Dinneens

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dinneens, from 2,312 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres) to 378,578 m² (37.86 ha, 93.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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 Dinneens 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.

• 10 May 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCT AN OVERGROUND CIRCULAR FIBREGLASS COATED STEEL SLURRY TOWER, TO DEMOLISH OLD STORE AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 17427

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 Dinneens.

Recorded monuments

• KE020-020004 Standing stone (present location)
  Description

  A tall stone situated on a hilltop within a fieldbank, it has a commanding view of the surrounding countryside. This stone rises to a height of 2.2m, it has a rectangular plan at the base and extends to a peak at the top. Originally it lay about 20.4m SE (KE020-020001-) on top of a mound but was removed to the fieldbank in the 1940s. This stone is marked on the 1842 and 1897 OS maps as 'Gallaun'. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 21. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2013

• KE020-025 Enclosure
  Description

  This site is oval shaped, being 12m N-S and 20.5m E-W internally. It consists of an oval area enclosed by a low, wide earthen bank. The enclosing bank is completely levelled to the N for 5m. Elsewhere it is c 6m wide and rises to an average of 1.5m above the interior and 1.6m above the external ground level. The interior is at a slightly higher level than the surrounding land. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1081. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

• KE020-026 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated two fields SW of KE020-027----, this circular enclosure is marked on both the 1842 and OS maps. However, it was levelled about 40 years ago and no surface trace survives today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 679. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE020-027 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diameter 23.3m N-S, 24m E-W This circular univallate rath is situated in the corner of a field and fieldbanks immediately bound this site to the N and E. The enclosing bank, constructed of earth and stone, is c 7m wide and rises to an average of 1.2m above the interior and 1.8m above the external ground level. The SW sector of the enclosing bank has been levelled and manure is now dumped at this point. A very slight trace of an exterior fosse c 2m wide can be noted to the N for 18m. In the NW sector of the interior, which is at a slightly higher level than the surrounding land, is an oblong mound, its long axis running NE-SW; it is 1.8m wide x 9.8m long internally. This could possibly be the remains of a house-site (KE020-027001-). A clump of stones has been dumped in the interior in recent times. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 678. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE020-027001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In the NW sector of the interior [of ringfort (KE020-027----)], which is at a slightly higher level than the surrounding land, is an oblong mound, its long axis running NE-SW; it is 1.8m wide x 9.8m long internally. This could possibly be the remains of a house-site (KE020-027001-). A clump of stones has been dumped in the interior in recent times. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 678. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2013

• KE020-036 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, at the peak of an N-facing hillock, immediately adjacent to a larger enclosure (KE020-020002-) to the SE. Depicted on the 2nd ed. (1897) OS 6-inch map as a circular area (diam. c. 26.5m) defined by a bank ESE-WSW and by a scarped edge WSW-ESE. A townland boundary is shown cutting across the southern third of the enclosure on an E-W axis. When visited in 2000, no visible surface trace of the enclosure was evident. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 January 2014

• KE020-073001 Stone head
  Description

  Described by Toal (1995, no. 28) as follows; 'According to the Kerry Field Club Notes (1943), a small gallán lay W of Killeacle (21); a small carved head (KE020-073001-) was found close by and placed on top of the gallán. No surviving trace'. In 1939 Captain D.B. O’Connell of Killarney recorded the following details about a stone head and a door-jamb recovered from the field wall running across the S face of Ardconnell Hill; ‘About 500 yds [457m] W, by S from the prominent landmark, the gallauns [KE020-020001-] on the summit of Ardconnell Hill is a small standing stone. These two stones mark off an area which, at one time, was fairly thickly populated. The large Fort marked as “Caherferta” [KE020-037----] has been levelled by a former owner of the land but, besides this there are extensive remains of habitation-sites of some kind. Along the S face of the rising ground (shown by the contour-line) attempts at quarrying have been made into the out-crop which forms the hill and the top of the hill shows numerous foundation sites and old field-fences now demolished. The only stone walls now standing is the long one (Marked C.W.) which turns S with the townland boundary, continues S until it turns E below the brow of the hill and so back to the road. I wish to draw attention to “finds” made amongst the stones of this wall where it runs N and South. The most interesting was a block of limestone 14 ins [0.35m] long by 9 ins [0.22m] high by 7 ins [0.17m] thick. This is “dressed” and squared on five sides. On the right-hand side of the major face is a crudely-cut, much weathered but perfectly recognisable human head in high relief and about 9 ins [0.22m] high by 6 ins [0.15m] broad. The eye-brows, nose and mouth are clear though the nose is worn and flattened. The shape of the head and face is markedly pear-shaped as if a pointed beard was being suggested. The general appearance gives me the impression that it is early work. This stone has been placed (for ease of recovery) at the base of the standing stone. A rather hurried search of the wall-stones nearby led to the finding of a second stone this, being rather complicated, is given in section. It was evidently part of a door-jamb [KE020-073002-] and is skilfully and accurately dressed. One surface was decorated with small but regular “pocking”. A curious feature of this stone is the deep square groove or channel cut across the face “A”. If, as I suggest, the stone was a door-jamb, the direction and position of this channel would allow it to be used in connection with a door-bar. I have not had time to find out whether Killeacle ever was the site of a Church. Certainly, the name suggest this. Joyce gives “Church of the Tooth”. The map in Smith’s Kerry (1756 ed.) shows a church there’ (SMR File). Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 13 June 2022

• KE020-073002 Church
  Description

  In 1939 Captain D.B. O’Connell of Killarney recorded the following details about a stone head and a door-jamb recovered from the field wall running across the S face of Ardconnell Hill; ‘About 500 yds [457m] W, by S from the prominent landmark, the gallauns [KE020-020001-] on the summit of Ardconnell Hill is a small standing stone. These two stones mark off an area which, at one time, was fairly thickly populated. The large Fort marked as “Caherferta” [KE020-037----] has been levelled by a former owner of the land but, besides this there are extensive remains of habitation-sites of some kind. Along the S face of the rising ground (shown by the contour-line) attempts at quarrying have been made into the out-crop which forms the hill and the top of the hill shows numerous foundation sites and old field-fences now demolished. The only stone walls now standing is the long one (Marked C.W.) which turns S with the townland boundary, continues S until it turns E below the brow of the hill and so back to the road. I wish to draw attention to “finds” made amongst the stones of this wall where it runs N and South. The most interesting was a block of limestone 14 ins [0.35m] long by 9 ins [0.22m] high by 7 ins [0.17m] thick. This is “dressed” and squared on five sides. On the right-hand side of the major face is a crudely-cut, much weathered but perfectly recognisable human head in high relief and about 9 ins [0.22m] high by 6 ins [0.15m] broad. The eye-brows, nose and mouth are clear though the nose is worn and flattened. The shape of the head and face is markedly pear-shaped as if a pointed beard was being suggested. The general appearance gives me the impression that it is early work. This stone has been placed (for ease of recovery) at the base of the standing stone. A rather hurried search of the wall-stones nearby led to the finding of a second stone this, being rather complicated, is given in section. It was evidently part of a door-jamb [KE020-073002-] and is skilfully and accurately dressed. One surface was decorated with small but regular “pocking”. A curious feature of this stone is the deep square groove or channel cut across the face “A”. If, as I suggest, the stone was a door-jamb, the direction and position of this channel would allow it to be used in connection with a door-bar. I have not had time to find out whether Killeacle ever was the site of a Church. Certainly, the name suggest this. Joyce gives “Church of the Tooth”. The map in Smith’s Kerry (1756 ed.) shows a church there’ (SMR File). The above fragments may have come from a church site and burial ground at Killeacle described by Lynch (1892, 80-3) as follows; 'The townland around the gallaun [KE020-020001-] is known as Ardconnel (the height of Conal), and I have no doubt that this Ardconnel is the very ancient Ardconail mentioned in the "Book of Rights " as the site of one of the Portaibh or Royal seats of the Kings of Cashel. This pillar stone, which is a very remarkable one, visible from every point of the compass for many miles, consists of a block of whinstone, 8 feet [2.4m] high over the present surface, about 3 feet [0.9m] broad, and 15 inches [0.4m] thick, must have been brought from the cliffs near Kerry Head, about 9 miles distant, where stones of that kind are found in large quantities. This may have been the monumental stone of the illustrious chief Conal, whose name is thus preserved by the townland designation, but of whose name and fame history and legend are silent. The gallaun is surrounded by a shallow trench and embankment forming a circle [KE020-020002-] about 40 yards in diameter. Within about 13 perches [65m] west of the gallaun on the same ridge are the remains of what must have been a large and strong Cashel or Cahir, called Cahirfert [KE020-037----], and farther west again on the tableland forming the top or back of the ridge there are remains of an ancient burial ground where probably the early church of Kileacle which gives name to the adjoining townland had been, but of any buildings there are no vestiges at present'. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 13 June 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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 moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_58 (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 Dinneens with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Dinneens

Area

808,455 m² (80.85 ha, 199.77 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmoyly, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmaurice

Electoral division

Banna, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Banna electoral division: 793 people in 289 households; 83% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 32% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardconnell, Banna East, Banna South, Banna-Mountain, Killeacle, Lerrig North, Lerrig South

Placenames

Dinneens 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.