Kilmore
Townland in the civil parish of Street, barony of Moygoish, Co. Westmeath
Parcel 52947
- Area
- 635,501 m² (63.55 ha, 157.04 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Kilmore
Planning applications on this parcel
18 Mar 2021Conditional
the construction of a 24 metre high free standing communications structure with its associated antennae, communication dishes, ground equipment and all associated site development works. The development will form part of Eircom Ltd existing telecommunications and broadband network
Permission · Longford County Council, 2176
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 5 recorded monuments.
- LF016-016 Barrow - mound barrow
Description
On a low rise in pasture. Depicted on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a small tree-ring. An oval-shaped mound of earth and stone (dims. at base 14.5m E-W; 11m N-S; H 1.7-1.9m). The summit is flat topped (diam. 6.3m). There is no trace of an encircling bank or fosse. Probably a burial mound. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LF016-017 Ringfort - rath
Description
In level pasture. A raised circular area (diam. c. 40m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth c. 5m; H 0.3-0.65m) at W and from NNW-N, and defined elsewhere by a scarp (H 0.75-1.5m) with a wide shallow intervening fosse (Wth 6-7m; D 0.6-1.05m) and from WSW-W-NNW an outer bank (Wth 4.5m; H 0.4-0.8m). The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 30 November 2011
- LF016-018001 House - fortified house
Description
Within the interior of a possible early medieval ringwork (LF016-018003-) that was subsequently reused as a bawn (LF016-018002-). Possibly the residence of Thomas Nugent, one of the commissioners for Plantation of Longford in 1620 (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I, 469). Described by Lewis (1837, vol. 2, 581) as ‘the ruins of an old castle, which was beseiged by Oliver Cromwell, it formed the boundary of the English Pale’. This fortified house (overall ext. dims. 23.3m N–S; 10.75m E–W) consisted of a two-storey block with an adjoining four-storey tower at its N end. Only fragmentary remains of the walls (max. H 2m) of the two-storey block (approx. int. dims. 16m N–S; 7.5m E–W; wall T 1.6m) survive. Springers in the external face of the S wall of the tower indicate that there was a barrel vault over its ground floor, probably covering the area over the entrance chamber. There would have been another room to the S of this. No trace of the original doorway survives but it may have been in the E wall where there is a large breach opposite the causewayed entrance into the bawn. No architectural features survive. A scar line noted on the external face of the S wall of the tower in 1975 (SMR file) indicates that the roof over this block was gabled. The N and E walls of the tower (ext. dims. 10.6m E–W; 5.6m N–S) survive to wall-walk level, while the W end of the S wall and the W wall have collapsed. The internal face of the N wall is partially covered in ivy at second- and third-floor levels. A base-batter is evident and alternating quoins stones are punch dressed. There is a barrel vault over the ground floor (int. dims. 8.5m E–W; 3.4m N–S; wall T 1m); joist-holes above this in the N and S walls indicate that all the other floors were wooden. A blocked-up doorway, located off-centre to the W in the S wall, gave access to the ground floor of the adjoining block of the house. Another blocked-up doorway near the S end of the W wall led to a mural stairs in the W wall, which accessed the spiral stairs in the NW angle. Apart from a curve in the wall face, indicating its location, no trace of the spiral stairs survives. It was lit by narrow, flat and ogee-headed windows. A chamber (int. dims. 7m E–W; 3m N–S; wall T 1m) on the first floor was lit by an ogee-headed slit ope in the NE angle, flanked by a gun loop to the W, and by a centrally located window in the E wall as well as one off–centre to the W in the N wall. A broken-out fireplace in the centre of the N wall is a fine cut-stone example, with chamfered, punch-dressed jambs and lamp brackets on either side of the destroyed joggle-jointed lintel. A destroyed doorway in the SE angle accessed the first floor of the adjoining block. Remains of broken-out centrally located windows are also visible on the ground, second and third floors of the E wall. Those on the second and third floors consist of flat-headed, single lights. Single lights in the centre of the N wall at second-floor level and off-centre to the E on the third floor are now partially ivy covered. Immediately to the E of the example on the second floor an external chimneystack was carried on two corbels that are visible on the external wall face. The punch-dressed quoins, fireplaces, ogee-headed angle loops, gun loop and flat-headed limestone windows suggest that this house dates to the late 16th/ early 17th-century. A church (LF016-015001-) and graveyard (LF016-015002-) lie c. 475m to the NW. (Moore 2007, No. 21) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 September 2012
- LF016-018002 Bawn
Description
Associated with a fortified house (LF016-018002-), which lies in the NW quadrant of the interior. This almost circular bawn (int. dims. 39m N–S; 38m E–W; wall T 0.95m; Wall H 0.3m) is built around the perimeter of the platform of a possible ringwork (LF016-018003-). Its outline is indicated by wall-footings and there is evidence of a possible rectangular mural or garderobe tower projecting out from the bawn wall at SW. It is unclear whether the platform, fortified house and bawn are of contemporary date or whether the platform is an earlier ringwork that was subsequently refortified. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 4 January 2012
- LF016-018003 Castle - ringwork
Description
On a low rise in wet pasture with good views in all directions; adjacent to the Longford/Westmeath county border. A raised circular platform (diam. c. 40m) defined by a scarp (H 2-4m) and an external fosse (top Wth 8m; base Wth 2m; ext. D 0.8-1.7m) with a causewayed entrance (Wth 3m; L 10m) at ESE. A NW-SE running road cuts the NE quadrant, destroying the fosse from N-NNE-NE. A late-16th/early 17th-century fortified house (LF016-018001-) is situated in the interior and its associated bawn (LF016-018002-) is evident on the perimeter of the platform. It is unclear whether the platform, house and bawn are of contemporary date or whether the platform is an earlier ringwork that was subsequently refortified. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 10 April 2012
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. 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).
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 255.3 ha
- 631 acres
- Land parcels
- 72
- registered freehold, median 5,072 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilmore, from 39 m² to 296,828 m² (29.68 ha, 73.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Kilmore 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
3 Jul 2026N/a
proposed modifications, alternations and partial demolition to existing Streete Parish Community Centre including extending the Centre with a new part two-storey, part single storey extension. The proposed ground floor extension will consist of new access stairs/ lifts, handball/badminton court, theatre hall, Plant room, medical room, Reception Area, community shop, associated storage areas, children’s play zones, coffee / meeting room / kitchen area, Multipurpose room, Bar extension, toilets and team and referee’s changing rooms with shower facilities. First floor extension will consist of new access stairs/ lifts, gym extension, new Resource Rooms, Storage, external Sauna / Steam Rooms with Changing areas, Internal / external new viewing gallery areas. External developments will include the Reconfiguration of the existing car parking layout including 7No. disabled and 11No. EV charging spaces, bicycle parking, bus parking and public lighting. Adjustment of existing walking track, New all-weather astro-turf pitch area with basketball area and proposed synthetic running track surrounded associated perimeter fencing and floodlighting. New external soft playground area with perimeter fencing, construction of New Men’s Shed, Women’s Shed with public toilets and Vintage Shed and section of new 2m high concrete block Boundary wall to the northeastern boundary. The installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system, Ecoflo Coco filter and Gravel distribution percolation Area and all associated site development and ancillary works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660361
15 Apr 2026Conditional
to convert the existing derelict structure to a habitable dwelling. The proposed refurbishment and extension works consists of the following. Permission is sought to demolish 62.5 Sqm of the existing dwelling and extension as previously granted planning permission under file reference number 80/366. Permission is sought to re-roof and renovate 93.5 Sqm of the existing bungalow together with permission to construct a new storey-an-a-half extension connected via a flat roof link to the proposed renovated bungalow. Permission is also sought to connect to the existing wastewater treatment system and percolation area together with permission to use the relocated site entrance when constructed as previously granted planning permission under file number 25/60105 together with permission for all associated ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2660180
25 Mar 2026N/a
to demolish 58.3 Sqm of the existing dilapidated dwelling and extension as previously granted planning permission under file reference number 80/366. Permission is sought to re-roof and renovate 93.5 Sqm of the existing bungalow together with permission to construct a new storey-an-a-half extension connected via a flat roof link to the proposed renovated bungalow Permission is also sought to connect to the existing wastewater treatment system and percolation area together with permission to use the relocated site entrance when constructed as previously granted planning permission under file number 25/60105 together with permission for all associated ancillary site works.
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660136
14 Mar 2025Conditional
development which will consist of the decommissioning of existing septic tank and the proposed construction of a replacement wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all associated ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560105
16 Jan 2023Refused
development which shall consist of retention permission for the demolition of an existing cottage; the proposed demolition of an existing hay shed; construction of a replacement dwelling; relocation of vehicular entrance; decommission of existing septic tank and percolation area and replacement with a new wastewater treatment system and tertiary polishing filter; and all associated site development works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2360007
7 Oct 2022Conditional
retention permission for alterations to the dwelling including new porch; side and rear extension; retention of existing shed; retention for new vehicular entrance and all associated site development works
Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 22486
13 Sept 2017Conditional
existing extension (100.7 m sq), to dwelling house. The development consists of extension to rear of dwelling, consisting of dining room, hall, WC and bedroom (41.6 sq m) and renovation of attic consisting of two no habitable rooms with bathroom (59.1 sq m). Retention is also sought for existing septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works.
Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 176258
10 Feb 2017N/a
existing extension (100.7 sqm) to dwelling house which consists of extension to rear of dwelling consisting of dining room, hall, WC and bedroom (41.6 sqm) and renovation of attic consisting of 2 no. habitable rooms with bathroom (59.1 sqm), also retention for existing septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 176033
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 Kilmore.
Recorded monuments
- WM002-011 Barrow - mound barrow
Description
Monument surveyed in 2015 and described by McGuinness (2015, 55) as following: ‘With nothing visible by the time an ASI fieldworker visited the site on 6/8/79 [SMR file], this earthen mound or tumulus had been mostly destroyed by the time of its excavation in 1958, with only the NE quadrant being fairly intact and outline of remainder just traceable, from which Prendergast estimated an original diameter of 8m and a central height of ‘probably not more than 1m’. A single cutting on NW circumference revealed no evidence of a surrounding ditch, nor was there surface evidence for one farther out. Mound was of compact brown earth with some stone, on a layer of pasty grey clay which included a layer of charcoal covering the original ground surface including the central area; from the surviving stratigraphy, excavator believed mound to belong to a single construction phase, with the grey layer interpreted as a layer of turfs spread over the charcoal before rest of mound was constructed. Excavation of surviving portion of mound, comprising most of NE quadrant, uncovered four discrete cremation burials or collections of burials, along with three small pockets of cremated bone. Burial A, the remains of an adult, were covered by an Early-Middle Bronze Age Cordoned Urn; Burial B, containing at least one adult, had the barest stone protection and no grave goods; Burial C, comprising a large pile of cremated bones including adult remains and a c. 16-year-old youth, was enclosed by a half-destroyed polygonal cist, and contained two men’s shaving razors of a similar type to those found in the Knockast mound-barrow (Kavanagh 1991, 98-100); Burial D comprised some unprotected and unaccompanied adult remains. Given the poor condition of the bones from the burials and cremation-pockets, the total number of bodies and age and gender distribution could not be ascertained beyond the recognition of 5+ bodies including adults and children. In the charcoal layer under core of mound was found a curved piece of thin bronze of unknown function; also found somewhere near centre of mound, at the lowest level, were fragments of a miniature vessel or Pygmy Cup. The excavator took all this material to be contemporary as the mound was a single-phase construction. The ASI fieldworker who visited the site in 1979 was informed of similar pots having been found by a Mr Ross while working his land prior to the excavation of the barrow ‘to the E side of the road [from the barrow]’, suggesting the possibility that the barrow was just one component of a larger Bronze Age cemetery [SMR file]. (Prendergast 1960; Waddell 1990, 150-51; Kavanagh 1976, 375-6; 1977, 89; 1991, 98)’. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Date of upload: 9 February 2016
- WM002-014 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on almost level poorly drained land, stream 30m to NW, bog 100m to E now planted with trees, Kilmore House 65m to SSE. A circular-shaped area (diam. 34m E-W) enclosed by a wide low earthen bank and wide shallow external fosse which has been filled in at E. No definite entrance feature identified. The wet rushy interior is fairly even and is featureless. There are several gaps in the enclosing bank. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 November 2016
- WM002-015 Ecclesiastical enclosure
Description
Situated on a slight rise in average pasture-land with Rectory or Glebe House standing on SW quadrant of possible ecclesiastical enclosure, modern farmyard immediately to W. The 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map shows that the curving bank of the enclosure of the N side represents the N boundary of the glebe lands associated with Kilmore Church (WM002-015001-). These glebe lands and the medieval church of Kilmore are depicted on the 1654-9 Down Survey map of Street parish (NLI, Ms 723-4). On this map the medieval church is depicted standing to the S of the glebe land which measures 5 acres in size. The precise location of Kilmore church has not been identified. Present remains consist of a large oval or sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 57m N-S; 65m E-W) defined by a low poorly preserved earthen bank best preserved from N-E where it has been incorporated into a modern field boundary. The bank has been reduced to a scarp from E-S-SW while elsewhere it has been levelled. The adjoining farmyard encroaches on the W side of the site destroying the enclosing element in this area. The interior is fairly even with some slight rises. Low scarps to the S & SE of this enclosure visible on Digital Globe aerial photographs are associated with an old avenue leading up to the rectory. According to the landowner several skulls were unearthed near the perimeter of the enclosure while making part of the farmyard to the W. These skulls may belong to a graveyard (WM001-015002-) associated with the medieval church of Kilmore (WM001-015001-). Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 November 2016
- WM002-015002 Graveyard
Description
Situated on a slight rise in average pasture-land, modern farmyard stands on site of possible graveyard located immediately W of possible ecclesiastical enclosure (WM002-015---). The 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map shows that the farmyard is located in the NW quadrant of the glebe lands associated with Kilmore Church (WM002-015001-). These glebe lands and the medieval church of Kilmore are depicted on the 1653-9 Down Survey map of Street parish. On this map the medieval church is depicted standing to the S of the glebe land which measures 5 acres in size. The precise location of Kilmore church has not been identified. According to the landowner several skulls were unearthed near the perimeter of the enclosure while making part of the farmyard to the W. These skulls may belong to a graveyard associated with the medieval church of Kilmore (WM001-015001-). This would indicate that the church was located in the area where the modern farmyard stands today. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 November 2016
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. 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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Kilmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Kilmore
- Area
- 2,553,411 m² (255.34 ha, 630.96 acres)
- Civil parish
- Street, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moygoish
- Electoral division
- Street, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballykildevin, Boherquill, Burgesland, Clonconnell, Coolamber (Co. Longford), Coolamber, Cornacausk, Correaly, Fearmore, Freaghmeen (Co. Longford), Gortanear, Moatavally (Co. Longford)
- Placenames
- Kilmore on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.