Carhooearagh

82 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carhooearagh, from 142 m² to 625,201 m² (62.52 ha, 154.49 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Carhooearagh 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.

• 28 Aug 2026N/a

  RED III: The erection of 4 no Vestas V47 wind turbines (45.00m tower height, 69.85m tip height), the construction of 4 no 23.00 sq m electrical sub-stations / control buildings, the construction of 1 no. 70.00 sq. m storage building, site access tracks, hard standing areas, and associated ancillary works. The development is covered by the provision of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provision of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulation 2001 to 2025 shall apply.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 26138

• 19 Feb 2025Conditional

  Retention permission to retain their dwelling house and associated site works and planning permission to complete a new vehicular entrance all within revised site boundaries

  Retention, 2 homes · Kerry County Council, 2560104

• 8 Jan 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of: A) Demolishing existing detached single storey domestic shed to the rear of the main house, B) Constructing a part single storey/ part 2 storey extension to the front and rear of existing single storey dwelling, C) Revisions to existing floor plans and all elevations, D) New landscaping and boundary treatments and all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2560002

• 12 Feb 2020Conditional

  RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE, TWO NO. SHEDS, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AS CONSTRUCTED ON SITE ALL WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES TO THEIR SITE

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20126

• 22 Nov 2018Conditional

  (1) THE RE-STRUCTURING AND RE-ROOFING OF THE EXISTING MILKING PARLOUR FROM A BARREL-SHAPED ROUND ROOF TYPE TO A LEANTO STRUCTURE, (2) AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING MILKING PARLOUR, TO COMPRISE OF A LEANTO TYPE ROOF TO BLEND WITH THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND PROPOSED NEW LEANTO TYPE ROOF THEREON AND (3) RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN AND COMPLETE A DAIRY AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORK

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 181146

• 10 May 2017Conditional

  RETAIN FOR CONVERSION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE TO LIVING ACCOMMODATION, AND ALTERATIONS TO ELEVATIONS, TO INCLUDE FRONT BAY WINDOWS ALL AS BUILT

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17430

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: Moanveanlagh Bog SAC 002351
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Moanveanlagh Bog 000374

Recorded monuments

• KE011-010 Earthwork
  Description

  This site is not marked on any edition of the OS maps. Situated in poor pastureland, it consists of an elongated earthen mound, 61.2m long, c 14m wide at the base and .4m high. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1054. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

• KE011-019 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Lissaphona/Lios an Phóna (fort of the pound) is marked on the 1841-42 and 1939 OS maps as a circular enclosure. Permission to visit this site was refused. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 421. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE011-020 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated E of KE011-019----, this circular enclosure is marked on the 1841-42 OS map, but does not appear on the later edition. No surface trace of this site can be seen today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 422. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE011-024 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diameter 22m N-S, 21m E-W Lissaknock/Lios an Chnoic (ringfort of the hill) is situated SE of KE011-019---- & KE011-020----. This univallate rath consists of a sub-circular area enclosed by a well-defined earthen bank which is on average 3.5m in width at the base. The maximum external height of the bank is .9m, while it is .6m above the interior. Two main openings NE and SE provide access to the interior and measure 1m and 2.5m respectively. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 423. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE011-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diameter 29m N-S, 24m E-W Liscoolimrick/Lios Cúil Imrisc (ringfort of (the) nook of (the) contention). This bivallate rath consists of a sub-circular inner area enclosed by a well-defined earthen bank, exterior fosse and outer bank. The enclosing inner bank rises to 1.7m above the interior and 4.4m above the intervening fosse. The fosse is evident for most of the site except to the W to NW where a fieldbank and drain cut through this feature. Elsewhere the fosse is well- defined, steep, wide and U shaped and this can especially be seen to the S through E to N. It measures c2.4m-4.4m in width. The outer earthen bank encloses most of the site, except to the ENE to SE and NW to SW, where it has been levelled by the erection of a fieldbank and drain. The bank is well- defined and averages c 6m in width at the base; it rises to a maximum of 2.6m above the fosse and 1.2m above the surrounding land. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land, and in the SE sector of the inner bank a 4m wide gap exists, though there is no corresponding gap in the outer bank. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 424. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 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

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

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

Name

Carhooearagh · An Cheathrú Iarthach

Area

5,538,041 m² (553.8 ha, 1,368.48 acres)

Civil parish

Knockanure, and its townlands

Barony

Iraghticonnor

Electoral division

Kilmeany, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilmeany electoral division: 752 people in 270 households; 90% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bunagarha, Cloontubbrid South, Derry, Kealid, Kilmeany, Kylebwee, Lissaniska

Placenames

Carhooearagh 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.