Caheragh
Townland in the civil parish of Castleisland, barony of Trughanacmy, Co. Kerry; in Irish Cathrach
- Area
- 176.4 ha
- 436 acres
- Land parcels
- 30
- registered freehold, median 3,427 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caheragh, from 581 m² to 355,459 m² (35.55 ha, 87.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 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 Caheragh 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
20 Mar 2025Conditional
The development will consist of the installation and operation of a readymix concrete batching plant, associated closed circuit water lagoon system and all ancillary works within an application area of c. 0.2 hectares.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560197
28 Jun 2024Conditional
(A) RETAIN PRIVATE DOMESTIC GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED (B) PLANNING PERMISSION FOR MINOR ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO THE DWELLING HOUSE SPECIFCALLY TO REMOVE THE STONE AND BRICK FINISH AND REPLACE SAME WITH A PLASTER FINISH ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 24274
22 Dec 2023Conditional
The development will consist of the deepening of 8.2 ha. of the existing permitted quarry extraction area (Plan File Ref. No. QY066: ABP 08.QC.2160) by 1 no. 18m bench from 38 mOD to 20 mOD; continued use of the existing permitted quarry water management system (Plan File Ref. No. 17/450); all related ancillary development and associated site works including drilling, blasting, crushing, processing, and stockpiling of materials and all within an application area of c. 14 Ha. The planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment report (EIAR).
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2360452
18 Nov 2020Conditional
(1) DEMOLISH THE EXISTING REAR LOW-LEVEL PITCH SINGLE STOREY DWELLING EXTENSION (2) CONSTRUCT A NEW TWO-STOREY DWELLING EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING (3) REVISE EXISTING FLOOR LAYOUT TO INCORPORATE NEW BUILDING DESIGN INCLUDING MINOR ELEVATIONS CHANGES THOUGHOUT (4) CONSTRUCT A NEW FRONT PORCH (5) TO DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND THE UPGRADING OF SAME (6) THE PROPOSED NEW UPGRADE ON SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WILL INCLUDE A TRICEL NOVA UNIT, FOLLOWED BY TRICEL PURAFLO MODULES OR EQUILVALENT DISCHARGING TO A GRAVEL DISTRIBUTION AREA, INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENTS WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 201113
6 Jun 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT A GARAGE/HOBBY SHED AND EXTENDING EXISTING DRIVEWAY/YARD TO ALLOW ACCESS. INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18543
4 Apr 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18310
17 May 2017Conditional
FOR QUARRY DEVELOPMENT, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF: (1) AN OVERALL EXTENSION OF 7.94 HA TO THE EXISTING QUARRY SITE, INCLUDING AN EXTENSION OF 4.50 HECTARES TO THE EXTRACTION AREA, AND 3.44 HA FOR THE STOCKPILING OF SOIL AND OVERBURDEN MATERIALS, (2) ALL RELATED ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING: DRILLING, BLASTING, CRUSHING, PROCESSING AND STOCKPILING OF MATERIALS, DEVELOPMENT OF EARTH BERMS, LANDSCAPING AND (3) FUTURE SITE RESTORATION WORKS.(4) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALLATION OF A PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER (5) CONSTRUCTION OF A STORM WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. THE NEW EXTRACTION AREA WILL BE DEVELOPED TO A QUARRY FLOOR LEVEL OF APPROXIMATELY 38M OD AND WILL OCCUR ABOVE THE WATER TABLE. THIS APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIROMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR).
Permission · Kerry County Council, 17450
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 Caheragh.
Recorded monuments
- KE040-076 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.
- KE040-077 Ringfort - rath
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.
- KE040-078 Ringfort - rath
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.
- KE040-079 Ringfort - rath
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.
- KE040-112 Fulacht fia
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 Caheragh.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_261 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Caheragh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Caheragh · Cathrach
- Area
- 1,763,939 m² (176.39 ha, 435.88 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castleisland, and its townlands
- Barony
- Trughanacmy
- Electoral division
- Castleisland, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castleisland electoral division: 3,392 people in 1,351 households; 69% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Anna More, Bawnaskehy, Clashganniv, Coolavanny, Killegane, Tonbwee, Tullig
- Placenames
- Caheragh 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.