter] inscription [in latin] around the edge: Hic jacent Ricardus [Sh]ortale quodam dns de rahirtmore qui obit [ ] die me Marche Ano Di mccccc 84, et Elicia Purcell uxor ei que obit xxiii die mesis decebcis ano do mccccclxii. Translation - Here lie Richard Shortall, lord of Rathardmore, who died the [ ] of March 1584, and his wife Ellis Purcell, who died Dec. 23rd 1562'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 9 November 2020

• KK020-009004 Graveslab
  Description

  In the nave of St. Martin's medieval church (KK020-009001-). One of two 13th/14th-century graveslabs (see also KK020-009005-) standing upright inside the S wall of the nave, immediately E of the S doorway. A tapering limestone slab (H 0.82m above ground level; Wth 0.55m at broader upper end, narrowing to 0.51m at lower end; T 0.15m) with a broad chamfer (Wth 0.07m) about its perimeter. The E face is decorated with a four-armed incised cross with central boss and fleur-de-lis terminals. The cross-shaft consists of two parallel incised lines and the cross-base is not visible as it is below ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 November 2020

• KK020-009005 Graveslab
  Description

  In the nave of St. Martin's medieval church (KK020-009001-). One of two 13th/14th-century graveslabs (see also KK020-009004-) standing upright inside the S wall of the nave, immediately E of the S doorway. A tapering limestone slab (H 1.09m above ground level; Wth 0.67m at broader upper end; T 0.15m) with a narrow chamfer (Wth 0.05m) about its perimeter. The E face is decorated with a three-armed incised cross-head with lozenge and fleur-de-lis terminals. There is a circular knop beneath the cross-head consisting of two concentric incised lines with two curving concentric lines rising from this knop on either side of the cross-shaft to meet the lower incised lines of the lozenge. The cross-shaft consists of two parallel incised lines and the cross-base is not visible as it is below ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 November 2020

• KK020-009006 Graveslab
  Description

  In the chancel of St. Martin's medieval church (KK020-009001-). One of two 16th-century graveslabs (see also KK020-009003-) within the chancel. Described by Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 363) as the table of an altar tomb, similar to KK020-009003- which was decorated with a raised eight-pointed cross. The latin inscription in 'Old English' [Black Letter] is transcribed by Carrigan (ibid.) as: Hic jacent Patricius Shortall [fil]ius et heres Rici Shortall, nuper de Rathartmore, generosi, qui obit xxiv die mensis Maii anno Di Mccccc lxxv quor aiab ppiciet de Amen. Jesu fili dei miserere aiab quor corpora in hac tumba sut sepulta. Translation - Here lie Patrick Shortall, son and heir of Richard Shortall, late of Rathardmore, gentleman, who died May 24th 1592 and Helen Den, his wife, who died March 12th 1575. On whose souls God have mercy. Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on the souls of those whose bodies are interred in this tomb'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 9 November 2020

• KK020-010 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture. There are a number of streams in the vicinity including one c. 20m to the W which flows NNE-SSW. According to the OS Letters (1839) the well, dedicated to St Martin, 'is situated in a bog about two hundred yards to the north east of the church [KK020-009001-]. Stations are performed at it on St. Martin's Day, 11th of November' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 247 (83)). The well is not visible above ground (viewed on satellite imagery 16 November 2020). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 November 2020

• KK020-032 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  On the Down Survey (1655-6) this portion of Templemartin townland is shown as being part of Rathermore townland (NLI MS720). Rathermore castle is not indicated on the barony map of Gowran or on the parish map of Blackrath and part of St Martin’s, however, the terrier accompanying the parish map describes, ‘upon Rathermore the runs of an old Castle’ (ibid.). The proprietor in 1640 is listed as Peter Shortall (ibid.). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 364), it is ‘now almost completely wiped out as if its foundations were never laid. Its site is marked on the Ordnance Map, within the townland of Lyrath, but it is there incorrectly entered as the “Site of Ratheenmore castle”'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 2 December 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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 Templemartin, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2208 (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 Templemartin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Templemartin · Teampall Mhártain

Area

1,143,252 m² (114.33 ha, 282.5 acres)

Civil parish

St. Martins, and its townlands

Barony

Gowran

Electoral division

Clara, the unit of the census

Census 2022

756 people lived in 205 households in the Clara electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cellarstown Upper, Higginstown, Kingsland, Lavistown, Lyrath, Lyrath, Rathbourn or Raheenmore, Templemartin

Placenames

Templemartin 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.