Milltown
Milltown is a townland in the civil parish of Ullard, barony of Gowran, Co. Kilkenny. Its name in Irish is Baile an Mhuilinn.
Parcel 851225
- Area
- 70,338 m² (7.03 ha, 17.38 acres)
- Buildings
- 9 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,387 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Milltown
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
- Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
- Ballyteiglea Bridge, bridge, 1760–1770 · Regional interest
Description
Five-arch granite ashlar and rubble stone built road bridge over river, c. 1765, with rusticated voussoirs, triple keystones and triangular cut waters.
- Ballyteigelea Bridge, bridge, 1765–1785 · Regional interest
Description
Five-arch rubble stone road bridge over river, c.1775. Remains of unpainted fine roughcast over random rubble stone construction with tooled granite ashlar triangular cut-waters to piers having cut-granite capping, cut-granite stringcourse supporting random rubble stone parapets having cut-granite coping, and random rubble stone abutment walls having batter. Series of five segmental arches with cut-granite block-and-start voussoirs having double keystones, and squared rubble stone soffits having remains of render over. Sited spanning River Barrow with grass banks to river.
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, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
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
- 234.1 ha
- 579 acres
- Land parcels
- 59
- registered freehold, median 15,302 m² (1.53 ha, 3.78 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Milltown, from 1,357 m² to 426,733 m² (42.67 ha, 105.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Milltown 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
23 Apr 2024Conditional
for (1) a single storey extension to the existing changing room building (2) a new gym (3) alterations to the existing detached storage building to incorporate a new plantroom, referees room and new accessible public toilet facilities (4) internal and external alterations to existing buildings (5) a new wastewater treatment system and polishing filter (6) new external signage and (7) all associated site works at Blacks & Whites GAA Club
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2460186
24 Aug 2022Conditional
to construct (i) Storage Shed (ii) Shed over existing slatted tank with storage area (iii) Slatted tank and all associated site works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 22555
22 Dec 2021Conditional
for extension to side of existing dwelling and all associated site works
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 211053
8 Jun 2021Conditional
for the development which will consist of the construction of a residential dwelling including rooflights and a detached domestic garage. Other works as part of the development include on-site wastewater treatment system and percolation area: soakways: vehicular entrance: landscaping: boundary treatment: borehole well: and all associated works to facilitate the development
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 21493
30 Apr 2021Conditional
The development will consist of the construction of a four-bedroom part single, part two-storey dwelling including rooflights and a detached single-storey domestic garage. Other works as part of the development include on-site wastewater treatment system and percolation area; soakaway; vehicular entrance; landscaping; boundary treatment; borehole well; and all associated works to facilitate the development
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 21368
7 May 2020Conditional
for the Construction of a Double-Sided Outdoor Hurling Ball Wall & Games Play Area and associated site works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 20280
17 Sept 2019Conditional
for the erection of an agricultural shed for the housing of sheep and all associated site works
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 19661
9 Aug 2019Conditional
is sought to construct a two storey dwelling house, single storey domestic garage, provision of a new treatment plant and percolation area, new borehole well, new vehicular site entrance and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 19567
11 Sept 2018Conditional
for the construction of a three bedroom part single, part two storey dwelling, including rooflights; and a detached single storey domestic garage. Other works as part of the development include: on-site EPA compliant wastewater treatment system; soakaway; new vehicular entrance; landscaping; boundary treatment; and all associated works to facilitate the development at
Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 18600
8 May 2018Conditional
of 9 mooring posts with stabilizers on the River Barrow located within a special Area of Conservation at
Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 18290
23 Jan 2018Conditional
for the construction of an extension to the existing changing room facilities and associated site works at
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 1837
20 Feb 2017Conditional
for the provision of a Sheltered Outdoor Gym & Store area and associated site works at club premises
Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 1796
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
Recorded monuments
- KK025-029 Enclosure
Description
Indicated as a D-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 43m NW-SE; c. 38m NE-SW) with straight side of the D to the W (L c. 35m), partially incorporated in a field boundary. A field boundary runs NE from the E side before turning southeastward. On the 1900 revision and 25-inch OS map it is shown as a subrectangular area (dims. c. 30m NW-SE; c. 18m NE-SW) enclosed on three sides, N-E-S, by a band of trees (Wth 5-10m). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 1 March 2022
Architectural heritage
- Ballyteiglea Bridge, bridge, 1760–1770 · Regional interest
Description
Five-arch granite ashlar and rubble stone built road bridge over river, c. 1765, with rusticated voussoirs, triple keystones and triangular cut waters.
- Borris Lock, lock, 1785–1795 · Regional interest
Description
Canal lock, c. 1790. Replacement gates, c. 1990. Detached three-bay single-storey former lock keeper's house, c. 1790.
- Ballyteigelea Bridge, bridge, 1765–1785 · Regional interest
Description
Five-arch rubble stone road bridge over river, c.1775. Remains of unpainted fine roughcast over random rubble stone construction with tooled granite ashlar triangular cut-waters to piers having cut-granite capping, cut-granite stringcourse supporting random rubble stone parapets having cut-granite coping, and random rubble stone abutment walls having batter. Series of five segmental arches with cut-granite block-and-start voussoirs having double keystones, and squared rubble stone soffits having remains of render over. Sited spanning River Barrow with grass banks to river.
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 Milltown, 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 Milltown.
- 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 Milltown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kilkenny.
The townland
- Name
- Milltown · Baile an Mhuilinn
- Area
- 2,341,487 m² (234.15 ha, 578.59 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ullard, and its townlands
- Barony
- Gowran
- Electoral division
- Ullard, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 307 people lived in 107 households in the Ullard electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyteigelea (Co. Carlow), Borris (Co. Carlow), Coolnabrone, Griffinstown, Lacken, Tincouse, Tinnakeenly, Tiroe, Ullard
- Placenames
- Milltown 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.