Carran

46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carran, from 52 m² to 535,847 m² (53.58 ha, 132.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Carran 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.

• 26 Feb 2026Conditional

  Planning permission to (A) demolish existing shed and (B) construct a new dwelling house and domestic garage served by mechanical aeration unit & soil polishing filter at Carran, Headford, Killarney, Co. Kerry

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660159

• 31 Jul 2025Conditional

  Retention Permission to Retain (a) hardstanding areas, (b) Holding tanks, (c) 1 no. container, (d) 9 no. agricultural buildings, (e)Tree house and Full Planning Permission for the change of use from agricultural farm to a pumpkin farm event for 20 days (in any year) around the Halloween period including the change of use of (a) hardstanding areas as parking and circulation areas, (b) 1 no container, (c) 12 no. agricultural structures as temporary visitor amenities including entertainment, food kiosks, seating areas etc for the period of the pumpkin farm event and permission for the use of a toilet block and marquee structure for the period of the pumpkin farm event and all associated site services

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560664

• 16 Aug 2024N/a

  Retention Permission to Retain (a) hardstanding areas, (b) Holding tanks, (c) 1 no. container, (d) 9 no. agricultural buildings, (e)Tree house and Full Planning Permission for the change of use from agricultural farm to a pumpkin farm event for 20 days (in any year) around the Halloween period including the change of use of (a) hardstanding areas as parking and circulation areas, (b) 1 no container, (c) 12 no. agricultural structures as temporary visitor amenities including entertainment, food kisoks, seating areas etc for the period of the pumpkin farm event and permission for the use of a toilet block and marquee structure for the period of the pumpkin farm event and all associated site services at Shrone Beg/Carran/Gortanahaneboy West, Rathmore, Co. Kerry

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2460577

• 8 Nov 2023Conditional

  The development will consist of the removal of an existing 18 metres monopole telecommunications antenna support structure and replacement with a new 24 metres monopole telecommunications antenna support structure carrying antennas, dishes, remote radio units (RRU's), together with cable ladder, GPS, gantry poles, concrete foundation, cabinet and all associated site development works to provide for high-speed wireless data and broadband services.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2360292

• 17 Dec 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE SERVED BY MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT AND SAND POLISHING FILTER

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 211471

• 3 Nov 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE SERVED BY MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 211251

• 28 Oct 2021Conditional

  (A) RETENTION OF THE VEHICLE ENTRANCE , SPLAYED ENTRANCE AND ACCESS (B) FULL PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT 6 NO. GLAMPING PODS ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES AND INFORMAL WALKING PATHS AND PERMISSION TO INSTALL AN ONSITE PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM TO SERVICE SAME (C)FULL PLANNING PERMISSION TO UPGRADE THE EXISTING AGRICULTURAL ACCESS ROAD AND CONSTRUCT A CAR PARKING AREA TO ACCOMMODATE 9 CAR SPACES ALONG WITH ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 211228

• 28 May 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING AND SEPARATE GARAGE, AND THE PROVISION OF A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21568

• 10 Mar 2021Conditional

  A) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW EXTENSION TO THE SOUTHERN ELEVATION OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE B) MATERIAL ALTERATIONS TO THE INTERNAL LAYOUT OF THE EXISING DWELLING TO LINK THE NEW EXTENSION WITH THE EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21248

• 23 Dec 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE SERVED BY MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT AND SAND POLISHING FILTER

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 201261

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: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC 000365

Recorded monuments

• KE068-012 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In pasture, on top of a rounded hillock, with views S to The Paps of Dana. A circular area (9.8m N-S; 9.05m E-W) enclosed by a fosse (Wth 1.8m; D 0.15m) and an outer bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.04m; ext. H 0.45m). Part of the bank is incorporated into a field boundary along the N arc. There is a break (Wth 1.2m) in the bank at NNE and a possible entrance (Wth 2.85m) with a causeway at W. There is a mound of stones at the centre of the interior and a stone-filled depression immediately to its S. The entire ring-barrow is obscured by gorse and briars. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE068-018 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough pasture, on a S-facing slope with views to The Paps of Dana. The cropmark of an oval enclosure (c. 40m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE), with a possible entrance break at SE, is visible on an aerial photograph (GSIAP, W 16-15) taken in 1973. It is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE068-118 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, with views S to The Paps of Dana. Indicated as an oval enclosure (c. 30m NW-SE; c. 20m NE-SW) on the 1894 OS 6-inch map, next to a farmyard. There are no visible remains of this enclosure apart from a scatter of stones. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Carran, about 1 in 10 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 moderately low, low.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Carran

Area

1,598,272 m² (159.83 ha, 394.94 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcummin, and its townlands

Barony

Magunihy

Electoral division

Doocarrig, the unit of the census

Census 2022

694 people lived in 226 households in the Doocarrig electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Beheenagh, Doocarrig Beg, Gortanahaneboy West, Gortderrig, Lisnagrave, Shrone Beg

Placenames

Carran 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.