Shankill

274 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shankill, from 15 m² to 470,497 m² (47.05 ha, 116.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 64 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Shankill 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.

• 14 Oct 2026N/a

  for development at this site. The development will consist of 1. Continuance of use of the existing permitted quarry site and all existing ancillary site and welfare facilities, storage areas, and provision for crushing and screening of unsuitable dimension stone rock, authorised by the previous grants of planning permission (parent permissions P. Ref. 05/1927 & P. Ref. 95/453 and all subsequent permissions); 2. Rock extraction within a proposed quarry void area of 9.8 hectares with a final extraction depth of c. 53m AOD as permitted by the existing permission P. Ref. 05/1927; 3. Relocation within the site of the existing facilities comprising of workshop (c. 153.6m2), bunded fuel storage area / refuelling area (c. 180m2), clean water storage tank (c. 62m2), cutting saw; and 24 no car parking spaces to facilitate rock extraction; 4. Provision of new hydrocarbon interceptor to service the relocated bunded fuel storage area / refuelling area; 5. Restoration thereafter to a combination of ecological habitat site and permanent waterbody; 6. All associated site works within an overall application area of c. 24.6 hectares. The proposed operational period is for 25 years plus 2 years to complete restoration (total duration sought 27 years). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of this Planning Application,

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2660652

• 11 May 2026Conditional

  permission to retain and complete additions and alterations to my existing dwelling. The development will consist of the provision of single and two storey extension to the rear of the house and changes to the side elevation with all associate site works at Orchard View, Paulstown, Kilkenny. R95 K6P8

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2660272

• 30 Sept 2025Conditional

  for (total c. 1.2 hectares) consisting of rock extraction outside of the existing permitted extraction areas under P. Reg. Ref. 05/1927

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2560634

• 22 May 2025N/a

  for - 1. a commercial heavy goods vehicle trailer lock-up storage yard area of 4800m2, 2. utilising the vehicular entrance permitted under planning application no 16/681 and 3. all associated screen landscape planting and associated site development works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 2560285

• 13 Mar 2024Conditional

  for a new two storey five bedroom dwelling, single storey domestic garage, waste water treatment system, new residential site entrance plus all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 2460128

• 24 Jan 2023Conditional

  for the removal of existing flat roof extension and construction of new single storey extension to the side of existing dwelling

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2360025

• 30 Sept 2021Refused

  is sought for the construction of a dormer style dwelling house, domestic garage, onsite wastewater treatment system, bored well, splayed entrance and all associated site development works at

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 21816

• 23 Jun 2021Unconditional

  of planning permission 16/681

  Extension of duration · Kilkenny County Council, 21547

• 11 May 2021Conditional

  to construct a new vehicular and pedestrian entrance appoximately 65m southwest of the existing sports park entrance and a new 6m wide access road, 1.8m wide footpath and all associated boundary and ancillary works. The proposed vehicular and pedestrian entance, access road and footpath is intended to replace and is in substitution to the entrance, access road and footpath previously granted planning permission under planning applicaiton reference 19/4.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 21402

• 23 Nov 2020Conditional

  retention planning permission to retain the domestic garage as constructed on our property

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 20806

• 11 May 2020Conditional

  is sought for revisions to previous grant of permission on foot of planning reference Pl. 19853, for construction of a dormer style dwelling, garage, connection to mains water & sewerage, splayed entrance and all associated site development works. The revisions shall include revised dwelling location and revised site boundaries with all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 20285

• 11 Feb 2020Conditional

  is sought for (a) the construction of a single storey extension to the north of existing community/sports hall (b) installation of a wastewater treatment system and polishing filter (c) provision of additional parking and all associated site development works (d) Retention permission for as constructed modular unit with associated site works erected to the north of said community/sports hall

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 2072

• 15 Nov 2019Conditional

  for the construction of a dormer style dwelling, garage, connection to mains water and sewerage, splayed entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 19853

• 30 Oct 2019N/a

  for the construction of a dormer style dwelling, garage, connection to mains water & sewerage, splayed entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 19812

• 25 Oct 2019Conditional

  is sought for the construction of a single storey dwelling, wastewater treatment system & polishing filter, bored well, splayed entrance and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 19799

• 4 Jan 2019Conditional

  to construct a new community sports park facility on a 2.83 hectare site directly adjacent and to the north-west of the existing Paulstowns public sports park and on a site area of approximately 0.23 hectares within the boundary of the existing Paulstowns public sports park. The development shall comprise 1 No. 145m long x 90m wide GAA pitch, 1 No. 72m long x 45m wide training pitch, 1 No. 40m long x 26m wide astro pitch incorporating a 40m long x 8m wide x 8m high ball wall, new clubhouse, changing rooms and community sports hall building, new car-parking area, 2m wide walking/running track to perimeter of pitches and car-parking area, new vehicular and pedestrian entrance approximately 50m south-west of the existing sports park entrance, new access road within the existing Paulstown public sports park, all associated landscaping works, fencing, protective screen netting & all associated site development works. This application is for a 7 year permission to develop the site on a phased basis.

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 194

• 6 Jul 2018Conditional

  is sought for the construction of a 5 bay cubicle shed, consisting of slatted area, underground slurry storage tanks, and all associated site development works at

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18454

• 19 Jun 2018Conditional

  for the erection of a cubicle house with slatted slurry storage tank, new silage pit and new over ground slurry storage tank and all associated site works at

  Permission · Kilkenny County Council, 18408

• 15 Jun 2018Conditional

  to construct/install a new dwelling, separate garage, on-site wastewater treatment and disposal system, new entrance, private well and all associated site works on our site

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 18393

• 26 Feb 2018Conditional

  for (previously granted under register reference 11/496, An Bord Pleanala ref: PL10.239964) for a temporary 5 year period which has expired) for existing 30m high multi-operator telecommunications support structure carrying associated telecommunications equipment, and associated equipment cabinets and cabin with a fenced compound. The development will continue to form part of existing and future telecommunications and broadband networks

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 18130

• 8 Feb 2018N/a

  for retention permission (previously granted under register reference 11/496, An Bord Pleanala Ref: PL10.239964) for a temporary 5 year period which has expired) for existing 30m high multi-operator telecommunications support structure carrying associated telecommunications equipment, and associated equipment cabinets and cabin within a fenced compound. The development will continue to form part of existing and future telecommunications and broadband networks. at

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 1881

• 11 Oct 2017Unconditional

  Ext of Duration: Re Planning Ref: 12/298

  Extension of duration · Kilkenny County Council, 17668

• 24 Aug 2017Refused

  for the erection of a fully serviced dwellinghouse with associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Kilkenny County Council, 17551

• 31 Jul 2017Conditional

  for retention of existing fuel storage shed, permission for the change of use of existing chicken coop to dog kennels and permission for the erection of new dog kennels with proposed effluent storage tank and all associated site works

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 17509

• 29 Jun 2017Conditional

  for permission to retain a garage with first floor office (70.78m2) on lands

  Retention · Kilkenny County Council, 17427

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Whitehall Quarries 000855

Recorded monuments

• KK016-001 Moated site
  Description

  On a broad terrace on the N side of NE-SW running valley with hills rising steeply to the NW. There are very good views to the NE and SW but poor to the NW, in grassland. A large sub-rectangular enclosure (overall dims. c. 90m N-S; c. 80m E-W) is depicted on the 1st (1840) OS 6-inch map, tapering slightly to the E. A small farmyard is depicted immediately outside the NW angle. The monument is not depicted on the 1900 revision indicating that it was levelled between 1840 and 1900. The farm and outbuildings have extended eastward and currently occupy the N portion of the monument. The enclosure was classified by Barry (1977, 191) as a moated site based on the cartographic evidence. The monument is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 28 April 2020

• KK016-002 Burnt spread
  Description

  In poor marshy pasture on the floor of a NE-SW running valley, on land sloping gently to the SE. There are fair views within the valley floor. During the construction of the Cork-Dublin gas pipeline two postholes, a spread of burnt stone and charcoal were uncovered (Sleeman 1983, 365-6). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 28 April 2020

• KK016-003 Burnt spread
  Description

  In poor marshy pasture on the floor of a NE-SW running valley, on land sloping gently to the SE. There are fair views within the valley floor. During the construction of the Cork-Dublin gas pipeline a spread of charcoal and burnt stone, interpreted as probably part of a fulacht fiadh, was uncovered (Sleeman 1983, 365-6). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 28 April 2020

• KK016-004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In wet marshy terrain on a valley floor, in pasture. There are fair-good views in all directions. A large oval enclosure (dims. 32m NE-SW; 41m NW-SE 41m) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 2m; Wth at crest 3m; overall Wth 4m) and fosse (Wth 3m; D c. 1m) which is dry in the SW-W sector but elsewhere it is fed by spring well which rises in the NW and flows N-E-S, running westward from the SW. The interior is flat. There is an entrance (Wth 3m) in the NE sector with a steep ramp over the fosse. The utilisation of a spring to create a moat may suggest that this is not a ringfort. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 28 November 1987

• KK016-006 Linear earthwork
  Description

  A linear boundary roughly (see also KK016-006001-; KK016-006002- and KK021-006----) extending for c. 5km from Kellymount Hill, on the SE edge of the Castlecomer Plateau, south-eastward to the River Barrow. The boundary, known as ‘Rathduff Trench’ is indicated on an early 17th-century barony map of Idrone published by Gerard Mercator (1606-41). The linear earthwork formed the part of the NW boundary of the Carlow barony, which at that stage extended into what has become part of the modern county of Kilkenny. The OS Letters (1839) refer to this trench as having similar traditions as those associated with the Black Pig’s Dyke and that though, ‘it is nearly blotted off the face of the land; but if the fragment of it which remains and the forts which were on it be marked [on the OS map], its outline will be well preserved’ (O’Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 254-8 (85-7)). According to the O’Donovan (ibid.) the earthwork was known locally as ‘the Gripe of the Pig’ and according to local legend, ‘a poor widow living here in olde times had a pig which ran away from her into a subterraneous passage and that all the neighbours came to dig her out, but that they did not catch her until they had dug down to the Barrow. The “Gripe” they cut on this occasion and the stuff they threw up were visible about six generations ago, but the progress of cultivation has effaced both except a small part at Kellymount, where the trench (gripe) is still faintly traceable’. Portion of this earthwork (KK016-006----), in Shankill townland, was excavated as part of the archaeological excavations on the Cork-Dublin gas pipeline (1981-2) (O’Flaherty 1987, 53-4). Pre-excavation the earthwork was visible as a low bank (H 0.7m) with a fosse (Wth 1.1m; D 1.2m) to the S (ibid.). However, excavation revealed that the bank had been disturbed when the fosse was recut in 1954 by the Land Commission as part of a modern drainage scheme (ibid.). The original fosse had been 5m wide and 0.9m deep (ibid.). There was no dating evidence from the excavation. Other portions of this possible linear earthwork (KK016-006001-; KK016-006002-), though not following the same axis, were identified E of the railway line in Shankill Castle demesne. See attached: KK016-006---- extract from early 17th-century barony map of Idrone published by Gerard Mercator (1606-41) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 April 2021

• KK016-006001 Linear earthwork
  Description

  On the floor and lower slopes of a valley, in pasture. Indicated on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map as 'Raduff Trench' and depicted as a slightly curvilinear plantation of trees (L c. 360m). A linear boundary roughly (see also KK016-006----; KK016-006002- and KK021-006----) extending for c. 5km from Kellymount Hill, on the SE edge of the Castlecomer Plateau, south-eastward to the River Barrow. The boundary, known as ‘Rathduff Trench’ is indicated on an early 17th-century barony map of Idrone published by Gerard Mercator (1606-41). The linear earthwork formed the part of the NW boundary of the Carlow barony, which at that stage extended into what has become part of the modern county of Kilkenny. The OS Letters (1839) refer to this trench as having similar traditions as those associated with the Black Pig’s Dyke and that though, ‘it is nearly blotted off the face of the land; but if the fragment of it which remains and the forts which were on it be marked [on the OS map], its outline will be well preserved’ (O’Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 254-8 (85-7)). According to the O’Donovan (ibid.) the earthwork was known locally as ‘the Gripe of the Pig’ and according to local legend, ‘a poor widow living here in olde times had a pig which ran away from her into a subterraneous passage and that all the neighbours came to dig her out, but that they did not catch her until they had dug down to the Barrow. The “Gripe” they cut on this occasion and the stuff they threw up were visible about six generations ago, but the progress of cultivation has effaced both except a small part at Kellymount, where the trench (gripe) is still faintly traceable’. Portion of this earthwork (KK016-006----), in Shankill townland, was excavated as part of the archaeological excavations on the Cork-Dublin gas pipeline (1981-2) (O’Flaherty 1987, 53-4). Pre-excavation the earthwork was visible as a low bank (H 0.7m) with a fosse (Wth 1.1m; D 1.2m) to the S (ibid.). However, excavation revealed that the bank had been disturbed when the fosse was recut in 1954 by the Land Commission as part of a modern drainage scheme (ibid.). The original fosse had been 5m wide and 0.9m deep (ibid.). The N end of the 'trench' expands out into a larger rectangular plantation which was subsequently cut through by the Carlow-Kilkenny railway line. Another portion (see also KK016-006002-) of this possible earthwork was identified ESE of Shankill Castle, though this may relate to the designed landscape of the demesne. A third possible portion (KK016-006----) is located N of the railway line, though it is not on the same axis. See attached: KK016-006---- extract from early 17th-century barony map of Idrone published by Gerard Mercator (1606-41) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 23 November 1987

• KK016-006002 Linear earthwork
  Description

  On the floor and lower slopes of a valley, in pasture. A possible portion of 'Raduff Trench' was identified c. 340m to the SE of the length (KK016-006001-) indicated on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map. A linear boundary roughly (see also KK016-006001-; KK016-006002- and KK021-006----) extending for c. 5km from Kellymount Hill, on the SE edge of the Castlecomer Plateau, south-eastward to the River Barrow. The boundary, known as ‘Rathduff Trench’ is indicated on an early 17th-century barony map of Idrone published by Gerard Mercator (1606-41). The linear earthwork formed the part of the NW boundary of the Carlow barony, which at that stage extended into what has become part of the modern county of Kilkenny. The OS Letters (1839) refer to this trench as having similar traditions as those associated with the Black Pig’s Dyke and that though, ‘it is nearly blotted off the face of the land; but if the fragment of it which remains and the forts which were on it be marked [on the OS map], its outline will be well preserved’ (O’Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 254-8 (85-7)). According to the O’Donovan (ibid.) the earthwork was known locally as ‘the Gripe of the Pig’ and according to local legend, ‘a poor widow living here in olde times had a pig which ran away from her into a subterraneous passage and that all the neighbours came to dig her out, but that they did not catch her until they had dug down to the Barrow. The “Gripe” they cut on this occasion and the stuff they threw up were visible about six generations ago, but the progress of cultivation has effaced both except a small part at Kellymount, where the trench (gripe) is still faintly traceable’. Portion of this earthwork (KK016-006----), in Shankill townland, was excavated as part of the archaeological excavations on the Cork-Dublin gas pipeline (1981-2) (O’Flaherty 1987, 53-4). Pre-excavation the earthwork was visible as a low bank (H 0.7m) with a fosse (Wth 1.1m; D 1.2m) to the S (ibid.). However, excavation revealed that the bank had been disturbed when the fosse was recut in 1954 by the Land Commission as part of a modern drainage scheme (ibid.). The original fosse had been 5m wide and 0.9m deep (ibid.). This portion runs ESE of Shankill Castle and may in fact relate to the designed landscape of the demesne associated with the house. A third possible portion (KK016-006----) is located N of the railway line, though it is not on the same axis. See attached: KK016-006---- extract from early 17th-century barony map of Idrone published by Gerard Mercator (1606-41) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 23 November 1987

• KK016-007 Enclosure
  Description

  In gently rolling terrain on a valley floor, in tillage. There are good views in all directions as far as surrounding hills. This is not indicated on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map and an irregular area (diam. c. 56m), indicated by a dashed line running N of a WNW-ESE field boundary, is depicted at this location on the 1900 OS 6-inch map revision. At ground level it appears as a large shallow hollow. It is visible as a circular cropmark (overall diam. c. 70m), defined by a wide fosse (Wth c. 10m) on satellite imagery (© Google Earth, imagery date 8 June 2005). There appears to be a wide entrance (Wth c. 14m) in the E quadrant. See attached Google Earth image (imagery date 8 June 2005) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 29 April 2020

• KK016-008001 Church
  Description

  Within a small wood on a very slight rise in the parkland surrounding Shankill Castle, on the gently rolling valley floor. Roughly centrally placed within a sub-rectangular graveyard (KK016-008001-). There are good views in all directions. According to the OS Letters (1839), this is the ancient church of Shankill (O’Flanagan 1939, vol. 1, 253-4 (85)). O’Kelly (1985, 95) states that it had been, ‘repaired for Protestant divine service’. A rectangular church (int. dims. 18.4m E-W; 5.45m N-S; wall T 0.8m; side walls H c. 2.5m) built of roughly coursed limestone rubble, with a base-batter (H 1m) and punch-dressed quoins. The gables stand to their full height. Some sections of the side walls have collapsed, including the E end of the S wall, the W end of the N wall and the NE angle, while others are very unstable. The entrance was at the W end of the S wall but has been robbed out (gap 1.1m). The church was lit by three tall round-headed windows, in the E and W gable and at the E end of the N wall and a crude flat-headed single-light window at the W end of the S wall. There is a corbel on each of the side walls at the W end and beam-holes in the W gable which suggests there was a gallery at this end. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 29 April 2020

• KK016-008002 Graveyard
  Description

  Within a small wood on a very slight rise in the parkland surrounding Shankill Castle, on the gently rolling valley floor. There are good views in all directions. The medieval church (KK016-008001-) is centrally located within a sub-rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 32.5m NNE-SSW; c. 42m WNW-ESE). The graveyard is enclosed by a wrought-iron fence. The earliest noted memorial in the graveyard marks the entrance to a burial vault of the Alyward family which dates to the early 18th century. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 30 April 2020

• KK016-012 Castle - tower house
  Description

  There is no castle or house depicted in Shankill on the Down Survey (1655-6) parish map of Shankill. It is described by Bence-Jones (1988, 258) as a, ‘castellated house incorporating a house built or re-modelled [in] 1713 by Peter Aylward, who came into the estate, which had previously belonged to the Butlers of Paulstown Castle, through his marriage to Elizabeth Butler. This early C18 house appears to have had a recessed centre and projecting end bays. Some time ante 1828, the end bays were crenelated, one of them being raised to look like a tower’. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes it as a, ‘detached five-bay two-storey Gothic-style house with dormer attic, c.1825, incorporating fabric of earlier house, 1713, comprising single-bay two-storey recessed bay having single-bay single-storey flat-roofed advanced glazed porch to ground floor, single-bay two-storey advanced flanking bays incorporating fabric of medieval tower house, c.1600, to left …Unpainted rendered walls with slight batter to 'tower house' bay, rendered dressings including battlemented full-height corner piers having slit-style blind apertures, some cross blind apertures, frieze to 'tower house' bay between stringcourses, battlemented parapets (some on corbel tables) with cut-stone coping, and some crow stepped-gabled parapets having cut-stone coping’. Apart for the description that the ‘tower’ has a slight base-batter, there is currently no other evidence to suggest that this ‘tower’ is medieval in date. It is possible that the 'tower' as Bence-Jones notes, was deliberately raised to create the illusion of a medieval tower when the house was castellated in the early 19th century. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 1 May 2020

• KK016-025 Ring-ditch
  Description

  A circular enclosure (diam. c. 16m) defined by a fosse, visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs (ASIAP (15) 12-14, 2 August 1996). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 31 August 2015

• KK016-026 Enclosure
  Description

  In tillage. A roughly circular enclosure (overall diam. c. 62m; int. diam. c. 46m) identified on Google Earth Pro imagery (imagery date 14 July 2018) by Simon Dowling and Jean-Charles Caillère. The cropmark indicated that the enclosure has an inner and outer fosse, these are c. 7-9m apart. The outer curve of the monument is respected by a curving field boundary along the W half from SW-W-NNW and another E-W field boundary, which is also a water course, runs along the S side. There is a ringfort (KK016-004----) c. 260m to the NE. See attached photograph: KK016-026----_01 Image ©2019 CNEW/Airbus: Google Earth Pro satellite imagery (14 July 2018) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 10 December 2019

• KK016-027 Enclosure
  Description

  In wet marshy terrain. An oval enclosure (dims. c. 62m NW-SE; c. 50m NE-SW) identified as a cropmark (Wth c. 4m) on Google Earth satellite imagery (imagery date 18 April 2009) by Simon Dowling. Possibly the edge of a natural pond. See attached photograph: KK016-027----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 18 April 2009) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 20 January 2020

Architectural heritage

• Shankill Castle, gates/railings/walls, 1815–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  (i) Gateway, c.1825, comprising elliptical-headed carriageway in limestone ashlar screen with wrought iron double gates, hood moulding over supporting limestone ashlar voussoirs, plaques having bas-relief detailing, battlemented parapet on stringcourse having consoles, battlemented engaged octagonal flanking pier, limestone ashlar flanking screen wall to left (west) (probably originally mirrored to right (east)) incorporating square-headed pedestrian gateway with wrought iron gate, hood moulding over, battlemented parapet on stringcourse, flanking buttress rising into battlemented inscribed octagonal finial, sections of wrought iron railings on random rubble stone plinth having cut-limestone battlemented posts, and limestone ashlar pier (mirrored to east) having concave recess leading to random rubble stone boundary wall to perimeter of site. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Shankill Castle.(ii) Attached single-bay two-storey limestone ashlar gate lodge, pre-1840, to east with single-bay full-height canted bay to front (south) having jettied box oriel window to first floor, and single-bay single-storey recessed range to right. Roof not visible behind parapet with cut-stone chimney stack, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched slate roof to recessed range with clay ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on squared rubble stone eaves. Limestone ashlar walls to front (south) elevation with cut-granite stringcourse to first floor, battlemented parapet on console table, and random rubble stone walls to remainder. Square-headed window openings (in bipartite arrangement to ground floor and to box oriel window) with cut-granite sills, cut-granite surrounds having chamfered reveals, hood moulding over to ground floor, hood moulding to box oriel window having stringcourse over supporting battlemented blocking course, and nine-over-nine timber sash windows having some timber casement windows throughout.

• Shankill Castle, house, 1815–1835 · National interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey Gothic-style house with dormer attic, c.1825, incorporating fabric of earlier house, 1713, comprising single-bay two-storey recessed bay having single-bay single-storey flat-roofed advanced glazed porch to ground floor, single-bay two-storey advanced flanking bays incorporating fabric of medieval tower house, c.1600, to left, single-bay two-storey recessed end bay to left, and single-bay two-storey crow stepped-gabled recessed lower end bay to right. Renovated, 1856. Hipped slate roofs mostly behind parapets (pyramidal to 'tower house' bay) with clay and rolled lead ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Flat roof to porch not visible behind parapet. Unpainted rendered walls with slight batter to 'tower house' bay, rendered dressings including battlemented full-height corner piers having slit-style blind apertures, some cross blind apertures, frieze to 'tower house' bay between stringcourses, battlemented parapets (some on corbel tables) with cut-stone coping, and some crow stepped-gabled parapets having cut-stone coping. Square-headed window openings (most in tripartite arrangement) with cut-stone sills, hood mouldings over, one-over-one (ground floor) and four-over four (first floor) timber sash windows having some timber casement windows throughout. Pointed-arch openings to porch in tripartite arrangement with glazed timber panelled double doors having overlights, fixed-pane sidelights, and cut-limestone intermediary piers supporting stringcourse with battlemented parapet over. Set back from road in own grounds with landscaped grounds to site.

• Shankill Castle, gates/railings/walls, 1715–1735 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, c.1725, comprising pair of rusticated limestone ashlar piers with moulded cornice capping, and sections of iron flanking railings on random rubble stone plinths having cut-stone coping. Renovated, post-1840, with unpainted rendered plinth inserted over random rubble stone construction having cut-stone coping supporting decorative wrought iron panel to accommodate use as "Claire Voie". Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Shankill Castle with random rubble stone boundary wall to perimeter of site.

• Saint John's Church (Shankill), church/chapel, 1810–1815 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay double-height single-cell Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, built 1811, with single-bay single-storey vestry to north-east, and single-bay three-stage entrance tower to west on a square plan. Pitched slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, cut-limestone coping to gables, rendered chimney stack to vestry, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Roof to tower not visible behind parapet. Unpainted rendered walls with cut-limestone dressings including surrounds to gables to nave, stringcourses to each stage to tower, square recesses to second stage to tower having cut-limestone sills, battlemented parapet on corbel table having cut-limestone coping, and elongated advanced corner battlements rising into elongated cut-limestone diagonal pinnacles. Pointed-arch window openings to nave with cut-limestone sills, Y-mullions forming bipartite lancet arrangement, and fixed-pane timber fittings with some having leaded stained glass panels. Pointed-arch window openings to first stage to tower in pointed-arch recesses with cut-limestone sills, and fixed-pane timber fittings. Pointed-arch openings to top (bell) stage to tower in pointed-arch recesses with cut-limestone sills, hood mouldings over, Y-mullions forming bipartite lancet arrangement, and louvered panel fittings. Pointed-arch door opening to tower in pointed-arch recess with cut-limestone surround, timber panelled door having overpanel, and rectangular recessed panel over. Square-headed door opening to vestry with cut-limestone surround, and timber panelled door. Set back from road in own grounds with hedge boundary to perimeter of site having cut-limestone piers with pyramidal capping, and iron double gates having spear-head finials.(ii) Graveyard to site with various cut-stone markers, post-1811-present.(iii) Detached three-bay single-storey outbuilding, post-1811, to east possibly originally sexton's house. Now disused. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and no rainwater goods remaining on squared rubble stone eaves. Coursed squared rubble limestone walls. Square-headed window openings with flush limestone sills, lintels, and timber panel fittings. Square-headed door opening with dressed limestone lintel, and timber boarded door.

• Shankill Castle, gate lodge, 1815–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey Tudor-style gate lodge with dormer attic, c.1825, on a T-shaped plan with single-bay single-storey lower return to south. Pitched slate roofs on a T-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stack on rendered base, cut-limestone coping to gables having finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves. Broken coursed squared limestone walls. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement to front (north) and to side (west) elevations with cut-granite flush surrounds having chamfered reveals, and four-over-four timber sash windows. Round-headed window openings to remainder with cut-granite flush surrounds having chamfered reveals, and timber casement windows. Tudor-headed door opening with cut-granite surround having chamfered reveals, and replacement tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Set perpendicular to road at entrance to grounds of Shankill Castle.

• Shankill Castle, farmyard complex, 1815–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Farmyard complex, c.1825, including:(i) Detached five-bay single-storey outbuilding with five-bay single-storey lean-to open front along east elevation. Part reroofed, c.1975. Hipped gabled slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and rooflights. Lean-to roof to open front with replacement corrugated-iron, c.1975, having iron rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls. Series of square-headed openings to open front on timber posts with no fittings. Set back from road in grounds shared with Shankill Castle.(ii) Detached three-bay single-storey outbuilding with two-bay single-storey higher range perpendicular to north-east. Now disused and partly derelict. Hipped gabled slate roofs (slate removed from main block) with clay ridge tiles, remains of rooflights, and cast-iron rainwater goods on squared rubble stone eaves. Random rubble stone walls. Square-headed door openings with fittings not visible.(iii) Detached five-bay two-storey outbuilding with elliptical-headed carriageway to left ground floor, and single-bay (single-bay deep) single-storey projecting bay to front centre ground floor. Hipped slate roof (pitched to projecting bay) with clay ridge tiles, red brick irregular bond chimney stack, rooflight, and cast-iron rainwater goods on squared rubble stone eaves. Random rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings with fittings not visible. Square-headed door opening with fittings not visible. Elliptical-headed carriageway to left ground floor with dressed limestone voussoirs, and double doors.

• Shankill Castle, gate lodge, 1865–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge with dormer attic, c.1875, with single-bay single-storey gabled advanced porch to centre ground floor. Pitched slate roof (gabled to porch) with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stacks, rendered coping, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron hopper and downpipe. Unpainted rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, cut-granite hoods to ground floor on consoles, and six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door having overlight. Set back from line of road in partitioned grounds with random rubble stone boundary wall to perimeter of site having cut-granite piers, and iron gate.

• Farm house, 1815–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey farmhouse, c.1825, on a corner site with single-bay two-storey advanced return to south. Now disused. Pitched slate roof (pitched to return) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having red brick coping, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Unpainted roughcast walls over random rubble stone construction. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, six-over-six timber sash windows to ground floor having iron bars, timber casement windows to first floor, and one-over-one timber sash windows to rear (south) elevation. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door having overlight. Set back from line of road in own grounds on a corner site with hedge boundary to perimeter of site over random rubble stone boundary wall having rubble stone coping.(ii) Attached four-bay two-storey outbuilding, c.1825, to south. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and no rainwater goods on rendered dressed limestone eaves. Random rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings (some slit-style to first floor) with cut-limestone shallow sills, lintels, and timber windows. Square-headed door openings with dressed limestone lintels, and timber boarded doors.(iii) Attached four-bay single-storey outbuilding, c.1825, to south on an L-shaped plan with two-bay single-storey projecting bay to right. Reroofed, c.1925. Now disused. Pitched roof on an L-shaped plan with replacement corrugated-iron, c.1925, iron ridge, and no rainwater goods on rubble stone eaves. Random rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings with no sills, timber lintels, and timber windows. Square-headed door opening with timber lintel, and timber boarded door.

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Radon

At the centre of the townland of Shankill, 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 high, 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 Shankill.

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

Name

Shankill · An tSeanchill

Area

7,617,147 m² (761.71 ha, 1,882.24 acres)

Civil parish

Shankill, and its townlands

Barony

Gowran

Electoral division

Shankill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

929 people lived in 305 households in the Shankill electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annagar (Co. Carlow), Ballytarsna, Coorleagh, Kellymount, Lackan (Co. Carlow), Moanmore (Co. Carlow), Paulstown, Tinnagarney (Co. Carlow), Wells (Co. Carlow)

Placenames

Shankill 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.