# Carrigafoyle, Co. Kerry: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Aghavallen, barony of Iraghticonnor, Co. Kerry; in Irish Carraig an Phoill.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 881,502 m² (88.15 ha, 217.82 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,321 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Aghavallen, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/aghavallen.md
- Barony: Iraghticonnor
- Electoral division: Carrig, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 374 people lived in 157 households in the Carrig electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 18% of homes were built since 2001. 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/23886
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 70608
- Centre: latitude 52.564381, longitude -9.494682 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrigafoyle, from 174 m² to 160,840 m² (16.08 ha, 39.74 acres); 9 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 5144790: 160,840 m² (16.08 ha, 39.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5144790.md
- Parcel 1165213: 123,539 m² (12.35 ha, 30.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1165213.md
- Parcel 4441863: 118,653 m² (11.87 ha, 29.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4441863.md
- Parcel 1240206: 116,143 m² (11.61 ha, 28.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1240206.md
- Parcel 1194052: 93,045 m² (9.3 ha, 22.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1194052.md
- Parcel 5724999: 91,020 m² (9.1 ha, 22.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5724999.md
- Parcel 1235279: 74,863 m² (7.49 ha, 18.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1235279.md
- Parcel 4940221: 69,411 m² (6.94 ha, 17.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4940221.md
- Parcel 1234649: 9,766 m² (0.98 ha, 2.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1234649.md
- Parcel 5889224: 2,662 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5889224.md
- Parcel 1213148: 2,587 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1213148.md
- Parcel 1229410: 2,345 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1229410.md
- Parcel 1216115: 2,321 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1216115.md
- Parcel 4441859: 2,268 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4441859.md
- Parcel 6171611: 2,239 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6171611.md
- Parcel 1197841: 2,051 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1197841.md
- Parcel 1159936: 1,802 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1159936.md
- Parcel 1227996: 1,297 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1227996.md
- Parcel 1202687: 1,154 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1202687.md
- Parcel 1147659: 1,031 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1147659.md
- Parcel 2956157: 991 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2956157.md
- Parcel 1225953: 783 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1225953.md
- Parcel 1189971: 583 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1189971.md
- Parcel 5725001: 206 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5725001.md
- Parcel 6171630: 174 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6171630.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Carrigafoyle 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)

3 applications, newest first.

- 26 Jun 2023, Kerry County Council 23722: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (A) DEMOLITION OF CHIMNEYS, SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE (EAST), ATTACHED BOILER HOUSE TO REAR AND DETACHED OUTBUILDINGS, (B) CONSTRUCTION OF PART SINGLE STOREY, PART STOREY AND A HALF EXTENSION TO SIDE (EAST) AND REAR, (C) ALTERATIONS TO FENESTRATION/OPES TO FRONT, REAR AND SIDE (EAST) ELEVATIONS AND (D) ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/23722/0
- 1 Sept 2020, Kerry County Council 20782: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, ATTACHED GARAGE, INSTALL A PACKAGED WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/20782/0
- 6 Nov 2018, Kerry County Council 181085: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED GARAGE, INSTALL AN IRL 10 TRICEL NOVO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PUMPED UNIT AND SANDCEL TERTIARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/181085/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC, site code 002165, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002165
- Special Protection Area: River Shannon and River Fergus Estuaries SPA, site code 004077, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004077
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballylongford Bay, site code 001332

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- KE002-041: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE002-041----. This irregularly shaped enclosure is not marked on the OS maps, but it does show up clearly on aerial photographs taken by the Survey in 1987, where it appears as an unusual pear shape. Very difficult to determine on the ground, it measures 37.6m N-S and rises to .6m high. It is cut on the S and E sides by fieldbanks, thus making measurements difficult to obtain. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1020. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013
- KE002-042: Castle - ringwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE002-042----. This site is situated in a large pastoral field. Not marked on any edition of the OS maps, it is a large circular enclosure, very much levelled but still distinguishable. The circular area is enclosed by a low wide earthen bank, and measures N-S 51m internally and 61m N-S externally, and it is 4-7m wide at the base of the bank. The external height of the bank above the surrounding land measures .4m and the internal height a maximum of .4m. This site is locally thought to be a Killeen (KE002-042001-). NE of the site lies Carrigafoyle Church (KE002-043001-) and Carrigafoyle Castle (KE002-045----). The above description is derived from Toal C. (compiler) ‘The North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority. (1995) no. 840. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 18 June 2013
- KE002-042001: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE002-042001-. According to Toal (1995, 213) the ringwork site here (KE002-042----) is locally thought to be a Killeen. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 18 June 2013
- KE002-043001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE002-043001-. Church (in ruins). This church is situated on slightly elevated land to the W of Carrigafoyle Castle (KE002-045----). It has a rectangular shape measuring 20.3m x 8.2m externally, with walls 1m thick. On the N wall, 2.8m from the W gable, there is a narrow slit window formed of cut limestone and measuring .2m x .8m. There is a doorway in this wall, 7.5m from the W gable, which is formed of cut limestone in the pointed style; it measures 1m wide and 2.2m at its highest point. The S wall also contains a doorway, 6.2m from the W gable. Formed of cut limestone in the pointed style, it measures 1.2m in width and 2.2m at its highest point. In the interior of the S doorway are the remains of a water stoup. The S wall contains four windows in the pointed style and formed of cut limestone. The E gable contains one window of cut limestone in the pointed style. It was divided into two lights by a stone mullion, but this feature exists no longer. The W gable contains a quadrangular window of cut limestone, measuring .2m x 1.3m. The W gable also contains a small, now-disfigured window which is known as a 'leper hole'. The W gable would appear to be divided into two storeys. This second storey could have been the sacristy, where the vestments and vessels were kept. There would also appear to have been a belfry leading from the top of the W gable. An enclosure (KE002-043002-) would appear to extend out of the S wall near the W gable and from the E gable. The former travels for 22m before curving S and then W. A 7.6m wide gap can be noted to the S. This enclosure shows up quite clearly on aerial photographs. It was possibly a parish church for the O'Connor Kerry clan. The construction of this church would appear to be coeval with the nearby castle (KE002-045----), thus giving it a 15th century date. See attached plan of Carrigafoyle Church taken from North Kerry Archaeological Survey (Toal 1995, 237). The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 927. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013
- KE002-043002: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE002-043002-. Church KE002-043001- is situated on slightly elevated land to the W of Carrigafoyle Castle (KE002-045----). An enclosure (KE002-043002-) would appear to extend out of the S wall near the W gable and from the E gable. The former travels for 22m before curving S and then W. A 7.6m wide gap can be noted to the S. This enclosure shows up quite clearly on aerial photographs. It was possibly a parish church for the O'Connor Kerry clan. The construction of this church would appear to be coeval with the nearby castle (KE002-045----), thus giving it a 15th century date. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 927. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013
- KE002-044: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE002-044----. Situated immediately NE of Carrigafoyle Church (927), this site consists of a sub-circular area enclosed by a low, wide bank. It has been much levelled and is now barely perceptible. The enclosing bank is only visible from the NW through W to S to SE, and appears elsewhere only as a slight rise. The bank is on average 5m wide and rises to .4m high. A slight fosse can be noticed to the W, where it is 2m wide and .2m deep. The internal diameter is 17m N-S and 17m E-W. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1019. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013
- KE002-046001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE002-046001-. This univallate rath is situated on gently sloping land and has an extensive view of the surrounding countryside. It consists of a roughly circular area enclosed by an earthen bank and a slight exterior fosse from the NW-W. The external height of the bank above the fosse measures 1.6m, the internal height 1m and the width of the bank at the base is on average 3.5m. N-NE, the bank only survives as a slight rise above the surrounding land. The interior is gently sloping N. The fosse is 1m wide and .8m below the height of the surrounding land. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 160. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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)

- Kilelton Farm Yard, farmyard complex, 1840–1880, Regional interest, registry number 21300207, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KE&regno=21300207. Farmyard complex, built c. 1860, originally about a courtyard, comprising farmhouse and related farm buildings. Detached four-bay two-storey house, with pitched slate roof, concrete ridge tiles, nap rendered chimneystack, plastic ports, concrete coping to gable ends, timber eaves and plastic rainwater goods. Painted nap rendered walls. Square-headed openings with stone sills and replacement timber casement windows. Replacement glazed timber panelled door. Detached ten-bay single-storey rubble stone-built range to south-east on an L-shaped plan with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting bay to south-east. Pitched and hipped slate roofs, with sections of corrugated-iron, having concrete ridge tiles and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted or lime washed random rubble stone walls. Pair of blind lunette window openings to north-east. Square-headed door openings with stone lintels and timber doors. Detached five-bay double-height corrugated-iron barrel-roofed barn building, built c. 1980, to south-west with five-bay single-storey lean-to projecting bay to front and corrugated-iron roof. Open arcade with iron pillars. Set back from road in own grounds. Gateway to east comprising pair of rendered panelled piers with finials. Landscaped grounds to site with avenue to farm yard complex.

## 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 Carrigafoyle, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_225, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_225.zip (ZIP).
- 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/carrigafoyle.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/carrigafoyle.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/carrigafoyle.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Carrigafoyle 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)

- Gortard: https://everytownland.com/kerry/gortard.md
- Killelton: https://everytownland.com/kerry/killelton-71810.md
- Martara: https://everytownland.com/kerry/martara-72204.md
- Rusheen: https://everytownland.com/kerry/rusheen-72460.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.

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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.

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