Curraheen
Townland in the civil parish of Glanbehy, barony of Iveragh, Co. Kerry; in Irish An Curraichín
- Area
- 265.4 ha
- 656 acres
- Land parcels
- 262
- registered freehold, median 2,624 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
262 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Curraheen, from 23 m² to 87,475 m² (8.75 ha, 21.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Curraheen 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
17 Dec 2025Conditional
to (a) construct a private farm complex consisting of 4no. agricultural buildings and a poly tunnel, (b) construct a new vehicular site entrance from the public road and (c) construct all associated site works.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2561186
29 May 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCT 2 NUMBER SIDE EXTENSION AND MAKE ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO INCLUDE, RE-DESIGN A FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR, BLOCK UP EXISTING AND ADD NEW WINDOW/DOOR OPENINGS, ADD ROOF LIGHTS TO SERVE THE GROUND
Permission · Kerry County Council, 25133
6 May 2025Refused
The construction of a single storey structure as a permaculture and wellness facility together with sanitary accommodation , car parking and the installation of a wastewater treatment system as may be acceptable to the planning authority at Curaheen, Genbeigh, Co.Kerry.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560372
13 Jun 2024Conditional
Retention Permission to Retain existing semi-detached dwellings within revised site boundaries
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460377
16 Sept 2022Refused
CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE SERVED BY A WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT DISCHARGING INTO A SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22984
24 Jan 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE SERVED BY A WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT DISCHARGING INTO A SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALSO TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2247
13 Dec 2021N/a
CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY HOUSE SERVED BY A WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT DISCHARGING INTO A SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALSO TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 211433
22 Jul 2021Conditional
RETAIN AS CONSTRUCTED THE EXISTING SUNLOUNGE ONTO THE EXISTING HOUSE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21840
6 Nov 2019Conditional
INSTALL A MECHANICAL AERATION TREATMENT UNIT WITH SAND POLISHING FILTER AND DECOMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEEM, ALSO RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE AND OUTBUILDINGS AS CONSTRUCTED TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS ALL WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 191130
10 Jul 2019Conditional
(1) RETAIN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE EXTENSION AS CONSTRUCTED, (2) CONSTRUCT A DOMESTIC GARAGE, (3) DECOMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALL EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19720
3 Jul 2019Conditional
TO CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION ONTO THEIR HOUSE AND TO DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND TO INSTALL A NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT TANK AND POLISHING FILTER AND RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN TWO VELUX ROOF LIGHTS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19690
27 Apr 2018Conditional
DEMOLISH EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE C/W SEPTIC TANK FOLLOWED BY 2 NO. PURAFLOW SECONDARY TREATMENT MODULES OVER A SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18386
3 Oct 2017Conditional
CONSTRUCT A HANDBALL COURT, PLAYGROUND AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 17984
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Castlemaine Harbour SAC 000343
- Special Area of Conservation: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC 000365
- Special Protection Area: Castlemaine Harbour SPA 004029
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Castlemaine Harbour 000343
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks And Caragh River Catchment 000365
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Curraheen.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Curraheen.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 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 Curraheen.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Curraheen, Glenbeigh10 sales
The townland
- Name
- Curraheen · An Curraichín
- Area
- 2,653,535 m² (265.35 ha, 655.7 acres)
- Civil parish
- Glanbehy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Iveragh
- Electoral division
- Glanbehy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Glanbehy electoral division: 1,269 people in 465 households; 76% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 39% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballintleave, Commaun, Curraheen Little, Kilnabrack Upper, Treangarriv, Treanmanagh
- Placenames
- Curraheen 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.