Kilmacoo
Kilmacoo is a townland in the civil parish of Castlemacadam, barony of Arklow, Co. Wicklow. Its name in Irish is Cill Mochua.
- Area
- 214.9 ha
- 531 acres
- Land parcels
- 104
- registered freehold, median 4,166 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
104 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilmacoo, from 7 m² to 205,709 m² (20.57 ha, 50.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 38 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Kilmacoo 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
10 Feb 2025Conditional
1. New single storey toilet block and store rooms extension to rear of existing public house. 2. Conversion of existing stone building to side of public house to lounge/ bar use with alterations to elevations. 3. New vehicular access road to existing car park to rear of public house with additional car parking spaces and cycle parking. 4. New septic tank and percolation area to replace existing system. 5. New photovoltaic panels to front of public house. Retention permission sought for the following: 1. Existing entrance lobbies and ramp to front of existing bar and lounge to public house. 2. Existing smoking area with glazed canopy over to front of public house. 3. Existing signage to front of existing public house. 4. Existing vehicular entrance with splayed wall and piers to front to replace previous vehicular entrance. 5. All above with associated siteworks
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560068
6 Feb 2025N/a
1. new single storey toilet block and store rooms extension to rear of existing public house. 2. conversion of existing stone building to side of public house to lounge/ bar use with alterations to elevations. 3. new vehicular access road to existing car park to rear of public house with additional car parking spaces and cycle parking. 4. new septic tank and percolation area to replace existing system. 5. new photovoltaic panels to front of public house. Retention permission sought for the following: 1. existing entrance lobbies and ramp to front of existing bar and lounge to public house. 2. existing smoking area with glazed canopy over to front of public house. 3. existing signage to front of existing public house. 4. existing vehicular entrance with splayed wall and piers to front to replace previous vehicular entrance. 5. all above with associated siteworks
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560064
19 Dec 2024Conditional
the construction of a new vehicular entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2460819
24 Sept 2024N/a
permission/Retention for the following. Permission for a change of house type to that granted permission Reg Ref 17-579. Retention of “as constructed” lower ground floor 77 Msq, site layout and revised dwelling position, modifications to internal access routes, all reinforced concrete and boundary walls, the repositioned “as constructed” on-site wastewater treatment system/percolation area. The retention of design alterations /loft storage 32 Msq, in approved garage, all this together with required site development works at Ardeevin, Kilmacoo, Avoca, Co. Wicklow, Y14 VX50
Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2460577
30 Aug 2024N/a
Permission/Retention permission for alterations to the dwelling design granted Reg Ref 17-579, including retention of split-level “as constructed” lower ground floor, alterations to domestic garage granted Reg Ref 17-579. Together with required site development works
Retention, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2460532
14 Nov 2023Conditional
as constructed garage and location of effluent treatment unit
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 23833
27 Aug 2021Conditional
the demolition of the 16sqm rear extension (total area of existing house is 64sqm), construction of a single storey render clad extension (approx. 111sqm) to the rear of the retained portion of the existing house, changes to selected window opes, external wall finishes and roof of the existing house, a bored well, a new site specific treatment unit and percolation area replacing an existing septic tank and soak pit and all associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211067
26 Apr 2021Conditional
construction of a single storey detached dwelling, effluent treatment system to current EPA standards and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 21467
18 Aug 2020Unconditional
extend the appropriate period of a permission - 15/695 - Permission for demolition of existing 43sqm dwelling and construction of replacement dwelling. Permission for conversion of existing out building for use as a store, studio and workshop for domestic use along with elevational changes to connect it to the main dwelling. Conversion of another outbuilding to a domestic garage. Existing entrance to be replaced with a pedestrian entrance only and new vehicular entrance created, new well, new waste water treatment system to EPA 2009 standards and associated drainage an site development works
Extension of duration, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20798
12 Mar 2020Conditional
bungalow, detached domestic garage, effluent treatment system in accordance with EPA 2009, and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20252
5 Mar 2020Conditional
dwelling and effluent treatment system, together with associated site works, including formation of a new dual entrance via existing entrance
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20224
5 Mar 2020N/a
bungalow, domestic garage, effluent treatment system in accordance with EPA 2009, associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 20226
21 Feb 2020N/a
dwelling and effluent treatment system, together associated site works, including formation of a new dual entrance via existing entrance
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20179
17 Nov 2017Conditional
dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment system to EPA 2009 standards, new domestic entrance and associated works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 171385
13 Sept 2017Conditional
single storey dwelling, garage, vehicular access, septic tank & percolation area, associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 171114
1 Sept 2017N/a
single storey dwelling (206.0 sqm), detached garage (38.35 sqm), vehicular access to site, septic tank and percolation area, all above with associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 171059
22 May 2017Conditional
demolition of an existing detached single storey cottage, and the construction of a new detached single storey replacement dwelling, including a separate single storey detached domestic garage, and a new proprietary wastewater treatment system (as previously granted permission under Planning Reg 16/1042), together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 17579
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 Kilmacoo.
Recorded monuments
- WI035-009 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Described in the Ordnance Survey letters as 'a broken Cahir on the top of Kilmacoo Hill' (O'Flanagan 1928, 131). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
- WI035-019 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope in unimproved mountain pasture. Circular area (diam. 24.3m; max. ext. diam. 29.3m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.6-5m; int. H 0.8-1.2m; ext. H 0.7-1.2m). The interior is level and slopes gently from NW to SE. The only feature is a possible small spring in the centre. No trace of an entrance or fosse. Marked on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
- WI035-020001 Church
Description
Situated at the foot of a marked E-facing slope. Marked 'Site of Church, Graveyard' on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. All that survives of the church is a granite sill (possibly from a window) and part of a bevelled window arch. There are no early features visible in the graveyard (dims. c. 45m x 25m) apart from a bullaun (dims. 0.4m x 0.35m x 0.35m), and there is no trace of the graveslab mentioned in the OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1928, 130). The landowner says there are several more bullauns on this site but no others were located. The site is in very poor condition and is visible as a roughly rectangular area 0.5m higher than the surrounding ground, strewn with field boulders and tree stumps. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 21 August 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 132/1940).
- WI035-020002 Graveyard
Description
Situated at the foot of a marked E-facing slope. Marked 'Site of Church, Graveyard' on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. All that survives of the church is a granite sill (possibly from a window) and part of a bevelled window arch. There are no early features visible in the graveyard (dims. c. 45m x 25m) apart from a bullaun (dims. 0.4m x 0.35m x 0.35m), and there is no trace of the graveslab mentioned in the OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1928, 130). The landowner says there are several more bullauns on this site but no others were located. The site is in very poor condition and is visible as a roughly rectangular area 0.5m higher than the surrounding ground, strewn with field boulders and tree stumps. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 21 August 2013
- WI035-020003 Bullaun stone
Description
A bullaun (dims. 0.4m x 0.35m x 0.35m) with a single cavity (diam. 0.23m) located in graveyard (WI035-020002-). When inspected by ASI the landowner noted that there were several more bullauns on this site but no others were located. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 21 August 2013
- WI035-020004 Graveslab
Description
The OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1928, 130) noted that there was 'a head stone lying flat near this (the bullaun WI035-020003-) with the rough side turned up but I have been told by persons who saw the under side that it has no inscription'. When inspected by ASI in 1990 this graveslab was not located. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 21 August 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilmacoo.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred).
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kilmacoo.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Kilmacoo, Avoca6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Kilmacoo · Cill Mochua
- Area
- 2,149,056 m² (214.91 ha, 531.04 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castlemacadam, and its townlands
- Barony
- Arklow
- Electoral division
- Cronebane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 533 people lived in 195 households in the Cronebane electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinabarny North, Ballinabarny South, Ballykean (Stringer), Coolanearl, Kilmacoo Upper, Sroughmore
- Placenames
- Kilmacoo 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.