Ballycurrane
Townland in the civil parish of Kilquane, barony of Corkaguiny, Co. Kerry; in Irish Baile Uí Chorráin
- Area
- 106.2 ha
- 262 acres
- Land parcels
- 62
- registered freehold, median 4,628 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballycurrane, from 17 m² to 141,346 m² (14.13 ha, 34.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballycurrane 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
7 Jun 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE SERVED BY A WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT DISCHARGING INTO A SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALSO TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23652
14 Mar 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTIC ACCOMMODATION SERVED BY A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA ALSO TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORK
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22279
28 Nov 2018Conditional
(A)RETAIN THE DWELLING HOUSE WITHIN REVISED BOUNDARIES (B) RETAIN THE SITE ENTRANCE AND DRIVEWAY AS CONSTRUCTED
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 181162
10 Apr 2018Conditional
(A) CHUN TIGH CÓNAITHE ATÁ ANN CHEANA MAR A TÓGADH AR AN LÁITHREÁN É A CHOIMEÁD (B) CEAD PLEANÁLA CHUN SÍNEADH AON STÓR A CHUR LE BINN AN TÍ CÓNAITHE ATÁ ANN CHEANA, CHUN DABHACH SÉARAHAIS ATÁ ANN CHEANA AR AN LÁITHREÁN A DHÍCHOIMISIÚNÚ AGUS A BHAINT, AGUS CHUN AONAD CÓIREÁLA FUIOLLUISCE A SHUITEÁIL MAR AON LE 2 MHODÚL SCAGTHA MÓNA A SCEITHFIDH ISTEACH I SCAG-GHLANTÓIR ITHREACH, AGUS A ÁIREOIDH NA HOIBREACHA LÁITHREÁIN A GHABHFAIDH LEIS ((A) RETAIN AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED ON SITE (B) PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, THE DECOMMISSIONING AND REMOVAL OF AN EXISTING ONSITE SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND THE INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT FOLLOWED BY 2 NO. PEAT FILTER MODULES DISCHARGING TO A SOIL POLISHING FILTER, ALSO TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS)
Extension of duration · Kerry County Council, 13993
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
- Special Protection Area: Dingle Peninsula SPA 004153
Recorded monuments
- KE034-017 Hut site
Description
At the edge of the flat boggy plain drained by the lower reaches of the Feohanagh river. A pair of conjoined, oval to circular huts, their walls now reduced to grass-grown banks, c. 0.5m high. They measure 6 x 5m and 5.5 x 3m internally, and within the larger W hut KE034-017---- is a souterrain (KE034-017002-), now lacking its roofing slabs. The passage measures 4.5m long x .6m wide x 1m high. A 3rd possible hut to SE of the smaller hut is roughly triangular in outline and measures 4 x 4m internally. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1107. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 August 2013
- KE034-017001 Hut site
Description
At the edge of the flat boggy plain drained by the lower reaches of the Feohanagh river. A pair of conjoined, oval to circular huts, their walls now reduced to grass-grown banks, c. 0.5m high. They measure 6 x 5m and 5.5 x 3m internally, and within the larger W hut KE034-017---- is a souterrain (KE034-017002-), now lacking its roofing slabs. The passage measures 4.5m long x .6m wide x 1m high. A 3rd possible hut to SE of the smaller hut KE034-017001- is roughly triangular in outline and measures 4 x 4m internally. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1107. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 August 2013
- KE034-017002 Souterrain
Description
At the edge of the flat boggy plain drained by the lower reaches of the Feohanagh river. A pair of conjoined, oval to circular huts, their walls now reduced to grass-grown banks, c. 0.5m high. Within the larger W hut KE034-017---- is a souterrain (KE034-017002-), now lacking its roofing slabs. The passage measures 4.5m long x .6m wide x 1m high. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1107. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 August 2013
- KE034-017003 Hut site
Description
At the edge of the flat boggy plain drained by the lower reaches of the Feohanagh river. A pair of conjoined, oval to circular huts, and a souterrain (KE034-017002-). A 3rd possible hut KE034-017003- to SE of the smaller hut KE034-017001- is roughly triangular in outline and measures 4 x 4m internally. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1107. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 August 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballycurrane.
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
- 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 Ballycurrane.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballycurrane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Ballycurrane · Baile Uí Chorráin
- Area
- 1,061,709 m² (106.17 ha, 262.35 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilquane, and its townlands
- Barony
- Corkaguiny
- Electoral division
- Kilquane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilquane electoral division: 422 people in 186 households; 83% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 26% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinknockane, Ballyganneen, Ballynavenooragh, Graffee
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Ballycurrane 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.