Carhoona

57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carhoona, from 47 m² to 273,100 m² (27.31 ha, 67.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 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 Carhoona 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.

• 15 May 2020Refused

  AMEND A PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PERMISSION (KERRY COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING REF 19/381) ( AN BORD PLEANALA REF ABP- 304807-19) WHICH RELATES TO A CHANGE IN THE GRID CONNECTION ROUTE FOR THE PERMITTED WIND FARM. THE REVISED ROUTE WILL ENTAIL THE CONSTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 12.1KM OF 38KV UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC CABLE CONNECTING THE EXISTING PERMITTED WINDFARM (19/381) TO THE 38Kva/110Kva SUBSTATION AT KILPADDOGE, TARBERT. THE UNDERGROUND CABLES WILL BE LOCATED ALONG THE PUBLIC ROADS R551, R552 AND L-1010 AND ALONG 2 SECTIONS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY. THE CABLE WILL BE INSTALLED IN EXCAVATED TRENCHES APPROXIMATELY 1.2M IN DEPTH AND WILL INCLUDE ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND DUCTING JOINT BAYS, COMMUNICATION CHAMBER BAYS, DRILL PITS, SHEATH LINK BOXES AND INSPECTION CHAMBERS, ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE AND GROUND WORKS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO CONSIST OF THE CONNECTION OF THE PERMITTED WINDFARM (19/381), VIA EXISTING PERMITTED UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY CABLES, TO THE PROPOSED CABLE.THE UNDERGROUND CABLE WILL BE LOCATED IN THE TOWNLANDS OF BALLYLINE WEST, BALLYMACASY, LISLAUGHTIN, GLANCULLARE SOUTH, GURTEENAVALLIG,MEELCON CARHOONA, FARRANAWANA, DOONARD UPPER, DOONARD LOWER TARBERT AND KILPADDOGE ' THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A TEN YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION AND OPERATIONAL PERIOD OF 25 YEARS. AN APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT SCREENING REPORT AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT SCREENING REPORT HAS BE PREPARED AND SUBMITTED AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION. AN NIS HAS BEEN SUBMITTED WITH THIS APPLICATION

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 20438

• 28 Jun 2019Conditional

  (A) DEMOLITION OF 4M OF GRAVEYARD BOUNDARY WALL, (B) CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE STOREY PITCHED ROOF ALTAR SHELTER, AND (C) ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 19679

• 29 Mar 2017Conditional

  ERECT AN EASY FEED SLATTED UNIT WITH CUBICLES AND UNDERGROUND SLURRY TANKS ON FARMYARD

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 17273

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Carhoona.

Recorded monuments

• KE003-008 Church
  Description

  Kilnaughtin Church (Cill Neachtain, Neachtan's Church) ruins in NW quadrant of graveyard (KE003-008001-). Kilnaughtin medieval parish church, also known as the Church of Mhagh an Iúir (Plain of the Yew-Tree) stands in the townland of Carhoona (Na Ceathrúna), parish of Kilnaughtin (Magh an Iubhair), diocese of Ardfert, barony of ​Iraghticonnor (Oireacht Uí Chonchúir). According to the Ordnance Survey Letters the placename Cill Neachtain; 'signifies Church of Saint Neachtain, to whom a Holy Well called Tobar Naghtin, situated in the Townland of Cockhill is dedicated, but I could gather nothing to prove which of the many Saints of that name mentioned in the Irish Calendar he was.” “The old church called Kilnaghtin is situated in the Glebe of the Parish about a mile and a half to the west of the village of Tarbert….there can be no doubt that the present building occupies the site of a more ancient Church' (OSL; O'Donovan 1983, 13). Medieval church ruins now standing in W quadrant of Glebe Land, the boundary of which is depicted on the 1841 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Tobernaughtin holy well (KE003-018----) lies 370m to SSE. According to Culhane (1969), 'Magh an Iubhair, [was] the ancient name of the parish of Kilnaughtin [Tarbert]. The form given by Mícheál Óg Ó Longáin in some of his manuscripts is ‘paróiste Mháinníreach’, which seems to be a corruption of the name'. In 1302 the Ecclesiastical Taxation of the Diocese of Ardfert valued the Church of 'Mac Inwyr' [Mhagh an Iúir] at 20s per annum with the tithe valued at 2s. (Cal. doc. Ire., Vol. 5, 297). In 1597 Queen Elizabeth granted George Isham of Brianstowns, co. Wexford lands which included the 'advowson of the churches' which included Kilnaghtin' which was the 'possessions of Gerald, earl of Desmond, attainted, in Co. Kerry and Desmond' (Nicholls 1994). In 1604 Theobald Burke Baron of Castleconnell, Limerick was regranted his lands from James I which included the advowsons of the rectories, vicarages, churches and parishes of 'Killanghtine' (Erck 1846, 123). In 1607, King James I granted Sir James Fullerton, privy councillor lands which included the rectory of 'Kilnaghtin (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I, 109). In 1613, King James I granted James Ware lands which included the advowson and right of patronage of 'Killnaghtin' which was 'parcel of the estate of Gerald, late earl of Desmond' (ibid., 257). In 1615 the Royal Visitation of the Diocese of Ardfert recorded the following details; 'Autho [Anthony] Stoughton tenet rectoriam. Vicar of Kilnaghten and Galley. John Memor minister able to catechise. Valoris 4 libri. Church and chancell well' (Murphy 1915, 185). Smith (1756, 70) recorded that 'Kilnaghtin, is one third vicarial, the church in repair. Patron, Anthony Stoughton, Esq.; Proxy 5s.' and that the impropriation of Kilnaghtin rectory which formerly belonged to the dissolved religious houses was granted to 'Samuel Raymond, Esq.' (Smith 1756, 72). Church ruins described in 1841 as follows; 'Its walls are in good preservation and evidently not more than four centuries old, but there can be no doubt that the present building occupies the site of a more ancient church. It measures on the inside eighty-five feet nine inches [26m] in length and twenty feet [6m] in breadth, and its walls, which are of considerable height, are three feet four inches [1m] in thickness, and built of hammered stones cemented with lime and sand mortar. It was not divided into nave and choir like the generality of churches of its age and extent, but a part of the western end, seventeen feet [5.2m] in length, is separated from the rest by a gable which does not look as old as the east or west ones. The east window is of considerable size and formed of cut limestone in the pointed style. The other windows are also of cut stone and some pointed and others quadrangular, but not worthy of minute description. The doorway is on the south side and formed of cut stone in the plain pointed style' (O'Donovan 1983, 13). Kilnaughtin church ruins described by Toal (1995, no. 930) as follows; 'This is a long rectangular church, measuring externally c 28m x 8m, with 1m thick walls constructed of hammered stones with lime-and-sand mortar. This church was not divided into nave and choir like many of its contemporaries of the 15th century. However, a section of its W end is separated from the rest by a gable which does not appear to be contemporary with the E and W ones. The doorway is on the S side and is formed of cut limestone in the pointed style. A holy water stoup can be seen to the right on the inside of the door. The windows are both pointed and rectangular in style. The E window is formed of cut limestone in the pointed style and measures 0.7m in width externally and 1.3m internally. '. In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details: 'Kilnaughtin Church stands to full height with only the apex courses and the weather coping of the gables missing. The battered walls are constructed of local random rubble sandstone and shale flagstones built to courses and bedded in a gritty lime mortar. Dressed limestone was used for all openings, quoins and other featured masonry. The medieval parish church is a simple rectangular structure similar in scale, thickness of walls, stylistically and architecturally similar to Aghavallen [KE002-058----] and Carrigafoyle churches [KE002-043001-], including gallery or loft at the western end, double entry intra mural stoups inside the south entrance doorway and many other shared features. Internally the side elevations also feature a very finely dressed chamfered limestone corbel course that contiguously project along the uppermost level at the east end of the south and north elevations. The corbel course carried the wall plate onto which the roof timbers were fixed. This feature is similar to Killeen Cowpark Church [LI011-065001-] in Limerick (Leask 1985, 86-7). The east gable is centrally pierced by a substantial ogee headed twin-lit 15th or possibly 16th century window whose mullion has disappeared. Externally the east window features a hood moulding whose terminals are completed in a wonderful flourish depicting a vine leaf motif. Internally the east area of the church has a large ugly concreted area with steps up to it. A rectangular shelf slab projects from the north-east corner near a small possible aumbry on the north elevation. Opposite on the south wall and now unfortunately level with the modern raised concreted area is a cinquefoil piscina. The western end of the church had a 5.5m loft or gallery as is evidenced internally from the support corbels, beam holes, larger upper windows and intra mural cupboards. The west gable has a narrow flat lintelled rectangular slit window set within a stepped straight sided embrasure. A reused dressed limestone is built into the base of the north side of the embrasure and has a hemisphere cut from its base. The fenestration arrangement of the church consists of eight windows, five on the south elevation and three on the north. One window on the south gable is much larger and robbed out and may have had twin lights. At the west end the upper level windows are taller than the lower and interestingly also have a simple horizontal projecting stone or drip-flag over some of the head of the windows and also an aperture under the sills to let water out. Splayed embrasures have sloping bases to channel out the water. Many embrasures also feature shutter sockets. The main doorway is situated on the south elevation towards the west end. The pointed doorway is constructed of dressed limestone and has a projecting hood or canopy of undressed flagstone over it. On the interior right hand angle of the doorway is a neat double entry bi-partite stoup, 600mm x 380mm x 400mm. The bottom stone of which forms the basin while the uppermost has two pointed arched entry apertures, 140mm wide x 130mm high with chamfered outer e

• KE003-008001 Graveyard
  Description

  Kilnaughtin Church (Cill Neachtain, church of Neachtan (in ruins) and graveyard (KE003-008001-). An ogham stone (KE003-070----) was found by Windele in 1836 in the old churchyard (KE003-008001-) of Kilnaughtin: it lay about six feet [1.8m] from the S.E. angle of the Church (KE003-008----) in the burial ground (Macalister 1945, 222-223, no. 228). It is now in the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford. Graveyard depicted as a rectangular shaped area (approx. dims. 37m N-S x 46m E-W) on the 1841 ed. OS 6-inch map with Kilnaughtin Church in centre of graveyard and entrance . In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details: 'The graveyard and church have been cleaned up in the recent past and all grass removed to be replaced by gravel between all the graves, tombs and within the church. A new section of burial ground has been added to the east end giving the graveyard a narrow wedge shaped appearance. Boundary walls around the older western area of the graveyard are constructed with un-coursed rubble limestone bedded in mortar and capped here and there with ‘soldiers’ and are generally in excellent condition. However, along the north-eastern section the boundary is lower and covered with a copious growth of ivy and also slightly damaged and poorly repaired. The boundary wall around the new eastern end of the graveyard is constructed with concrete blocks in sections between taller capped piers. There are two vehicular entrance gateways providing separate access to the old and new areas of the graveyard. Independent able-bodied pedestrian access is also provided for by a swing-stile to all areas. The gates and stile are in excellent condition. There is an outdoor altar (106) and seating area (201) at the southern corner of the graveyard. There are only three ‘strong-box’ type tombs recorded in Kilnaughtin, one of which, the Hamilton tomb, is in the church. A total of 280 named headstones (HN) were recorded in Kilnaughtin graveyard of which ten are simple iron crosses while there are seven large rectangular grave slabs and two table graves. Many of the headstones within and around the church i.e. in the old graveyard contain the earliest headstone dating from late 18th and 19th centuries. There are twelve headstones without names (HWN), however eight of them at Kilnaughtin are simple iron crosses whose name may have fallen off or indeed never had a name plaque attached. There are seven wall plaques in Kilnaughtin, five of which (70, 413, 421, 422 and 423) are fixed onto the walls of the medieval church' (Dunne 2010, 4-7). See attached plan of graveyard courtesy of Laurence Dunne Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 7 June 2022

• KE003-022 Fulacht fia
  Description

  This site consists of a grassed-over, horseshoe-shaped mound which is situated in marshy pastureland. A well once lay NNW of this site but it has since been filled in. This mound, composed of burnt stones and clay which is visible in places, measures 9.7m N-S, 10.2m E-W, and is .7m in height. A slight depression is visible towards the centre of the mound. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 36. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE003-070 Ogham stone
  Description

  This ogham stone was found by Windele in 1836 in the old churchyard (KE003-008001-) of Kilnaughtin on this townland (given as Cockhill townland, bordering on Carhoona): it lay about six feet from the S.E. angle of the Church (KE003-008----) in the burial ground (Macalister 1945, 222-223, no. 228). It is now in the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford. The dimensions (converted from Macalister, ibid) are 0.75 x 0.15 x 0.1m and the fragmentary inscription was read as: --MA]Q[I] BROCI. Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 1 March 2017

Architectural heritage

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

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 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_286 (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 Carhoona with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Carhoona · Na Ceathrúna

Area

2,401,143 m² (240.11 ha, 593.34 acres)

Civil parish

Kilnaughtin, and its townlands

Barony

Iraghticonnor

Electoral division

Tarbert, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Tarbert electoral division: 757 people in 319 households; 82% of households own their home; 16% of homes were built since 2001; 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carhoonakineely, Cockhill, Coolnanoonagh, Dooncaha, Farranawana, Gurteenavallig, Meelcon

Placenames

Carhoona 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.