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

Townland in the civil parish of Cloghane, barony of Corkaguiny, Co. Kerry; in Irish An Clochán.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 4,055,524 m² (405.55 ha, 1,002.14 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 118 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 757 m²
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Cloghane, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/cloghane.md
- Barony: Corkaguiny
- Electoral division: Cloghane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Cloghane electoral division: 260 people in 103 households; 87% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 32% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 12% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md
- Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/22527
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 70666
- Centre: latitude 52.230909, longitude -10.213871 (WGS 84)

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

118 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloghane, from 19 m² to 1,449,409 m² (144.94 ha, 358.16 acres); 26 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1205546: 1,449,409 m² (144.94 ha, 358.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1205546.md
- Parcel 1146654: 1,372,057 m² (137.21 ha, 339.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1146654.md
- Parcel 1181655: 374,383 m² (37.44 ha, 92.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1181655.md
- Parcel 1216869: 194,395 m² (19.44 ha, 48.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1216869.md
- Parcel 1143239: 185,862 m² (18.59 ha, 45.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1143239.md
- Parcel 1229113: 92,870 m² (9.29 ha, 22.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1229113.md
- Parcel 1229117: 69,955 m² (7 ha, 17.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1229117.md
- Parcel 1193423: 49,395 m² (4.94 ha, 12.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1193423.md
- Parcel 1200601: 44,063 m² (4.41 ha, 10.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1200601.md
- Parcel 1245197: 35,561 m² (3.56 ha, 8.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1245197.md
- Parcel 1219713: 19,249 m² (1.92 ha, 4.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1219713.md
- Parcel 1155161: 18,796 m² (1.88 ha, 4.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1155161.md
- Parcel 1183720: 12,225 m² (1.22 ha, 3.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1183720.md
- Parcel 1182784: 7,365 m² (0.74 ha, 1.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1182784.md
- Parcel 4025848: 6,222 m² (0.62 ha, 1.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4025848.md
- Parcel 1183556: 5,799 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1183556.md
- Parcel 1182813: 5,491 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1182813.md
- Parcel 1154336: 5,248 m² (0.52 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1154336.md
- Parcel 1164445: 4,033 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164445.md
- Parcel 3027052: 3,679 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3027052.md
- Parcel 2560940: 3,673 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2560940.md
- Parcel 1146479: 3,616 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1146479.md
- Parcel 2978610: 3,321 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2978610.md
- Parcel 1155538: 2,995 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1155538.md
- Parcel 1162449: 2,977 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1162449.md
- Parcel 1163704: 2,900 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1163704.md
- Parcel 1159422: 2,807 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1159422.md
- Parcel 5390686: 2,666 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5390686.md
- Parcel 1188508: 2,536 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1188508.md
- Parcel 4025855: 2,505 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4025855.md
- Parcel 1157187: 2,468 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1157187.md
- Parcel 4025840: 2,405 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4025840.md
- Parcel 1244095: 2,404 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1244095.md
- Parcel 1140819: 2,315 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1140819.md
- Parcel 4677230: 2,192 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4677230.md
- Parcel 1185485: 2,139 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1185485.md
- Parcel 4025860: 2,080 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4025860.md
- Parcel 1530359: 2,078 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1530359.md
- Parcel 4677232: 2,069 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4677232.md
- Parcel 1151139: 1,922 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1151139.md
- Parcel 1216772: 1,852 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1216772.md
- Parcel 1152318: 1,850 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1152318.md
- Parcel 1216765: 1,678 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1216765.md
- Parcel 1192884: 1,634 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1192884.md
- Parcel 1159244: 1,631 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1159244.md
- Parcel 1244397: 1,574 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1244397.md
- Parcel 4058814: 1,497 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4058814.md
- Parcel 4103715: 1,481 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4103715.md
- Parcel 1188843: 1,451 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1188843.md
- Parcel 1195225: 1,389 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1195225.md
- Parcel 1243372: 1,249 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1243372.md
- Parcel 1246094: 976 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1246094.md
- Parcel 1238571: 967 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1238571.md
- Parcel 1203702: 866 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1203702.md
- Parcel 1202491: 846 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1202491.md
- Parcel 1199531: 838 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1199531.md
- Parcel 1232186: 809 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1232186.md
- Parcel 5424564: 805 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5424564.md
- Parcel 1216872: 767 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1216872.md
- Parcel 1223656: 746 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1223656.md
- Parcel 1216770: 698 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1216770.md
- Parcel 1206798: 660 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1206798.md
- Parcel 1146162: 637 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1146162.md
- Parcel 1140346: 632 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1140346.md
- Parcel 1139157: 623 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1139157.md
- Parcel 1140816: 609 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1140816.md
- Parcel 1216769: 587 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1216769.md
- Parcel 1216773: 565 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1216773.md
- Parcel 1151451: 556 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1151451.md
- Parcel 1232184: 548 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1232184.md
- Parcel 1216050: 547 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1216050.md
- Parcel 1216870: 501 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1216870.md
- Parcel 1183388: 468 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1183388.md
- Parcel 1154109: 434 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1154109.md
- Parcel 1216768: 415 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1216768.md
- Parcel 1238841: 413 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1238841.md
- Parcel 1241271: 412 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1241271.md
- Parcel 1238711: 407 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1238711.md
- Parcel 1213754: 402 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1213754.md
- Parcel 1209197: 349 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1209197.md
- Parcel 1242817: 349 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1242817.md
- Parcel 1199230: 337 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1199230.md
- Parcel 4316544: 317 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4316544.md
- Parcel 2429876: 287 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2429876.md
- Parcel 1242124: 250 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1242124.md
- Parcel 1225280: 237 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1225280.md
- Parcel 1183387: 205 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1183387.md
- Parcel 1158925: 203 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1158925.md
- Parcel 1157487: 192 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1157487.md
- Parcel 1216767: 190 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1216767.md
- Parcel 1232187: 187 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1232187.md
- Parcel 1232185: 173 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1232185.md
- Parcel 1212170: 167 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1212170.md
- Parcel 1159695: 162 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1159695.md
- Parcel 1151421: 161 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1151421.md
- Parcel 1211487: 144 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1211487.md
- Parcel 1190270: 142 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1190270.md
- Parcel 1238721: 142 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1238721.md
- Parcel 1161633: 134 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1161633.md
- Parcel 1158330: 128 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1158330.md
- Parcel 1243877: 123 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1243877.md
- Parcel 3845720: 109 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3845720.md
- Parcel 1204556: 105 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1204556.md
- Parcel 4103736: 105 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4103736.md
- Parcel 1160087: 99 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1160087.md
- Parcel 1210429: 93 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1210429.md
- Parcel 4025839: 89 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4025839.md
- Parcel 1184798: 84 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1184798.md
- Parcel 4183257: 81 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4183257.md
- Parcel 1186130: 73 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1186130.md
- Parcel 1144720: 72 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1144720.md
- Parcel 1159151: 71 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1159151.md
- Parcel 1157894: 61 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1157894.md
- Parcel 1185971: 60 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1185971.md
- Parcel 1156413: 58 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1156413.md
- Parcel 1138684: 51 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1138684.md
- Parcel 1216871: 48 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1216871.md
- Parcel 4843119: 19 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4843119.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Cloghane 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)

5 applications, newest first.

- 1 Apr 2026, Kerry County Council 2660286: Conditional. Permission. Permission to construct a single-storey-with-attic-accommodation style dwelling, a wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660286/0
- 8 Sept 2022, Kerry County Council 22949: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCT AN INTEGRATED CONSTRUCTED WETLAND (ICW) FOR THE UPGRADING OF MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT FOR THE VILLAGE. A 5 CELL ICW TREATMENT SYSTEM (SOUTHWEST OF VILLAGE) AND ASSOCIATED PUMP STATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE ( EAST OF THE VILLAGE) WHERE WASTEWATERS WILL BE PUMPED FROM THE EXISTING COLLECTION NETWORK TO THE ICW FOR TREATMENT. FLOW THROUGH AND FROM THE SYSTEM WILL BE OPERATED BY GRAVITY AND FINAL DISCHARGE WILL BE TO THE EXISTING OUTFALL IN BRANDON BAY. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED IN RESPECT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/22949/0
- 6 Sept 2019, Kerry County Council 19933: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (A) DEMOLISH EXISTING LEAN-TO ELEMENT TO THE SOUTH OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (B) CONSTRUCT NEW EXTENSIONS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (C) CONSTRUCT A NEW DOMESTIC SHED, (D) RETAIN AND COMPLETE NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS IN LOCATION OF AN EXISTING AGRICULTURAL GATE ACCESS AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/19933/0
- 1 May 2019, Kerry County Council 19456: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. (A) RETAIN DEMOLITION OF OLD DWELLING HOUSE, AND (B) RETAIN AND COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/19456/0
- 31 Oct 2017, Kerry County Council 171085: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. (A) RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED COMPRISING A REDUCED GROUND FLOOR PLAN, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ATTIC ACCOMMODATION AND ASSOCIATED MINOR ALTERATIONS TO ELEVATIONS, (B) RETAIN DOMESTIC SHED, A METAL CLAD BIKE SHED, A TIMBER GARDEN SHED, FUEL STORE AND A POLY TUNNELL, (C) ALL OF THE ABOVE WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES AND (D) ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS ALL. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/171085/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Mount Brandon SAC, site code 000375, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000375
- Special Area of Conservation: Tralee Bay and Magharees Peninsula, West to Cloghane SAC, site code 002070, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002070
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Tralee Bay And Magharees Peninsula, West To Cloghane, site code 002070
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Mount Brandon, site code 000375

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

- KE035-024: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE035-024----. St. Brendan's Well/Tobar Bréanainn: Situated on the bank of a small river about 250m W of the estuary of the Owenmore river and less than 100m NW of the medieval church at Cloghane (KE035-025----). No trace of the well is now visible. Rounds were made here as part of the great Pattern of Cloghane which followed the pilgrimage to Mount Brandon on Domhnach Chrom Dubh, the last Sunday of July (KE034-047007-). Described by Ó Danachair (1960, 72) as a; 'small spring well close to the churchyard. At the pattern - now almost extinct - a visit to the well formed part of the ritual. It is not visited otherwise'. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 931. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013
- KE035-025: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE035-025----. Cloghane Church/Teampall an Chlocháin: The ivy-covered ruins of this largely 13th century church stand in a graveyard on the W shore of the inner reaches of Brandon Bay. The church of 'Clothan' is included in the Papal Taxation List (1302-1307) for the diocese of Ardfert (Cal Docs Ire, V, 295) and appears to have been still in repair in 1615 (Royal Visitation). It was in ruins, however, by the middle of the 18th century (Smith 1756, 69) and the fragmentary remains of the large Protestant church erected in 1828 now occupy the site of the nave. The church measures 5.85m in width internally. Only the E gable and the N and S walls of the chancel are preserved. Low footings, c. 7.4m from the E gable, may be the remains of a structural division of nave and chancel but the interior is now confused by overground tombs. The walls are built of rubble with some boulders; roughly dressed sandstone blocks are evident in the lower courses of the NE quoin. The N wall, 2.15m high, has a modern concrete capping and plaster has been applied randomly to the stonework. The E gable stands almost to full height and the single-light, round-headed E window, 1.66m high, is set back from the external wall face in a chamfered recess; only section of the sill and jambs survive, the latter retaining the sinkings for transverse glazing bars. Internally the light is set in a round-headed embrasure with widely-splayed ingoings and dressed scontions. A rectangular piscina at the E end of the S wall has a roll-mouled arris returned on all sides; its partly projecting shallow basin has a moulded corbel base. A ragged ope in the S wall preserves only the splayed ingoings and lintelled rear arch of its former window. The rectangular doorway in the N wall has chamfered head and jambs rebated for a door which was secured by a draw bar and a bolt. The splayed ingoings are now incomplete and section of the segmental rear arch has fallen. Projecting from the internal face of the S wall, c. 1.75m above present ground level, is a carved stone head, locally regarded as that of the legendary Crom Dubh. Its primitive features are considered by some to be comparable to other Irish stone heads of probable pagan Celtic date (Rynne 1972, 90; Harbison 1973, 23). It was on Domhnach Chrom Dubh that a great pattern used to be held in Cloghane after the pilgrimage to Mount Brandon (KE034-047007-) (MacNeill 1962, 101-5), and Turas an Teampaill included visits to the old church and to the nearby St. Brendan's well (KE035-024----) (An Seabhac 1939, 228-9). Medieval sundial (KE035-025002-) visible in S wall of church. In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about Cloghane Church: 'The old medieval church and graveyard [KE035-025001-] at Cloghane is situated in the village of the same name on the N side of the Dingle Peninsula and 13km west of the Castlegregory and 15.5km NE of Dingle. The old graveyard contains the relict upstanding remains of the medieval parish church as well as the ruins of a First Fruits Church of Ireland built in 1828 that was built on top of the earlier church. In 1824 a Catholic Chapel was built by the parish priest of Cloghane, Fr. Maurice Moriarty (An Sagart Dubh), on a site along the eastern limits of Cloghane Village and referred to as the old chapel. It was a long slated cruciform structure with the ’entrance on the northern wall facing the altar. The galleries were over the transepts, east and west, and over the entrance’ (O’Sullivan 1931, 481; CCC 2005, 11 16). The chapel was demolished and a new (current) one built between 1898 and 1900 at a new location on the approach to Cloghane with money donated by John Molyneaux P.P. of Cloghane between 1885-1898 (CCC 2005, 11, 16; O’Shea 2005, 75). The earliest historic account of Cloghane Church is an account in the Papal Taxation List (1302-07) for the Deanery of Offeria in Diocese of Ardfert: Clothan, Value 13s 4d, Tenth 16d (CDI, 1896, Vol. 5, 295). The rural deanery of Offeria was the ancient cantred of Uí Fearba one of two on the peninsula. The other being Ossuris or Aes Iorruis. A record from 1615 records that ‘the parsonadges of Cloghane, Dunurly, Kilcowane and Kynard belong to the Abbey of Owney (Awney in Limerick) and are now in the possession of Sir John FitzEdmund deceased (Hickson 1874, 29). In 1756 Charles Smith records in his chapter on the state of all the parishes: Clahane, rectorial, the church in ruins, Patron the bishop (Smith 1756, 37). Of the medieval church of Cloghane, Lewis in 1837 records ’The ruins of the old parish church are still remaining’. John O’Donovan, writing in August 1841, records: The old church is situated on level ground about one hundred paces to the west of the margin of Brandon Bay. It consisted of of nave and choir, the choir twenty-four feet six inches in length and nineteen feet nine inches in breadth, but of the nave cannot be traced, as nothing remains of the building but the east gable and twenty four feet six inches of the length of the side wall. The foundation of the wall that divided the nave from the choir is traceable, but no part of the wall itself is standing. The east window is semi-circular at the top on both sides and formed of chiselled brown sandstone; it measures on the inside about twelve feet in height and exactly seven feet five inches in width, and on the outside seven feet six inches in height and one foot two inches width. At the distance of six feet five inches from the east gable there is on the south wall a window that is destroyed on the outside but in good preservation on the inside, where it is rectangular and formed of cut brown sandstone, and measures four feet seven inches in height and four feet one inch in width. At the distance of three feet six inches from this to the west is a projecting stone in the wall, formed into a representation of a human head and face. It is placed at a height of five feet nine inches above the ground, and believed to represent the head of Crom Dubh...At the distance of fifteen feet six inches from the east gable there is on the north wall a doorway which is destroyed on the inside but in tolerable preservation on the outside where it is rectangular, covered at the top with a lintel and formed of chiselled sandstone of a brownish colour; it is four feet nine inches in height and in width two feet seven and a half inches at the top and two feet eleven and a half inches at the bottom. The lintel is chiselled and measures three feet ten inches in length four and a half inches in thickness and enters the wall one foot. The walls of this church are three feet three inches in thickness and nine feet in height and built of large blocks of brown sandstone regularly laid and cemented with lime and sand mortar. The modern church occupies the site of the nave of this old church. There is a large and much frequented grave yard attached’ (O’Donovan 1983, 111). The graveyard at Cloghane comprises an old medieval burial ground with an additional late 19th century section added at the east. The medieval graveyard section is also very narrow and physically dominated by the extant relict remains of the medieval church ruins that are in turn further supplanted by the larger ruinous 19th century Church of Ireland making the burial ground extremely congested. Large sections of the north and south elevations and the entire east gable of the ruined 13th century medieval parish church of Cloghane are still extant and more or less stand to full height. The ruined church, 8.5m EW x 7.9m NS x 0.94m in thickness, is largely covered in dense ivy, bushes and trees, including holly and elder. Internally the ground level is much higher than its original floor level due to the presence of burials and tombs. The masonry of the medieval church is generally of local small undressed rubble sandstone. Dressed quoins are still extant on the NE and SE corners. Some gritty lime render still survives in patc
- KE035-025001: Stone sculpture, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE035-025001-. Cloghane Church/Teampall an Chlocháin: Projecting from the internal face of the S wall, c. 1.75m above present ground level, is a carved stone head, locally regarded as that of the legendary Crom Dubh. Its primitive features are considered by some to be comparable to other Irish stone heads of probable pagan Celtic date (Rynne 1972, 90; Harbison 1973, 23). It was on Domhnach Chrom Dubh that a great pattern used to be held in Cloghane after the pilgrimage to Mount Brandon (KE034-047007-) (MacNeill 1962, 101-5), and Turas an Teampaill included visits to the old church and to the nearby St. Brendan's well (KE035-024----) (An Seabhac 1939, 228-9). In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about the stone head from Cloghane Church (KE035-025----): 'A vertical crack extends full height circa 1.1m W of the south window. The crack finishes in a tapering empty socket hole that held the carved head of Crom Dubh until it was stolen for the second time in 1993. A carved stone head of Crom Dubh (KE035-025001) that had been inserted in the interior of the S elevation of the medieval church was stolen in 1993 (for the second time) and has not been retrieved. John O’Donovan, writing in August 1841, records: The old church is situated on level ground about one hundred paces to the west of the margin of Brandon Bay. At the distance of three feet six inches from this to the west is a projecting stone in the wall, formed into a representation of a human head and face. It is placed at a height of five feet nine inches above the ground, and believed to represent the head of Crom Dubh (O'Donovan 1983, 111)' (Dunne 2010, 4-5, 10). See attached photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 983. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Laurence Dunne Date of revised upload: 29 June 2022
- KE035-025002: Sundial, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE035-025002-. This record was listed as 'Medieval mass dial' in the RMP (1997). Medieval sundial described by M. L. Harley as follows; 'There is an ancient scratch dial, about 150mm diameter, in the south wall of the old 13th century church at Cloghane [KE035-025----]' (https://www.sundials-ireland.com/amedieval/medcloghane.htm). In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about the sundial on the S wall of Cloghane Church (KE035-025----): 'a tiny medieval sundial or more correctly a mass-dial (10.5cm x 5.5cm) on the exterior south elevation. These hemispherical sundials, also known as scratch dials, are practically unknown in Ireland and its discovery in Cloghane makes it the most westerly mass-dial in Europe. The dial is lightly incised or scratched on the end of a long rubble stone close to the south window. It consists of eight lines radiating from a central style hole or socket into which the user places a style or gnomon. When the gnomon is inserted it forms a right angle with the dial and a shadow is cast from the projecting gnomon which gives the time. These medieval scratch dials are a common feature in England where thousands have been recorded but only a few are known from Scotland, Wales and Ireland. They were used, as the name suggests, by the priest to determine the time for mass. This virtually unique Irish mass-dial is a mere 0.6m above the grave (712) of the Deady family and is constantly under pressure of concealment by dense ivy' (Dunne 2010, 10). See attached plan of church and photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne See attached photograph courtesy of M. L. Harley Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 May 2022
- KE035-025003: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE035-025003-. Cloghane Church/Teampall an Chlocháin [KE035-025----]: The ivy-covered ruins of this largely 13th century church stand in a graveyard KE035-025003- on the W shore of the inner reaches of Brandon Bay. In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about Cloghane graveyard: 'The old medieval church and graveyard at Cloghane is situated in the village of the same name on the N side of the Dingle Peninsula and 13km west of the Castlegregory and 15.5km NE of Dingle. The old medieval burial ground is situated on the west side, above and behind the village of Cloghane and accessed via a narrow trackway at the northern end of the village. There is a very fine maritime vista over Brandon Bay downslope to the NE. The views to the S & SE from the graveyard are restricted locally due to the presence of mature trees. However, the backdrop view from the graveyard comprises a spectacular panorama of the entire massif of Mount Brandon. The old graveyard contains the relict upstanding remains of the medieval parish church [KE035-025----] as well as the ruins of a First Fruits Church of Ireland built in 1828 that was built on top of the earlier church. In the recent past a new graveyard for the parish was opened 0.8km north of the village off the road to Brandon Village. This new burial ground is not within the scope of this survey. The graveyard at Cloghane comprises an old medieval burial ground with an additional late 19th century section added at the east. The medieval section of the old burial ground at Cloghane is very difficult to traverse due to the density of tombs and their dilapidated state of repair combined with the sloping topography, and the overgrown nature of the ground. The medieval graveyard section is also very narrow and physically dominated by the extant relict remains of the medieval church ruins that are in turn further supplanted by the larger ruinous 19th century Church of Ireland making the burial ground extremely congested. The medieval burial ground is served by a gravelled perimeter path extends or loops partially around it. Cloghane contains a massive 92 tombs of which 64 are within the medieval area with another 27 situated in the 19th century section. House shaped and strong-box tombs are the dominant tomb types with many of them in the 19th century area built in contiguous rows of terraced houses of the dead. Fifty-four of the tombs have no memorial plaques and are therefore unnamed. The medieval section of Cloghane graveyard is also studded with at least 113 small unnamed gravemarkers with another 30 or so in the 19th century burial area. There were two definitive lintelled graves (488 & 495) situated at the E limits of the medieval burial ground in a poor state of repair and partially open and overgrown. There were forty-eight named headstones recorded at Cloghane graveyard of which thirty-four are associated with formal grave settings. Unusually there were only two notched, unnamed headstones (50 & 225) recorded in the course of this survey at Cloghane. Twenty two architectural fragments were recorded in Cloghane Graveyard. Twenty one fragments belong to the 1838 Church of Ireland of which eight have been re-used in an informal grave setting (270-277 & 283). Nine others lie within and without the tower of the C of I while the remaining four are located within the body of the church. There are at least three medieval architectural fragments lying loose on the grassy ground in front of the E window of the medieval church. These cut and dressed stones are from the RH side of the window embrasure. Other possible fragments from the E window lie concealed in the grass. The entrance comprises two neglected rusty iron gates set between two square capped and rendered piers of squared rubble sandstone built to courses. The piers are in very good order with a simple squeeze-stile situated immediately beside the right hand or NW pier. The old medieval section of Cloghane Graveyard is bounded by a random rubble wall of local sandstone sections of which are bedded in mortar while other sections are drystone built. The height of the boundary walls vary between 2.0m along the access trackway at the N to 1.3m at the S. However, the ground in the medieval section is much higher on the inside and consequently for circa 20m along the interior N perimeter the boundary wall is as low as 0.20m and provides no protection for a fall off of 2m into the trackway' (Dunne 2010). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 983. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. See attached plan and photographs courtesy of Laurence Dunne Revised by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Laurence Dunne Date of revised upload: 29 June 2022
- KE035-031: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE035-031----. Internal diam. 31m Lisgortnarah/Lios Gort na Ráth: A univallate rath situated on a fairly level tract of pastureland about 150m from the W shore of the Owenmore estuary. A level, circular area is enclosed by a single bank of earth and stone which has been considerably disturbed by animal burrows and the roots of trees. The bank is a maximum of c. 1.8m high internally, c. 2m high externally and averages 3.65m in width at base. The NNW portion of the bank functions also as the road boundary and the external face has been revetted with drystone masonry here. There are fragmentary traces of stone revetment elsewhere along the inner and outer faces of the bank and these may formerly have been continuous. A 4m wide gap at SW has been blocked by a later wall. There is also an ill-defined gap, 1.4m wide, at ENE. Parts of the interior are impenetrable due to dense vegetation. Several piles of loose stone and stretches of wall foundations are discernible but there could not be inspected closely. On the 1st edition of the OS map a trigonometrical station is shown immediately inside the bank at E and some of the spreads of stone may be related to this. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 362. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

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## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Séipéal Bhréanainn [Saint Brendan's Catholic Church], church/chapel, 1890–1910, Regional interest, registry number 21400401, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KE&regno=21400401. Freestanding cruciform-plan double-height Romanesque Revival style Roman Catholic church, built c. 1900, comprising five-bay double-height nave, two-bay double-height transepts to north and to south elevations, single-bay single-storey lean-to projecting porches to east elevations, single-bay full-height chancel to west gable end, single-bay single-storey sacristy to north-west corner and entrance bay to east gable end having bellcote. Single-bay single-storey flat-roofed sacristy projection added to west in latter part of twentieth century. Pitched artificial slate roofs with clay ridge comb, gable ashlar copings, open eaves and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rock-hewn snecked sandstone rubble walls with grey limestone dressings and corner buttresses. Narrow round-headed window openings with limestone surrounds. Paired window openings to entrance front. Round-headed main entrance with moulded reveals, hood moulding, blank tympanum and double-leaf door with strap hinges. T-plan interior with shallow recess to chancel. Exposed trusses with timber panelling to underside of roof. Double arched openings to transepts on marble columns and corbels. Chancel remodelled. West gallery with Gothic Revival panelled balustrade. Mid twentieth century retaining wall of engineering brick, concrete ramps and steps to site.
- Séipéal an Clochán [Cloghane Church], church/chapel, 1825–1830, Regional interest, registry number 21400402, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KE&regno=21400402. Remains of freestanding double-height Church of Ireland church, dated 1828, with single-bay two-stage entrance tower to west gable end having battlemented parapet and originally with single-bay projection to north. Designed by James Paine. Ruinous in 1894, now mostly collapsed with tower and fragments of nave remaining. Roof was originally pitched. Sandstone ashlar walls. West tower has chamfered corners, diagonal buttresses, string courses, entablature to parapet, date stone and niche above entrance. Part of arch with ashlar voussoirs to east window. West window with ashlar surrounds and hood mouldings. Paired lancets to tower with central stone mullion and hood moulding having carved pendentives. Four-centred arched doorway. Built immediately to the west of a ruined Mediaeval church. Graveyard to site with various cut-stone grave markers and mausolea, c. 1830-1900. Gateway, built c. 1830, to north comprising pair of cut-stone piers with cast-iron gates.
- House, 1880–1900, Regional interest, registry number 21400403, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KE&regno=21400403. End-of-terrace three-bay two-storey rubble stone-built house, built c. 1890, as part of a group of fourteen. Single-bay two-storey side elevation to south and single-bay single-storey lean-to return to rear to west. Extensively renovated in late twentieth century, possibly with render removed to front elevation. Pitched slate roofs at varying heights. Painted rendered coursed rubble stone walls. Painted sills to various replacement windows, having timber two-over-two pane sliding sash windows to north houses. Set along west side of the Main Street of the village facing east across the estuary of the Owenmore River.
- House, 1860–1890, Regional interest, registry number 21400405, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KE&regno=21400405. Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1875, with attached single-bay two-storey rubble stone-built outbuilding, built c. 1900, to south gable. Pitched artificial slate roof to house. Pitched corrugated-iron sheet roof to south end. Coursed rubble stone walls with ashlar quoins. Concrete and stone lintels to timber two-over-two pane sliding sash windows. Timber glazed replacement door to house. Timber boarded door with latch to outbuilding.
- House, 1880–1900, Regional interest, registry number 21400408, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KE&regno=21400408. Terraced two-bay two-storey rubble stone-built house, built c. 1890, possibly originally part of larger composition with building to north. Built as part of a group of fourteen.
- House, 1880–1900, Regional interest, registry number 21400409, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KE&regno=21400409. Terraced four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1890, possibly originally part of larger composition with building to south. Built as part of group of fourteen. Retaining original fenestration to right ground floor. Partly refenestrated, c. 1930.
- House, 1880–1900, Regional interest, registry number 21400412, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KE&regno=21400412. Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1890, probably originally end-of-terrace. Built as part of a terrace of fourteen. Retaining early fenestration to first floor. Renovated, c. 1930, with render façade enrichments added to first floor including decorative architraves to openings. Reroofed and renovated and window openings remodelled to ground floor in latter part of twentieth century.
- House, 1880–1900, Regional interest, registry number 21400416, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KE&regno=21400416. Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1890, built as part of a terrace of fourteen. Reroofed and renovated, c. 1930, to accommodate commericial use, with render façade enrichments added including channelled render to ground floor and moulded architraves to window openings to first floor. Renovated and refenestrated with ground floor reconverted to accommodate residential use in latter part of twentieth century.
- House, 1880–1900, Regional interest, registry number 21400417, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KE&regno=21400417. Terraced three-bay two-storey stone-built house, built c. 1890, built as part of terrace of fourteen. Retaining original fenestration to first floor.
- House, 1880–1900, Regional interest, registry number 21400418, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KE&regno=21400418. Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1890, with moulded stringcourse to first floor. Built as part of a group of fourteen. Freestanding cast-concrete telephone box, c. 1960, to east with inscribed “P&T” monogram.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: 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: Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cloghane.
- 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

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## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Cloghane 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)

- Ballinloghig: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ballinloghig.md
- Ballybrack: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ballybrack-70202.md
- Ballynalacken: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ballynalacken.md
- Faha: https://everytownland.com/kerry/faha-71255.md
- Glanshanacuirp: https://everytownland.com/kerry/glanshanacuirp.md
- Slievadrehid: https://everytownland.com/kerry/slievadrehid.md

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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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