Ballybunnion

458 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballybunnion, from 2 m² to 119,705 m² (11.97 ha, 29.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 365 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 31 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M4Built up area
  Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Conservation (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New/Proposed Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5Tourisn and Related (Tourism and related)
  Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Mixed Use. general development, opportunity site (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S1Education
  Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space, Park (Open space, park)
  Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Strategic Residential Reserve
  Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O1Strategic Reserve,White Land (Strategic reserve, White land)
  Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Active Open Space (Active open space)
  Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
  Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 1 Sept 2026N/a

  three dwellings on three separate sites with individual vehicular entrances from Cliff Road and with 1 no. proposed single-storey dwelling at rear, accessed from Spraymount Road laneway to existing rear vehicular entrance to overall site, at Cliff Road, Ballybunion, Co. Kerry.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660828

• 2 Jun 2026Conditional

  change of design to the single storey extension consisting of a pitched slated roof with an increased floor area from that previously granted planning permission under file Ref. No. 25/60485. There are no modifications to the entrance drive way as granted under the parent permission file Ref. 25/60485

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2660486

• 28 May 2026Conditional

  (a) alterations to opes to side (north-west) elevation at ground floor level, (b) lowering of window head to front at ground floor level, (c) conversion of flat roof to first floor terrace to front elevation, with privacy screens to sides, including lowering parapet, (d) enlarging window to form new sliding door to front elevation at first floor level, (e) cladding to first floor front elevation, (f) changing roof profile of two storey roof, including raising ridge by 500mm and (g) all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2660471

• 27 Apr 2026Conditional

  (A) Alteration/change of design of premises as granted permission under 23/923, to provide a single storey extension to the rear/southern side of the premises incorporation a hall/lobby, a utility room and an extension of the kitchen with a balcony area on the roof of the proposed extension for the first floor bedrooms, (B) Permission for a domestic storage shed in the yard to the rear/southern side of the premises.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2673

• 13 Mar 2026N/a

  (A) Alterations/change of design of premises as granted permission under 23/923, to provide a single storey extension to the rear/southern side of the premises incorporating a hall/lobby, a utility room and an extension of the kitchen with a balcony area on the roof of the proposed extension for the first floor bedrooms, (B) permission for a domestic storage shed in the yard to the rear/southern side of the premises. This is a protected structure ( RPS-KY-0088, and NIAH Ref: 21400107)

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2645

• 6 Mar 2026Conditional

  Permission to A) alter the existing dwelling including demolition of the front porch & rear sunroom B) construct a new single storey front entrance porch & extension to the rear C) convert the attic space into habitable accommodation with a single dormer/box window, and including all associated site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660198

• 2 Mar 2026Conditional

  permission to install a dormer window to the rear of her house

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660175

• 25 Nov 2025Conditional

  (a) Retain granny annexe ancillary to the existing domestic dwelling house, as constructed with lean-to covered area for storage between rear wall of granny annexe and rear boundary wall and (b) Retain garden room ancillary to the existing domestic dwelling house as constructed, all structures to the rear of the existing dwelling house

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 25277

• 31 Oct 2025Conditional

  to build a extension to the front and rear of the house and install a window in the side elevation

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2561010

• 2 Oct 2025N/a

  outline planning permission for a proposed development at JD’s Bar and Venue, Main Street, Ballybunion, Co. Kerry. The development will consist of the demolition of existing single and two-storey flat roof structures to the rear (north) of the existing JD’s Bar building, internal alterations and elevational changes to the existing JD’s Bar and Venue, and the construction of a three-storey extension to the rear (north) of JD’s Bar. The proposal includes a change of use from bar/nightclub to a 16-bedroom aparthotel with ancillary spaces, rooms and services. In addition, on adjacent lands to the rear of the existing JD’s Bar, it is proposed to develop a residential scheme comprising a total of 22 no. units, as follows: 8 no. 3-bed dwelling units, 4 no. 2-bed dwelling units, 7 no. 2-bed apartment units, 2 no. 3-bed duplex apartment units and1 no. 1-bed apartment unit. All dwellings are contained within two-storey terrace blocks, while apartments and duplexes are contained within three-storey buildings. The overall development also includes the provision of 18 no. car parking spaces, 1 no. bin store, a bicycle store, pedestrian access routes, development signage, boundary treatments, landscaping, public open spaces and all ancillary site development works at JD’s Bar and Venue, Main Street, Ballybunion, Co. Kerry. The planning application may be inspected or purchased, at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of Kerry County Council during its public opening hours and a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

  Outline permission · Kerry County Council, 2560898

• 24 Sept 2025Conditional

  erect a dormer type dwelling house with mains water and wastewater connections and to carry out all associated site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 25235

• 10 Jul 2025Conditional

  (1) THE DEMOLITION OF THE FRONT GLASSS ROOFED VERANDA, (2) THE DEMOLITION OF REAR SINGLE STOREY EXTNEION, (3) THE DEMOLLION OF SHEDS AND SUNROOM TO THE REAR OF THE HOUSE, (4) THE ALTERATION OF THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE HOUSE, (5) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY UTILITY ROOM AND SUNROOM TO THE REAR, (6) THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE TO THE REAR WITH ADJACENT PEESTRIAN GATE AND (7) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 25184

• 26 Jun 2025Conditional

  three dwellings on three separate sites with individual vehicular entrances from Cliff Road and with 1 no. proposed single-storey dwelling at rear, accessed from Spraymount Road laneway to existing rear vehicular entrance to overall site, at Cliff Road, Ballybunion, Co. Kerry.

  Permission consequent · Kerry County Council, 2560546

• 5 Jun 2025Conditional

  (A) single storey extension to side (north elevation) of existing house, (B) Internal alterations to the existing house layout and (C) Upgrading of the existing vehicular entrance gateway and the construction of an access driveway to serve the house and all associated site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560485

• 2 May 2025Conditional

  demolition of a single storey house and the construction of a new three storey house with car parking to the front and associated site developments works to facilitate the proposed development

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560367

• 28 Apr 2025Conditional

  CHANGE THE USE OF TOWERS FRIENDSHIP CENTRE FROM GUEST ACCOMMODATION TO 12 NO. APARTMENTS FOR SOCIAL RESIDENTIAL PERMANENT LIVING. THIS WILL CONSIST OF 4 NO. 1-BEDROOM UNITS ON THE GROUND FLOOR, 5 NO. 1-BEDROOM UNITS ON THE FIRST FLOOR, 2 NO. 1-BEDROOM UNITS AND 1 NO. 2 BEDROOM UNIT ON THE SECOND FLOOR. PERMISSION FOR ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND ANCILLARY INTERNAL WORKS TO THE TOWERS FRIENDSHIP CENTRE. PERMISSION TO CHANGE THE USE OF THE ASSEMBLY HALL IN THE EXISTING COMMUNITY BUILDING AT THE REAR OF THE SUBJECT SITE TO A 1 NO. 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR SOCIAL RESIDENTIAL LIVING. PERMISSION FOR THE PROVISION OF GREEN AREAS TO SERVE THE DEVELOPMENT. PERMISSION FOR THE REMOVAL AND DECOMMISSIONING OF THE EXISTING LPG GAS TANK AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY AND RELOCATING EXSTING OIL TANK. PERMISSION FOR THE PROVISION OF 6 NO. CAR PARKING SPACES. PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 1.8M HIGH DECORATIVE SCREEN WALL ADJACENT TO MEETING ROOM/COMMUNITY BUILDING AT THE REAR OF THE SITE. PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 2.0M HIGH BOUNDARY WALLS TO THE REAR OF THE COMMUNITY BUILDING ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE SITE AND TO EXTEND BACK TO THE COMMUNITY BUILDING. ALL OF THE ABOVE INCLUDING ANCILLARY SITE WORKS TO BE CARRIED OUT

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 25103

• 7 Apr 2025Conditional

  Retention Permission to retain: a) the existing dwelling as constructed within revised site boundaries b) the existing domestic shed c) all associated site works at No.12 Fuchsia Drive, Church Rd. Ballybunnion, Co Kerry.

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560260

• 20 Mar 2025Conditional

  Planning permission for the construction of an extension to an existing dwelling together with ancillary site development works at Sandhill Road, Ballybunion, Co. Kerry

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2560195

• 20 Mar 2025Refused

  1. Retention permission to retain the existing partially completed building on site and 2. planning Permission to a) complete the building on site as a new end of terrace dwelling b) construct a vehicular site entrance and c) construct all associated site works at No.12(A) Fuchsia Drive, Church Rd. Ballybunnion, Co Kerry.

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2560203

• 20 Mar 2025N/a

  Invalid:Retention Permission to retain: a) the existing dwelling as constructed within revised site boundaries b) the existing domestic shed c) all associated site works at No.12 Fuchsia Drive, Church Rd. Ballybunnion, Co Kerry.

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560204

• 12 Mar 2025Conditional

  construct 27 no dwelling houses comprising 6 no. one bedroom houses, 2 no. two bedroom houses, 15 no. three bedroom house & 4no. four bedroom houses with new connections to the public foul, surface water and water mains with all necessary ancillary services

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560172

• 14 Jan 2025Conditional

  (A) RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN THE VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, AND (B) PLANNING PERMISSION TO REDUCE THE HEIGHT OF THE BOUNDARY WALLS AT THE FRONT OF THE SITE

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 257

• 18 Dec 2024Conditional

  Planning Permission to construct a series of extensions to the front, sides and rear of the house and and to carry out internal alterations to the existing house all at Dún Mhuire, Sandhill Road, Ballybunion, Co.Kerry

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460999

• 17 Dec 2024N/a

  INVALID APPLICATION

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 24444

• 1 Nov 2024Conditional

  to construct an all weather sports pitch, floodlighting and boundary fence

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460856

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

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: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cashen River Estuary 001340

Recorded monuments

• KE004-022 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diameter 22m N-S, 23m E-W Situated in the top left-hand corner of McMahon's pastoral field, the view from this site is excellent in all directions. This site consists of a sub-circular area enclosed by a well-defined earthen bank. The maximum height of the bank measures 2.7m externally and 2m internally. On average the width of the bank at the base measures 4m. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land and in the centre is a raised mound 9m x 7m. Two gaps to the NNW and W, both measuring c 1.5m, provide access to the interior. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 207. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE004-031001 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  Ballybunnion Castle (KE004-031002-) was constructed inside an earlier promontory fort. The modern path running through what was originally the fosse and the garden wall of the Castle Hotel defaces the outer ring. The fosse was over 6m wide. The inner bank is 7.2m thick and between 1.8m and 2.4m high, rising just a few feet over the ‘castle green’. The interior is roughly oval shaped and is traversed by another fosse 48m from the inner bank and 10.8m from the castle. The above description is derived from Toal C. (compiler) ‘The North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority. (1995) no. 102. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 18 June 2013

• KE004-031002 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Ballybunnion Castle is situated on the summit of a cliff and within the enclosure of a promontory fort (KE004-031001-). It was built by the Fitzmaurices and remained the seat of the heir apparent of that family until the middle of the 16th century. Little is now standing except the E wall, which rises to a height of over 12m. The entrance is on this side, but it is impossible to tell what type of arch it had or how large it was. There would appear to have been a window above it, but both are now running into each other to create a jagged opening in the wall. There is no sign of either a machination outside or a murder hole inside. The castle was constructed of black coursed masonry with cut quern stones. Extensive repairs have been carried out on the exterior and much of the original masonry has been obscured. The E wall has five window loops, all square headed and of varying size from slit to large loop. On the top floor there is a large rectangular window with a pointed arch in a ruinous condition. The E wall and what remains of the N and S walls have a slight batter. In the SE angle of the interior the spiral staircase lay; it is now blocked up. There are no signs of any steps and the stairway was lighted by small slit windows splayed inwards. There is evidence of a vault over the third floor. Westropp (1909) states that there was also a vault over the ground floor, but only two projecting pieces of masonry indicate what may have been the vault. In 1987 an underground passage tunnel some 30m long was unearthed (KE004-031003-). Access was gained by an opening in the S side of the cliff face. It extends towards the castle until it stops due to a cave-in, with another branch ending in a cul-de-sac. This man-made tunnel is constructed of stones in the beehive fashion, and the chamber is over 2m high. Ballybunnion Castle was destroyed in Lord Kerry's raid in 1582 and the Bunnion family acquired possession of it, but due to their involvement in the Desmond wars their lands were confiscated in 1583. King James desired peace and granted Thomas Fitzmaurice a pardon in 1603, and his castles and lands in 1604. In 1612 he obtained a patent in confirmation of his castles and lands, including Ballybunnion. The Fitzmaurices retained their lands throughout the 1641, 1651 and the 1690 rebellions and confiscations. By 1783 Richard Haro was in possession of the castle and lands. Ballybunnion Castle has been a national monument since 1923. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 994. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

• KE004-031003 Souterrain
  Description

  Ballybunnion Castle (KE004-031002-) is situated on the summit of a cliff and within the enclosure of a promontory fort (KE004-031001-). In 1987 an underground passage tunnel some 30m long was unearthed. Access was gained by an opening in the S side of the cliff face. It extends towards the castle until it stops due to a cave-in, with another branch ending in a cul-de-sac. This man-made tunnel is constructed of stones in the beehive fashion, and the chamber is over 2m high. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 994. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 18 November 2013

• KE004-032 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diameter 22m N-S This univallate rath has been divided roughly in two by a fieldbank running N-S. The W sector of the site has been levelled and no surface trace remains. A modern road runs S of this field in an E-W direction. What remains today is a semi-circular area enclosed by a low earthen bank whose external height measures .7m and internal height .4m. The width of the bank at the base measures 3m. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 208. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE004-033 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  This possible univallate rath lay SSE of KE004-032----. However, no surface trace of it remains today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 209. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE004-061 Burial
  Description

  In April 1987, a long cist containing an inhumation burial was discovered during drainage works for new County Council houses. At least one complete skeleton was found lying approximately south-west/north-east, with the head to the south-west. It appeared to have been fully extended. Excavation revealed two further successive inhumation burials comprising of a lintel grave overlying an unprotected inhumation. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol 2, 36-41) Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 January 2013

Architectural heritage

• Gerald O'Connor, house, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1900, with single-bay single-storey lean-to flanking end bays and four-bay two-storey return to rear to south. Now also in use as public house. Renovated and partly refenestrated, in late twentieth century, with render pilaster pubfront inserted to ground floor. Extended to south-east in 1998 with four-bay two-storey wing with dormer attic at right angles with single-bay two-storey linking bay to north-west. Pitched artificial slate roofs with rendered gable chimneystacks and replacement rainwater goods. Painted nap rendered walls with raised render quoins and render cornice forming sills course. Pubfront comprising fluted pilasters, round-headed decorative panels to openings, consoles and dentilated moulded cornice. Render architraves and flanking consoles to window openings. Paired one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows at first floor, central window replaced in timber. Timber two-pane windows at ground floor with profiled sills. Double-leaf glazed and panelled doors. Rendered garden wall to east. Cut-marbled plaque inscribed: "I ndil-cuimne ar og domnall o scannlain I.R.A. A dunmarbuigead le poilini sasana (R.I.C.) ansea ar an 11 ad la d. iul 1917 R.I.P.".

• J. Lynch, house, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1900, now also in use as shop. Renovated, c. 1930, with render façade enrichments. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and replacement rainwater goods. Painted nap rendered walls with raised render quoins and decorative eaves brackets. Render fascia name board with moulded frame and good lettering. Rendered sills and chamfered reveals to replacement uPVC windows. Timber framed display window to shop. Timber panelled doors in square-headed openings with overlights, plinth blocks and limestone thresholds. Street frontage.

• Fitzgerald, house, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1900. Renovated, c. 1930, with render façade enrichments. Now in residential use to ground floor. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Painted nap rendered walls with render quoins and decorative eaves brackets. Render fascia name board with moulded frame and lettering. Rendered sills to replacement aluminium windows. Triple-pane window at ground floor with arch-headed panes and iron grille. Iron window guards to second ground floor window. Two square headed doorways with overlights, having panelled and boarded timber doors with limestone thresholds. Street frontage.

• House, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, built c. 1890, as a pair with the adjoining house to the right. Renovated c. 1930, with render façade enrichments added including moulded lugged architraves to openings to first floor, scalloped roundels and moulded archivolts to round-headed dormer attic windows. Replacement timber pilaster pubfront inserted in late twentieth century to ground floor having consoles and cornice. Pitched slate roof with later felt covering, rendered chimneystack, gabled dormers with clay ridge combs and curvilinear bargeboards. Painted nap rendered walls. Rendered sills and lugged render architraves with keystones having floral motifs to replacement aluminium windows. Arched openings to dormers. Timber panelled doors with overlights. Street frontage.

• House, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited end-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, built c. 1890, with two-bay single-storey return to rear to south. Built as a pair with the adjoining house to the left. Pitched artificial slate roof with gabled dormers having clay ridge combs and rendered gable chimneystack. Painted nap rendered walls with raised render quoins. Fascia signboard to ground floor with render architrave and cornice. Rendered sills to timber two-over-two pane sliding sash windows. Arched openings to dormers. Timber framed display window to ground floor. Timber double-leaf boarded door to pub with overlight and timber door with overlight to residence, having limestone thresholds. Street frontage.

• School, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced six-bay single-storey former schoolhouse, built c. 1880, subdivided and extended to rear to south, c. 1950, with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed return to accommodate residential use to left and commercial use to right. Pitched and hipped slate roof with felt patching and cast-iron roof lights. Painted rendered walls. Painted sills, possibly stone with timber two-over-two pane sliding sash windows to house. Enlarged window to commercial outlet. Square-headed doorway having glazed door and overlight. Arched doorway to commercial outlet with fanlight and glazed door. Original casement windows at rear. Pair of gateways, built c. 1935, to north comprising wrought-iron piers with decorative finials having wrought-iron gates and railings. Set back from street with gravelled shallow forecourt.

• House, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1880, with render façade enrichments. Now also in use as post office. Opening remodelled to left ground floor to accommodate commercial use. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystack, replacement rainwater goods and decorative eaves corbel table. Ruled-and-lined rendered walls having painted raised render quoins, string course and moulded architraves to ground floor openings. Painted sills with timber one-over-one pane sliding sash windows and having iron sill guard at ground floor. Square-headed door opening with timber boarded door having overlight and plinth blocks. Aluminium shopfront in remodelled opening having projecting timber fascia with consoles above. Street frontage.

• House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, built c. 1900, with single-bay single-storey projecting porch to centre on a half-octagonal plan and single-bay two-storey lean-to lower return to rear to south. One of a terrace of three. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron gutters, downpipes and rooflights at rear. Hipped roof to projecting porch. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walls having render string course at first floor sill level. Painted sills to timber one-over-one pane sliding sash windows. Timber glazed door with overlight. Rendered garden wall and piers with steel gate to front. Small garden to rear.

• House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, built c. 1900, with single-bay single-storey projecting bay window to right ground floor on a half-octagonal plan and single-bay two-storey flat-roofed lower return to rear to south. One of a terrace of three. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack, cast-iron gutters and downpipes and having aluminium roof-lights at rear. Hipped roof to bay window. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walls with roughcast rendered walls to gable, and having render string course at first floor sill level. Painted sills to timber one-over-one pane sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening having replacement timber door with overlight. Rendered garden wall and piers to site with wrought-iron gates to front and side. Small garden to rear.

• House, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1890, originally with open timber verandah to ground floor and having render façade enrichments. Built as a pair with the adjoining house to the right. Two-bay two-storey side elevation to west. Three-bay two-storey return to rear to north. Renovated, c. 1930, with openings remodelled to right ground floor to accommodate commercial use. Extended to north-west in latter part of twentieth century with single-bay two-storey flat-roofed projecting bay to return. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, replacement rainwater goods, and corbels table to eaves. Painted rendered walls having render sill course at first floor, raised render quoins and render signboard with moulded frame. Rendered sills and render architraves with hood mouldings to first floor and timber framed mullion and transom window at ground floor, and swept-arches at first floor with timber one over two-pane sliding sash windows. Aluminium windows to gable. Replacement door. Street frontage.

• Hotel, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey former hotel, built c. 1890, with five-bay single-storey lean-to open timber veranda to ground floor having gablet to centre. Built as a pair with the adjoining building to the left. Five-bay two-storey rear elevation to north with single-bay two-storey flat-roofed lower return to centre. Remodelled to ground floor to accommodate commercial use. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimneystack and replacement rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls. Timber columns to verandah. Rendered sills with replacement timber windows. Ground floor openings remodelled to form display windows, having replacement fittings. Street frontage.

• House, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited end-of-terrace three-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, built c. 1890, with two-bay two-storey side elevation to east. Renovated, c. 1930, with render pilaster pubfront inserted to ground floor. Extended to rear to north in late twentieth century with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed return, having dormer attic added. Pitched artificial slate roof with aluminium rooflights, gable parapets with openwork decorative panels and having attic windows at rear. Painted rendered walls with decorative panels to east gable end. Shopfront comprising pilasters, decorative consoles and modillion cornice. Square-headed openings to façade and swept arches to gable with render architraves and replacement uPVC windows. Ground floor openings altered and fittings replaced. Cut-stone plaque inscribed: "To the memory of Lr Patrick Shortis born here in 1895 killed in action in the Easter Rising, Dublin 1916 erected by The No. 7 Kerry Republican Soldiers Memorial Committee 1966" signed Enright.

• House, 1870–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1890, with shopfront to ground floor. Later used as hotel and now in use as public house. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles and rendered chimneystacks. Painted rendered walls. Timber pilaster shopfront to ground floor having panelled pilasters, canted signboard, consoles and dentilated moulded cornice. Rendered sills to timber one-over-one pane sliding sash windows. Recessed doorway to shop with timber gate. Timber panelled door. Street frontage.

• House, 1870–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1890, openings partly remodelled to ground floor having replacement timber shopfront. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Painted rendered walls. Late twentieth century shopfront, imitating details of adjacent building. Timber one-over-one pane sliding sash windows to first floor, sills concealed behind facia of shopfront. Ground floor openings remodelled. Street frontage.

• Saint John's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1895–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single- and double-height Gothic Revival style Roman Catholic church, built 1897, comprising seven-bay double-height nave with seven-bay single-storey lean-to aisles to north and to south elevations, two-bay single-storey sacristy projection to north-east corner, single-bay two-stage engaged truncated tower to south west corner on a square plan with stepped buttresses and entrance bay to west gable. Pitched slate roofs with lean-to slate roofs to aisles, clay ridge comb, gable parapets with ashlar copings, finials and springers, cast-iron profiled gutter on ashlar corbel table, and cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Rock-hewn squared limestone walls with smooth ashlar dressings. Paired lancets to side walls with limestone surrounds. Large tracery windows to east and west, west window incorporating a rose window of cinqfoils. Pointed arches to doorways with stepped reveals, hood mouldings and timber ledged-and-braced double-leaf doors. Pointed arcades to aisles on polished pink granite and limestone columns to interior. Exposed scissor trusses to nave. West gallery. Carved pinnacles reredos to main altar and side altars. Tiled floors to chancel and side chapels. Decorative tiling to nave. Graveyard to site with various cut-stone grave markers, c. 1900-present. Gateway, built c. 1900, to west comprising four cut-stone piers with wrought-iron gates.

• Ballybunnion Library, church/chapel, 1875–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay double-height Church of Ireland church, built 1877-9; dated 1879, on a rectangular plan comprising three-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay double-height chancel (east); single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch (north-west). Dismantled and reconstructed, 1957. Closed, 1987. Now in alternative use. Designed (1877) by James Franklin Fuller (1835-1924) and originally built 'within the shadow of the ancient round tower' at Rattoo with the cost of construction, excluding the tower, met by Wilson Gun (1808-93). Dismantled and reconstructed (1957) at Ballybunion as the successor to the nearby Joseph Welland (1798-1860)-designed Ballybunion Church (Killehenny) (1853-8) which was subsequently demolished (1958).

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

At the centre of the townland of Ballybunnion, about 1 in 10 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. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

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

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.

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

Name

Ballybunnion · Baile an Bhuinneánaigh

Area

1,523,871 m² (152.39 ha, 376.56 acres)

Civil parish

Killehenny, and its townlands

Barony

Iraghticonnor

Electoral division

Killehenny, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,064 people lived in 894 households in the Killehenny electoral division. 66% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 30% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Doon West, Dromin, Killehenny

Placenames

Ballybunnion 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.