Kilree

77 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilree, from 67 m² to 149,958 m² (15 ha, 37.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 41 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Kilree 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.

• 18 Aug 2025Conditional

  for The proposed development will take place within an overall application area of approximately 61 hectares and will consist of the following: • The continued extraction of rock?—?including periodic blasting to fragment the rock prior to excavation?—?from the existing permitted quarry area (Plan File Ref. No.?18/858) beyond the current permission expiry date; • The continued use of existing quarry infrastructure (including crushing, screening and lime processing plant), existing pre-cast manufacturing facility (including associated ancillary works for manufacturing of concrete products), batching of lime products, workshop, canteen, toilet facilities, weighbridges, wheelwash, fuel stor-age area and switch room, settlement lagoons, haul roads, ESB substation, plant and product storage areas and all other ancillary facilities as permitted under Plan File Ref. No. 18/858; • The continued use of site offices authorised under Plan File Ref. No. 20/891; • A lateral extension of the existing limestone quarry, within an area of approx. 4.5 Ha., comprising: - approximately 18.2 hectares of extraction, including blasting, over 2 no. c 19 metre high benches to a final floor level ranging from 25 to 30m OD; and - overburden storage areas and landscaped screening berms (6.3 Ha). • To access the extension lands rock will be extracted - including by controlled blasting - from under: - approx. 1.4 hectare of land that is currently under landscaping measures authorised under Plan File Ref. No. 18/858; - approx. 2.1 hectare of land that is currently in use as an access ramp authorised under Plan File Ref. No. 18/858. • The removal of topsoil and overburden, construction of landscaped screening berms, and provision of an overburden storage area; • Demolition of an existing farmyard and associated buildings and structures, permitted under Plan File Ref. No. 15/595, and removal of approximately 6.81 hectares of commercial forestry within the proposed extension area to allow for the proposed quarry development; • All associated ancillary site facilities/works, including surface water management, internal haul roads, phased restoration, and landscaping. The applicant is seeking a 25-year permission for extraction and associated activities, with an additional 2 years for final site restoration. The planning application will be accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR).

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560532

• 25 Jul 2025N/a

  for development. The proposed development will take place within an overall application area of approximately 61 hectares and will consist of the following: • The continued extraction of rock—including periodic blasting to fragment the rock prior to excavation—from the existing permitted quarry area (Plan File Ref. No.18/858) beyond the current permission expiry date; • The continued use of existing quarry infrastructure (including crushing, screening and lime processing plant), existing pre-cast manufacturing facility (including associated ancillary works for manufacturing of concrete products), batching of lime products, workshop, canteen, toilet facilities, weighbridges, wheelwash, fuel storage area and switch room, settlement lagoons, haul roads, ESB substation, plant and product storage areas and all other ancillary facilities as permitted under Plan File Ref. No. 18/858; • The continued use of site offices authorised under Plan File Ref. No. 20/891; • A lateral extension of the existing limestone quarry, within an area of approx. 24.5 Ha., comprising: . approximately 18.2 hectares of extraction, including blasting, over 2 no. c 19 metre high benches to a final floor level ranging from 25 to 30m OD; and . overburden storage areas and landscaped screening berms (6.3 Ha). • To access the extension lands rock will be extracted - including by controlled blasting - from under: . approx. 1.4 hectare of land that is currently under landscaping measures authorised under Plan File Ref. No. 18/858; . approx. 2.1 hectare of land that is currently in use as an access ramp authorised under Plan File Ref. No. 18/858. • The removal of topsoil and overburden, construction of landscaped screening berms, and provision of an overburden storage area; • Demolition of an existing farmyard and associated buildings and structures, permitted under Plan File Ref. No. 15/595, and removal of approximately 6.81 hectares of commercial forestry within the proposed extension area to allow for the proposed quarry development; • All associated ancillary site facilities/works, including surface water management, internal haul roads, phased restoration, and landscaping. The applicant is seeking a 25-year permission for extraction and associated activities, with an additional 2 years for final site restoration. The planning application will be accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR),

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560463

• 8 Apr 2025Conditional

  construction of 2 no. agricultural sheds consisting of cubicles, feeding area and underground slatted slurry storage tanks and construction of 2 no. silage pits and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2560187

• 8 Dec 2024Conditional

  for construction of a single storey dwelling, garage, new entrance, new waste water treatment system, and all other associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2460611

• 7 Oct 2024N/a

  construction of a roofed overground slurry storage tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460473

• 11 Oct 2023Refused

  for the construction of a single storey dwelling, garage, new entrance, new waste water treatment system, and all other associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2360451

• 15 Feb 2022N/a

  Ref 21-108 for dwelling, entrance, wastewater treatment system, connection to mains water, soakpits and all other associated site works

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2283

• 2 Nov 2021N/a

  for development. The proposed development will consist of construction of a single storey dwelling, new entrance, garage, new wastewater treatment system and all other associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 21902

• 23 Feb 2021Conditional

  for dwelling, entrance, wastewater treatment system, connection to mains water, soakpits and all other associated site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 21108

• 18 Dec 2020Conditional

  for development. The development consists of a Planning Application for the removal of existing office cabins and the proposed erection of a new office structure, the erection of entrance walls and signage and all associated ancillary facilities within an existing quarry complex

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20891

• 6 Oct 2020N/a

  for the construction of an overground slurry storage tank and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20659

• 27 Dec 2018Conditional

  The development consists of a total area of 36.5 Hectares comprising of the following: Deepening of 13.4 hectares which was previously subject to rock extraction down to 12mOD; Removal of overburden, construction of screening berms and extraction of rock down to 30mOD from a greenfield area consisting of 8.5 hectares; Continuation of use of 11.6 hectares consisting of processing infrastructure (crushing, screening & lime plant), offices, workshop, canteens and toilet facilities , weighbridges, wheelwash facilities, fuel storage area and switch room, settlement lagoons, entrance, haul roads, ESB sub-station and all other ancillary facilities; Continuation of use of existing pre-cast manufacturing facility and associated ancillary works for manufacturing of concrete products, batching of lime products and general storage of products and plant on an area of 3.0 hectares; Landscaping and restoration of the site and all associated ancillary facilities/works; The Applicant is seeking a 20 year permission as part of the planning application. The planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report and a Natura Impact Statement.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18858

• 27 Dec 2018Refused

  of planning permission P.03/1532

  Extension of duration · Kilkenny County Council, 18860

• 27 Dec 2018Refused

  of planning permission P.03/75

  Extension of duration · Kilkenny County Council, 18861

• 6 Dec 2018Unconditional

  of Planning Permission Reference P13/235

  Extension of duration · Kilkenny County Council, 18811

• 21 Nov 2018Conditional

  for deforestation of part of my lands comprising of 1.69 hectares for conversion to agricultural land at

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18769

• 6 Nov 2018Conditional

  for deforestation of part of my lands comprising of 1.78 hectares for conversion to agricultural land at

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18736

• 6 Nov 2018Conditional

  for deforestation of part of my lands comprising of 4.86 hectares for conversion to agricultural land at

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18737

• 7 Mar 2018Conditional

  for the continued use of an existing asphalt plant and associated infrastructure and structures permitted under Planning Refs 99/1161 / ABP PL10.120270 and 04/129, within an application area of 1.7 hectares. The proposed development will not result in any increase in the permitted production capacity of the asphalt plant of 100,000 tonnes per annum at

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18150

• 12 May 2017Conditional

  for the development which consists of a total area of 24.5 Hectares comprising of the following: (a) Extraction of rock from an area consisting of 6.9 hectares which was previously subject to rock extraction. Rock will be extracted down to a level of 30m above Ordnance Datum which is the floor level of the existing working quarry. (b) Access and stockpiling of raw and finished aggregates on an area consisting of 2.6 hectares, (c) Continuation of use of the existing authorized quarry area and existing quarry infrastructure consisting of crushing, screening and lime plant, office, workshop, canteens and toilet facilities, weighbridges, wheelwash facilities, settlement lagoons, fuel storage area and switch room, ESB sub-station, quarry entrance, haul roads and all other ancillary facilities, (d) landscaping and restoration of the site and all associated ancillary facilities/works. (e) The applicant is seeking a 5 year permission as part of the planning application. The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Statement and a Natura Impact Statement

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 17316

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
• Special Protection Area: River Nore SPA 004233

Recorded monuments

• KK023-023 Enclosure
  Description

  A polygonal enclosure (dims. c. 60m E-W widening to c. 70m towards the S; c. 65m NNW-SSE) indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map as having five unequal straight sides, with a small wooded square enclosure occupying much of the NW-W portion of the interior and a lime kiln on the edge of the monument at the SE angle. On the 1947 revision of the OS 6-inch map the enclosure is indicated as a roughly oval enclosure (dims. c. 56m N-S; c. 70m E-W) though the W-NW sector is not indicated and the monument is enclosed by field boundaries. Between 1947 and 2005 (Google Earth satellite imagery, 20 November 2005) the monument was levelled, as were the field boundaries to the S and W. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 July 2021

• KK023-028 Enclosure
  Description

  In tillage. A roughly D-shaped cropmark, identified as the fosse of an enclosure (dims. c. 30m WNW-ESE along the straight side; c. 36m NE-SW; c. 40m NW-SE) on an aerial photograph (CUCAP BDI041, 14 July 1970). A field boundary runs NE-SW immediately N of the enclosure. See attached: KK023-028----_01 aerial photograph (CUCAP BDI041, 14 July 1970) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 27 July 2021

• KK023-047001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map as ‘Castle (in ruins)’ and described in the OS Letters (1839) as, ‘a small portion of the walls of a castle on Kilree Townland’ (O’Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 280 (94)). Hogan (1860-61, 365) describes it as, ‘the remains of a rude stone edifice, which may have been either a church or a castle. The east wall is about three feet [c. 0.9m] high, and the remainder is a mass of rubbish, little above the level of the ground’. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 372), ‘Kilree castle, still traditionally remembered to have belonged to the “Friars,” stood within a few perches [1 perch = 5m] of Mr. Whitecroft’s house; a part of it yet remains. It marks the position of the monastic Grange of Kilree’. O’Kelly (1969, 153) also mentions this castle and states that it is, ‘built on an elevation called the Cruaichín, commanding a fine view’. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 August 2021

• KK023-048001 Enclosure
  Description

  On level ground. A roughly oval enclosure (max. diam. c. 45m) indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map, the W side, running NW-SE is depicted as being straight, and the monument is contained within a small roughly triangular-shaped field. On the 1947 revision OS 6-inch map the field boundaries to the E and S have been removed and the W field boundary, running NW-SE, transects the W sector. The monument was inspected in March 1957 when it was densely overgrown with thorny scrub (OPW Correspondence, 25 March 1957). The interior (int. diam. 32m N-S; 39.6m E-W) was enclosed by a collapsed dry stone wall (Wth 3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.06m) and outer fosse (Wth 3.65m; D 0.76m) (ibid.). By August 1957 the monument had been levelled (OPW Correspondence, 16 August 1957). Aerial photographs (CUCAP AYK062, 9 July 1969; BDI039, 14 July 1970; BGG011 and BGG012, 16 July 1971) show the enclosure as a cropmark with a wide deep fosse and a small circular cropmark, probably a hut site (KK023-048002-) in the W quadrant of the interior. KK023-048001-_01 aerial photograph (CUCAP AYK062, 9 July 1969) KK023-048001-_02 aerial photograph (CUCAP BDI039, 14 July 1970) KK023-048001-_03 aerial photograph (CUCAP BGG012, 16 July 1971) KK023-048001-_04 sketch plan and section (OPW Correspondence, 25 March 1957) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 17 August 2021

• KK023-048002 Hut site
  Description

  Within the W quadrant of an enclosure (KK023-048001-). A small circular cropmark, probably a hut site, identified on aerial photographs (CUCAP AYK062, 9 July 1969; BDI039, 14 July 1970; BGG011 and BGG012, 16 July 1971). KK023-048002-_01 aerial photograph (CUCAP AYK062, 9 July 1969) KK023-048002-_02 aerial photograph (CUCAP BDI039, 14 July 1970) KK023-048002-_03 aerial photograph (CUCAP BGG012, 16 July 1971) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 17 August 2021

• KK023-049001 Enclosure
  Description

  Indicated as an oval enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and as a square enclosure with rounded corners on the 1947 revision with an unenclosed area (dims. c. 28m NW-SE; c. 24m NE-SW) outlined as a dashed line adjoining to the E. By 1969 the enclosure had been levelled and is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (CUCAP AYK063, 9 July 1969; BDI038, 14 July 1970). Also visible as cropmarks on these aerial photographs are an enclosure (KK023-049002-) which adjoins to the W and another (KK023-049003-) located c. 70m to the W. KK023-049001-_01 aerial photograph (CUCAP AYK063, 9 July 1969) KK023-049001-_02 aerial photograph (CUCAP BDI038, 14 July 1970) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 17 August 2021

• KK023-049002 Enclosure
  Description

  An oval enclosure (dims. c. 36m N-W; c. 47m N-S) identified as the cropmark of a fosse on aerial photographs (CUCAP AYK063, 9 July 1969; BDI038, 14 July 1970). On the OS 6-inch maps (1839 1st ed. and 1947 revision) a field boundary is indicated running along the W edge of the enclosure, from SSW-W. An enclosure (KK023-049001-) conjoins to the E and another enclosure (KK023-049003-), also identified as a cropmark on the aerial photographs, is located c. 30m to the WNW. KK023-049001-_01 aerial photograph (CUCAP AYK063, 9 July 1969) KK023-049001-_02 aerial photograph (CUCAP BDI038, 14 July 1970) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 17 August 2021

• KK023-049003 Enclosure
  Description

  A circular enclosure (dims. c. 36m) identified as the cropmark of a fosse on aerial photograph (CUCAP AYK063, 9 July 1969). On the OS 6-inch maps (1839 1st ed. and 1947 revision) a field boundary with a trackway is indicated running NW-SE, through what is visible on the aerial photograph as the W sector the enclosure. Another field boundary is also indicated on these maps running along the S edge of the enclosure, this has since been levelled and is visible as a cropmark on the aerial photograph. Two conjoined enclosures (KK023-049001- and KK023-049002-) conjoins to the E are located c. 70m to the E and c. 30m to the ESE respectively. KK023-049001-_01 aerial photograph (CUCAP AYK063, 9 July 1969) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 17 August 2021

• KK023-098001 Church
  Description

  According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 372), ‘Kilree castle [KK023-047001-], still traditionally remembered to have belonged to the “Friars,” stood within a few perches of Mr. Whitecroft’s house; a part of it yet remains. It marks the position of the monastic Grange of Kilree. Close beside it was a church or chapel, the graveyard attached to which was come upon, some years ago, when the foundation of Mr. Whitecroft’s house was being cut. The field adjoining this house and the fragment of the old castle, is called “Gorhee na soggarth,” the Priest’s Field’. It is likely that the house referred to as Mr. Whitecroft’s house is Kilree House which was built between 1839 and 1947 and is located c. 70m SW of the Kilree castle. This suggests that the church (KK023-098001-) and graveyard (KK023-098002-) are located in the area adjacent to and, at least partially, occupied by the house. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 8 September 2021

• KK023-098002 Graveyard
  Description

  According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 372), ‘Kilree castle [KK023-047001-], still traditionally remembered to have belonged to the “Friars,” stood within a few perches of Mr. Whitecroft’s house; a part of it yet remains. It marks the position of the monastic Grange of Kilree. Close beside it was a church or chapel, the graveyard attached to which was come upon, some years ago, when the foundation of Mr. Whitecroft’s house was being cut. The field adjoining this house and the fragment of the old castle, is called “Gorhee na soggarth,” the Priest’s Field’. It is likely that the house referred to as Mr. Whitecroft’s house is Kilree House which was built between 1839 and 1947 and is located c. 70m SW of the Kilree castle. This suggests that the graveyard is located in the area adjacent to and, at least partially, occupied by the house. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 8 September 2021

• KK024-126 Ring-ditch
  Description

  On a relatively flat field adjacent to the River Nore and its floodplain to the E. Excavated in 2007/8 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme (Licence no. E3730). A double penannular ring-ditch (inner ditch: diam. 10.4m x 9.8m; outer ditch: diam. 19.8m x 16.7m) cut at E by a field boundary. The entrance for both ring-ditches faces E, suggesting the river was an important focus for the site. In the interior were four post-holes and a large waste pit. A group of 17 stake-holes, two of which were cut by a possible cremation pit were just outside to the SW and were probably contemporary. The fills of the ring-ditch contained charcoal, burnt bone, animal bone and shells. Two Bann flakes are likely to have been residual rather than indicative of an earlier date. There was no evidence of a bank or of any recuts within either the inner or outer ring-ditch. The ring-ditch was cut by a large medieval square enclosure (KK024-127----). (Whitty and Lynch 2009; Lynch 2010, 235, no. 885) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 12 November 2013

• KK024-127 Enclosure
  Description

  On a relatively flat field adjacent to the River Nore and its floodplain to the E. Excavated in 2007/8 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme (Licence no. E3730). A square ditched enclosure (42.8m by 42.3m) with rounded corners possibly with an internal bank evidenced by slipped bank material. The entrance (Wth 3.6m) was at NE. Pottery finds from the ditch indicate a medieval date. A possible structure consisting of two L-shaped features and a line of post-holes and two pits was located towards the centre. Other features include keyhole and figure-of-eight kilns cut into the enclosing ditch, pits, post-holes, linear ditches and hearths. The enclosure superimposed a prehistoric double penannular ring-ditch (KK024-126----). A human burial (orientated E-W; KK024-128----) was found just outside the SSE corner. (Whitty and Lynch 2009; Lynch 2010, 235, no. 885) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 12 November 2013

• KK024-128 Burial
  Description

  Excavated in 2007/8 in advance of the N9/N10 Kilcullen to Waterford road scheme (Licence no. E3730). Situated just outside the SSE corner of a large medieval square enclosure (KK024-127----) that superimposed a double ring-ditch (KK024-126----). The burial was orientated E-W and had been truncated by field boundaries. Two pieces of modern pottery and a piece of modern iron were found in the fill of the grave suggesting a late date for the burial. (Whitty and Lynch 2009; Lynch 2010, 235, no. 885) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 12 November 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Kilree, 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Kilree · Cill Rí

Area

3,186,950 m² (318.7 ha, 787.51 acres)

Civil parish

Grangekilree, and its townlands

Barony

Shillelogher

Electoral division

Outrath, the unit of the census

Census 2022

768 people lived in 261 households in the Outrath electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 19% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bennettsbridge, Bennettsbridge, Grevine East, Rathclogh, Sheastown, Wallslough

Placenames

Kilree 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.