Caherbreagh
Townland in the civil parish of Ballymacelligott, barony of Trughanacmy, Co. Kerry; in Irish Cathair Bréach
- Area
- 146.1 ha
- 361 acres
- Land parcels
- 72
- registered freehold, median 2,260 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherbreagh, from 108 m² to 488,775 m² (48.88 ha, 120.78 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Caherbreagh 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
16 Apr 2025Conditional
The development consists of the retention permission to retain the existing rock armour flood defence along part of the bank of the River Lee
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560302
7 Apr 2025Conditional
construct a calf house incorporating straw bedded penning, feed passage, ancillary concrete, and all ancillary site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560259
11 Mar 2025N/a
The development consists of the retention permission to retain the existing rock armour flood defence along part of the bank of the River Lee
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560168
9 Jan 2025Conditional
The development consists of the retention of 3 no. cabins for habitation on the grounds of the Earl of Desmond Hotel, Ballyseedy, Tralee, County Kerry
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560004
4 Dec 2024Conditional
Planning Permission to a) extend and renovate the existing dwelling, b) demolish the existing sheds on site, c) decommission the existing septic tank and percolation area, d) install a mechanical treatment unit and sand polishing filter, e) construct a new garden room, f) construct a new domestic shed and g) all associated site works at Caherbreagh, Tralee, Co. Kerry
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460943
3 Jul 2024N/a
Invalid SN: The development consists of the retention permission to retain a portion of the existing rockarmouring and the complete bankside walkway, and permission to remove a portion of the existing rockarmouring at the above address.
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2460429
27 Sept 2023Conditional
Construct an extension containing a kitchen and store room to existing conference/meeting room building granted permission under Planning Reg. No. 19/1216 including all ancillary services and areas at Ballyseede Castle Hotel, Ballyseede, Tralee, Co. Kerry which is a protected structure.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2360186
7 Jul 2023Refused
CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE SERVED BY AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT TANK AND SAND POLISHING FILTER
Extension of duration · Kerry County Council, 189917
29 Nov 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT A NEW DETACHED BUILDING WHICH WILL BE USED AS A CONFERENCE / MEETING ROOM AND TOILET INCLUDING AL ANCILLARY SERVICES AND AREAS. THIS IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE
Permission · Kerry County Council, 191216
22 Nov 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION CONTAINING ADDITIONAL TOILETS INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY SERVICES AND AREAS. THIS IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 191195
15 Mar 2019Conditional
DECOMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK, AND REPLACE SAME WITH A PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, ALONG WITH ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19238
15 Mar 2019Conditional
DECOMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK, AND REPLACE SAME WITH A PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER SYSTEM, ALONG WITH ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19252
20 Sept 2018Refused
CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION CONTAINING A NEW BEDROOM, STORE, GUEST DINING ROOM AND TOILETS INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY SERVICE AREAS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 18917
13 Sept 2017Conditional
(A) DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING WASTE WATER TREATMENT UNIT AND ASSOCIATED WORKS, (B) TO INSTALL A MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT WITH AN INTERMITTENT POLISHING FILTER AND (C) DISCHAGE THE TREATED EFFLUENT TO THE RIVER TO THE SOUTH OF THE BALLYSEEDY GARDEN CENTRE SITE. THE APPLICATION HAS AN APPROVED SECTION 254 LICENCE AGREEMENT AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A DISCHARGE LICENCE APPLICATION AT BALLYSEEDY GARDEN CENTRE
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17905
11 Aug 2017Conditional
DEMOLISH EXISTING STORAGE AREA AND EXTERNAL FIRE ESCAPE STAIRS AND PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A STORAGE AREA, STAFF ROOM AND EXTERNAL FIRE ESCAPE STAIRS INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY SERVICES AND AREAS AT BALLYSEEDE CASTLE HOTEL WHICH IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE
Permission · Kerry County Council, 17787
2 Jun 2017Conditional
CONSTRUCT AN AGRICULTURAL SHED TO HOLD A ROTARY MILKING PARLOUR IN THE FARMYARD AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 17518
25 Apr 2017N/a
CONSTRUCT AN AGRICULTURAL SHED TO HOLD A ROTARY MILKING PARLOUR IN THE FARM YARD AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 17368
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: Ballyseedy Wood SAC 002112
Recorded monuments
- KE029-171 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.
- KE029-263 Standing stone
Description
'This stone is situated on top of a small rounded hill, which offers splendid views on all sides. The land is used for rich pasture and the hill on which this stone occurs appears to be of limestone. This stone stands 1.31m in height and measures 0.26m by 0.22m at base. It is roughly rectangular in plan, and also in elevation, tapering to a rough point. The stone is aligned NE/SW.' Compiled by Michael Connolly for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland as part of a survey of the Lee Valley area in 1996-97. Date of upload: 02 May 2012
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Caherbreagh.
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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_150 (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 Caherbreagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Caherbreagh · Cathair Bréach
- Area
- 1,460,601 m² (146.06 ha, 360.92 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballymacelligott, and its townlands
- Barony
- Trughanacmy
- Electoral division
- Arabela, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Arabela electoral division: 1,664 people in 466 households; 91% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballingowan, Ballinorig South, Ballycarty, Ballyseedy, Curraghleha East, Curraghmacdonagh, Kilquane, Kylebeg
- Placenames
- Caherbreagh 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.