Killurney
Killurney is a townland in the civil parish of Temple-Etney, barony of Iffa and Offa East, Co. Tipperary. Its name in Irish is Cill Urnaí.
- Area
- 508.8 ha
- 1,257 acres
- Land parcels
- 78
- registered freehold, median 5,341 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killurney, from 37 m² to 3,528,206 m² (352.82 ha, 871.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Killurney 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
30 Jun 2026N/a
construction of a single storey domestic dwelling house, entrance, driveway and tertiary wastewater treatment system along with necessary ancillary site works. Permission also required of Local Authority to place a mobile home on site for duration of the build
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2682
28 Jan 2026Conditional
to renovate and extend the existing dwelling house including replacing the treatment system, revised access, car-parking arrangement and all associated site development works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660062
29 Aug 2025Conditional
the change of use of existing building to holiday home and for a storage shed and PERMISSION for a new treatment system including all associated site development works
Retention, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2560846
6 Mar 2023Conditional
(1) the construction of new single storey dwelling, (2) a new site entrance (3) a new waste-water treatment system and percolation area, (4) a new external store and (5) all necessary services and site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2360151
23 Mar 2022Conditional
demolition of existing non original extensions to rear of farmhouse and construction of new single storey extension to rear and upgrade of associated waste water treatment system alongside conversion and change of use of existing single storey barn into a one bed dwelling including new well, new waste water treatment system and all associated landscaping and site works.
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2260136
21 Mar 2022N/a
The development will consist of; demolition of existing non original extensions to rear of farmhouse and construction of a new single storey extension to rear and upgrade of associated waste water treatment system alongside conversion and change of use of existing single storey barn into a one bed dwelling including new well, new waste water treatment system and all associated landscaping and site works.
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 22230
17 Feb 2022Conditional
the following; 1) rear and side extension to my dwelling and 2) 3no. storage sheds and all associated site development works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2260070
9 Feb 2021Conditional
a dormer type residence, vehicular entrance, septic tank treatment system and percolation area, new water supply borehole and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 21137
21 Sept 2020Conditional
construction of 1) a new storey and half dwelling 2) new domestic garage 3, new site entrance, driveway and modification to hedgerow 4) waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 201074
2 Sept 2020N/a
construction of 1) a new storey & half dwelling 2) new domestic garage 3) new site entrance, driveway and modification to hedgerow 4) waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 20988
19 Jun 2018Conditional
to construct a two storey extension to the side of the existing house, consisting of first floor bedroom, ground floor family room, nursery and Planning permission for demolition of existing entrance porch/hall and associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 18600771
1 Feb 2018Conditional
the as-constructed domestic garage, car-port and polytunnell including any ancillary site development works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 18600108
7 Dec 2017N/a
the as-constructed domestic garage, car-port and polytunnell including any ancillary site development works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 17601346
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
- Natural Heritage Area: Slievenamon Bog NHA 002388
Recorded monuments
- TS078-022 Church
Description
On a gentle S-facing slope at the foot of Slievenamon. It is presently in the SE corner of the front garden of a house, near the driveway. This church is described in the OS Letters as 'an old Church in the Townland of Killurney in this Parish which gave name to the townland. The name is pronounced in Irish Cill Urnaighe, that is, the Church of Prayer, Cella Orationis. It stood where this is now an orchard belonging to Thomas Donnell, farmer. There is no trace of the Church now remaining but a portion of a wall which appears to be a part of the west gable....the whole remnant has been repaired wheresoever it was necessary for preserving it in the orchard as a “curiosity”' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 148-9). This wall still survives (L 4.08m; max. H 3.5m; Wth 0.9m) with an ext. base-batter (H 1.05m; Wth 0.3m). It is constructed of red sandstone rubble with some large boulders used which have quartz inclusions. These large boulders are concentrated above the base-batter in the W face. No architectural features survive. According to local tradition there was a graveyard associated with this church which is located in the adjacent field to the S and in very dry weather traces of the former burial plots become visible. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS078-022001 Burial ground
Description
On gentle S-facing slope at foot of Slievenamon. According to local tradition there was a graveyard associated with a church (TS078-022----), this graveyard is located in the adjacent field to the S and in very dry weather traces of the former burial plots become visible. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS078-023001 Enclosure
Description
On break of S-facing slope under pasture in hilly upland terrain at S base of Slievenamon. Depicted as an oval enclosure on 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map. Monument has been truncated by NW-SE property boundary of a house and garden built c. 1980s. Ground level N of this boundary has been raised to provide a level platform for the house and garden which extends to NW. S of property boundary the remains of a oval enclosure (dims. 21.5m NW-SE; 6.3m NE-SW) are visible, consisting of a low curving bank (Wth c. 4m; H above int. 0.05m; H above fosse 0.55m) with external fosse (Wth 2m) and suggestion of an outer bank (Wth 5.5m crest, 8m base; H above fosse 0.23m; H above ext. 0.52), though this is quite irregular. Entrance gap (Wth c. 4m) facing S in both inner and outer bank. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS078-024 Enclosure
Description
On S slope of Slievenamon in rough scrub covered with ferns, brambles and holly. Enclosure is very overgrown as is immediate surrounding area. New dormer bungalow has been built parallel with the enclosure c. 75m to W. Interior slopes to S. Outline of monument difficult to determine due to overgrowth (dims. 25m N-S; 28m E-W based on 25-inch OS map). Bank is relatively clear in SW quadrant (Wth 2.1m crest, 4.5m base; H above int. 0.66m; H above ext. 1.9m). It is of earthen construction with a lot of stones protruding from the top and external face. Downslope the bank falls sharply to exterior utilising the natural slope. Bank has been badly disturbed by burrowing, probably by badgers. Field boundary runs NW-SE along N side of the enclosure. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Killurney.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Killurney, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Killurney.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Killurney, Ballypatrick6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Killurney · Cill Urnaí
- Area
- 5,088,465 m² (508.85 ha, 1,257.39 acres)
- Civil parish
- Temple-Etney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Iffa and Offa East
- Electoral division
- Kilcash, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 791 people lived in 290 households in the Kilcash electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyknockane, Boolagh, Cappadrummin, Cloran New, Cooloran, Killavally, Killusty North, Killusty South, Knockanclash, Tober, Walshsbog
- Placenames
- Killurney 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.