Ballyeightragh

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyeightragh, from 39 m² to 417,226 m² (41.72 ha, 103.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ballyeightragh in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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No planning application touches the townland of Ballyeightragh in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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Designated sites

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

Recorded monuments

• KE043-127 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Between Lateevemore and Knockavrogeen is a small valley through which a tributary of the Milltown river flows SE towards Dingle Harbour. This site commands an excellent view from the steep slopes on the SW side of the valley, and a similar site (KE043-123----) lies about 600m to NW at the head of the valley. A sub-circular platform, 6m in diameter, is enclosed by a fosse and external bank. The fosse is 2m wide, .6m deep below the central platform, and 1.3m deep below the crest of the bank. The latter is 3.5m wide and c. 1m high above the external ground level. The site measures c. 20 to 27m in overall diameter. The SE portion of the bank has been replaced by a field boundary which appears to follow the former line of this feature; further damage to the site, including breaks in the bank, has been caused by animal traffic. However, 2 opposed entrances at E and W may be original. The gap in the bank at W is 2.5m wide, and a poorly preserved causeway, 1.4m wide, leads across the fosse to the central platform. No causeway is evident in the vicinity of the E gap but, as the bank to S of this has been removed, and the area is somewhat disturbed, it is possible that one formerly existed. A low standing stone (KE043-128----) is located 75m to SW in the adjacent field. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 249. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013

• KE043-128 Standing stone
  Description

  Not noted on the OS maps, this low standing stone is located on the ENE slopes of Lateevemore, overlooking Dingle Harbour and the valley of the Milltown river. It is 1m high and measures 1.2m x .6m at base; ENE-WSW. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 79. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

• KE043-129 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Toberagilladuff/Tobar an Ghiolla Dhuibh: The site of this holy well is now occupied by a small water reservoir. Ó Danachair (1960, 77) recorded a vague tradition of former devotions and the water reputedly cured stomach ailments. The medieval parish church and possible early ecclesiastical site of Kildrum lies c. 250m to SE (KE043-130----). Ó Danachair (1960, 77) recorded the following details; 'sheet 43, 064 : 250. "Tobar an Ghiolla Dhuibh" local. Vague tradition of former devotions. The water cured stomach ailments. Giolla Dubh said to be one of three saintly brothers'. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 919. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE043-130 Church
  Description

  Kildrum church/Teampall Chill Dromann [Church of the ridge]: The site of the parish church of Kildrum [Kendromma] was mentioned in the Papal Taxation List (1302-7) for the diocese of Ardfert (Cal Docs Ire, V, 297) lies in a graveyard (KE043-130001-) on the lower NE slopes of Lateevemore. In 1615 both the 'church and chancel of Kildrome' were in repair (Royal Visitation) but the building was in ruins by 1756 (Smith, 71) and no trace of it remained in 1841 (OSL). The graveyard has been extended and enclosed since the 19th century when it was described as nearly circular and unenclosed (OSNB Kildrum, 33). In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details: 'Kildrum Graveyard is situated on the N side of the Dingle Peninsula 4km NE of Dingle. It is situated on an elevated site at 50m OD on the lower ENE slopes of Leathaoibh with views S over Dingle Harbour and Mount Brandon to the NE. A record from 1615 records that the church at Kildrum was standing ‘The Vicaradges of Garfynnagh and Kildrom, valor £3 both, sequestered to Nicholas Averie, minister, both Church and Chancell upp’ (Hickson 1874, 29). The minister, Mr. Nicholas Averie also had the livings of Stradbally and Ventry (ibid 27). The incumbent minister for Garroonagh and Kildrom was Sigismund Corkeran (ibid 30). In 1756 Charles Smith records that Kildrum Church was in ruins ‘Kildrum, three parts vicarial, the church in ruins. Patron: the Bishop. Proxy 5s’ (Smith 1756, 39). An account of Kildrum by Lewis in 1837 recorded that; ‘The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe,and in the patronage of the Bishop: the rectory is impropriate in Lord Ventry. The tithes amount to £110. 15. 4., of which two-thirds are payable to the impropriator and the remainder to the vicar. There is a glebe of seven acres. The ruins of the old church still remain in the burial-ground’ (Lewis 1837, 88). John O’Donovan, writing in August 1841, recorded that; ‘No part of the walls of the church which bore this name now remains, but its site is pointed out in the graveyard in the townland of Ballyeightragh’ (O’Donovan 1983, 94)'. An interesting account relating to Kildrum by O’Sullivan citing Foley in 1907 recorded; ’It is now nearly one hundred years since the graveyard of Kildrum contained traces of an ancient Christian church in ruins... but owing to people, at hurried interments, occasionally taking stones off its walls, all traces of this church have disappeared. Within this graveyard rest the mortal remains of the holy missionary, Father Herbert, who, in the Irish language, was commonly called An Brathair Rebárdach. Under the pretence of being a wool buyer this friar went amongst the people of the district administering the rites of the Catholic Church, during the darkest days of the penal laws. Here also many interesting monumental headstones and flags are to be found. There are slabs to the memory of two men named Rowland Rice, apparently father and son, one dated 20th April, 1737, and the other, 19th November, 1750’ (O’Sullivan 1931, 398). The old graveyard is studded with around three hundred small unnamed headstones, notched grave markers and cross-slabs that are disposed around the interior. The spatial and density patterning of these gravemarkers most likely reflect the location of the medieval church and also the oval enclosure that is evident on the 1st Ed OS map of 1841. There are no visible, above ground, coherent, remains of the medieval church of Kildrum today. The last record of the visible ruins of the church at Kildrum was in 1837 (Lewis 1837, 88). While Foley maintains that the stones of the church were used during hurried burials. There were no architectural fragments from the church recorded in the course of this survey. This is unusual as generally fragments were reused as burial markers and in the construction of tombs' (Dunne 2010, 3-7). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage (compiler) 'Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey.' Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (1986), no. 822. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 27 June 2022

• KE043-130001 Graveyard
  Description

  Kildrum church/Teampall Chill Dromann: The site of the parish church [KE043-130----] of Kildrum mentioned in the Papal Taxation List (1302-7) for the diocese of Ardfert (Cal Docs Ire, V, 297) lies in a graveyard (KE043-130001-) on the lower NE slopes of Lateevemore. The graveyard has been extended and enclosed since the 19th century when it was described as nearly circular and unenclosed (OSNB Kildrum, 33). In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details: 'Kildrum Graveyard is situated on the N side of the Dingle Peninsula 4km NE of Dingle. It is situated on an elevated site at 50m OD on the lower ENE slopes of Leathaoibh with views S over Dingle Harbour and Mount Brandon to the NE. John O’Donovan, writing in August 1841, recorded that; ‘No part of the walls of the church which bore this name now remains, but its site is pointed out in the graveyard in the townland of Ballyeightragh’ (O’Donovan 1983, 94)'. An interesting account relating to Kildrum by O’Sullivan citing Foley in 1907 recorded; ’It is now nearly one hundred years since the graveyard of Kildrum contained traces of an ancient Christian church in ruins... but owing to people, at hurried interments, occasionally taking stones off its walls, all traces of this church have disappeared. Within this graveyard rest the mortal remains of the holy missionary, Father Herbert, who, in the Irish language, was commonly called An Brathair Rebárdach. Under the pretence of being a wool buyer this friar went amongst the people of the district administering the rites of the Catholic Church, during the darkest days of the penal laws. Here also many interesting monumental headstones and flags are to be found. There are slabs to the memory of two men named Rowland Rice, apparently father and son, one dated 20th April, 1737, and the other, 19th November, 1750’ (O’Sullivan 1931, 398). The old graveyard is studded with around three hundred small unnamed headstones, notched grave markers and cross-slabs that are disposed around the interior. The spatial and density patterning of these gravemarkers most likely reflect the location of the medieval church and also the oval enclosure that is evident on the 1st Ed OS map of 1841. There are no visible, above ground, coherent, remains of the medieval church of Kildrum today. There were no architectural fragments from the church recorded in the course of this survey. This is unusual as generally fragments were reused as burial markers and in the construction of tombs. The small oval graveyard of Kildrum and its associated glebe land is denoted on the 1st Ed. OS map, sheet 43 of 1841. By 1896 the oval enclosure evident on the 1st Ed. Map of 1841 encompassing Kildrum Graveyard had been replaced and the graveyard extended and enclosed by the addition of two boundary walls, making the graveyard more angular and defined. Kildrum old burial ground is also the resting place of John Curran. A modern headstone (84) records: John Curran N.T. Ventry 1852-1935. Archaeologist and Patriot. John Curran was a keen archaeologist and friend of Prof. R.A.S Macalister, Harold Leask and others (Sugrue 2002 www.therussiansarecoming.net). He was a keen oghamist and recorded many archaeological sites on the Dingle Peninsula. His unpublished manuscript Record of the Ancient Monuments on the Promontory of Dingle, Co. Kerry c. 1907-33 is in the OPW, Dublin. His daughter Agnes Curran, 1900-1932, Cumann na mban is also interred in the same family grave. Today, Kildrum has increased slightly with the addition of a modern graveyard section abutting the old burial ground at the SW. The graveyard at Kildrum comprises an old medieval burial ground and a new modern small section attached at the SW. Kildrum graveyard is substantially higher than the outside laneway. The modern section was opened around the mid 1940’s as the two earliest graves (33 & 29) of Patrick Devane and Michael Sears, recorded in the course of this survey, dated to 1946. The old medieval burial ground is in a poor state of repair with several of the forty-one tombs recorded manifest as grassy mounds. Within the old burial ground there are a number of exposed lintelled graves, several of which are open and collapsed. During the recent clearing work in Kildrum a number of the open lintelled graves were covered with old railway sleepers. The presence of seventeen unhewn stones of white quartz in close proximity to the cross slabs and holed stones may reflect re-use of the old burial ground as a ceallúragh or Children’s Burial Ground. The entrance comprises two modern green / black painted iron gates set between a square capped and rendered pier in good order and a modern galvanised pier attached to a stone wall. Entrance at the SW is gained via a pair of matched iron gates set between modern capped piers. The new modern graveyard at Kildrum is enclosed along the access laneway by a high mass-concrete wall, built in two sections one over the other, with the bottom section noticeably battered outwards. Otherwise all the other boundaries of Kildrum, old and new, are enclosed with a drystone wall that varies in height from as low as 0.50m to an average of 1.1m in height, capped with horizontal flagstones. A long section of the old boundary that runs NE-SW beside the laneway is surmounted by a recently installed galvanised iron railing. There are eighteen named tombs in the old medieval burial ground. The majority of them are constructed with local rubble stone and rendered and are generally of the simple box and strong-box variety. Twenty-four unnamed tombs were recorded in the old medieval burial ground. Ten of which are manifest as low grass covered mounds while two others (103 & 128), partially built with red brick, are also heavily covered with grass. There are twenty-three lintelled graves dispersed around the old burial ground partially exposed, open or collapsed. Many of them are marked with unhewn unnamed headstones. Two mid-eighteenth century graveslabs of red sandstone were recorded side by side in the old medieval burial ground at Kildrum. These rectangular low set grave slabs record the deaths of Rowland Rice and his son Rowland Junior in 1737 and 1750 respectively. The inscriptions are situated in the centre of the slabs and read:- Here Lyeth The Body Of Rowland Rice Who Dyed The 20 Aprill 1737. The other inscription reads: Rowland Rice Junior ’Ber The 10th 1750. There are two scroll motifs or peltae on either side of the 1750. This unusual pair of graveslabs, have the IHS monogram set within gabled fields at the top of the slabs, while at the base they have encircled skull and cross-bones motifs. The occurrence of the skull and cross bones motif is uncommon in Kerry graveyards. There were forty-four named headstones recorded at Kildrum graveyard, the vast majority of which are associated with formal grave settings. There were two hundred and eighty nine unnamed headstones (HWN & Appendix 6) in total recorded in the course of this survey. All of the unnamed headstones comprise simple grave markers of unhewn local sandstone and are disposed around the entirety of the old burial ground. There were eighteen notched, unnamed headstones recorded in the course of this survey at Kildrum. They are disposed around the interior of the old burial ground and within the limits of the earlier enclosure denoted on the 1st Ed OS map of 1841. Many of them are difficult to see due to dense grass. All of the notched headstones are simple grave markers of unhewn local sandstone that have a distinct notch on the top of the stone-sometimes with side notches also. These headstones date from the medieval period and are the most basic cross form of burial marker recorded in graveyards. Notched headstones have been recorded by the writer in several graveyards in Kerry and indeed as far away as St. Colman’s Graveyard on Inishbofin Island off the Connemara coast (Dunne 2007). A re-u

• KE043-130002 Cross - Tau cross
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about Tau Cross No. 1099: 'Kildrum Graveyard is situated on the N side of the Dingle Peninsula 4km NE of Dingle. It is situated on an elevated site at 50m OD on the lower ENE slopes of Leathaoibh with views S over Dingle Harbour and Mount Brandon to the NE. The old graveyard [KE043-130001-] is studded with around three hundred small unnamed headstones, notched grave markers and cross-slabs that are disposed around the interior. The spatial and density patterning of these gravemarkers most likely reflect the location of the medieval church [KE043-130----] and also the oval enclosure that is evident on the 1st Ed OS map of 1841. There are no visible, above ground, coherent, remains of the medieval church of Kildrum today. Three cross-slabs (1099, 1100 & 1102) are ‘Tau’ cross forms. The crosses are roughly shaped and similar to others at nearby Raheenyhooig and Kilmalkedar and are possibly Early Medieval. Cross-slab 1099 has a pronounced notch at the top as well as distinct curving sides that creates a more finial like resemblance. See attached plan and photographs courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Laurence Dunne Date of upload: 27 June 2022

• KE043-130003 Cross - Tau cross
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about Tau Cross No. 1100: 'Kildrum Graveyard is situated on the N side of the Dingle Peninsula 4km NE of Dingle. It is situated on an elevated site at 50m OD on the lower ENE slopes of Leathaoibh with views S over Dingle Harbour and Mount Brandon to the NE. The old graveyard [KE043-130001-] is studded with around three hundred small unnamed headstones, notched grave markers and cross-slabs that are disposed around the interior. The spatial and density patterning of these gravemarkers most likely reflect the location of the medieval church [KE043-130----] and also the oval enclosure that is evident on the 1st Ed OS map of 1841. There are no visible, above ground, coherent, remains of the medieval church of Kildrum today. Three cross-slabs (1099, 1100 & 1102) are ‘Tau’ cross forms. The crosses are roughly shaped and similar to others at nearby Raheenyhooig and Kilmalkedar and are possibly Early Medieval. See attached plan and photographs courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Laurence Dunne Date of upload: 27 June 2022

• KE043-130004 Cross - Tau cross
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about Tau Cross No. 1102: 'Kildrum Graveyard is situated on the N side of the Dingle Peninsula 4km NE of Dingle. It is situated on an elevated site at 50m OD on the lower ENE slopes of Leathaoibh with views S over Dingle Harbour and Mount Brandon to the NE. The old graveyard [KE043-130001-] is studded with around three hundred small unnamed headstones, notched grave markers and cross-slabs that are disposed around the interior. The spatial and density patterning of these gravemarkers most likely reflect the location of the medieval church [KE043-130----] and also the oval enclosure that is evident on the 1st Ed OS map of 1841. There are no visible, above ground, coherent, remains of the medieval church of Kildrum today. Three cross-slabs (1099, 1100 & 1102) are ‘Tau’ cross forms. The crosses are roughly shaped and similar to others at nearby Raheenyhooig and Kilmalkedar and are possibly Early Medieval. See attached plan and photographs courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Laurence Dunne Date of upload: 27 June 2022

• KE043-130005 Holed stone
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about Holed-stone No. 1098: 'Kildrum Graveyard is situated on the N side of the Dingle Peninsula 4km NE of Dingle. It is situated on an elevated site at 50m OD on the lower ENE slopes of Leathaoibh with views S over Dingle Harbour and Mount Brandon to the NE. The old graveyard [KE043-130001-] is studded with around three hundred small unnamed headstones, notched grave markers and cross-slabs that are disposed around the interior. The spatial and density patterning of these gravemarkers most likely reflect the location of the medieval church [KE043-130----] and also the oval enclosure that is evident on the 1st Ed OS map of 1841. There are no visible, above ground, coherent, remains of the medieval church of Kildrum today. Three holed-stones, (1098, 1120 & 1122), were recorded within the old burial ground at Kildrum. Holed-stone (1098) of slatey-sandstone, 0.43m x 0.23m x 0.065m, has a double perforation, one at the top and the other at the base. Both perforations are small and uniform, diameter of upper perforation 20mm and bottom 28mm. The double perforation is unusual and not accounted for at other sites. There is a distinct possibility that it is a re-used stone selected because of the perforations for use as a burial marker for an un-baptised child in the ceallúragh area of the old burial ground. See attached plan and photographs courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Laurence Dunne Date of upload: 27 June 2022

• KE043-130006 Holed stone
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about Holed-stone No. 1120: 'Kildrum Graveyard is situated on the N side of the Dingle Peninsula 4km NE of Dingle. It is situated on an elevated site at 50m OD on the lower ENE slopes of Leathaoibh with views S over Dingle Harbour and Mount Brandon to the NE. The old graveyard [KE043-130001-] is studded with around three hundred small unnamed headstones, notched grave markers and cross-slabs that are disposed around the interior. The spatial and density patterning of these gravemarkers most likely reflect the location of the medieval church [KE043-130----] and also the oval enclosure that is evident on the 1st Ed OS map of 1841. There are no visible, above ground, coherent, remains of the medieval church of Kildrum today. Three holed-stones, (1098, 1120 & 1122), were recorded within the old burial ground at Kildrum. Holed-stone (1120) of local sandstone with a small hour–glass perforation, diameter 25mm, centrally disposed. The stone is somewhat gable shaped of un-dressed sandstone 0.46m x 0.41m x 0.045m. Interestingly there is a small circular notch at the top of the stone as well that may reflect either a deliberate notch or a broken previous attempt at perforation. This notched section of the slab has also been roughly trimmed. See attached plan and photographs courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Laurence Dunne Date of upload: 27 June 2022

• KE043-130007 Holed stone
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about Holed-stone No. 1122: 'Kildrum Graveyard is situated on the N side of the Dingle Peninsula 4km NE of Dingle. It is situated on an elevated site at 50m OD on the lower ENE slopes of Leathaoibh with views S over Dingle Harbour and Mount Brandon to the NE. The old graveyard [KE043-130001-] is studded with around three hundred small unnamed headstones, notched grave markers and cross-slabs that are disposed around the interior. The spatial and density patterning of these gravemarkers most likely reflect the location of the medieval church [KE043-130----] and also the oval enclosure that is evident on the 1st Ed OS map of 1841. There are no visible, above ground, coherent, remains of the medieval church of Kildrum today. Three holed-stones, (1098, 1120 & 1122), were recorded within the old burial ground at Kildrum. The third holed-stone (1122) is stylistically at variance with the previous two in that it could or should possibly be categorised as a perforated cross-slab? The local sandstone, 0.46m x 0.39m x 0,07m, has a narrow shaft that expands into a somewhat dome shaped head. Centrally disposed is a large hour-glass perforation with an external diameter of 80mm decreasing to 30mm at the centre or narrow neck of the hour-glass. The holed stone (1122 has) been trimmed and shaped into a variant cross-form that may be a skeumorph of the two definitive Tau cross-slabs, both of which are situated beside the holed-stone at Kildrum. Holed or perforated stones where found are generally associated with early ecclesiastical sites. They are not very common and not well understood. It is possible that these small low slab forms reflect a re-use of the earlier graveyard as a ceallúragh and may have only an incidental relationship to the earlier site. Some notable examples of perforated early cross inscribed pillars slabs and ogham stones at found at Reask, Kilfountain and Kilmalkedar. However, these are stylistically and morphologically at variance with the ones discovered at Kildrum and indeed, nearby at Raheenyhooig and Garfinny. The Dingle Archaeological Survey also recorded a holed stone in the nearby, early ecclesiastical site of Maumanorig, that is now, unfortunately, missing. See attached plan and photographs courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Laurence Dunne Date of upload: 27 June 2022

• KE043-130008 Cross
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about Cross No. 1121: 'Kildrum Graveyard is situated on the N side of the Dingle Peninsula 4km NE of Dingle. It is situated on an elevated site at 50m OD on the lower ENE slopes of Leathaoibh with views S over Dingle Harbour and Mount Brandon to the NE. The old graveyard [KE043-130001-] is studded with around three hundred small unnamed headstones, notched grave markers and cross-slabs that are disposed around the interior. The spatial and density patterning of these gravemarkers most likely reflect the location of the medieval church [KE043-130----] and also the oval enclosure that is evident on the 1st Ed OS map of 1841. There are no visible, above ground, coherent, remains of the medieval church of Kildrum today. Cross-slab (1121), of local green sandstone, is anthropomorphic in form with roughly made rounded truncated type arms and head and is also possibly Early Medieval, 0.56m x 0.47m x 0.05m'. See attached plan and photographs courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Laurence Dunne Date of upload: 27 June 2022

• KE043-130009 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about a cross-slab, the precise location of which cannot be verified: 'Kildrum Graveyard is situated on the N side of the Dingle Peninsula 4km NE of Dingle. It is situated on an elevated site at 50m OD on the lower ENE slopes of Leathaoibh with views S over Dingle Harbour and Mount Brandon to the NE. The old graveyard [KE043-130001-] is studded with around three hundred small unnamed headstones, notched grave markers and cross-slabs that are disposed around the interior. The spatial and density patterning of these gravemarkers most likely reflect the location of the medieval church [KE043-130----] and also the oval enclosure that is evident on the 1st Ed OS map of 1841. There are no visible, above ground, coherent, remains of the medieval church of Kildrum today. A thirteenth cross slab that was noticed at the start of Feb 2010 prior to any survey work, could not be found due to grass cover later. The missing cross-slab is deeply incised with a Latin cross with exaggerated T-bars to both arms. The head of the cross runs up onto the top of the slab into a pronounced notch, a feature shared with two other cross-slabs'. See attached photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Laurence Dunne Date of upload: 27 June 2022

• KE043-130010 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about cross-inscribed stone No. 1124: 'Kildrum Graveyard is situated on the N side of the Dingle Peninsula 4km NE of Dingle. It is situated on an elevated site at 50m OD on the lower ENE slopes of Leathaoibh with views S over Dingle Harbour and Mount Brandon to the NE. The old graveyard [KE043-130001-] is studded with around three hundred small unnamed headstones, notched grave markers and cross-slabs that are disposed around the interior. The spatial and density patterning of these gravemarkers most likely reflect the location of the medieval church [KE043-130----] and also the oval enclosure that is evident on the 1st Ed OS map of 1841. There are no visible, above ground, coherent, remains of the medieval church of Kildrum today. Twelve previously unrecorded cross-slabs were plotted and recorded in the old medieval burial ground. Two other cross-slabs (1115 and 1124) have shared characteristics in that they both have crosses that extend up into notches at the top of the stones, a feature that is also noted on the missing cross-slab. Cross-slab 1124 is made from unhewn local red sandstone with an incised Latin cross with a T-bar at the base of the shaft and downturn bars to both arms'. See attached plan and photographs courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Laurence Dunne Date of upload: 27 June 2022

• KE043-130011 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about cross-inscribed stone No. 1115: 'Kildrum Graveyard is situated on the N side of the Dingle Peninsula 4km NE of Dingle. It is situated on an elevated site at 50m OD on the lower ENE slopes of Leathaoibh with views S over Dingle Harbour and Mount Brandon to the NE. The old graveyard [KE043-130001-] is studded with around three hundred small unnamed headstones, notched grave markers and cross-slabs that are disposed around the interior. The spatial and density patterning of these gravemarkers most likely reflect the location of the medieval church [KE043-130----] and also the oval enclosure that is evident on the 1st Ed OS map of 1841. There are no visible, above ground, coherent, remains of the medieval church of Kildrum today. Twelve previously unrecorded cross-slabs were plotted and recorded in the old medieval burial ground. Two other cross-slabs (1115 and 1124) have shared characteristics in that they both have crosses that extend up into notches at the top of the stones, a feature that is also noted on the missing cross-slab. Cross-slab 1115 has a simple Latin cross that extends up and incorporates a notch at the top of the stone'. See attached plan and photographs courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Laurence Dunne Date of upload: 27 June 2022

• KE043-130012 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about cross-inscribed stone No. 92: 'Kildrum Graveyard is situated on the N side of the Dingle Peninsula 4km NE of Dingle. It is situated on an elevated site at 50m OD on the lower ENE slopes of Leathaoibh with views S over Dingle Harbour and Mount Brandon to the NE. The old graveyard [KE043-130001-] is studded with around three hundred small unnamed headstones, notched grave markers and cross-slabs that are disposed around the interior. The spatial and density patterning of these gravemarkers most likely reflect the location of the medieval church [KE043-130----] and also the oval enclosure that is evident on the 1st Ed OS map of 1841. There are no visible, above ground, coherent, remains of the medieval church of Kildrum today. Twelve previously unrecorded cross-slabs were plotted and recorded in the old medieval burial ground. Cross-slab 92 situated near the eastern limits of the old burial ground is a triangular sandstone, 0.54m x 0.32 X 0.09m, with a wide incised plain Latin cross'. See attached plan and photographs courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Laurence Dunne Date of upload: 27 June 2022

• KE043-130013 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Kildrum church/Teampall Chill Dromann [Church of the ridge]: The site of the parish church [KE043-130---] of Kildrum [Kendromma] was mentioned in the Papal Taxation List (1302-7) for the diocese of Ardfert (Cal Docs Ire, V, 297) lies in a graveyard (KE043-130001-) on the lower NE slopes of Lateevemore. In 1615 both the 'church and chancel of Kildrome' were in repair (Royal Visitation) but the building was in ruins by 1756 (Smith, 71) and no trace of it remained in 1841 (OSL). The graveyard has been extended and enclosed since the 19th century when it was described as nearly circular and unenclosed (OSNB Kildrum, 33). In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details: 'Kildrum Graveyard is situated on the N side of the Dingle Peninsula 4km NE of Dingle. It is situated on an elevated site at 50m OD on the lower ENE slopes of Leathaoibh with views S over Dingle Harbour and Mount Brandon to the NE. An account of Kildrum by Lewis in 1837 recorded that; ‘The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe,and in the patronage of the Bishop: the rectory is impropriate in Lord Ventry. The tithes amount to £110. 15. 4., of which two-thirds are payable to the impropriator and the remainder to the vicar. There is a glebe of seven acres. The ruins of the old church still remain in the burial-ground’ (Lewis 1837, 88). John O’Donovan, writing in August 1841, recorded that; ‘No part of the walls of the church which bore this name now remains, but its site is pointed out in the graveyard in the townland of Ballyeightragh’ (O’Donovan 1983, 94)'. An interesting account relating to Kildrum by O’Sullivan citing Foley in 1907 recorded; ’It is now nearly one hundred years since the graveyard of Kildrum contained traces of an ancient Christian church in ruins... but owing to people, at hurried interments, occasionally taking stones off its walls, all traces of this church have disappeared. Within this graveyard rest the mortal remains of the holy missionary, Father Herbert, who, in the Irish language, was commonly called An Brathair Rebárdach. Under the pretence of being a wool buyer this friar went amongst the people of the district administering the rites of the Catholic Church, during the darkest days of the penal laws. Here also many interesting monumental headstones and flags are to be found. There are slabs to the memory of two men named Rowland Rice, apparently father and son, one dated 20th April, 1737, and the other, 19th November, 1750’ (O’Sullivan 1931, 398). The old graveyard is studded with around three hundred small unnamed headstones, notched grave markers and cross-slabs that are disposed around the interior. The spatial and density patterning of these gravemarkers most likely reflect the location of the medieval church and also the oval enclosure that is evident on the 1st Ed OS map of 1841. There are no visible, above ground, coherent, remains of the medieval church of Kildrum today. The last record of the visible ruins of the church at Kildrum was in 1837 (Lewis 1837, 88). While Foley maintains that the stones of the church were used during hurried burials. There were no architectural fragments from the church recorded in the course of this survey. Twelve previously unrecorded cross-slabs were plotted and recorded in the old medieval burial ground. A thirteenth cross slab that was noticed at the start of Feb 2010 prior to any survey work, could not be found due to grass cover later. The missing cross-slab is deeply incised with a Latin cross with exaggerated T-bars to both arms. These crosses comprise small inscribed slabs and other roughly shaped cross forms. Three cross-slabs (1099, 1100 & 1102) are ‘Tau’ cross forms. The crosses are roughly shaped and similar to others at nearby Raheenyhooig and Kilmalkedar and are possibly Early Medieval. Cross-slab 1099 has a pronounced notch at the top as well as distinct curving sides that creates a more finial like resemblance. Three holed-stones, (1098, 1120 & 1122), were recorded within the old burial ground at Kildrum. Holed or perforated stones where found are generally associated with early ecclesiastical sites. They are not very common and not well understood. It is possible that these small low slab forms reflect a re-use of the earlier graveyard as a ceallúragh and may have only an incidental relationship to the earlier site. Some notable examples of perforated early cross inscribed pillars slabs and ogham stones at found at Reask, Kilfountain and Kilmalkedar. However, these are stylistically and morphologically at variance with the ones discovered at Kildrum and indeed, nearby at Raheenyhooig and Garfinny. The Dingle Archaeological Survey also recorded a holed stone in the nearby, early ecclesiastical site of Maumanorig, that is now, unfortunately, missing. Seventeen white unhewn quartz stones were recorded in the course of this study. Quartz has been recorded from many early ecclesiastic sites and have been found on leachta often as water rolled pebbles. On Illauntannig and Skellig they were used to make crosses over the entrances to oratories. The use of quartz is also associated with marking the graves of un-baptised children in ceallúraigh or Children’s Burial Grounds. It is in this context that they have been recorded at Kildrum as there are a number of features that indicate that the interior of Kildrum was re-used as such. Including, several early cross forms, holed stones and notched stones that are clustered together in the interior. Quartz stones are rarely or incidentally recorded on archaeological sites and in general terms only' (Dunne 2010, 3-7). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage (compiler) 'Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey.' Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (1986), no. 822. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 June 2022

• KE043-139 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 25.6m N-S, 23.6m E-W. A roughly circular univallate rath situated on a gentle ESE facing slope on the E side of Lateevemore (1047 feet), with excellent views towards Dingle Harbour and the Iveragh Peninsula. The condition of the earthen enclosing bank and fosse varies considerably. The fosse is present only along the W sector where it is 1.5m wide and .4m deep below the external ground level. The bank is a maximum of 1m high internally and 1.6m high externally, but along the S sector the site is defined only by a very slight step up to the interior from the external ground level. There are gaps in the bank at NW and NE. These measure 2m and 2 to 3m in width respectively, and between them the bank acts as a low footing to an overlying modern stone wall. The bank along the E sector is densely overgrown but it appears to be stone revetted in places. This latter feature is not evident elsewhere where the bank is preserved. The only feature visible in the interior is an unexplained hollow in the SE sector. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 321. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

• KE043-142 Enclosure
  Description

  The oval univallate enclosure marked on the OS maps has been almost completely levelled. It is situated in the SW corner of a field and is now defined to S and W by field fences. The S fence curves outwards slightly as if to respect the original line of the bank. A shallow ditch outside this S fence may be modern or even natural. The N and E portions of the ringfort are defined by a very faint bank which rises only slightly above the interior but falls c. 0.8 to 1m to the external ground level. The site is located on an ESE facing slope overlooking Dingle Harbour and the valley of the Milltown river. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 621. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_7 (ZIP).

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

Name

Ballyeightragh · An Baile Íochtarach

Area

1,660,030 m² (166 ha, 410.2 acres)

Civil parish

Dingle, and its townlands

Barony

Corkaguiny

Electoral division

Glinn, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Glinn electoral division: 1,806 people in 654 households; 77% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymorereagh, Coumgagh, Kilfountan, Knockavrogeen West, Lateeve More, Ullagha

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Ballyeightragh 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.