Kilpeacon

46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilpeacon, from 299 m² to 343,471 m² (34.35 ha, 84.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Kilpeacon 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.

• 28 Jul 2025Conditional

  the replacement of existing septic tank and percolation area with new wastewater treatment system and percolation bed, including all associated site works above and below ground

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2560737

• 26 Jul 2025Conditional

  the construction of a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area, modification of existing entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2560731

• 3 Jul 2024Conditional

  the modification of an existing dwelling to allow for the construction of two dormer extensions; modification of the existing ground floor and first floor, an outdoor dining area, a covered parking area, an extension to an existing garage and a garden shed together will all associated incidental ancillary and site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2460665

• 12 Oct 2021Conditional

  construction of a building containing a domestic garage, utility & store and 2no. stables and to realign the rear boundary of the site and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 211419

• 6 Mar 2020Conditional

  kitchen extension to rear of existing dwelling, change of use of car-port to bedroom and retention of boiler room, extension of front porch at ground floor level, enclosure of veranda at first floor level to incorporate study room, retention of two no. dormer windows at roof level, retention of domestic garage as constructed, and all associated site works

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 20202

• 27 Aug 2019Conditional

  a two storey extension to existing dwelling house, renovation of existing structure and associated site works and services

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 19846

• 14 Mar 2018Conditional

  raising the height of the external walls to create a storey and a half dwelling, build a similar type extension to the rear, build a detached garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 18234

• 17 Feb 2017Conditional

  (a) construction of a single storey extension, (b) minor revisions to internal layouts, (c) removal of 20th Century single storey entrance lobby extensions (d) building fabric repairs and all ancillary site works. Kilpeacon House Lodge is in the curtilage of Kilpeacon House which is a protected structure Ref No: B22(1) and Kilpeacon House Gate Lodge is on the NIAH (National Inventory of Architecutural Heritage) Schedule, Ref No: 21902215

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17140

• 17 Feb 2017Conditional

  (a) construction of a single storey sunroom to south elevation of side annex building, (b) minor revisions to internal layouts of same annex, (c) removal of 20th century single storey extensions to east elevation of side annex building, (d) building fabric repairs and all ancillary site works. Kilpeacon House is a protected structure. Ref No: B22(1) and on the NIAH (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) Schedule, Ref No: 21902213

  Permission, 2 homes · Limerick County Council, 17139

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 Kilpeacon.

Recorded monuments

• LI022-018001 Church
  Description

  Multi-period Church of Ireland church built on site of medieval church of Kilpeacon dedicated to St. Beagán, anglicised Peacon (Ó Riain 2011, 93-4). Present church described by the National Inventory Architectural Heritage as a 'Freestanding cruciform-plan Church of Ireland church, built in 1759, incorporating fabric from an earlier church with addition of transepts in 1819-20 by the Board of First Fruits. Projecting chancel and vestry to east elevation added in 1867. Monument to Sir William King inside church. Graveyard to site with upstanding grave markers. Rubble limestone boundary walls with cut limestone gate piers flanking double-leaf cast-iron gates' (www.buildingsofireland.ie; Reg. No. 21902214). Westropp (1904-5, 372) recorded the following details on Kilpeacon; ‘Parish and prebend in Pubblebrian. An undated early deed of Richard de Burgo, about the rents of Douenathmor and Kylpychan, says that the latter was waste, and held by John Lysnekylie (B.B.L., No. 1); Kilbegan, 1302. Richard Ford was rector (MSS., T.C.D., E. 3, 14); Keilbecan, dedicated to St. Becan, 1410; Kilbekayn, alias Balycinconcour, 1418. An inquisition was taken as to Kilpychan and Douenanthmor, 1279-1302 (B.B.L., 1); Dermot O'Mulrian was prebendary, 1557 (Fiant, 158); granted to Sir W. King, 1667 (Act. Sett., xix Car. II. 4). Site - The old church has been levelled; some old steps were uncovered near the present I. C. church. The nave was built by Sir W. King, c. 1690; the tower by E. Villiers, 1759; church burned by Whiteboys, 1762 (Lewis, ii., p. 198). It was united to Hakmys before 1418; and to Knocknagall, 1806. Monuments - Sir W.King, 1706, Westropps, of Attyflin, and Cripps Villiers, of Kilpeacon. St. Patrick's Well [LI022-023----] lies in Kilpeacon demesne; near it was found a golden shell; there is a defaced dolmen [LI022-030----] in the earth-fort of Badgersrath, east from the church'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 02 January 2019

• LI022-018002 Graveyard
  Description

  Multi-period Church of Ireland church built on site of medieval church (LI022-018001-) of Kilpeacon dedicated to St. Beagán, anglicised Peacon (Ó Riain 2011, 93-4). Present church described by the National Inventory Architectural Heritage as a 'Freestanding cruciform-plan Church of Ireland church, built in 1759, incorporating fabric from an earlier church with addition of transepts in 1819-20 by the Board of First Fruits. Projecting chancel and vestry to east elevation added in 1867. Monument to Sir William King inside church. Graveyard to site with upstanding grave markers. Rubble limestone boundary walls with cut limestone gate piers flanking double-leaf cast-iron gates' (www.buildingsofireland.ie; Reg. No. 21902214). Church stands in centre of square-shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 41m N-S x 38m E-W) enclosed by post-1700 stone wall accessed from entrance gate in N wall. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 02 January 2019

• LI022-019 Enclosure
  Description

  Site of fort described in 1942-3 as following; 'All traces of this are now gone. It is not possible to say what it looked like (O'Kelly 1942-3, 244). Partial cropmark visible on OSi aerial photographs, no cropmark visible today on Digital Globe aerial coverage. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 9 March 2020

• LI022-021 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  Description

  In pasture on slight E-facing slope with moderate views in all directions, on the demesne lands of Kilpeacon House located 365m to NW. Cashel (LI022-022----) lies 80m to S. No surface remains visible. Not depicted as an antiquity on any ed. OS 6-inch map. Depicted as a circular-shaped tree plantation (approx. diam. 31m) on the 1897 OS 25-inch map. Faint trace of cropmark of levelled tree-ring visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 2017 and 2020. Probably the remains of a tree-ring that was planted in the post-1700 period as part of the landscaping of the demesne lands of Kilpeacon House. Alternatively could have been the remains of a ringfort reused as a tree-ring in the post-1700 period. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 27 July 2020

• LI022-022 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Stone fort described in 1942-3 as following; 'This is a circular open space enclosed by a stone bank. It is now very collapsed and no facing stones are visible. It remains to a height of about 1' [0.3m]. The entrance is not recognisable. A chord of the structure has been cut off by a modern fence. Overall diameter is 120' [40m]' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 244). Not visible today on Digital Globe aerial coverage. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 9 March 2020

• LI022-023 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  St Patrick's Well described by Ó Danachair (1955, 216) as following; 'The spring still flows in an open field, but is defaced by cattle trampling. Still known as a holy well, but devotions have ceased. "Frequented as a holy well in the present time'. The following folklore was recorded from Crecora National School about Tobar Pádraig; 'In the townland of Kilpeacon and the lands of Mr Mangan lies a blessed well. The well is marked by two ash trees on which beads and medals used to be hung. In olden times crowds of people paid annual visits to this well and bathed in its waters. The water is said to be a special cure for sore eyes, should the eyes be rubbed with it. The water is not used for household purposes. The well is not visited now, but bits of beads and medals may still be seen hanging on the trees beside the wells' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0525, Page 146; accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922105/4852515/5010123). See attached photos taken in 1954 by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.21.00392 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/24523 and F025.21.00391 accessible online at www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/17061. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 2 October 2020

• LI022-024 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Fort described in 1942-3 as following; 'This structure has been levelled flat and it is not now possible to say what it looked like. There is no trace of a fosse. The overall diameter seems to have been about 150' [46m]' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 244). Not visible today on Digital Globe aerial coverage. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 9 March 2020

• LI022-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Ringfort described in 1942-3 as following; 'This consists of a circular platform on the edge of which there is a bank of stone, earth, and gravel. Outside this there was a fosse. There was an outer bank surrounding the whole. This was mainly of stone and remains for about two thirds of the circumference. The entrance is not recognisable. The fort is densely overgrown. The overall diameter is 165' [50m]' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 244). Cropmark of levelled ringfort visible today on Digital Globe aerial coverage. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 9 March 2020

• LI022-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Ringfort described in 1942-3 as following; 'This consists of a circular platform on the edge of which there is a bank of earth, stones and gravel. Surrounding this there was a fosse. The entrance is not recognisable. The fort is densely overgrown with bushes. The overall diameter is 215' [65m]' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 244). Tree-covered monument visible today on Digital Globe aerial coverage. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 9 March 2020

• LI022-028 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture on slight E-facing slope, 85m N of townland boundary with Newtown, on the demesne lands of Kilpeacon House located 430m to NW. Enclosure (LI022-21----) lies 85m to NW. Present remains consist of slightly raised ovoid-shaped area (dims. 27m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by a bank (int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.5m; Wth 4.3m), interior level clear of overgrowth. Bank incorporated into field boundary from NE through to SSW, with disturbance at SSW. Depicted on the 1840 OS 6-inch map as a large circular shaped area enclosed by a scarp. Shown as a roughly oval-shaped quarry on 1897 OS 25-inch map. Likely that monument was partially quarried into between the map dates. Tree-covered area visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by ASI and Google earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 28 July 2020

• LI022-155 Enclosure
  Description

  In low-lying undulating pasture on slight W-facing slope 22m N of townland boundary with Newtown and 190m E of townland boundary with Skehanagh. Not depicted on the 1840 OSi 6-inch map or the 1897 OSi 25-inch map. Identified from an examination of 1:10,000 Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photographs during work on the Curraleigh–Limerick gas pipeline in 1986 (BGE AP No. 30, Site No. 022201). Visited by the ASI in 2000 and described as located atop a dry rise in an otherwise wet pasture, no surface remains visible. Faint outline of a possible enclosure visible on OSi orthophoto taken 2005-12. Not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 2020. See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photograph showing outline of enclosure Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 14 August 2020

• LI022-252 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on Kilpeacon Demesne, 130m NW of Kilpeacon House. Kilpeacon church and graveyard (LI022-018001-/002-) 230m to NE. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped tree-planted earthwork (diam. 35m). Not depicted as an antiquity on subsequent OSi maps. Levelled monument visible as a faint roughly circular-shaped cropmark on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. No surface remains visible of levelled monument on Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/02/2020. Possible levelled ringfort reused as a landscape feature on the demesne lands of Kilpeacon House. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 28 August 2020

Architectural heritage

• Kilpeacon House, country house, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey country house, built c.1810, having single-bay breakfront and single-storey balustraded entrance bow to front (east) elevation and single-storey extension to south elevation. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystack, cast-iron rainwater goods and overhanging eaves with timber brackets. Roughly dressed limestone walls with cut limestone walls having cut limestone stringcourse to first floor and cut limestone plinth. Square-headed opening with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with carved limestone surrounds to first floor. Segmental-headed shallow recesses to ground floor with red brick surrounds and inset Wyatt windows with carved limestone acanthus brackets and paterae above and limestone sills. Bow entrance comprising carved limestone Ionic columns supporting carved entablature with balustrade above. Double-leaf timber glazed door flanked by four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows with limestone sills. Ranges of outbuildings to south arranged around courtyard, comprising two-storey multiple-bay ranges with pedimented integral carriage arch to west range. Pitched slate roofs and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebble dashed walls with render plinth. Square-headed openings having louvered timber fittings to first floor and limestone sills. Square-headed openings to ground floor with timber casement windows and limestone sills. Square-headed and segmental-headed openings with timber battened doors. Pedimented segmental-headed integral carriage arch to west elevation comprising cut limestone pediment with central red brick oculus supported on cut limestone pilasters with stringcourse with springing red brick arches with cut limestone keystone.

• Saint Beacon's Church (Kilpeacon), church/chapel, 1750–1770 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cruciform-plan Church of Ireland church, built in 1759, incorporating fabric from an earlier church with addition of transepts in 1819-20 by the Board of First Fruits. Projecting chancel and vestry to east elevation added in 1867. Three-bay nave elevations, stepped square-plan three-stage entrance tower to west elevation. Pitched slate roof having limestone coping terminating in cut limestone scrolls, cut limestone finial to chancel, red brick eaves course and cast-iron rain water goods. Stepped crenellations to tower with corner capped pinnacles. Dressed limestone walls with dressed quoins exposed to all elevations, south elevation rendered. Moulded limestone stringcourses between stages and carved limestone date plaque bearing Latin inscription to tower. Pointed arch openings with quarry glazed stained glass windows to nave, cut limestone Y-tracery windows to transepts, intersecting cut limestone tracery window to chancel, all windows having cut limestone block-and-start surrounds. Round-headed opening to first floor of tower having cut limestone surround and timber battened fittings. Square-headed openings to third stage of tower with cut limestone surrounds and timber louvered fittings. Round-headed opening with double-leaf timber panelled door and dressed limestone voussoirs. Pointed arch opening with quarry glazed stained glass window set in blocked round-headed door opening having a cut limestone surround with prominent keystone and stops, to ground floor of tower. Pointed arch opening with cut and chamfered limestone surround with timber battened door to vestry, approached by cut limestone steps. Monument to Sir William King inside church. Graveyard to site with upstanding grave markers. Rubble limestone boundary walls with cut limestone gate piers flanking double-leaf cast-iron gates.

• Kilpeacon House, gate lodge, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c. 1810, having breakfront and flat-roofed extension to rear (east). Now in use as a house. Hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and overhanging eaves with timber eaves brackets. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with render plinth course. Square-headed openings with moulded render surrounds having fixed windows and limestone sills. Square-headed opening with timber battened door below flanked by timber and glazed sidelights and with glazed overlight above. Pedestrian wrought-iron gate to front of site. Square profile limestone piers with carved caps to north of site. Rendered side walls with limestone plinth terminating in square profile limestone piers with carved caps, flanking double-leaf cast-iron gates.

• House, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1930, with porch to front (south) and extension to rear (north) elevation. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and overhanging eaves. Rendered walls to first floor with lined-and-ruled rendered walls to ground floor. Platband dividing stories. Square-headed openings with shouldered render surrounds. One-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor and Wyatt windows to ground floor, all having painted sills. Square-headed opening with replacement timber door flanked by sidelights set within shallow render porch. Recent square profile render piers to site.

• Saint Beacon's Church (Kilpeacon), mausoleum, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding mausoleum, c.1880, on a rectangular plan. Pinnacle topped limestone flagged "slated" roof. Tooled coursed or snecked limestone walls with clasping buttresses to corners. Four centre-headed door opening with hood moulding. Set in grounds of Saint Beacon's Church (Kilpeacon).

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 5 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 Kilpeacon.

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.

No address of the register names Kilpeacon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Kilpeacon · Cill Pheacáin

Area

1,840,237 m² (184.02 ha, 454.73 acres)

Civil parish

Kilpeacon, and its townlands

Barony

Smallcounty

Electoral division

Kilpeacon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilpeacon electoral division: 561 people in 192 households; 94% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyshane, Bawnacouma, Fanningstown, Friarstown North, Greenhills, Newtown, Skehanagh

Placenames

Kilpeacon 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.