Kealties
Kealties is a townland in the civil parish of Durrus, barony of Carbery West (West Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Na Caolta.
- Area
- 248.9 ha
- 615 acres
- Land parcels
- 125
- registered freehold, median 2,436 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 65
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
125 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kealties, from 39 m² to 1,150,304 m² (115.03 ha, 284.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 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 Kealties 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
17 Sept 2026Awaiting recommendation
permission for: (i) demolition/removal of existing sunroom to rear of house and construction of replacement sunroom to side of house, (ii) construction of extension to rear of house, (iii) retention of ground-mounted photovoltaic solar panel array, and (iv) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2419
24 Aug 2026Awaiting recommendation
Planning Permission for the construction of a dwelling house (incorporating and including modifications to an existing derelict house and extension to same) and all associated site works (change of plan from previously granted planning reference no. 20/00360)
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2203
28 Apr 2026Grant with conditions
Planning permission for the retention and permission for completion of a replacement dwelling house, (works carried out as unauthorised development) to include a single storey extension to the south, two storey extension to the north, new dormer windows, raise roof eaves and ridge levels plus a new waste water treatment system, (previously permitted under planning permission 24/173)
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1089
27 Mar 2026Invalid - case closed
Planning permission for the retention and permission for completion of a replacement dwelling house, (works carried out as unauthorised development) to include a single storey extension to the south, two storey extension to the north, new dormer windows, raise roof eaves and ridge levels plus a new waste water treatment system, (previously permitted under planning permission 24/173) at Kealties, Durrus, Bantry, Co. Cork.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0766
14 Jul 2025Conditional permission
Permission for (a) demolition & removal of existing dwelling, (b) construction of replacement dwelling and (c) associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/389
13 May 2025Conditional permission
Proposed extension to an existing dwelling (an additional extension to previousy permitted extension under Planning Application Reference 24/00571) and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/259
21 Oct 2024Conditional
Proposed extension, alterations and renovations to an existing dwelling, the decommissioning of an existing septic tank and provision of a replacement wastewater treatment unit with percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/571
1 Jul 2024Conditional
Demolitions, extensions, alterations and renovations to an existing dwelling, the demolition of a shed, a replacement waste water treatment unit and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/355
18 Jun 2024Application withdrawn
Proposed extension, alterations and renovations to an existing dwelling, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/324
15 Apr 2024Conditional permission
To construct new single storey extension to the south a 2 storey extension to the north replacing existing single storey lean-to, demolish and replace 2-storey section to east, addition of new dormer windows, raise roof eaves and ridge levels, new wastewater treatment system, all to an existing dwelling and to carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/173
20 Dec 2023Conditional
Demolition of existing single storey rear lean-to sheds (13sqm), existing single storey front flat roof extension (18 sqm) and part of existing single storey main roof (78sqm). Construction of a new two storey volume (87 sqm) including second storey over existing footprint (65sqm) and two storey front extension (22sqm); covered porch to the front (7 sqm) and rear flat roof extension (19 sqm); alterations to the front rear and side elevations including new windows, doors and rooflights, alteration of existing openings; internal alterations and renovations to the existing dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/740
27 Apr 2023Conditional permission
Permission for Retention of two storey dwelling, domestic garage with first floor habitable accommodation and second floor storage and games room linked to dwelling with covered way all as constructed and associated site development works
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 23/198
17 Jan 2023Refused
Demolition and internal alterations to the existing dwelling house and construction of new single storey extension, closing up of 2 no. vehicular entrances, formation of new vehicular access, treatment unit and percolation area, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/8
8 Dec 2022Conditional
Permission for a) Removal of annex roof; b) Minor alterations to external of dwelling, c) Construction of single storey extension with new annex roof and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/752
5 Dec 2022Incompleted application
Partial demolition and internal alterations to the existing dwelling house and construction of new single storey extension, closing up of 2 no. vehicular entrances, formation of new vehicular access, treatment unit and percolation area, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/745
18 Nov 2022Conditional
Permission for a Domestic Garage / Boathouse along with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/701
6 May 2022Conditional
Permission for retention for extensions to existing bungalow and elevational changes to same. Also permission for retention of a detached storage shed to rear of existing dwellinghouse
Retention · Cork County Council, 22/310
28 May 2021Conditional
Permission for the following: (i) retention of change of use of outbuilding to studio accommodation ancillary in use to main house (ii) construction of replacement single storey extension to front of house, (iii) onstruciton of 3 new dormer windows to front of house and (ic) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/356
19 Oct 2020Conditional
Construction of detached domestic garage and retention of: (i) a garden pergola and (ii) a well pump house
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/575
9 Jul 2020Conditional
The construction of a dwelling house (incorporating and including modifications to an existing derelict house and extension to same), installation of a septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/360
9 Aug 2019Conditional
Construction of alterations to fenestration, internal alterations, new roof lights to rear, external wall insulation to dwelling, conversion of attic to living accommodation and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/526
14 Aug 2018Refused
Demolition of an existing store and the construction of a play therapy facility/home office and associated site works including a waste water treatment system and the alteration/widening of the existing site entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/480
5 Apr 2018Conditional
To construct a slatted farm building for the purpose of housing cattle and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/180
4 Apr 2018Refused
Demolish an existing store and construct a play therapy facility / home office and associated site works including a waste water treatment system and to alter / widen the existing site entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/171
7 Jan 2015Conditional
Change of use including elevation changes of agricultural shed to dwelling unit and all associated site works for short term/holiday letting and also for use ancillary to the main dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/1
The 25 most recent of 65 applications.
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 Kealties.
Recorded monuments
- CO130-022001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, atop hill. On 1st ed. OS 6-inch map (1842) as circular enclosure. No visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO130-022002 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on E-facing slope, commands view to S over Dunmanus Bay to Mizen Peninsula. Levelled; no visible surface trace. Levelled possible ringfort (CO130-02201-) in same field to SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO130-023 Standing stone
Description
In rough grazing overlooking sea to S. Two stones indicated here on OS 6-inch map (1842). Rectangular stone aligned NE-SW (H 2.5m; 1.04m x 0.5m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kealties.
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 Kealties, 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, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kealties.
- 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
- Kealties, Durrus5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Kealties · Na Caolta
- Area
- 2,489,254 m² (248.93 ha, 615.11 acres)
- Civil parish
- Durrus, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Durrus West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 690 people lived in 295 households in the Durrus West electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 17% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Kealties 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.