# Ards, Co. Kerry: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Aghadoe, barony of Magunihy, Co. Kerry. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 861,859 m² (86.19 ha, 212.97 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,870 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 17 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Aghadoe, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/aghadoe.md - Barony: Magunihy - Electoral division: Lahard, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 741 people lived in 263 households in the Lahard electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/23619 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 70090 - Centre: latitude 52.079423, longitude -9.601447 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ards, from 242 m² to 393,332 m² (39.33 ha, 97.19 acres); 31 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1222133: 393,332 m² (39.33 ha, 97.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1222133.md - Parcel 1225669: 341,787 m² (34.18 ha, 84.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1225669.md - Parcel 1182063: 52,523 m² (5.25 ha, 12.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1182063.md - Parcel 1187285: 38,649 m² (3.86 ha, 9.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1187285.md - Parcel 1217487: 12,817 m² (1.28 ha, 3.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1217487.md - Parcel 1233228: 5,678 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1233228.md - Parcel 1197347: 4,089 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1197347.md - Parcel 5784687: 2,870 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5784687.md - Parcel 1202271: 2,836 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1202271.md - Parcel 1158033: 2,301 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1158033.md - Parcel 1228350: 2,111 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1228350.md - Parcel 5784670: 1,969 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5784670.md - Parcel 1229800: 1,440 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1229800.md - Parcel 1215179: 1,195 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1215179.md - Parcel 1210146: 242 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1210146.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Ards in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 17 applications, newest first. - 24 Jun 2026, Kerry County Council 2660580: N/a. Permission. Planning Permission to Construct 1 new farm shed, and a lean-to extension to an existing shed along with all associated site works all located at Ards, Fossa, Killarney, Co. Kerry.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660580/0 - 20 Aug 2025, Kerry County Council 2560724: Conditional. Permission. Full planning permission to (A) construct an extension to existing dwelling house, (B) carry out elevational changes to existing dwelling house, (C) upgrade existing septic tank to a new septic tank and percolation area along with all ancillary site services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560724/0 - 4 Feb 2025, Kerry County Council 2560056: Refused. Permission. Planning Permission to demolish existing sheds and to replace with a new agricultural shed with a slatted tank. Retention Permission to retain the existing tank to be used for the storage of soiled water. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560056/0 - 2 Sept 2024, Kerry County Council 2460645: Refused. Permission. Planning Permission to demolish existing sheds and to replace with a new agricultural shed with a slatted tank. Retention Permission to retain the existing tank to be used as a surface water run off tank.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460645/0 - 2 Aug 2024, Kerry County Council 2460515: N/a. Permission. Invalid-Planning to demolish existing sheds and to replace with a new agricultural shed with a slatted tank. Retention permission for the existing tank to be used as a surface water run off tank.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460515/0 - 7 Feb 2024, Kerry County Council 2448: Conditional. Retention. RETAIN A LOOSE LIVESTOCK HOUSE AS BUILT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2448/0 - 24 May 2023, Kerry County Council 23587: Refused. Retention. RETAIN EXISTING SLATTED TANK AND CONSTRUCTED AND PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A NEW AGRUCULTURAL SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/23587/0 - 10 Nov 2022, Kerry County Council 221172: Refused. Retention. RETAIN EXISTING SLOTTED TANK AS CONSTRUCTED AND FULL PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT NEW AGRICULTURAL SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/221172/0 - 30 Mar 2022, Kerry County Council 22344: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DORMER DWELLING HOUSE SERVED BY A SEPTIC TANK TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/22344/0 - 22 Dec 2021, Kerry County Council 211499: N/a. Permission. CONSTRUCT A NEW AGRICULTURAL SHED. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/211499/0 - 17 Jun 2020, Kerry County Council 20518: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCT A NEW AGRICULTURAL SHED. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/20518/0 - 14 Feb 2020, Kerry County Council 20141: Conditional. Permission. (I) CONSTRUCT A NEW EASY FEED LIVESTOCK UNIT. LIVESTOCK UNIT TO INCLUDE FLOW CHANNELS TO EXISTING SLATTED TANK AND ANCILLARY EXTERNAL CONCRETE, (II) EXTEND EXISTING SHED (III) CONSTRUCT A LOOSE LIVESTOCK HOUSE (IV) CONSTRUCT A NEW SLATTED TANK. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/20141/0 - 11 Dec 2019, Kerry County Council 191254: N/a. Permission. CONSTRUCT A NEW AGRICULTURAL SHED. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/191254/0 - 30 Oct 2019, Kerry County Council 191108: N/a. Permission. CONSTRUCT A NEW AGRICULTURAL SHED. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/191108/0 - 1 Nov 2018, Kerry County Council 181064: Conditional. Permission. (A) CHANGE OF USE FROM EXISTING OFFFICE BUILDING TO MICRO CRAFT DISTILLERY,BREWERY AND VISITOR CENTRE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALCOHOL, (B) DEMOLISH FRONT ENTRANCE TO EXISTING BUILDING, (C) ERECT EXTENSION TO EXISTING BUILDING WHICH WILL CONSIST OF STAFF OFFICES, CANTEEN, MALE, FEMAILE AND DISABLED TOILETS, CHANGING ROOM AND SHOWER FACILITIES FOR THE DISTILLERY ORGANIZATION. CONSTRUCTION OF NEW VISITOR CENTRE TO COMPRISE OF RECREATION, KITCHEN, CAFE / RESTAURANT AND WAITING LOUNGE, INTERACTIVE ROOM, CRAFT GIFT SHOP, EXHIBITION ROOMS, SHOWCASING PRODUCTION PROCESS, LOCAL FEATURES, FOLKLORE AND BRAND HISTORY, TASTING BAR WITH RETAIL ZONE, SPACE FOR MULTIPURPOSE EVENTS / GATHERINGS, CASK MATURATION STORAGE, BOTTLING, CANNING AND KEGGING AREA, BEER AND WHISKEY GARDEN ON 3RD FLOOR GREEN ROOF AREA WITH VIEWING DECK, (D) ANCILLARY SUPPORT FACILITIES TO INCLUDE DRY BULK STORAGE, DISTILLERY EQUIPMENT, STAFF ROOMS, LIFT STAIRS, SERVICES AND ALL EXTERNAL WORKS INCLUDING DELIVERY YARD, CAR, BICYCLE AND COACH PARKING, LIGHTING, SIGNAGE AND SUSTAINABLE FEATURES INCLUDING LANDSCAPING, (E) PROVIDE ONE WAY VEHICULAR SYSTEM FOR DELIVERIES AND VISITORS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS (F) ALL WORKS TO BE WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/181064/0 - 30 Apr 2018, Kerry County Council 18397: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (i) RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE WITHIN REVISED BOUNDARIES AND (ii) PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A FAMILY FLAT EXTENSION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/18397/0 - 26 Oct 2017, Kerry County Council 171069: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. (A) RETAIN ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND REVISED ROOF RIDGE HEIGHT AND (B) TO RETAIN EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/171069/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ards. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - KE066-002: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE066-002----. In pasture, at the convergence of four field boundaries. This rath is indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) with field boundaries radiating from the NE, E, W and NW arcs. It has been levelled and the remains consist of a roughly circular area (c. 26m N-S) defined by a low rise (H c. 0.6m). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011 - KE066-003: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE066-003----. In pasture, on a hillock. A roughly circular area (c. 38m E-W; c. 36m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1m) ENE-NW and by a scarp (H 1.4m) NW-ENE. A concrete farmyard is situated immediately outside a poorly preserved portion of the bank at S. Apart from this poorly preserved portion, the bank along the S arc is stone-faced though the stone-facing is of recent appearance. There are breaks in the bank along the SE and SW arcs where gateways occur. The interior slopes gently down to the N; the ground level in the N portion has been slightly raised to compensate for the hillslope. A concrete wall skirts the bank externally SW-W. Field boundaries abut the bank at W and NW. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011 - KE066-004: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE066-004----. In level pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope. This rath is not visible at ground level. According to the landowner, it was levelled during land reclamation in the 1970s. He recalls a flat area defined by a single bank; he also recalls a souterrain (KE066-004001-) but is unsure if it was associated with this or with a neighbouring rath (KE066-005----) c. 70m to the SE. Cropmarks of the bank and external fosse of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) are visible in an aerial photograph (GSIAP, V 392-3). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011 - KE066-004001: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE066-004001-. In level pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope. According to the landowner, a souterrain in this field is associated with one of the two raths (KE066-004----, KE066-005----) in the same field. There are no visible remains of the souterrain. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011 - KE066-005: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE066-005----. In pasture, in a level area, on a gentle S-facing slope. This rath is not visible at ground level. According to the landowner, it was levelled during land reclamation in the 1970s. He recalls a flat area defined by a single bank; he also recalls a souterrain (KE066-004001-) but is unsure if it was associated with this or with a neighbouring rath (KE066-004----) c. 70m to the NW. Cropmarks of the bank and external fosse of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) are visible in an aerial photograph (GSIAP, V 392-3). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011 - KE066-006: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE066-006----. In pasture, on an elevation with commanding views in all directions. This possible rath is not visible at ground level though there is a slight dip towards the centre of the elevation. It is indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ards. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Ards, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_168, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_168.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ards-70090.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ards-70090.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ards-70090.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Ards with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry: https://everytownland.com/kerry.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Crohane: https://everytownland.com/kerry/crohane-70911.md - Dromin: https://everytownland.com/kerry/dromin-71175.md - Dromkerry: https://everytownland.com/kerry/dromkerry.md - Gortacollopa: https://everytownland.com/kerry/gortacollopa.md - Killalee: https://everytownland.com/kerry/killalee.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ards-70090 - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kerry/ards-70090