Carhoobeg

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carhoobeg, from 206 m² to 183,722 m² (18.37 ha, 45.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 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 Carhoobeg 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.

• 4 Jun 2024Conditional

  RETAIN VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AS CONSTRUCTED TO SERVE THE DWELLING HOUSE ON SITE AND TO RETAIN THE DWELLING HOUSE ON SITE WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 24226

• 6 Jul 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A DORMER BUNGALOW, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18684

• 24 May 2018Conditional

  (A) ERECT EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING AND (B) PERMISSION TO CARRY OUT ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18498

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: Castlemaine Harbour SAC 000343

Recorded monuments

• KE065-008 Souterrain
  Description

  Located in level pasture a short distance W of the Laune river, this souterrain, not marked on the OS maps, was filled in during the 1950s (local information). No surface trace remains. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 857. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE065-009 Fulacht fia
  Description

  This fulacht fiadh was located in marshy land less than 200m SW of the Laune river. In the late 1970s the land was deep-ploughed prior to afforestation, and no visible trace of the site survives. The landowner described it as a horseshoe-shaped mound and stated that is was located close to a spring. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 413. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE065-010 Fulacht fia
  Description

  This fulacht fiadh, located c. 75m SSE of KE065-009----, was levelled during the same afforestation operation. The landowner described it as a horseshoe-shaped mound of stone. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 414. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013

• KE065-011 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  There is no apparent surface trace of the circular univallate enclosure marked at this location on the first edition of the OS map. The site is not remembered locally. It was located in level pastureland a short distance W of the Laune river. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 789. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE065-114 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Four mounds, located in a marshy field on the W bank of the River Laune, were levelled in the 1950s during land reclamation operations. The landowner recalled that they were composed of stone. The presence of scatters of burnt stone in the field suggests that they may have been fulachta fiadh. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 415. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE065-128 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Four mounds, located in a marshy field on the W bank of the River Laune, were levelled in the 1950s during land reclamation operations. The landowner recalled that they were composed of stone. The presence of scatters of burnt stone in the field suggests that they may have been fulachta fiadh. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 416. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE065-129 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Four mounds, located in a marshy field on the W bank of the River Laune, were levelled in the 1950s during land reclamation operations. The landowner recalled that they were composed of stone. The presence of scatters of burnt stone in the field suggests that they may have been fulachta fiadh. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 417. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE065-130 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Four mounds, located in a marshy field on the W bank of the River Laune, were levelled in the 1950s during land reclamation operations. The landowner recalled that they were composed of stone. The presence of scatters of burnt stone in the field suggests that they may have been fulachta fiadh. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 418. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_137 (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.

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

Name

Carhoobeg · An Cheathrú Bheag

Area

906,481 m² (90.65 ha, 224 acres)

Civil parish

Knockane, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkerron North

Electoral division

Churchtown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Churchtown electoral division: 498 people in 174 households; 87% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ards, Churchtown, Cullenagh Lower, Gneeves, Kilbonane, Lahard

Placenames

Carhoobeg 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.