Caher West

38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caher West, from 80 m² to 154,835 m² (15.48 ha, 38.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 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 West 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.

• 25 Mar 2026N/a

  The proposed development will consist of: • Lateral extension of the existing permitted extraction area (QY082) over c. 1 ha to a final quarry floor level of c. -20 mOD (to match the existing excavated floor level within the permitted extraction area); • Progressive restoration and final restoration of the application area to natural habitat / biodiversity-led after-use following completion of extraction; • All related ancillary development and associated site works including the processing (crushing and screening) and stockpiling of materials; the provision of landscaped screening berms / overburden storage area; and all other associated quarry activities and works; • Retention of an extension to an existing workshop (183 m²); • The proposed development comprises a lateral extension only and will not increase output or hours of operation over and above those authorised under the existing planning permission(s). • The proposed development is within an overall application area of c. 1.6 hectares and is for a total period 15 of years.

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2660258

• 23 Dec 2021Conditional

  (I) RETAIN AN EXTRACTION AREA OF 0.23 HECTARES CONTIGUOUS TO THE EXISTING QUARRY DEVELOPMENT (II) RETAIN TEMPORARY SOIL MANAGEMENT AND STORAGE AREAS, AND (III) RETAIN ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 211514

• 6 Dec 2019Conditional

  (A) CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING LIVESTOCK SLATTED HOUSE TO A LIVESTOCK CUBICLE HOUSE, (B) CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TO INCLUDE A MILKING PARLOUR, DAIRY AND ANCLLARY ROOMS, UNDERGROUND SLATTED SOILED WATER TANK, LIVESTOCK HANDILING FACILITIES, LIVESTOCK CUBICLES AND STRAW BEDDED CALF REARING FACILITES AND (C) ERECTION OF A MEAL BIN AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 191241

• 22 May 2017Conditional

  RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES AS CONSTRUCTED WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES ALL

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17463

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Roughty River Estuary 002092

Recorded monuments

• KE093-006 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  In pasture, on the N side of the valley of the Roughty River. The castle has been removed by quarrying. It was named 'site of Shanagarry Castle' on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. In the 1840s it was recorded as the 'ruin of an old castle almost erased' (OSNB, Kenmare no. 4, 2). 'Shangarry' was described in 1841 as having its foundations only barely traceable and only one wall remaining with evidence of grouting (OSL, 183). Lewis (1837, vol. 2, 38) noted that 'the foundation is only now visible'. 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

• KE093-023001 Mass-rock
  Description

  In level pasture, close to the E bank of the Cleady River. An irregularly shaped glacial erratic (3m N-S; 2m E-W; H 1.6m) is said locally to have been a mass-rock used during Penal times. 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

• KE093-023002 Church
  Description

  In level pasture, close to the E bank of the Cleady River. Indicated as an L-shaped structure (long axis NW-SE) on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. It is not visible at ground level. This 'R.C. Chapel' is likely to date to the post-1700 AD period. There is a possible mass-rock (KE093-023001-) on the site. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE093-111 Mine - lead
  Description

  In pasture, c. 600m N of the Roughty River. Not visible at ground level. The last of the shafts was infilled in living memory. Named 'Lead Mine' on 1846 OS 6-inch map with a rectangular structure (L c. 20m) and nearby shafts indicated. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 West.

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

Name

Caher West · An Chathair Thiar

Area

948,389 m² (94.84 ha, 234.35 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

Caher East, Dromatouk, Gortagass, Gortalassa, Kilpatrick

Placenames

Caher West 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.