Ardea

127 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardea, from 29 m² to 205,554 m² (20.56 ha, 50.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ardea 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.

• 20 Aug 2026N/a

  Permission to demolish an existing 1.5 storey dwelling house and detached garden shed to the west of the existing house and to construct a new 2 storey dwelling house in place of same with new detached garage to the east of the proposed dwelling house. The application includes the removal of the existing septic tank and the installation of a new waste water treatment system with sand polishing filter and all necessary ancillary site development works and services works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660781

• 18 Jun 2026Conditional

  Permission to construct a detached domestic boat store with an office on the ground floor and part-mezzanine floor for storage, ancillary to his dwelling

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660555

• 11 Dec 2024Conditional

  Retention Permission to: retain dwelling house, septic tank and all associated site works and landscaping all within revised site boundaries. Planning Permission to alter and extend their existing dwelling with a series of single storey extensions to the side, front and rear and all associated site works and servicing and landscaping. Planning Permission to decommission existing septic tank. Planning Permission to install a new wastewater treatment system all at 3A Kenmare River Holiday Cottages, Ardea, Tuosist, Co. Kerry.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460963

• 7 Aug 2024Conditional

  1. Demolition of the roof of the existing dwelling, 2. construction of single storey extensions to the sides, front and rear of existing dwelling, and a new roof, 3. alterations to the existing elevations, to include 1 no. rooflight and 4. permission to decommission the existing septic tank and replace with a wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter and 5. all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 24323

• 6 Jun 2024Conditional

  The development consists of (a) permission to construct a domestic garage with a home office on the first floor and all associated site works, and (b) retention planning permission to retain a wooden shed as constructed.

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460361

• 25 May 2023Conditional

  (A) CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO THEIR EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (B) CONVERT EXISTING ATTIC STORAGE AREA AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL TO NEW BEDROOM AREA WITH ASSOCIATED NEW DORMER TYPE ROOF, NEW FOLDING DOORS TO EXTERIOR AND NEW ROOF WINDOW, (C) MAKE ALTERATIONS TO THEIR EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING CHANGES TO WINDOWS, NEW DORMER WINDOW TO REAR AT FRIST FLOOR LEVEL AND CHANGES TO SOME EXTERIOR FINISHES, (D) CONSTRUCT A GARAGE ON THEIR SITE AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23602

• 20 Feb 2023Conditional

  DEVELOP A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING RESIDENCE, MINOR ELEVATIONAL ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING RESIDENCE, AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23175

• 11 Jul 2022Conditional

  (A) CONSTRUCT AN 80M X 130M ALL WEATHER PLAYING PITCH INCLUDING ANCILLARY TEAM DUGOUT/SHELTERS AND 1.20 M HIGH PITCH PERIMETER FENCING (B) CONSTRUCT 12M HIGH X 25M WIDE BALL RETENTION NETTING (C) PERMISSION TO INSTALL 6 NO. FLOODLIGHTS TO THE PLAYING PITCH (D) 2M WIDE AMENITY WALKWAY AROUND THE PLAYING PITCH AND GROUNDS (E) PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT RETAINING WALLS;RETAINING WALL NO. 1 3M HIGH X 45M LONG X 300MM DEEP AT THE NORTH EASTERN CORNER OF THE PITCH, RETAINING WALL NO. 2 1.5M HIGH X 29M LONG X 300MM DEEP AT THE SOUTH WESTERN CORNER OF THE PITCH (F)PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A NEW ENTRANCE FROM THE PUBLIC ROAD INCLUDING ON SITE SITE WORKS ANCILLARY TO THE GAA CLUB (G) PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING COMMUNITY HALL FOR CLUB CHANGING ROOMS, STORE AND MEETING ROOM (H) PERMISSION TO UPGRADE THE EXISTING DRAINAGE BY INSTALLATION OF A NEW PACKAGED WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA ALL ON THE GROUNDS OF THE EXISTING COMMUNITY HALL AND ADJOINING AGRUCULTURAL LANDS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 22739

• 25 Feb 2020Refused

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO INCLUDE DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK, AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE . THE NEW DWELLING HOUSE SHALL BE SERVICED BY A SECONDARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED POLISHING FILTER.

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20176

• 22 Oct 2019Conditional

  (A) CHANGE THE USE OF THE EXISTING FARM STORAGE SHED TO A CHEESE DAIRY (B)PERMISSION TO MAKE ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO THE EXISTING FARM STORAGE SHED TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSED CHEESE DAIRY (C) CONSTRUCT A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM CONSISTING OF A MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT, INTERMITTENT FILTER AND POLISHING FILTER, AND (D) PERMISSION FOR ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 191087

• 22 Oct 2018Conditional

  RETAIN THE HOUSE, DRIVEWAY, SITE ENTRANCE AND SEPTIC TANK WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 181009

• 27 Apr 2017Conditional

  RETAIN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AS CONSTRUCTED ALL ON REVISED SITE LAYOUT WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES AT PROPERTY KNOWN AS 'KNOCKATEE HOUSE'

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17386

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Cloonee and Inchiquin Loughs, Uragh Wood SAC 001342
• Special Area of Conservation: Kenmare River SAC 002158
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cloonee And Inchiquin Loughs, Uragh Wood 001342
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lehid Harbour 001364

Recorded monuments

• KE100-022001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  On top of a cliff, overlooking Kenmare Bay to the NW. A roughly D-shaped area (c. 30m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW) enclosed by a curtain wall from NE to SW and elsewhere defined by the cliff-edge (see plan Salter 2004, 94). The curtain wall is poorly preserved, surviving to varying height and thickness, and covered by a dense overgrowth of thorns, briars and ivy. From the cliff-edge at the NW, it continues around to the cliff-edge to the SW in five straight sections of varying lengths. There are fragmentary remains of a tower at the S corner, projecting out from the curtain wall, and a collapsed tower at the E corner, projecting from the inside of the wall. The ground, covered by thorn bushes, slopes down steeply in front of the curtain wall. Large chunks of bonded masonry lie on the slope below the S tower. The interior is level but covered by rough grass and hawthorn saplings. In the SW portion there are the remains of a rectangular structure and a sunken feature lies near the cliff-edge, mid-way along. From the cliff-edge at NE, the curtain wall runs 11m in a SE direction; this section is c. 1m thick and has an external base-batter. It then turns S for 7m to a gateway. This latter section is also c. 1m thick and very fragmentary. The gateway (Wth 1.75m), buried to more that half its height by rubble, is covered by a pointed arch of rough voussoirs. There is a very broken drawbar-socket on its S side. Beyond the gateway the curtain wall runs a further 7.65m to the S but is now c. 2m in thickness, with an external base-batter. This section is pierced by a wide broken opening (Wth c. 3.8m). The curtain wall then turns and continues SW for a further 7.7m. This section of the wall (T c. 2m) is c. 4.5m high, whereas former sections are c. 2m in height. The wall then changes angle again and continues W for 7m; this section is also c. 4.5m in height but c. 2.7m in thickness. Against the outside of this section are the remains of the S tower. Beyond this latter section the curtain wall is much reduced in height (H c. 2m) and is missing most of its facing-stones; it runs a further c. 7m to the cliff-face. On the inside face, on the same line as the W wall of the S tower, is a rectangular door ope (Wth 0.95m), missing its side edges but covered by a lintel. This gives access to the base of a mural stairway (Wth 1.05m) which rises up through the curtain wall to the E; the stairway is now largely blocked by rubble. Near its base is a slit window facing into the interior of the castle. At the top of the stairs is a short passage with a doorway in its S wall leading into the first-floor chamber of the S tower (see below). At this level is a passageway (Wth 1.35m) running at least 4m to the E along the top of the curtain wall; this area is very ruinous but the passage appears to have been roofed by lintels. The S tower is largely reduced to a mound of rubble, overgrown by hawthorn bushes. Still standing to two storeys is the N wall, which is part of the curtain wall; from this project short returns of the E and W walls. The W wall (L 3m; T 1.6m) butts onto the curtain wall, but the E wall, which projects at an obtuse angle to the SE, is the same build as the curtain wall. This wall has lost all of its facing-stones. At first-floor level are the broken remains of a doorway, at the E end of the N wall, leading to a landing at the top of the mural stairs in the curtain wall (see above). On the inside face of the N wall are slight remains of the springing of a vault over the first-floor chamber. The E tower is largely reduced to a sod-covered mound (H c. 5m). Projecting from the top of the mound are parts of the N and E walls; the N wall has very fragmentary remains of a mural stairs lit by a slit window. Just inside the curtain wall to the SW is the sod-covered foundation of a rectangular structure (13.5m NW-SE; 6m NE-SW) with an opening (Wth 1.3m) midway along its NE side. Midway along and just inside the NW cliff-edge, is a circular flat-bottomed depression (diam. 2m; D 1.5m). Extending out from this to the S is a sunken passage (L 1m; Wth 1.3m; D 0.85m), covered by lintels, which ends at a vertical earthen face. The exact nature of this feature is unclear but it is very unlikely to be a souterrain though it was recorded as such in the 1930s by Capt. D. B. O'Connell (KAS). Ardea Castle has been in its present condition since at least the 1840s (OSL, 177). It was a castle of O'Sullivan Beare and 'home of the tanist of the family' (Barrington 1976, 299-300). In 1601 it was the site of a landing of money and ammunition by a Spanish ship (Smith 1756, 158). According to tradition, it was sacked by Cromwellians (Lansdowne 1937, 155-6); this may explain the ruined state of the S tower where 'the solid masses of masonry which have been blown far from their original position' (ibid.). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE100-023 Hut site
  Description

  In woodland, on a S-facing slope. The remains of a rectangular hut site (3.8m E-W; 1.8m N-S) defined by a poorly preserved, drystone wall (T c. 0.65m; H 0.5m). There is a possible entrance (Wth 0.6m) at the NE corner. This hut site may be associated with a roofless rectangular stone building which lies in the immediate vicinity to the SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE100-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough pasture, on a S-facing slope. A rath was recorded in this townland in the 1940s (SMCK). According to local information, it was levelled many years ago and it is not visible at ground level but a souterrain (KE100-025001-) marks its location. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE100-025001 Souterrain
  Description

  In a levelled rath (KE100-025----). An opening (L c. 1.5m; Wth c. 0.7m) in the ground leads NW to an earth-cut chamber (3.5m NW-SE; 1.8m NE-SW; H 1.3m) with a curved roof, 0.5m below the ground level. At the centre of the SW side there is a creep-hole (Wth 0.6m; H 0.4m) which extends c. 2m to the SW. Blind offshoots of the chamber were noted at E and SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE100-026 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In pasture, on a N-facing slope with views N over Kenmare Bay. In the 1930s Capt. D. B. O'Connell recorded this spring well as a holy well known as 'Tobarín Mhuire' and noted that its water cured ills, particularly toothache (KAS). It is no longer in use. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE100-045 Children's burial ground
  Description

  In pasture, on a N-facing slope overlooking Kenmare Bay. This burial ground occupies a triangular area (36m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by an earth and stone field boundary on its W side, by a low wall, covered by overgrowth, on its S side and by a low intermittent bank on its NE side. The graves are marked by low upright stones which are largely obscured by a dense overgrowth of ferns and briars. A grave-marker (H 0.55m; Wth 0.4m) in the S part of the burial ground is inscribed with a small cross and the date '1766' on its E face. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE101-128 Bridge
  Description

  Humpback road bridge (Wth 5.6m; long axis NW-SE) spanning the Cloonee River. Entire central section of bridge has been rebuilt or encased in concrete. Abuttments and base of pier of random rubble. Two semi-circular arches with low pointed cutwater on upstream (NE) side of central pier (Wth 1.25m). Small overflow arch on floodplain a short distance to NW; very overgrown but appears to have a semicircular arch on NE side and a horizontal arch on SW side. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ardea.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ardea.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.

No address of the register names Ardea with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Ardea · Ard Aodha

Area

2,474,850 m² (247.49 ha, 611.55 acres)

Civil parish

Tuosist, and its townlands

Barony

Glanarought

Electoral division

Ardea, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ardea electoral division: 193 people in 85 households; 85% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 31% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloonee, Derrylough, Drombohilly Lower, Lehid

Placenames

Ardea 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.