Gearha South

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gearha South, from 173 m² to 512,922 m² (51.29 ha, 126.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 8 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 Gearha South 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.

• 23 Dec 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, INSTALL A 'TRICEL NOVO' WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT FOLLOWED BY 2 NO. PURAFLO PEAT FILTERS TO SERVE THE DWELLING, UPGRADE EXISTING SITE ENTRANCE TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 221350

• 8 Nov 2022Conditional

  (A) REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING ONE AND A HALF STOREY DWELLING; (B) CONSTRUCTION OF TWO NEW SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS; (C) REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK WITH A NEW MECHANICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER AND (D) ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING LANDSCAPING AND PARKING AREA. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 221165

• 25 Jan 2022Refused

  (A) DEMOLISH EXISTING ONE AND A HALF STOREY DWELLING (B) CONSTRUCT A NEW REPLACEMENT PART SINGLE STOREY, PART ONE AND A HALF STOREY DWELLING ON SIMILAR FOOTPRINT TO EXISTING DWELLING (C) REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK WITH A NEW MECHANICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER AND (D) ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING LANDSCAPING AND PARKING AREA

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2260

• 8 Dec 2021N/a

  (A) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING ONE AND A HALF STOREY DWELLING (B) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT PART SINGLE STOREY, PART ONE AND A HALF STOREY DWELLING ON SIMILAR FOOTPRINT TO EXISTING DWELLING (C) REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK WITH A NEW MECHANICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER AND (D) ALL ANCILLAY SITE WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING LANDSCAPING AND PARKING AREA ON THE SITE

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 211404

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: Blackwater River (Kerry) SAC 002173
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks And Caragh River Catchment 000365

Recorded monuments

• KE091-041 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Knockaunnahona Fort/Cnocán na hÓna: This site was located on elevated ground within a plantation of deciduous trees on the N bank of the Blackwater river. Marked as a circular enclosure on the OS maps, it appears to have been almost entirely removed and a large section of ground has been dug into at SE. The OSNB recorded a 'fort and cave' with 'traces of an old ruin' at this location (Templeno, 47). The first edition of the OS map indicates a rectangular structure (KE091-041001-), centrally located in the interior of the enclosure. This area is now marked only by a subrectangular depression, 3.6m N-S by 2.9m E-W, with a maximum depth of 1.4m. It is littered with rubbish and features a small opening close to its S edge. This opening measures .55m x .3m and is .7m deep, and it may mark the location of the souterrain. Two further openings were noted to NW and NE of the depression, and may possibly be a part of the same souterrain (KE091-041002-). 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. 672. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE091-041001 Hut site
  Description

  The first edition of the OS map indicates a rectangular structure (KE091-041001-), centrally located in the interior of the enclosure. This area is now marked only by a subrectangular depression, 3.6m N-S by 2.9m E-W, with a maximum depth of 1.4m. It is littered with rubbish and features a small opening close to its S edge. This opening measures .55m x .3m and is .7m deep, and it may mark the location of the souterrain. 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. 672. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE091-041002 Souterrain
  Description

  The first edition of the OS map indicates a rectangular structure (KE091-041001-), centrally located in the interior of the enclosure. This area is now marked only by a subrectangular depression, 3.6m N-S by 2.9m E-W, with a maximum depth of 1.4m. It is littered with rubbish and features a small opening close to its S edge. This opening measures .55m x .3m and is .7m deep, and it may mark the location of the souterrain. Two further openings were noted to NW and NE of the depression, and may possibly be a part of the same souterrain (KE091-041002-). 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. 672. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE092-049 Souterrain
  Description

  This souterrain, not marked on the OS maps, was discovered in 1953 during quarrying operations at a gravel ridge a short distance N of the confluence of the Blackwater and Derreendarragh rivers (O'Kelly and Kavanagh 1954a, 50-3). It consisted of a stone-built passage roofed with slabs, and was destroyed during the quarrying. An ogham-inscribed slab of shaly sandstone was discovered free-standing in the passage. It measures 1.45m in overall length and .3m x .12m in maximum width and thickness. Its lower end is roughly tapered while the upper end was broken off in antiquity. Its inscribed face and side are ground smooth and the angle features well-spaced, narrow, knife-cut scores. The inscription reads up the dexter angle: BRANADDOVMA MAQI QOLI MUCOI DOVIV . . . The last character present could also be N or S. The ogham stone is now in CPM (L224). 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. 881. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE092-049001 Ogham stone
  Description

  A souterrain (KE092-049----), not marked on the OS maps, was discovered in 1953 during quarrying operations at a gravel ridge a short distance N of the confluence of the Blackwater and Derreendarragh rivers (O'Kelly and Kavanagh 1954a, 50-3). It consisted of a stone-built passage roofed with slabs, and was destroyed during the quarrying. An ogham-inscribed slab of shaly sandstone was discovered free-standing in the passage. It measures 1.45m in overall length and .3m x .12m in maximum width and thickness. Its lower end is roughly tapered while the upper end was broken off in antiquity. Its inscribed face and side are ground smooth and the angle features well-spaced, narrow, knife-cut scores. The inscription reads up the dexter angle: BRANADDOVMA MAQI QOLI MUCOI DOVIV . . . The last character present could also be N or S. Indeed it was interpreted by McManus (1997, 70-1) as: BRANADDOV MA[QI] MAQIQOLI MUCOI DOVI[NIAS]. The ogham stone is now in Cork Public Museum (L224) (see CO074-177----). (O’Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, no. 881) Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 26 February 2017

Architectural heritage

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

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 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 Gearha South.

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

Name

Gearha South · An Gaorthadh Theas

Area

2,103,363 m² (210.34 ha, 519.75 acres)

Civil parish

Templenoe, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkerron South

Electoral division

Loughbrin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Loughbrin electoral division: 136 people in 54 households; 89% of households own their home; 19% of homes were built since 2001; 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Derreendarragh, Derrygarrane South, Dromlusk, Gearha North, Reacashlagh

Placenames

Gearha South 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.