Doonard Upper

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Doonard Upper, from 93 m² to 269,763 m² (26.98 ha, 66.66 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 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 Doonard Upper 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.

• 14 Aug 2026N/a

  RED III: We, Circal Bann Solar Limited, intend to apply for permission for development on lands in the townlands of Kilmurrily, Tarmonhill, Bauragoogeen, Leitrim East, Tarmon East, Shanaway East and Shanaway West, Co. Kerry (the Proposed Development) which comprises a renewable energy development as defined by The European Union (Planning and Development) (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2025. The Proposed Development, subject of this application, will consist of: The development and operation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) farm with a total area of 245.33 ha, 175.32 ha of which lies within Co. Kerry. The application seeks a 10-year permission with an operational lifetime of 40 years and comprises the following – i. Construction and operation of up to 541,306.68sqm. of solar PV arrays on ground-mounted metal frames, with a maximum overall height of up to 2.79metres. ii. Internal underground trenching, electrical cabling and ducting between the solar PV arrays and electrical invertor / transformer skid units. iii. Up to 19 no. electrical inverter / transformer skid units. iv. Construction and operational access to the site by 6 no. site entrances, using 4 no. existing field access points and 2 no. new access points. v. 3 no. temporary construction compounds and ancillary facilities for the duration of the construction phase of the project. vi. 33kV collector cable network, joint bays and associated works. vii. Internal access tracks, site landscaping and drainage works, security fencing, CCTV and all associated ancillary site development works. viii. The decommissioning and reinstatement of the solar farm at the end of its operational life. The elements of the Proposed Project located in co. Kerry, as described above in i – viii, are the subject of this planning application. Refer to enclosed statutory notices for full development description.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660764

• 15 May 2020Refused

  AMEND A PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PERMISSION (KERRY COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING REF 19/381) ( AN BORD PLEANALA REF ABP- 304807-19) WHICH RELATES TO A CHANGE IN THE GRID CONNECTION ROUTE FOR THE PERMITTED WIND FARM. THE REVISED ROUTE WILL ENTAIL THE CONSTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 12.1KM OF 38KV UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC CABLE CONNECTING THE EXISTING PERMITTED WINDFARM (19/381) TO THE 38Kva/110Kva SUBSTATION AT KILPADDOGE, TARBERT. THE UNDERGROUND CABLES WILL BE LOCATED ALONG THE PUBLIC ROADS R551, R552 AND L-1010 AND ALONG 2 SECTIONS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY. THE CABLE WILL BE INSTALLED IN EXCAVATED TRENCHES APPROXIMATELY 1.2M IN DEPTH AND WILL INCLUDE ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND DUCTING JOINT BAYS, COMMUNICATION CHAMBER BAYS, DRILL PITS, SHEATH LINK BOXES AND INSPECTION CHAMBERS, ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE AND GROUND WORKS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO CONSIST OF THE CONNECTION OF THE PERMITTED WINDFARM (19/381), VIA EXISTING PERMITTED UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY CABLES, TO THE PROPOSED CABLE.THE UNDERGROUND CABLE WILL BE LOCATED IN THE TOWNLANDS OF BALLYLINE WEST, BALLYMACASY, LISLAUGHTIN, GLANCULLARE SOUTH, GURTEENAVALLIG,MEELCON CARHOONA, FARRANAWANA, DOONARD UPPER, DOONARD LOWER TARBERT AND KILPADDOGE ' THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A TEN YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION AND OPERATIONAL PERIOD OF 25 YEARS. AN APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT SCREENING REPORT AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT SCREENING REPORT HAS BE PREPARED AND SUBMITTED AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION. AN NIS HAS BEEN SUBMITTED WITH THIS APPLICATION

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 20438

• 26 Apr 2019Refused

  RAISE THE LEVEL OF THE LAND BY IMPORTING LANDFILL TO INCLUDE SUBSOIL AND BUILDER’S RUBBLE

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 19433

• 21 Mar 2019N/a

  RAISE THE LEVEL OF THE LAND BY IMPORTING LANDFILL TO INCLUDE SUBSOIL AND BUILDERS RUBBLE ON HIS LAND

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 19291

• 6 Jun 2018Conditional

  (1)CONSTRUCT AN EASY FEED WINTERING UNIT, COMPLETE WITH CUBICLE BEDS, HOLDING PENS AND UNDERGROUND SLURRY STORAGE TANKS INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY CONCRETE AND SITE WORKS (2) PERMISSION TO DECOMMISSION AND DEMOLISH EXISTING WALLED SLURRY PIT

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 18547

• 7 Mar 2018N/a

  RAISE THE LEVEL OF THE LAND BY IMPORTING LANDFILL TO INCLUDE SUBSOIL AND BUILDERS RUBBLE ON HIS LAND

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 18196

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 Doonard Upper.

Recorded monuments

• KE003-023 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on slightly rising pastureland, this site is marked on the 1841-42 OS map as a large circular enclosure. It does not appear on the later edition, and a quarry would appear to have completely engulfed this site. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1022. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Doonard Upper, about 1 in 10 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_297 (ZIP).

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

Name

Doonard Upper · An Dún Ard Uachtarach

Area

1,625,604 m² (162.56 ha, 401.7 acres)

Civil parish

Kilnaughtin, and its townlands

Barony

Iraghticonnor

Electoral division

Tarbert, the unit of the census

Census 2022

757 people lived in 319 households in the Tarbert electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 16% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Doonard Lower, Dooncaha, Farranawana, Shanaway West, Tieraclea Lower, Tieraclea Upper

Placenames

Doonard Upper 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.