Knockhall
Knockhall is a townland in the civil parish of Kilglass, barony of Ballintober North, Co. Roscommon.
Parcel 655568
- Area
- 5,094 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Knockhall
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
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 674.4 ha
- 1,666 acres
- Land parcels
- 347
- registered freehold, median 7,461 m² (0.75 ha, 1.84 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
347 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockhall, from 26 m² to 246,296 m² (24.63 ha, 60.86 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 69 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Knockhall in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
7 Aug 2025Conditional
Permission for revised site boundaries and revised location of the sewerage treatment unit and percolation area from that previously approved under planning reference no. PD/23/60293 along with all other associated site works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2560383
21 Dec 2023Conditional
Permission for the replacement of a corrugated metal roof finish with slates, removal of an existing roof light, construction of a window in the south-west and north-east gables, and the upgrade of the existing septic tank to a new tertiary treatment system, and all associated site works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2360293
17 Nov 2023Conditional
Permission for development consisting of the widening of the existing entrance gate, and the provision of 3 no. new pedestrian gates along the south boundary wall, and the erection of 2 no. new external lighting columns in the existing car park together with all associated signage, lighting and ancillary site works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2360221
21 Oct 2021Refused
Permission for proposed construction of a dormer bungalow type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence / wall, suitable sewerage system with polishing filter and all ancillary site works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 21593
15 Feb 2021Conditional
to (a) Re-locate, 1 No. pig house (Ref. W5) (previously approved under Planning Ref. 19/403 and referred to as building reference 29), and, 3 No. existing pre-fabricated pig houses (Ref. 22, 23 and 24); (b) Demolish substantial part of 1 No. existing pig house and construct 1 No. pig house (Hs.1); (c) Construct 1 No. pig house (Ref. W1) in lieu of developments previously approved at this location under Planning Ref. 19/403, and (d) Retain extension to meal preparation store (Ref. MP1), to aid compliance with animal welfare and nitrates regulations together with all ancillary structures and all associated site works arising from the proposed development at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2184
9 Feb 2021N/a
(a) Re-locate, 1 No. Pig House (Ref.W5) (previously approved under planning Ref. 19/403 and referred to as building reference 29), and, 3 No. existing pre-fabricated Pig Houses (Ref.22, 23, and 24). (b) Demolish substantial part of 1 No. existing Pig House and construct 1 No Pig House (Hs 1), (c) Construct 1 No. Pig House (Ref. W1) in lieu of developments previously approved at this location under Planning Ref. 19/403, and, (d) retain extension to Meal Preparation Store (Ref. MP1) to aid compliance with animal welfare and nitrates regulations, together with all ancillary structures and all associated site works arising from the above proposed development at
Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2175
14 Feb 2020Conditional
Full Planning Permission to construct a new forestry site entrance to an existing mature forest and all ancillary works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2053
9 Aug 2019Conditional
to a) Demolish 5 No. pig weaner houses and construct 3 No. pig weaner houses and 2 No. Pre-fabricated pig houses (in lieu of 3 No. Weaner houses previously approved under planning ref. 16/211), 1 No. ancillary Manure storage tank, and, an extension to 1 No. existing pig house, and b) retain 7 No. Pre-fabricated pig houses (ref: 16-22) and revisions to the location of 2 No. Pre-fabricated pig houses (23-24) previously approved under Planning Ref. 16/211 to aid compliance with animal welfare and nitrates regulations, together with all ancillary structures (to include solar panels) and all associated site works arising from the above proposed development. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013 at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 19403
22 Jul 2019N/a
to a) Demolish 5 No. pig weaner houses and construct 3 No. pig weaner houses and 2 No. Pre-fabricated pig houses (in lieu of 3 No. Weaner houses previously approved under planning ref. 16/211), 1 No. ancillary Manure storage tank, and, an extension to 1 No. existing pig house, and b) retain 7 No. Pre-fabricated pig houses (ref: 16-22) and revisions to the location of 2 No. Pre-fabricated pig houses (23-24) previously approved under Planning Ref: 16/211) to aid compliance with animal welfare and nitrates regulations, together with all ancillary structures (to include solar panels) and all associated site works arising from the above proposed development at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 19373
23 Apr 2019N/a
to decommission 5 No. existing pig weaner houses and to construct 3 No. replacement pig weaner houses and 2 No. Pre-fabricated pig houses ( in lieu of 3 No. Weaner Houses previously approved under planning ref. 16/211) and 1 No. ancillary Manure storage tank, to aid compliance with animal welfare and nitrates regulations, together with all ancillary structures ( to include solar panels) and all associated site works arising from the above proposed development. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (E.I.A.R.) relating to the proposed development will be submitted with this planning application. This application relates to a development which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013 at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 19205
29 Mar 2018Conditional
for proposed single storey extension to the side of existing dwelling along with retention of domestic store/garage and all ancillary site works all at
Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 18147
6 Feb 2017Conditional
to upgrade existing entrance to incorporate proposed new bell-mouth type entrance onto public road to facilitate access to existing forestry plantation and all associated site development works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 1741
6 Feb 2017Conditional
to construct an entrance to incorporate proposed new bell-mouth type entrance onto public road to facilitate access to existing forestry plantation and all associated site development works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 1742
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Boderg And Lough Bofin 001642
Recorded monuments
- RO024-007 Crannog
Description
In the NE corner of triangular Lough Acrick (dims. c. 800-900m N-S; c. 450m E-W at N) c. 120m from the E shore and c. 140m from the N shore. Circular overgrown island (diam. 18m N-S; 17m E-W; H 0.6-1m) with a flat summit (diam. 7-8m). A collapsed palisade is visible in the water SE-W, c. 1.5m from the shore with deeper water immediately beyond. Two English shillings of c. 1560 were found on it (Lucas 1970, 165). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockhall.
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 Knockhall, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockhall.
- 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
- Knockhall, Rooskey11 sales
The townland
- Name
- Knockhall
- Area
- 6,743,974 m² (674.4 ha, 1,666.47 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilglass, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ballintober North
- Electoral division
- Kilglass North, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 505 people lived in 199 households in the Kilglass North electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 13% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballykilcline, Derrymacstur, Derrymoylin, Drumman Beg, Drumman More, Killegan, Lecarrow, Legan, Meelick, Mullaghmacormick, Slattagh Beg, Slattagh More
- Placenames
- Knockhall 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.