Glanshearoon
Townland in the civil parish of Castleisland, barony of Trughanacmy, Co. Kerry; in Irish Gleann Séathrúin
- Area
- 131 ha
- 324 acres
- Land parcels
- 70
- registered freehold, median 2,175 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
70 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glanshearoon, from 72 m² to 282,273 m² (28.23 ha, 69.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 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 Glanshearoon 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
5 Sept 2025Conditional
Construct a Coach Park and ancillary site services
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560787
9 Sept 2022Conditional
ERECT 56 NO. SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ON THE ROOF OF THE EXISTING SERVICE GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 22950
29 Jun 2022Conditional
ERECT AN AGRICULTURAL SHED AND THE CARRYING OUT OF ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 22694
23 May 2022N/a
ERECT AN AGRICULTURAL SHED AND THE CARRYING OUT OF ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission · Kerry County Council, 22546
13 May 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED GARAGE, INSTALL A MECHANICAL TREATMENT PLANT AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22507
14 Oct 2021Conditional
ERECT AN AGRICULTURAL SHED AND THE CARRYING OUT OF ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES
Permission · Kerry County Council, 211170
20 Aug 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT A NEW BUNGALOW, PACKAGED WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS, RECENTLY GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION 19/301 REFERS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19881
25 Mar 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT A NEW BUNGALOW, PACKAGED WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19301
27 Feb 2019Conditional
RETAIN CONSTRUCTION ACCESS ROAD
Permission · Kerry County Council, 19190
10 Apr 2018Conditional
(A)DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND OUT BUILDINGS. (2) THE CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE, DRIVEWAY AND ALL ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL SITE WORKS, INCLUDING SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER
Extension of duration · Kerry County Council, 13914
17 Jul 2017Conditional
CONSTRUCT AN ANIMAL HOUSE WITH UNDERGROUND TANKS AND ASSOCIATED WORKS ON HIS LANDS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 17685
11 May 2017Conditional
CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING HEAVY GOODS AND LIGHT GOODS TESTING CENTRE, WHICH WILL INCORPORATE A NEW TESTING LANE, EXTENSION OF EXISTING OFFICE , EXTENSION OF EXISTING WAITING ROOM AND CONSTRUCTION OF STAFF CANTEEN ROOM, ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 17431
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Glanshearoon.
Recorded monuments
- KE040-003 Ringfort - rath
Description
Levelled monument on S facing pasture, described in 1985 by the Castleisland District Archaeological Survey as only the faint outline of the levelled earthwork (diam. c. 42m) remains visible. Cropmark of levelled enclosure visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 April 2022
- KE040-006 Burnt spread
Description
The monument was noted in 1986 by the Castleisland District Archaeological Survey as a levelled fulacht fia visible as a slight rise in a ploughed field (SMR file). According to the Castleisland Survey, the 'spread of burnt material (dims. 9m N-S x 6m E-W) was very obvious as a black stain against the normal soil colour. There was no indication of the possible location of the trough.' See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 03/04/2021 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 April 2022
- KE040-007 Church
Description
No surface remains visible of possible church site recorded at this location in 1985 by the Castleisland District Archaeological Survey who recorded the local tradition that in this field there were up until c. 20 years (c. 1960) the foundations of a building which was believed to be the remains of a church. The old name for this area is 'Cnocán na h-Eaglaise' [Hill of the church]. According to the local landowner the church site was believed to be located to the W of a low rise or hillock in the centre of the field' (SMR file). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 21 April 2022
- KE040-008 Enclosure
Description
Possible monument described in 1985 by the Castleisland District Archaeological Survey as a slight rise of ground marks site of levelled earthwork which is indicated on Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. Not indicated on 1841 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Cropmark of levelled earthwork visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 03/04/2021 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 April 2022
- KE040-009 Earthwork
Description
Levelled monument described in 1985 by the Castleisland District Archaeological Survey as site of a levelled earthwork that was levelled c. 1935 which is visible as a slight rise of ground. Depicted as a polygonal shaped earthwork transected at E by a field boundary running N-S on Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. Not indicated on 1841 ed. OSi 6-inch map. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 03/04/2021 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 April 2022
- KE040-108 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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Glanshearoon.
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_259 (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 Glanshearoon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Glanshearoon · Gleann Séathrúin
- Area
- 1,309,524 m² (130.95 ha, 323.59 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castleisland, and its townlands
- Barony
- Trughanacmy
- Electoral division
- Castleisland, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castleisland electoral division: 3,392 people in 1,351 households; 69% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Anglore, Ballynaboul, Bawnluskaha, Dooneen, Knockannagore, Moanmore, Mullaghmarky
- Placenames
- Glanshearoon 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.