Beal East
Townland in the civil parish of Kilconly, barony of Iraghticonnor, Co. Kerry; in Irish Biaille Thoir
- Area
- 192 ha
- 474 acres
- Land parcels
- 61
- registered freehold, median 3,592 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Beal East, from 25 m² to 253,264 m² (25.33 ha, 62.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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 Beal East 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
13 Jul 2026N/a
to retain detached apartment and covered drying area/play area and Permission for Alterations to existing detached apartment to include dormer windows to attic areas, Ground floor link extension between detached apartment and house, Existing septic tank system to be decommissioned and a wastewater treatment unit and soil and sand polishing filter to be installed and all associated site works
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2660656
13 Mar 2026Conditional
A) demolish existing rear extension and outbuildings, B) construct a new 2 storey side/rear extension to include entrance porch onto existing dwelling house, C), construct a new rear carport with storage and connecting canopy, D) decommission and remove existing septic tank and install a new mechanical treatment unit and polishing filter, E) elevation changes and internal alterations to existing house and all associated site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660225
25 Jan 2024N/a
RETAIN DWELLING OUSE WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2424
2 Dec 2023Conditional
(1) Construct a dwelling house (2) Install a packaged wastewater unit with eco-flo filter (3) All associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2360382
24 May 2023N/a
AN EXTENSION ONTO THE REAR OF THE EXISITNG DWELLING HOUSE, INSTALL A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA, SITE ENTRANCE, DETACHED GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 23586
27 Aug 2020Conditional
DEMOLISH THE EXISTING HOUSE AND DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND TO CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DOMESTIC DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND TO INSTALL A MECHANICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PUMPED UNIT WITH SAND POLISHING FILTER AND TO CONSTRUCT AN EXTERNAL STORE
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20763
2 Mar 2020Conditional
RETAIN AND COMPLETE A DOMESTIC TOOLSHED/ STORAGE SHED AND ALTERATIONS TO ROOF OF HOUSE, AND PLANNING PERMISSION TO BUILD A NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20200
15 Jan 2020N/a
RETAIN AND COMPLETE A DOMESTIC TOOLSHED/STORAGE SHED AND ALTERATIONS TO ROOF OF HOUSE, AND PLANNING PERMISSION TO BUILD A NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2018
7 Mar 2019Conditional
ERECT AN EQUINE COMPLEX FOR PRIVATE USE ONLY, CONSISTING OF AN INDOOR ARENA WITH STABLES, FEED STORE FODDER STORE, TACK ROOM, WASH BAY, DUNG PIT AND AN UNDERGROUND STORAGE SEEPAGE TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 19215
18 Jan 2018Conditional
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLAR PV FARM ON A SITE. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF A SOLAR PV ARRAY CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 12.5 HA OF SOLAR PANELS WITHIN A TOTAL RED LINE BOUNDARY OF 14.16 HA ON GROUND MOUNTED STEEL FRAMES, 1 NO. SINGLE STOREY DELIVERY SUBSTATION, 2 NO. SINGLE STOREY INVERTER / TRANSFORMER UNITS, 2 NO. SINGLE STOREY BATTERY STORAGE CONTAINERS, UNDERGROUND CABLE DUCTS ON SITE, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND (INCLUDING SITE OFFICES, PORTABLE TOILETS AND PARKING AREA), BOUNDARY SECURITY FENCE, SITE ENTRANCE, ACCESS TRACKS, CCTV AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. THIS PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT STAGE 1, SCREENING FOR APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT, ECOLOGY REPORT, ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND PHOTOMONTAGES
Permission · Kerry County Council, 1825
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 Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
- Special Protection Area: River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA 004077
Recorded monuments
- KE001-002 Standing stone
Description
Situated in flat pastureland with the Shannon estuary 165m N. The stone stands 1.36m high and is a maximum of 1.3m wide at the base and an average of 2.1m thick. It is roughly rectangular both in plan and in elevation but decreases in thickness towards the top. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 10. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013
- KE001-003 Ringfort - rath
Description
Internal diameter 28m N-S, 27m E-W This univallate rath is situated on a rise and has a commanding view of the River Shannon and the coast of Co. Clare. It consists of a circular area enclosed by a well-defined bank that measures 1.5m externally, 1.8m internally and varies between 3m-6m in width at the base. There is a slight trace of a fosse in the SW sector, which runs for c14m and measures 1m in width and .4m below the surrounding land. The entrance lies in the E sector and is 3.5m wide. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 117. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE001-004 Ringfort - rath
Description
Immediately NE of (KE001-010----) lies a univallate rath, A small stream runs along the W sector of the fort. This site was completely inaccessible and measurements could not be taken. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 118. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE001-010 Ringfort - rath
Description
Internal diameter 28m N-S, 26m E-W This rath consists of a circular area enclosed by a bank. The S side has been incorporated into a fieldbank. Its situation on the side of a hill sloping in a N direction necessitated the building up of the bank to different levels at different sections of the site. The external height of the bank above the surrounding land measures c1.5m, the height above the interior varies from .6m to 1.2m and the width of the bank at the base varies between 3m and 5m. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 115. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE001-011 Ringfort - rath
Description
Internal diameter 27m N-S, 26m E-W This site lies S of a rath (KE001-010----). It is situated in sloping pastureland and consists of a low earthen bank enclosing a sub-circular area. The bank measures 1m externally and .5m internally and is c7m in width at its base. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 116. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE002-011001 Ringfort - rath
Description
Internal diameter 33m N-S, 39m E-W This roughly circular area is enclosed by an earthen bank. To the E the bank has been levelled and all that remains is a gentle slope towards the interior. Elsewhere the earthen enclosing bank is 1.2m high externally and c .8m high internally. On the interior side of the S bank is another earthen bank extending W-E for 38m in total and measuring .5m externally and .5m above the interior. There is a distance of 3m between this bank and the outer enclosing bank. Three gaps NW, SW, and S measuring 2m, 1.5m and 9m respectively, provide access to the interior of the site. On the exterior side of the outer bank in the SE sector is a stone- lined well (KE002-011002-). The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 159. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE002-011002 Well
Description
This well does not appear on any edition of the OS maps and must be classed as only a possible holy well. Situation and Description: This well is situated in the E sector of a rath (159), on the exterior side. It is a drystone lined, semi-circular trough. In front of this trough is a scattering of stones. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 916. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Beal East.
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 10 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Beal East.
- 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 Beal East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Beal East · Biaille Thoir
- Area
- 1,920,196 m² (192.02 ha, 474.49 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilconly, and its townlands
- Barony
- Iraghticonnor
- Electoral division
- Beal, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Beal electoral division: 150 people in 58 households; 91% of households own their home; 18% of homes were built since 2001; 29% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Acres, Beal Middle, Castlequarter, Corcas and Sandhills, Gullane East, Gullane Middle
- Placenames
- Beal East 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.