Castletown

81 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castletown, from 25 m² to 246,717 m² (24.67 ha, 60.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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.

• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space, Park (Open space, park)
  Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026, Kerry · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 5 Sept 2024Conditional

  Retention Permission to a) Retain elevation changes to the existing dwelling b) Retain existing domestic shed as constructed And Planning Permission to c) construct an extension to the existing shed, to include a carport

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460668

• 4 Sept 2024Conditional

  Permission for Change of use of existing ground floor retail units No. 3 and 4 to residential apartment use; change of use of two first floor office units and store to residential apartment use; fit out undeveloped residential area on first floor to create three residential apartments; carry out alterations to external elevations (door and window opes; six No. balconies) and all associated site works at Castletown, Kilflynn, Co. Kerry.

  Permission, 6 homes · Kerry County Council, 2460659

• 30 Jul 2024N/a

  Retention Permission to a) Retain elevation changes to the existing dwelling b) Retain existing domestic shed as constructed And Planning Permission to c) construct an extension to the existing shed, to include a carport

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2460504

• 19 Oct 2021Conditional

  RETAIN EXISTING STRUCTURES AS CONSTRUCTED WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES AND PERMISSION TO DEMOLISH EXISTING FLAT ROOF ANNEX TO REAR (B) RENOVATE AND EXTEND EXISTING DWELLING THE EXTENSIONS WILL CONSIST OF (1) PORCH TO FRONT (11)A FLAT ROOF ANNEX TO REAR (C) ELEVATIONAL CHANGES (D) ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS, INCLUDING CLOSING UP ONE ROADSIDE ENTRANCE AND INCREASING WIDTH OF OTHER

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 211188

• 2 Sept 2020Conditional

  BUILD A PRIVATE SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING AND RENOVATE EXISTING PORCH AT FRONT OF DWELLING

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20789

• 8 May 2020Conditional

  (1) RETENTION AND COMPLETE PARTIALLY BUILT KITCHEN EXTENSION (PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PERMISSION 02/1556) AND (2) RETAIN GARAGE/ SHED ON NORTH SIDE OF MY DWELLING HOUSE

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20421

• 27 Nov 2018Conditional

  CHANGE THE USE OF EXISTING GROUND FLOOR RETAIL UNITS NO. 3 AND 4 TO RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT USE; CHANGE OF USE OF TWO FIRST FLOOR OFFICE UNITS AND STORE TO RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT USE; FIT OUT UNDEVELOPED RESIDENTIAL AREA ON FIRST FLOOR TO CREATE THREE RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS; CARRY OUT ALTERATIONS TO EXTERNAL ELEVATIONS (DOOR AND WINDOW OPES; SIX NO. BALCONIES) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 5 homes · Kerry County Council, 181159

• 7 Sept 2018Conditional

  ERECT A NEW BUNGALOW COMPLETE WITH WASTE WATER TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER AND FOR ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH SAME INCLUDING WIDENING EXISTING GATE TO FORM A NEW ENTRANCE ON TO SITE FROM EXISTING PUBLIC ROAK

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18873

• 28 May 2018Conditional

  ERECT A STEEL SLURRY TOWER

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 18506

• 26 Mar 2018Conditional

  RETAIN EXISTING PRE-SCHOOL AND ALSO FULL PLANNING PERMISSION FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES AND NEW FIXED SIGNAGE FOR ADVERTISEMENT PURPOSES ONLY

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 18269

• 21 Aug 2017Refused

  BUILD A PRIVATE SHED AT SIDE OF EXISTING GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 17817

• 21 Jun 2017Conditional

  (A) DEMOLISH EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND OUTBUILDING, (B) CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED GARAGE, (C) DECOMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND CONNECT TO THE PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17579

• 6 Mar 2017Refused

  RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, BOUNDARY WALL, ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES AND PLANNING PERMISSION TO BUILD A NEW SHED AT SIDE OF EXISTING GARAGE

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 17192

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Castletown.

Recorded monuments

• KE021-036 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  This circular enclosure appears on the 1841-42 and 1898 OS maps. However, on the later edition it has been incorporated into fieldbanks on all sides except to the W. This site also shows up on the Geological Survey of Ireland's aerial photographs (1977), but no surface trace survives today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 736. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE021-064 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked as a circular enclosure on the 1841-42 and 1898 OS maps, no visible trace of this site survives today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 737. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE021-065 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  This circular enclosure is situated E of KE021-064----. It is marked on the 1841-42 and 1898 OS maps, and shows up clearly on the Geological Survey of Ireland's aerial photographs (1977). No surface trace survives today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 738. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE021-066 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated SW of KE021-065---- in the same field, this circular enclosure is marked on the 1841-42 and 1898 OS maps. No surface trace survives today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 739. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE021-067 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Skenapisha Fort/Sceich na Pise (thorn-bush of the peas). This circular enclosure is marked on the 1841-42 OS map. On the later edition map of 1898 only a tiny section N-NW is faintly marked. No surface trace survives today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 740. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

Architectural heritage

• Saint Mary's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cruciform-plan five-bay double-height Roman Catholic church, dated 1849, originally single-cell barn style. Comprising four-bay double-height nave with, two-bay single-storey sacristy to north elevation and having bellcote to west gable. Renovated and extended, 1935, with single-bay double-height transepts added to north and to south elevations. Renovated, 1979, with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch added to west gable end. Pitched slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, gable parapets and having cast-iron gutters, decorative hoppers and downpipes. Painted rendered walls with projecting eaves band. Pointed arch openings with hood mouldings, trefoil heads to some openings with painted rusticated surrounds. Leaded coloured glass panels. Rose window above entrance. Single and paired timber one-over-one pane sliding sash windows to sacristy, glazed with leaded panels of coloured glass. Cruciform-plan interior with shallow chancel. Open trussed roof with timber vault at crossing. Plastered walls with beading at dado level. Chancel reordered, retaining altar, reredos and lectern. Distinctive altar carved with high-relief figures. Concrete flagged steps and podium to front.

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 Castletown, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Castletown, Kilflynn5 sales

Name

Castletown

Area

744,267 m² (74.43 ha, 183.91 acres)

Civil parish

Kilflyn, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmaurice

Electoral division

Kilfeighny, the unit of the census

Census 2022

993 people lived in 372 households in the Kilfeighny electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyconnell, Cloonnafinneela, Crotta, Drommakee, Fahavane, Glanballyma

Placenames

Castletown 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.