Dingle

53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dingle, from 3 m² to 7,291 m² (0.73 ha, 1.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 6 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 54 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space, Park (Open space, park)
  Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M4Built Up Area (Built up area)
  Corca Dhuibhne Electoral Area Local Area Plan 2021-2027, Kerry · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 26 Jun 2026Conditional

  (i) the demolition of the existing storage sheds to the rear of the existing restaurant; (ii) the construction of a new two-storey storage building, also to the rear of the existing restaurant; (iii) the relocation of the gas cylinder storage area and (iv) all associated site works.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660594

• 30 Dec 2025Conditional

  To retain an existing 2 storey dwelling house and associated boiler shed as constructed

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 25308

• 23 Dec 2025Conditional

  The site extends to approx. 0.146 ha with frontage onto Avondale, Dykegate Street and The Mall River and is partially located within an Architectural Conservation Area. The proposed development consists of the demolition of elements of the existing buildings on site to facilitate the proposal, the refurbishment of The Phoenix Cinema building and existing outbuildings and the construction of an extension to The Phoenix Cinema building and associated reuse and extension of outbuildings on the subject site to provide an innovative regional cultural centre (approx. 2029.2 sq.m). The proposal extends across 3 no. buildings on the site, ranging in height from 1 – 3 storeys and comprises the following: Multi-Disciplinary Performance Space, Gallery Shop, Gallery, Screening Room/Cinema, Lounge Bar/Restaurant/Café With Associated Kitchen, Offices And Staff Welfare, Bookable Rooms, Second Performance/Workshop Space, Multi-Purpose Studio, Central Connecting Courtyard; all to be licensed as a multi-functional space; together with 2 no. artists residential studios with independent access from Avondale. 10 no. cycle parking spaces are proposed within the central courtyard area. 2 no. terraces at 1st and 2nd floor are proposed overlooking the courtyard. The principal entrance to the cultural centre will be from Dykegate Street, where the existing site access points are located. The proposed development provides pedestrian access to the proposed main centre building and multipurpose building from Dykegate Street. The development will enhance the pedestrian/ vehicular access point to the central courtyard area, providing an upgraded courtyard access arrangement. A new secondary access point to the site for pedestrians/ vehicles is provided along Avondale. This is to facilitate, inter alia, access to the artists’ studios and servicing for the development. A loading bay is provided along Avondale, within the site boundary. Note: this proposal includes all associated site and infrastructural works above and below ground to include provision for water services; foul and surface water drainage and connections; attenuation proposal; permeable paving; all landscaping works; and general plant areas; landscaped boundary treatment; footpath upgrades as required; public lighting as required; and electrical services.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2561221

• 17 Jun 2025Conditional

  Planning permission to: A) Demolish existing dwelling house at Holy Ground, B) Construct an extension to the supermarket at ground floor level and first floor level in lieu of the dwelling, C) Extend the first floor area to include an apartment and office space, D) Alterations and upgrades to the existing shop fronts and signage,

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560519

• 19 Jun 2024Conditional

  TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE AND IN ITS PLACE CONSTRUCT A NEW TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE MAINTAINING ALL EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICE CONNECTIONS AND ALSO TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 24259

• 3 May 2024Conditional

  Permission to (a) demolish an existing two-storey rear extension to an existing dwelling house and demolish the rear garden shed, (b) construct a new two-storey and single storey rear extension, (c) minor elevational changes consisting of 2no. dormer style 2nd floor windows to the front elevation and 1no. dormer style 2nd floor window to the rear elevation and (d) all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460274

• 15 Jan 2024Conditional

  RENOVATE AND MAKE ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, NAMELY (A) CHANGE OF USE FROM A DWLLING HOUSE TO RETAIL UNIT ON THE GROUND FLOOR INCORPORATING A REAR EXTENSION, (B) MAKE ALLOWANCES FOR ACCESS TO A NEW FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR MAISONETTE UNIT AND ALSO INCORPORATING A REAR EXTENSION SPACE TO BOTH FLOORS & (C) MAKE MINOR ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO THE EXISTING BUILDING AND ALSO TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2414

• 16 Nov 2023Conditional

  RETAIN ALL AS CONSTRUCTED AN EXISTING RETAIL UNIT ON THE GROUND FLOOR WITH 2 NUMBER APARTMENTS ON THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR'S OVERHEAD

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 231114

• 15 Aug 2023Conditional

  The development will consist of 1) change of use from existing permitted ground floor retail units and hostel accommodation entrance to proposed 10 no. ground floor guestrooms on the ground floor, 2) Alterations to the existing ground floor reception area, 3) 1 no. additional guestroom at the first floor, and 1 no. additional guestroom at second floor, (12 no. additional guestrooms total) and 4) alterations of front and rear elevations to accommodate new guest rooms, and all associated site works. The building height varies, at its highest ridge being 12 100mm and will not suffer any changes.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2360094

• 20 Jul 2023Conditional

  RETAIN TWO NUMBER TAKEAWAY FOOD TRUCKS AND ASSOCIATED STORE

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 23831

• 25 Nov 2022Conditional

  (A) DEMOLISH EXISTING SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF BUILDING (B) CONSTRUCT A NEW REAR EXTENSION WITH SINGLE AND TWO STOREY ELEMENTS FOR USE AS OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATION INCLUDING ALL NECESSARY ALTERATIONS AND SITE WORKS. PROTECTED STRUCTURE RPS REF RPS KY-0312, NIAH REF. RPS-KY-043-007

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 221227

• 25 Nov 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 221228

• 7 Jun 2022Conditional

  (A) MAKE A MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE ON THE GROUND FLOOR TO EXTEND THE EXISTING ELEMENT OF RETAIL USAGE OVER THE PRIVATE USAGE AREA OF A DWELLING UNIT, ALSO ON THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS TO MAKE A MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE FROM A PRIVATE DWELLING UNIT TO 2 NUMBER APARTMENT UNITS (B) DEMOLISH (1) REAR ACCESS PORCH ON THE GROUND FLOOR (11) A FIRST FLOOR BATHROOM AREA (111) AN OUTHOUSE SERVING THE EXISTING BUILDING AND (1V) INTERNAL WALLS TO ALLOW FOR NEW FLOOR PLAN LAYOUTS (C) ALLOW FOR A PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM AN ADJOINING EXISTING CAR PARK AND (D) CONSTRUCT A REAR EXTENSION TO ACCOMMODATE AN ESCAPE STAIR WAY AND ANCILLARY AREAS TO THE NEW RETAIL AND APARTMENT UNITS, ALSO TO INCLUDE OPEN AMENITY SPACE AND 6 NUMBER CAR PARKING SPACES TO SERVE THE DEVELOPMENT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. THIS IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE (N.I.A.H./RPS REF 21400607)

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 22586

• 14 Mar 2022N/a

  (A) MAKE A MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE FROM A RESTAURANT/CAFÉ TO 2 NUMBER APARTMENT UNITS (B) MAKE INTERNAL FLOOR PLAN ALTERATIONS TO FACILITATE THE NEW APARTMENT LAYOUTS AND (C) MAKE ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL WINDOWS SERVING NEW SPACES WITHIN THE BUILDING AND TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 22278

• 10 Feb 2022Conditional

  (A) RETAIN EXISTING FIRST FLOOR 1 NO. BEDROOM APARTMENT AND(B) OUTDOOR DINING BOOTHS AND GAS CYLINDER STORAGE AREA TO THE REAR OF THE FISH BOX RESTAURANT AND PERMISSION TO (A) REMODEL THE EXISTING RESTAURANT (B) CHANGE USE OF VACANT BUILDING ( EIRCODE V92 XF22) FROM MIXED USE TO COMMERCIAL , AND EXPANDING RESTAURANT INTO THIS BUILDING TO CREATE ADDITIONAL RESTAURANT SEATING AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL AND A FUNCTION ROOM AND STAFF FACILITIES AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL (C) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR TO ACCOMMODATE NEW TOILET FACILITIES, STORAGE AND PREP ROOM AND ( D) CONSTRUCT BALCONY EXTENSION TO APARTMENT AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 22130

• 1 Mar 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE WITH PUBLIC SEWER CONNECTION AND VEHICULAR / PEDESTRIAN ACCESS OVER THE MALL RIVER WITH ALL ASSOICATED ANCILLARY WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21200

• 17 Aug 2020N/a

  (1) DEMOLISH EXISTING GROUND FLOOR STORE / SHED TO THE REAR OF EXISTING BUILDING AND PART DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GROUND FLOOR KITCHEN / DINING AREA, (2) CONSTRUCT A NEW 3 STOREY EXTENSION CONSISTING OF KITCHEN / DINING AND TOILETS ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND 8 NO. BEDROOMS IN TOTAL ON THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS, (3) PERMISSION FOR CONVERSION OF EXISTING FLAT ROOF TO A ROOF TERRACE, INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND ANCILLARY SERVICES

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 20727

• 30 Aug 2019Conditional

  REFURBISH AND EXTEND THEIR PREMISES, COMPLETE WITH NEW SHOPFRONT WORKS AND ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE, ELEVATIONAL CHANGES, NEW REAR W.C. AND STORE STRUCTURE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19912

• 25 Jul 2019N/a

  REFURBISH AND EXTEND THEIR PREMISES COMPLETE WITH NEW SHOPFRONT WORKS AND ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE, ELEVATION CHANGES, NEW REAR W.C AND STORE STRUCTURE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 19795

• 26 Jun 2019Conditional

  CONSIST OF THE INSTALLATION OF AN AT MACHINE TO THE EXISTING SHOP FRONT TO THE NORTH ELEVATION.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 19667

• 25 Jan 2019Conditional

  COMBINE THE GROUND FLOOR OF UNITS 2 AND 3 INTO ONE UNIT AND FOR A MATERIAL A CHANGE OF USE OF THE GROUND FLOOR ONLY FROM RETAIL SPACE TO A RESTAURANT / COFFEE SHOP AND FOR INTERNAL ALTERATIONS INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF A KITCHEN A BIN STORE AND TOILETS ALL

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 1949

• 24 Jan 2019Conditional

  (1) CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING GROUND FLOOR BETTING OFFICE (PREVIOUS PLANNING 07/3868) TO RESTAURANT AND REFUSE STORAGE, TOILETS AND EXTERNAL SIGNAGE, AS AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING RESTAURANT (PREVIOUS PLANNING 96/186) KNOWN AS " REEL DINGLE FISH" (2)PERMISSION FOR EXTERNAL SIGNAGE ADN NEW DOOR TO FRONT ELEVATION, (3) RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF EXISTING REAR GROUND FLOOR EXTENSION ENCLOSING PROPOSED SLUICE ROOM, STAFF ROOM, COLD STORAGE AND FOR ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 1938

• 5 Dec 2018N/a

  COMBINE THE GROUND FLOOR OF UNITS 2 AND 3 INTO ONE UNIT, AND FOR A MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE OF THE GROUND FLOOR ONLY FROM RETAIL SPACE TO A RESTAURANT/COFFEE SHOP, AND FOR INTERNAL ALTERATIONS INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF A KITCHEN, BIN STORE AND TOILETS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 181192

• 24 Oct 2018Conditional

  (A) REMOVE EXISTING PLAYGROUND AND FORMER TENNIS COURT TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ALL WEATHER PLAYING PITCH COMPLETE WITH PERIMITER BOUNDARY FENCE, BALL STOP NETTING AND FLOOD LIGHTING (B) CONSTRUCT PERIMETER JOGGING TRACK WITH 8 NO. OUTDOOR EXERCISE STATIONS (C)CONSTRUCT SINGLE STOREY MODULAR BUILDING ACCOMMODATING MANAGERS OFFICE, CHANGING ROOM, TOILETS, SHOWERS AND FITNESS SUITE (D) CONSTRUCT SPRINTING LANE AND RUN OUT AREA, COMPLETE WITH ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 181032

• 2 May 2018Conditional

  RENOVATE/MODIFY EXISTING MID TERRACE DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF SAME

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18406

The 25 most recent of 32 applications.

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 Dingle.

Recorded monuments

• KE043-224 Historic town
  Description

  Situated on the S side of the peninsula, Dingle stands at the head of a large, natural harbour, protected from the prevailing winds by a ridge of high land running W-E at the mouth of the bay. The town is built on elevated ground which slopes E to a small river and S to the harbour and it is bounded on the landward side by a crescent of ridges and rising mountains. Even today, Dingle is relatively isolated from major population centres and it is undoubtedly to its possession of a sheltered harbour that the town owes its prosperity in bygone days. (See KE043-224001- to KE043-224039- for individual monuments within the town). The historic town of Dingle was described in the Urban Survey of Kerry as follows; ‘Dingle is a small coastal town located at the junction off a small valley with Dingle harbour on the south side of the mountainous Dingle peninsula. The placename is a corruption of 'An Daingean', the fort or stronghold, but the origin of this name is unclear. There is also a great deal of uncertainty over the fuller form, now generally rendered 'Daingean Ui Chuis', after references in AFM sub anno 1579 and 1580. O'Donovan (1983, 113) translated this as “the fastness of O'Cuis or O'Hussey". The Hussey family were connected with the town in the sixteenth century ( Hogan 1878, 192 fn. h, 282) but the earliest contemporary record of the extended name form occurs in 1322 as "Dengenyhonysh" which predates the known Hussey connection (PRO 1910, 160). The Ui Cuis family are otherwise unknown. There is no evidence of any significant pre-Norman settlement at Dingle and it seems likely that the town was an Anglo-Norman foundation on virgin ground. The main reason for the town’s existence was its function as a sea-port but it was also an administrative centre. Nonetheless its origins are obscure. It appears in the early fourteenth century as the manorial centre of the cantred of 'Osurres' (Aes Irruis), which was held by Thomas de Clare, and therefore it may be assumed that it was included in the grant of the cantred of ‘Ossurys’ to Robert son of Geoffrey de Marisco c. 1216 (Orpen 1911-20, iii, 133; Otway Ruthven 1968, 87). Robert's daughter, Christiania, sold the cantred to Sir Maurice FitzMaurice later in the thirteenth century (Brooks 1931-2 65, n. 104). In 1289-90 Sir Maurice FitzMaurice demised the manor of Killorglin to Thomas de Clare (Sweetman 1875-86, iii, no. 1028) and it may be assumed that Dingle came into their hands around the same time. In 1322 an inquisition noted that Thomas de Clare had his capital messuage of the cantred of “Osurres" as well as courts of free tenants and of the hundred at ‘Dengenyhonysh’ (PRO 1910, 160). Dingle is not mentioned, however, in the earlier documents relating to Ossurys which may perhaps indicate that it as not yet in existence. It is first mentioned in customs returns of 1278-9 (Sweetman 1875-86, iv, 415), which is clear evidence that the port was functioning. In 1299 the villata, or men of the vill of ‘Dengen' were fined for the escape of Walter Laundrey (Sweetman 1875-86 i PP. 294, 314) which suggests the existence by that time of a structured community. It is likely that Dingle's main function at this period was as a port. In 1278-9 Perceval of Lucca and his associates accounted for 12 new custom received on the king' s behalf from merchants leaving the port of Dingle (Sweetman 1875-86 ii, P.415). Otway-Ruthven (1968, 123) and Graham (1977, 41) point out that the ports of Dingle and Tralee were important enough in the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries to be centres in which customs were collected and although probably never more than a minor port, Dingle was apparently engaged in steady trade during this Period. In 1316 Dingle was burned by Diarmait MacCarthaig, chief of Desmumu (AI) and the effects of this were noted in the 1322 inquisition which described de Clare's capital messuage as unbuilt and stated that many free tenants had withdrawn because of the war (PRO 1910, 160). The Mac Carthaig again raided Corca Dhuibhne in 1398 and plundered it beyond the town of Dingle and the country from that on (Ó hInnse 1947,111) although it is not clear if the town itself was burned on this occasion or not. In spite of these unsettled conditions, however Dingle survived and continued both in its Commercial and administrative functions. Royal Customs officials were assigned there in 1334 and 1395 while in 1461 it was proposed to make a grant to William, Lord de Bary, from the customs and cocket of Dingle (44 RDKPRI, 51-2; Tresham 1828, 52 no 44 p269 no 68). In 1485 there is a record of the seneschal of the liberty of Kerry holding assizes at Dingle (Brewer and Bullen 1871, 377). During the late sixteenth century Dingle became quite closely involved in political developments in Kerry because of its strategic importance. In 1569 it attracted government interest when it was proposed to wall the town in order to curb the power of the earl of Desmond and of Mac Carthaig (Brewer and Bullen 1867, 396). In 1570 Dingle was apparently occupied for a time by a French force during the rebellion of James FitzMaurice (Hamilton 1860, 435) and in 1571 Sir John Perrot, president of Munster, noted "six of James FitzMaurices men killed at the Dingle when he went there to take the great ordnance" (Hamilton 1860, 457). In his renewed campaign of 1579, FitzMaurice landed at Dingle with six Spanish ships and subsequently burned the town (Hamilton 1867 173-4). Contemporary reports described Dingle in the aftermath as whol1y sacked", "razed" and "broken” (Hamilton 1867,197,216; Brewer and Bullen 1868, 214). In 1580 Sir William Pelham noted that Dingle had been largely abandoned by its inhabitants and urged Sir William Winter to encourage them especially the fishermen and merchants, to return to the town (Brewer and Bullen 1868, 254). At the end of that year, after the massacre of Dún an Óir, there were 450 English soldiers in Dingle (Hamilton 1867, 273) and by 1582 Sir Henry Wallop the Vice Treasurer noted that “Dingle is now inhabited and should be entered in the schedule concerning imposts on wine (Hamilton 1867, 387). By this date a permanent ward of thirty soldiers was stationed there (Curtis1933-43, 322; Hamilton 1867, 405). Later that year, however, Dingle was besieged by the earl of Desmond and the baron of Lixnaw, but they were forced to lift the siege apparently after a sally by the soldiers and townsmen, with Sir Thomas Norrey's marching to the town’s relief (Hamilton 1867, 419). An English traveller’s account of 1589, apparently referring to the 1582 siege, noted that “the castle and all the houses in the Towne, save four, were won, burnt, and ruinated by the Erle of Desmond. These foure houses fortified themselves against him and withstood him and all his power perforce, so as he could not winne them” (Hitchcock 1852-3,140). The defeat and death of the earl of Desmond in 1583 marked a turning point in Dingle's history with the establishment of English control there. This was reflected in a proposal of 1585 to grant a charter of incorporation to the town, in order to promote the restoration of their ruinous and decayed estate, through the late rebellion there" (Morrin 1862, 105 15 RDKPRI, 144-5 no. 4816). It seems, however, that the charter was not actually granted until 1606 (Hitchcock 1852-3 134; Cusack 1871 appendix v; Weinbaum 1943, 204). References to the portreeve or provost of Dingle in 1579 and 1584, however, indicate that the town was incorporated before the 1585 Proposal (Hamilton 1867, 173; PRO 1881, 1). Further disruption occurred in 1598 when James FitzThomas, the 'sugan' earl of Desmond, landed at Dingle with 2000 Spaniards and the town surrendered to him (Atkinson 1895, 487, 400). Lewis (1837, i, 460) makes the otherwise unsupported claim that the town was burned at this time. In 1645 Dingle was pillaged and burnt by the parliamentarian, Capt. Robert Moulton, with 700 soldi

• KE043-224001 Town defences
  Description

  Though Dingle appears to have been an important centre of trade by 1257 (McKenna 1979, 16), the first official reference to the walling of the town is not until over 300 years later. In 1569 a request 'to have allowance of 1,000 pounds for the walling of the town of Dinglecoche in Kirreye which they are suitors of was sent to Elizabeth (Cal Car Mss 1569, 396). However it was not until 1585, 2 years after the end of the Desmond Rebellion, that a decree approving a murage grant to the town was issued (CPR Eliz. 1585, 105). The decree incorporated Dingle giving it 'such reasonable liberties as Drogheda hath' and the 'sum of 300 pounds in money towards the charge of walling their town with stone, three quarters of a mile compasse'. It seems likely however that the town had been previously fortified as the walls were recorded as only partially preserved in 1589. At that time the town was described as having had 'gates (as it seemeth) in times past at either end to open and shut as a town of war' (McKenna 1979, 22). Though much decayed by 1756 (Smith, 177), traces of very thick walling, bonded with a clay mortar, were still visible in 1853 near the N end of the town (Hitchcock 1854, 135), and the line of the W curtain was indicated on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS map. There are no visible remains of any fortifications in the modern town but the linear street plan and burgage plots of its medieval predecessor are evident. Rectangular in plan, the walled town enclosed an area of c. 15 acres with suburbs in Goat Street and John Street, and a linear market in Main Street (Bradley 1976, 124). A built-up archway observed by McKenna in a garden wall at the rear of Dyke Gate Lane may have formerly provided access to the market area. Dingle town defences described by Thomas (1992, 68-70) as follows; ‘small fragments of town wall to SW of Main St. (noted by Bradley 1985 app. as 'possible' town wall). Possible name survival—Dyke Gate Lane - MAPS OS 1846 — SW line of town wall marked. WRITTEN DESCRIPTIONS 1587: 'commodious harbour, also a walled town and corporation' (Camden, 1753 ed l). 1589: Dingle—town wall (Anon, ed Hogan 1878, 189). 1599: 'Dinglenacush is chief town in all that part of Ireland, it consisteth of but one main street, from whence some smaller do proceed on either side. It hath had gates (as it seemeth) in times past at either end to open and shut as a town of war and a castle also. The houses are very strongly built with thick stone walls and narrow windows like unto castles ……There remaineth yet a thick stone wall that passeth overthwart the midst of the street which was a part of their fortification The town is now again [after Desmond attack] somewhat repaired, but in effect there remain but the ruins of the former town' (E. Wright — Hitchcock 140). 1756: 'Dingle is only walled town but now very inconsiderable town walls made of clay mortar, because lime scarce, and much decayed fort at entrance to harbour now demolished' (Smith 73, 177). 1852: 'traces of town's walls remain, especially near the Grove on N side' (Hitchcock 135). - PROPERTY AND TOWN RECORDS: no evidence. MURAGE: a single murage grant is known, dated 1585, and made at the request of the inhabitants who retailed their sufferings resulting from the Desmond wars. The Queen incorporated the town as 'fully as Drogheda' and granted, 'for a stone wall three-quarters of a mile [1,188m] in compass', as proposed €300, to be acquired at the rate of €20 p.a. from the import of wines there (CPCR II 5). This may be seen as the culmination of a number of reports/proposals on Dingle and the area generally — in 1569 a request for 'for the walling in of the town of Dinglecoche' was made in a note on the presidency of Munster (CCP 1 266); in 1580 Pelham recommended that the town of Dingle should be fortified to withstand a possible Spanish landing (CCP 11 306). By 1584 Dingle was on a list of 7 walled towns proposed by the Lord Deputy which included the medieval town of Athlone as well as more recent sites such as Newry (CSPI 533); and in 1589 Dingle was included in a list of 'walled towns' in Munster which required garrisons (CSPI 80). Yet, less than 10 years later it was described as 'not being walled or otherwise defensible' and so it had been surrendered by the townsmen (Norreys to Privy Council, CSPI 1599, 15). This may imply that the walling progressed slowly or inadequately, or even that later writers were misled by the 1585 charter into locating a wall that never actually materialised. This latter seems unlikely given Smith's description of the structure, and the local tradition and/or knowledge which led the Ordnance Surveyors to mark it on the first 6-inch map. Other charters: incorporated in 1585, in a warrant but not activated until c. 1608. No murage or other charters are known for the medieval period. There is a 1299 reference to the 'men of the vill of Dengen' in Kerry (CDI IV 658). The customs returns point to the considerable importance of the port then and even into the 16th century (Orpen III 146; Lydon 1973, 12; NHI 1984 111 12). Circuit details PERIOD: Late Tudor—on murage and other evidence. AREA: 4—5/8 ha. (values speculative). PERIMETER: 875m (incl. 200m along river)/1 175m (1 188m—1585 ref.). SHAPE: square/rectangular. STRUCTURE: stone—clay mortar. GATES: total—2/3. N + S — main gates on single street. W—probable, to harbour— Dyke. TOWERS: unknown but possibly 3—4 at corners (castle at one corner). FOSSE: unknown but to E a stream and to S dyke, possibly in association with an embankment against the sea. FORT: only a mid-17th century fort known, located away from the town on the headland to the SE (Smith's co. map). OTHER SITE STRUCTURES: Dingle's raison d'etre was its natural harbour, which made it for long the main port of Kerry despite its lack of centrality as far as the rest of the county was concerned; the import of essentials or wine and luxuries for the more settled, lowland areas of N Kerry and the export of wool from the highlands of central Kerry, the Dingle and other peninsulas, and of fish from the sheltered and extensive bay and nearby sea were the main commodities. The small stream provided an area for milling as well as a fosse, but bridging it would not have been a decisive locating factor. There is a reference to a castle, in addition to gates, but its site is unknown and not necessarily that marked so on the OS map, which may be part of the N gate; the castle of 1580 is said to have been at the rear of the market house and used as a prison in 1815 (Hitchcock 1855). There is no obvious market place but the mam street widens slightly in its N half. The parish church is just off the main street. There are no references to religious houses but the street names towards the harbour — Grey Lane and Holy Ground — are at least suggestive of a Franciscan house and there is a well to E of the stream dedicated to St. John. Two separate suburbs existed by 1846, Upper and Lower colony, to SE beyond the stream and to W alongside the quay resp. Discussion: Little is known of Dingle before the late 16th century, although it appears intermittently in the customs returns of the later 13th and 14th centuries. It may indeed have been a walled town at that time—it would have been as likely a candidate as its nearest neighbour, Tralee, which got a murage grant in 1286, along with the old Kerry episcopal centre of Ardfert nearby. But there are no medieval murage records and little is known even of the Tudor walled area. The evidence seems sufficient to confirm that a town wall was built but a doubt must remain, given the Norrey's description of 1599. However, its wording may be an exaggeration or the result of mis-information. It is contradicted by Wright’s contemporary description. Archaeological investigation of the possible surviving town wall remains would probably resolve the issue and might even show that the Tudor wall rested largely on an earlier medieval circui

• KE043-224002 Castle - tower house
  Description

  The site of a castle is indicated on the OS 6-inch map (1st ed.) at the junction of Green St and Main St where Siopa an Chúinne (Corner Shop) now stands today. This may be the castle reputedly built by Peter Rice. There is a datestone of 1586 (KE043-224030-) in the wall of the adjoining house but another datestone (KE043-224031-) with the inscription RICE ANNO 1563 which was recorded by Smith (1756, 177) is not now visible. Rice House described in the Urban Survey of Kerry (Bradley 1987, 62) as follows; 'Smith (1756, 177) states that he saw a building with "an inscription, signifying that the house was built by one RICE, anno 1563 and on a stone beneath two roses, are carved these words, AT THE ROSE IS THE BEST WINE". This may have been located at the junction of Green St. and Main St. where the O. S. maps show a “castle" site. The present building on this corner is modern. A rectangular stone with the date 1586 is inserted at second floor level into the second house to the west of this site, in Green Street. The upper part of the stone is roughly dressed, indicating that it is not in its original position (Cuppage 1986, 380). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage et al., 'Archaeological Survey of the Dingle Peninsula.' (Oidhreacht Chorca Duibhne, 1986) Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 19 April 2022

• KE043-224004 Castle - tower house
  Description

  A castle built by the Husseys was granted to the Earl of Ormond in the confiscations which followed the Desmond Rebellion (Smith 1756, 177). It was subsequently purchased by the Knight of Kerry and later, known as the Market House, it became the official residence of the Sovereign of Dingle (McKenna 1979, 24). The vaults were used as the town jail until 1815 (O'Sullivan 1931, 131). A pointed doorway, probably of medieval origin, was preserved in the remains of a building on the site in 1853 (Hitchcock 1855, 355). A lintelled passageway leading to a chamber, c. 3 x 1m, uncovered in an adjacent garden c. 1952, may also have been associated with this castle (OPW). The site lies at the rear of a business premises on Main Street; inserted in the wall of an adjacent outbuilding is a carved stone decorated with a 16th century paired vine motif with interlaced stem. Hussey House described in the Urban Survey of Kerry (Bradley 1987, 63-4) as follows; 'Another important building that was mentioned in Dingle's proposed charter of 1585 which granted the corporation a house in the town forfeited by John Hussey "to make of the same a gaol and a common Court-house (Morrin 1862, 105). Smith (1756, 176) claimed that the building was granted on its forfeiture to the earl of Ormond and later bought by the Knight of Kerry; it was functioning in 1756 as the town gaol. O'Donovan (1983, 115) could find no trace of this gaol in 1841 but Hitchcock (1854-5, 355) supplies a description of the building. It was located to the rear of the then market-house and it still displayed "a low dark, doorway, and a small cut stone and grated window", while apparently built into modern walls were "a cut stone doorway the shape being something between semi-circular and pointed, but approaching more to the latter", and a stone with "a portion of some raised carving, resembling (as well as I could see it a tree". It was located on the south side of Main St., on the site of the present P. T. Fitzgerald's Supermarket. Nothing remains of the pointed door, linteled passage, or room, which probably formed part of a back house, or middle-house, in the original complex. The decorated stone (KE043-224032-) survives, however, embedded at second floor level in the east facing wall of a building at the rear of the supermarket. It is decorated in relief with two intertwined ivy leaves'. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage (compiler) 'Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey.' Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (1986), no. 1011. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 19 April 2022

• KE043-224030 Inscribed stone
  Description

  A stone inserted in the wall of a house adjacent to the site of a castle (KE043-224002-) bears the date 1586 in relief. See attached photograph taken from Bradley 1987, Fig. 25 The above description is derived from J. Cuppage et al., 'Archaeological Survey of the Dingle Peninsula.' (Oidhreacht Chorca Duibhne, 1986) Date of upload: 19 January 2012

• KE043-224031 Inscribed stone
  Description

  A carved stone with the inscription RICE ANNO 1563 which was recorded by Smith (1756, 177) is not now visible. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage et al., 'Archaeological Survey of the Dingle Peninsula.' (Oidhreacht Chorca Duibhne, 1986) Date of upload: 19 January 2012

• KE043-224032 Architectural fragment
  Description

  A carved stone decorated with a 16th century paired vine motif which is inserted into the wall of a building off Main St and adjacent to the tower house (KE043-224004-). This stone has been moved and is now inserted into the wall above the doorway into Dingle Post Office. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage et al., 'Archaeological Survey of the Dingle Peninsula.' (Oidhreacht Chorca Duibhne, 1986) Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 19 April 2022

• KE043-224033 Architectural fragment
  Description

  In a shopfront on the E side of Green St. are two plaques (KE043-224033-, KE043-224034-). This record is for the lower stone (c. 0.22m square) which has a raised border decorated with two opposed birds in relief. Stone fragments described in the Urban Survey of Kerry (Bradley 1987, 65) as follows; Two houses in Green Street have wall plaques which may be of seventeenth century date. (1) The gable of 'Gifts' [now Bean Coffee Bar] has two plaques. The upper stone is circular (diam. 22 cm) with an interlaced design of six loops in relief; the lower one is square and has a pair of opposed birds on a perch within a raised border (H. 22 W.22). (2) On a house opposite Gifts' and adjacent to ' Hands Accomodation' is a plaque with a large bird holding a smaller bird in its claw, and a third bird flying above. An M and three dots are placed above the design (H. 42 W. 42 cm)'. See attached photograph taken from Bradley 1987, Fig. 26 The above description is derived from J. Cuppage et al., 'Archaeological Survey of the Dingle Peninsula.' (Oidhreacht Chorca Duibhne, 1986) Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 19 April 2022

• KE043-224034 Architectural fragment
  Description

  In a shopfront on the E side of Green St. are two plaques (KE043-224033-, KE043-224034-). This record is for the upper stone only a circular section of which is exposed. It bears a hexagonal motif executed in raised interlace. See attached photograph taken from Bradley 1987, Fig. 26 Architectural fragments described in the Urban Survey of Kerry (Bradley 1987, 65) as follows; Two houses in Green Street have wall plaques which may be of seventeenth century date. (1) The gable of 'Gifts' has two plaques. The upper stone is circular (diam. 22 cm) with an interlaced design of six loops in relief; the lower one is square and has a pair of opposed birds on a perch within a raised border (H. 22 W.22). (2) On a house opposite Gifts' and adjacent to ' Hands Accomodation' is a plaque with a large bird holding a smaller bird in its claw, and a third bird flying above. An M and three dots are placed above the design (H. 42 W. 42 cm)'. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage et al., 'Archaeological Survey of the Dingle Peninsula.' (Oidhreacht Chorca Duibhne, 1986) Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 19 April 2022

Architectural heritage

• Hotel, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay three-storey hotel, built c. 1820, with round-headed door opening to centre. Pitched and hipped concrete tiles roof with rendered chimneystack and aluminium rooflights. Painted roughcast rendered walls with render plinth, string courses, eaves band and four iron wall ties to facade. Painted stone sills and lugged render surrounds to window openings. Timber six-over-six pane sliding sash windows at ground floor. Timber replacement windows to upper floors. Arched doorway having painted stone Ionic doorcase with fanlight, breakfront entablature, engaged columns and timber double-leaf doors. Set on corner of Main Street and Benner's Lane.

• House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1860. Pitched slate roof with top courses replaced in artificial slate, cast-iron rooflight at rear and cast-iron gutter. Painted rendered walls, with roughcast rendered rubble stone gable wall. Painted sills to timber two-over-two pane sliding sash windows at ground floor and to paired one-over-one pane sliding sash windows at first floor. Square-headed doorway having replacement uPVC door, overlight and screeded step. Street frontage.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, built c. 1840, with round-headed door opening to centre having fanlight. Single-bay two-storey return to rear to south-west having slate-hung elevation to north and single-bay two-storey lean-to projecting lower bay to south-west. Renovated, c. 1910, with timber pilaster shopfront inserted to left ground floor having fluted pilasters and moulded cornice. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, hipped dormers and cast-iron gutter and downpipe. Hipped roof to return. Painted rendered walls with projecting eaves band. Thin painted sills to hornless timber six-over-six pane sliding sash windows. Ground floor window in unequal panels and with iron window guard. Two-over-two pane sliding sash windows to dormers. Timber two-panel door and spoked fanlight. Street frontage.

• House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay three-storey house, built c. 1840, with round-headed door opening to ground floor. Partly refenestrated, c. 1880, with window openings possibly remodelled to right ground floor to accommodate commercial use. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walls. Painted stone sills to timber sliding sash windows of varying dates, six-over-three pane windows at second floor, three-over-three pane sliding sash windows with unequal panes at first floor and one-over-one pane sliding sash windows at ground floor. Three-pane fixed window to right ground floor. Street frontage.

• House, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay three-storey house, built c. 1860, originally with segmental-headed integral carriage arch to right ground floor and single-bay three-storey lean-to lower return to rear to south-west. Extensively renovated, refenestrated and extended to rear to south-west in late twentieth century, comprising three-bay single-storey flat-roofed return, timber shopfront inserted to ground floor and entrance bay inserted to former carriage arch. Now also in use as apartments. Pitched artificial slate roof. Exposed rubble red sandstone walls to façade. Painted rendered walls to side and rear. Replacement uPVC windows to upper floors.

• House, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of end-of-terrace four- and five-bay two-storey houses, built c. 1860, with integral carriage to north house. House to north renovated and extended to rear to west, comprising two-bay single-storey return and openings remodelled to ground floor to accommodate commercial use. House to south extended to south comprising single-bay single-storey recessed end bay. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks. Exposed coursed rubble stone walls having red brick string course to right building above ground floor openings, rendered projecting eaves band, slate-hung rear wall and rendered gable. Red brick flat and swept arches and reveals to replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed doorways. Door to shop with three-pane overlight and flanked by arched openings later filled by display windows.

• House, 1750–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, built c. 1770, with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to centre having round-headed door opening with fanlight and moulded cornice. Originally Lord Ventry's town house, subsequently in use as bank, c. 1920. Now in residential use with offices to part ground floor. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered and ashlar chimneystacks having moulded bands, hipped dormers, overhanging eaves and decorative hoppers. Roughcast rendered facade with render string course, rendered porch, lugged render architrave and keystone to doorway. Slate-hung elevation to south-west gable end. Retaining interior features. Section of iron railings, c. 1920, to forecourt to north-west. Set on corner of Green Street and Grey's lane.

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

No susceptibility class on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_16 (ZIP).

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

Name

Dingle · Daingean Uí Chúis

Area

74,731 m² (7.47 ha, 18.47 acres)

Civil parish

Dingle, and its townlands

Barony

Corkaguiny

Electoral division

Dingle, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dingle electoral division: 1,671 people in 580 households; 51% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 26% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Emlagh West, Farran, Farrannakilla, Gortonora, Grove

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Dingle 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.