Kilnahinch

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilnahinch, from 111 m² to 257,349 m² (25.73 ha, 63.59 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Kilnahinch 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.

• 12 Feb 2026Conditional

  permission consequent on grant of outline permission (Ref No 2560223) for development which will consist of the construction of a two-storey detached dwelling, detached garage, entrance off public road, new wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2660047

• 9 May 2025Conditional

  the construction of a two-storey detached dwelling, detached garage, entrance off public road, new wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560223

• 10 Oct 2023Conditional

  RETENTION of (i) extension to the north and west elevations of the existing dwelling (ii) amendments to the north elevation involving adjustments to window and door locations (iii) revised roof type to the south elevation bay window roof (iv) the addition of a roof light to north elevation (v) and retention of domestic garage and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 23135

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 Kilnahinch.

Recorded monuments

• WM030-083 Burial ground
  Description

  This monument was described in 1976 as 'The graveyard (dims. c. 21m x 27m), of small rectangular plan, is enclosed by a modern stone mortared wall. Within are a number of small simple markers and iron crosses. No inscriptions on the headstones. In the SE corner, the graveyard wall incorporates the remains of an older roughly built wall, now ivy covered. This could be the remains of the south wall of a church (WM030-083001-). No sign of dressed or carved stone. The graveyard is located on a low ridge of esker type. Nearby to the E are the ruins of an old stone and brick cottage' (ASI file). The monument was revisited in 1979 when it was described as 'a small rectangular graveyard enclosed by a relatively modern stone wall. A section of the SE side of the wall near the W corner is higher and thicker than the rest, this is heavily obscured by ivy but it does have a rough plinth at its base on the outside and it could be the remains of the E wall of a church (?). The graveyard does not appear to be in use now and the surface is uneven and obscured by long grass. The few grave markers visible consists of plain, iron ringed crosses and some rough large stones loosely setup, there are other stones under the sod but whether or not they are gravestons it is not possible to day. There are no inscriptions visible. There are no indications of an earlier enclosure on the site. The graveyard is on a small NW-SE running ridge in poor pasture land on the S edge of a bog. There is a quarry hole in the NW end of the ridge and a small ruined cottage to the NE' (ASI file). The graveyard was last visited in 1980 when it was described as a 'very small rectangular enclosure bounded by a stone wall, seemingly of 19th century date. The northern end of the SE walll incorpprates part of an older wall. This older wall is approx. 3m-3.5m high. This wall is partly covered by ivy. This appears to be the remains of a church (WM030-083001-), although there are no architectural features and no decorated stones visible. This wall runs in a NE-SW direction and the base of the wall is set on a rough plinth is approx. 10-15cms wider than the wall. The alignment of the wall is rather odd if this is part of a church. The graveyard measures 21m NW-SE by 17m NE-SW. Sited on a slight rise overlooking low west ground to the north and NW. No earthworks.' (ASI file) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 30 November 2009

• WM030-083001 Church
  Description

  This monument was described in 1976 as 'The graveyard (WM030-083----), of small rectangular plan, is enclosed by a modern stone mortared wall. Within are a number of small simple markers and iron crosses. No inscriptions on the headstones. In the SE corner, the graveyard wall incorporates the remains of an older roughly built wall, now ivy covered. This could be the remains of the south wall of a church. No sign of dressed or carved stone' (ASI file). The monument was revisited in 1979 when it was described as 'a small rectangular graveyard enclosed by a relatively modern stone wall. A section of the SE side of the wall near the W corner is higher and thicker than the rest, this is heavily obscured by ivy but it does have a rough plinth at its base on the outside and it could be the remains of the E wall of a church (?)' (ASI file). The graveyard was last visited in 1980 when it was described as a 'very small rectangular enclosure bounded by a stone wall, seemingly of 19th century date. The northern end of the SE walll incorpprates part of an older wall. This older wall is approx. 3m-3.5m high. This wall is partly covered by ivy. This appears to be the remains of a church, although there are no architectural features and no decorated stones visible. This wall runs in a NE-SW direction and the base of the wall is set on a rough plinth is approx. 10-15cms wider than the wall. The alignment of the wall is rather odd if this is part of a church.' (ASI file) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 30 November 2009

Architectural heritage

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

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 moderately low, low, 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.

No address of the register names Kilnahinch with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Kilnahinch

Area

1,225,879 m² (122.59 ha, 302.92 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmanaghan, and its townlands

Barony

Clonlonan

Electoral division

Moate, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinderry, Cappantack, Cooleen, Toorfelim

Placenames

Kilnahinch 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.