Kilbarry

288 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilbarry, from 115 m² to 151,405 m² (15.14 ha, 37.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Kilbarry 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Kilbarry 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

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Forbes Complex SAC 001818
• Special Protection Area: Ballykenny-Fisherstown Bog SPA 004101
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Forbes Complex 001818

Recorded monuments

• RO024-016001 Church
  Description

  This is an early church founded by St Barry or Bearach who died in AD 615 and which was known as 'Cluain Coirpthe'. St Bearach belonged to the Cenel Dobhth, a sept of the Uí Brioin with territory in Roscommon, although his mother Fionmhaith was a sister of St Fraoch of Cloone (LE033-006001-), and Berach was born nearby at Achadh Gréine (Aughagrany), Co. Leitrim. The Cenel Doghtha became the Uí Ainlighe (O'Hanly), who were patrons of his monastery (Ó Riain 2011, 94-5). Its early history is obscure but references date from 918 (ibid. 96). Coarbs are first mentioned in 1128, and the building of a stone church is recorded in 1151. It was burned in 1219 and plundered in 1238, and its coarbs attended the inaugurations of the kings of Connacht in the 14th century. Listed as Cloncardi in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 (Cal. doc. Ire. vol. 6, 223), it functioned under its own rule and served as the parish church, but was probably abandoned by the 16th century. The decorated crozier known as the Gearr Bearaich, long kept in the vicinity by the O'Hanley family, is now in the NMI (Crawford 1923, 171). The monastery is situated at the E end of a low E-W ridge, c. 1 km W of Lough Forbes and the River Shannon. St Barry's Well (RO030-001001-) is c. 300m to the SSE, and St. Barry's Boat, a stone on which he crossed the Shannon is now at Whitehall Roman Catholic church (RO030-007----). (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 38; Farrell 1996) The remains are within a rectangular graveyard (RO024-016008-) (dims 64m E-W; 35m N-S) defined by masonry walls which has architectural fragments (RO024-016010-) built into it, but other fragments recorded in the 18th century are now missing (Stalley 1991, 204-05). There are two churches - Teampal Mór (RO024-016001-) at the E end of the graveyard and Teach Dorcha (RO024-016003-) to its SW, a medieval building - Teach Gall (RO024-016004-) - at the W end of the garveyard, and the site of a round tower (RO024-016006-). J. O'Donovan in 1837 (Herity 210, 123-8) mentions another chapel (RO016-024005-) which may be the medieval building or else was just S of it. There is a bullaun stone (RO024-016009-), a spherical sandstone boulder (diam. c. 0.6m) with a single basin (diam. 0.3m; D 0.2m) which has been damaged, just E of the graveyard. The holy well (RO030-001----), c. 300m to the SSE, is reached by a laneway from the graveyard, and an ancient road (RO024-019----) led to the site from the SW.. Teampal Mór, or the large church, at the E side of the graveyard of Kilbarry was built in 1151. It is a rectangular structure (int. dims at least 21.8m E-W; 6.9m N-S) but the E gable, which had a lancet window in 1944 (SMR file), does not survive. The W and N walls (max. H 1.7m) are featureless, but the quoins at the SW angle (H 1m) have a moulding, and are topped now by a face corbel. Adjacent on the S wall is a cavity containing fragments of a skull. Fragments of the S wall survive (max. H 3.8m) with a round-headed window and a blocked lintelled doorway (Wth 0.55m; H 1.5m) towards the W end which has tie-stones for a porch. There is a fragment of a font (RO024-016013-) inside the church. Teach Dorcha or the dark house is at the S edge of Kilbarry graveyard. It is a rectangular structure (int. dims 6.35m E-W; 4.6m N-S) whose walls (Wth 0.7m; max. H 1.7), apart from the S wall which does not survive, are probably rebuilt. It is a plain structure apart from the trabeate W doorway (Wth 0.55m; H 1.3m) which has a cross-slab (RO024-016011-) (H 1.2m; Wth 0.8m) inscribed with a Latin cross set upright outside it. A second cross-slab (RO024-016012-) (dims 1.8m x 0.35-0.5m) with a similar incised cross lies just N of the church. John O'Donovan recorded a 17th century graveslab (RO024-016007-) (ibid.) which was recently re-discovered by Gary Dempsey on the N side of Teach Dorcha. It is rectangular (max. dims 1.11m x 0.52m; T 9cm) with the top corners cut off and decorated in false relief. This includes a cross, an 'IHS', a hammer and perhaps a cock. There is a fragmentary inscription commemorating John Coly and another with the date 1666, although the first digit has been removed. The initials IC and AC are on either side of the head of the cross. There is a holed stone (RO024-016014-) (dims 0.32m x 0.09m; H 0.45m) set in the ground c. 20m NW of Teach Dorcha, which was first identified and recorded by Gary Dempsey. It has a rounded top where it is penetrated by a hole (diam. 0.1m). Teach Gall or the bright house, which may have been a hospital (Lee 1974-5, 227) is at the W edge of Kilbarry graveyard (RO024-016----). It is a rectangular structure (int. dims 11.7m N-S; at least 5.7m E-W), of which the S gable survives almost complete (H 3.4m) with a simple light, together with fragments of the E (H 2m) and N (H 1.8m) walls. The round tower, which was c. 4.5m W of Tempall Mór, collapsed c. 1770 and its stump (diam. c. 2.75-3.35m) was removed c. 1830 when some of its stones were incorporated into the graveyard wall while the conical capstone (diam. 0.46m; H 0,3m) with a mortice on top is just N of Teach Geal. (Barrow 1979, 179,180) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 2 December, 2014

• RO024-016003 Church
  Description

  Teach Dorcha or the dark house is at the S edge of Kilbarry graveyard (RO024-016008-). It is a rectangular structure (int. dims 6.35m E-W; 4.6m N-S) whose walls (Wth 0.7m; max. H 1.7), apart from the S wall which does not survive, are probably rebuilt. It is a plain structure apart from the trabeate W doorway (Wth 0.55m; H 1.3m) which has a cross-slab (RO024-016011-) (H 1.2m; Wth 0.8m) inscribed with a Latin cross set upright outside it. A second cross-slab (RO024-016012-) (dims 1.8m x 0.35-0.5m) with a similar incised cross lies just N of the church on a path, and the graveslab (RO024-016007-) is also just N of the church. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 November, 2014

• RO024-016004 Building
  Description

  Teach Gall or the bright house, which may have been a hospital (Lee 1974-5, 227) is at the W edge of Kilbarry graveyard (RO024-016008-). It is a rectangular structure (int. dims 11.7m N-S; at least 5.7m E-W), of which the S gable survives almost complete (H 3.4m) with a simple light, together with fragments of the E (H 2m) and N (H 1.8m) walls. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO024-016005 Building
  Description

  The ITA survey (1944) refers to a chapel S of the Teach Dorcha (RO024-016003-), but there is no evidence of a structure here now. J. O'Donovan (O Flanagan 1931, vol. 2, 54-5) also mentions a chapel, and a map, probably from the original OS letters, suggests that it was N of the White House (RO024-016004-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO024-016006 Round tower
  Description

  The round tower, which was c. 4.5m W of Tempall Mór (RO024-016001-), collapsed c. 1770 and its stump (diam. c. 2.75-3.35m) was removed c. 1830 when some of its stones were incorporated into the graveyard wall while the conical capstone (diam. 0.46m; H 0.45m) with a mortice on top is just N of Teach Geal. (Barrow 1979, 179, 180) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO024-016007 Graveslab
  Description

  John O'Donovan recorded a 17th century graveslab c. 1837 (O'Flanagan 1931, 2, 54-5) which was recently re-discovered by Gary Dempsey on the N side of Teach Dorcha (RO024-016003-). It is rectangular (max. dims 1.11m x 0.52m; T 9cm) with the top corners cut off and decorated in false relief. This includes a cross, an 'IHS', a hammer and perhaps a cock. There is a fragmentary inscription commemorating John Coly and another with the date 1666, although the first digit has been removed. The initials IC and AC are on either side of the head of the cross. Amended by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 November, 2014

• RO024-016008 Graveyard
  Description

  The churches Teampull Mór (RO024-016001-), Teach Dorcha (RO024-016003-) and Teach Geal (RO024-016004-) are within a rectangular graveyard (dims 64m E-W; 35m N-S) defined by masonry walls which have architectural fragments built into them, but others recorded in the 18th century are now missing (Stalley 1991, 204-05). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO024-016009 Bullaun stone
  Description

  At the E end of a low E-W ridge, c. 1 km W of Lough Forbes and the River Shannon, and outside the E edge of graveyard (RO024-016008-). A spherical sandstone boulder (diam. c. 0.6m) has a single basin (diam. 0.3m; D 0.2m) which has been damaged. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO024-016010 Architectural fragment
  Description

  There are architectural fragments built into the walls of the graveyard (RO024-016008-), but others recorded in the 18th century are now missing (Stalley 1991, 204-05). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO024-016011 Cross-slab
  Description

  There is a cross-slab (H 1.2m; Wth 0.8m) inscribed with a Latin cross set upright outside the door of Teach Dorcha (RO024-016003-). See the attached image. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO024-016012 Cross-slab
  Description

  A cross-slab (dims 1.8m x 0.35-0.5m) with an incised latin cross lies on a footpath just N of Teach Dorcha (RO024-016003-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 November, 2014

• RO024-016013 Font
  Description

  There is a fragment of a font inside Teampull Mor (RO024-016001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO024-016014 Holed stone
  Description

  There is a holed stone (dims 0.32m x 0.09m; H 0.45m) set in the ground c. 20m NW of Teach Dorcha, which was first identified and recorded by Gary Dempsey. It has a rounded top where it is penetrated by a hole (diam. 0.1m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 December, 2014

• RO030-001001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  At the bottom of the S-facing slope of an E-W ridge, at the junction with the flood-plain of the River Shannon. A small conserved D-shaped well (dims 1.2m x 0.9m) is within a circular enclosure (int. dims 9.8m E-W; 9.5m N-S) defined by a masonry wall (Wth 0.45m; H 0.8-1m) and it also contains a tree, flowers and a shrine. A cairn (RO030-001002-) (Wth 1-1.5m; H 0.5m) is heaped against the outside of the wall. The pattern was held on 15 August but is now held on 15 February, the date of the saint’s death (Beirne 2000, 329). Kilbarry church (RO024-016001-) is c. 300m to the N. (O'Connell 1988, 59) See the attached image taken from the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO030-001002 Penitential station
  Description

  At the bottom of the S-facing slope of an E-W ridge, at the junction with the flood-plain of the River Shannon. A cairn (Wth 1-1.5m; H 0.5m) is heaped against the outside of the wall around St Barry's Well (RO030-001002-). Kilbarry church (RO024-016001-) is c. 300m to the N. (O'Connell 1988, 59) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO030-002 Crannog
  Description

  On flat low-lying ground on the flood-plain of the River Shannon. Depicted as a small island (diam. c. 15m) in a small lake (diam. c. 200m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The lake has been reclaimed and the field is now known locally as the island, but there is no evidence of or local knowledge of a crannog. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO030-017 Road - gravel/stone trackway - peatland
  Description

  Emerging from a bog and rising up the S-facing slope of the slight E-W ridge on which Kilbarry church (RO024-016001-) is situated. Running NE-SW (L c. 600m) down the side of the ridge, it is known as the 'Saint's Road' and its course is known locally as a direct route between Kilbarry church and the RC church of Whitehall where St. Barry's Boat (RO030-007----) is kept. At the bottom of the slope it proceeds N (L c. 300m) on the E side of a N-S field bank where it is barely noticeable at the S end as a slight berm (Wth c. 3-5m), before swinging NE across fields (L c. 450m) to meet the public road c. 80m W of the graveyard (RO024-016002-). It is reputed locally to have a metalled surface that can be detected in parched conditions. Archaeological testing (16E0174) by A. Wallace just to the NW at a point where the old road approaches the E-W public road produced no related material (excavations.ie 2016:857). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 Amended: 20 October 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Kilbarry, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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.

• Kilbarry, Rooskey7 sales

Name

Kilbarry

Area

3,576,167 m² (357.62 ha, 883.69 acres)

Civil parish

Termonbarry, and its townlands

Barony

Ballintober North

Electoral division

Roosky, the unit of the census

Census 2022

818 people lived in 301 households in the Roosky electoral division. 69% of households owned their home. 53% of homes were built since 2001. 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymagrine, Cloonfower, Cloonshannagh, Corramagrine, Lack, Newtown

Placenames

Kilbarry 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.