Muckalee

99 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Muckalee, from 124 m² to 426,360 m² (42.64 ha, 105.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 43 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Muckalee 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.

• 8 Jan 2026Conditional

  to change house type, and the position of the house on site of previously permitted planning application reference 2214. The proposed development consists of the provision of a single storey dwelling. Permission is also requested for a single storey ancillary garage with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2660017

• 15 Apr 2025Conditional

  to construct a new cattle shed with underground slatted slurry storage along with all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560200

• 31 Mar 2025Conditional

  for the demolition of 2 no. outbuildings, the renovation, modification and extension of an existing part 2 storey and part one storey farmhouse, external alterations including the construction of new single storey extensions, site entrance, driveway, borewell, wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560164

• 18 Mar 2025N/a

  for the renovation, modification and extension of an existing part 2 storey and part one storey farmhouse, external alterations including the construction of new single storey extensions, site entrance, driveway, borewell, wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter and all associated site works on lands located

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560134

• 22 Jan 2024Conditional

  to construct (i) Soiled water tank with flow channel (ii) walled silage slabs and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460025

• 17 Nov 2023Conditional

  to construct a new one and half storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, new entrance, private borewell, wastewater treatment system and percolation area together with all other associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2360524

• 11 Jan 2022Conditional

  To build a dwelling house incorporating a garage, entrance to public road, private bore well, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2214

• 19 May 2021Conditional

  for development to include the following: 1. Retention Permission of as built garage/store. 2. Permission to demolish existing two storey dwelling. 3. Permission to construct a new two storey replacement dwelling house. 4. Permission for the provision of a new treatment plant & percolation area. 5. Permission to provide a new replacement vehicular site entrance. 6. All associated site development works.

  Retention, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 21432

• 9 Dec 2020Conditional

  for changes which include additions and alterations to existing house plan and adjustments of house location on site with all associated site works for planning application Ref No's 15/576 and 20/23

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 20859

• 20 Jan 2020Unconditional

  of Planning Permission Reference P.15/576

  Extension of duration · Kilkenny County Council, 2023

• 3 Oct 2019Conditional

  for development of a new plant room, collecting yard, slatted tank, meal bin, crush, concrete apron and extension to existing dairy and milking parlour and associated site works at

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 19714

• 22 Aug 2019Conditional

  to construct a slatted cubicle shed with loose calving area together with all other associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 19597

• 14 Aug 2019Conditional

  to construct a two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, entrance to public road, private bore well, wastewater treatment system and percolation area together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 19575

• 23 Jan 2019Conditional

  for the construction of a two storey, detached dwelling, garage, new site entrance, private well, septic tank with percolation area and all other site and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 1926

• 4 Jan 2018Conditional

  to construct a new cattle shed with underground slatted slurry storage along with all associated site works at

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 187

• 5 Dec 2017Conditional

  to construct a two storey dwelling house and detached garage, with septic tank/ percolation area, and all associated works

  Permission, 2 homes · Kilkenny County Council, 17808

• 8 Nov 2017Conditional

  to construct new dwelling house, domestic garage, install effluent treatment unit with percolation area, form new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 17733

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: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

• KK010-067002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a SW-facing slope in low-lying terrain sloping towards the Douglas River, in a reclaimed field. Lying immediately SW of another fulacht fia (KK010-067005-) and one of a number of fulachta fia (KK010-067001- c. 100m to NW; KK010-067003- c. 100m to the NNW; KK010-067004- c. 80m to N and KK010-067005- c. 100m to the SE and KK010-067006- c. 100m to ESE) in the vicinity recorded by Prendergast (1955, 10). This fulacht fia and the adjacent one were partially excavated Prendergast (1955, 1-3). She states that these, ‘may be described as a double site since it comprised two oval mounds and the shallow intervening space’. The mound (KK010-067002-), ‘was composed of an oval heap of burnt stones, ashes and charcoal now covered by the humus layer and a fairly even thickness of soil. The burnt layer was more than half a metre deep at the centre of the mound and all the cuttings it immediately overlay the marl bottom. In the south-north cutting the edges of what seemed to be two pits into the marl appeared, one of those was completely excavated and proved to be an oval pit nearly 2.0 by 1.25 metres and half a metre deep, with a dished bottom and entirely filled with the burnt material' (ibid.). It is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 December 2018

• KK010-067003 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a SW-facing slope in low-lying terrain sloping towards the Douglas River, in a reclaimed field. One of a number of fulachta fia (KK010-067001- c. 60m to SW; KK010-067004- c. 35m to SE; KK010-067002- and KK010-067005- c. 100m to the SSE and KK010-067006- c. 180m to SE) in the immediate vicinity recorded by Prendergast (1955, 10). Two of these fulacta fia (KK010-067002- and KK010-067005-) were partially excavated by Prendergast (ibid. 1-3). This fulacht fia is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 December 2018

• KK010-067004 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a SW-facing slope in low-lying terrain sloping towards the Douglas River, in a reclaimed field. One of a number of fulachta fia (KK010-067001- c. 80m to WSW; KK010-067003- c. 35m to NW; KK010-067002- and KK010-067005- c. 80m to the S and KK010-067006- c. 150m to SE) in the immediate vicinity recorded by Prendergast (1955, 10). Two of these fulacta fia (KK010-067002- and KK010-067005-) were partially excavated by Prendergast (ibid. 1-3). This fulacht fia is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 December 2018

• KK010-067005 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a SW-facing slope in low-lying terrain sloping towards the Douglas River, in a reclaimed field. Lying immediately SW of another fulacht fia (KK010-067005-) and one of a number of fulachta fia (KK010-067001- c. 100m to NW; KK010-067003- c. 100m to the NNW; KK010-067004- c. 80m to N and KK010-067005- c. 100m to the SE and KK010-067006- c. 100m to ESE) in the vicinity recorded by Prendergast (1955, 10). This fulacht fia and the adjacent fulacht fia were partially excavated Prendergast (1955, 1-3). She states that these, ‘may be described as a double site since it comprised two oval mounds and the shallow intervening space’. A cutting was extended from the adjacent fulacht fia (KK010-067002-) and, 'extended across the [intervening] hollow into mount B [KK010-067005-]. The black layer faded out towards the edge of mound A [KK010-067002-] and did not appear again until the edge of mound B. The layer of soil was somewhat deeper in this shallow region and lay directly on the marl floor; there was no trace of a pit in the space excavated. A parallel cutting to the east linking the two mounds gave similar results, with the addition of two small pits dug into the subsoil on the verge of each mound. Each pit was found to be filled with the burnt material. Mount B was oval like its comrade, somewhat larger but not so high. A trench across it centrally showed the same layer of burnt stones, charcoal and ashes with a good deal of tough yellow clay between it and the underlying marl. In very instance where a pit, dug into the subsoil and packed with the charred debris, was exposed in this mound, it was found that there was a heaped-up yellow-clay patch in close proximity to it. The black layer was not homogen[e]ous but graded from scorched grey stones with some ashes at top to brittle burnt broken stones and much charcoal and finally to black compressed charcoal without stones at the bottom; this stratification held good wherever this layer appeared and the stones were always of sandstone’ (ibid.). It is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 December 2018

• KK010-067006 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a SW-facing slope in low-lying terrain sloping towards the Douglas River, in a reclaimed field. One of a number of fulachta fia (KK010-067001- c. 200m to NW; KK010-067003- c. 180m to the NW; KK010-067004- c. 150m to NW; KK010-067002- and KK010-067005- c. 100m to the W) in the immediate vicinity recorded by Prendergast (1955, 10). Two of these fulacta fia (KK010-067002- and KK010-067005-) were partially excavated by Prendergast (ibid. 1-3). This fulacht fia is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 December 2018

• KK010-068001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On ground sloping gently to the Dinin and Douglas river valley floors, in rolling grassland. A small stream runs along the S boundary of field, in a reclaimed field. One of three fulachta fia (KK010-068002- c. 40m to E and KK010-068003- c. 25m to SE) in the immediate vicinity recorded by Prendergast (1955, 10). This fulacht fia is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 December 2018

• KK010-068002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On ground sloping gently to the Dinin and Douglas river valley floors, in rolling grassland. A small stream runs along the S boundary of field, in a reclaimed field. One of three fulachta fia (KK010-068001- c. 40m to the W and KK010-068003- c. 30m to the SW) in the immediate vicinity recorded by Prendergast (1955, 10). This fulacht fia is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 December 2018

• KK010-068003 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On ground sloping gently to the Dinin and Douglas river valley floors, in rolling grassland. A small stream runs along the S boundary of field, in a reclaimed field. One of three fulachta fia (KK010-068001- c. 25m to the NW and KK010-068002- c. 30m to the NE) in the immediate vicinity recorded by Prendergast (1955, 10). This fulacht fia is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 December 2018

• KK010-069001 Church
  Description

  On a N-S ridge between the Dinin river valley to the W, Douglas river valley to the S, and a small valley to the E. The church occupies one of the irregular humps at the S end of the ridge and has a commanding view across all three valleys. Centrally placed within a roughly rectangular graveyard (KK010-069002-) with a raised burial area. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 454-5) this was the parish church of Muckalee, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. A rectangular church (max. ext. dims. c. 22m E-W; c. 6.6m N-S) built of well-coursed masonry, aligned ESE-WNW (described as E-W for convenience). The internal floor level of the church is significantly built up. Carrigan (ibid.) states that the church was divided into nave and chancel but that, ‘the dividing wall is now almost levelled with the ground’. There is a segmental-headed doorway embrasure (Wth 1.35m) in the centre of the W gable. Most of the N and S wall of the church are no longer upstanding, though the W end of the S wall (H 2m; L int. 3.5m) survives, and elsewhere wall-footings survive. The E gable has a base-batter (H 1.2m; Wth 0.12m). The 1839 OS Letters describes a single-light ogee-headed window, ‘four feet six inches [1.36m] high in front, one foot [o.3m] wide at bottom, and ten inches [0.25] wide at the springing of the arch’ in the E gable, though only the splayed embrasure now survives (O’Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 16-17). In the S wall, 0.28m from the E gable, part of the E embrasure of a window survives. At the W end of the S wall there is a double-splayed single-light window at ground level. The walls at the W end of the church are slightly thicker and the remains of stones projecting from the surviving W end of the S wall, c. 0.6-0.8m above the top of the window, suggest that the W end of the church had a stone vault and perhaps functioned as a residential tower. There is a large buttress (L 1.83m; D 1.86m) 4m from the W gable, supporting the S wall. There are a number of architectural fragments strewn around the graveyard, including a wedge-shaped stone step which suggests the church had a spiral stair. According to Carrigan (ibid.) the W gable was surmounted by a ‘square perforated belfry’. Given the close proximity to a church and graveyard seven trenches were opened in 2004 in advance of house building, however, no archaeological remains were found. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 November 2016

• KK010-069002 Graveyard
  Description

  On a N-S ridge between the Dinin river valley to the W, Douglas river valley to the S, and a small valley to the E. The graveyard (dims. 25m N-S; 45m E-W) occupies one of the irregular humps at the S end of the ridge and has a commanding view across all three valleys. A medieval church (KK010-069001-) is centrally placed within a roughly rectangular graveyard. The graveyard is enclosed by a stone wall with an entrance gate at the E end of the N wall. The ground within the graveyard and church has been significantly raised as a result of successive burials over a long period. At the eastern end of the graveyard, approximately 5m in from the N and E wall the ground level within the graveyard rises by c. 2m and is revetted by a stone wall, now in various states of collapse. Upstanding headstones, occupying both the ruined church and the graveyard, date to the 18th and 19th centuries. Given the close proximity to a church and graveyard seven trenches were opened in 2004 in advance of house building, however, no archaeological remains were found. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 November 2016

• KK010-079001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a very steep slope dropping N to the river Douglas. A small stream runs downslope just W of the fulacht fia. One of three fulachta fia (KK010-079002- c. 60m to the SSW; KK010-079003- c. 190m to the SSW) identified by Prendergast (1955, 10) in this field. The field has been reclaimed and the monument is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 8 January 2019

• KK010-079002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a very steep slope dropping N to the river Douglas. A small stream runs downslope just W of the fulacht fia. One of three fulachta fia (KK010-079001- c. 60m to the NNE; KK010-079003- c. 130m to the SSW) identified by Prendergast (1955, 10) in this field. The field has been reclaimed and the monument is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 8 January 2019

• KK010-079003 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a very steep slope dropping N to the river Douglas. A small stream runs downslope just W of the fulacht fia. One of three fulachta fia (KK010-079001- c. 190m to the NNE; KK010-079002- c. 130m to the NNE) identified by Prendergast (1955, 10) in this field. The field has been reclaimed and the monument is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 8 January 2019

• KK010-081 Enclosure
  Description

  On the floor of the Douglas river valley, adjacent to small stream which appears to have run around the N-NW quadrant of the monument. It is depicted on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular area (dims. c. 38m N-S; 34m E-W) enclosed by a more irregular outer bank or platform (max. dims. c. 58m N-S; c. 57m E-W), the W-NW portion of which is not indicated and may have been defined by a stream. It is not indicated on the 1947 OS 6-inch map revision which suggests it was levelled between 1839 and 1947. It is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 8 January 2019

• KK011-029 Enclosure
  Description

  In gentle rolling grassland. Depicted on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map as a small rectangular field (dims. c. 27m roughly N-S; c. 20m roughly E-W) bounded along the E and S side by a stream flowing NE-SW. On the 6-inch 1900 revision the W side is not depicted and the E and S sides are no longer at right angles, but are depicted by a curving field boundary. The N side has remained the same, incorporated in a field boundary which extends westward. The field has been reclaimed and the enclosure is not visible at ground level, though the N field boundary and the kink in the E-SE field boundary remain. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 1 February 2019

• KK011-030 Burnt mound
  Description

  On relatively level ground in gently sloping grassland, on the floor of the Dinin river valley. In wet terrain, with reeds. There is a well c. 100m to the NE. A layer of black earth and burnt stone was noted in an exposed face on the E side of a trackway. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 4 February 2019

• KK011-031 Burnt mound
  Description

  On relatively level terrain, in gently sloping grassland between the Douglas and Dinin river valleys. One of three burnt mounds (KK011-032----; KK011-033----) c. 70m to the SSW and c. 300m to NE respectively, near a spring. An area of black earth and small burnt stones was noted during ploughing. Visible in 1987 as a very slight rise. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 4 February 2019

• KK011-032 Burnt mound
  Description

  On relatively level terrain, in gently sloping grassland between the Douglas and Dinin river valleys. One of three burnt mounds (KK011-031----; KK011-033----) c. 70m to the NNE and c. 250m to NE respectively, near a spring. An area of black earth and small burnt stones was noted during ploughing. Visible in 1987 as a very slight rise. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 4 February 2019

• KK011-033 Burnt mound
  Description

  On relatively level terrain, in gently sloping grassland between the Douglas and Dinin river valleys. One of three burnt mounds (KK011-031----; KK011-032----) c. 200m to the SW and c. 250m to SSW respectively, near a spring. An area of black earth and small burnt stones was noted during ploughing. Visible in 1987 as a very slight rise. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 4 February 2019

• KK011-034 Enclosure
  Description

  On the summit of a broad and relatively flat hilltop, in gently rolling grassland. There are extensive views overlooking valleys in all directions. A rectangular area (dims. c. 66m N-S; c. 80m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (overall Wth 3m; Wth at crest c. 1m; int. H 0.6-0.8m; ext. H 1.2-2m) and external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.5-0.6m, except on E side Wth 3m; D c. 1.3m). There is an entrance on each side, towards the W end of the N side (Wth 3m), towards the S end of the E side (Wth 2m), towards the E end of the S side (Wth 3m) and near the middle on the W side (Wth 3m). Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. and 1900 revision of 6-inch OS map as a rectangular field. Though this may be a field, it is unusual to have such a regular enclosure amid a patchwork of fields and on the summit of a hill. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 4 February 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 Muckalee, 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 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 Muckalee.

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 Muckalee with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.

Name

Muckalee · Maigh Coillí

Area

4,559,226 m² (455.92 ha, 1,126.61 acres)

Civil parish

Muckalee (Castlecomer Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Fassadinin

Electoral division

Muckalee, the unit of the census

Census 2022

625 people lived in 188 households in the Muckalee electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clogharinka, Corbetstown, Damerstown East, Drumerhin, Gaulstown, Julianstown, Kilmadum, Knockanaddoge, Lisnafunshin, Scanlansland, Tomascotha, Uskerty

Placenames

Muckalee 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.