Knocknaganny
Knocknaganny is a townland in the civil parish of St. John's, barony of Carbury, Co. Sligo. Its name in Irish is Cnoc na gCeannaithe.
Parcel 5688697
- Area
- 91 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 78 m².
- Zoning
- M2 TC1 – town centre uses, type 1 (Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030) The objective
- Townland
- Knocknaganny
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 40 recorded monuments.
- SL014-065 Historic town
Description
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- SL014-065003 Hospital
Description
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- SL014-065006 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
Description
The following details have been extracted from the introductory essay in Gallagher and Legg (2012) to which the reader is referred for further information: ‘There is no evidence of substantial habitation [at Sligo], however, until the 1240s when the AngloNorman baron Maurice Fitzgerald, a member of the Kildare Geraldines, constructed a castle in order to control the roads, the bridge and access from the sea. Fitzgerald had been granted large tracts of land in upper Connacht after 1235 and his prime focus was to secure the crossing over the Garvoge and to encourage economic development on his manor of Sligo. It is possible that he replaced the existing wooden bridge with a stone one. Sligo Castle immediately overlooked and secured the bridge, and the two were intimately connected. Fitzgerald used it as a base from which to attack the territory of the O’Donnells to the north in Tír Conaill.’ ‘The repeated destruction and reconstruction of Sligo Castle is symptomatic of the fact that its possession was contested between various Gaelic and Anglo-Norman families. Following a period of dispute between two AngloNorman families, the castle was handed over to Richard de Burgo; he also obtained the manor of Sligo in 1299 as part of a settlement with the Fitzgeralds, who then left Sligo for good. The castle was substantially rebuilt by de Burgo, then lord of Connacht, and may have incorporated remnants of the earlier one built by Maurice Fitzgerald. The location of successive castles at Sligo was a small rise overlooking the harbour, bridge and town in what is now Quay Street, on the site of the nineteenth-century Town Hall.’ ‘By the end of the fourteenth century the O’Connors emerged as keepers of Sligo Castle.’ ‘When Sligo was visited by Sir Henry Sidney, lord deputy of Ireland, in 1566 he noted that the castle was ‘fair and the greatest of any that we have seen in an Irishman’s possession’.’ ‘By 1584 Sir Richard Bingham, in his capacity of chief commissioner of Connacht and Thomond, had reduced the power of the O’Connors Sligo and had fortified the castle with crown forces. A map from 1587 clearly shows a castle with four towers defending the river at Sligo. The importance of the crown’s possession of the castle was re-emphasised in 1588 when the Spanish Armada was blown north from the English Channel and came down the north-west coast of Ireland. William Taaffe was made sheriff of Co. Sligo and took charge of the castle that same year. Bingham reported to the lord deputy that, before leaving, O’Donnell had ‘much broken’ Sligo Castle and the priory. At the end of the year, it was decided that the castle should be restored by the former rebels, ‘nine principal gentlemen of Galway and Roscommon’, and in 1589 it was remitted to Donough O’Connor. Sligo was considered the key to Connacht and, by placing a strong garrison there, it was believed that the crown might pacify Connacht and prevent O’Donnell from returning to the province. A contemporary map of the Sligo area from 1589 shows a roughly sketched castellated structure with two towers, which may be an illustration of the old castle. In June 1595 a cousin of Bingham’s was murdered in the castle and a rebel, Ulick Burke, the first earl of Clanricard, handed it over to O’Donnell. Following Bingham’s attempt to retake the castle, O’Donnell demolished it ‘so that he did not leave a stone of it on a stone, for fear the English might take it without his knowledge’. In 1596, however, Donough O’Connor was given custody of the castle and he endeavoured to rebuild it, although he had meagre resources. Three years later John Baxter issued a declaration concerning the rebuilding of Sligo Castle. In all likelihood the castle was in an extremely ruinous state and untenable. It was described as being ‘in ruins’ and the town burnt in 1602 and there is no sign of it on Baxter’s map of c. 1600.’ ‘In the late 1650s there were also large numbers of soldiers garrisoned in the town and another quadrilateral fort, known later as the Stone Fort, was built on the site of the old de Burgo castle to accommodate them.' (see SL014-065007-). (Gallagher and Legg 2012, 1-3, 14). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 15 February 2018
- SL014-065007 Bastioned fort
Description
Built on the site of the existing de Burgo caslte (SL014-065006-) this bastioned fort was constructed in the late 1650s to house a garrison. It is referred to as the ‘new fort’ in 1659 and again in 1663, although it appears that it was not then properly finished since the bastions were left hollow. When completed, the Stone Fort comprised high stone curtain walls, flanked by four corner bastions. Phillips’s view of c. 1685 shows a substantial castellated structure with the four bastions rising above the adjoining curtain walls. Repaired at the time of the Williamite War in 1689 part of the site was leased to the Crown for use as a barracks in 1700. It was damaged by storm in 1757 and described as the ‘Old fort leased’ in 1781. Part of it was converted to stores in 1800 and the site was purchased by the corporation in 1861. It was partly demolished when Quay Street was widened in 1861 and a Town Hall was constructed on the site in 1865. Remains this fort were uncovered in the course of excavations undertaken on the site in 2002 (licence number 02E0651; Halpin 2002). (Gallagher and Legg 2012, 3, 14). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 15 February 2018
- SL014-065008 Religious house - Dominican friars
Description
Located on the S bank of the River Garavogue, c. 500m from the river estuary, in Sligo Town, in the townland of Abbeyquarter North. Sligo Dominican friary is a National Monument in State ownership (no. 189). It was established in 1252 by Maurice Fitz Gerald, 2nd Lord Offaly, for the Dominican Friars, and dedicated to the Holy Cross. The Annals of Loch Cé record for the year 1253: ‘A monastery was erected and a cemetery consecrated for the Friars Preachers at Sligech’ (Hennessy 1871, 403). Having taken part in the conquest of Connacht in 1235, Fitz Gerald built a castle (SL014-065006-) in 1245 and established the settlement that would become the town of Sligo. Like most mendicant foundations, the Sligo friars benefitted from both Anglo-Norman and Gaelic Irish patronage. The Annals of the Four Masters record that the friary was destroyed in 1414, following a fire started by a candle, but was rebuilt two years later in 1416 ‘by Friar Brian, son of Dermot MacDonough’ (O’Donovan 1856, 817 & 825). An inducement to fund the rebuild was offered by Pope John XXIII in a papal bull issued in 1415, granting an indulgence to penitents who ‘on the feast of the Assumption of St. Mary the Virgin, and on that of St. Patrick the Confessor, visit the church and give alms for the repair of it and the house of the Friars Preachers of Sligo (Scligie)...whose said church and house, in which were lately twenty friars, have been recently burned.’ (Cal. Papal Letters, vol. 6, 484). Irish lords buried in the friary include Tigernan, son of Ualgarc Ua Ruairc, king of Breifni, in 1418 (MacCarthy 1895, 75), and Brian MacDonough, Lord of Tirrerrill, in 1454 (Coleman 1902, 98). After the Dissolution of monasteries, the O’Conor Sligo, patrons of the friars, pleaded with Queen Elizabeth for the friary to be preserved, and in 1568 she agreed, as she was assured that the friars had become secular priests. An inquisition in 1585 lists among the possessions of the friary, a fishing weir and a quarter of land called the Fryer quarter (Coleman 1902, 98), the boundaries of which survive in the townlands of Abbeyquarter North and Abbeyquarter South, to the S and E of the friary. In 1595 Richard Bingham, Governor of Connacht, took up quarters in the friary, and stripped out its timber fittings to construct siege engines with which to attack Sligo castle, then held by Red Hugh O’Donnell’s men. James I granted the friary and its lands to Wm. Taaffe, who had been appointed sheriff of Co. Sligo in 1588. A single friar remained at this stage, but in 1608 Father Daniel O’Crean arrived from Spain to establish a new Dominican community in Sligo; by 1622 there were ten friars, and in 1627 a Provincial Chapter was held. However, in the course of the war of 1641, Colonel Sir Frederick Hamilton marched on Sligo, burned the friary and killed the friars. The Dominican community later reformed, and there were five friars in Sligo in 1703 (Coleman 1902, 99-100). In 1865 a new Dominican convent was completed, situated on Dominick Street, just a short walk from the remains of the medieval friary. The remains of the friary include a nave and chancel church, with central tower, part of the south lateral aisle and the transept or chapel; and to N of the church, the cloister, the E range, and part of the N range. The chancel and nave retains some of their original 13th-century character, but most of the other standing buildings and structures, such as the tower, S aisle and chapel, the cloister, and the domestic ranges, are 15th century or later in date, many probably dating to the phase of reconstruction that followed the 1414 fire. The abbey is noteworthy for the rare survival of the 15th-century sculpted high altar, the rood screen and the reader’s desk; also for its very fine cloister, several striking decorative and figurative carvings that enliven the grey stones of the buildings, as well as a number of fine 16th- and 17th-century funerary monuments. The buildings are constructed of roughly coursed limestone rubble masonry, apart from the nave arcade and tower pillars, which are of dressed limestone blocks. In the church, the W wall and W end of the N wall of the nave (int. c. 17m E−W; 6.55 N−S) are gone. The N wall of the nave retains three 13th-century, double pointed lancets, the middle one partly blocked by the 1506 O’Crean canopy tomb (SL014-065027-). Traces of plaster survive towards the W end of the N wall. Amongst the graveslabs on display in the nave, four (SL014-065035-; SL014-065036-; SL014-065037-; SL014-065038-) appear to be late medieval in date. The nave is separated from the S aisle by an arcade of three pointed arches, resting on two large, elongated octagonal pillars with moulded bases and capitals and two engaged semi-octagonal pillars. The arcade is a 15th-century insertion in the 13th-century S wall of the nave, which is clearly marked by a string course framing the arcade. The original S and W wall of the aisle are gone and have been replaced by modern walls. At the E end of the aisle is a round-headed archway with an internal rib, giving access into the S chapel (int. c. 9.50m N–S and c. 6m E–W). The E wall of the chapel survives, but little remains of the S and W walls. In the E wall of the chapel, there is an arched altar recess towards the N end of the wall, and remnants of another to the S, but the windows they contained are gone. There is a small piscina niche in the SW corner of the N altar recess, and an aumbry adjacent to S. At the S end of the E wall there are remnants of a window with wide splay, and another aumbry. A grave slab (SL014-065039-), on display on the N wall of the chapel, is probably late medieval date. At the E end of the nave is a rood screen structure (int.: 5.8m N–S; 1.47m E–W), which post-dates the tower. This is a rare survival. The structure originally consisted of two arcades of three pointed arches, supporting a rib-vault of three bays and a gallery above. It would have been fitted with screens to hide the chancel from view, opened only at certain moments of the liturgy, such as during the Elevation of the Host. The rood, a large representation of the crucifixion, would have been mounted above the central screen, facing towards the nave. The engaged columns at the four corners of the structure survive, and the W arcade has been restored, with two octagonal columns featuring moulded bases and capitals. In the N and S walls are arched recesses, which may have served as secondary altars. The S recess has an aumbry in its internal W wall. Immediately to E of the rood screen is the central bell tower, supported at W and E by tall, broad pointed arches. The internal ribs on the E side have simple chamfered conical stops, but on the W side they terminate in elaborately sculpted corbels in the form of a man’s head to S and woman’s head to the N, both in extravagant 15th-century headdress, the man also sporting a luxuriant moustache. Above the male head an angel bears an escutcheon; above the female head an escutcheon is held by a pair of angels in intricately feathered garb. The heads are most likely representations of the benefactors who funded the construction of the tower. In the N wall beneath the tower, there is a doorway leading to the cloister; it is slightly impeded by the NW pillar of the tower. In the S wall there is a pointed lancet, the west-most in the row of 13th-century windows that lit the chancel; this window and the doorway indicate the original W extent of the chancel prior to the construction of the tower in the 15th century. Underneath the lancet in the S wall are three 17-century sculpted wall monuments (SL014-065029-; SL014-065030-; SL014-065031-). Above the arches, the tower tapers into a two-storey square belfry. At first floor level there are rectangular single lights in the W and E walls, a large pointed light in the N wall and a cinquefoiled ogee-headed single light with concave spandrels in the S wall. At second floor lev
- SL014-065010 Church
Description
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- SL014-065014 Bastioned fort
Description
The following details are derived from Gallagher and Legg (2012, 14) and Bolton, Dargan and Roche (2017) to which the reader is referred. The fort, known as ‘Green Fort’, was probably built by Conyers Clifford in 1599 on the site of earlier ringfort, Rath-da-bhritog. It is shown as a regular earthwork with four corner bastions on the north side of the Garvoge River on Baxter’s map c.1600. It is also marked on the Down Survey maps of the barony of Carbury and the parish of Calrie dating from c.1655-8. In 1656 it was described as an earthwork in poor condition and Thomas Phillips represents it as an abandoned earthwork in his prospect of Sligo drawn c. 1685. The Green Fort was incorporated into a network of defensive earthworks which enveloped Sligo town during the Williamite wars (1688-91) that also included the 'Stone Fort' (built late 1650s; see SL014-065007-) on the site of old de Burgo castle (SL014-065006-), a redoubt (SL014-065028-) and series of enveloping earthen ramparts with bastions. When the town was attacked by Brigadier Patrick Sarsfield and his Jacobite forces in early October 1689 the commanding Williamite officer, Colonel Thomas Lloyd, abandoned the town and brought his troops to the Green Fort from where they were able to escape to Enniskillen under cover of darkness (see SL014-065024-). After the Jacobites took Sligo, Colonel Henry Luttrell, with the aid of Robert Burton 'his Majesty's engineer', refortified the Green Fort and added additional outworks. The fort was incorporated into the extensive earthen defences which surrounded the town. A plan of the works drawn at this time (see attached) describes the fort as ‘newly fortified with a good Chemien, Court, and Glacis, well palisaded’, having a well ‘which is continually full of water’. In June 1690, Sir Tadhg O’Regan was appointed commander of the Jacobite forces at Sligo. He brought ordnance from the town to strengthen the Green Fort and made improvements to the town’s defences. Sligo was strategically important to the Jacobites, as control of the town secured north Connacht and provided them with a platform from which they could raid into Ulster. By the summer of 1691 Williamite encroachment on Sligo seemed inevitable after the success of their campaign that had seen the fall of Athlone in June, and the Jacobite defeat at Aughrim on 12 July. These victories early in the campaign season meant that the main Williamite force could now advance on the Jacobite strongholds of Connacht and Clare. On Saturday 12th September 1691 the Green Fort was attached by Williamite forces under Colonel John Michelburne who had noted that while Sligo had been reinforced, only a single company of grenadiers was stationed at the fort. Michelburne and his forces advanced rapidly to secure the defensive ditch and broke into the fort, causing the defenders to escape by jumping over the parapets and retreating to the Stone Fort (SL014-065007-) in the town. O'Regan was besieged in the Stone Fort, and with the arrival of further Williamite troops, he negotiated a surrender marching away with his garrison and two cannons on Monday 14 September. O'Reagan handed the keys of the Stone Fort to Michelburne who was appointed Governor of Sligo. The Williamite forces took possession of the Green Fort which had ‘sixteen other cannons mounted in the wall, and thirty barrels of gunpowder in the magazines, as well as stores of all kinds.’ The fort appears to have been abandoned relatively soon after the war. It was in a ruinous condition by 1739, by which time its military function had been superseded by the barracks erected in the early 1700s in the town. Forthill House was built adjacent to the site in the mid-eighteenth century and from this period onwards, the Green Fort appears to have lain abandoned and unused. It is not marked on Taylor and Skinners 1777 map of Sligo or William Larkin’s 1810 map. It is named the ‘Green Fort’ on the OS 1st ed. 6-inch map (surveyed 1837) and on all later editions and revisions where it is shown as an isolated but well-defined rectilinear fortification with salient-angled corner bastions. The monument lies on raised ground c. 30m north of Connaughton Road (R286) adjacent to the entrance of Sligo University Hospital. The remains are those of an earthen artillery fortification measuring approximately 86m N-S by 90m E-W externally, and 45m by 49m E-W internally, standing c. 3.9m high at its maximum, enclosing an area of approximately 7.7 acres/3100m2. The fort comprises a raised rectangular platform, with salient-angled corner bastions, encircled by angled earthen slopes and ditches. There are no standing remains or internal features visible within the fort (entrances, covered way, gun emplacements, well etc.) and there is no surface indication of outer defensive works. The monument now forms part of a field system and has no regular access path. The south and eastern sides of the fort including the south-east and south-west bastions feature mature hedgerows. The interior of the fort, the west and north banks, and the north-east and north-west bastions show grass cover, with wet boggy ground conditions found within the northern ditch and along the east side of the fort. A later field boundary intersects the south-west bastion at the south-west corner of the site. (Gallagher and Legg 2012, 14; Bolton, Dargan and Roche 2017) This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/1983). SL014-065014-_01.jpg Henry Luttrell's 1689 plan of the town and forts of Sligo, as re-drawn by Wood-Martin (1889, ii, facing 134) showing the Green Fort (arrowed), with the 'Stone Fort' (B; SL014-065007-) and the redoubt (O; SL014-065026-). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 15 February 2018
- SL014-065023 Cross - Market cross
Description
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- SL014-065027 Wall monument
Description
Located in the church of Sligo Dominican friary (SL014-064008-), set in the N wall of the nave. A canopy tomb, dated 1506, erected for members of the O’Crean family. The O’Creans were a wealthy merchant family from Donegal, who came to Sligo in the late 15th century, and became patrons of the friars. This tomb is typical of the period, and a similar example can be found in Strade Dominican friary (MA070-067003-) in Co. Mayo. It is comprised of a tall, pointed canopy arch (H c. 4m) with elegant, finely carved tracery, only the upper section of which survives (H c. 4m), which encloses a chest tomb. The front panel (Wth 2.56m; H 1.20m; D 0.68m) of the tomb is carved with a row of nine religious figures, within miniature quatrefoiled ogee-headed arches framed by crocketed pinnacles. The ogees are richly decorated with vine leaf carvings. The central figure is Christ on the cross. The figures arrayed on Christ’s left are (L to R): St Dominic; St Catherine of Alexandria, robed and crowned, with a sword in her right hand and holding a circle against her breast, identified as her wheel; a female figure in a long belted gown carrying a staff, possibly representing a pilgrim; and the Virgin. To the right of Christ are: St John the Apostle; St Michael the Archangel, with his raised sword and shield; St Peter the Apostle, holding the keys to Heaven; and the figure of a bishop holding a processional cross, his hand raised in benediction. Above the figures, directly beneath the slab of the tomb chest, is a Latin inscription, which reads: ‘Here lies Cormac O'Craian and McSehon young Faraengasa his wife, the year 1506 (MCCCCCCVI)’ (Wood-Martin 1889, 70). Set in the back wall of the canopy is an armorial stone (SL014-065043-), which is a later insertion. Attached images: SL014-065027-_01.JPG O'Crean canopy tomb SL014-065027-_02.JPG carved front panel of tomb SL014-065027-_03.JPG carved figures (L side) SL014-065027-_04.JPG carved figures (R side) Compiled by: Anne-Julie Lafaye Date of upload: 7 May 2020
- SL014-065028 Wall monument
Description
Located in the church of Sligo Dominican friary (SL014-065008-), at the E end of the S wall of the chancel. It is set within the eastern-most of the chancel’s eight 13th-century lancet windows. This impressive wall monument, carved in the Renaissance style, was commissioned in 1624 by Lady Eleanor Butler to commemorate her husband Sir Donogh O’Connor Sligo, who died in 1609. It is comprised of three sections, surmounted by a representation of the Crucifixion. The upper section bears the sculpted crest and coat of arms of the O’Connor family, flanked by two figures, one bearing a key, the other a sword, possibly representing St Peter and St Paul (Wood-Martin 1889, 70). The two figures stand on small projecting corbels. A projecting hood-moulding separates this section from the larger middle section. Winged cherubs’ heads are carved above and below the middle section, at each corner. This section is dedicated to a representation of Lady Eleanor and her husband, who face each other, kneeling in prayer on either side of a small gabled altar or reliquary. Sir Donogh, on the left, is in full 17th-century armour, with his helmet placed on the floor behind him. Lady Eleanor is wearing a collarette typical of the period, and a long gown with a cape, as well as a rosary around her neck, and on her head a tiara or diadem. Each figure is placed within a round-headed arch, resting on the altar or reliquary in the centre, and on pillars ornamented with trophies. On the pillar to the left of Sir Donogh are a drum, flag and axe, and a shield, sword and musket. On the pillar to the right of Lady Eleanor are an open book, with a spade and torch over a censer or thurible (Wood-Martin 1889, 70). These items are most likely attributes meant to symbolize the lives they lived: prowess on the battlefield for Sir Donogh, and engagement in pious activities for Lady Eleanor. The lowermost section of the monument features a winged hour-glass surrounded by elaborate carvings of stylised flowers, foliage, scrolls and grapes, flanked on either side are two skulls. Above the monument is a small wooden canopy, installed by the OPW to protect it from the elements. Attached images: SL014-065028-_01.JPG Butler wall monument SL014-065028-_02.JPG Central panel Compiled by: Anne-Julie Lafaye Date of upload: 7 May 2020
And 30 more.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map gives no landslide susceptibility class here. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1100 (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.
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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
- 40.3 ha
- 100 acres
- Land parcels
- 505
- registered freehold, median 256 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- eRES – existing and infill residential use
- Planning
- 63
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
505 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknaganny, from 0 m² to 8,823 m² (0.88 ha, 2.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2eRES – existing and infill residential use (Existing residential)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 465 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2TC1 – town centre uses, type 1 (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 25 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M3TC2 – town centre uses, type 2 (District, neighbourhood centre)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 24 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5NC – neighbourhood centre uses (only in Sligo Town) (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1OS – open space (Open space, park)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3CF – community facilities (Community facilities)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
1 Oct 2026N/a
Permission for retention of change of use and alterations to elevations and plans of vacant commercial premises to use as 3 single storey dwelling units and all associated works at 1-3 Burton Street, Sligo.
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2660409
6 Aug 2026Conditional
Change of use from office to 3 bed dwelling
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660317
5 Aug 2026Conditional
for the retention of the following works: 1. The retention of the as-built gable end roof to the North facing elevation of the building, constructed in lieu of the hipped roof, granted under planning reference no. 22197 and all ancillary works.
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2660314
8 Jul 2026Conditional
The partial demolition and construction of a rear extension. Including alterations to plans and elevations with proposed street signage, A change of use to allow for a commercial ground floor unit and a single apartment at first floor and all associated site works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660277
1 May 2026Conditional
Demolish the existing detached domestic garage and to widen the property entrance gateway to 4.0m width
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660164
20 Feb 2026Conditional
Retain single storey utility extension constructed to side of dwelling and detached shed erected to side of dwelling with all associated works
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2660065
14 Nov 2025Conditional
Retention Permission to retain the as built changes made during construction of an extension, approved under Planning Ref No. 24/60025, to an existing dwelling house including all other associated site development works at ‘San Antone’, Pearse Road, Sligo Town, County Sligo.
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2560476
4 Nov 2025N/a
Retention Permission to retain the as built changes made during construction of an extension, approved under Planning Ref No. 24/60025, to an existing dwelling house including all other associated site development works at ‘San Antone’, Pearse Road, Sligo Town, County Sligo.
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2560460
28 Aug 2025Refused
Planning Permission for 1. Retention of use of former car showroom as a supermarket. 2. Retention of illuminated sign. 3. Use of former service workshop and ancillary areas as a wholesale warehouse
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2560363
7 Aug 2025N/a
Planning Permission for 1. Retention of use of former car showroom as a supermarket. 2. Retention of illuminated sign. 3. Use of former service workshop and ancillary areas as a wholesale warehouse at Pearse Road and Burton Street, Sligo.
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2560330
29 Jul 2025Conditional
to construct a two storey semi detached dwelling house and make minor alterations to the roof of adjacent dwelling house, together with all ancillary site works and services
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560313
24 Jun 2025Conditional
to demolish existing 2 storey extension to rear of dwelling house together with attached single storey garage, utility and storage spaces that front onto Mail Coach Road with all associated works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560265
10 Jun 2025N/a
1). To retain as built changes made during construction of an extension, approved under Planning Ref No. 24/60025, to an existing dwelling house. 2). To retain the now in use hostel type residential accommodation offering a secure and stable environment to family units that are seeking a Safe Living Space. 3). All other associated site development works
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2560240
26 May 2025Conditional
Permission for retention of detached domestic shed/garden room in rear garden with all associated works at 36 Crozon Crescent, Sligo F91KVF7.
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2560219
5 Mar 2025Conditional
a) Change of use of Unit 15 ground floor Café to Office b) Change of Use of Unit 13, ground floor Retail to Office c) Change of use of Unit 14, ground floor Retail to Office
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560085
10 Oct 2024N/a
1. Demolish existing partly constructed rear extension. 2. To newly construct 55 sq meters two storey rear extension
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460352
4 Oct 2024Conditional
the demolition of the existing 13m² side garage and other minor demolition works to existing walls, alterations to the existing dwelling layout & elevations with the construction of a new 2.6 sqm front facing entrance hall and a 48.2m² rear extension and all other associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460340
18 Sept 2024N/a
Kate o Hara & Enda Molony intends to apply for full Planning Permission for Alterations to the Existing Dwelling Layout & Elevations with the construction of a new 2.6Sqm Front Facing Entrance Hall and a 48.2m² Rear extension and all other associated Site works at 50, Crozon Downs, Sligo, Co. Sligo.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460308
17 Sept 2024Refused
retention of existing mobile home located to the side of existing dwelling house. Permission is sought for a temporary period of time not exceeding five years
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2460305
30 Jul 2024Conditional
to demolish existing derelict two storey detached dwelling house and garage and to construct two detached dwelling houses and two apartments in one block and all associated development works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460254
1 Apr 2024Conditional
The development will consist of the extension of the existing dwelling to include (1) a ground and first floor extension to the rear/south elevation of the existing dwelling, (2) a first floor extension above the existing entrance porch and utility room to the side/east elevation, (3) internal reconfigurations, and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460094
28 Feb 2024Conditional
a) Demolition of existing detached dwelling and associated outbuildings. b) Construction of 7 No. residential units consisting of 2 No. – Type A – 2 Bed Detached Dormer Houses 4 No. – Type B – 3 Bed Semi Detached Houses ,1 No. – Type C – 4 Bed Detached House, c) Pedestrian, cycle and vehicular access/egress with Newtown Holmes Road, d) All car parking, landscaping, boundary treatments, public lighting, service connections and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460058
2 Feb 2024Conditional
To construct 2No, 4 Bed 2 storey semi detached house`s, connect to all public utilities and carry out ancillary site works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460033
26 Jan 2024Conditional
Permission to erect an extension to the side of my existing dwelling with all other associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460025
25 Jan 2024Conditional
To retain the following: 1. A single storey commercial Kitchen to the rear of the Innisfree Service Station. 2. A Porta Cabin office. 3. All elevational changes granted under parent planning ref 17244 4. A storage shed and yard. 5. The relocated Car wash. To construct a single storey commercial extension to the South Elevation of the existing service station, to contain a seating area, toilets and staff rooms and to amend the rear site boundary, adding Gabion basket retaining structure and all ancillary works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460023
The 25 most recent of 63 applications.
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Knocknaganny.
Recorded monuments
- SL014-126 Well
Description
This well is first recorded as an antiquity on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map where it is named ‘Tobernashelmida’. Thomas O’Conor recorded the following about the well in 1836 (OSL, 211): ‘There is a well in the Town of Sligo called Tobar na Seilmide, Snail’s Well, which, prophetic tradition says, will in time to come overwhelm by its waters the whole town. The reason why it is called Tobar na Selmide is, a snail is seen coming out of the well every seventh year, which is thought to be an enchanted and metamorphosed being, possessing the power of affecting in some time future an overflowing well, which will have the narrated effect.’ There is no local tradition of it being a ‘holy well’ nor is it listed as such in the published historical or antiquarian literature (pers. comm. M.A. Timoney). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 5 November 2013
Architectural heritage
- Albert House, outbuilding, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached two-storey stone outbuilding c. 1880.
- Albert House, house, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached house c. 1880, set in grounds.
- House, 1870–1910 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey stone house, built c. 1890. One of a group of five. Pitched slate roof, roll-top clay ridge tiles, red brick chimneystack with moulded stone corbelling, stone verges, moulded cast-iron gutters, rectangular cast-iron downpipes. Squared and coursed rubble limestone walling to east elevation, tooled and margined ashlar limestone quoins, painted smooth-rendered walling to south gable. Segmental-headed window openings, red brick block-and-start surrounds, limestone sills, painted timber casement windows c. 1990. Segmental-headed door opening, red brick block-and-start surround, plain-glazed overlight, painted timber panelled door c. 1980, limestone step. Street fronted.
- House, 1870–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey stone house, built c. 1890. One of a group of five. Pitched slate roof, roll-top clay ridge tiles, red brick chimneystack with moulded stone corbelling, moulded cast-iron gutters, rectangular cast-iron downpipes. Squared and coursed rubble limestone walling. Segmental-headed window openings, painted brick block-and-start surrounds, limestone sills, uPVC casement windows c. 1999. Segmental-headed door opening, painted brick block-and-start surround, plain-glazed overlight, painted timber panelled door c. 1990, limestone step. Street fronted.
- House, 1870–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey stone house, built c. 1890. One of a group of five. Pitched slate roof, roll-top clay ridge tiles, red brick chimneystack with moulded stone corbelling, moulded cast-iron gutters, rectangular cast-iron downpipes. Squared and coursed rubble limestone walling. Segmental-headed window openings, painted brick block-and-start surrounds, painted limestone sills, painted timber casement windows c. 1999. Segmental-headed door opening, painted brick block-and-start surround, plain-glazed overlight, painted timber panelled door c. 1990, limestone step. Street fronted.
- House, 1870–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey stone house, built c. 1890. One of a group of five. Pitched slate roof, roll-top clay ridge tiles, red brick chimneystack with moulded stone corbelling, moulded cast-iron gutters, rectangular cast-iron downpipes. Squared and coursed rubble limestone walling. Segmental-headed window openings, painted brick block-and-start surrounds, painted limestone sills, uPVC casement windows c. 1999. Segmental-headed door opening, painted brick block-and-start surround, plain-glazed overlight, painted timber panelled door c. 1990, limestone step. Street fronted.
- House, 1870–1910 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey stone house, built c. 1890. One of a group of five. Pitched slate roof, roll-top clay ridge tiles, red brick chimneystack with moulded stone corbelling, stone verges, moulded cast-iron gutters, rectangular cast-iron downpipes. Squared and coursed rubble limestone walling to east elevation, tooled and margined ashlar limestone quoins, painted smooth-rendered walling to north gable. Segmental-headed window openings, painted brick block-and-start surrounds, painted limestone sills, painted timber casement windows c. 1990. Segmental-headed door opening, painted brick block-and-start surround, plain-glazed overlight, painted timber panelled door c. 1980, limestone step. Street fronted.
- Abbey, 1760–1770 · National interest
Description
Remains of early Dominican Friary built c.1763 within walled enclosure.
- House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey rendered house, built c. 1840, shop at ground floor c.1970, integral carriage arch to south. Pitched slate roof, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystacks, half-round cast-iron gutters on drive-in brackets on eaves corbel course, cast-iron downpipes with hoppers. Painted smooth-rendered walling. Square-headed window openings to first and second floors, moulded architraves, painted masonry sills, painted six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed openings to former shopfront, slightly-projecting smooth-rendered reveals, painted timber display window, painted timber panelled door. Square-headed opening to carriage arch, slightly-projecting smooth-rendered reveals, steel-sheeted door incorporating wicket gate. Street-fronted.
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 Knocknaganny, 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 low. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1100 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Knocknaganny with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Knocknaganny · Cnoc na gCeannaithe
- Area
- 403,208 m² (40.32 ha, 99.63 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. John's, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbury
- Electoral division
- Sligo West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 7,788 people lived in 3,276 households in the Sligo West electoral division. 55% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Abbeyquarter South, Caltragh, Commons, Cornageeha
- Placenames
- Knocknaganny 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.