Dooneen

38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dooneen, from 298 m² to 727,032 m² (72.7 ha, 179.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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 Dooneen 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.

• 25 Apr 2024Conditional

  To convert part of the existing attic space to living space and construct one gable window and install a polishing filter

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460254

• 20 Jul 2021Conditional

  RETAIN CHANGE OF USE OF CRAFT UNIT TO DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED AND PERMISSION TO REPLACE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK WITH AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT TANK AND SANDCEL POLISHING FILTER, INTALL ADDITIONAL VELUX TYPE ROOFLIGHTS AND ALTERATIONS TO REAR ELEVATION

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21820

• 16 Aug 2018Conditional

  RETAIN PRIVATE STORAGE/GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 18807

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC 000365
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Valencia River Estuary 001383
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks And Caragh River Catchment 000365

Recorded monuments

• KE070-013 Hut site
  Description

  A group of four drystone huts, arranged in a square, on the steep S side of Knocknadobar, in open mountain terrain. (1) KE070-013----; This circular hut is now reduced to a mound of stone collapse. D: 7.5m. H: .8m. (2) KE070-013001-; Immediately S of (KE070-013----) the ruined remains of a rectangular structure with a .9m wide entrance at E flanked by uprights. D: 2.4m x 1.7m. H: .6m. (3) KE070-013002-; 5m E of (KE070-013----) a well-preserved corbelled hut of roughly square plan with an external offset, .2m high. A sheepfold abuts the 1m wide entrance at NW. D: 3.8m x 3.1m. H: 1.6m. T: .8m. (4) KE070-013003-; Immediately S of (KE070-013002-) the ruined foundations of a rectangular structure. D: 3.8m x 2.6m. H: .5m. T: .6m. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1259. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE070-013001 Hut site
  Description

  A group of four drystone huts, arranged in a square, on the steep S side of Knocknadobar, in open mountain terrain. (1) KE070-013----; This circular hut is now reduced to a mound of stone collapse. D: 7.5m. H: .8m. (2) KE070-013001-; Immediately S of (KE070-013----) the ruined remains of a rectangular structure with a .9m wide entrance at E flanked by uprights. D: 2.4m x 1.7m. H: .6m. (3) KE070-013002-; 5m E of (KE070-013----) a well-preserved corbelled hut of roughly square plan with an external offset, .2m high. A sheepfold abuts the 1m wide entrance at NW. D: 3.8m x 3.1m. H: 1.6m. T: .8m. (4) KE070-013003-; Immediately S of (KE070-013002-) the ruined foundations of a rectangular structure. D: 3.8m x 2.6m. H: .5m. T: .6m. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1259. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE070-013002 Hut site
  Description

  A group of four drystone huts, arranged in a square, on the steep S side of Knocknadobar, in open mountain terrain. (1) KE070-013----; This circular hut is now reduced to a mound of stone collapse. D: 7.5m. H: .8m. (2) KE070-013001-; Immediately S of (KE070-013----) the ruined remains of a rectangular structure with a .9m wide entrance at E flanked by uprights. D: 2.4m x 1.7m. H: .6m. (3) KE070-013002-; 5m E of (KE070-013----) a well-preserved corbelled hut of roughly square plan with an external offset, .2m high. A sheepfold abuts the 1m wide entrance at NW. D: 3.8m x 3.1m. H: 1.6m. T: .8m. (4) KE070-013003-; Immediately S of (KE070-013002-) the ruined foundations of a rectangular structure. D: 3.8m x 2.6m. H: .5m. T: .6m. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1259. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE070-013003 Hut site
  Description

  A group of four drystone huts, arranged in a square, on the steep S side of Knocknadobar, in open mountain terrain. (1) KE070-013----; This circular hut is now reduced to a mound of stone collapse. D: 7.5m. H: .8m. (2) KE070-013001-; Immediately S of (KE070-013----) the ruined remains of a rectangular structure with a .9m wide entrance at E flanked by uprights. D: 2.4m x 1.7m. H: .6m. (3) KE070-013002-; 5m E of (KE070-013----) a well-preserved corbelled hut of roughly square plan with an external offset, .2m high. A sheepfold abuts the 1m wide entrance at NW. D: 3.8m x 3.1m. H: 1.6m. T: .8m. (4) KE070-013003-; Immediately S of (KE070-013002-) the ruined foundations of a rectangular structure. D: 3.8m x 2.6m. H: .5m. T: .6m. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1259. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE070-049 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Two adjoining univallate raths are located in sloping pastureland on the edge of an old meander scarp of the Ferta river, which flows to S. A small stream runs between the two sites and the enclosing elements on both sides of this are somewhat eroded. A field wall overlies and obscures the S sector of the bank of the rath at W. Here the bank is best preserved at W and N, where it is 1.25m high externally, .8m high internally and 2.5m in basal width. The heavily overgrown circular interior measures 22m N-S x 17.5m E-W. Ua Riain noted a ‘smaller circle’ (KE070-049001-) in it, located close to the bank at W and measuring 19 feet (5.8m) in diameter (1927). He also recorded an inaccessible souterrain (KE070-049002-) located on the E side of this probable hut site. Neither feature can now be identified. The adjoining rath (KE070-050----) at E is better preserved and measures 19.6m in internal diameter. An external fosse survives from N to SE and averages 3.5m wide. Along this sector the enclosing bank rises 1.9m above the fosse and falls 1.3m to the interior. It measures 1.7m in basal width and features an entrance gap at E. The S and W sectors of the bank are eroded by the stream, which curves around the S perimeter of the rath and may have provided a natural defense here. In the overgrown interior of the site are the remnants of a large circular hut (KE070-050001-), now completely sod-covered. It measures 6.1m x 4.2m in internal diameter, and its walls average 1.15m wide. An entrance gap, 2.6m wide, is located at E. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 501. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE070-049001 Hut site
  Description

  Two adjoining univallate raths are located in sloping pastureland on the edge of an old meander scarp of the Ferta river, which flows to S. A small stream runs between the two sites and the enclosing elements on both sides of this are somewhat eroded. A field wall overlies and obscures the S sector of the bank of the rath at W. Here the bank is best preserved at W and N, where it is 1.25m high externally, .8m high internally and 2.5m in basal width. The heavily overgrown circular interior measures 22m N-S x 17.5m E-W. Ua Riain noted a ‘smaller circle’ (KE070-049001-) in it, located close to the bank at W and measuring 19 feet (5.8m) in diameter (1927). He also recorded an inaccessible souterrain (KE070-049002-) located on the E side of this probable hut site. Neither feature can now be identified. The adjoining rath (KE070-050----) at E is better preserved and measures 19.6m in internal diameter. An external fosse survives from N to SE and averages 3.5m wide. Along this sector the enclosing bank rises 1.9m above the fosse and falls 1.3m to the interior. It measures 1.7m in basal width and features an entrance gap at E. The S and W sectors of the bank are eroded by the stream, which curves around the S perimeter of the rath and may have provided a natural defense here. In the overgrown interior of the site are the remnants of a large circular hut (KE070-050001-), now completely sod-covered. It measures 6.1m x 4.2m in internal diameter, and its walls average 1.15m wide. An entrance gap, 2.6m wide, is located at E. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 501. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE070-049002 Souterrain
  Description

  Two adjoining univallate raths are located in sloping pastureland on the edge of an old meander scarp of the Ferta river, which flows to S. A small stream runs between the two sites and the enclosing elements on both sides of this are somewhat eroded. A field wall overlies and obscures the S sector of the bank of the rath at W. H Ua Riain noted a ‘smaller circle’ (KE070-049001-) in it, located close to the bank at W and measuring 19 feet (5.8m) in diameter (1927). He also recorded an inaccessible souterrain (KE070-049002-) located on the E side of this probable hut site. Neither feature can now be identified. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 501. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE070-050 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  For descriptive account see O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 154-5, no. 502, 'The adjoining rath 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

• KE070-050001 Hut site
  Description

  For descriptive account see O'Sullivan and Sheehan (1996, 154-5, no. 501-2, '…a large circular hut…'). 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 Dooneen.

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

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Dooneen

Area

2,143,903 m² (214.39 ha, 529.77 acres)

Civil parish

Killinane, and its townlands

Barony

Iveragh

Electoral division

Castlequin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Castlequin electoral division: 583 people in 225 households; 92% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Deelis, Inchintrea, Killurly Commons, Killurly East, Tullig

Placenames

Dooneen 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.