Kiltoom

43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kiltoom, from 407 m² to 164,974 m² (16.5 ha, 40.77 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 8 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Kiltoom 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.

• 23 May 2025Conditional

  permission and retention permission for development which will consist of (i) decommissioning of pipe connected to existing septic tank on adjacent site and installation of a treatment system with percolation area with all ancillary site works (ii) retention of shed to the rear of the site

  Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560253

• 29 Apr 2025N/a

  planning permission to Retain shed and to decommission pipe to existing septic tank to install a treatment system with percolation area with all ancillary site works

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2560206

• 27 Mar 2025Conditional

  demolition of existing rear extension (30sq m) and to construct a one storey extension (115sq m) at the rear consisting of kitchen, utility room, bathroom, 2 no. bedrooms, WC, master bedroom, ensuite and walk-in-wardrobe. Permission is also sought for the decommission of the existing connection to the existing septic tank and to install a new septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560134

• 19 Mar 2024N/a

  RETENTION of a domestic garage/shed

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2415

• 13 Oct 2021Conditional

  to construct a single storey extension to west side of existing dwelling to link main dwelling to existing outbuilding & all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21561

• 18 May 2017Conditional

  to demolish existing small extension at rear and to construct a two storey dormer extension at the rear and include on ground floor kitchen, dining, bathroom, utility, entrance hall and stairs and on first floor master bedroom with en-suit and walk in wardrobe, bathroom, hotpress, landing, bedroom and two velux windows and to decommission existing connection to septic tank and to install a new septic tank with percolation area with all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 176149

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Lough Derravaragh SPA 004043
• Natural Heritage Area: Lough Derravaragh NHA 000684

Recorded monuments

• WM007-006 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  The precise location of this monument that was discovered in 1981 by the ASI has not been identified. The monument is not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. A field map in the paper file of the ASI marks the location of this barrow in the area currently marked on the RMP map. There are some discrepancies between the location marked on the map and the site report description which suggests that this field map may have been incorrectly marked. In 2015 McGuinness (2015, 56-7) was unable to located barrow at the area marked on the six-inch map. McGuiness recorded that the ‘Monument was not located by the survey-team during a single examination of the area indicated. The ASI account is given here: Ring-Barrow. In good pastureland. The site is unrecorded from the 6” sheets. The barrow is 13.25m wide in total, along the line WNW-ESE, the site is circular, but is bisected along the S.W. section of the fosse by a fairly modern field hedge. There is an external fosse, on average 3.75m wide from exterior lip to top of internal bank. The base of the fosse averaging 1m wide. The fosse is 25cm deep from the exterior, and 38cm deep from the top of the bank. The internal bank is 90cm wide at top, and 2.5m wide in total. The bank is 15cm above the interior, and slopes gently to the interior. The interior is level, 7m in diameter. On the E. the bank and ditch is covered by thorns. To the S and S.W. the bank is only 11cm above the fosse, and has been reduced by the hedgerow encroaching on it. To the E. is a removed field-bank 8.2m away, but this is only marked on the 1st edition 6” sheet. The land does not appear ever to have been cultivated. [SMR file] Barrow lies close to E bank of the Yellow River. A Middle to Late Bronze Age fulacht fiadh has been documented close by (WM007-007----; O’Sullivan 2007 et al., 64), but this was not located by the survey-team either. Numerous crannogs have been documented in Lough Derravaragh, including a large and important example in Coolure Demesne c. 1.5km to W, primarily used from the early 5th century AD onwards but with evidence for a Late Bronze Age palisade, which lies just offshore from a large so-called ‘raised ringfort’, the two having a near-identical juxtaposition as the historically attested royal crannog of Cro-inis and the comparable ‘raised ringfort’ of Dún na Sgiath, also historically attested, on Lough Ennell in the S of the county (O’Sullivan et al. 2007, 69-70). About 1.2km to SSW in same townland and close to shore of lake, but above high water mark, were a series of three circular earthworks (WM007-019----/023----/027----), now only visible as cropmarks and identified simply as sites of earthworks by the ASI, but in two instances depicted as stepped mounds on the OS 6” map, and therefore potentially comparable to some other barrows in the county; O’Sullivan et al. (2007, 128-9) suggest that these might have been ring-barrows, and, although two of them appear to be stepped on OS 6” map, the southern one is shown as a mound surrounded by a ditch and outer bank, i.e. as a ring-barrow, on the historic OS 25” map on OSi website. Close to these earthworks along the shoreline are several ‘small, low-cairn crannogs [which] could well be Bronze Age in origin, although their size, morphology and proximity to an early medieval church [see below] also suggest an early medieval date’ (O’Sullivan et al. 2007, 64,128-9). Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Date of revised upload: 21 February 2017

• WM007-007 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In flat poorly drained pasture land with Yellow River marking boundary between Kiltoom and Coolure Demesne to W and N. Ring-barrow (WM007-006----) 90m to W. A low horse-shoe shaped mound (dims. 8m N-S; 6m E-W; H 0.6m). Cultivation ridges (Wth 1.2m) aligned NW-SE run across the surface of the mound and possibly obscure the location of the trough area which may have been on the E side. In the adjoining field 50m to S are three low mounds (H 0.5m) which are situated on wet poorly drained land surrounded by reeds and may represent the remains of possible cooking sites. In 2015 McGuinness (2015, 56-7) was unable to locate any surface remains of the fulacht fia in this field. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 21 February 2017

• WM007-008 Church
  Description

  Situated in an area of pasture-land with Yellow River, Lough Derravaragh 770m to W. Earthwork (WM007-025----) 400m to ESE. 230m to the E there is a well, marked 'Toberawaugh' (WM007-130----) which could be the remains of a holy well. Annotated as ‘A place called The Tomb’ on the OS Fair Plan map. Depicted as ‘Site of Church & Grave Yard’ (WM007-008001-) on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Possibly the site of the Early Christian church of Ceall Tóma/Tuama founded by Ninnidh Láimhiodhan of the Ceinéal Laoghaire whose feastday fell on the 13th of November (Masterson 1998, 43-4; Ó Riain 2011, 516). Present remains consist of a poorly preserved low earth and stone sub-rectangular shaped mound (approx. dims 7m E-W x 2.75m N-S; H 0.6m). There is a hint of some low earthworks to the S and E and in particular traces of a curving bank which extends away from the mound, curving SE to meet the projecting corner of the E field boundary. No surface remains visible of a church or graveyard. Cultivation ridges aligned NE-SW can be seen running across the site. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 21 February 2017

• WM007-008001 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated in an area of pasture-land with Yellow River to N and Lough Derravaragh 770m to W. Earthwork (WM007-025----) 400m to ESE. 230m to the E there is a well, marked 'Toberawaugh' (WM007-130----) which could be the remains of a holy well. Annotated as ‘A place called The Tomb’ on the OS Fair Plan map. Depicted as ‘Site of Church & Grave Yard’ (WM007-008----) on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Possibly the site of the Early Christian monastery of Ceall Tóma/Tuama founded by Ninnidh Láimhiodhan of the Ceinéal Laoghaire whose feastday fell on the 13th of November (Masterson 1998, 43-4; Ó Riain 2011, 516). The graveyard appears to be represented as a dotted circular enclosure on the 1837 map. Present remains consist of a poorly preserved low earth and stone sub-rectangular shaped mound (approx. dims 7m E-W x 2.75m N-S; H 0.6m). There is a hint of some low earthworks to the S and E and in particular traces of a curving bank which extends away from the mound, curving SE to meet the projecting corner of the E field boundary. No surface remains visible of a church or graveyard. Cultivation ridges aligned NE-SW can be seen running across the site. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 21 February 2017

• WM007-008002 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Possibly the site of the Early Christian monastery of Ceall Tóma/Tuama founded by Ninnidh Láimhiodhan of the Ceinéal Laoghaire whose feastday fell on the 13th of November (Masterson 1998, 43-4; Ó Riain 2011, 516). The curve of the field fence to the E of graveyard (WM007-008001-) possibly indicates the presence of an Early Christian ecclesiastical enclosure (Swan 1988, 21). Present remains consist of a poorly preserved low earth and stone sub-rectangular shaped mound (approx. dims 7m E-W x 2.75m N-S; H 0.6m). There is a hint of some low earthworks to the S and E and in particular traces of a curving bank which extends away from the mound, curving SE to meet the projecting corner of the E field boundary. No surface remains visible of a church (WM007-008----) or graveyard. Cultivation ridges aligned NE-SW can be seen running across the site. Two fields to the E there is a possible holy well, marked Toberawaugh (WM007-130----). Compiled and revised by: Caimin O’Brien Date of revised upload: 21 February 2017

• WM007-019 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated today on a natural terrace in an area of pasture-land on the W face of a high hill overlooking Lough Derravaragh 110m to the W. Originally located on the E shoreline of Lough Derravaragh as shown on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Levelled earthwork (WM007-023----) 60m to NE, levelled earthwork (WM007-020----) 130m to SE. No surface remains visible of levelled monument. Visible as a crop mark on 2005 OSI aerial photograph and on Digital Globe Aerial photograph taken November 2011. Depicted as an irregular grove of trees on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map and hachured as a sub-circular enclosure (approx. diam. 31m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by a scarp and external fosse on the 1911 ed. OS 25 inch map. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 11 April 2017

• WM007-020 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on a natural terrace in an area of pasture-land on the W face of a high hill overlooking Lough Derravaragh 110m to the W. Its original location would have been on the edge of the lake shoreline prior to drainage works. Levelled earthwork (WM007-019----) 120m to NW, crannóg (WM007-022----) 100m to S, levelled earthwork (WM007-027----) 160m to SE. No surface remains visible of levelled monument. Depicted as an oval-shaped earthwork (approx. diam. 38m N-S; 26m E-W) the S end of which stands adjacent to the shoreline of Lough Derravarragh on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Levelled monument not visible on 2005 OSI aerial photograph but is visible as a very faint crop mark on the Digital Globe Aerial Photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 11 April 2017

• WM007-023 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on a natural terrace on the WSW facing slope of a prominent hill overlooking Lough Derravaragh 200m to the W. Levelled earthwork (WM007-019----) 85m to SW. No surface remains visible of levelled earthwork. Visible as a circular cropmark on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Depicted as a circular shaped enclosure planted with trees c. 80m E of Lough Derravaragh on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 11 April 2017

• WM007-024 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in the corner of a field in pasture-land. Lough Derravaragh 400m to W. The N & E sides of this possible enclosure have been levelled, and a modern dwelling house built on the E side. This appears to have been a rectangular field of post-1700 date. It is not depicted as an antiquity on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 11 April 2017

• WM007-025 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated in pasture-land on the N face of a ridge which runs NW-SE, with good views to the NE & W. Castle (WM007-026----) 520m to E, church (WM007-008----) and graveyard (WM007-008001-) 400m to W. Annotated on the OS Fair Plan as a sub-triangular enclosure with some trees in the interior, marked ‘fort’. Traces of a poorly preserved bank remain from NE-E. The remainder of this site has been levelled. Visible as a cropmark on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 11 April 2017

• WM007-026 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Located on an E-W natural ridge in pasture land. Extensive views to the N, E & W, rather restricted to the S by a higher ridge. The surrounding land is well drained pasture. The public road which transects the E side of the castle site forms the townland boundary with Templanstown. The Down Survey map of Demi Fore Barony shows a castle standing in the townland of Kiltoom, parish of Faughalstown (Hibernia Regnum) (PUB DS 3/24). The terrier of the Down Survey parish map of Faughalstown lists Garrett Dardis as the owner of the lands of Templanstown in 1640 and 'Richard Nugent, Earle of Westmeath' as the owner of the lands of 'Kiltoome' (NLI, MS 723-4). In the SE corner of a moated site or bawn (WM007-026001-) there is the outline of a rectangular building which marks the location of a castle site, known locally as 'The Temple' (Teampull) (OSNB). A low embankment runs from the NW corner of this building towards the bank on the northern side thus cutting off a rectangular enclosure to the north of the ‘house site’. In 1976 an ASI field report described the castle site as; 'At the SE corner there are the remains of a stone structure, square in plan and now largely grass-covered. This appears to be an addition to rather than part of the square enclosure and is probably the remains of the castle' (ASI report Thomas Fanning 29/06/1976).  See attached ASI plan of site of castle & moated site See attached Down Survey Barony Map courtesy of Trinity College Dublin Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 16 August 2023

• WM007-026001 Bawn
  Description

  Located on an E-W natural ridge in pasture land. Extensive views to the N, E & W, rather restricted to the S by a higher ridge. The surrounding land is well drained pasture. The public road which transects the E side of the castle site forms the townland boundary with Templanstown. The Down Survey map of Demi Fore Barony shows a castle standing in the townland of Kiltoom (Hibernia Regnum) (PUB DS 3/24).  Moated site of castle bawn consists of a rectangular-shaped area (dims. approx. 40m N-S x 65m E-W) enclosed by a bank, fosse, external bank and outer fosse which is transected at E by a public road running on a N-S axis. Kiltoom Castle site (WM007-026----) stood in SE corner of moated site or bawn. The interior of the embanked area is uneven and may have been cultivated sometime in the recent past. Slopes generally N-S (ridges running in this direction faintly visible). There is a good deal of stone to be seen in the make up of the banks, particularly that at the edge of the scarp. At E side, drain has been recently recut and may have removed some evidence of the original shape of this monument. Portions of the site have been disturbed by quarrying and other activities. At SW corner the line of the inner fosse has been filled in by material having been dumped into it from an area nearby (immediately to the N). Here there is a quarry hole 9m long x 8m wide. Bank at outer top of the scar has been denuded but it best preserved to W and S. At W the outer bank is preserved in a field fence, exact extent of monument to the E is uncertain; at NE and SE bank and fosse practically run to field drain beside road. In field to S are a number of earthworks. These consists of a number of low and badly denuded banks. Immediately visible is a depression (road?) N-S leading towards SW corner of monument. This consists of a shallow fosse with a low bank on either side of it. At right angles to this are a number of low banks defining rectangles but these are not easy to interpret. See attached ASI plan of site of castle & moated site Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 August 2023

• WM007-027 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on a natural terrace in an area of pasture-land on the W face of a high hill overlooking Lough Derravarragh 140m to the SW. Its original location would have been 50m from the lake shore prior to drainage works. Crannóg (WM007-022----) 160m to SW, earthwork (WM007-027----) 160m to NW. Depicted as an oval-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 40m N-S; 35m E-W) enclosed by two widely spaced banks on the 1911 ed. OS 6 inch map. This site has been levelled but is visible as a very faint crop mark on the Digital Globe Aerial Photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 11 April 2017

• WM007-118 Crannog
  Description

  Listed by Buckley as site 9 and described as following; 'A roughly sub-rectangular cairn of stones measuring 15 ESE-WNW by 22m NE-SW. The cairn rises 70cms from the surrounding ground. The surface of the cairn was densely overgrown with thorns and had to be cleared. The top of the cairn was level, with no traces of any structures on the top, such as house foundations. The interior of the cairn is made up of small limestone stones measuring roughly 15cms across, held in place by a kerb of large boulders measuring up to 2m across and 70cms high. There is no trace of any wooden structure on the site. The cairn is located some 20m behind (E of) site 8 (WM007-117----) and at the edge of the woodland. It is 25m from the scarp to the E which delimits the old shoreline. All editions of the 6 inch sheets show no trace of this site on the demesne lands, and therefore I think that the possibility of it being the base for a summer house or hide is unlikely. Most probably a Lough Gara type Bronze Age lakeside platform’ (ASI Field Report 8 & 11/04/1981). Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 11 April 2017

• WM007-130 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Possible holy well associated with the site of the Early Christian monastery (WM007-008002-) of Ceall Tóma/Tuama founded by Ninnidh Láimhiodhan of the Ceinéal Laoghaire whose feastday fell on the 13th of November (Masterson 1998, 43-4; Ó Riain 2011, 516). Kiltoom church (WM007-008----), graveyard (WM007-008001-) and possible ecclesiastical enclosure (WM007-008002-) 220m to W. No surface remains visible of possible holy well, marked Toberawaugh on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 8 august 2017

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).

• Kiltoom, Castlepollard5 sales

Name

Kiltoom

Area

2,216,304 m² (221.63 ha, 547.66 acres)

Civil parish

Faughalstown, and its townlands

Barony

Fore

Electoral division

Coolure, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Clonteens, Coolure Demesne, Faughalstown, Portjack, Templanstown

Placenames

Kiltoom 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.