Ardtully

66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardtully, from 95 m² to 322,374 m² (32.24 ha, 79.66 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 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 Ardtully 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.

• 5 Aug 2026N/a

  Planning permission to (i) construct a new slatted livestock house. Proposed slatted house to incorporate associated underground slatted slurry tank with external agitation, easy feed area, cubicles & straw bedded area (ii) Extend existing dry store. The above to be carried out with all associated ancillary site works.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660728

• 29 Oct 2025Conditional

  Retention Permission to a) Retain the existing dwelling and services as constructed within revised site boundaries at Ardtully, Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560994

• 8 Oct 2025Conditional

  planning Permission to a) Demolish the existing derelict dwelling with attached garage on site b) Construct a new dwelling, c) Install a new mechanical treatment unit and raised polishing filter d) Utilise the existing vehicular site entrance, to be shared with the farm and e) construct all associated site works at Ardtully, Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560917

• 21 Jan 2025Conditional

  Planning Permission to construct a new slatted livestock unit. Proposed slatted unit to incorporate underground slatted tank with external agitation, easy feed, creep area & calving pens. The above to be carried out with all associated ancillary site works.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560020

• 29 Jun 2022Conditional

  (A) DEMOLISH EXISTING OUTBUILDINGS CLOSE TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (B) CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING DWELLING (C) CHANGE OF USE OF THE EXISTING STONE BARN TO RESIDENTIAL AS PART OF THE EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (D) MAKE ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (E) DECOMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALL A NEW SEPTIC TANK FOLLOWED BY 2 NO. PURAFLO PEAT FILTERS TO SERVE THE DWELLING HOUSE (F) CONSTRUCT A NEW SITE ENTRANCE TO SERVE THE DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22693

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ardtully.

Recorded monuments

• KE093-107 Mine
  Description

  In level pasture in the Roughty River valley, 7km NE of Kenmare town. There are historical sources for silver-lead mining in this area in the 17th century (Cowman 1990, 197). Historical records also confirm 18th-century lead mining and 19th-century copper mining here (Cowman 1990, 198-206). The possibility of early copper mining is also suggested by an 18th-century reference to a large 'Danish Mine' (Lansdowne 1937, 12). The only surviving structures date to the 19th century. 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

• KE094-002001 Ecclesiastical site
  Description

  In pasture within Ardtully Demesne and c. 60m SW of Fussa Bridge. Listed by Gwynn and Hadcock (1970, 398) as an early monastic site, which probably ceased to exist before the 11th century. The only possible evident trace of the monastic site is a curving depression (Wth at top 5.2m, Wth at base 1.2m; D 0.3m) N-ESE, possibly the remains of a fosse. This feature is situated c. 75m NE of the NE corner of Ardtully House. According to Smith (1756, 46), stones from this site were used in the building of Ardtully Castle (KE094-002002-). 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

• KE094-002002 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  In level pasture, just W of the confluence of the Owbeg and Roughty Rivers. In the 17th century, Colonel Donough MacFineen forfeited Ardtully and the castle here was later destroyed by Cromwellian forces (Orpen 1930, 149). Parts of this structure may be the four circular towers (KE094-002003-) depicted on the 1846 OS 6-inch map surrounding Ardtully House; there are now no visible remains of these towers. The site is now occupied by the ruin of a Baronial house built by Sir Richard Orpen in 1847 in place of the earlier house and burnt in 1921 (Bence-Jones 1978, 12; Bary 1994, 15). There is a tradition that stones from a nearby monastery (KE094-002001-) were used in the building of the castle (ITA). This castle may be on or near the site of a 'castle' which was built by Carew in 'Ardtuillighe' in 1215 (Ann. Inisf.). 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

• KE094-002003 Structure
  Description

  In level pasture within Ardtully Demesne, just W of the confluence of the Owbeg and Roughty Rivers. Two towers are indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map immediately W and c. 10m to the NE of Ardtully House, respectively. A further two towers are indicated and named 'Ruins of Towers' on the 1846 OS 6-inch map, on the riverbank c. 45m to the SSE and c. 45m S of the house, respectively; the two westernmost towers appear to be connected by a wall running NW-SE. The towers are not visible at ground level. See KE094-002002-. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE094-071 Country house
  Description

  On an elevated level site c. 60m to the N of the Roughty River. The ruins of a mid-19th century two-storey house; roughly square in plan (c. 21m N-S; c. 20m E-W) with a projecting three-storey crenellated tower at the SE corner. The entrance front (S-facing) is of four bays; the entrance is via a one-storey gabled porch with sidelights. There are large rectangular window opes throughout. The house, built by Sir Richard Orpen in 1847, replaced an earlier house also associated with the Orpen family (Bary 1994, 15); the 1846 OS 6-inch map depicts this earlier house as an L-shaped structure with two parallel ranges of buildings to the rear. The present house was burnt in 1921 (Bence-Jones 1978, 12). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Architectural heritage

• Ardtully House, country house, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached square-plan five-bay two-storey Baronial style house, built 1847, possibly partly over basement. Comprising five-bay two-storey entrance front to south originally with gablets over first floor window openings, single-bay single-storey flat-roofed advanced porch to centre approached by flight of steps, single-bay two-storey gabled advanced bay to right, single-bay three-storey battlemented corner tower to south-east on a circular plan and single-bay three-storey corbelled circular turret to east. Five-bay two-storey side elevation to east with two-bay two-storey gabled advanced end bay to north-east. Four-bay two-storey side elevation to west with single-bay two-storey gabled end bay to south-west having two-storey gabled box bay window. Five-bay two-storey garden front to north possibly partly over basement. Burnt, 1921, now ruinous. Roof now gone. Ruled-and-lined rendered walls with raised render quoins, limestone string courses at sills and parapet, stepped parapet with finials and rendered chimneystacks. Raised render surrounds and keystones to openings with apron panels to first floor windows. Two-storey gabled oriel to west with limestone mullions. Mullioned windows to east. Tripartite doorcase with swept-arched doorway flanked by sidelights and approached by limestone steps. Detached five-bay single-storey outbuilding with half-dormer attic, built c. 1850, to north-west, extensively renovated, with openings remodelled and possibly with dormer attic added to accommodate residential use. Remains of rubble stone-built walled enclosure to north with series of segmental-headed carriage arches. Remains of detached ten-bay single-storey rubble stone-built outbuilding, built c. 1850, to north-east, now ruinous. Built on site of medieval abbey, castle and towers.

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.

Terrain model

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

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 Ardtully with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Ardtully · Ard Tuilithe

Area

2,049,800 m² (204.98 ha, 506.52 acres)

Civil parish

Kilgarvan, and its townlands

Barony

Glanarought

Electoral division

Kilgarvan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilgarvan electoral division: 788 people in 310 households; 74% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Caher East, Cooragweanish, Fussa, Knockeens, Letter Lower, Lounaghan, Slaght

Placenames

Ardtully 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.