Coad

147 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coad, from 51 m² to 742,447 m² (74.24 ha, 183.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Coad 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.

• 29 May 2026N/a

  (a) Retention permission to retain the construction of a balcony over the conservatory area and the replacement of a window with a door leading onto the said balcony all to the building formally known as West Cove Hotel, (b) Retention permission to retain the construction of a wider entrance and parking area to facilitate the building formally known as West Cove Hotel, (c) Retention permission to retain the existing storage building with hot tub area on top associated with the guest accommodation, (d) Full planning permission to use the existing separate residential building for guest accommodation ancillary to the building formally known as West Cove Hotel and all associated site works

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2660479

• 28 Feb 2026Conditional

  (a) Retention permission to retain the extension constructed to the side of the existing dwelling house, (b) Retention permission retain the existing dwelling house, all associated site services and ancillary site works as located on revised site layout and within revised site boundaries

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2660169

• 7 Jul 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE GABLE OF HER EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22727

• 17 Dec 2020Conditional

  ERECT A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTIC ACCOMMODATION AND INSTALLATION OF A SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 201222

• 11 Dec 2019Conditional

  (A) CONSTRUCT CONSERVATORY EXTENSION, CARRY OUT INTERNAL AND ELEVATIONAL ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING BUILDING FORMALLY KNOWN AS WEST COVE HOTEL TO BE USED AS A BED AND BREAKFAST AND (B) RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN EXISTING ADJACENT BUILDING TO BE USED AS RECEPTION / STAFF AREA / ETC. ANCILLARY TO PROPOSED BED AND BREAKFAST AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 191253

• 7 Oct 2019Conditional

  RETAIN AND COMPLETE THE DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF A FARM BUILDING

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 191033

• 1 Mar 2019Conditional

  RENOVATE AND EXTEND A COTTAGE

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19200

• 7 Feb 2019Conditional

  (A) REPLACE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK WITH A WASTE WATER TREATMENT UNIT AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND (B) RETAIN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL UNIT WHICH IS TO BE CONVERTED TO STORAGE AREA

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19106

• 23 Jan 2017Conditional

  FOR SCALED SOLAR WALK INSTALLATIONS AT 10 NO. LOCATIONS BETWEEN CAHERDANIEL VILLAGE IN BALLYCARNAHAN AND EAST ALONG THE KERRY WAY, AS FAR AS KILCROHANE CHURCHYARD IN BEHAGHANE, COMPRISING OF 7 NO. INSTALLATIONS IN BALLYCARNAHAN, 2 NO. INSTALLATIONS IN COAD AND 1 NO. INSTALLATION IN BEHAGHANE ALL

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 1741

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
• Special Area of Conservation: Kenmare River SAC 002158
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks And Caragh River Catchment 000365

Recorded monuments

• KE106-031 Hut site
  Description

  In rough mountain terrain on the SE slopes of Coad. A subrectangular hut, only one course high. Much stone collapse abuts the outer wall-face. D: 2.8m x 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. 1197. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE106-033 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 32.45m N-S, 26.75m E-W. This subcircular univallate rath is located in a prominent position on the lower SE slopes of Coad mountain, overlooking Kenmare Bay to S. Its well-preserved bank is composed of earth and gravel and is intermittently revetted with drystone facing, now much collapsed, along its inner flank. Short stretches of this facing at N and SE consist of block-like slabs set in rough courses and offset to form a step, .6m high. The bank has an internal height of 1.75m at E, while at S it is almost flush with the level of the rath's interior. It averages 7m in basal width and steeply falls 5m to the flat-bottomed fosse below. This fosse contains a tangled mass of undergrowth and measures c. 3m wide at base and 1.1m deep below external ground level. It has been largely infilled at S, and modern field boundaries skirt most of its outer edge. A causeway, 4.15m long and 1.65m wide, crosses the fosse at E and leads to an entrance gap which is drystone-faced and features some very large basal blocks. A spread of loose stones in the centre of the rath, 13m x 10m, may indicate the remains of a structure (KE106-033001-). Abutting the inner face of the bank at N is a semicircular arrangement of stone, possibly the foundations of a hut. It measures 5.4m x 4m and features some upright slabs. A souterrain was discovered in this fort in 1995 (KE106-033002-). 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. 489. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 13 October 2014

• KE106-033001 Hut site
  Description

  A spread of loose stones in the centre of the rath, 13m x 10m, may indicate the remains of a structure (KE106-033001-). Abutting the inner face of the bank at N is a semicircular arrangement of stone, possibly the foundations of a hut. It measures 5.4m x 4m and features some upright slabs. 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. 489. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE106-033002 Souterrain
  Description

  A portion of this souterrain was uncovered in 1995. The exposed section of passage, orientated approximately E-W, measured 4.4m long and had two stone-built steps at the W end. The passage was 0.6m wide at the base and the dry-stone walls, c. 1.5m high, inclined inwards towards the top (SMR file). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 13 October 2014

• KE106-072 Enclosure
  Description

  No surface trace remains of the circular enclosure marked at this location on the first edition of the OS map. It was located in pasture on a natural plateau which overlooks Cove Harbour to 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. 796. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE106-128 Mine - copper
  Description

  This primitive mine, exploiting a mineralised copper-bed occurrence, is located on the SW slopes of Coad mountain. The working consists of a shallow opening driven 60 degrees into a W facing rock scarp. The working measures 3.7m wide at the front, 1.5m deep and 1m high. A .6m thick deposit of peat covers its floor. The partially exposed rear wall displays noticeable carbonate smear mineralisation, mainly azurite. The smooth profile of this working suggests the possible use of fire-setting. A possible spoil-dump, overlain by peat, is located on a relatively level area below the working. Peat cover in the immediate vicinity prevents identification of other possible mine openings on the rock scarp. Two drill-holes, located in the rear wall of the exposed mine, probably date to nineteenth-century explorations in this area (O’Brien 1987, 272-93). 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. 260. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE106-160 Rock shelter
  Description

  This rock shelter consists of two main sections - the front section is open to SE, only a low stone wall surviving to one course high partly enclosing this section. A second section to the rear is enclosed save for an opening to the sky at NE and a narrow crawl space leading from the front section. Most of the shelter is roofed by one massive boulder (rectangular in plan, area. c.20m²) which slopes steeply up towards N from near ground level at S. Deposits of periwinkle shells as well as some limpet shells are found in the recesses of each section. These are believed to be associated with the family who lived here in the post-famine era. Incised COMBS style carvings (COMBS carvings as described by Shee Twohig 2004) are found on a large boulder partly enclosing the rear section at NE, further marks also found on a low bench-like boulder in this section. Incised COMBS style carvings are also found in the front section on the SW facing side of one of the stones supporting the roof stone, this stone located towards the NE end of this section. The front section of the shelter faces the Kerry Way which is less than 100m SE across treacherously boggy terrain, much of the ground soft where it is saturated. As the roof stone slopes steeply down to ground level at its S end, there is little standing room within the shelter, the area around midway down its length measuring little more than 1m in height. With the help of torchlight, incised marks were identified on the SW face of a boulder supporting the roof stone towards its NE extent. They include COMBS style carvings, some lines intersecting each other at 90º angles, two abutting rectangular shapes enclosing incised lines and a faint TV antenna-like motif consisting of a series of parallel grooves of equal length intersected at an angle of 90º along their midpoint by a long groove. Faint lines may have been superimposed by incised grooves. The rear section is almost totally enclosed, accessible only via an opening to the sky at NE, around part of which is a low wall made of slabs of rock. From inside the shelter, the pointed tip of a 6m high natural rock NE of the shelter is visible through this opening. The rear section is up to 2m high at its N end but narrow where it is highest, its height tapering to ground level at S where it is widest. A sherd of modern terra cotta pottery and some pieces of thick black glass and at least three separate deposits of shells are found among the rocks and earth on the ground. COMBS style marks are incised on the SW face of a boulder partly enclosing the shelter at NE. The inscribed portion of the boulder measures 1.4m long x 1m wide and comprises about half of the boulder’s SW face. The other half extends towards the front section of the shelter. Obscured from view by other rocks, it does not appear to bear any carvings. The incised marks include a segmented hexagon; boxed intersecting lines; a boxed asterisk; a ladder-like motif; a ring enclosing incised lines; a TV antenna-like motif; a triangle with a downward pointing apex within which are six lines running parallel to its left side; other single and intersecting grooves and a slightly curving fine line. There are also pickmarks, some isolated and others in clusters. Some horizontal lines appear to be superimposed by well-defined deeply scored grooves which may be tool sharpening marks. The hexagonal motif (Wth 13cm) is one of the better-defined and more prominent motifs. With sides of varying lengths, lines extend from or near each corner of the hexagon to the centre of the motif to create six unequal-sized segments. Other incised lines in this motif include two lines which subdivide the bottom segment into three sections. The hexagonal motif encloses a smaller hexagon which is close to the centre of the motif, the line forming the base of this smaller hexagon only faintly traceable. Close to the edge of the boulder (at left) are three sets of clearly defined initials (MM, MOC and JM) and what may be a date reading 1744 or 1794. Grooves and indentations on a low bench-like boulder about midway down this section appear to be the by-product of something other than carving. Some marks which were not in existence on an earlier visit, probably made in the summer of 2020, consist of some erased marks as well as letters spelling something like DB and WEX. They superimpose some of the incised carvings on the boulder at NE and are also found on a boulder towards the S extent of this section. Compiled by: Aoibheann Lambe Date of upload: 9 November 2021

Architectural heritage

• Westcove House, house, 1830–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan five-bay two-storey late-Georgian house, built c. 1835, possibly incorporating fabric of earlier house. Round-headed door opening to centre having single-bay two-storey lower recessed end bay to right. Two-bay two-storey lean-to lower return to rear to north-west having single-bay single-storey lean-to projecting bay. Pitched and hipped concrete tile roofs with cat-slides at rear, and having rendered haunched chimneystacks. Painted rendered walls. Timber six-over-six pane sliding sash windows to main building and two-over-two and four-over-four pane sliding sash windows to annexe, all having limestone sills. Recessed timber panelled door with spoked fanlight. Liscannor flags to steps and terrace. Detached seven-bay single-storey rubble stone-built outbuilding with half-dormer attic, built c. 1835, to north-west on an L-shaped plan comprising four-bay single-storey range with three-bay single-storey projecting bay to south having elliptical-headed integral carriage arch and door opening to first floor approached by flight of steps. Renovated to accommodate residential use. Detached six-bay two-storey rubble stone-built outbuilding, built c. 1835, to south possibly originally boathouse. Gateway, built c. 1835, to east comprising pair of rubble stone piers with wrought-iron gates.

• Coastguard station, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Group of detached stone-built buildings, built c. 1900, originally forming coastguard complex, later in use as sanatorium, now disused. Comprising detached three-bay single-storey house with gablets to dormer attic windows, now ruinous. Detached six-bay single-storey range with attic, having door opening to first floor of south gable end approached by flight of steps, now ruinous. Detached three-bay single-storey outbuilding possibly over basement, now derelict. Detached five-by two-storey building, now ruinous. Detached three-bay single-storey house, now ruinous. Pitched slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, pebbledashed chimneystacks, profiled cast-iron gutters and having corrugated-iron to out-building. Pebbledashed or cement rendered walls to rubble stone walls. Rendered brick sills with remains of timber sliding sash window frames.

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

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 Coad.

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.

• Coad, Castlecove6 sales

Name

Coad · An Comhad

Area

2,585,401 m² (258.54 ha, 638.87 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcrohane, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkerron South

Electoral division

Caherdaniel, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Caherdaniel electoral division: 316 people in 138 households; 83% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 58% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycarnahan, Behaghane, Brackaharagh, Garrough

Placenames

Coad 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.