Ballykissane

46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballykissane, from 88 m² to 191,373 m² (19.14 ha, 47.29 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballykissane 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.

• 1 Nov 2024Conditional

  Retention Permission to retain existing house and garage as constructed within revised site boundaries and Planning Permissin to decommission existing septic tank and connect to the existing public sewer

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460857

• 16 Nov 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A SUN-LOUNGE AND UTILITY EXTENSION AND CARRY OUT MINOR ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 231117

• 31 May 2023Conditional

  RETAIN FRONT BOUNDARY WALL AND TO RETAIN DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORE AS BEING CONSTRUCTED AND PERMISSION TO COMPLETE SAME

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23641

• 26 Feb 2018Conditional

  RETAIN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18172

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: Castlemaine Harbour SAC 000343
• Special Protection Area: Castlemaine Harbour SPA 004029
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Castlemaine Harbour 000343

Recorded monuments

• KE056-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked on the OS maps as a semicircular enclosure with the Laune river delimiting the site at NE, this site was levelled in the 1970's (local information). The land is now devoted to pasture. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 782. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE056-009 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Kilbrack Burial Ground/Cill Bhreac: This site, noted as a burying ground in the OSNB (Killorglin, 36), is located in undulating pasture a short distance S of the Laune estuary. It survives as a raised area, roughly rectangular in plan, which abuts the townland boundary at W. Measuring 20m N-S x 36.5m E-W, its N side is almost flush with the external ground level. A number of boulders define its E side, and elsewhere it averages .75m high above surrounding ground level. The upper surface of the interior is uneven and heavily over-grown, and numerous low upright grave-markers occur throughout. The interment of unbaptiscd children continued here until the early twentieth century (local information). The poorly preserved remains of a rectangular structure are located in the SW quadrant. Its longer axis is orientated WNW-ESE and it measures 8.7m x 4.2m internally. Remnants of stone facing, indicating a wall width of lm, can be distinguished at its E side, but elsewhere the wall survives as a .5m high band of collapse. A possible entrance gap, .7m wide, is located towards the W end of its S side-wall. A modern structure is located at the S edge of the site. Located beneath a tree within the N half of the site's interior is a large boulder, 1.1m x .9m, on the SE sloping upper surface of which are a number of rock art motifs. A natural fissure divides this surface into two unequal parts and incorporates a number of cupmarks along its length. The decoration consists of fourteen cupmarks and four cup-and-rings. The above description is derived from O'Sullivan, A. and Sheehan, J. (compilers) 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University press. (1996), no. 981. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 18 June 2013

• KE056-009001 Building
  Description

  This record was formerly classed as an 'enclosure' in the RMP (1997). It is described by O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 325, no. 981) as 'the poorly preserved remains of a rectangular structure' (int. dims. 8.7m WNW-ESE x 4.2m). Compiled by: Ursula Egan Date of upload: 13 March 2013

• KE056-009002 Rock art
  Description

  In improved pasture (21m OD), on a low rise, within children’s burial ground (KE056-009----) known as ‘Kilbrack Burial Ground’. Glimpse of Castlemaine Harbour to N and excellent views along Slieve Mish and other mountains of the Dingle Peninsula to W. Situated beneath a whitethorn tree at N side of burial ground and possibly ex-situ. A smooth and fractured, loose boulder (dims. 1.08m NNE-SSW; 0.84m ESE-WNW; max. T 0.22m) propped upon a single stone and having a thin, horizontal fracture (long-axis ENE-WSW) across its upper surface. It has a subrectangular decorated surface (dims. 1.08m NNE-SSW; 0.84m ESE-WNW) bearing sixteen decorative elements which are in good condition. These consist of a large cup-and-ring motif (overall diam. 18cm; ring Wth 2-2.5cm; D 2-3cm; cup diam. 8cm; D 20mm) at NE end of decorated surface. Two other cup-and-ring motifs are adjacent to SW. A composite element (overall dims. 32cm x 24cm) comprising of a cup-and-ring motif and a cupmark enclosed by a partial ring, is located toward SW area of decorated surface. Twelve cupmarks (range diam. 5-9cm; D 5-14mm) are distributed across the surface. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 6 July 2017

• KE056-015001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 23.2m ENE-WSW This severely disturbed univallate rath is situated on a fairly level tract of pastureland, a short distance S of the Laune river estuary. It is depicted on the first edition of the OS map as a circular enclosure, but the second edition map shows that much of its bank at S and E had been levelled by 1894. A band of loose stone and earth now marks its limits here. The remainder of the site is enclosed by a bank which measures 1.3m high and 2.4m wide. Its crest is almost flush with the level of the overgrown interior. In the disturbed SE sector of the interior are the remains of a dug-out souterrain (KE056-015002-). These consist of short sections of drystone walling and some displaced lintels in a robber's trench, running N-S, which is up to 3m deep and 5.7m wide. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 457. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE056-015002 Souterrain
  Description

  In the disturbed SE sector of the interior are the remains of a dug-out souterrain (KE056-015002-). These consist of short sections of drystone walling and some displaced lintels in a robber's trench, running N-S, which is up to 3m deep and 5.7m wide. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 457. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE056-016001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 42.2m N-S, 37m E-W Located on level pastureland 50m ENE of a levelled enclosure (KE056-017----), this overgrown rath is enclosed by an earthen bank and an external fosse. Its E sector is no longer extant. On the first edition of the OS map it is shown as a circular enclosure, while on the second edition map it appears as a semicircular enclosure, open to E. The 3m wide fosse is 2.8m in maximum depth below external ground level. The earthen enclosing bank rises 4m on average above the base of the fosse, is 2.8m wide and falls 2m to the interior of the rath. The entrance to the site may have been located in its levelled sector. A series of roofing lintels of a souterrain (KE056-016002-) were exposed in the early 1990s during land improvement operations at this site. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 458. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE056-016002 Souterrain
  Description

  A series of roofing lintels of a souterrain (KE056-016002-) were exposed in the early 1990s during land improvement operations at this site. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 458. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE056-017 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Lissaunaporty/Liosán an Phortaig: Marked as an oval and circular enclosure on the first and second editions of the OS maps, respectively, this site is levelled. However, faint traces of the bank survive and indicate that the site had an internal diameter of c. 30m. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 630. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE056-054 Enclosure
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

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

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 moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_62 (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 Ballykissane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Ballykissane · Baile Uí Chíosáin

Area

974,446 m² (97.44 ha, 240.79 acres)

Civil parish

Killorglin, and its townlands

Barony

Trughanacmy

Electoral division

Killorglin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killorglin electoral division: 4,670 people in 1,826 households; 66% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymacprior, Knockyline, Reen

Placenames

Ballykissane 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.