# Knockfobole, Co. Tipperary: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilshane, barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Cnocán an Phobóil. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 572,507 m² (57.25 ha, 141.47 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,767 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilshane, https://everytownland.com/tipperary/parish/kilshane.md - Barony: Clanwilliam - Electoral division: Kilfeakle, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 500 people lived in 175 households in the Kilfeakle electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Tipperary, https://everytownland.com/tipperary.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/48845 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 212095 - Centre: latitude 52.472344, longitude -8.097174 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockfobole, from 2,163 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres) to 152,129 m² (15.21 ha, 37.59 acres); 9 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5390315: 152,129 m² (15.21 ha, 37.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5390315.md - Parcel 524031: 10,581 m² (1.06 ha, 2.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/524031.md - Parcel 563073: 3,767 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/563073.md - Parcel 504892: 2,508 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/504892.md - Parcel 557341: 2,163 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/557341.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Knockfobole in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 2 applications, newest first. - 19 Nov 2025, Tipperary County Council 2561185: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, effluent treatment system and percolation area, entrance and all other associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561185/0 - 3 Nov 2021, Tipperary County Council 211606: Conditional. Permission. (1) demolish exising side and rear extension (2) construct new side and rear extension (3) re-orientate existing entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/211606/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Knockfobole. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - TS067-033: Mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS067-033----. In an elevated position on the western end of a gravel ridge (Wth c. 2m; H c. 0.4m; long axis c. WNW-ESE) surrounded by level pasture with a land drain to the S. Enclosure (TS067-034---) located c. 180m to SE. Horseshoe-shaped area (dims c. 17m N-S; c. 12m E-W) defined by low earthen bank. Interior slopes downwards to S where it has been eroded from N downwards. The monument is possibly a mound which was partially quarried into at some stage. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011 - TS067-034: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS067-034----. In level pasture. Circular area (dims c. 18m N-S; c. 20m E-W) defined by earthen scarp (H c. 0.4m) with very slight remains of a bank at NE (Wth c. 4m; H c. 0.2m). Interior level. Earthwork (TS067-033----) located c. 180m to NW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011 - TS067-116: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS067-116----. In improved level pasture, wet area to N and drain to N and S. Horseshoe shaped mound (c. 18m WNW-ESE; c. 9m ENE-WSW) open to NNW. Slight lip across opening of trough area. Rear of mound (H 0.9m; Wth 3.5m) at SSE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockfobole. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Knockfobole, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as 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 Knockfobole. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/knockfobole.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/knockfobole.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/knockfobole.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Knockfobole with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary: https://everytownland.com/tipperary.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballyhusty: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballyhusty.md - Cleghile: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/cleghile.md - Dromline: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/dromline.md - Springhouse: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/springhouse.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/knockfobole - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/tipperary/knockfobole