Kilqueeny
Townland in the civil parish of Castlemacadam, barony of Arklow, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Cill Chaoine
- Area
- 58.8 ha
- 145 acres
- Land parcels
- 62
- registered freehold, median 463 m²
- Zoning
- R3
- Secondary Development Area
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilqueeny, from 19 m² to 118,155 m² (11.82 ha, 29.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R3Secondary Development Area (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
Avoca Town Plan, Wicklow · 37 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Primary Development Area (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Avoca Town Plan, Wicklow · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
21 Jun 2024Conditional
replacement waste water treatment system serving existing dwelling and associated works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 24278
7 Mar 2023Conditional
removal of existing septic tank new wastewater treatment unit & polishing filter and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23220
15 Oct 2021Conditional
construction of single and two storey extensions to the existing house , alterations to all elevations including the addition of new dormer windows, connecting to existing mains services and all ancillary works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 211247
23 Apr 2021Conditional
installation of a walking track with public lighting around the perimeter of the community field encompassing the GAA and soccer pitches (approx. 620m). The track shall be elevated on the easterly side where Irish Rail have erected a boundary fence. This area shall be protected with a handrail/fence so it can be used as a viewing and amenity area for games and accessed one end by a ramped area and the other end by steps and associated site works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 21463
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 Kilqueeny.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Kilqueeny.
Architectural heritage
- Holy Trinity Church (Castlemacadam), church/chapel, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey Church of Ireland church, built c.1860. The church is constructed in uncoursed squared granite. The chancel end is canted and there are gabled porch and vestry projections. The four-stage tower is finished with a pitched and slated roof. The timber sheeted door has decorative strap hinges and has a pointed arch-headed with moulded dressings; it is set within a small gabled porch. Window openings are generally pointed arch-headed; many are arranged as plain paired lancet but the west windows have plate tracery, while one to the east is a small rose window. The leaded glazing has small diamond panes. The double-piled pitched roof is finished in natural slate with cast-iron rainwater goods. The church is set within its own grounds and is part surrounded with a graveyard. It is set back from the road behind wrought-iron railings and matching gate with square gate pillars. The setting overlooks the picturesque Vale of Avoca.
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Kilqueeny with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Kilqueeny · Cill Chaoine
- Area
- 587,776 m² (58.78 ha, 145.24 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castlemacadam, and its townlands
- Barony
- Arklow
- Electoral division
- Ovoca, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballygahan Upper, Ballymoneen, Castlemacadam, Kilmagig Lower, Tinnahinch
- Placenames
- Kilqueeny 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.