Kilkenny

12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilkenny, from 375 m² to 408,705 m² (40.87 ha, 100.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Kilkenny 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.

• 28 Aug 2020Conditional

  construction of a 6 bay slatted sheep shed, a sheep dipping tub and sheep handling unit together with all associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 20332

• 14 Mar 2017Conditional

  For a new dwelling, domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system and soil polishing filter, new road entrance, and all associated ancillary site development works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 17106

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: Castlesampson Esker SAC 001625
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Castlesampson Esker 001625

Recorded monuments

• RO051-009001 Church
  Description

  Described as the site of a church and graveyard (RO051-009002-) which had been removed in the early 20th century (Egan 1954-6, 20) and which is listed as Kill Kullchuynne in the Registry of Clonmacnoise (O'Donovan 1856-7, 455). Situated in a low-lying position in an undulating landscape, although its precise location is not known. It is not visible at ground level, although burials have been discovered 180m to the SE (RO051-098----), 220m to the S (RO051-099----), and 300m to the SSW (RO048-100----). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-009002 Graveyard
  Description

  Described as the site of a church (RO051-009001-) and graveyard which had been removed in the early 20th century (Egan 1954-6, 20) and which is listed as Kill Kullchuynne in the Registry of Clonmacnoise (O'Donovan 1856-7, 455). Situated in a low-lying position in an undulating landscape, although its location is not precisely known. It is not visible at ground level. Although burials have been discovered 180m to the SE (RO051-098----), 220m to the S (RO051-099----), and 300m to the SSW (RO048-100----), none are known from this location. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-010001 Cist
  Description

  On a gentle E-facing slope in an undulating landscape. A cairn (RO051-010002-) which was disturbed in land reclaimation during the 1950s revealed a long cist (dims. 1.65m N-S; 0.55m E-W; D 0.5m) defined by stone slabs with a slab floor. Fragments of a cremation and of a bowl Food Vessel were recovered in excavation by J. Raftery (Raftery1960-1; Waddell 1990, 130-1; O Riordain and Waddell 1993, 129). The cist is still visible. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-010002 Cairn - burial cairn
  Description

  On a gentle E-facing slope in an undulating landscape. A cairn (diam. 10m; H 0.9m) which was disturbed in land reclamation during the 1950s revealed a long cist (RO051-010001-) (dims 1.65m N-S; 0.55m E-W; D 0.5m) defined by stone slabs with a slab floor. Fragments of a cremation and of a bowl Food Vessel were recovered in excavation by J. Raftery (Raftery1960-1; Waddell 1990, 130-1; Ó Ríordáin and Waddell 1993, 129). The cist and grass-covered cairn (dims 12m NW-SE; 11m NE-SW; max. H 0.7m) are still visible. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-031001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  At the SE end of a slight NW-SE ridge in an undulating landscape. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 37m NNW-SSE; 32m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5-7m; int. H 0.2-0.8m; ext. H 2-2.5m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 5.8-7m; Wth of base 1-1.5m; D 1.3m) from an outer bank (Wth 3-5m; H 1.2-1.6m). A second outer fosse (at NNW: Wth of top 4.7m; Wth of base 1m; D 0.5m) and traces of a third bank (at NNW: Wth 2.5m; max. H 0.3m) only survive across the ridge (NNW-N) (max. ext. diam. 64m N-S), but there is also a fosse (Wth of top 5m; Wth of base 1m; D 0.4m) and slight outer bank (Wth c. 2m; H 0.1m) outside the outer bank SE-SW. There is an entrance through the inner (Wth 2.3m) and outer (Wth 2.4m) banks with a causeway (Wth 3.2m) across the inner fosse at S. An overgrown rectangular enclosure or annnexe (RO051-031002-) (dims c. 30m N-S; c. 20m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-5m; int. H 0.1-0.5m; ext. H 2m) and outer fosse (Wth of base 1.5m; D 0.3-0.5m) is attached to the outer bank at E, but the annexe is situated on low-lying ground. It has an entrance (Wth 2.4m), probably modern, at S. See the attached aerial image taken from the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-031002 Enclosure
  Description

  An overgrown rectangular enclosure or annexe (dims. c. 30m N-S; c. 20m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-5m; int. H 0.1-0.5m; ext. H 2m) and outer fosse (Wth of base 1.5m; D 0.3-0.5m) is attached to the outer bank of rath (RO051-031001-) at E, but the annexe is situated on low-lying ground. It has an entrance (Wth 2.4m), probably modern, at S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-098 Burial
  Description

  On the NE-facing slope of a WNW-ESE section of an esker ridge. There is local information on the discovery of a burial c. 1970, which may be related to the church (RO051-009001-) c. 180m to the NW. The precise location of this feature is not known, but further burials (RO051-099----) were discovered c. 230m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-099 Burial
  Description

  On a low NNW-SSE ridge with rock outcrop. There is local information on the discovery of human remains c. 1980 in digging the foundations for a shed which was consequently moved to the S, but their precise location is not known. Burials (RO051-100002-) were discovered c. 130m to the WSW, and a burial (RO051-098---) was discovered c. 250m to the NE. They may have been part of a church site (RO051-009001-) c. 220m to the N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-100 Burial
  Description

  In a low-lying position in an undulating landscape. There is local information on the discovery of human remains in a land reclamation project c. 1970, but the precise location is not known. Burials (RO51-0099----) were found c. 130m to the ENE. They may have related to the church site (RO051-009001-) c. 320m to the NE, but cashel (RO051-100001-) is c. 30m to the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-100001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a rise in an undulating landscape overlooking an enclosed basin to the N. It was first identified by J. Fletcher. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 25m NNW-SSE; 23.9m ENE-WSW) with some bushes on the perimeter NE-SE defined by a slight scarp (H 0.2m) SW-NW and traces of inner or outer facing-stones of a wall NW-SSE. These are most evident NE-E (original Wth 1.4m), and the stone-faced entrance (Wth 2.15m) which has one large stone on its N side and three on its S side is at E. There is a grass-covered quarry (Wth of base (6-9m; D 0.6m-0.7m) inside the perimeter NE-SW, and the perimeter has been truncated by a WNW-ESE wall at SW (L 17m). There is local information that burials (RO051-100----) were discovered c. 30m to the N c. 1970. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO051-103 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  On top of a prominent rise in an undulating landscape. This is a circular, flat-topped and grass-covered mound (diam. of base 4.4-4.7m; diam. of top 1.7m; H 0.6m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Kilkenny with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Kilkenny

Area

1,387,743 m² (138.77 ha, 342.92 acres)

Civil parish

Taghmaconnell, and its townlands

Barony

Athlone South

Electoral division

Castlesampson, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Castlesampson electoral division: 408 people in 138 households; 94% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowkeeran, Castlesampson, Corraree and Ballygatta, Feacle, Onagh, Sheean, Tawnagh

Placenames

Kilkenny 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.