# Carran, Co. Kerry: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilcummin, barony of Magunihy, Co. Kerry. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,598,272 m² (159.83 ha, 394.94 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,568 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilcummin, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/kilcummin.md - Barony: Magunihy - Electoral division: Doocarrig, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/23340 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 70602 - Centre: latitude 52.054738, longitude -9.29027 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carran, from 52 m² to 535,847 m² (53.58 ha, 132.41 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1225642: 535,847 m² (53.58 ha, 132.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1225642.md - Parcel 1247097: 432,510 m² (43.25 ha, 106.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1247097.md - Parcel 1223562: 378,966 m² (37.9 ha, 93.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1223562.md - Parcel 1152116: 32,028 m² (3.2 ha, 7.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1152116.md - Parcel 1180765: 29,010 m² (2.9 ha, 7.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1180765.md - Parcel 1186605: 24,470 m² (2.45 ha, 6.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1186605.md - Parcel 1142718: 19,457 m² (1.95 ha, 4.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1142718.md - Parcel 1182547: 19,315 m² (1.93 ha, 4.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1182547.md - Parcel 1226473: 17,364 m² (1.74 ha, 4.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1226473.md - Parcel 4858651: 12,054 m² (1.21 ha, 2.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4858651.md - Parcel 1235707: 10,323 m² (1.03 ha, 2.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1235707.md - Parcel 6048235: 9,611 m² (0.96 ha, 2.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6048235.md - Parcel 1159735: 8,416 m² (0.84 ha, 2.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1159735.md - Parcel 1193843: 6,040 m² (0.6 ha, 1.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1193843.md - Parcel 4858698: 4,283 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4858698.md - Parcel 1195962: 3,936 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1195962.md - Parcel 1195218: 3,851 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1195218.md - Parcel 5969782: 3,121 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5969782.md - Parcel 5978240: 3,027 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5978240.md - Parcel 1147066: 2,953 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1147066.md - Parcel 1194390: 2,855 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1194390.md - Parcel 5969833: 2,662 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5969833.md - Parcel 1213646: 2,609 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1213646.md - Parcel 5978225: 2,527 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5978225.md - Parcel 1138809: 2,467 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1138809.md - Parcel 1147344: 2,401 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1147344.md - Parcel 2758152: 2,387 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2758152.md - Parcel 1199720: 2,286 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1199720.md - Parcel 1162241: 2,267 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1162241.md - Parcel 1148637: 2,213 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1148637.md - Parcel 1163627: 2,173 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1163627.md - Parcel 1179021: 2,096 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1179021.md - Parcel 5004435: 2,074 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5004435.md - Parcel 1196843: 2,071 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1196843.md - Parcel 1163271: 2,030 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1163271.md - Parcel 1141300: 1,785 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1141300.md - Parcel 1146323: 1,665 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1146323.md - Parcel 1180815: 1,439 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1180815.md - Parcel 1196526: 1,061 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1196526.md - Parcel 5978266: 368 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5978266.md - Parcel 5978263: 290 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5978263.md - Parcel 5981314: 290 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5981314.md - Parcel 1142506: 164 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1142506.md - Parcel 5981283: 129 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5981283.md - Parcel 5978268: 109 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5978268.md - Parcel 5978271: 52 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5978271.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 10 applications, newest first. - 26 Feb 2026, Kerry County Council 2660159: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660159/0 - 31 Jul 2025, Kerry County Council 2560664: Conditional. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560664/0 - 16 Aug 2024, Kerry County Council 2460577: N/a. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460577/0 - 8 Nov 2023, Kerry County Council 2360292: Conditional. Permission. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360292/0 - 17 Dec 2021, Kerry County Council 211471: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE SERVED BY MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT AND SAND POLISHING FILTER. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/211471/0 - 3 Nov 2021, Kerry County Council 211251: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE SERVED BY MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/211251/0 - 28 Oct 2021, Kerry County Council 211228: Conditional. Retention. (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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/211228/0 - 28 May 2021, Kerry County Council 21568: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING AND SEPARATE GARAGE, AND THE PROVISION OF A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/21568/0 - 10 Mar 2021, Kerry County Council 21248: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/21248/0 - 23 Dec 2020, Kerry County Council 201261: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE SERVED BY MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT AND SAND POLISHING FILTER. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/201261/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC, site code 000365, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000365 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - KE068-012: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE068-012----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE068-018----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE068-118----. 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carran. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - 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: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - 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 flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/kerry/carran.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/carran.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/carran.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Carran with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry: https://everytownland.com/kerry.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Beheenagh: https://everytownland.com/kerry/beheenagh-70430.md - Doocarrig Beg: https://everytownland.com/kerry/doocarrig-beg.md - Gortanahaneboy West: https://everytownland.com/kerry/gortanahaneboy-west.md - Gortderrig: https://everytownland.com/kerry/gortderrig.md - Lisnagrave: https://everytownland.com/kerry/lisnagrave.md - Shrone Beg: https://everytownland.com/kerry/shrone-beg.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/kerry/carran - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kerry/carran