Derrygreenia

3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derrygreenia, from 363,409 m² (36.34 ha, 89.8 acres) to 1,142,689 m² (114.27 ha, 282.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 4 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Derrygreenia 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 Derrygreenia 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 Derrygreenia.

Recorded monuments

• KE108-052001 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on a terrace on the N-facing slope of Knocknaveacal. A roughly oval area (dims. c. 70m NW-SE; c. 50m NE-SW) defined by a ruined drystone wall (T c. 0.7m; H 0.75m) with several breaks, especially along the NE arc. Large boulders of the lower courses are grass covered and protrude above the bog. The upper courses are mainly collapsed. A hut site (KE108-052003-) and an enclosure (KE108-052002-) are located in the S half of the enclosure. The N wall of a hut site (KE108-052004-) abuts the S arc, externally. Another hut site (KE108-05205-) is situated outside the enclosure to the N. A field wall lies adjacent to the W arc of the enclosure. 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

• KE108-052002 Enclosure
  Description

  In the S sector of a larger enclosure (KE108-052001-). A roughly rectangular area (dims. c. 12m NW-SE; c. 8m NE-SW) defined by a scarp, which is faced externally with an uncoursed rubble wall (H 0.1-0.65m) along the NW, NE and SE sides, and by the faint traces of a low, grass-covered earthen bank (H 0.05m) along the SW side. Stone facing on the scarp has collapsed in places. The interior is level. There is a hut site (KE108-052003-) in the S sector. 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

• KE108-052003 Hut site
  Description

  In the S sector of an enclosure (KE108-052002-). The remains of rectangular hut site (3.65 NW-SE; 2.45m SW-NE) defined by the lower courses of a drystone wall (T c. 0.16m; H 0.3m). Stones protrude above the bog cover and are partly grass covered. There is a possible entrance (Wth 0.6m) at 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

• KE108-052004 Hut site
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on a terrace of the N-facing slope of Knocknaveacal. The poorly preserved remains of a roughly square hut site (4.8m E-W; 4.7m N-S) defined by the lower courses of a drystone wall (T c. 0.65m; H 0.45m). The stones of these lower courses protrude above the blanket bog. The N wall externally abuts the S arc of an enclosure (KE108-052001-). 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

• KE108-052005 Hut site
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on a break on the N-facing slope of Knocknaveacal. The remains of a rectangular hut site (4.4m N-S; 2m E-W) defined by the lower courses of a drystone wall (T c. 0.7m; H 0.3m) along the N, E and S sides and by two parallel, contiguous rows of upright stone slabs (H 1.1m), set end to end, along the W side. There is an entrance (Wth 0.5m) in the W wall. The drystone wall is partly grass covered and rubble from the collapsed upper courses is scattered in the interior. The hut site is obscured by ferns. There is an enclosure (KE108-052001-) in the immediate vicinity to the S. 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

• KE108-053 Hut site
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on the S side of a knoll on the N-facing slope of Knocknaveacal. The remains of an oval hut site (3.25m NW-SE; 1.9m SW-NE) defined by a roughly built, drystone wall (T c. 0.65m; H 0.75m). The larger stones of the lower courses are partly grass covered and protrude above the blanket bog. The hut site is obscured by ferns. A relict field boundary (KE108-053002-) is in the immediate vicinity to the SW. 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

• KE108-053001 Hut site
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on the N-facing slope of Knocknaveacal. The remains of a circular hut site (2.9m N-S; 2.7m E-W) defined by the lower courses of a collapsed drystone wall (T c. 0.6m; H 0.45m). The larger stones in these lower courses protrude above the bog. Rubble from the collapsed upper courses obscures the interior. 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

• KE108-053002 Field boundary
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on the N-facing slope of Knocknaveacal. A linear stretch (L c. 75m) of a relict field wall (T c. 0.65m; H 0.8m) extends downslope in a general NE direction. Towards the NE end another wall branches off to the SE for c. 12m, turns to the NE for c. 45m and then swings to the NW. From here the wall extends (L c. 50m) in a NE direction, along the line of the original stretch. This latter wall is visible intermittently and terminates immediately SW of a hut site (KE108-053----). Many of the lower course stones in the wall protrude above the deep blanket bog. In general the wall is collapsed, with rubble from the upper courses scattered along the perimeter. 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

• KE108-060 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on a break in the N-facing slope of Knocknaveacal. A subcircular area (8.2m E-W; 7.8m N-S) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T c. 0.6m; H 0.9m) which is cut (D 0.1-0.3m) S-W into the upslope. The lower course stones protrude above the bog surface. Rubble from the collapsed upper courses is scattered along the perimeter, both internally and externally. The interior is level. Outside the enclosure the ground rises steeply to the S and falls away steeply to the N. 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 Derrygreenia.

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 Derrygreenia, 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 Derrygreenia.

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

Name

Derrygreenia · Doire Dhroinge

Area

1,895,976 m² (189.6 ha, 468.51 acres)

Civil parish

Tuosist, and its townlands

Barony

Glanarought

Electoral division

Glanmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

245 people lived in 98 households in the Glanmore electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 28% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cashelkeelty, Coolownig, Cuhig, Eskadawer, Shronebirrane

Placenames

Derrygreenia 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.