Killananima
Killananima is a townland in the civil parish of Killanummery, barony of Drumahaire, Co. Leitrim. Its name in Irish is Coill an Anama.
Parcel 5389525
- Area
- 4,317 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 2,927 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Killananima
Planning applications on this parcel
12 Nov 2025Conditional
(1) extension to the rear to provide 35 no. en-suite bedrooms and ancillary accommodation, (2) for a storage area in the roof space of part of the building (3) for a storage and workshop building and a refuse storage building (4) for retention of a storage container and a staff amenity shelter (5) for all associated site development works
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2560280
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Gill SAC 001976
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- The EPA radon map did not answer.
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 35.4 ha
- 87 acres
- Land parcels
- 39
- registered freehold, median 1,721 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killananima, from 72 m² to 149,900 m² (14.99 ha, 37.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Killananima 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
12 Nov 2025Conditional
(1) extension to the rear to provide 35 no. en-suite bedrooms and ancillary accommodation, (2) for a storage area in the roof space of part of the building (3) for a storage and workshop building and a refuse storage building (4) for retention of a storage container and a staff amenity shelter (5) for all associated site development works
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2560280
4 Jun 2024Conditional
(1). To convert an existing outbuilding (which is not a listed building) into 2 no. 1 bedroom short term tourism accommodation units. The building is contained within the curtilage of the listed building ref 30914002. (2). To connect to all public services and all ancillary works.
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2460107
29 Nov 2023Conditional
construct a single story type domestic dwelling with living accommodation in roof space.2. To construct a domestic garage.3. To construct a new site entrance.4. To construct a new waste water treatment system to current EPA code of practice, and all ancillary works. Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the planning application.
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2360153
22 Feb 2023N/a
(a) construct 4 no. two bedroom short stay tourism pods/houses, (b) construct 7 no. one bedroom short stay tourism pods/houses, (c) connect to all public services, (d) construct a new site entrance, (e) construct a carpark area, (f) construct a reception/management building, (g) construct walkways and 2 no. footbridge and all ancillary works. Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the planning application
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2326
30 Aug 2022N/a
1. construct 4 no. two bedroom short stay tourism pods/houses. 2. To construct 7 no. one bedroom short stay tourism pods/houses. 3. To connect to all public services 4. To construct a new site entrance. 5. To construct a carpark area. 6. To construct a reception/management building. 7. To construct walkways and 2 no. footbridge and all ancillary works
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 22179
20 Oct 2021Conditional
upgrade the existing Waste Water Treatment System to current EPA Code Of Practice and all ancillary works
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 21219
23 Jul 2018Conditional
1) To reposition the proposed extension to the east (Phase 2) at a distance of 3.75m further eastwards, (2) To revise the layout of the building to provide 37 no. beds in 25 no. single rooms and 6 no. twin rooms together with ancillary areas, use of part of the attic as storage, with an increase in floor area of 535 m2 at ground floor level and 234 m2 at first floor level and with consequent changes to elevations, in lieu of 2 no. 10 bed units in the development approved under Planning Ref. 13/184, and(3) to provide additional car parking and all associated site development works in lieu of PERMISSION to (1) to reposition the proposed extension to the East (Phase 2) at a distance of 3.75m further eastwards, (2) to revise the layout of the building to provide 31 no. beds in 19 no. single rooms and 6 no. twin rooms together with ancillary areas, with an increase in floor area of 175m2 and with consequent changes to elevations, in lieu of 2 no. 10 bed units in the development approved under Planning Rf. 13/184 and (3) to provide additional car parking and all associated site development works
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 18149
20 Jun 2018Conditional
for retention and completion of (1) enlarged Laundry/Boiler building with additional Store, (2) for 3 no. additional Velux roof windows to rear and (3) for relocation of rooflight over Sitting Area as modifications to the development approved under Planning Ref. P.13/184
Retention · Leitrim County Council, 18117
28 Feb 2017Conditional
for change of use of house, a Protected Structure, to provide 4 no. en-suite bedrooms for use as guest accommodation
Permission · Leitrim County Council, 1730
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Gill SAC 001976
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Gill 001976
Recorded monuments
- LE015-070 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a slight rise on the left bank of the Bonet River with a NE-SW section of the stream c. 30m tot he NW. This is a grass and rush-covered oval area (dims 47m ENE-WSW; 42m NNW-SSE) defined by a scarp (H 0.7m at E; 1.1m at W and 1.4m at N) with some bushes and an outer band of rushes (Wth 2-3m). There is an entrance ramp (Wth 2.8m) at NE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Architectural heritage
- Dromahair Railway Station, locomotive shed, 1875–1885 · Regional interest
Description
Three-bay single-storey former goods shed, built c.1880 as part of the Sligo, Leitrim, and Northern Counties Railway. Pitched slate roof, decorative timber bargeboards with projecting slate canopies over entrances. Cast-iron rain water goods. Random coursed limestone walling with raised rock-faced quoins. Segmental-headed arches to east and west walls with sandstone block-and-start surrounds. Square-headed window openings with stone lintels and block-and-start surrounds and stone sills. Station platform and coursed random stone water tower with rock-faced quoins, cast-iron rain water goods and segmental-headed windows to west.
- Dromahair Railway Station, outbuilding, 1875–1885 · Regional interest
Description
Six-bay two-storey outbuilding, built c.1880 as part of the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway. Pitched slate roof with cut stone chimneystacks and slate canopies over entrances with decorative bargeboards. Roughly dressed random coursed limestone walls. Segmental and square-headed openings, windows having stone sills and guard rails.
- Dromahair Railway Station, outbuilding, 1875–1885 · Regional interest
Description
Detached six-bay three-storey former railway warehouse, built c.1880 as part of the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway. Four-bay single-storey extension abutting west gable. Pitched slate roof. Roughly dressed random coused limestone walls with tooled quoins. Square-headed and segmental-headed brick arched openings. Window openings with large stone lintels and sills. Replacement timber casement windows with block-and-start brick surrounds. Roughly dressed random coursed outbuilding to south with brick dressings and corrugated-iron roof.
- Dromahair Railway Station, station master's house, 1905–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey former railway building, built in 1909 as part of the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, with gabled breakfront to centre and lean-to extension to rear. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge cresting and finial. Brick chimneystacks with terracotta pots. Snecked rock-faced limestone with red brick string course, dressings and quoins. Date plaque in breakfront. Flat-headed single and paired timber sash windows with stone sills. Timber door with overlight and triangular-headed window in breakfront. Detached four-bay single-storey outbuilding to rear with corrugated-iron pitched roof and over-sailing eaves and random coursed limestone walls with brick dressings.
- Dromahair Railway Station, worker's house, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey former railway worker's house, built c.1880 as part of the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, with lean-to extension to east. Now in use as a private dwelling. Pitched tiled roof with oversailing eaves and ruled-and-lined render to chimneystacks. Rock-faced limestone and rendered walls with stone and stucco dressings. Timber sash and replacement window. Original door opening has been moved.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Killananima, about 1 in 20 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 Killananima.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Killananima with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.
The townland
- Name
- Killananima · Coill an Anama
- Area
- 353,884 m² (35.39 ha, 87.45 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killanummery, and its townlands
- Barony
- Drumahaire
- Electoral division
- Drumahaire, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,714 people lived in 639 households in the Drumahaire electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 52% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardakip Beg, Ardakip More, Cleen, Drumlease, Tully
- Placenames
- Killananima 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.