Kilnacrott

77 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilnacrott, from 33 m² to 124,767 m² (12.48 ha, 30.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Kilnacrott 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.

• 20 Dec 2024Conditional

  for revisions to a previously granted education / retreat centre (Pl. Ref. 23/60014) as follows: 1) revisions to the administration building including a 142 SqM increase in floor area (now 1,400 SqM), to accommodate additional ancillary plant areas on the ground floor, a new first floor plant level, increased roof heights, revised roof overhangs and all associated internal and elevational changes, 2) an ESB substation / switch room building (32 SqM) and all associated external works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2460649

• 15 Aug 2024Refused

  for 1 no fully serviced, bungalow style dwelling, new sewage treatment system & percolation area, private well, new entrance walls and piers and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460381

• 2 May 2023Conditional

  for development consisting of: A ten year permission for 1) the demolition of the Kilnacrott Abbey buildings and for the construction of an education / retreat centre comprising, 2) a caretakers lodge (residency) of 124 SqM, 3) 4 No. 3 bedroom dwelling units of 120 SqM each, 4) 4 No. multi-occupancy (8 bedroom) dormitories of 367 SqM each, 5) an administration building of 1,258 SqM with dining areas, offices, studios, crèche, ancillary toilet and stores, 6) a conference and education centre of 1,163 SqM, 7) an oratory of 180 SqM, 8) a maintenance building of 144 SqM and 9) an effluent treatment system to replace the old septic tank system, ancillary parking, sports facilities (astro pitches) and associated external works. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2360014

• 11 Apr 2023N/a

  for a ten year permission for 1) the demolition of the Kilnacrott Abbey buildings and for the reconstruction of an education/retreat centre comprising, 2) a caretakers lodge (residency) of 124SqM, 3) 4 No. 3 bedroom dwelling units of 120 SqM each, 4) 4 No. multi-occupancy (8 bedroom) dormitories of 367 SqM each, 5) an administration building of 1,258 SqM with dining area, offices, studios, creche, ancillary toilet and stores, 6) a conference and education centre of 1,163 SqM, 7) an oratory of 180 SqM, 8) a maintenance building of 144 SqM and 9) an effluent treatment system to replace old septic tank system, ancillary parking, sports facilities (astro pitches) and associated external works. The application is accompanies by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 23163

• 23 Dec 2022Conditional

  to extend to the rear of the existing fully serviced dormer style dwelling house - to extend the existing ground floor kitchen & utility area and on first floor extend the master bedroom with a new en suite, dressing area & balcony to the rear elevation. Extension over the kitchen area is part two storey in style with adjoining first floor balcony. The utility area is single storey in style with roof design connecting to new canopy across the rear of the remaining existing house. Allow alterations to fenestration to some some of the elevations & roof and demolition of internal walls to allow new design. Existing waste water treatment unit and percolation area in place and maintain water connection and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22534

• 10 Aug 2022Conditional

  (1) To retain existing two storied dwelling constructed to date under planning reference 11/179 and change of use of integrated garage to living accommodation (2) To complete the construction of a two storied dwelling house previously granted under planning ref. 00/1609 and such building works as was completed and retained under planning ref: 11/179 (3) To install a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation (4) To complete all ancillary site works including entrance and boundary treatment works (5) To construct a detached domestic garage.

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 22324

• 19 Feb 2021Conditional

  to A) Retain 2 No. Pig Houses (ref. 22b and 23) completed in lieu of pig house extension approved under planning ref:13/154, B) Demolish/decommission 7 No. existing pig houses (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9) and C) construct 2 No. replacement pig houses (Ref. 21 and 22), and 2 No. general purpose stores, together with all ancillary structures and all associated site works arising from the above development. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2185

• 20 Mar 2020Conditional

  to relocate 2 No. pig houses (previously approved under planning ref: 18/409), together with all ancillary structures and all associated site works arising from the above proposed development. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 20102

• 12 Oct 2018Conditional

  to demolish 1 no. existing pig house, and, to construct 2 no. pig houses, together with all ancillary structures (to include solar panels on 3 no. existing houses) and all associated site works arising from the above proposed development. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (E.I.A.R) and Natura Impact Statement (N.I.S) relating to this proposed development will be submitted with this planning application. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a licence under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licencing) Regulations 1994 to 2013

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 18409

• 6 Jul 2018Conditional

  of domestic garage constructed to rear of existing dwelling and all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18283

• 24 Oct 2017Conditional

  to construct new entrance walls, piers and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 17458

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 Kilnacrott.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Kilnacrott.

Architectural heritage

• Kilnacrott Bridge, bridge, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Triple-span semicircular-arched limestone road bridge, built c.1780, over tributary of Lough Sheelin. Uncoursed random rubble spandrels, battered parapets with Scotch copings. Irregular square-cut voussoirs to arch ring. Random rubble barrels, piers, and abutments on recent concrete footings with rubble stone V-cutwaters to upstream elevation. Random rubble wing walls to north-west and south-east.

• Kilnacrott House(The Cavan Centre), country house, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached Tudor Revival U-plan four-bay two-storey house, built c.1845, having advanced gabled end bays, cut-stone porte-cochere to entrance in southern bay, end bays extend back as returns with lower six-bay wing to north-east. Now in use as education centre. Pitched slate roof with roll-top clay ridge tiles, cut-stone corbel course to verges, eaves broken by first floor windows. Slender elongated and castellated finials to gables at apex and on kneelers, oversailing detail to side gables with coved limestone verges. Ashlar limestone chimneystacks to ridges having triple octagonal-profile shafts on common plinth, cast-iron and uPVC rainwater goods. Ruled-and-lined rendered walls, roughcast rendered to rear, on raised plinth with tooled limestone sill course to first floor. Three-bay ashlar limestone port-cochere with castellated octagonal-profile clasping corner piers, carved parapet with sandstone crest, and Tudor-arch openings. Timber and uPVC casement windows, canted oriel window to first floor gable with panelled apron and parapet. Stained glass windows flanking doorcase and to mullioned stair window in rear gable with pointed lights, all having tooled limestone surrounds, hood mouldings, and sills. Tooled limestone doorcase with Doric pilasters and studded timber panelled double doors with corresponding Tudor arch panels over. Recent timber boarded doors to wings with dressed limestone surrounds, lintels, and keystones. Interior having heavily moulded cantilever stair, Tudor arch openings, and extensive vaulted plasterwork. Screen wall extends to north having Tudor-style gabled archway to side yard. Pitched slate outbuildings with recent additions forming two courtyards to north, with gabled breakfronts having cruciform finial, altered glazed coach house arches, half-dormer windows with timber bargeboards, and red brick and limestone surrounds. Courtyard complex entered through double-height Tudor archway of ashlar limestone, with voussoirs, pediment and hexagonal-profile finial. Heavily altered gate lodge to east with recent stone gate piers.

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

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.

• Kilnacrott, Ballyjamesduff11 sales

Name

Kilnacrott · Coill na Cruite

Area

1,855,496 m² (185.55 ha, 458.5 acres)

Civil parish

Crosserlough, and its townlands

Barony

Castlerahan

Electoral division

Kilnaleck, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilnaleck electoral division: 1,216 people in 442 households; 69% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cornamucklagh, Drumroragh, Finaway, Gallonreagh, Kilbride, Kildorragh Glebe, Lismacanigan Upper

Placenames

Kilnacrott 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.