Glanageenty

27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glanageenty, from 281 m² to 293,861 m² (29.39 ha, 72.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Glanageenty 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.

• 21 Jul 2025Conditional

  planning Permission to a) Extend and renovate the existing single storey dwelling, b) decommission the existing septic tank and percolation area, c) Install a new septic tank and percolation area d) demolish existing sheds on site, e) Utilise the existing vehicular site entrance, to be shared with the farm and f) construct all associated site works at Glanageenty, Ballymacelligott, Tralee, Co. Kerry

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560623

• 27 Mar 2024Conditional

  planning Permission to a) construct a new dwelling, b) construct a domestic shed, c) install a mechanical treatment unit and polishing filter, d) construct a vehicular site entrance and e) construct all associated site works at Glanageenty, Ballymacelligott, Tralee, Co. Kerry

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460183

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA 004161

Recorded monuments

• KE030-022 Ringfort - rath
  Description

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• KE030-022001 Souterrain
  Description

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• KE030-023 Ringfort - rath
  Description

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• KE030-024 Burial
  Description

  In Glanageenty Wood, 67m N of Glanageenty River, annotated 'The Earl of Desmond's Grave & Place where Killed in 1583' on 1841 ed. OSi 6-inch map where it is depicted standing on N side of roadway annotated 'Boheranearla'. In 1841 the Ordnance Survey recorded the following details about this site; 'In the townland of Glennaginki or Glennaginty in this parish is shown the spot where the Earl of Desmond was taken and murdered in the year 1583 by the Moriarty's. For an account of this transaction. I refer the reader to the Annals of the Four Masters at the year 1583, and to O'Sullivan Beare's History of the Irish Catholics. I find the following curious account of it inserted in an Irish MS in the possession of Messrs Hodges and Smith: In 1580 the Geraldines made the last effort to gain their ancient sovereignty but superior force crushed the Rebellion and after three years of war with variable success, the forces of Elizabeth under Sir George Carew succeeded in taking and demolishing his castles and dispersing his followers. Desmond, meanly apparelled and with a few faithful attendants, retired to a wood about four miles from Tralee (to the east) with some booty they ventured to take (seize). To this spot they were followed and on entering a ruined house his pursuers only found one venerable man stretched before a fire. Kelly O'Moriarty regardless of inferior strength or age assailed the old man, who fainly exclaimed, 'Spare me, I am the Earl of Desmond'. But Kelly struck off his head and carried it to the Earl of Ormond, who sent the bleeding remains of his ancient foe to the Queen who impaled them upon London Bridge. The family of Moriarty are still in disgrace among the peasantry for this act of brutality. O'Sullivan Beare says that the mark of his blood was to be seen at the place, which he calls Gleann na Ginki, and translates Silva Cunei. 'In rei memoriam locus qui tunc ejus sanguine perfusus adhuc sanguineo colore fertur esse affectus' (O'Donovan 1983, 65). In 1841 the Ordnance Survey Name Books recorded the following details; 'This road which is five feet [1.5m] wide and & a few chains long leading thro' a wood, took its name from the Earl of Desmond who was killed there. About one chain from the West end, and on the S. side of this road is still in being the trunk of an oak tree, under which he was killed and about 30 yards E of this and on the N. side of the road is pointed out his Grave; a small hole about five feet [1.5m] long and 3 [0.9m] wide with a little ridge or bank, one foot [0.3m] high surrounding it; and inside a few suckers from a large tree which is now decayed and which was, they say, planted there for a memorial' (OSNB Ballymacelligott parish). A stone plaque attached to a stone wall in 1983 marks the site of the killing with the following inscription; FitzGerald. Earl of Desmond. Here at Glangenty, Gerald FitzGerald, the last earl of Desmond was beheaded on 11th Nov. 1583. His body was later buried at Killanma [Kilnananima] Graveyard [KE040-106001-] near Castleisland'. Killanin and Duignan (1962, 440) described the site as; 'a low, coffin-shaped mound hear the head of the glen is the Desmond's Grave of local tradition'. Folklore collected from Kilduff School in 1938 recorded the following tradition about a low cairn which marked this burial site; 'Old Graves The Earl of Desmond is buried in Glengeenty Rathanny Co Kerry. It is marked by a heap of stones. It is up in a height. There is an old road by the side of it. Many people do not use it. There is supposed to be a light seen there at night. There is a big wood not far away where he was killed' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0444, Page 196;https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4706344?pageNum=196). Folklore collected from Ballymacelligott School recorded the following tradition about this burial; 'The place where he was killed is called 'Bóthar an Iarla". There is an old tree over the grave under which it is said the old earl was buried, but later his body was exhumed and taken to Castlemain for burial. A green mound marks the spot presently' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0443, Pages 105-6;https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4706340/4704175). Another story collected from the same school recorded the following details about a burial ground known locally as 'Páirc Reilge', the precise location of which has not been identified. Local tradition recorded that; 'There's a filed beyond Glennageenty called "Páirc Reilge"{.} Tradition has it that there was a churchyard here in old times' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0443, Page 150; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4706340/4704219) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 2 June 2022

• KE030-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

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• KE030-071 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Folklore collected from Ballymacelligott School recorded the following tradition: 'Faill Dearg (Red Cliff) well is in Nohoval in Richard Burkes land. Seaghan Taidhg Óig Linehan (1845 - 1910) saw rounds made there. So he told Tom Flynn's (born 1891) of "Baile Breathnach" - 20 years ago. These rounds were made before 1860. There is fine water in it second only to Curraheen (Tralee's water supply) in an Analysis test. Tom Flynn father (Maurice) say "Seán" never told him the well was Holy. He would have told him if it were. Tom Flynn is not sure whether "Seán" heard of or saw rounds made at the well. Thomas Burke (born 1883) who lives near, often heard of sick people sending for the water of the well as a cure' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0443, Page 064;https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4706340/4704133/4783814?ChapterID=4706340). Holy well described by O'Hare (2000, 66) as; 'Faill Dearg is still identified locally as the cliff face which is visible on the acute road bend at the junction of the townlands of Glanageenty and Tooreen. The water, which is visible dripping from the reddish coloured cliff face, is still believed to have curative powers. The site however, is no longer visited'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 April 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Glanageenty, about 1 in 10 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

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

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.

No address of the register names Glanageenty with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Glanageenty · Gleann na Ginnte

Area

1,704,158 m² (170.42 ha, 421.11 acres)

Civil parish

Ballymacelligott, and its townlands

Barony

Trughanacmy

Electoral division

Nohaval, the unit of the census

Census 2022

391 people lived in 141 households in the Nohaval electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballineedora, Cloghavoola, Kilbane, Muingnatee, Nohaval North, Tooreen

Placenames

Glanageenty 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.