Caherquin

16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherquin, from 314 m² to 359,937 m² (35.99 ha, 88.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Castleisland-Corca Dhuibhne Municipal District Settlements' Plan (Variation 3 Kerry CDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

No planning application touches the townland of Caherquin in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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: Smerwick Harbour Sandhills And Marshes 001958

Recorded monuments

• KE042-048 Souterrain
  Description

  Widening a laneway here, at the base of the N slopes of Croaghmarhin, led to the discovery, in October 1966, of a single-chambered souterrain. This was inspected shortly afterwards by Rynne (NMI) but is not now accessible or even visible from the surface. Oval or sub-rectangular in plan, it was of drystone construction and measured 2.1m N-S and a maximum of 1.05m E-W. It was 1m high. The uppermost stone courses were slightly corbelled and the whole was roofed by 3 large lintels averaging .1 to .12m in thickness. The S wall was provided with a recess, rounded in plan, .35m wide and .65m above the floor level; its lower half was not stone-lined. Access to the souterrain was gained by removing one of the lintels and no other entrance was discovered. Though the chamber was cleared of all fill the only finds, 3 horse shoes and 2 animal bones, were all probably recent introductions. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 748. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE042-050 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  This site was titled 'Cahir (site of)' on the Fair Plan and described in the OSNB (Dunurlin, 47) as 'a circular fort about 2 chains (c. 40m) in diameter of earth and now ruined to the ground'. It was not marked on the published editions of the OS map. No visible trace now survives. It was situated on a gentle N facing slope overlooking Smerwick Harbour. In 1966, a souterrain was discovered about 100m to NNW (KE042-048----). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 644. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE042-051 Clochan
  Description

  Two or 3 clochauns, possibly conjoined, destroyed in recent years (information: D. Ó Conchúir). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1421. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 August 2013

• KE042-052 Church
  Description

  Caherquin Church/An Teampall Bán: This may be the site of the single cell church which appears on Admiral Winter's contemporary map of the Siege of Smerwick Harbour in 1580 (Public Record Office, London, MPF 75) and which was reputed to have been a small chapel built by the Spaniards (Smith 1756, 187). Local tradition records that the victims of the massacre in 1580 were subsequently buried here (KE042-002001-). A Protestant church erected on the site in 1800 fell into decay shortly afterwards (OSNB Dunurlin, 30) and there are now no visible remains of any structure. Graves and human bones, periodically exposed in the vicinity of the church by sand erosion, are traditionally considered to be the interments of sailors and seafaring men (O'Sullivan 1931, 507; OSNB). A cross-inscribed stone, reused as a door lintel and gap-post in Ballineanig-Castlequarter townland, reputedly came from here (KE042-150----). The site lies on the low-lying sandy ground bordering the S side of Smerwick Harbour. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 991. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE042-157 Burial ground
  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.

• KE042-157001 Habitation site
  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 Caherquin.

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

At the centre of the townland of Caherquin, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Caherquin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Caherquin · Cathair Coinn

Area

671,046 m² (67.1 ha, 165.82 acres)

Civil parish

Dunurlin, and its townlands

Barony

Corkaguiny

Electoral division

Dunurlin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

481 people lived in 204 households in the Dunurlin electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 45% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballineanig-Castlequarter, Ballineanig-Churchquarter, Ballinrannig, Ballyferriter, Ballywiheen, Cloonties, Gortmore

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Caherquin 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.