Knockaderry
Knockaderry is a townland in the civil parish of Donaghmore, barony of Talbotstown Upper, Co. Wicklow. Its name in Irish is Cnoc an Doire.
- Area
- 163.5 ha
- 404 acres
- Land parcels
- 29
- registered freehold, median 5,307 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockaderry, from 1,037 m² to 350,443 m² (35.04 ha, 86.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 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 Knockaderry 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
20 Mar 2026Conditional
(a) house as constructed; (b) a 46.30 sq.m. workshop and a 7.4 sq.m. garden room and (c) permission for removal of condition 2 of Pl. Reg. ref. 99/742 from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2661
18 Mar 2026N/a
(a) house as constructed; (b) a 46.30 sq.m. workshop and a 7.4 sq.m. garden room and (c) permission for removal of condition 2 of Pl. Reg. ref. 99/742 from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2658
12 Mar 2026N/a
(a) house as constructed; (b) a 46.30 sq.m. workshop and a 7.4 sq.m. garden room and (c) permission for removal of condition 2 of Pl. Reg. ref. 99/742 from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2654
7 May 2025Conditional
construction of a new dwelling, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, new well, new entrance onto public road and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560338
16 Apr 2025Conditional
construction of a new dwelling, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, new well, new entrance onto public road and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560284
29 Sept 2022Conditional
new dwelling attached garage, new entrance on to public road, blocking up existing entrance, wastewater treatment unit, soil polishing filter, new well and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 221048
14 Sept 2022N/a
new dwelling attached garage, new entrance on to public road, blocking up existing entrance, wastewater treatment unit, soil polishing filter, new well and associate works
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 22996
3 Apr 2020Conditional
single storey dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, new entrance and all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 20331
9 Jul 2019N/a
single story dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, entrance and all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 19733
6 Nov 2017Conditional
two storey dwelling with adjoining domestic garage, a wastewater treatment system together with all ancillary works
Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 171344
29 Aug 2017Conditional
changes and additions to a single storey detached dwelling previously granted planning permission under reference number 99/224, the conversion of the attic into two bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, a new conservatory of 14 sqm to the rear of the property, a new enclosed porch to the front of the property measuring 7 sqm, a porch to the side of the prospering measuring 2 sqm, six skylights located on the front side and rear slopes of the roof, two new windows at ground floor, a shed and garage measuring 73.85 sqm to the rear o the property. In addition to the above permission is required for two new windows to the first floor located on the north (side) facade
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 171044
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Slaney River Valley SAC 000781
Recorded monuments
- WI021-060 Enclosure
Description
Situated on level ground on the marshy edge of a stream. Partly levelled remains of an enclosure consisting of a slight platform (diam. 32m) with a clear indication of an external fosse (Wth 3m) at the S. 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
- WI021-061 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a gentle N-facing slope overlooking the Little Slaney River. Circular area (diam. 32m) consisting of a platform (H 0.3-1m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; H 0.5m) at the NE and SSW and an external fosse (Wth 2-2.5m; D 0.3-0.5m) visible from NE-S-NW. There is a V-shaped cut in the site at the N to allow access between fields. No indication of an entrance or internal features (other than a low modern bank). 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
- WI021-062 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated at a slight break in a marked E-facing slope. Bivallate oval ringfort (dims. 33m NW-SE; 30m NE-SW) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2.2-3.5m; H 1m) and an external fosse (Wth 2.2m; D 1m), with an outer bank (Wth 1.8m; H 0.4m) from NW to N. There are three gaps in the bank-at the NE, astone-lined entrance (Wth 1.5m); at the S, a gap (Wth 2m) flanked on the E side by collapsed stone-facing of the terminal and at the W, a third modern gap. A cresentic annexe (dims. 38m E-W x 11-16m N-S) is attached to the site at the SW defined by a continuing fosse and outer bank of the enclosure except at S where there is a low scarp. The annexe appears to have been accessed through the gap at the S in the main enclosure and also through an entrance feature at its NW end. A later hut site (int. dims. 6m x 4m) has been superimposed onto the bank at the E. 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
- WI021-062001 Hut site
Description
Situated at a slight break in a marked E-facing slope. A possible hut site (int. dims. 6m x 4m) defined by a wide low bank (Wth 2m; H 0.3m) superimposed onto the bank of a bivallate rath (WI021-062----) at E. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 5 December 2012
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockaderry.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Knockaderry, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockaderry.
- 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
No address of the register names Knockaderry with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Knockaderry · Cnoc an Doire
- Area
- 1,635,311 m² (163.53 ha, 404.09 acres)
- Civil parish
- Donaghmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Talbotstown Upper
- Electoral division
- Imael South, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 271 people lived in 98 households in the Imael South electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballytoole Lower, Brusselstown, Coolamaddra, Davidstown, Gibstown, Killybeg
- Placenames
- Knockaderry 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.