Curragh More

8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Curragh More, from 802 m² to 5,059,808 m² (505.98 ha, 1,250.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 8 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 Curragh More 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Curragh More in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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

• KE073-011 Children's burial ground
  Description

  This site is located in boggy pasture at the W end of the Black Valley, a short distance NE of the confluence of the Glashankilleen stream and the Cummeenduff river. It consists of a raised rectangular area, 15m N-S x 19m E-W, bounded on three sides by modern field walls. The interior is occupied by numerous uninscribed grave-markers, among which are ten small mounds, averaging 2.3m x 1.5m, which may cover graves. The site was in use as a children's burial ground up to the early twentieth century (local information). 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. 994. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013

• KE073-015 Stone row
  Description

  This site, not marked on the OS maps, is located on the saddle ridge which extends N from Broaghnabinna mountain to Curragh More lake and separates the Black and Bridia valleys. The ridge bears a mantle of peat, c .45m deep in the vicinity of the monument. The row, 2.7m long, is comprised of three stones and is orientated ESE-WNW. The tallest stone, at E, stands 1.95m high and measures .66m x .55m at base where a number of packing stones are exposed. Standing .8m to W, the central and lowest stone is .72m high and measures .32m x .25m at base. The long axis of the third stone, .44m to W, is aligned N-S; it stands .9m high and is .35m x .26m at base (Ó Nuallain 1988, 238). 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. 100. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE073-030 Hut site
  Description

  Located on the saddle ridge that joins Broaghnabinnia to Curraghmore lake, at the head of the Cummeenduff river valley. The ruined foundations of a subcircular hut. D: 2.5m x 1.95m. H: .2m. T: .75m. 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. 1234. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE073-031 Enclosure
  Description

  This enclosure, not marked on the OS maps, is located on the saddle of high ground which separates the Bridia valley from the upper reaches of Cummeenduff Glen. It comprises a subcircular area, measuring 11m N-S x 12.5m E-W internally, defined by a wall composed of large and small boulders. This survives to a height of .45m and is up to .95m wide. A 1m wide entrance occurs at S. There is much stone collapse in the interior of the site. 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. 729. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE073-032 Hut site
  Description

  On the W side of the Cummeenduff river valley, immediately below Curraghmore lake. The foundations of a roughly constructed circular hut. D: 2.35m. 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. 1235. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE073-033 Hut site
  Description

  About 50m E of KE073-032---- are the ruined remains of a subcircular drystone-built hut. D: 5.1m x 3.7m. H: .65m. T: 1.15m. 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. 1236. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE073-034 Hut site
  Description

  About 50m E of KE073-033----, a subrectangular drystone hut; three large boulders constitute its NE side. Entrance faces S and is .6m wide. D: 3.7m x 2.2m. H: 1.1m. 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. 1237. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE073-035 Hut site
  Description

  On the N bank of the Cummeenduff river, a short distance S of Curraghmore lake. Poorly preserved remains of a circular drystone hut. D: 4.2m. H: .1m. T: .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. 1238. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE073-036 Hut site
  Description

  About 30m E of KE073-035----. The ruined foundations of a semicircular structure. D: 5.7m. H: .2m. T: .6m. 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. 1239. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE073-037 Hut site
  Description

  On the S bank of the Cummeenduff river, a short distance S of Curraghmore lake. A subcircular hut, only a single course high. D: 5.7m x 5.3m. T: .6m. 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. 1240. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE073-038 Hut site
  Description

  About 120m E of KE073-037----. Subcircular foundations of a boulder-built structure. D: 4.6m x 4.4m. H: .4m. T: .55m. 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. 1241. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 31 July 2013

• KE073-043 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on the N bank of the Cummeenduff river, this subcircular enclosure, not marked on the OS maps, is preserved as a sod-covered stony bank, .6m high, enclosing an area 8.5m in diameter. 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. 730. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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

The EPA radon map gives no estimate at the centre of the townland of Curragh More.

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, moderately low (inferred), low, low (inferred), 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 Curragh More.

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.

No address of the register names Curragh More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Curragh More · An Currach Mór

Area

5,162,412 m² (516.24 ha, 1,275.66 acres)

Civil parish

Knockane, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkerron North

Electoral division

Curraghmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Curraghmore electoral division: 382 people in 134 households; 90% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bridia, Bunbinnia, Cappanthlarig, Capparoe, Coomcallee, Derrynafeana, Lyreboy

Placenames

Curragh More 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.