Killarcan

81 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killarcan, from 23 m² to 133,473 m² (13.35 ha, 32.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Killarcan 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.

• 9 Jul 2026N/a

  The development consists of the retention of the following unauthorized development from that permitted in P.01/659 and subsequent applications:1) 2 no. existing storage units; 2) Astro Pitch c/w associated perimeter fencing & extension of vehicular access route to same; 3) Ball stop posts & nets to main pitch. The development will consist of permission for 1) the proposed change of use of the First Floor of the existing Clubhouse from general storage to community use, along with associated alterations to facades to facilitate the installation of a proposed lift, stairs, external door & roof windows; 2) the proposed construction of a detached single storey building to the West of the existing Clubhouse comprising of a Community Gymnasium, Changing rooms & associated signage; 3) the proposed construction of a new Training Field c/w associated floodlighting, ball stop nets & posts; 4) the proposed reconstruction of former cottage for use as ancillary Storage; 5) the proposed construction of a grassed Nursery training area; 6) the proposed erection of 2 no. 20mx10m Padel Courts to the Western end of the existing carpark; 7) the proposed construction of a carparking area to the North East of the site; 8) the proposed construction of a Community Walkway; 9) the proposed erection of a digital scoreboard to serve the existing Playing Field; 10) the proposed erection of new floodlighting to existing Astro Pitch; 11) revised site boundaries from that permitted in P.01/659; and 12) associated site works & services.

  Retention · Leitrim County Council, 2660175

• 25 Aug 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO DWELLING HOUSE, PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF BUILDING ELEMENTS, NEW/MODIFIED ENTRANCE, PROPOSED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING SHED TO OUTDOOR OFFICE AND SEATING AREA, BOUNDARY WALLS, PIERS AND FENCING, DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND REPLACE WITH PROPRIETARY SEWAGE TREATMENT UNIT AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2560222

• 3 Apr 2024Conditional

  development will consist of 1) change of use of existing detached single storey cottage from current use as storage to re-establish use as a dwelling; 2) restoration of the cottage along with all associated internal reconfigurations and modifications to external facades; 3) demolition of existing lean-to canopy to the East gable of the existing cottage; 4) construction of a new single storey extension to the North & East of the existing cottage; 5) upgrade of existing wastewater treatment system; and 6) associated site works & services.

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2460066

• 8 Feb 2022Conditional

  construction of a new dwelling house, part single storey, part two storey, a single storey domestic garage, widening of an existing entrance gateway, onsite waste water treatment system to comply with EPA code of practice, connection to services, landscaping works, and all associated works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2214

• 8 Dec 2020Conditional

  to erect 1 no. dry bed sheep shed complete with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Leitrim County Council, 20215

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 Killarcan.

Recorded monuments

• LE027-004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located towards the SW end of a NE-SW ridge. It is described as a circular area (diam. c. 33m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 6.5m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.9m) with slight traces of a fosse (Farrelly 1989, vol. 2, 51). The entrance (Wth c. 2.2m) was at N. The monument is still extant and remains unplanted at the SE edge of a forest. 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 revised upload: 2 February 2017

• LE027-027 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in a low-lying landscape. This is an overgrown circular area (int. diam. c. 35m) defined by an earthen bank (at NW: Wth 7m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.95m) and an external fosse represented by a band of rushes (Wth 2-3m). The original entrance is not identified. 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

• LE027-028 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on top of a NE-SW ridge. This is a grass and rush-covered but raised subcircular earthen platform (diam. c. 35m) defined by an overgrown scarp (H c. 1m) and outer fosse (at E: Wth 2.3m; D 0.35m). The original entrance is not identified. 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

• LE027-030 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on top of a rise on a broad NE-SW ridge. An anomalous feature is visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP: G 157-6). This is a grass and rush-covered oval area (dims c. 38m E-W; c. 30m N-S) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 4m at W to 10m at E; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.4m), with an external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.2m) visible at SW. The original entrance is not identified. 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

• LE027-031 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a low-lying undulating landscape. This is a grass and rush-covered circular area (int. diam. 47m N-S; 47m E-W) defined by a steep-sided earthen bank with some bushes, best preserved NW-E (Wth 4.2m; int. H 1.25m; ext. H 1.05m) but reduced to a scarp (H 1-2m) elsewhere. An external fosse is visible as a band of lush growth (Wth 3m; D 0.3m) NW-E-SE, but the original entrance is not identified. 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

• LE027-032 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located at the S end of a NE-SW ridge. This is a grass and rush-covered subrectangular area (int. dims 37m NNE-SSW; 30.5m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.35m), with traces of an external fosse (Wth 2.5m; D 0.2m) at N and W. The monument is truncated by a NNE-SSW field bank at E. The perimeter is reduced to a scarp (H 0.3m) at S and the original entrance is not identified. 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

• LE027-033 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located towards the top of the S-facing slope of a ridge. This is a grass-covered oval platform (dims. 33.5m E-W; 28m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.45m at W to 0.8m at SE) SE-W-N and the perimeter may be incorporated into a N-S field banks at E. There is no visible fosse and the original entrance is not identified. 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

• LE027-034 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located towards the top of a S-facing slope. This is a grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 35.5m N-S; 32.5m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3m; H. 0.65m) and hedge surmounted by a collapsed field wall, with an external fosse (Wth of base 3-5m; D 0.2m) NW-N. An entrance (Wth 3.5m) at E is modern. 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

• LE027-035 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on the S-facing slope of a NE-SW ridge. This is a grass and rush-covered oval area (dims. c 30m E-W; 22m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at NE: Wth 3-5m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.3m) NNW-E-S, overlain by a field wall with an outer drain (Wth of base 1.6m; D 0.8m) N-E. The bank had been removed SW-W in 1991 but has been removed E-SW since (Bing 2013). 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

• LE027-036 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on top of rock outcrop. This is an overgrown subcircular area (dims c. 35m E-W; c. 30m N-S) defined by the remains of a revetted wall with intermittently visible inner and outer facing-stones (Wth 2.3m; max. H 0.95m at S). The wall is largely obscured by field spoil S-N. The entrance (Wth 1.55m), flanked by slabs, is at S. 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

• LE027-037 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In a low-lying position in an undulating landscape and c. 20m N of the Ballinamore and Ballyconnell canal. This is a grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 37.5m N-S; 35m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at NW: Wth 4.1m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.35m) separated by an overgrown flat-bottomed fosse (at NW: Wth of base 3.1m) from an outer bank (at NW: Wth 5-6m; int. and ext. H 0.15m). These features survive SW-NW only, the inner feature being reduced to an overgrown scarp to E of a N-S borderless laneway. 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

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

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 moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1480 (ZIP).

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 Killarcan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.

Name

Killarcan · Cill Earcáin

Area

1,378,072 m² (137.81 ha, 340.53 acres)

Civil parish

Kiltoghert, and its townlands

Barony

Leitrim

Electoral division

Leitrim, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Leitrim electoral division: 1,380 people in 500 households; 80% of households own their home; 60% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 17% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinwing, Bellagart, Bellanaboy, Carrickaveril, Kilmaghera, Leitrim, Sheffield, Tirmactiernan, Tullylannan

Placenames

Killarcan 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.