Derrygarriv

2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derrygarriv, from 684,508 m² (68.45 ha, 169.15 acres) to 783,037 m² (78.3 ha, 193.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 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 Derrygarriv 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 Derrygarriv 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

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Derrygarriv.

Recorded monuments

• KE102-005 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, on a level terrace, on the lower N-facing slopes of Knockeirka. A circular area (diam. 16m) defined by the low grass-covered base course of a drystone wall (T 1m; H 0.2m). A later drystone wall (T 0.4m; H 1.2m) stands on its outer rim. Field boundaries abut the cashel at NW and SE. Field-clearance rubble is piled intermittently against the outer face of the wall. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE102-006 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In rough heather-covered grazing land, on the N-facing slopes of Knockeirka. A holy well, named 'Tobernawahnee' is indicated here on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. The well consists of an irregularly shaped natural depression (L 0.8m; Wth 0.6m; D 0.4m) in outcropping rock. Water flows into the depression from a spring at the base of a vertical fissure in the N face of the outcropping rock. There is a hut site (KE102-006001-) c. 50m to the E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE102-006001 Hut site
  Description

  In rough heather-clad pasture, on a break, on the N-facing slopes of Knockeirka. The remains of a circular hut site (diam. 3m) defined by a partially grass-covered stone walls (T 0.7m; H 0.15m). A break at W may indicate an entrance. The N portion of the interior is raised slightly to compensate for the hillslope. The interior is level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE102-006002 Hut site
  Description

  In rough heather-clad pasture, in a hollow, on the N-facing slopes of Knockeirka. The remains of a circular hut site (diam. 1.8m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.4m) which protrudes above the surface of the bog. Loose stones are scattered internally and externally. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE102-006003 Hut site
  Description

  In rough heather-clad pasture, in a sheltered hollow, on the N-facing slopes of Knockeirka. The remains of an oval hut site (3.5m N-S; 2m E-W) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.6m). Outcropping rock is incorporated into the wall at NE. A break in wall at SW may indicate an entrance. The S portion of the interior is built up and the N portion is cut into the upslope to create a level interior. There is another hut site (KE102-006004-) c. 15m to the E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE102-006004 Hut site
  Description

  In rough heather-clad pasture, in a sheltered hollow, on the N-facing slopes of Knockeirka. The remains of an oval hut site (4.4m E-W; 2.7m N-S) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 1m). A break at SW may indicate an entrance. The S portion of the interior is slightly elevated to compensate for the hillslope. There is another hut site (KE102-006003-) c. 15m to the W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Derrygarriv · Doire Garbh

Area

1,464,688 m² (146.47 ha, 361.93 acres)

Civil parish

Kenmare, and its townlands

Barony

Glanarought

Electoral division

Kenmare, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kenmare electoral division: 3,520 people in 1,321 households; 57% of households own their home; 52% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 25% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygriffin, Barraduff, Derrynacaheragh, Derrynacoulagh, Dromanassig, Gortrooskagh, Rusheens

Placenames

Derrygarriv 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.