Killinvoy
Townland in the civil parish of Killinvoy, barony of Athlone North, Co. Roscommon
- Area
- 142.7 ha
- 353 acres
- Land parcels
- 34
- registered freehold, median 37,755 m² (3.78 ha, 9.33 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killinvoy, from 2,080 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres) to 121,064 m² (12.11 ha, 29.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Killinvoy 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
27 Nov 2024Conditional
Permission for works to uprate approximately 35.7km of the overall 35.82km of the existing Athlone to Lanesboro 110 kV overhead line (OHL) circuit located within the administrative boundary within County Roscommon. The proposed development will consist of: • Replacement (“restringing”) and uprating of the conductor along the existing Athlone-Lanesboro 110 kV OHL circuit; • Provision of fibre communication connection on the uprated circuit; • Replacement of 155No. Intermediate Wooden Polesets (IMPs), with similar structures, including poleset stays at 32No. IMPs. The change in structures will result in standardised heights from 16m to 23m along the circuit, the majority of height increases will be between 0.1m and 2.0m (at 125 No. IMPs), with the remainder between 2.1m and 3.7m, and a 4.0m height increase at only one IMP. 3no. IMP replacements will not result in a height change; • Replacement of 25No. Intermediate Wooden Poleset crossarms; • Replacement of 1No. steel angle mast, the replacement structure will result in a height increase of 0.5m; • Foundation strengthening of 9No. steel angle masts, and 1No. end mast; • Bar member replacements to 12No. steel angle masts and 1No. end mast; and, •All associated development including insulator/hardware replacement (suspension clamps and vibration dampers), replacement of signage, painting of angle masts, replacement/installation of anticlimbing guards, access tracks, vegetation clearance, temporary construction compounds and all other works necessary to facilitate the development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared to accompany this planning application, the location of which begins at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460559
12 Jul 2022Conditional
Retention Permission for retention of attic development including bedroom, en-suite and games room and minor changes internally to accommodate stairs, double doors from dining area and 2 no first floor gable windows, associated works and services at
Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 22364
27 Apr 2022Conditional
Permission to construct a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, waste water treatment system & percolation area associated site development works & services at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 22202
19 Nov 2021Refused
RETENTION PERMISSION for the demolition of an existing dwelling and PERMISSION to construct a replacement dwelling house and single dwelling treatment system with percolation area and decommission the existing septic tank and all associated site works at
Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 21655
30 Oct 2019Refused
permission for the development which will consist of a single storey four-bedroom dwelling, comprising of kitchen, living and dining room, lounge, study, bathroom, w.c., utility and storage areas, new waste water treatment system, domestic garages and ancillary works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 19561
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Killinvoy.
Recorded monuments
- RO042-096 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
On top of a broad, low NNW-SSE ridge. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. of top 11.5m E-W; diam. of base 14.2m; H 0.8-0.9m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 4.6-6.1m; Wth of base 1.9-3.4m; D 0.65-1.1m) from an outer bank with some scrub (Wth 4.4-6m; ext. H 0.4-1.15m). There is no visible entrance (max. ext. diam. 30m E-W). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO042-097001 Church
Description
The parish church of Killinvoy, listed as Kilfuymegy in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 (Ca. doc. Ire. vol. 5, 224). It was impropriate to the abbey of Cloontuskert (RO037-001001-) at the Supression (O'Flanagan 1931 vol. 1, 49). Situated at the bottom of an E-facing slope. The church is a rectangular structure (ext. dims 22.4m E-W; 8.6m N-S) defined by wall footings that had a doorway in the W wall. It is within a wedge-shaped graveyard (RO042-097002-) (dims 48m E-W; 36m N-S at E; 56m N-S at W) defined by masonry walls. A graveslab (RO042-097003-) of Thomas Hinde and Ann Davell with the date 1685 is in the graveyard, and two headstones (RO042-097005-; RO042-097006-) to Loughlin Keogh and Cormack Egan with the dates 1684 and 1699 respectively are just S of the church. A rectangular stoup with the inscription I.M. 1727 is now in Roscommon County Museum. The ring-barrow (RO042-097004-) is c. 50m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO042-097002 Graveyard
Description
Situated at the bottom of an E-facing slope. The parish church of Killinvoy (RO042-097001-) is within a wedge-shaped graveyard (dims 48m E-W; 36m N-S at E; 56m N-S at W) defined by masonry walls. It contains A graveslab (RO042-097003-) of Thomas Hinde and Ann Davell with the date 1685, and two headstones (RO042-097005-; RO042-097006-) to Loughlin Keogh and Cormack Egan with the dates 1684 and 1699 respectively. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO042-097003 Graveslab
Description
The parish church of Killinvoy (RO042-097001-) is within a trapezoidal graveyard (RO042-097002-) defined by masonry walls, which contains a wedge-shaped graveslab (L 1.8m; Wth 0.45-0.57m; T 008-0.11m) of Thomas Hinde and Ann Davell with a date of 1685 and two 17th century headstones (RO042-097005-; RO042-097006-). The inscription on the graveslab is in roman capitals in false relief and reads: PRAY FOR THE SOVLS OF THOMAS / HINDE AND ANN DAVELL HIS WIFE / 1638. See the attached image Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO042-097004 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
At the bottom of an E-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered platform (dims 16m E-W; 13.8m N-S; H 0.2m at W to 1m at E) defined by a fosse (at S: Wth of top 7.2m; Wth of base 2.8m; ext. D 0.5m) and outer bank (Wth of base 6-7m; ext. H 0.2-0.4m), with an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.6m; ext. D 0.8m) SE-SW. The monument is curtailed by a N-S drain and field bank at E, and relict field banks and ditches at W and N. Church (RO042-097001-) is c. 50m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO042-097005 Headstone
Description
Within the trapezoidal graveyard (RO042-097002) is a headstone commemorating Loughlin Keogh with the date 1699. The inscription cut in roman capitals in false relief reads: IHS / PRAY FOR THE / SOVLS OF LAVCHLIN KOVGH W / HO DIED MARCH / THE 17 1699. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO042-097006 Headstone
Description
Within the trapezoidal graveyard (RO042-097002-) is a headstone commemorating Cormack Egan with the date 1684. The inscription cut in roman capitals in false relief reads: IHS / PRAY FOR TH / E SOVL OF / CORMOCK / EGON WHO / DIED THE 6 OF IANVARY / 1684 See the attached image Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO042-099 Ringfort - rath
Description
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) on the 1837 and 1915 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the W edge of a broad NW-SE flat-bottomed valley. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 22m WNW-ESE) defined by a low bank (Wth c. 4m; H 0.25-0.35m) WNW-NE and slight traces of a fosse (Wth c. 4.5m; D 0.3m) NE-SE, but the perimeter can hardly be traced elsewhere and the interior has been quarried. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO042-170 Designed landscape - tree-ring
Description
In a flat, low-lying and poorly-drained N-S valley. D-shaped grass and rush-covered area (int. dims 50.2m N-S; c. 32.4m E-W) defined by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 3.5m-4.6m; Wth of base 2.3m-3m; D 0.1m-0.3m) with a stoney entrance causeway (Wth 4.2m) at SE. The W side is truncated by NNW-SSE field drains and banks, and there are tree stumps in the interior, particularly in the area immediately inside the perimeter. It is not marked on any map, but was probably created as a coppice in the later 19th century. 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 Killinvoy.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, 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 Killinvoy.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Killinvoy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.
The townland
- Name
- Killinvoy
- Area
- 1,427,044 m² (142.7 ha, 352.63 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killinvoy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Athlone North
- Electoral division
- Scregg, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Scregg electoral division: 556 people in 201 households; 89% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cornamart, Galeybeg, Kellybrook, Killeenrevagh, Lismagroon, Scregg
- Placenames
- Killinvoy 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.