Cloonkeevy

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonkeevy, from 1,066 m² to 213,506 m² (21.35 ha, 52.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cloonkeevy 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.

• 1 Apr 2021Refused

  development consisting of the construction of one wind turbine up to 5MW with overall tip height of up to 180m; Construct the wind turbine foundation, hard standing and assembly area; Provide a site entrance and an access track within the site; Construct an on-site 20kV substation and underground electrical cable; Install a 7.9km underground grid connection, which passes throught the following townlands: Rathbaun, Templehouse Demesne, Kilbrattan, Portinch, Emlaghnaghtan, Cartron (Percival), Cartron (Phibbs), Lecarrow, Carrowkeel, Cloonkeevy, Ballybrennan, connecting into the existing ESB Substation; and construct all associated site development and ancillary works. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared with this planning application

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 21113

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 the townland of Cloonkeevy.

Recorded monuments

• SL033-114001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture, on the NW side of a low rise. A slightly raised roughly oval area (16m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.45m) SE-N and by a scarp N-NNE. The bank and a portion of the interior have been quarried away NNE-E and the bank is truncated by a linear earth and stone field boundary E-SE. The interior is level and clear of overgrowth. There is a hut site (SL033-114002-) in the NW quadrant and another (SL033-114003-) immediately E of centre. There is a steep natural NW-facing slope immediately outside the bank along the NW arc. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL033-114002 Hut site
  Description

  In the NW quadrant of the interior of a rath (SL033-114001-). The remains of a roughly rectangular slightly raised structure (3.5m NNE-SSW; 1.8m ESE-WNW) defined by a scarp (H 0.2m) on the W side and by traces of a scarp elsewhere. An upright limestone slab (H 0.4m; L 0.8m; T 0.2m) lies against the scarp at NNE and limestone blocks (0.4m x 0.4m) lie on top of the scarp at the SE and SW corners. The interior slopes down to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL033-114003 Hut site
  Description

  Immediately E of the centre of a rath (SL033-114001-). The remains of a roughly rectangular slightly raised structure (3.5m NE-SW; 3m NW-SE) defined by an earthen scarp (H 0.2m). A row of limestone slabs (average dims. L 0.2-0.4m; T 0.2m; H 0.2-0.3m) set on edge, are against and aligned with the external face of the scarp on the NW and SE sides. The interior slopes down to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL033-117 Barrow - embanked barrow
  Description

  In pasture, between drumlins. Described as an enclosure barrow (overall diam. 26.6m N-S; 28m E-W) with a concave interior surrounded by a broad enclosing bank (Wth c. 8m; H 0.8m) (pers. comm. M. Keane and J. Farrelly). Where the bank was eroded a distinct coloured soil, similar to that in a nearby barrow (SL033-202----), was exposed. (Farrelly and Keane 2002, 98) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL033-137 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, c. 50m N of the Owenmore River. A raised circular area (int. diam. 24m x 26m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.75m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.4m) along the E, S, W arcs and part of the N arc. A possible entrance is at S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL033-202 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In low-lying ground, between drumlins. Described in 1995 as a low circular platform (diam. 37.2m E-W) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.1m) and composed of soil similar to that of an embanked barrow (SL033-117----) c. 100m to E; the platform surface was uneven and had traces of cultivation ridges; a N-S field boundary cut across the E half of the barrow (pers. comm. M. Keane and J. Farrelly). During a subsequent inspection, low irregular undulations were visible but no definite outline of the barrow was visible at ground level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL033-204 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on a slight W-facing slope. This possible rath is not visible at ground level. It was indicated as an embanked circular area (diam c. 30m) on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Cloonkeevy, 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 low, low.

Terrain model

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

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 Cloonkeevy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Cloonkeevy · Cluain Ciabhaigh

Area

907,105 m² (90.71 ha, 224.15 acres)

Civil parish

Emlaghfad, and its townlands

Barony

Corran

Electoral division

Owenmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

102 people lived in 45 households in the Owenmore electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardconnell, Ballybrennan, Carrowkeel, Emlaghnaghtan, Rathdoony More, Shancarrigeen or Oldrock

Placenames

Cloonkeevy 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.