Kilkenny West

106 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilkenny West, from 33 m² to 248,367 m² (24.84 ha, 61.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 44 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 Kilkenny West 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.

• 11 Jun 2026Refused

  EXTENSION OF DURATION - Dwelling, sewage treatment system, percolation area, domestic garage and ancillary works

  Extension of duration · Westmeath County Council, 2616

• 23 Feb 2024Conditional

  Proposed Demolition Of Existing Horse Stables & Outhouse building. The Proposed Construction Of A Bungalow Type Extension To The Rear Of Existing Bungalow Type Dwelling House Which Is Listed As A Protected Structure/Structures On The Protected Structures List Of The Westmeath County Development Plan 2021-2027, i.e., RPS No.023-008 & NIAH No.15402314, Proposed Construction Of A New Detached Garage, Replacement Of An Existing Septic Tank System With An Onsite Sewerage System With Polishing Filter In Accordance With EPA Code of Practice 2021 And All Ancillary Site Works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460049

• 11 Sept 2023Refused

  proposed demolition of existing horse stables & outhouse building. The proposed construction of a dormer type extension to the rear of existing bungalow type dwelling house which is listed as a protected structure/structures on the Protected Structures List of the Westmeath County Development Plan 2021-2027, i.e., RPS No.023-008 & NIAH No.15402314, proposed construction of a new detached garage and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2360298

• 17 Aug 2023N/a

  proposed Demolition Of Existing Horse Stables & Outhouse building. The Proposed Construction Of A Dormer Type Extension To The Rear Of Existing Bungalow Type Dwelling House Which Is Listed As A Protected Structure/Structures On The Protected Structures List Of The Longford County Development Plan 2021-2027, i.e., RPS No.023-008 & NIAH No.15402314, Proposed Construction Of A New Detached Garage And All Ancillary Site Works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2360265

• 28 Jul 2023N/a

  proposed demolition of existing horse stables & outhouse building. The proposed construction of a dormer type extension to the rear of existing bungalow type dwelling house, proposed construction of a new detached garage and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2360241

• 6 May 2021Conditional

  Demolition of existing derelict dwelling and construction of a dwelling house and single dwelling treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21247

• 6 Apr 2021Conditional

  Dwelling, sewage treatment system, percolation area, domestic garage and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21173

• 28 Nov 2019Conditional

  Retention permission for an on-site sewerage treatment system and polishing filter

  Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 197245

• 16 Oct 2019Conditional

  Demolition of an existing derelict dwelling and construction of a dwelling house and single dwelling treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 197219

• 8 Mar 2019Conditional

  Construction of a bungalow-type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, on-site suitable wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 197054

• 26 Sept 2018Refused

  Proposed construction of bungalow type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable onsite sewerage treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 187184

• 25 Sept 2018Conditional

  Proposed construction of a dormer bungalow type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable wastewater treatment system with polishing filter and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 187182

• 20 Sept 2018Conditional

  To construct a four bedroom house. The application will also include the installation of a new effluent treatment system and percolation area and all other minor site-works and drainage

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 187177

• 7 Sept 2018Refused

  Proposed construction of a bungalow type dwelling house with detached garage, Entrance, boundary fence/wall, on site suitable wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 187170

• 4 Apr 2018Conditional

  Proposed construction of a storey and a half type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable wastewater treatment system with polishing filter and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 187061

• 22 Feb 2018N/a

  To construct a four bedroom house. The application will also include the installation of a new effluent treatment system and percolation area and all other minor site works and drainage.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 187038

• 22 Feb 2017Conditional

  To construct a dwelling house, domestic garage and a single treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 177032

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 Kilkenny West.

Recorded monuments

• WM022-013001 Crannog
  Description

  Reputed to be located on the western shore of Lough Mareegan, in level, marshy bog. Potential monument described in 1980 as no surface remains visible. The western shore of the lough is very marshy for roughly 30 metres down to the shoreline and beyond this is an area of marshy peat bog for up to 100 meters before the shore. This has been heavily diminished by turf-cutting. This area has occasional small patches of scrub but nothing that resembles the solid ground of a Crannóg. There is no trace of any mound, or of any modification around the shoreline that may suggest a change in the peaty material that makes up the bog. No traces of any timber elements such as bog-oak were noted. According to the NMI finds index, ‘bones’ were recovered from a crannóg at Lough Mareegan (SMR file). A small circular-shaped island (approx. diam. 30m) at the SE end of Lough Mareegan which is visible on Digital Globe aerial photography may have been a crannog. A larger island which may have been a second possible crannóg (WM022-013----) lies 70m to the W. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 16 July 2019

• WM023-023 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Poorly preserved remains of the W angle of Kilkenny Castle which belonged to the Dillon family survives standing just below ridge of high ground with good views of surrounding countryside. Holy well (WM023-024---) 330m to NE, church (WM023-025----), graveyard (WM023-025001-) and chapel (WM023-025002-) 100m to E with abbey (WM023-026---) 180m to SSE. This castle is depicted as a tower house type building on the 1659 Down Survey map of the barony of Kilkenny West (NLI, MS 723-4). In 1307 King Edward II granted Sir Henry Dillon of Drumraney the ‘custody of the manor of Kilkenny-West, forfeited by Hugh de Lacie, to hold, with all the appurtenances, during pleasure, rendering £4 into the Exchequer for the first year, and for every year after the full extent of the manor’ (Lodge 1789, 137). In 1604 Theobald Dillion of Costello-Gallen, Co. Mayo was granted a ‘weekly Monday market at Kilkenny-West, in Dillons Country’ along with ‘two annual fairs there, to be held on Whitson Monday, and 13 August, paying yearly for the same 20 shillings Irish’ (ibid., 178). The terrier of the 1659 Down Survey map of Kilkenny parish records that in 1641 the lands of Kilkenny West belonged to James Dillon, Earl of Roscommon (NLI, MS 723-4). The terrier states that in Kilkenny there is 'a Castle with some Houses and Cabbins'(NLI, MS 723-4). The W angle of the castle survives upstanding to wall-walk level (H c. 8m) which is indicated by a string course visible on the SW wall of the castle and by 5 surviving corbels of an angle machicolation. The walls of the castle are built with coursed rubble with base batter visible and alternating cut stone quoins. The quoins have been robbed out of the W angle of the castle up to first floor level. Only a short section of the NW wall (L 3.7m) and SW wall (L 5.5m; wall T 1.7m) of the castle survives upstanding while the grass-covered wall footings mark the outline of the levelled castle walls. The castle appears to have been 4 storeys high with all floors supported on wooden beams the holes of which are visible in the internal face of the SW wall. The remains of a destroyed single light flat headed chamfered window with hood moulding can be seen at second floor level in SW wall. Directly above this window are the remains of the W embrasure of a destroyed window at third floor level. On the upstanding section of NW wall there are the remains of a destroyed window in the centre of the wall at first, second and third floor levels. Internally the first floor was wooden supported on a wall plate carried on stone corbels (Wth 0.27m x H 0.33m; D 0.25m) two of which are still visible in the inner face of the SW wall. This castle had been previously visited in 1978 when the castle was described as 'The ruins are very fragmentary. The NW corner still stands to a height of about 25 feet [7.6m]. The W wall (T 1.6m) has a slight batter. At the top of the wall there are the remains of abutments for a small turret. Traces of a string course also survive. A window head still survives in an ope about half way up with a fallen mullion stone below. The W and S walls now consist of merely grass covered stone foundations. The N wall also contains some of the corbels or abutments plus a string course for a small turret. There is also one dressed window in situ. In the interior of the W wall there are some large holes of square shape probably for a stairway. Again good facing stones are in evidence. There are no clear traces of earthworks' (SMR file). Depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a rectangular building which appears to have had all four walls upstanding. The castle is orientated on a NW-SE axis. The 1910 OS 25-inch map shows only the NW angle surviving of the castle which suggests that the walls of the castle collapsed or were taken down between 1837 and 1910. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 6 July 2015

• WM023-024 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  St. Kenny's [St. Canice] holy well situated in a roughly-D-shaped grove of trees and bushes on flat poorly drained land with church (WM023-025----) and graveyard (WM023-025001-) 240m to SW. Kilkenny Castle (WM023-023----) 330m to WSW and site of levelled abbey (WM023-026----) belonging to the Fratres Cruciferi / Crouched Friars 260m to SSW. In 1837 the Ordnance Survey Letters recorded that near 'the ruins of Cainneach’s chapel (WM023-025002-) still springs a well called Tobar Chainnigh, which is fast losing its sanctity' (Herity 2011). Present remains consist of a circular-shaped spring well (diam. 1.2m; D 0.6m) enclosed by drystone wall surround with 4 steps leading down to water on W side. The area around the well is covered in thorn bushes and trees making detailed examination of the site impossible. A large octagonal-shaped font (WM023-024001-) lies on the ground immediately to the N of well. This font may have come from the medieval church (WM023-025----) or from the abbey site (WM023-026----). Other architectural fragments of various dates have been placed around the perimeter of the well forming a series of stations around the well. A low cut stone pillar of 19th century date appears to have supported an iron chain or railing which once enclosed the well. The hexagonal shaped base of a cross or font lies to the W of the well, a stone cross (WM023-024002-) possibly a finial cross of the medieval church (WM023-025----) has been placed into the socket of this base. The carving of a winged angel (WM023-024003-) can be seen on a V-shaped architectural fragment which formed the apex of a niche or apex of a hood moulding lying on the ground immediately SE of the well. This fragment came from either the medieval abbey (WM023-026---) or the nearby medieval church (WM023-025----). Immediately to the NE of the well lying on the surface of the ground there is a large piece of cut stone which appears to be the capital (WM023-024004-) of a column supporting the ribs of a vaulted roof belonging to the nearby medieval abbey (WM023-026---). Unable to locate stone corbel carved with an angel which was recorded in the late 1970s (SMR File). A stone fleur-de-lys cross of post medieval date with socket for metal cross stands immediately SE of the well. The monument was visited in 1981 and described as 'the well itself is a small circular stone built structure full of stagnant water. Beside it are a number of fragments, some of which probably came originally from the nearby 'abbey' (WM023-026----). Immediately to N of well there is a font or stoup. Sitting in it is a piece of cut stone, possibly part of a column. To W of well there is a hexagonal block of cut stone with a depression in its centre. In this is standing a small cross. Lying against it is a second cross, the shaft of which is broken. Lying on the ground nearby are several other fragments of cut stone. These include another broken cross and at least three blocks of cut stone, one of which may be the head of a column. The block of stone at present lying in the font at N of well has a fine carved figure in it. This is c.1ft high and is clearly meant to represent an ecclesiastic. It is dressed in a flowing robe and has its hands joined across its chest. The enclosure in which the well is located is badly overgrown' (SMR file). Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 6 July 2015

• WM023-024001 Font (present location)
  Description

  St. Kenny's [St. Canice] holy well (WM023-024---) situated in a roughly-D-shaped grove of trees and bushes on flat poorly drained land with church (WM023-025----) and graveyard (WM023-025001-) 240m to SW. Kilkenny Castle (WM023-023----) 330m to WSW and site of levelled abbey (WM023-026----) belonging to the Fratres Cruciferi / Crouched Friars 260m to SSW. The area around the well is covered in thorn bushes and trees making detailed examination of the site impossible. A large octagonal-shaped limestone baptismal font (ext. diam. 0.64m x H 0.3m) with chamfered panels (Wth 0.26m) and a flat rim (T 0.09m) lies on the ground immediately to the N of well. The circular basin of the font measures 0.46m in diameter and is 0.26m deep and has a central drain hole which was not visible at time of inspection due to presence of water and vegetation. Coins have been left in the basin as votive offerings associated with nearby holy well. The original location of the font is uncertain but it either came from the medieval church (WM023-025----) or from the abbey site (WM023-026----). The hexagonal shaped limestone base (Wth 0.55m x H 0.36m) of this font lies to the W of the well. The base of the font has 6 chamfered panels (Wth 0.26-0.21m) dressed in a similar fashion to the bowl of the font. The chamfered faces of the base are similar in size to the chamfered panels of the font. One side of the base has been left undressed and this face probably stood against the wall of the church or abbey. A stone cross (WM023-024002-) possibly the finial of the medieval church (WM023-025----) or of the abbey (WM023-026---) has been placed into the square shaped socket or mortise (dims. 0.12m x 0.12m x D 0.05m) on the upper surface of the base. Modern coins have been left as votive offerings in the base of the socket on the upper surface of the font base. Other architectural fragments of various dates have been placed around the perimeter of the well forming a series of stations. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 3 July 2015

• WM023-024002 Cross
  Description

  St. Kenny's [St. Canice] holy well (WM023-024---) situated in a roughly-D-shaped grove of trees and bushes on flat poorly drained land with church (WM023-025----) and graveyard (WM023-025001-) 240m to SW. Kilkenny Castle (WM023-023----) 330m to WSW and site of levelled abbey (WM023-026----) belonging to the Fratres Cruciferi / Crouched Friars 260m to SSW. The area around the well is covered in thorn bushes and trees making detailed examination of the site impossible. A large octagonal-shaped limestone baptismal font (WM023-024001-) lies on the ground immediately to the N of well. The hexagonal shaped limestone base of this font lies to the W of the well. A stone cross (H 0.28m x 0.12m x 0.1m) possibly the finial of the medieval church (WM023-025----) or of the abbey (WM023-026---) has been placed into the square shaped socket or mortise (dims. 0.12m x 0.12m x D 0.05m) on the upper surface of the base. Other architectural fragments of various dates have been placed around the perimeter of the holy well forming a series of stations. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 3 July 2015

• WM023-024003 Architectural fragment
  Description

  St. Kenny's [St. Canice] holy well (WM023-024----) situated in a roughly-D-shaped grove of trees and bushes on flat poorly drained land with church (WM023-025----) and graveyard (WM023-025001-) 240m to SW. Kilkenny Castle (WM023-023----) 330m to WSW and site of levelled abbey (WM023-026----) belonging to the Fratres Cruciferi / Crouched Friars 260m to SSW. A large octagonal-shaped font (WM023-024001-) lies on the ground immediately to the N of well. This font may have come from the medieval church (WM023-025----) or from the abbey site (WM023-026----). Other architectural fragments of various dates have been placed around the perimeter of the well forming a series of stations around the well. The hexagonal shaped base of a cross or font lies to the W of the well, a stone cross (WM023-024002-) possibly a finial cross of the medieval church (WM023-025----) has been placed into the socket of this base. The carving of a winged angel can be seen on a V-shaped architectural fragment which formed the apex of a niche or apex of a hood moulding lying on the ground immediately SE of the well. This fragment came from either the medieval abbey (WM023-026---) or the nearby medieval church (WM023-025----). Immediately to the NNE of the well lying on the surface of the ground there is a large piece of cut stone which appears to be the capital (WM023-024004-) of a column supporting the ribs of a vaulted roof belonging to the nearby medieval abbey (WM023-026---). Unable to locate stone corbel carved with an angel which was recorded in the late 1970s (SMR File). A stone fleur-de-lys cross of post medieval date with socket for metal cross stands immediately SE of the well. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 3 July 2015

• WM023-024004 Architectural fragment
  Description

  St. Kenny's [St. Canice] holy well (WM023-024----) situated in a roughly-D-shaped grove of trees and bushes on flat poorly drained land with church (WM023-025----) and graveyard (WM023-025001-) 240m to SW. Kilkenny Castle (WM023-023----) 330m to WSW and site of levelled abbey (WM023-026----) belonging to the Fratres Cruciferi / Crouched Friars 260m to SSW. A large octagonal-shaped font (WM023-024001-) lies on the ground immediately to the N of well. This font may have come from the medieval church (WM023-025----) or from the abbey site (WM023-026----). Other architectural fragments of various dates have been placed around the perimeter of the well forming a series of stations around the well. The hexagonal shaped base of a cross or font lies to the W of the well, a stone cross (WM023-024002-) possibly a finial cross of the medieval church (WM023-025----) has been placed into the socket of this base. The carving of a winged angel (WM023-024003-) can be seen on a V-shaped architectural fragment which formed the apex of a niche or apex of a hood moulding lying on the ground immediately SE of the well. Immediately to the NNE of the well lying on the surface of the ground there is a large piece of cut stone which appears to be the capital (diam. 0.42m; H 0.28m) of a column supporting the ribs of a vaulted roof belonging to the nearby medieval abbey (WM023-026---). Unable to locate stone corbel carved with an angel which was recorded in the late 1970s (SMR File). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 3 July 2015

• WM023-082 Burial ground
  Description

  The National Museum of Ireland recorded that ‘in July 1999 human remains were discovered during quarrying operations in a sandpit at Kilkenny West, near Glassan, Co. Westmeath. The south-west corner of the field in which the bones were found marks the point where the three townlands meet, and the western and southern field banks mark the boundary of Kilkenny West with Tullaghan and Kilkenny Lanesborough respectively. A low ridge runs north/south through this field and the remains were uncovered just below the crest of the ridge on the eastern side. The site is elevated and looks down on Lough Mareegan (known locally as Auburn Lake) to the north. It is located some 1.25km south/west of Kilkenny West church (WM023-025----). Human remains had been discovered just under the topsoil at a depth of 0.3m. They had been badly disturbed by the digger and no details of the orientation or layout of the burials was known. The site was reported to the Gardaí, who informed the NMI. The site was investigated by Raghnall Ó Floinn. The Gardaí had dug around the area where the remains were found but could not locate any bones in situ. The redeposited topsoil and gravel was examined and some of the lower limb bones as well as the pelvis, ribs and vertebrae were retrieved. These remains came from the first scoop of the digger and suggested that the burials had been extended. In the course of the site examination, the toe bones of a second burial, 1m west of the first, were discovered. The in situ remains consisted of a supine extended skeleton in a dug grave just large tough to accommodate the body. As that area of the gravel pit was not going to be worked in future, the in situ remains were preserved on site’ (Cahill and Sikora 2011, vol. 2, 521). Date of upload: 13 August 2012

Architectural heritage

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

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 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; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Kilkenny West, Glasson13 sales

Name

Kilkenny West · Cill Chainnigh

Area

1,958,340 m² (195.83 ha, 483.92 acres)

Civil parish

Kilkenny West, and its townlands

Barony

Kilkenny West

Electoral division

Auburn, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Auburn electoral division: 785 people in 277 households; 89% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Auburn, Boardsland, Creevenamanagh, Kilkenny Abbey, Kilkenny Lanesborough, Lisdachon, Lissoy, Toberclare, Tobernagauhoge, Tullaghan

Placenames

Kilkenny West 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.