Dooneen
Townland in the civil parish of Aghadoe, barony of Magunihy, Co. Kerry; in Irish An Dúinín
- Area
- 95.4 ha
- 236 acres
- Land parcels
- 19
- registered freehold, median 8,724 m² (0.87 ha, 2.16 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dooneen, from 150 m² to 273,114 m² (27.31 ha, 67.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
16 Mar 2023Conditional
(1) CONSTRUCT A CONCRETE WALLED SILO DIVIDED INTO TWO WITH ASSOCIATED WORK APRON, DIVIDING AND PERIMETER CONCRETE WALLS (2) CONSTRUCT A CONCRETE MANURE PIT WITH PERIMETER CONCRETE WALLS AND CONCRETE WORK APRON, INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY CONCRETE AND SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 23285
12 Oct 2022Conditional
RETAIN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE AND SEPTIC TANK AS CONSTRUCTED AND ALL ANCILLARY SERVICES WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUINDARIES AND PERMISSION TO INSTALL 2 NO. PURAFLO UNITS TO SERVE THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 221065
5 Oct 2022Refused
CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE SERVED BY AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT TANK AND A SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 221043
21 Jan 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCT A DETACHED DORMER DWELLING SERVED BY SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA, ALONG WITH A DOMESTIC GARAGE, NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2241
20 Oct 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20992
19 Dec 2018Conditional
(A) DEMOLISH REAR EXTENSION AND OUTBUILDINGS, INCLUDING REMOVAL OF ATTIC SPACE(B) CONSTRUCT A NEW EXTENSION ONTO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (C) INTERNAL ALTERATIONS AND ELEVATIONAL CHANGES (D) INSTALL A MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 181249
20 Feb 2018Conditional
ERECT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND A GARAGE, SERVED BY SEPTIC TANK, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18138
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC 000365
Recorded monuments
- KE066-048 Ringfort - rath
Description
In a garden, to the E of a house. This rath is not visible at ground level. It is indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1939 OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE066-049 Fulacht fia
Description
In level pasture, with views in all directions. There are no visible remains of this fulacht fia. A burnt spread (KE066-050----) lies c. 140m to the NW. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE066-050 Burnt spread
Description
In level reclaimed pasture, adjacent to the E side of a stream. A spread (c. 15m NE-SW; c. 7m NW-SE) of burnt material is evident. A possible fulacht fia (KE066-049----) is c. 140m to the SE. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE066-051 Standing stone
Description
In pasture, to the S of a lane. This standing stone was removed by the landowner during drainage works. A slight depression marks its original location. It was recorded in the 1940s as 'a fine gallan on the lands of Mr. Cronin. It is about 6 ft [1.82m] tall by 21/2 ft [0.76m] wide, and of brown sandstone' (ITA). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, 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_237 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Dooneen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Dooneen · An Dúinín
- Area
- 953,746 m² (95.37 ha, 235.68 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aghadoe, and its townlands
- Barony
- Magunihy
- Electoral division
- Killarney Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Killarney Rural electoral division: 7,735 people in 2,446 households; 71% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynamaunagh, Coolcorcoran, Deer Park, Inchycullane, Kilbrean Beg, 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.