Knockbeg East

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockbeg East, from 18 m² to 237,535 m² (23.75 ha, 58.7 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 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.

• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2eRES – existing and infill residential use (Existing residential)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 18 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1OS – open space (Open space, park)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 28 Jan 2026Conditional

  the following boundary treatments: 01. Eastern site boundary to change from previously approved masonry retaining wall with close boarded timber fence above, to a reinforced retaining concrete wall only with timber fence removed, 02. Rear garden boundary to plots 22, 23, 24 to incorporate a concrete retaining wall below the previously approved concrete post and timber panel fence

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2660024

• 10 Apr 2025Conditional

  1. Lower the finished floor levels of units 10, 11, 12, 15, 16 and 17 by between 510mm and 830mm from the levels granted in previous planning application 21/211. 2. Raise the finished floor level of unit 51 by 320mm from the levels granted in previous planning application 21/211. 3. Relocation of units 6, 47, 48, 51, 52 and 53 by between 800mm and 1900mm from the positions granted in previous planning application 21/211

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2560134

• 29 May 2024Conditional

  Alteration to House Types A and A(H) as granted in previous planning application 21/211. Change integral garage to a den and replace garage door on front elevation with a window. This alteration will apply to all house types A and A(H) on the site (15no. total)

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460193

• 12 Oct 2023Conditional

  Planning permission to construct dwelling house, install effluent treatment system with percolation area and to carry out all associated ancillary site works at Knockbeg East, Collooney, Co. Sligo.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2360274

• 3 Jun 2021Conditional

  development consisting of the completion of an unfinished housing estate (previously granted under PL041502) including the construction of 59 no. new two-storey dwelling houses (18 no. 2-bedroom semi-detached houses, 4 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached houses, 11 no 3-bedroom detached houses, 15 no. 3 bedroom detached houses with integral internal garages, 11 no. 4-bedroom detached houses) together with connection to the existing sewer system, works to the site boundaries, completion of all associated site development works including lighting, hard and soft landscaping

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21211

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Knockmullin Fen 001904

Recorded monuments

• SL026-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a ridge, in undulating pasture. A raised circular area (int. diam. 24m) mostly defined by a scarp (H 1.2m) but with traces of an earthen bank (Wth 1m; int. H 0.3m) in places. A ramp on the E arc may mark the position of the entrance. 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

• SL026-052 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on top of a ridge. A circular area (int. diam. 26.5m) enclosed by an earthen bank and an external fosse. The bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.7m) is evident all round. The fosse (max. Wth 5m; D 0.8m) is planted with trees; its width is increased along the N arc due to quarrying. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at SE with a causeway (Wth 7m) across the fosse. The interior slopes down to N. 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

• SL026-059 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on the highest point of a ridge. A circular area (int. diam. 23.5m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.6m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 2.1m) and an external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.4m). The entrance (Wth 1.4m) is at E with a causeway across the fosse. The interior is wet and overgrown with bushes. A field boundary indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map abutting the rath at N has been levelled for c. 4m at its S end. 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

• SL026-060 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating rough pasture, on a flat-topped ridge. A circular area (int. diam. 34m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.2m) and an external waterlogged fosse (Wth 5.5m; D 0.6m). The entrance (Wth 1.8m) is at E with a causeway across the fosse and there is also a gap at W. The interior is clear of overgrowth. The perimeter of the rath is densely overgrown with bushes and trees. 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

• SL026-061 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on top of a ridge. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular embanked area (diam. c. 30m). It is now evident as an irregular area (int. dims. 20m N-S; 13.7m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1.4m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.7m) and an external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.5m). The entrance (Wth 2m) is at SE with a causeway across the fosse. Concentric to and c. 13m outside the fosse along the E edge of the rath, is an earthen bank (Wth 1.4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.9m), possibly the remains of an outer enclosing element. 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 Knockbeg East.

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 Knockbeg East, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1071 (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 Knockbeg East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Knockbeg East · An Cnoc Beag Thoir

Area

1,139,180 m² (113.92 ha, 281.5 acres)

Civil parish

Ballysadare, 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

Collooney, Knockbeg West, Knockmullin, Mullaghnabreena, Toberbride

Placenames

Knockbeg East 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.