Ballyspillane
Townland in the civil parish of Killarney, barony of Magunihy, Co. Kerry; in Irish Baile Uí Spealáin
- Area
- 11.9 ha
- 29 acres
- Land parcels
- 157
- registered freehold, median 180 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
157 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyspillane, from 89 m² to 80,095 m² (8.01 ha, 19.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028, Kerry · 168 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Landscape protection (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028, Kerry · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
18 Dec 2025Conditional
Retention Permission to retain partially complete single storey dependent relative accommodation unit to the rear of the dwelling house and planning permission to complete same and erect rear boundary fence including all associated site works all at 46 Ballyspillane, Killanrey, Co. Kerry
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2561199
25 Nov 2025Conditional
Planning Permission to construct a single storey extension in order to extend the existing multi-purpose room on the ground floor
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2561089
18 Nov 2025Conditional
I, Patrick Coffey, intend to apply to the above named authority for planning permission for proposed works to comprise: 1) construction of new single-storey extension to front of existing 2-storey, semi-detached dwelling; 2) construction of new part single-storey and part 2-storey extension to rear of dwelling; 3) minor alterations to existing elevations; 4) and all associated ancillary site works, including minor alterations to the existing front boundary wall and pedestrian access gate, at 125 Ballyspillane Estate, Ballyspillane, Killarney, Co. Kerry, V93 NXV5.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2561061
20 May 2024Refused
KERRY COUNTY COUNCIL: ‘I, Mrs. Bridget Casey, wish to apply to Kerry County Council for retention permission of a private domestic mobile home unit located to the north-east of my property. Furthermore, I apply for retention permission of all ancillary site works. The application site is located at No.13 Hazelwood Drive, Killarney, Co. Kerry.
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460306
20 May 2024Refused
KERRY COUNTY COUNCIL: ‘I, Mrs. Bridget Casey, wish to apply to Kerry County Council for planning permission to construct a domestic granny flat apartment. I furthermore apply for permission for all ancillary works associated to the development. The proposed unit is located to the north of my property located at No.13 Hazelwood Drive, Killarney, Co. Kerry.
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460308
2 Jun 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO THE FRONT OF DWELLING HOUSE
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21596
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballyspillane.
Recorded monuments
- KE067-083 Ringfort - rath
Description
In a recreation area, in a housing estate on the E outskirts of Killarney. This possible rath is indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m), with the perimeter planted with trees, on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. Little remains of it apart from a low N-S earthen bank (L 56m), against which large stones have been placed, which may incorporate elements of it. The S end of this bank (Wth 5.1m; H 0.8m) curves slightly. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. 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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Ballyspillane, Killarney22 sales
The townland
- Name
- Ballyspillane · Baile Uí Spealáin
- Area
- 118,820 m² (11.88 ha, 29.36 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killarney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Magunihy
- Electoral division
- Killarney Rural, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycasheen, Park, Teernaboul
- Placenames
- Ballyspillane on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.