Garfinny

90 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garfinny, from 133 m² to 441,937 m² (44.19 ha, 109.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 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 Garfinny 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.

• 5 Dec 2025Conditional

  (A) Retention Permission to retain the wooden poles standing on the site, and, (B) Permission for development to complete the construction of the shed for use as an agricultural machinery shed including all necessary site works

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2561132

• 19 Aug 2025Conditional

  (A) DEMOLISH A LEAN-TO ROOF STRUCTURE AND TIMBER GARDEN SHED SERVING AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (B) CONSTRUCT 2 NUMBER SINGLE STOREY SIDE EXTENSIONS, MAKE ELEVATIONAL CHANGES, ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO INCLUDE, BLOCK UP EXISTING AND REDESIGN SOME WINDOW OPENINGS, AND ALSO ALLOW FOR MINOR INTERNAL LAYOUT ALTERATIONS, ALL TO AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (C) TO CONSTRUCT A GARDEN SHED AND (D) TO DECOMMISSION AND REMOVE 2 NUMBER EXISTING SEPTIC TANKS ON SITE AND IN THEIR PLACE INSTALL A NEW MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT DISCHARGING TO A SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALSO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORK

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 25218

• 18 Dec 2024N/a

  CONSTRUCT A BUILDING CONTAINING 2 STABLES AND TACK ROOM WITH AN ATTIC HAY STORGE AREA, AND ALSO TO INCLUDE ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 24446

• 19 Dec 2023Conditional

  for a 88.2sqm, two-storey, split-level (ground and below ground level) extension to the side (east) of the existing 91.9sqm, single-storey detached cottage, maintaining the roof height of the existing cottage. It is also proposed to decommission existing wastewater treatment system on site and install a new wastewater treatment system, install a new patio to the front, re-route the existing driveway together with associated landscaping works

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2360434

• 5 Sept 2022Refused

  CONSTRUCT A STOREY AND A HALF DWELLING HOUSE SERVED BY A WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT DISCHARGING INTO A SAND POLISHING FILTER, ALSO TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22932

• 22 Oct 2019Conditional

  BUILD AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO COMPRISE AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ROOM, BEDROOM, SHOWER/TOILET AND UTILITY ROOM. RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN THREE EXISTING STRUCTURES ON SITE; TWO DOMESTIC SHEDS AND A CONTAINER. PERMISSION TO RELOCATE SHED CURRNTLY AT REAR OF DWELLING TO FACILITATE PROPOSED EXTENSION TO DWELLING AND PERMISSION TO BUILD A NEW DOMESTIC SHED WHICH WILL ALSO HOUSE EXISTING CONTAINER CURRENTLY ON SITE

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 191084

• 8 Mar 2019Conditional

  (A)RETAIN THE DWELLING HOUSE AND SHED WITHIN REVISED BOUNDARIES.(B) CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION (GRANNY FLAT) TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL NECESSARY SITE WORKS (C) DECOMMISION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALL A NEW SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19222

• 11 Oct 2018Refused

  CONTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE SERVED BY A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALSO TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18973

• 24 Aug 2017Conditional

  RETAIN (A) EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED AND SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND (B) EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE ALL WITH ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SERVICES / SITE WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17835

• 19 Jun 2017Conditional

  (A) DEMOLISH AN EXISTING 2 STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND DECOMMISSION AN EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SERVING IT AND (B) CONSTRUCT A STOREY AND A HALF DWELLING HOUSE, SERVED BY A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA, ALSO TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17570

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 Garfinny.

Recorded monuments

• KE043-179 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 21.8m N-S, 22.5m E-W A univallate rath situated on the E slopes of Sugarloaf hill, overlooking the steep glen through which the Garfinny river flows at this point. To E the land falls steeply to the river, but the rath is constructed on a relatively level shoulder which may be partly man-made. There are traces of 1 definite and 2 possible hut-sites in the interior. The fosse is best preserved along the SW sector where its outer edge is surmounted by a field fence. Here it is .9m deep and 3.3m wide at base. The earthen enclosing bank is a maximum of 1.75m high externally and 1.35m internally. The inner face along the S and SE sectors is revetted with drystone masonry, and some large stones visible in the outer face of the bank suggest a similar feature there. The entrance gap at SE is now blocked and very disturbed. On the OS maps 2 clochauns (KE043-179001- & KE043-179002-) were marked in the interior. These abutted the inner face of the ringfort bank at NE and SSW. A slight kink in the bank and revetment walling at S may mark the site of the latter. The former is more clearly defined. It was c. 3.5m in diameter internally but only its NW half can now be traced. The wall is of corbelled, drystone construction and stands to a maximum height of .75m. An irregular stony mound a little SW of centre probably marks the site of another hut (KE043-179003-). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 428. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE043-179001 Clochan
  Description

  Univallate rath KE043-179---- is situated on the E slopes of Sugarloaf hill, overlooking the steep glen through which the Garfinny river flows at this point. On the OS maps 2 clochauns (KE043-179001- & KE043-179002-) were marked in the interior. These abutted the inner face of the ringfort bank at NE (KE043-179001-) and SSW (KE043-179002-). KE043-179001- is more clearly defined. It was c. 3.5m in diameter internally but only its NW half can now be traced. The wall is of corbelled, drystone construction and stands to a maximum height of .75m. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 428. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE043-179002 Clochan
  Description

  Univallate rath KE043-179---- is situated on the E slopes of Sugarloaf hill, overlooking the steep glen through which the Garfinny river flows at this point. On the OS maps 2 clochauns were marked in the interior. These abutted the inner face of the ringfort bank at NE (KE043-179001-) and SSW (KE043-179002-). A slight kink in the bank and revetment walling at S may mark the site of KE043-179002-. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 428. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE043-179003 Clochan
  Description

  Univallate rath KE043-179---- is situated on the E slopes of Sugarloaf hill, overlooking the steep glen through which the Garfinny river flows at this point. On the OS maps 2 clochauns (KE043-179001- & KE043-179002-) were marked in the interior. An irregular stony mound a little SW of centre probably marks the site of another hut (KE043-179003-). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 428. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE043-180 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 23.5m A circular univallate ringfort situated on the E slopes of Sugarloaf hill, overlooking the lower Garfinny valley and Trabeg. The enclosing bank or wall is now reduced to a bank of grass-grown stone collapse, and has been almost completely obliterated from NW through W to S where straight field fences now define the enclosure. The bank is up to 2.4m high externally and 1m high internally. Curran (no. 18) referred to this site as Garfinny Cathair and the nature of the present enclosing bank suggests that it consisted of a stone wall, now collapsed. The 2 circular hut-sites in the interior lie in an E-W line across the centre. Both are enclosed by banks of grass-grown stone collapse and only very short sections of the inner and outer wall-faces are visible. The W hut is 4m in diameter internally and the enclosing bank is up to 1.5m high. The entrance faces SE. The E hut is 3.5m in diameter and 2 short sections of the inner wall-face stand to a maximum height of .95m. The entrance faces W and its N side is linked to the N side of the entrance to the 1st hut by a straight stony bank. The area between the 2 huts is also partly enclosed to S by low banks and may be the site of a 3rd hut or of a courtyard area roughly D-shaped in plan. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 567. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE043-180001 Hut site
  Description

  Circular univallate ringfort KE043-180---- is situated on the E slopes of Sugarloaf hill, overlooking the lower Garfinny valley and Trabeg. The 2 circular hut-sites in the interior lie in an E-W line across the centre. Both are enclosed by banks of grass-grown stone collapse and only very short sections of the inner and outer wall-faces are visible. The W hut (KE043-180001-) is 4m in diameter internally and the enclosing bank is up to 1.5m high. The entrance faces SE. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 567. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE043-180002 Hut site
  Description

  Circular univallate ringfort KE043-180---- is situated on the E slopes of Sugarloaf hill, overlooking the lower Garfinny valley and Trabeg. The 2 circular hut-sites in the interior lie in an E-W line across the centre. Both are enclosed by banks of grass-grown stone collapse and only very short sections of the inner and outer wall-faces are visible. The E hut (KE043-180001-) is 3.5m in diameter and 2 short sections of the inner wall-face stand to a maximum height of .95m. The entrance faces W and its N side is linked to the N side of the entrance to the 1st hut by a straight stony bank. The area between the 2 huts is also partly enclosed to S by low banks and may be the site of a 3rd hut or of a courtyard area roughly D-shaped in plan. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 567. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE043-181 Fulacht fia
  Description

  This turf-covered, kidney-shaped mound is situated on marshy ground about 55m from the W bank of the Garfinny river; a dried-up stream bed can be seen nearby. The maximum dimension of the mound is 19m and its maximum height, at E, is .8m. The in-curving front of the mound faces WNW. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 246. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013

• KE043-228 Church
  Description

  National Monument No. 64. Garfinny Church/Teampall na Gairfeanaí: The site of a 13th century parish church (Cal. doc. Ire., V, 297). In 1615 both 'the church and chancel of Garryffyagh were up' (Royal Visitation), but the building was in ruins by 1756 (Smith, 70). In 1841 only section of the E gable, 1.37m thick, stood to a maximum height of 3.66m; the E window, set internally in a rectangular embrasure, was partially preserved and had a pointed sandstone head (OSL). No visible remains of the church survive. It stood in a graveyard c. 1.5km ENE of Dingle; the site is now a National Monument. In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about the site of Garfinny Church: 'Garfinny Graveyard is situated on the S side of the Dingle Peninsula circa 4km E of Dingle. It is situated on an elevated site at 50m OD on the lower SE slopes of the Sugar Loaf hill of the Slieve Mish Mountains with expansive southerly views over Trabeg, Dingle Bay and the Iveragh Peninsula in the background. No physical remains of the medieval church are visible above ground today. Garfinny is recorded in the Papal Taxation list of 1302-07: Church of Gorienath Value 26s 8d, Tenth 2s 8d (Cal Docs Ire, 1302-07, Vol 5. 297; King 1931, 156; O’Sullivan 1931, 46; Cuppage 1984, 369). In the Annates of the Kerry Diocese the minister at Garfinny in 1503 was recorded as Philip Fitzgerald (McKenna 1985, 122). A record from 1615 records that the church at Garfinny was standing ‘The Vicarages of Garfynnagh and Kildrom, valor £3 both, sequestered to Nicholas Averie, minister, both Church and Chancell upp’ (Hickson 1874, 29). The sequestered minister, Mr. Nicholas Averie also had the livings of Stradbally and Ventry (ibid 27). The incumbent minister for Garroonagh and Kildrom was Sigismund Corkeran (ibid 30). In 1756 Charles Smith records that Garfinny Church was in ruins ‘Garfinagh, one third vicarial, the church in ruins. Patron: the Bishop. Proxy 3s 4d’ (Smith 1756, 38). An account of Garfinny by Lewis in 1837 records: ‘The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe, and in the patronage of the Bishop: the rectory is impropriate in Lord Ventry. The tithes, amounting to £138 9s 2 1/2d, are payable in the proportion of two-thirds to the impropriator and one-third to the vicar. The glebe belongs to Lord Ventry (Lewis 1837, 40). The small partially enclosed rectangular graveyard [KE043-228001-] of Garfinny and its associated glebe land is denoted on the 1st Ed. OS map, sheet 43 of 1841. The medieval church, now disappeared, is clearly denoted as a rectangular hatched area. John O’Donovan, writing in August 1841, records: ’Only the east gable, in an imperfect tottering state, of the old church of Garfinny now remains, the highest part of it not exceeding twelve feet at present. The foundation of the remainder of the building cannot be traced. It was constructed of green stone and clay mortar. There is a window on this east gable large and square inside of the same construction with the rest of the wall. A large flagstone broken across in the middle, is placed over it at the top. On the outside the window is pointed and constructed of chiselled (reddish) brown stone. The south side if it and bottom part are destroyed; the north side and top stone remain. One stone is out of the lower part of the north side. Its height outside was four feet seven inches. The thickness of the gable at the window is four feet six inches. The graves rise as high as the bottom of the window in the interior, and nearly so on the exterior. There is here a large burial ground on a sloping tract near a hill to the north-east (O’Donovan 1983, 131). In the OSNB of 1841 O’Donovan records: ‘Garfinny Church situated in the centre of the townland of Garfinny and about three chains N.W. of an old road leading thro’ this land. The only part of this ruin now standing, which is of very old structure is the E gable, in height about 12 feet and the same breadth at its base. It is placed on a green rocky eminence in the centre of a spacious graveyard about three chains long and two and a half broad without any enclosure, except the E, W & S sides which are distinguished by the ruin of stone ditch or Fosse' (OSNB). There are no visible, above ground, coherent, remains of the medieval church of Garfinny today. The last record of the visible ruins of the church at Garfinny was in 1841 (O’Donovan 1983, 131; OSNB 1841). There were only two architectural fragments (260 & 296) from the church recorded in the course of this survey. One of the fragments (260) is reused as a gravemarker and features a large notch in one side, possibly originally used as a door socket in the church? The other architectural fragment (296) is a featured in the front of an overgrown unnamed tomb (295). It comprises of an ogee head of a narrow single light window of local red sandstone and is almost identical to another recorded in Ballyduff Graveyard recently. A concentration of early graves within a somewhat raised platform area of the interior may reflect the location of the medieval church' (Dunne 2010, 1-9). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 992. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. See attached photographs courtesy of Laurence Dunne Revised by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Laurence Dunne Date of revised upload: 29 June 2022

• KE043-228001 Graveyard
  Description

  Garfinny Church/Teampall na Gairfeanaí: The site of a 13th century parish church (Cal Docs Ire, V, 297). In 1615 both 'the church and chancel of Garryffyagh were up' (Royal Visitation), but the building was in ruins by 1756 (Smith, 70). In 1841 only section of the E gable, 1.37m thick, stood to a maximum height of 3.66m; the E window, set internally in a rectangular embrasure, was partially preserved and had a pointed sandstone head (OSL). No visible remains of the church survive. It stood in a graveyard c. 1.5km ENE of Dingle; the site is now a National Monument (no.64/2). In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about Garfinny graveyard: 'Garfinny Graveyard is situated on the S side of the Dingle Peninsula circa 4km E of Dingle. It is situated on an elevated site at 50m OD on the lower SE slopes of the Sugar Loaf hill of the Slieve Mish Mountains with expansive southerly views over Trabeg, Dingle Bay and the Iveragh Peninsula in the background. No physical remains of the medieval church are visible above ground today. The small partially enclosed rectangular graveyard [KE043-228001-] of Garfinny and its associated glebe land is denoted on the 1st Ed. OS map, sheet 43 of 1841. The medieval church, now disappeared, is clearly denoted as a rectangular hatched area. John O’Donovan, writing in August 1841, records: ’There is here a large burial ground on a sloping tract near a hill to the north-east (O’Donovan 1983, 131). In the OSNB of 1841 O’Donovan records: ‘Garfinny Church situated in the centre of the townland of Garfinny and about three chains N.W. of an old road leading thro’ this land. The only part of this ruin [KE043-228----] now standing, which is of very old structure is the E gable, in height about 12 feet and the same breadth at its base. It is placed on a green rocky eminence in the centre of a spacious graveyard about three chains long and two and a half broad without any enclosure, except the E, W & S sides which are distinguished by the ruin of stone ditch or Fosse' (OSNB). There are no visible, above ground, coherent, remains of the medieval church of Garfinny today. The last record of the visible ruins of the church at Garfinny was in 1841 (O’Donovan 1983, 131; OSNB 1841). There were only two architectural fragments (260 & 296) from the church recorded in the course of this survey. One of the fragments (260) is reused as a gravemarker and features a large notch in one side, possibly originally used as a door socket in the church? The other architectural fragment (296) is a featured in the front of an overgrown unnamed tomb (295). It comprises of an ogee head of a narrow single light window of local red sandstone and is almost identical to another recorded in Ballyduff Graveyard recently. A concentration of early graves within a somewhat raised platform area of the interior may reflect the location of the medieval church. The entrance comprises two modern black painted iron gates set between two square rendered piers with gabled capping in excellent order. A recently installed squeeze stile is provided beside the LH or western gate pier. An older and now disused step-stile is situated beside it. The graveyard at Garfinny is enclosed by a drystone wall caped with large flagstones laid flat. The boundary wall is in good order for the most part however there are sections that are partially collapsed and in need of repair. Garfinny Graveyard is served by a single wide gravelled pathway that circulates around the burial ground in a loop. There are fifty-one named tombs in Garfinny Graveyard. The majority of them are constructed with local rubble stone and rendered and are generally of the simple box variety. None are ashlar. Forty-eight unnamed tombs were recorded in the Garfinny. Thirty-six of which are manifest as low grass covered mounds. There are twenty-three lintelled graves dispersed around Garfinny Graveyard. Many are partially exposed, open or collapsed. Several of them are marked with unhewn unnamed headstones while lintelled grave (265) is marked with a medieval architectural fragment 260. Two 19th century graveslabs (174 & 470) were recorded in the old medieval burial ground at Garfinny. There were forty-nine named headstones recorded at Garfinny Graveyard, the majority of which are associated with formal grave settings. There were seventy-four unnamed headstones (HWN’s Appendix 6) in total recorded in the course of this survey. All of the unnamed headstones comprise simple grave markers of unhewn local sandstone and are disposed around the entirety of the old burial ground. There were seven notched, unnamed headstones (Appendix 7 & Figure 5) recorded in the course of this survey at Garfinny. They are disposed around the interior of the medieval area of the graveyard. Fourteen previously unrecorded cross-slabs or simple cross inscribed headstones were plotted and recorded in Garfinny. These crosses comprise eight small unhewn stones inscribed with crosses (59, 61, 63, 77, 95, 203, 530 and 708); five 18th / 19th century cross inscribed slabs (98, 130, 347, 449 & 712) and one late stone cross (181). A single holed-stone, (447), was recorded within the medieval burial ground area at Garfinny. There were two architectural fragments (260 & 296) recorded at Garfinny Graveyard. Architectural fragment 260, 0.96m x 0.36m x 0.11m, stands upright as a gravemarker to a lintelled grave (265). The sandstone slab has a large oval notch near the top of one side possibly indicating that it was used as a hinge socket stone in the medieval church. Two similar examples were recorded at Dunurlin medieval church (Dunne 2010). The second fragment is the head of an ogee window (296) reused in the construction of tomb (295) in the medieval section of Garfinny Graveyard (Plates 12, 19-20). The ogee window head most likely dates from the 15th century' (Dunne 2010, 1-18). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 992. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. See attached photographs courtesy of Laurence Dunne Revised by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Laurence Dunne Date of revised upload: 29 June 2022

• KE043-228002 Holed stone
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about a holed stone in Garfinny graveyard (KE043-228----): 'A single holed-stone, (447), was recorded within the medieval burial ground area at Garfinny. The blocky perforated stone, 0.56m x 0.65m x 0.16m, stands beside the Adams tomb (440) and is difficult to fully examine. The hour-glass perforation is centrally located at the upper limits of the flat topped stone. The maximum diameter of the perforation at the outside is 0.10m and narrows to 0.085m at the centre. Holed or perforated stones where found are generally associated with early ecclesiastical sites. They are not very common and not well understood. Some notable examples of perforated early cross inscribed pillars slabs and ogham stones at found at Reask, Kilfountain and Kilmalkedar. However, the holed stone at Garfinny is stylistically and morphologically at variance with the perforated pillar type and more closely associated with the recent examples discovered by the writer at nearby Raheenyhooig and Kildrum (Dunne 2010). The Dingle Archaeological Survey also recorded a holed stone in the nearby, early ecclesiastical site of Maumanorig, that is now, unfortunately, missing. These small holed-stones may reflect some form of rites of passage i.e. Limbo or associated with the difficulty of childbirth or some other associated liminal hierophany' (Dunne 2010, 17-18. See attached photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 June 2022

• KE043-228003 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about cross-inscribed stone No. 59 in Garfinny graveyard (KE043-228----): 'Fourteen previously unrecorded cross-slabs or simple cross inscribed headstones were plotted and recorded in Garfinny. These crosses comprise eight small unhewn stones inscribed with crosses (59, 61, 63, 77, 95, 203, 530 and 708); five 18th / 19th century cross inscribed slabs (98, 130, 347, 449 & 712) and one late stone cross (181). Cross-slab (59), of thin local sandstone, 0.60m x 0.24m x 0.05m, deeply incised with large ‘V’ profile Latin cross with slightly expanded terminals. Possibly late 18th or early 19th century' (Dunne 2010, 16). See attached photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 June 2022

• KE043-228004 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about cross-inscribed stone No. 61 in Garfinny graveyard (KE043-228----): 'Fourteen previously unrecorded cross-slabs or simple cross inscribed headstones were plotted and recorded in Garfinny. These crosses comprise eight small unhewn stones inscribed with crosses (59, 61, 63, 77, 95, 203, 530 and 708); five 18th / 19th century cross inscribed slabs (98, 130, 347, 449 & 712) and one late stone cross (181). Cross-slab (61), thin rectangular purple sandstone, 0.38m x 0.33m x 0.04m, with small equal armed cross with T-bar terminals. Possibility of faint letters underneath. Uncertain date' (Dunne 2010, 16). See attached photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 June 2022

• KE043-228005 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about cross-inscribed stone No. 63 in Garfinny graveyard (KE043-228----): 'Fourteen previously unrecorded cross-slabs or simple cross inscribed headstones were plotted and recorded in Garfinny. These crosses comprise eight small unhewn stones inscribed with crosses (59, 61, 63, 77, 95, 203, 530 and 708); five 18th / 19th century cross inscribed slabs (98, 130, 347, 449 & 712) and one late stone cross (181). Cross-slab (63), small straight sided sandstone, 0.36m x 0.26m x 0.10m, with a roughly carved Latin cross' (Dunne 2010, 16). See attached photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 June 2022

• KE043-228006 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about cross-inscribed stone No. 77 in Garfinny graveyard (KE043-228----): 'Fourteen previously unrecorded cross-slabs or simple cross inscribed headstones were plotted and recorded in Garfinny. These crosses comprise eight small unhewn stones inscribed with crosses (59, 61, 63, 77, 95, 203, 530 and 708); five 18th / 19th century cross inscribed slabs (98, 130, 347, 449 & 712) and one late stone cross (181). Cross-slab (77), of local green sandstone, 0.34m x 0.50m x 0.14m. Vivid Latin cross with T-bar terminals to both arms. Upper shaft expands and incorporated into ‘V’ notch at top of stone' (Dunne 2010, 16). See attached photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 June 2022

• KE043-228007 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about cross-inscribed stone No. 95 in Garfinny graveyard (KE043-228----): 'Fourteen previously unrecorded cross-slabs or simple cross inscribed headstones were plotted and recorded in Garfinny. These crosses comprise eight small unhewn stones inscribed with crosses (59, 61, 63, 77, 95, 203, 530 and 708); five 18th / 19th century cross inscribed slabs (98, 130, 347, 449 & 712) and one late stone cross (181). Cross-slab (95), of local sandstone, 0.53m x 0.44m x0.065m, with small equal armed cross lightly incised beneath the serif letters T. S. M or T & M (Plate 31). The serif letters are late 18th / 19th century in date. However, the cross is more lightly and more simply executed and appears to be earlier' (Dunne 2010, 16). See attached photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 June 2022

• KE043-228008 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about cross-inscribed stone No. 203 in Garfinny graveyard (KE043-228----): 'Fourteen previously unrecorded cross-slabs or simple cross inscribed headstones were plotted and recorded in Garfinny. These crosses comprise eight small unhewn stones inscribed with crosses (59, 61, 63, 77, 95, 203, 530 and 708); five 18th / 19th century cross inscribed slabs (98, 130, 347, 449 & 712) and one late stone cross (181). Cross-slab (203), of wedge shaped sandstone tapering to bottom, 0.51m x 0.31m x 0.11m. Slab deeply incised with double armed cross (Cross of Lorraine). The terminals of the arms are also crossed. The base of the shaft has a T-bar terminal while the top of the shaft extends up to the top of the stone. This cross-slab is possibly medieval in date. Other similar cross-slabs are recorded in nearby sites on the Dingle Peninsula, Raheenyhooig; Burnham and Ballymoreagh (Dunne 2010; Cuppage 1986). Double armed crosses are also recorded at St. Kieran’s on Aran More, Glendalough, Co. Wicklow and Devenish, Co. Fermanagh while a massive double armed cross forms part of the masonry on the gable of the church at Kilnaboy, Co. Clare (Wakeman 1891, 354; O’Brien & Harbison 1996, 62)' (Dunne 2010, 16-17). See attached photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 June 2022

• KE043-228009 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about cross-inscribed stone No. 530 in Garfinny graveyard (KE043-228----): 'Fourteen previously unrecorded cross-slabs or simple cross inscribed headstones were plotted and recorded in Garfinny. These crosses comprise eight small unhewn stones inscribed with crosses (59, 61, 63, 77, 95, 203, 530 and 708); five 18th / 19th century cross inscribed slabs (98, 130, 347, 449 & 712) and one late stone cross (181). Cross-slab (530), narrow straight sided somewhat pointed sandstone, 0.86m x 0.23m x 0.21m. The cross-slab has a large deeply incised Latin cross, whose arms and top of shaft extend to the full width and height of the stone. Beneath the cross are the initials J M and beneath them the letters R.I.P' (Dunne 2010, 17). See attached photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 June 2022

• KE043-228010 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about cross-inscribed stone No. 708 in Garfinny graveyard (KE043-228----): 'Fourteen previously unrecorded cross-slabs or simple cross inscribed headstones were plotted and recorded in Garfinny. These crosses comprise eight small unhewn stones inscribed with crosses (59, 61, 63, 77, 95, 203, 530 and 708); five 18th / 19th century cross inscribed slabs (98, 130, 347, 449 & 712) and one late stone cross (181). Cross-slab (708), triangular sandstone, 0.38m x 0.32m x 0.08m, with simple Latin cross incised' (Dunne 2010, 17). See attached photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 June 2022

• KE043-229 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated about 8m from the W bank of the Garfinny river, in fairly marshy land, this site consists of a long mound, 5.4m N-S x 2.5m E-W, within which is a drystone-built chamber which opens off its S end. The chamber measures at least 2.7m in length x .53m in width, and it is roofed by a series of large slabs at a height of c. 1m above the floor; the N end of the chamber is blocked by collapse. An opening or vent in the roof measures .2 x .15m. The side walls are continued beyond the entrance for 1.8m, this section being unroofed. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1562. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 August 2013

• KE043-230 Bridge
  Description

  National Monument No. 612. Garfinny bridge/Seana-Droichead na Gairfeanaighe: This drystone, single-arched bridge, built of local stone, spans the Garfinny river a short distance below the modern bridge serving the old highway between Dingle and Lispole. Its age is uncertain but it is reputed to be medieval. It is soundly constructed and very simple in design. On either side of the river, foundation bases were constructed and built up with very large stones. Set back on these bases, other large stones were placed in such a way as to counteract the outward thrust of the arch above. The bridge is gently curving on plan and its simple arch is slightly pointed. The narrow, hump-backed carriageway, 1.65m wide, would have allowed vehicular access in only one direction at a time. There are parapets on either side and these were probably very low so as to make maximum use of the narrow carriageway. The tops of the central voussoirs of the arch form the actual pavement at the crown; elsewhere the surface is made up of large smooth stones with rounded edges, with areas of small rounded cobbles. This bridge is now a National Monument and repair and conservation works have recently been completed. The above description is based, for the most part, on information provided by G. Rourke (OPW). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1525. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 August 2013

• KE043-232 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 26.8m This roughly circular univallate rath is situated at the junction of 4 fields on the W side of the broad valley that surrounds Trabeg. The enclosing bank appears to have been considerably modified. Its outline is irregular, and the drystone revetment walling on its inner and outer faces appears to be a modern feature. It is a maximum of 2.05m high internally and 2.25m high externally. The interior is densely overgrown and no clearly defined features are visible though some hollows and mounds are present. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 429. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE043-233 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Toberaroon/Tobar an Rúin (well of the secret) and Tobar Ghobnait: The field in which this well was located has been reclaimed and the spring is no longer evident. The well was still being visited on Easter Sunday until at least 1960 (Ó Danachair 1960, 73). A recent inspection by Amanda Clarke who described the site as situated; 'in a dense willow copse, is a small clear spring flowing out into the stream' (pers. comm. Amanda Clarke 31/10/2022). See attached photographs of Toberaroon, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F025.18.00298 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16885; F025.18.00299 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/31339. See attached colour photographs of spring well courtesy of Amanda Clarke The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 936. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 1 November 2022

• KE043-234 Fulacht fia
  Description

  This low-lying, marshy land has recently been deep-ploughed and drained. In the process a grass-covered mound of burnt stones was removed and no visible trace survives. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 245. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Garfinny.

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.

• Garfinny, Dingle5 sales

Name

Garfinny · An Ghairfeanaigh

Area

2,241,076 m² (224.11 ha, 553.78 acres)

Civil parish

Garfinny, and its townlands

Barony

Corkaguiny

Electoral division

Glinn, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Glinn electoral division: 1,806 people in 654 households; 77% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinasig, Ballineetig, Ballinvownig, Ballybeg, Ballybowler South, Coumbowler, Flemingstown

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Garfinny 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.