Killerk North

44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killerk North, from 187 m² to 243,234 m² (24.32 ha, 60.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 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 Killerk North 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.

• 24 Jun 2025Conditional

  the extension to existing dwelling, alterations to existing elevations, new on-site sewerage treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560597

• 13 Jun 2025N/a

  extension to existing dwelling, alterations to existing elevations, new on-site sewerage treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560548

• 6 Mar 2025Conditional

  1. the changes to as constructed garage including its location on site, all from that granted permission under planning reference number 01/144; 2. the as constructed stable block and timber shed with dog run. All with any associated siteworks. PERMISSION to provide a drainage cut off drain with onsite soak pit at the existing entrance

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2560177

• 1 Mar 2022Conditional

  construction of a storey-and-a-half dwelling with driveway, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2260094

• 6 Aug 2020Conditional

  new loose livestock shed and soiled water tank and all associated works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 20877

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 Killerk North.

Recorded monuments

• TS070-066 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a S-facing slope with good views E-S-W. Oval area (dims. 34m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by earthen scarp (Wth 2.0m; H 1.4m) which appears higher (H 1.8m) on the upslope W-N-E. Possible entrance (Wth 4m) at E. Intervening fosse (basal Wth 3.5m; overall Wth 9.6m; D 0.4m) appears deeper to N and is waterlogged to S. External bank (Wth 10.2m; int. H 2.3m; ext. H 2.5m) is breached (Wth 3m) at NW. Drain cut on exterior of outer bank SW-W-NW. Monument and drain enclosed by horse fencing. Interior tends downslope to S with prevalent slope and is under thick ungrazed pasture (tussocks) with thorn trees around edges. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS070-067 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture on a SSE-facing slope. Circular area (dims. 22m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by earthen scarp (Wth 3.9m; H 1.35m) SSE-W-N and bank (Wth 6.75m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 1.4m) N-E-SSE. Breach (7.5m NE-SW; 6m NW-SE) at ESE and breach (Wth 3.5m) at SW. External fosse (Wth 6.65m; D 0.4m) is truncated at outer edge WSW-W-WNW. Remains of outer bank (Wth 4.25m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.2m) E-S-WSW also truncated by field boundary. Breach (Wth 3m) in outer bank at E. Interior slopes gently down to S and is covered in briars in places. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS070-071001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  The Civil Survey (1654-6) describes castles which are 'altogether downe onely the Walls [standing], Killerck castle [is] in like condition' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 158) and records that 'Nicholas Everard of Fethard Esqr' was proprietor in 1640, when again the castle is described as 'an old broken castle' (ibid, 197). In pasture, on a gentle SW-facing slope. No visible surface trace. Depicted as site of Killerk Castle on the 1903-04 edition OS six-inch map, within W-side of enclosure (TS070-071002-). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS070-071002 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on a gentle SW-facing slope. Slight visible surface trace of D-shaped area (dims. 60m NE-SW; 32m NW-SE) defined by remains of fosse (Wth c. 10m; D 0.25m) SW-W-NE. Straight side at ESE defined by field boundary. Short portion of levelled bank is traceable SW-WSW as depicted on the 1903-04 edition OS six-inch map. Linear earthwork (long-axis N-S) to SSW indicated on same. Site of Killerk Castle (TS070-071001-) within. Aerial photographs (GSI S.654/3 and S.638/9) have identified a curvilinear crop mark N-NE and E-S-SW which indicates a continuation of the enclosure in the field adjacent to E. This is respected by a curvilinear field boundary N-E-ESE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS070-071003 Earthwork
  Description

  In pasture, on a gentle SW-facing slope. Associated with enclosure (TS070-071002-) and castle (TS070-071001-). No visible surface trace except linear feature (map dims. L 40m N-S) depicted on the 1903-04 edition OS 6-inch map to SW of enclosure (TS070-071002-). No visible surface trace of irregular anomaly identified on aerial photographs (GSI S.654/3 and S.638/9) to NW of enclosure. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS070-089 Moated site
  Description

  In tillage, near upper edge of E-facing slope. Roughly rectangular area (dims. 22m N-S; 30m E-W) with rounded corners is defined by earthen scarp (Wth 3.75m; H 1.25m). Gentle bank (Wth 6.8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.5m) defines W-side and W-end of N-side. Breach (Wth 3m) at WSW. External fosse (Wth 6.55m; D 0.55m) is truncated by ploughing and incorporated into rest of field ESE-S-SW. Earthen and hedgerow field boundaries enclose monument to N and E and row of trees on outer edge of surviving fosse SW-W-NW. Pile of organic waste on exterior at ESE. Monument described as levelled by Cahill (1982). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS070-091 Enclosure
  Description

  In level pasture. Remains of sub-circular area (dims. 27m NW-SE; 30m E-W) defined by slight trace of in-filled fosse (min. Wth 2m; D 0.2m) wider (max. Wth 6m) to N. Linear depression (long-axis E-W) truncates exterior at S. Slight depression within interior. Enclosure (TS070-092----) located 150m to SSE. Cahill (1982) describes this monument as levelled. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS070-092 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on a gentle W-facing slope. Remains of roughly circular area (map diam. 15m) defined by slight traces of levelled bank reduced to scarp (Wth 3m; 1.35) well preserved ENE-E-S. Fosse (Wth 6.3m; D 1.1m) NE-E-SW and trace of in-filled fosse SW-W-N-NE. Intervening bank (Wth 6.2m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 2.55m) incorporated into earth and stone field boundary ENE-E-S, which serves as townland division between Killerk North and Jossestown. Four separate depressions along SE exterior are disused quarries. Interior generally level, heavily overgrown and largely inaccessible due to recent dumping of fir trees. Cahill (1982) describes this monument as levelled. Enclosure (TS070-091----) located 150m to NNW and ringfort (TS070-094----) located 150m to SE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Killerk North, 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Killerk North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.

Name

Killerk North · Cill Eirc Thuaidh

Area

1,893,158 m² (189.32 ha, 467.81 acres)

Civil parish

Donaghmore, and its townlands

Barony

Middlethird

Electoral division

Colman, the unit of the census

Census 2022

457 people lived in 156 households in the Colman electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinlough, Colman (Cramptmore), Commons, Jossestown, Rathdrum, Redcity

Placenames

Killerk North 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.