Darrynane More

16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Darrynane More, from 1,758 m² to 670,312 m² (67.03 ha, 165.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 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 Darrynane 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.

• 13 Mar 2023Conditional

  RENISTATE A DAMAGED SECTION OF THE EXISTING SEAWALL SEPARATING THE WETLANDS AND DERRYNANE ESTUARY AT DERRYNANE HOUSE CAHERDAINEL CO. KERRY. A NATURAL IMPACT STATEMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED TO ASSESS THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND PROPOSE MEASURES TO MITIGATE ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS AND ENHANCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE OF THE SITE. THE NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT WILL BE SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 23268

• 22 Feb 2023N/a

  iNVALID APPICATION

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 23183

• 22 Nov 2021N/a

  RETAIN 2 MOBILE HOMES, SHIPPING CONTAINER AND THE ASSOCIATED SERVICES AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS FOR A PERIOD OF 3 YEARS

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 211324

• 5 Oct 2021N/a

  RETAIN 2 MOBILE HOMES, SHIPPING CONTAINER AND THE ASSOCIATED SERVICES AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 211122

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: Kenmare River SAC 002158
• Special Protection Area: Iveragh Peninsula SPA 004154
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Darrynane Bay Islands And Marsh, Lamb's Head 001346

Recorded monuments

• KE106-053 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Internal diam. 21m N-S, 27m E-W This considerably disturbed caher is located in forestry on the top of a natural rise which is bounded on its E side by a small river. It appears to have been seriously interfered with since the mid-nineteenth century, when it was shown on the first edition of the OS map as a circular univallate enclosure. It is not marked on the second edition map. The S sector of the caher wall is built on an outcrop of rock and rises 1m on average above external ground level. The wall has mostly collapsed outwards, but stretches of the inner and outer basal facing, comprising lines of upright slabs, survive along its circuit. The wall width indicated by the present remains is only 1.2m. No definite evidence for an entrance is apparent. The interior of the caher is heavily overgrown. Abutting the inner face of the enclosing wall at SE is a semicircular area outlined by a band of stone collapse. The area measures 6.25m N-S x 5.9m E-W, and the average width of the stony band is 1.2m. The entire NW quadrant of the site is artificially raised .9m above the level of the remainder. Close to the S edge of its upper surface is a row of .5m high slabs, set on edge, which delineates an L-shaped area measuring 3.4m N-S x 2.75m E-W. The purpose of this feature is unclear. A substantial though crudely built wall is located 2.5m outside the caher's enclosing element at W. This is 13m long, 1.25m high and 2.8m wide. At its S end are the collapsed foundations of a small circular structure (KE106-053001-), 1.6m in internal diameter. It is not clear if these remains are contemporary with the caher. 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. 574. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE106-053001 Hut site
  Description

  At its S end are the collapsed foundations of a small circular structure (KE106-053001-), 1.6m in internal diameter. It is not clear if these remains are contemporary with the caher. 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. 574. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE106-073 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Internal diam. c. 16m N-S This well-built though heavily overgrown caher is located in mature forestry about 115m W of Darrynane House. Its entire E half is obscured in thicket, and the enclosing wall here appears to have been constructed on rock outcrop. The wall is only visible intermittently along the W sector, where at least two different types of construction are apparent. At SW it is faced internally and externally with coursed slate slabs enclosing a rubble core, while at W the facing is roughly coursed and is formed of larger, blockier slabs. At W the wall averages .7m high internally, 1.5m high externally and is 3.8m wide. A basal step, averaging .7m high and .6m wide, occurs intermittently along the external wall-face but does not appear to be bonded into it. It also displays various constructional techniques. A much eroded and heavily overgrown gap, 1m wide, occurs at SSW. A U-shaped, drystone-built souterrain (KE106-073001-) occurs in the W half of the caher's interior. Many of its roofing lintels have been removed. An opening, .5m x .3m, is contained within the enclosing wall of the site at SSW and gives access to a passage, 1.1m high and .75m wide, which extends NE for a distance of 3.8m before turning to continue E for a further 4.5m. This passage measures .85m high and .7m wide, and the roofing slabs of its mid-section have collapsed. A recess, .75m wide and .7m deep, occurs in its S side-wall at the E end, and may evidence the original entrance to the souterrain. From here the passage turns to N and extends in this direction for 2.7m. No roofing lintels survive on this stretch, which is only .4m wide. At its N end this passage turns to W and runs for 2.2m, at which point the level of its floor drops by .4m. An accumulation of fill along the floor of the passage prevents access beyond this point. It appears to continue, however, for a further 2m, at which point, beneath the caher's enclosing wall, it widens considerably. An inaccessible opening, .5m x .2m, occurs in the base of the caher's external wall-face at this point, where there is a 1m wide break in the basal step. 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. 575. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE106-073001 Souterrain
  Description

  A U-shaped, drystone-built souterrain (KE106-073001-) occurs in the W half of the caher's interior. Many of its roofing lintels have been removed. An opening, .5m x .3m, is contained within the enclosing wall of the site at SSW and gives access to a passage, 1.1m high and .75m wide, which extends NE for a distance of 3.8m before turning to continue E for a further 4.5m. This passage measures .85m high and .7m wide, and the roofing slabs of its mid-section have collapsed. A recess, .75m wide and .7m deep, occurs in its S side-wall at the E end, and may evidence the original entrance to the souterrain. From here the passage turns to N and extends in this direction for 2.7m. No roofing lintels survive on this stretch, which is only .4m wide. At its N end this passage turns to W and runs for 2.2m, at which point the level of its floor drops by .4m. An accumulation of fill along the floor of the passage prevents access beyond this point. It appears to continue, however, for a further 2m, at which point, beneath the caher's enclosing wall, it widens considerably. An inaccessible opening, .5m x .2m, occurs in the base of the caher's external wall-face at this point, where there is a 1m wide break in the basal step. 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. 575. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE106-074 Country house
  Description

  In woodland near N shore of Derrynane Bay. Derrynane House was the home of Daniel O'Connell. The oldest part of the house, built in 1702, was demolished in 1967 for safety reasons during the restoration work. Daniel O'Connell built the two-storey south wing facing the sea and the crenellated library wing to the east in 1825, the oldest surviving part of the house. The chapel was added in 1844 and was modelled on the ruined monastery chapel of Ahamore Abbey on nearby Abbey Island (KE106-077----). From then on Derrynane House was also known as Derrynane Abbey. It is not an abbey in the true sense of the word. By 1964 the two-storey building was in a poor structural condition and was transferred to the Commissioners of Public Works. Restoration work was completed in 1967, when the house was officially opened to the public as a museum by President De Valera. Derrynane House and 300 acres of adjoining land now make up Derynane National Historic Park, under the management of the national Monuments and Historic Properties Service of Dúchas. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE106-075 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Doonbreen/Dun Braoin(?): This site is referred to locally as 'Altar Hill', a place where Mass was celebrated in Penal Times (Ó Cíobháin 1984a, 63). It is a steep-sided, rocky knoll with a flat upper surface of roughly circular outline and is located on the N shore of Darrynane Bay. The OSRNB refer to the 'remains of an old fort . . . about 3 chains E of Altar Hill'. There is, however, no indication of a monument at this location now. 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. 666. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE106-122 Souterrain
  Description

  A stone-built souterrain passage, aligned N-S, was reputedly discovered at this location in the woods surrounding Darrynane House (local information). It was blocked up in 1990, and now lies beneath a trackway. A second souterrain (KE106-136----) is reputed to lie W of the Lodge House in the woods, but its exact location could not be identified. Neither site is marked on the OS maps. 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. 870. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

Architectural heritage

• Teach Dhoire Fhíonáin [Derrynane House], country house, 1700–1740 · National interest
  Description

  Detached eight-bay two- and three-storey house, built c. 1720, on an irregular-plan about a pair of open courtyards. Former home of Daniel O'Connell. Comprising two-bay two-storey block with single-bay three-storey gabled projecting end bay to west, renovated and extended to south, c. 1825, with two-bay two-storey wing having four-bay west elevation, two-bay single-storey linking range with half-dormer attic to north with slate-hung east elevation and two-bay two-storey projecting block to east on a square-plan forming open quadrangle about south courtyard with slate-hung elevations and stepped battlemented parapet. Extended to north-east, 1844, comprising two-bay double-height single-cell private chapel with lancet arch window openings and tripartite window opening to east gable end. Attached six-bay single-storey service range at right angles to north retaining early aspect. Extended to east in latter part of twentieth century with three-bay single-storey range forming open quadrangle about north courtyard. Now in use as museum. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and having slate-hung castellated parapet to south-east section. Slate-hanging to walls over render plinth and roughcast rendered walls. Limestone sills and render reveals to replacement timber six-over-six pane sliding sash windows. Arched doorway with rendered tympanum. Half-dormers to present reception section with lion mask rounds to gables. Retaining interior features. Detached single-bay single-storey gable-fronted rubble stone-built outbuilding, built c. 1825, with segmental-headed integral carriage arch and two-bay single-storey lean-to lower end bay to right. Detached six-bay two-storey rubble stone-built outbuilding, built c. 1825, now ruinous. Gateway, built c. 1825, to north-west comprising pair of roughcast piers with cast-iron gates and gable to north having bell.

• Teach Dhoire Fhíonáin [Derrynane House], gate lodge, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c. 1840, now in use as private house. Renovated and extended to north-west in late twentieth century with five-bay single-storey parallel range. Pitched and hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, central rendered chimneystack and replacement aluminium gutters. Rendered walls. Pointed arch openings with limestone sills and timber multiple paned sliding sash windows having switch-track glazing bars to upper sliding sash windows. Replacement door. Gateway, built c. 1840, to south comprising pair of red brick piers with wrought-iron gates.

• Teach Dhoire Fhíonáin [Derrynane House], summerhouse, 1825–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding circular-plan two-bay two-storey Gothic Revival style summer house, built c. 1835, with flight of stone external steps around circumference. Now ruinous. Roof now gone. Roughcast rendered rubble stone walls having projecting eaves course on slate bed. Pointed arch openings with slate sills and brick reveals. Windows and doors removed. Decorative cobbled floor incorporating quartz pebbles to interior.

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 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; parts are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Darrynane 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 Darrynane More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Darrynane More · Doire Fhíonáin Mór

Area

1,740,979 m² (174.1 ha, 430.21 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcrohane, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkerron South

Electoral division

Darrynane, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Darrynane electoral division: 193 people in 82 households; 86% of households own their home; 19% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 65% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cahernageeha, Darrynane Beg, Farraniaragh

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Darrynane 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.