Castlequin

179 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlequin, from 47 m² to 502,914 m² (50.29 ha, 124.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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 Castlequin 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.

• 7 Feb 2025Conditional

  Permission to erect a storage shed for sports equipment and all associated site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560063

• 9 Jan 2025N/a

  Permission to erect a storage shed for sports equipment and all associated site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560003

• 29 Nov 2024N/a

  Permission to erect a storage shed for sports equipment and all associated site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460934

• 4 Jul 2024Refused

  To construct a bungalow style dwelling house to be served by a mechanical treatment tank and percolation treatment area, upgrade her existing entrance & all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460433

• 23 Mar 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE SERVED BY THE EXISTING ESTATE ROAD, SEWERS AND OTHER UNDERGROUND SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22317

• 24 Jan 2022Conditional

  EXTEND AND RENOVATE AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO CONSIST OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY PORCH, PROPOSED ATTIC ACCOMODATION OF TWO BEDROOMS AND CONSTRUCT NEW INTERNAL STAIRCASE

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2246

• 31 May 2021Conditional

  CONVERT EXISTING STORAGE ROOM ON FIRST FLOOR OF EXISTING DWELLING INTO AN ONLINE SERVICE OFFICE FOR HIGH QUALITY PRINTS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 21582

• 28 Apr 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE SERVED BY A SEPTIC TAND AND PURAFLO POLISHING FILTER

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21459

• 30 Sept 2019Conditional

  RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED AND PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A DOMESTIC GARAGE TO THE NORTH EAST OF THE EXISTING PROPERTY FOR PRIVATE USE

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 191013

• 1 May 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE SERVED BY THE EXISITNG ESTATE ROAD, SEWERS AND OTHER UNDERGROUND SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19459

• 1 May 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE SERVED BY THE EXISTING ESTATE ROAD, SEWERS AND OTHER UNDERGROUND SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19460

• 19 Mar 2019N/a

  CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE SERVED BY THE EXISTING ESTATE ROAD , SEWERS AND OTHER UNDERGROUND SERVICES ON SITE NO 19 MARINA VIEW

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 19268

• 19 Mar 2019N/a

  CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE SERVED BY THE EXISTING ESTATE ROAD, SEWERS AND OTHER UNDERGROUND SERVICES

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 19269

• 16 Nov 2017Conditional

  (A ) CONSTRUCT A TWO STOREY FRONT AND REAR EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (B) CONSTRUCT A DETACHED GARAGE (C) INTERNAL ALTERATIONS, ELEVATION CHANGES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 171145

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Iveragh Peninsula SPA 004154
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Doulus Head To Cooncrome Harbour 001350
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Valencia River Estuary 001383

Recorded monuments

• KE079-025 Standing stone
  Description

  This tall standing stone is situated close to Castlequin House and overlooks the Ferta river to S. It stands 3.4m high, and tapers slightly towards the top. Its pear shaped basal plan has maximum dimensions of 1.22m x .64m; NW-SE. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 145. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE079-104 Enclosure
  Description

  This site is marked as a small circular enclosure on the first edition of the OS map, and is titled 'Fort' on the OS Fair Plan. It is located on gentle sloping pasture on the N bank of the Valencia river and commands a view over Valencia Harbour to SW. It survives as an ovalshaped platform, truncated on its N side by a modern field boundary, and measures 8m N-S x 18m E-W in overall dimensions. A low indistinct stony bank, averaging 1m wide, marks its S and E sides and at S this stands 1.8m above surrounding ground level. A raised rectangular area, 18m x 9m, abuts the length of the site's exterior at S and incorporates rock outcrop in its composition at base. An opening to a souterrain (KE079-104001-) is locally reputed to occur close to a stream just W of the monument. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 720. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE079-104001 Souterrain
  Description

  An opening to a souterrain (KE079-104001-) is locally reputed to occur close to a stream just W of the monument. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 720. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE079-114 Hut site
  Description

  On the S side of a ridge at the entrance to a small valley that opens to W. The ruined remains of a substantial drystone hut of circular plan. A basal row of uprights flanks its inner wall-face at W. A 1.6m wide entrance is marked by two slabs at E. D: 5.1m. H: .9m. T: 2.5m. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1187. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE079-136 Burnt spread
  Description

  Topsoil stripping in advance of a housing development revealed a portion of a spread (13m E-W; 7.3m N-S; D 0.5m) of burnt material. It was apparent that the burnt material extended to the N and E into undisturbed soil beyond the stripped area. A line (L c. 1m) of stones set on edge was noted on the N side of the spread. The burnt spread was subsequently covered with a porous membrane, drainage stones and sods and was excluded from any further development works. (Cleary 2004) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Architectural heritage

• Castlequin, country house, 1835–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey house, built c. 1840, incorporating fabric of earlier building to north. Comprising three-bay two-storey projecting bay to centre on a half-octagonal plan with two-bay double-height gable-fronted recessed end bays to east and to west. Two-bay side elevations. End bay to east originally in use as private chapel. Five-bay rear elevation to north having two-bay two-storey return with single-bay two-storey block at right angles to north. In use, pre-1934, now ruinous. Rendered rubble stone walls with parapet wall to projecting bay. Flat-headed openings with timber lintels, lead trays below two first floors, sills now removed. Facetted central two-storey bay to facade apparently with doors to each side. East doorway with outline of pediment over west doorway with plinth. Detached five-bay two-storey rubble stone-built outbuilding, built c. 1840, to north-west, now derelict. Detached five-bay two-storey rubble stone-built outbuilding, built c. 1840, to north-west with round-headed integral carriage arch and single-bay single-storey lean-to projecting bay to centre, now ruinous. Detached eight-bay two-storey rubble stone-built outbuilding, built c. 1840, to north-west with lancet arch openings, now ruinous. Remains of rubble stone-built walled garden, built c. 1840. Gateway, built c. 1840, to south-east comprising pair of cast-iron piers with cast-iron gates.

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 Castlequin, about 1 in 5 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Castlequin · Clochán Mhac Cuinn

Area

4,863,494 m² (486.35 ha, 1,201.8 acres)

Civil parish

Caher, and its townlands

Barony

Iveragh

Electoral division

Castlequin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

583 people lived in 225 households in the Castlequin electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycarbery East, Cloghanelinaghan, Kimego East

Placenames

Castlequin 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.