Kilshalvy

72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilshalvy, from 138 m² to 211,443 m² (21.14 ha, 52.25 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Kilshalvy 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.

• 24 Jun 2026Conditional

  (a) retain a single storey extension to the rear and side of existing dwelling house, (b) retention for a single storey detached temporary structure for the use of temporary living accommodation for the duration of the above-mentioned developments construction works, together with all ancillary site works and services on site

  Retention, 2 homes · Sligo County Council, 2660244

• 19 Sept 2024Conditional

  (1) a new effluent treatment system and percolation area (2) to retain revised site boundaries (3) to retain existing garage (4) to retain existing domestic shed (5) to retain existing windows in gables of existing house (6) and all associated site works

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2460313

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 Kilshalvy.

Recorded monuments

• SL039-116001 Church
  Description

  In pasture, on a drumlin, in Kilshalvy graveyard (SL039-116002-), to the E of the centre. The ruin of a rectangular church (int. 13.9m E-W; 5m N-S) with walls (T c. 0.7m) constructed of mortared limestone. The structure is very fragmentary and no window or doorway opes have survived. There are three grave-markers within the interior. This was formerly the parish church of Kilshalvy. 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

• SL039-116002 Graveyard
  Description

  A rectangular graveyard (c. 50m E-W; c. 25m N-S) enclosed by a stone wall. The interior is covered by scrub overgrowth and only six inscribed memorials are evident. The ruin of the medieval parish church of Kilshalvy (SL039-116001-) lies off-centre to the E. A small fragment of a quernstone which was found here is in the NMI (pers. comm. M. A. Timoney). 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

• SL044-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In wet pasture, on top of a drumlin ridge. A circular raised area (int. diam. 17m N-S; 16.9m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank and an external fosse. The bank is best preserved along the S arc (Wth 4.6m; int. H 1.15m; ext. H 0.95m). The fosse (Wth 2.9m; D 0.1m) is evident along the E arc, is mostly silted-up elsewhere though marked by a growth of irises. The entrance (Wth 1.7m) is in the S arc, with a ramp (L 2.9m) and causeway across the fosse. The interior slopes gently down to 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

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

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1041 (ZIP).

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

Name

Kilshalvy · Cill Ó Sealbhaigh

Area

2,074,278 m² (207.43 ha, 512.57 acres)

Civil parish

Kilshalvy, and its townlands

Barony

Corran

Electoral division

Kilshalvy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilshalvy electoral division: 298 people in 115 households; 87% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardraheen Beg, Ardraheen More, Calteraun, Cloonaraher, Emlagh, Gortygara, Knocknaskeagh, Rinn, Riverstown, Tunnagh

Placenames

Kilshalvy 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.