Caher East

47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caher East, from 182 m² to 241,855 m² (24.19 ha, 59.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 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 Caher 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.

• 29 Oct 2025Conditional

  Retention Permission to a) Retain the existing dwelling and services as constructed within revised site boundaries at Ardtully, Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560994

• 15 Nov 2024Conditional

  • DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING HOUSE • THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO STOREY DWELLINGHOUSE IN A LOCATION BESIDE THE EXISTING HOUSE TO BE DEMOLISHED • INSTALLATION OF A TREATMENT UNIT AND GRAVITY SOIL POLISHING FILTER (PERCOLATION AREA)

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460889

• 13 Sept 2024Refused

  • DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING HOUSE • THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE IN A LOCATION BESIDE THE EXISTING HOUSE TO BE DEMOLISHED • INSTALLATION OF A TREATMENT UNIT AND GRAVITY SOIL POLISHING FILTER (PERCOLATION AREA)

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460687

• 30 Aug 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCT AN AGRICULATURAL BUILDING FOR THE HOUSING OF CATTLE CONSISTING OF A SLATTED UNIT AND CREEP AREA LOCATED OVER AND UTILISING THE EXISTING REINFORCED CONCRETE EFFLUENT HOLDING TANK AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23951

• 22 May 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DORMER BUNGALOW, MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHNG FILTER AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23580

• 4 Oct 2022Conditional

  DEMOLITON OF THE EXISTING HOUSE, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE IN SAME LOCATION, INSTALLATION OF A TREATMENT UNIT AND A GRAVITY SOIL POLISHING FILTER (PERCOLATION AREA)

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 221041

• 19 Apr 2021Conditional

  MAKE SLIGHT ALTERATIONS TO DESIGN PROPOSALS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REG. NO. 20/1196 WHICH WAS FOR PERMISSION TO RENOVATE AND EXTEND EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERIVCES

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21415

• 26 Feb 2021Refused

  (1) DEMOLISH EXISTING HOUSE, (2) CONSTRUCT A NEW TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE IN SAME LOCATION, (3) PERMISSION TO DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND TO INSTALL A PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21186

• 9 Dec 2020Conditional

  RENOVATE AND EXTEND EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 201196

• 7 Dec 2020Conditional

  RETAIN EXISTING DWELLING, ANCILLARY DOMESTIC STRUCTURES, SITE LAYOUT AND ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES AS CONSTRUCTED ALL WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 201181

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: Kilgarvan Ice House SAC 000364
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Kilgarvan Ice House 000364

Recorded monuments

• KE093-008 Souterrain
  Description

  On the S side of an area of outcropping rock, on the crest of a low hill overlooking the valley of the Roughty River to the S. This souterrain was discovered during the construction of a farm road and was investigated in 1987 when access to it was gained through two openings in its roof where lintels had been removed. It was described as consisting of two mainly stone-built passages, roofed with lintels, with some rock-cut sections (SMR file). Passage I (L 18.5m; Wth 0.85m; H 1.3m) curves irregularly from S to the NE. An air-vent (0.25m x 0.2m) was noted just beneath the roof level at the NE end of this passage. The entrance (Wth 0.62m; H 0.6m) to passage 2 is 1.55m from the S end of passage 1. Passage 2 is L-shaped and extends 1.95m to the W before turning sharply to the SW for a further 4.6m. It is at a lower level than passage 1 and access down slope is facilitated by four steps, two of which are rock-cut and two of drystone construction. A drystone-built creepway (L 1.15m; Wth 0.4m; H 0.5m) extends to the SE near the S end of the E wall. The openings which provided access in 1987 have been backfilled and a small opening to the W of the farm road now allows a limited view inside the souterrain. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE093-009 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture, on the valley floor on the N side of the Roughty River. This possible rath is not visible at ground level, apart from a shallow depression (L c. 35m) NW-NE which may indicate the line of a fosse. It is indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on the 1846 OS 6-inch map and as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1895 OS 6-inch map. According to local information, it was levelled when the surrounding field boundaries were removed. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE093-119 Bridge
  Description

  Road bridge (Wth 5.8m; long axis E-W) spanning the Glashancoomraha stream. Built of random rubble sandstone. Single segmental arch (span 4.2m) with roughly shaped voussoirs. Bridge has been extended on upstream (N) side using concrete. Surviving original parapet very overgrown. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE093-122 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In pasture, on a S-facing slope overlooking the valley of the Roughty River. Water emerges from the base of a tree-covered limestone scarp and forms a well (Wth c. 0.6m; D 0.18m), largely obscured by overgrowth. The water then flows to the E along the base of the scarp. According to McCarthy (1993, 16), this was a place of pilgrimage on 15 August up to the 1930s. McCarthy suggests that the church (KE093-129----) which is indicated on a map of Glanarought dated 1600AD (Cal. Carew MSS), may have been in the vicinity of this well (ibid.). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Architectural heritage

• House, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey house with half-dormer attic, dated 1862, with return to rear to north-west. Pitched slate and artificial slate roofs with gablets, ridge tiles temporarily removed, rendered chimneystacks and having curvilinear bargeboards to gablets. Rubble stone walls with cement repointing and limestone plaque above entrance with date "1862" and "L". Limestone sills and render surrounds with replacement uPVC windows. Replacement glazed timber door. Detached three-bay single-storey stone-built outbuilding with attic, built c. 1865, at right angles to west with single-bay single-storey lean-to projecting bay to east, segmental-headed integral carriage arch to north side elevation and square-headed door opening to first floor approached by flight of steps. Detached three-bay single-storey single-pitched outbuilding, built c. 1865, to north with round-headed openings and corrugated-iron roof. Gateway, built c. 1865, to south comprising pair of rubble stone piers with wrought-iron gates.

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.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Caher 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.

No address of the register names Caher East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Caher East · An Chathair Thoir

Area

1,952,864 m² (195.29 ha, 482.56 acres)

Civil parish

Kenmare, and its townlands

Barony

Glanarought

Electoral division

Cappagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cappagh electoral division: 404 people in 149 households; 90% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 11% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardtully, Caher West, Cooragweanish, Derreenacahill, Dromatouk, Fustane Lower, Gortalassa, Gortnacurra, Kilgortaree, Letter Lower

Placenames

Caher 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.