Kilclaremore
Townland in the civil parish of Kiltubbrid, barony of Leitrim, Co. Leitrim; in Irish Coill an Chláir Mhór
Parcel 618763
- Area
- 1,229 m²
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it, 188 m² on the ground
- 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
- Kilclaremore
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
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for 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
- 84.6 ha
- 209 acres
- Land parcels
- 49
- registered freehold, median 4,648 m² (0.46 ha, 1.15 acres)
- Zoning
- O2
- General
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilclaremore, from 15 m² to 149,995 m² (15 ha, 37.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- O2General
Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Open Space & Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 7 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
23 Dec 2025Conditional
PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION, FRONT PORCH ROOF & ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2560320
4 Jun 2025Conditional
(A) CHANGES TO CONSTRUCTION ON PLANNING REFERENCE P12960, INCLUDING (B) RETENTION OF FRONT ENTRANCE PORCH, (C) SMOKING AREA CANOPY TO REAR AND (D) REAR CONSERVATORY, STOREROOM AND GENERATOR ROOM.
Retention · Leitrim County Council, 2560140
3 Nov 2023Conditional
construction Of A Bungalow Type Dwelling House, Detached Garage, Entrance, Boundary Fence/Wall, Onsite Suitable Treatment System With Polishing Filter And All Ancillary Site Works.
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2360126
23 Nov 2022Conditional
new single storey domestic dwelling c/w 6PE PIA Approved WWTS to EPA CoP2021 EN12566-3 with associated percolation area, a New Entrance driveway to include gates and piers, (B) a detached domestic garage . Connection to existing water mains and all other associated site works as required
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 22245
8 Dec 2021Conditional
1. (a) existing steel portal frame structure to the rear of existing commercial building. (b) excavation of existing grounds to cater for the said extension ancillary to No.1. (c) the construction of existing exit roadway from the extension ancillary to No. 1 to the existing exit point onto public road. (d) the hardcore surfacing of the existing roadside parking area
Retention · Leitrim County Council, 21258
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 Kilclaremore.
Recorded monuments
- LE027-018 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on top of a drumlin. This is a subcircular or oval area (int. dims 42m E-W; 35m N-S) defined by a steep-sided earthen bank (Wth 4.2m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.35m) and external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of base 3m; D 0.2m) N-E-S. Elsewhere the bank is reduced to a scarp (H 0.5-0.7m), and the fosse to a band of lush vegetation (Wth 3-5m) S-W-NE. There is an entrance (Wth 3.8m) and causeway at E. The monument is overlain by a NE-SW field bank and planted with coniferous trees to NW of this feature, while it is covered in grass and rushes to the SW. 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
- LE027-019 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located towards the bottom of the SW-facing slope of a drumlin. An overgrown earthen bank (Wth 8m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1m) with slight traces of an external fosse (Wth 7m) survives S-W and these features are truncated by the remnants of an E-W field bank at N and a N-S field bank (L 14m) at E. The outline of the original perimeter can be detected in a curve in a field bank at N (int. dim 43m N-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
- LE027-020 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated towards the bottom of the S-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a grass and rush-covered semicircular area (int. diam. c. 32m E-W) defined by a round-topped, steep-sided earthen bank (Wth 7.5m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.8m) SE-W-NW which blends into the slope elsewhere, and a slight outer fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.3m) visible at W. The NE part of the monument, if it survives is overgrown. 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
- LE028-001 Crannog
Description
Indicated as a small island (dims c. 20m N-S; c. 10m E-W) on the 1835 edition of OS 6-inch map at the SW end of Lough Conway (dims c. 400m NE-SW; c. 200m NW-SE). No feature is visible at ground level in an area which is regularly flooded, although a small feature (diam. c. 5m) is sometimes visible above the water. 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
- LE028-003 Cairn - ring-cairn
Description
Located towards the top of the gentle NE-facing slope of a low hill with higher drumlins immediately around it while Sheemore is c. 2.3km to the SW and Sheebeg is c. 2km to the ENE. This is a grass and scrub-covered circular, slightly dished, area (int. dims 20.3m NW-SE; 19.3m NE-SW) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 5-6m; int. H 0.2-0.5m). The exterior of the bank is flush with the ground SE-SW (max. ext. H 0.6m at NW) and there is no visible entrance. The perimeter is overlain by field walls NW-S E, and the bank might be partly destroyed NE of the field wall. The cairn (LE028-002---) is c. 130m to the NW, while a stone group (LE028-004---) and ring-cairn (LE028-005---) are c. 100m to the WSW and c. 85m to the SW respectively. 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
- LE028-004 Standing stone - pair
Description
Situated on a low hill with higher drumlins around it while Sheemore is c. 2.3km to the SW and Sheebeg is c. 2km to the ENE. It is depicted only on the 1911 edition of the OS 6-inch map where they are described in gothic lettering as ‘Standing Stones’. Two globular glacial erratics (dims c. 1.2m x 0.9m; H 1m), 2m apart, form a rough N-S alignment. The S stone has a natural vertical channel (Wth 0.1m; D 0.2m) extending the length of its N face. In local folklore as recorded in the Schools’ Manuscripts feuding giants on Sheebeg and Sheemore threw stones at each other but both missiles fell short and landed here. See this web-page accessed on 06/04/2017: http://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4649689/4647536/4651363 The cairn (LE028-002----), and the ring-cairns (LE028-003----; LE028-005----) and are within 120m to the N, ENE and SE respectively. 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
- LE028-005 Cairn - ring-cairn
Description
Situated on a slight rise on top of a low hill with higher drumlins around it. This is a grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 9m; ext. diam. 20m) defined by a low, flat-topped, grass-covered stone spread (Wth 4.4-6m; H 0.2-0.4m), with an entrance (Wth 3.5m) at SE. The ring-cairn (LE028-003----) is c. 100m to the NE, while the stones (LE028-004----) and cairn (LE028-002----) are c. 60m to the NW and c. 85m to the NNE respectively. 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 Kilclaremore.
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
- 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; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kilclaremore.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Kilclaremore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.
The townland
- Name
- Kilclaremore · Coill an Chláir Mhór
- Area
- 845,972 m² (84.6 ha, 209.04 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kiltubbrid, and its townlands
- Barony
- Leitrim
- Electoral division
- Keshcarrigan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Keshcarrigan electoral division: 618 people in 226 households; 71% of households own their home; 55% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Drumaleague, Drumbranned, Drumruekill, Kilclarebeg, Kiltynashinnagh, Loughconway, Mullaghaneigh, Scrabbagh
- Placenames
- Kilclaremore 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.