Killeenleigh
Townland in the civil parish of Loughmoe East, barony of Eliogarty, Co. Tipperary; in Irish An Coillín Liath
- Area
- 65.6 ha
- 162 acres
- Land parcels
- 19
- registered freehold, median 5,620 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killeenleigh, from 986 m² to 303,568 m² (30.36 ha, 75.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 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 Killeenleigh 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
2 Dec 2025Unconditional
1) the removal of an existing uncovered concrete slurry storage tank and calf shed, 2) the construction of a new cow cubicle house with slatted waste storage.3) the construction of a new loose housing shed and all other associated site works previous planning reference 201021
Extension of duration · Tipperary County Council, 25242
16 Nov 2021Conditional
new dwelling, entrance, well, garage, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 211659
10 Sept 2020Conditional
1) the removal of an existing uncovered concrete slurry storage tank and calf shed, 2) the construction of a new cow cubicle house with slatted waste storage.3) the construction of a new loose housing shed and all other associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 201021
20 Aug 2020N/a
1). The removal of an existing uncovered concrete slurry storage tank and calf shed. 2). The construction of a new cow cubicle house with slatted waste storage. 3). The construction of a new loose housing shed and all other associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 20930
29 Jul 2020N/a
(1) the removal of an existing uncovered concrete slurry storage tank (2) the construction of a new cow cubicle house with slatted waste storage and (3) a new loose housing shed with adjoining soiled water tank and all other associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 20844
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 Killeenleigh.
Recorded monuments
- TN035-060 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a low gentle rise of ground in undulating pasture. A raised subrectangular area (dims. 58m N-S; 39m E-W) enclosed by a low earthen bank mainly reduced to a scarp (H 0.6-1m) with no entrance feature visible. A field fence intersects the scarp at S. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Killeenleigh.
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 10 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.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Killeenleigh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Killeenleigh · An Coillín Liath
- Area
- 655,681 m² (65.57 ha, 162.02 acres)
- Civil parish
- Loughmoe East, and its townlands
- Barony
- Eliogarty
- Electoral division
- Kilrush, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilrush electoral division: 556 people in 184 households; 94% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyduag, Baronstown, Brownstown, Clobanna, Coolgarrane
- Placenames
- Killeenleigh 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.