Cloghernoosh

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloghernoosh, from 936 m² to 2,820,204 m² (282.02 ha, 696.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 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 Cloghernoosh 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.

• 24 Aug 2021Conditional

  RETAIN AS CONSTRUCTED WORKSHOP/STORE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21973

• 12 Oct 2020Conditional

  (A) RETAIN EXTENSIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (B) PERMISSION TO DECOMMISSION SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALL A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER (C) PLANNING PERMISSION TO MODIFY, ALTER AND EXTEND THE EXISTING GLASS HOUSE INCORPORATING SAME WITH AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20958

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC 000365
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks And Caragh River Catchment 000365

Recorded monuments

• KE073-007 Hut site
  Description

  A pair of conjoined circular structures, on a natural ledge S of Lough Callee in the steep-sided valley that is formed by Brassel and Feabrahy mountains. There is no communicating passage evident, but the smaller structure at N has an independent entrance, 1.5m wide, at E. Sections of outcrop have been incorporated in the drystone foundations. D: 7.8m and 5m. H: .6m. T: 1.5m. An early field wall, partly submerged in boggy pasture a short distance N of the site, runs for 50m. 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. 1192. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE073-007001 Field boundary
  Description

  A pair of conjoined circular structures KE073-007----, on a natural ledge S of Lough Callee in the steep-sided valley that is formed by Brassel and Feabrahy mountains. There is no communicating passage evident, but the smaller structure at N has an independent entrance, 1.5m wide, at E. Sections of outcrop have been incorporated in the drystone foundations. D: 7.8m and 5m. H: .6m. T: 1.5m. An early field wall, partly submerged in boggy pasture a short distance N of the site, runs for 50m. 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. 1192. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE073-007002 Hut site
  Description

  A pair of conjoined circular structures KE073-007----, on a natural ledge S of Lough Callee in the steep-sided valley that is formed by Brassel and Feabrahy mountains. There is no communicating passage evident, but the smaller structure KE073-007002- at N has an independent entrance, 1.5m wide, at E. Sections of outcrop have been incorporated in the drystone foundations. D: 7.8m and 5m. H: .6m. T: 1.5m. 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. 1192. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE073-023 Hut site
  Description

  About 130m S of KE073-007---- are the ruined remains of a subcircular drystone hut. D: 3.6m. H: .15m. T: 1m. 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. 1193. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE073-025 Hut site
  Description

  At the head of a S flowing tributary of the Gearhameen river, between Brassel and Feabrahy mountains. The earth and stone foundations of a rectangular hut with an entrance at S, .8m wide. D: 3.5m x 3m. H: .35m. T: .8m. 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. 1194. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE073-044 Hut site
  Description

  On the lower SE slopes of Brassel mountain. The collapsed remains of a subcircular hut, built into the mountain slope. D: 2.4m. H: .45m. T: .7m. 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. 1195. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE073-056 Mass-rock
  Description

  Mass rock described by Alison McQueen as; 'In rough, rocky pasture adjacent to edge of public road, on a SE -facing slope (approx. 75m OD), in the Black Valley. In good condition and surrounded by other naturally placed rocks. A substantial glacial erratic at the roadside known locally as a mass rock and referred to as Carraig an Aifrin (Mass Rock). Traditionally known to have been used as a gathering place and as an altar to celebrate open air mass during the Penal times. There is a distinct vantage point from this location where the surrounding areas can be seen. Used to celebrate mass in modern times in commemoration of its original purpose'.    Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Alison McQueen

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cloghernoosh.

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 Cloghernoosh, 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Cloghernoosh · Cloichear Núis

Area

4,675,885 m² (467.59 ha, 1,155.44 acres)

Civil parish

Knockane, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkerron North

Electoral division

Churchtown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

498 people lived in 174 households in the Churchtown electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Capparoe, Cockow, Coomcallee, Derrycarna, Derrygarriv, Dromluska, Eskwacruttia, Meallis

Placenames

Cloghernoosh 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.