Derreenacullig

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derreenacullig, from 392 m² to 359,375 m² (35.94 ha, 88.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 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 Derreenacullig 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 Derreenacullig 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

• KE075-027 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough commonage, on a break of a rocky SE-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Loo River. A circular area (diam. 7.4m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.75m; H 0.75m). There is an entrance (Wth 1.8m) at SW. The interior slopes downward to the S. Loose stones are scattered on the downslope externally. A relict field wall (KE075-027001-) lies c. 18m to the S and there is a small stream c. 14m to the W. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE075-027001 Field boundary
  Description

  In rough commonage, on a break of a rocky SE-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Loo River. A section of a collapsed drystone field wall (L c. 28m E-W) extends along the top of a rock scarp (H 1m). Large stones, visible at the base of the wall protrude (T 0.5m; H 0.5m) above the surface of the bog. There is a small stream c. 14m to the W. An enclosure (KE075-027----) lies c. 18m to the N. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE075-028 Hut site
  Description

  In very rough commonage, on a break of a steep SE-facing slope. The remains of a rectangular area (3.8m E-W; 2.7m N-S) defined by a well-built drystone wall (T 0.55m; H 1.2m) consisting of rough slabs. The entrance (Wth 0.7m) is off-centre to the W in the S wall. The S portion of the interior is raised slightly to compensate for the hillslope. The interior is covered in ferns. There are some trees outside the S wall. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE075-029 Hut site
  Description

  In commonage, on a gentle SE-facing slope, at the base of a steep craggy outcrop to the N. The remains of an oval hut (3.3m N-S; 2.2m E-W) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.75m; H 0.8m). There is an entrance (Wth 0.6m) at ENE. Loose stones are scattered within the level interior. Another hut site (KE075-029001-) adjoins the SE arc, externally. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE075-029001 Hut site
  Description

  In commonage, on a gentle SE-facing slope, at the base of a steep craggy outcrop to the N. The remains of a D-shaped hut (2.75m E-W) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.8m) and by a straight W side (L 1.75m N-S) formed by the external SE wall of an adjoining hut site (KE075-029----). The entrance (Wth 0.4m) is in the E wall. The interior is level. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE076-059 Bridge
  Description

  A road bridge (Wth 7.5m; long axis NE-SW), built of random ashlar, spanning the Loo River. The single segmental arch (span c. 10m) has cut and dressed voussoirs and is flanked on each face by a pair of full-height pillar-buttresses. There is a projecting string course at the base of the parapets. The parapets have vertical stone coping. The NE ends of the parapet walls splay outwards to accommodate the wider approach road. There is a lintelled overflow arch on the flood plain to the NE of the bridge. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

Architectural heritage

• Railway station, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached T-plan five-bay single- and two-storey former railway station, opened 1893, comprising single-bay two-storey central block, two-bay single-storey recessed flanking end bays and three-bay two-storey return to rear to south-east. Closed in 1960. Single-bay single-storey flat-roofed entrance bay added to accommodate use as youth hostel. Pitched and hipped slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimneystack, overhanging eaves and cast-iron profiled gutter and downpipes. Painted roughcast rendered walls. Tripartite windows to west at ground and first floors with original sliding sash windows. Replacement timber windows to remaining openings. Render doorcase with cornice and blocking course, having replacement door. Retaining interior features. Remains of rubble stone-built platform, built c. 1890, along west elevation. Signal, buffer and name-plate relocated to south side. Railway bridge to north.

• Bridge, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Triple-span iron lattice and box girder railway bridge over river, opened 1893, with rusticated limestone pylons and inscribed plaque. Closed in 1960. Now in use as road bridge.

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 Derreenacullig, 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Derreenacullig

Area

1,717,279 m² (171.73 ha, 424.35 acres)

Civil parish

Killaha, and its townlands

Barony

Magunihy

Electoral division

Flesk, the unit of the census

Census 2022

426 people lived in 157 households in the Flesk electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Crohane, Dromavrauka, Foiladuane, Freaghanagh, Gortalee, Gortalicka

Placenames

Derreenacullig 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.