Collegepark
Collegepark is a townland in the civil parish of St. John's, barony of Gowran, Co. Kilkenny. Its name in Irish is Páirc an Choláiste.
Parcel 827722
- Area
- 9 m²
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 7 m².
- Zoning
- R2 Existing Residential (Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021 (Variation 8B)) The objective
- Townland
- Collegepark
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
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 14 recorded monuments.
- KK019-026074 Castle - tower house
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KK019-026075 Church
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KK019-026165 Graveyard
Description
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- KK019-026166 Graveslab
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KK019-026167 Graveslab
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KK019-026420 Graveslab (present location)
Description
Thirteen graveslabs were recovered from the River Nore during the archaeological excavations (01E980) carried out in 2001-2003 as part of the River Nore Drainage Scheme (Doyle and O’Meara 2004, 6-20). These were found associated with the late medieval bridge (KK019-026070-), immediately N of the current John’s Bridge (ibid. 7). It is suggested that the graveslabs were deliberately cleared from a graveyard, possibly belonging to either St Mary’s parish church (KK019-026115-) c. 100m to the W or to St John’s Priory (KK019-026068-) c. 200m to the NE, and used as part of the rubble needed to form a protective apron for the piers of the late medieval bridge (ibid. 16-19). Currently stored in Magdalan tower (KK019-026074-), Maudlin St, Kilkenny. Portion of a limestone graveslab (01E0980: 2277) was found mortared into the base of one of the piers of the late medieval bridge (ibid. 8-9). It consists of a rectangular fragment (L 1.2m; Wth 0.54-0.58m; T 0.25m), tapering towards the base (ibid. 11; 14). Both sides of the top of the slab, as well as the base of the slab, are missing (ibid.). It is decorated with a four-armed incised cross with fleur-de-lis terminals, though the dexter terminal is broken off (ibid.). The cross-head has an open lozenge-shaped centre (ibid.). Stylistically this graveslab dates to the 13th/14th century. See attached photograph: KK019-026420-_01 Photograph by Chris Corlett Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 January 2023
- KK019-026421 Graveslab (present location)
Description
Thirteen graveslabs were recovered from the River Nore during the archaeological excavations (01E980) carried out in 2001-2003 as part of the River Nore Drainage Scheme (Doyle and O’Meara 2004, 6-20). These were found associated with the late medieval bridge (KK019-026070-), immediately N of the current John’s Bridge (ibid. 7). It is suggested that the graveslabs were deliberately cleared from a graveyard, possibly belonging to either St Mary’s parish church (KK019-026115-) c. 100m to the W or to St John’s Priory (KK019-026068-) c. 200m to the NE, and used as part of the rubble needed to form a protective apron for the piers of the late medieval bridge (ibid. 16-19). Currently stored in Magdalan tower (KK019-026074-), Maudlin St, Kilkenny. A limestone graveslab (01E0980: 2272/2273) consists of two adjoining fragments of a tapering slab (total dims. L 1.42m; Wth 1.02m; T 0.2m), the top and lower sinister side of which is missing (ibid. 12, 15). It is decorated with an incised floriated cross and, though most of the cross-head is missing with only three fleur-de-lis terminals surviving, enough survives to infer that this was an eight-armed, interlaced cross (ibid.). Below the cross-head the shaft opens into a double-ringed circle (ibid.). The cross-shaft rests on a stepped cross-base, only the dexter side of which survives (ibid.). There is Lombardic script along the sinister edge in Norman French which possibly reads, ‘SABENL’ (ibid.). This graveslab has been dated to the mid-14th century (ibid. 12). See attached photograph: KK019-026421-_01 Photograph by Chris Corlett Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 January 2023
- KK019-026422 Graveslab (present location)
Description
Thirteen graveslabs were recovered from the River Nore during the archaeological excavations (01E980) carried out in 2001-2003 as part of the River Nore Drainage Scheme (Doyle and O’Meara 2004, 6-20). These were found associated with the late medieval bridge (KK019-026070-), immediately N of the current John’s Bridge (ibid. 7). It is suggested that the graveslabs were deliberately cleared from a graveyard, possibly belonging to either St Mary’s parish church (KK019-026115-) c. 100m to the W or to St John’s Priory (KK019-026068-) c. 200m to the NE, and used as part of the rubble needed to form a protective apron for the piers of the late medieval bridge (ibid. 16-19). Currently stored in Magdalan tower (KK019-026074-), Maudlin St, Kilkenny. Portion of a limestone graveslab (01E0980: 2276) which consists of rectangular fragment (L 0.61m; Wth 0.32m; T 0.24m) which appears to have been cut, possibly for reuse as a building stone (ibid. 13, 14). Of the incised cross-head only the centre and sinister arm side survives, indicating that it was a simple three-armed cross with trefoil terminals (ibid.). From either side of the lower portion of the cross-shaft there springs a foliate design consisting of a stem with lobed terminal and a leaf, though that on the dexter side is truncated (ibid.). Stylistically this dates to the 13th/14th century. See attached photograph: KK019-026422-_01 Photograph by Chris Corlett Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 January 2023
- KK019-026423 Graveslab (present location)
Description
Thirteen graveslabs were recovered from the River Nore during the archaeological excavations (01E980) carried out in 2001-2003 as part of the River Nore Drainage Scheme (Doyle and O’Meara 2004, 6-20). These were found associated with the late medieval bridge (KK019-026070-), immediately N of the current John’s Bridge (ibid. 7). It is suggested that the graveslabs were deliberately cleared from a graveyard, possibly belonging to either St Mary’s parish church (KK019-026115-) c. 100m to the W or to St John’s Priory (KK019-026068-) c. 200m to the NE, and used as part of the rubble needed to form a protective apron for the piers of the late medieval bridge (ibid. 16-19). Currently stored in Magdalan tower (KK019-026074-), Maudlin St, Kilkenny. Fragment of a limestone graveslab (01E0980: 2275) which has been cut and reused as a building stone, it has mortar accretions (ibid. 13, 14). Only portion of the incised cross survives, the circular centre as well as the sinister and lower arm of a four-armed cross with fleur-de-lis terminals, within a double-lined circle (ibid.). There is a circular knop on the cross-shaft below the cross-head (ibid.). Stylistically this dates to the 13th/14th century (ibid.). See attached photograph: KK019-026423-_01 Photograph by Chris Corlett Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 January 2023
- KK019-026424 Graveslab (present location)
Description
Thirteen graveslabs were recovered from the River Nore during the archaeological excavations (01E980) carried out in 2001-2003 as part of the River Nore Drainage Scheme (Doyle and O’Meara 2004, 6-20). These were found associated with the late medieval bridge (KK019-026070-), immediately N of the current John’s Bridge (ibid. 7). It is suggested that the graveslabs were deliberately cleared from a graveyard, possibly belonging to either St Mary’s parish church (KK019-026115-) c. 100m to the W or to St John’s Priory (KK019-026068-) c. 200m to the NE, and used as part of the rubble needed to form a protective apron for the piers of the late medieval bridge (ibid. 16-19). Currently stored in Magdalan tower (KK019-026074-), Maudlin St, Kilkenny. A tapering limestone graveslab (01E0980: 2274) was found beneath the remains of the one of the piers of the late medieval bridge (ibid. 8-9). The slab (L 1.62m; Wth 0.4m; T 0.2m) is broken into six pieces, with the top of the slab missing, though most of the cross-head is visible (ibid. 12-13). It is decorated with an eight-armed cross in raised relief, however, the cross has been deliberately defaced, with only the rough outline remaining (ibid.). The cross-head had fleur-de-lis terminals and the cross terminates in a three-armed floriated cross beneath a barred knop (ibid.). There are two lines of Lombardic inscription, in Latin, along the upper surface of the dexter side (ibid. 12). It reads, ‘HIC JACET EMMA VXOR THOME DE WAWIL ORATE PRO ANIMA EIUS’, which translates as, ‘Here lies Emma wife of Thomas De Wawil Pray for their souls’ (ibid. 12-13). This has been dated to the 14th century (ibid. 13). See attached photograph: KK019-026424-_01 Photograph by Chris Corlett Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 January 2023
And 4 more.
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 10 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. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2184 (ZIP).
- 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.
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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
- 4 ha
- 10 acres
- Land parcels
- 7
- registered freehold, median 35 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Collegepark, from 6 m² to 37,625 m² (3.76 ha, 9.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021 (Variation 8B), Kilkenny · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2General Business (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021 (Variation 8B), Kilkenny · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5Community Facilities (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021 (Variation 8B), Kilkenny · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G5Amenity / Green links/Biodiversity conservation/ Open Space/Recreation (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021 (Variation 8B), Kilkenny · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
16 Jun 2026N/a
for the following- 1) The refurbishment and extension of an existing residential property, 2) the demolition of an existing ancillary garage, outhouse and roadside boundary wall to Maudlin Street, 3) the construction of a two-storey clinical surgery that will be attached to the existing residential property, 4) the provision of a set-down area at Maudlin Street, 5) the provision of domestic residential car parking to the rear and 6) to carry out all associated site development works.
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660374
20 Dec 2024Conditional
to retain indefinitely an external bar and associated beer garden containing an outdoor bar/servery area, toilet block, 6 no. pods containing fixed booth seating, covered outdoor seating areas, perimeter fencing and roof covering between pod structures, external signage, car parking area to rear of the site and all associated site development works
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2460660
27 Aug 2019Conditional
for alterations to existing protected structure (RPS Ref: PB 107) comprising (a) modifications to internal layouts including changing bar, restaurant and kitchen areas to bedrooms to provide total of 8 no. bedrooms and 6 no. suites (14 no. bedrooms currently), (b) alterations to existing window openings to rear and sides including widening of windows and lowing of cill levels, (c) forming of new door to the side and (d) erection of new single storey flat roof link extension at first floor level comprising 5 no. new bedrooms and corridor link connecting McCourts Townhouse (Protected Structure Ref: PB 107) to the Rivercourt Hotel at first floor level and all associated site works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 19604
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
- Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
- Special Protection Area: River Nore SPA 004233
Recorded monuments
- KK019-026069 House - 16th/17th century
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KK019-026238 Dovecote
Description
The foundations of a circular 12th/13th-century masonry structure (ext. diam. 8.5m – 9m), possibly a dovecote, excavated by Ian Doyle (01E0821) at College Park on the N bank of the River Nore 75m N of Kilkenny Castle (KK019-026078-) (Doyle & O’Meara 2004, unpublished; Doyle 2005, 32-42). In 1375 a dovecote in ‘a great park opposite the gate of the castle' was noted and in 1391-3 'dove-cots' formed part of the property at Kilkenny Castle that was assigned by Hugh le Despenser to James Butler, third earl of Ormond (Curtis 1934, vol. 2, no. 201, 141; no. 207, 145). 'One pigeon house' formed part of the estate of the Manor of Kilkenny as noted in a 1546 inquisition of James Butler, earl of Ormond (Curtis 1937, vol. 4, no. 361, 302). A 1537 document also refers to a dovecote situated within a meadow in the ward of St John's on the north bank of the Nore: 'The Verdyt of the Commoners of the Town of Kilkenny', ‘…they present that to the same Castell belong ... a garden at Saynt Johnes, and a culverhouse [dovecote] in the medowes aforsaid’ (Hore and Graves 1880, 129). The 'medowes' can be identified as the College Park for in the deed whereby the Duke of Ormonde in 1684 endowed the school at Kilkenny, he gives to it 'all ye large mansion house in Kilkenny, now made use of for a school-house, &c., and meadow thereto adjoining, conmionly called Pigeon-house meadow' (Hore and Graves 1870, 129). The structure, as excavated, had been partially robbed out on the S (river) side. The stepped wall (Wth 1m x H 1 m) of the masonry tower at foundation level was built on a raft of oak piles, driven into the underlying river silts to stabilise the structure. A single fragment of 13th/14th-century pottery was recovered from the underlying river silt, and radiocarbon dating of a sample of an oak pile returned a determination of AD 1163-1278. A possible trampled mortar floor surface identified within the structure was dated to the 15th/16th century by a fragment of early German stoneware. The remains were sealed with a layer of mixed mortar, rubble and alluvium. It appeared likely that the structure was destroyed by the 17th century. This would explain its absence from the documentary record, and later its absence from Rocque’s 1758 map of Kilkenny. Compiled by: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil Date of upload: 11 November 2020
Architectural heritage
- Kilkenny County Hall, gates/railings/walls, 1780–1839 · Regional interest
Description
Gateway, extant 1839, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of repointed limestone ashlar piers on repointed limestone ashlar chamfered plinths having cut-limestone capping supporting replacement wrought iron double gates with square-headed flanking pedestrian gateways having cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds centred on keystones framing replacement wrought iron gates. Reconstructed, 1993, producing present composition. Street fronted at entrance to grounds of Kilkenny College.
- Kilkenny County Hall, college, 1780–1785 · National interest
Description
Detached seven-bay (eight-bay deep) three-storey college, built 1782-4, on a U-shaped plan. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Closed, 1985. Extended, 1994, to accommodate alternative use. Hipped slate roof on a quadrangular plan behind parapet centred on lantern-topped hipped slate roof (west), clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks on axis with ridge having cut-limestone stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and concealed rainwater goods to front (east) elevation with replacement uPVC rainwater goods (remainder) on rendered eaves. Part creeper- or ivy-covered replacement rendered wall to front (east) elevation on dragged cut-limestone ogee cushion course on dragged cut-limestone plinth with drag edged rusticated cut-limestone quoins to corners supporting balustraded parapet on dragged cut-limestone beaded cornice on blind frieze; replacement rendered surface finish (remainder) on cut-limestone chamfered plinth. Round-headed central door opening with two tessellated limestone flagged cut-limestone steps, drag edged dragged cut-limestone doorcase with pilasters on padstones supporting ogee-detailed cornice on "Patera"-detailed fluted frieze, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having stained glass sidelights below fanlight. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with dragged cut-limestone sill course, and dragged cut-limestone surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with dragged cut-limestone sill course, and dragged cut-limestone surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (top floor) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and dragged cut-limestone surrounds framing three-over-three timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six or three-over-three (top floor) timber sash windows. Interior remodelled, 1994. Set in relandscaped grounds.
- Kilkenny County Hall, outbuilding, 1780–1839 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay single-storey coach house-cum-stable outbuilding with half-attic, extant 1839, on a rectangular plan. Renovated, 1994, to accommodate alternative use. Replacement hipped slate roof with ridge tiles, rendered off-central chimney stack having stepped capping, grouped rooflights to front (north) pitch, and uPVC rainwater goods on rendered stepped eaves. Rendered, ruled and lined battered walls. Square-headed door opening (east) with concealed dressings framing replacement diagonal timber boarded double doors. Pair of square-headed door openings (west) with concealed dressings framing replacement diagonal timber boarded doors. Round window openings (half-attic) with concealed dressings framing casement windows. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Kilkenny College.
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 Collegepark, about 1 in 10 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, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2184 (ZIP).
- 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
No address of the register names Collegepark with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.
The townland
- Name
- Collegepark · Páirc an Choláiste
- Area
- 39,797 m² (3.98 ha, 9.83 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. John's, and its townlands
- Barony
- Gowran
- Electoral division
- Kilkenny No. 2 Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 4,118 people lived in 1,675 households in the Kilkenny No. 2 Urban electoral division. 51% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Dukesmeadows, Gardens
- Placenames
- Collegepark 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.