Kingsfort

107 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kingsfort, from 10 m² to 101,009 m² (10.1 ha, 24.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 113 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P5RV – rural village uses (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 79 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3CF – community facilities (Community facilities)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1OS – open space (Open space, park)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 3 Jul 2026N/a

  We, St. Michaels GAA Club, wish to apply for full planning permission for the following works: 1. permission to upgrade the existing clubhouse from a single storey to a two-storey structure, the extended building will encompass larger changing room facilities on the ground floor. 2. The 1st floor will include a meeting room, kitchen area, viewing balcony and additional toilet facilities. 3. To construct 2 no. ground floor single storey extensions to the existing clubhouse to include additional toilet facilities and storage facilities. 4. To construct a pedestrian pathway around the perimeter of the facility to include low level lighting. 5. To construct a pedestrian pathway to connect both existing GAA pitches. 6. To construct spectator perimeter fencing on both pitches. 7. To fit solar panels to the roof of the new 2 storey building. 8. To construct a new spectator stand, scoreboard and all ancillary works. The works are located at St. Michaels GAA Club, Kingsfort, Ballintogher, Co. Sligo.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660268

• 23 Dec 2023Conditional

  (a) construct one detached two storey dwelling house on vacant site number one, (b) construct two semi-detached two storey dwelling houses on vacant site number thirty six and thirty seven and (c) construct one detached two storey dwelling house on vacant site number thirty eight

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2360381

• 11 Feb 2022Conditional

  Development consisting of the following works: 1. Retention of existing first floor attic conversion from storage to habitable rooms along with 3 roof lights to front and 1 one rear, 2. Replace 2 no. existing Velux windows to the rear with 2 flat roof dormers with windows suitable for escape and rescue, 3. Include one additional Velux window to front, 4. Construction of a flat roof extension to rear of house 35m2 floor area, 5. Elevational changes to existing south side gable to form new window and door opening for access to newutility room along with all associated site works

  Retention, 3 homes · Sligo County Council, 2247

• 30 Apr 2020Conditional

  Development consisting of the following works: 1. Demolition of existing shelter structure located to the east of existing school; 2. Construction of a new classroom and link corridor extension to the east and north sides of the existing school including signage; 3. Provision of alterations to staffroom block to west side of existing school; 4. Elevation changes to the existing school; 5. Provision of new access ramp and external steps to front (north) of school and provision of a new playground to rear (south) of school; 6. Connection of foul drainage to existing public sewer, connection of surface water into existing system on site and all associated site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 20130

• 5 Apr 2018Conditional

  Development consisting of the construction of five, two storey detached dwelling houses on existing vacant sites located to the east of existing house number six -CONDITION NO. 16 COMPLIED WITH

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 18105

• 9 Aug 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of an additional temporary prefab type classroom, connect to all public services and construct a new school sign on the front gable of the school together with all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 17305

• 3 Apr 2017Conditional

  development consisting of the construction of 1 no. two-storey detached dwelling house and 2 no. two-storey semi-detached dwelling houses on vacant sites located to the south of house no. 35. Permission is also sought for completion of the public footpath, road, vehicle turning area and site services adjacent to these proposed dwelling houses

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17123

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 Kingsfort.

Recorded monuments

• SL021-079 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In wet pasture, on top of a hill. A raised roughly circular area (int. diam. 27.4m N-S; 31.2m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 2.8m) along the S, W and N arcs and by a scarp along the E arc. The slightly concave interior is covered with rushes. A cashel (SL021-073----) lies c. 400m to NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL021-082 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  On level ground, to the SE of Ballintogher village. It was recorded in the 1940s that the ruins of Ballintogher Castle were located 'to the rear of the Garda Barracks', and consisted of a 'portion of wall about 8ft [2.43m] high with no architectural features' (Faughnan 1943). The barracks was demolished in 1992. It was named 'Constabulary Barrack' on the 1913 OS 6-inch map and occupied the site of a large house, named 'Old Castle', on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. According to Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 119), 'Oldcastle' occupied the site of 'the ancient castle of Kingsfort.' According to local information, there was a structure immediately behind the Constabulary Barrack, the remaining wall of which was described as roughly 5m high (long axis NW-SE) and c. 1.5m thick, with a wall-walk and crenellations. It was removed within living memory. At the rear (NE) of the site formerly occupied by the barracks are two lengths of stone wall forming a boundary. From the roadway to the SE, a wall (H 2m; T 0.6m) runs NW for 40m before turning at a right angle to the SW for a short return (L 1.4m). The wall, built of random rubble, is broken-off at either end. In the short return is a small loop with its opening (H 0.3m; Wth 0.1m) facing SE. Parallel with the main stretch of the latter wall, but 2.4m further SW than it, is a second length of wall (L 25m; H 1.7m; T 0.9m) also built of random rubble and also broken off at either end. The gap between both walls is filled by a pile of loose stones. Midway along this second length of wall is a gateway (Wth c. 2.55m) whose jambs do not survive but the socket for a drawbar (H 0.25m; Wth 0.2m; D 2.4m) survives on the SE side. Ballintogher was an O'Conor castle which was described as having been seized by O'Rorke in 1567 (Wood-Martin 1882, 293). By the 1630s it was already a ruin (Wood-Martin 1889, 184) but was subsequently rebuilt as 'a fortified house' by John Leslie in the 1680s and had a garrison placed in it during the 1688-9 disturbances (ibid., 106). The loop in the return wall is very plain in design and could be placed in either a 16th or 17th-century context. Subsequent to the site inspection in 2002, the entire length of wall to the NW and the NW end of the other wall, including the return with the loop, were demolished during construction work at the site in 2003 (pers. comm. J. O'Shaughnessy). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Architectural heritage

• Saint Teresa's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1930–1935 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay single-cell rendered Roman Catholic church, built 1931. Three-stage square-profile bell-tower with ground floor entrance porch to central bay of north elevation, single-storey sacristy to west elevation with single-storey flat-roofed block to south. Pitched slate roof to church, hipped to sacristy and tower, clay ridge tiles, painted smooth-rendered chimneystack to south-west, painted timber projecting gables in vestigal open-bed pedimented form, decorative iron crosses to gables and tower, painted timber overhanging eaves, moulded cast-iron gutters, rectangular cast-iron downpipes. Painted smooth-rendered walling with painted roughcast panels to central band. Painted smooth-rendered walling to tower, mosaic-tiled panel to north elevation of second stage of bell-tower behind carved marble statue on corbelled podium. Round-headed window openings to central bays of main elevations, square-headed slit windows to end bays, thermal windows with blind occuli over to east and west gables, painted smooth-rendered band surrounds, leaded stained glass windows. Square-headed door openings to bell-tower and to east elevation, moulded rendered surrounds, convex fluted reveals to door to bell-tower, granite steps, painted timber four-panel double doors. Interior with central aisle, timber pews, glazed ceramic tiling to dado, painted smooth-plastered walls above, timber A-truss roof carried on angular fluted corbels, round-headed chancel arch, carved timber confessionals, polychromatic marble altar, timber-framed porch to east end with leaded light glazing, gallery with panelled timber front over, marble display case for relic of Saint Therese of Lisieux, painted stations of the cross. Church set back from road on elevated site, limestone steps climb to entrance level, roughcast boundary walls with concrete saddle-back copings.

• Kingsfort House, house, 1790–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1810. Sub-divided into two properties with three-bay section to east and four-bay section to west, single-storey gabled porches to each end, single-storey lean-to extension to west gable. Pitched artificial slate roofs, clay ridge tiles, four unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystacks with yellow clay pots, extruded aluminium gutters on painted timber fascias fixed to rafter ends, painted timber barges. Painted roughcast walls. Square-headed window openings, painted smooth-rendered reveals, painted stone sills, painted six-over-six timber sash windows to ground floor, six-over-three to first floor. Round-headed window to porch. Elliptical-headed door openings, painted smooth-rendered reveals, sunburst fanlights, painted eight-pane timber fixed sidelights, painted timber double doors each with two raised-and-fielded panels to main entrance and four-panel door in east porch. Landscaped grounds, gravel driveways, limestone rubble wall fronting to road, outbuildings to south and west.

• Tiraghrill, church/chapel, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay former Church of Ireland church, built c. 1850, having four-bay nave, single-bay gable-fronted projecting chancel to east, gable-fronted entrance porch to west side of north elevation. Now in use as private dwelling. Pitched slate roof, cut limestone bell-cote to west gable, roof lights added c. 2000, ashlar verge copings, moulded cast-iron rainwater goods. Squared roughly-coursed limestone walling, line of redundant corbels below eaves, ashlar quoins, ashlar corner buttresses. Lancet and paired lancet window openings, limestone ashlar surrounds, chamfered reveals, diamond-pane and margined fixed-light windows. Pointed-arched door opening to porch, limestone hood mould, chamfered reveals, limestone steps, painted timber vertically-sheeted door. Set back from road in own grounds, cobbled paving to north, crenellated limestone rubble boundary walls, cut-limestone gate piers, decorative steel gates c. 2000.

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 Kingsfort, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kingsfort.

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.

No address of the register names Kingsfort with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Kingsfort · Ráth na Rí

Area

435,869 m² (43.59 ha, 107.71 acres)

Civil parish

Killerry, and its townlands

Barony

Tirerrill

Electoral division

Ballintogher East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

661 people lived in 240 households in the Ballintogher East electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Altvelid, Drumcondra, Rathgeean, Tiratick, Woodfield

Placenames

Kingsfort 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.