Farna
Farna is a townland in the civil parish of Kilgarrylander, barony of Trughanacmy, Co. Kerry.
- Area
- 607.3 ha
- 1,501 acres
- Land parcels
- 155
- registered freehold, median 3,228 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
155 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Farna, from 2 m² to 3,129,774 m² (312.98 ha, 773.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Farna 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
31 Jul 2026N/a
PERMISSION for: (1)The demolition of existing glazed conservatory extension, internal stone chimneybreast and internal blockwork partitions. (2) Renovation and fabric upgrade of the existing stone cottage; (3) Change of use of adjacent original stone outbuilding to ancillary accommodation with the addition of a conservatory extension; and (4) All associated site services. RETENTION PERMISSION for: Retention of two existing outbuildings for use as a store and home office
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2660717
16 Jun 2026Conditional
Planning Permission to a) Construct a private dwelling house, b) construct a mechanical aeration unit & sand polishing filter, c) construct a vehicular entrance and d) construct all associated site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660549
24 Mar 2025Conditional
To Retain existing dwelling at foundation level and also full planning permission to complete a storey and a half type dwelling , also permission to install a new treatment unit and polishing filter
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560210
5 Mar 2025N/a
Invalid:retention permission to retain and complete existing dwelling on site and also full planning permission to install a new treatment unit and polishing filter
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560148
6 Dec 2024Conditional
(A) CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY WITH ATTIC ACCOMMODATION STYLE DWELLING HOUSE WITH DETACHED GARAGE, (B) INSTALL A NEW MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT AND SAND POLISHING FILTER, (C) CARRY OUT ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS ON OUR SITE
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 24438
23 Nov 2023Conditional
(A)PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH GARAGE (B) PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 231131
8 Jun 2023N/a
(A) RETAIN THE ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AS IT IS CONSTRUCTED INCLUDING ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, (B) PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT TO CONSTRUCT A NEW DRIVEWAY AND ACCESS FROM THE PUBLIC ROAD INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Kerry County Council, 23659
4 May 2022Conditional
TO CONSTRUCT: (A) A NEW DWELLING SERVICED BY A MECHANICAL TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER, (B) AN ACCESS DRIVEWAY AND (C) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22460
23 Dec 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCT A STOREY AND A HALF STYLE DWELLING HOUSE WITH DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, FRONT BOUNDARY ENTRANCE WALLS, MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT WITH POLISHING FILTER SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 201285
2 Dec 2019Conditional
(A) CONSTRUCT A TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, (B) INSTALL MECHANICAL AERATION TREATMENT UNIT WITH SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND (C) CARRY OUT ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS ON OUR SITE
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 191219
12 Jul 2019Conditional
ERECT NEW DWELLING AND GARAGE SERVED BY MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT AND SAND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19738
5 Jun 2018Conditional
ERECT NEW DWELLING AND GARAGE SERVED BY WASTE WATER TREATMENT UNIT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18539
25 Jan 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE C/W SECONDARY TREATMENT UNIT AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 1844
3 May 2017Conditional
RETAIN AND COMPLETE EXISTING DWELLING AT FOUNDATION LEVEL ALL WITHIN REVISED BOUNDARIES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17409
12 Apr 2017N/a
RETAIN AND COMPLETE EXISTING DWELLING AT FOUNDATION LEVEL, ALL WITHIN REVISED BOUNDARIES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Kerry County Council, 17323
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: Slieve Mish Mountains SAC 002185
Recorded monuments
- KE047-005 Enclosure
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KE047-006 Cliff-edge fort
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KE047-007 Enclosure
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KE047-008 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KE047-009 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Farna.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Farna, about 1 in 5 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_109 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Farna with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Farna
- Area
- 6,072,600 m² (607.26 ha, 1,500.57 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilgarrylander, and its townlands
- Barony
- Trughanacmy
- Electoral division
- Boolteens, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 504 people lived in 175 households in the Boolteens electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardcanaght, Ballydunlea, Boolteens East, Clahane, Cunnavoola, Curragraigue, Killeenafinnane, Tonavane
- Placenames
- Farna 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.