Carrigeencullia
Townland in the civil parish of Killarney, barony of Magunihy, Co. Kerry
- Area
- 600.7 ha
- 1,484 acres
- Land parcels
- 83
- registered freehold, median 3,362 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
83 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrigeencullia, from 34 m² to 599,635 m² (59.96 ha, 148.17 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 44 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Carrigeencullia 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
17 Feb 2026Conditional
Retention Permission to retain dwelling house, garage and lean to shed, all within revised site boundaries, all in accordance with plans and particulars submitted
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2660115
12 Jul 2024N/a
PLANNING PERMISSION TO (A) CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION AND MAKE ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (B) DECOMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALL A NEW PRECAST CONCRETE SEPTIC TANK AT CARRIGEENACULLIA, HEADFORD, KILLARNEY, CO. KERRY (1 dwelling)
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460451
26 Jan 2024Conditional
Full Planning Permission to construct a new dwelling house with connection to a wastewater treatment system and all associated site services.
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460042
5 Apr 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION ATTACHED TO THE REAR OF THEIR EXISTING DWELLING, TO CONSTRUCT A NEW ASSOCIATED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM TO REPLACE THE EXISTING, TO MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING SITE ENTRANCE, AND TO CARRY OUT ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19352
18 Jan 2019Conditional
CONTINUE USE AND OPERATION OF THE EXISTING SAND PIT PERMITTED UNDER PLAN REG. REF . NO. 1910/98(ABP REF. NO. PL08.110268), WITH MINOR REVISIONS TO THE PERMITTED EXTRACTION AREA ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN BOUNDARY, AND THE INSTALLATION OF A WHEELWASH ALL WITHIN AN APPLICATION AREA OF C. 35. HA. THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR)
Permission · Kerry County Council, 1924
21 Jun 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT A 2 STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18618
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC 000365
Recorded monuments
- KE067-022 Standing stone
Description
In rough pasture, on an elevation with views SE to The Paps of Dana. The stone (dims. 0.5m x 0.48m; H 1.77m) is roughly square in plan and orientated NNW-SSE. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE067-023 Standing stone
Description
In rough pasture, on a gentle SE-facing slope with views to The Paps of Dana. There are no visible remains of any standing stones here. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE067-024 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on a SE-facing slope with views to The Paps of Dana. A circular area (diam. 18m) defined by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.4m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1m) topped intermittently with stone and largely obscured by bushes and trees. Rubble is piled against the internal and external faces of the bank at SW. A break (Wth 3.1m) in the bank at NE may indicate the entrance. There is a possible souterrain (KE067-024001-) in the centre of the interior. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE067-024001 Souterrain
Description
In a rath (KE067-024----). A possible souterrain was recorded here (SMR file). An embedded prostrate stone in the centre of the rath may indicate its location. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE067-025 Standing stone
Description
In pasture, on a SE-facing slope with views to The Paps of Dana. There are no visible remains of a standing stone here. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE067-026 Enclosure
Description
In a farmyard, with views SE to The Paps of Dana. Indicated on the 1893-4 OS 6-inch map as a roughly triangular enclosed area (c. 5m WNW-ESE; projecting c. 10m to the SSW) abutting a field boundary at WNW. This enclosure 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
- KE067-027 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on a S-facing slope with views SE to the Paps of Dana. A circular area (diam. 34m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 8.6m; int. H 1.9m; ext. H 3.3m) and an external fosse (Wth 3.4m; D 1.7m), both of which are covered with overgrowth. There is a causeway entrance (Wth 2.5m) at SE. The bank is damaged and large stones are piled in the fosse and against the external face of the bank SE-S. The interior, largely obscured by overgrowth, slopes down gently to the S, where it is raised (H 1.5m) to compensate for the natural slope. There is a possible souterrain (KE067-027001-) in the interior. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE067-027001 Souterrain
Description
In a rath (KE067-027----). According to local information, there is an opening to a souterrain in the interior of this rath. No remains of this possible souterrain are visible in the rath which is largely covered by dense overgrowth. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE067-093 Standing stone
Description
In level pasture, with views SE to The Paps of Dana. An upright rectangular stone (dims. 0.81m x 0.45m; H 1.85m) orientated E-W. 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 Carrigeencullia.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, 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 Carrigeencullia.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Carrigeencullia with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Carrigeencullia
- Area
- 6,006,503 m² (600.65 ha, 1,484.24 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killarney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Magunihy
- Electoral division
- Knocknahoe, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Knocknahoe electoral division: 307 people in 110 households; 84% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardteegalvan, Ballahacommane, Cloghane, Crosstown, Knockanarroor, Knockanimrish, Knocknahoe, Knocknaskeha, Knockysheehan, Minish, Oldforge
- Placenames
- Carrigeencullia 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.