Gortadoo

193 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortadoo, from 48 m² to 88,280 m² (8.83 ha, 21.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Gortadoo 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.

• 11 Jul 2025Conditional

  ( a) retention permission to retain an as constructed dwelling house served by a septic tank system and ( b) full permission to ( 1 ) construct a single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling ( 2) carry out modifications/alterations to windows and relocation of main entrance to front elevation of existing dwelling and ( 3) install a new window to south western side elevation and (4) Decommission existing septic tank system on site and install a new wastewater treatment system and all associated ancillary site works

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560602

• 6 Jun 2025Conditional

  Cead forbartha chun: (A) An teach cónaithe tréigthe ar an láthair a athchóiriú agus a leathnú lena n-áirítear gach scartáil, athruithe agus oibreacha suímh riachtanacha. (B) Díchoimisiúnú a dhéanamh ar an umar seipteach atá ann cheana. (C) Suiteáil a dhéanamh ar umar seipteach agus córas cóireála tánaisteach agus scagaire snasta lena n-áirítear na hoibreacha suímh go léir atá ag teastáilt

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560487

• 28 Jun 2021Refused

  TIGH CONAITHE AGUS GARAISTE A THOGAINT LE AONAD COIREALA FUIOLLUISCE AGUS SCAGAINESNASTA. (CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE WITH A WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT AND POLSIHING FILTER

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21712

• 9 Feb 2021Conditional

  (A) AN MÉADÚ ATÁ ANN (BOTHÁN) A LEAG (B) AN TIGH A ATHRÚ AGUS A MÉADÚ LE BOTHÁN NUA AGUS SEOMRA GRÉINE (A) DEMOLISH THE EXISTING EXTENSION (GARAGE) (B) ALTER AND EXTEND THE HOUSE TO INCLUDE A GARAGE AND SUNROOM

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21103

• 29 Jan 2020Conditional

  (A) RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED ON SITE AND TO RETAIN THE EXISTING DETACHED GRANNY FLAT AND (B) PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A SERIES OF EXTENSIONS TO THE DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL WORKS AND PERMISSION TO DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALL A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2063

• 3 Dec 2019N/a

  CONSTRUCT A SERIES OF EXTENSIONS TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF THE EXISTING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL WORKS, SERVICING AND LANDSCAPING

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 191236

• 18 Oct 2019Conditional

  RETAIN AS CONSTRUCTED THE EXISTING GARAGE ON SITE

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 191082

• 17 May 2017Conditional

  RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED, ALTER AND EXTEND DWELLING HOUSE, DECOMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALL WASTE WATER TREATMENT UNIT AND SAND POLISHING FILTER. ((A) AN TEACH CONAITH A CHOINNEAIL MAR A TOGADH, (B) AN TIGH A ATHRU AGUS A MEADU (C) AN DABHACH MHUNLAIGH ATA ANN A LEAG AGUS CUIR AS FEIDHIM (D) AONAD CHUN COIREAIL A DHEANAMH AR UISCE NA DRAMHAIOLA AGUS SCAGAIRE GAINIMH A THOGAIL AR AN LATHAIR

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 17444

• 16 Mar 2017Conditional

  RETAIN (1) AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED (11) AN EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED AND (111) THE REDESIGN OF AN ACCESS DRIVEWAY AND RE-LOCATION OF THE VEHICULAR ENTRANCE TO THE PROPERTY, ALL OF WHICH IS WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES AND (B) PLANNING PERMISSION TO DEMOLISH A LEAN TO ROOF STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCT IN ITS PLACE A SIDE EXTENSION TO THE ABOVE AFOREMENTIONED EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17227

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Smerwick Harbour Sandhills And Marshes 001958

Recorded monuments

• KE042-039 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  This site was not noted on the OS maps but is known locally as a lios. It has not been extant within living memory. The site is marked by a raised area, about 27m in diameter and .3 to .4m high, now divided by a N-S field fence. A small mound near its E edge may simply be field clearance debris. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 698. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE042-041 Church
  Description

  Dunurlin Church: The site of the 13th century parish church (Cal Docs Ire, V, 297) is located in the graveyard here. The church was the subject of a dispute in 1457 (Cal Pap Reg, 11, 332) but appears to have been kept in repair into the 17th century (TCD Ms 2158, 94). It was in ruins in 1756 (Smith, 69). In 1841 substantial sections of the N, S and W walls remained, indicating a building 16.46m x 6.25m, with walls 1.32m thick; there were opposing doorways in the N and S walls, the latter having a pointed head (OSL). Though remains of the edifice were visible until the early 20th century (O'Sullivan 1931, 508), the location of the church is now indicated only by a raised area at the W end of the graveyard. The site lies in a low-lying area near the NW tip of the peninsula. In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details: 'Dunurlin is situated on the north-western limits of the Dingle Peninsula, 2km west from the village of Ballyferriter and 17km from Dingle. The medieval ruined church and graveyard of Dunurlin is situated on a fairly level pasturage at 16m OD circa 1.5km from Smerwick Harbour to the NE and 1.0km from Ferriters Cove to the W. Possibly the earliest record of the church at Dunurlin is recorded in the Papal Taxation of 1302-06 in the Calendar of State Papers relating to Ireland in which it records Eccia de ......huy (Dunaghny, Dunurlin) Value 20s, Tenth 2s (Hickson, 1887-8, 442 & 445; O’Sullivan 1931, 46). The value and amount of tithe is identical to that of Dingle at the same time. An account from 1615 records ’The psonadges (parsonages) of Cloghane, Dunurly, Kilcowane and Kynard belong to the Abbey of Owney (Awney in Limerick) and are now in the possession of Sir John Fitz Edmund, deceased’ (Hickson 1874, 29). In 1756 Charles Smith records Dunurlin, rectorial, church in ruins. Patron: the bishop. Proxy. 5s., (Smith 1756, 38). In 1837 ‘...The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe, and in the gift of the Bishop: the tithes amount to £150; there is neither church nor glebe-house, nor glebe’ (Lewis 1837, 589). The ruined church and graveyard of Dunurlin was surveyed by John O’Donovan in 1841 ‘The old church of this parish is situated in the south-east corner of Gortadoo townland. The ruin stands on a high spot of ground, the east gable is destroyed to the foundation; a part of the west gable fell to ruin, and the surface on the inside in the middle is injured. Nearly the whole of the north wall remains attached to it, and the one half of the south wall. This building is constructed of small brown stone and sand mortar with but little lime. The quoin stones in the south-west and north-west angles are red grit chiselled. The whole length was fifty-four feet [16.45m] and breadth twenty feet six inches [6.24m]. The height of the side walls is eight feet [2.4m] and thickness four feet four inches [1.32m]. There is a doorway on the south wall at the distance of ten feet eight inches [3.25m] from the west gable. It is square inside and built with red stone roughly chiselled; and is pointed on the outside and consists of the same kind of stone as on the inside. It is half filled up with earth. Its breadth on the inside at the now surface is two feet nine inches [0.83m], and at the top two feet six inches [0.76m]. On the outside it is two feet two inches [0.66m] wide under the arch. On the north wall is a square doorway ten feet two inches [3m] from the west gable, built of re stone roughly chiselled, its breadth is four feet [1.2m] on the inside. It is crossed at the top by a thin flag of red stone, extending the whole breadth. There is a burial ground at this church’ (O’Donovan 1983, 124-5). A much shorter account of Dunurlin is recorded also by John O’Donovan in the OSNB in 1841 however, it is much at odds with the account above viz: ‘Dunorlan Church...Situated in the SE corner of Gurtadoosh townland. This church is 60 feet long and 24 broad with the N. Gable ruined to the ground. The walls are 6 feet high and 3.5 feet wide. There is a burial ground attached to it. It was built exclusively by Urlin Ferriter who lived in the Castle of Ferriter or Dún and from whom it got its name’ (OSNB 1841). In 1991 the Church of Dunurlin was excavated with finance received from North America through the American Ireland Fund and the Ireland Fund of Canada. The work was undertaken by Mícháel Ó Coileáin under the auspices of the local Comharchumann and unfortunately has not been fully published although a summary of the excavation was published in the Excavations Ireland database (Ó Coileáin, 1991, www.excavations.ie). The centre of a large raised or mounded area, recorded by the Dingle Archaeological Survey, within the old graveyard was excavated in 1991 revealing the medieval church viz: ‘During excavation the western gable, the north and south walls and at a later stage, the remains of the eastern gable were revealed. Parts of the walls were well preserved as they had been used to form one side of stone-built tombs of a later date. However above the height of 2m the walls had been robbed. Two doorways, one in the southern wall and one in the northern wall, were revealed. They were of fine cut stone 0.8m and 1.23m in width respectively. The archway stones for the southern wall were located close by and one archway stone for the north doorway was later found in the graveyard. A window base was found also in the north wall to give light to the altar area. Other features include a water-font inside the south doorway and a socket to hold a timber bolt also in this doorway. Over 110 pieces of cut stone were uncovered. The majority relate to an early form of gargoyle system to take water from the roof of the church. Other cut stones include a window sill and a head stone both possibly from the east window which was a double light, cusped, ogee-headed window. A grave slab with the names ‘Terry Rice Ferriter’ and ‘Mahonah’ and the dates 1551, 1642, 1722 and 1767 had been visible within the church before excavation. It is probably a memorial stone. Finds from the area were few. They include clay pipes (19th-century type), a 1928 Saorstát Éirinn shilling, a possible whetstone, some perforated stone and parts of rosary beads. A fragment of a rotary quern (upper stone) was found in the graveyard. The church was 19.4m in length (outside wall to outside wall) and 8.3m wide. The walls of the church were sturdy and well built with finely cut quoin stones. They vary in width from 1.17m up to 1.3m. The area inside the church was in a chronic state of disorder, the tombs were all lowered to the level of the threshold stones in the doorways. No stratigraphy survived as the area was constantly disturbed with burials up until quite recently’ (Ó Coileáin 1991). Today the four walls of the rectangular church are upstanding, however, several sections of these walls were totally re-built after excavation in 1991 including a large section of the south wall, east gable and w gable. There are several other noticeable cut stone insertions which are amateurishly and poorly cut and dressed with marks of an angle grinder clearly visible. Several box tombs and other burials were also removed from the interior which was reduced by the excavations to the door threshold level, circa 2m (ibid). The rectangular church, 19.3m x 8.45m, is built with rubble sandstone and siltstone and other local volcanic tuff. The walls are on average 1.2m thick with a pronounced basal batter evident at the NW corner where in situ quoins are of well matched squared and dressed stones. Dunurlin Church has two opposing doorways, one in the S and the other in the N wall. The doorways have simple pointed heads on the exterior with splayed flat lintelled ingoings. Both doorways were rebuilt following the 1991 excavations. A drawbar socket is located on the on the E ingoing of the S door. Immediately E of the S door on the inside i

• KE042-041001 Graveyard
  Description

  Dunurlin Church: The site of the 13th century parish church KE042-041---- (Cal Docs Ire, V, 297) is located in the graveyard KE042-041001- here. The site lies in a low-lying area near the NW tip of the peninsula. In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details: 'Dunurlin is situated on the north-western limits of the Dingle Peninsula, 2km west from the village of Ballyferriter and 17km from Dingle. The medieval ruined church and graveyard of Dunurlin is situated on a fairly level pasturage at 16m OD circa 1.5km from Smerwick Harbour to the NE and 1.0km from Ferriters Cove to the W. There is a new modern graveyard attached to the medieval burial ground at the south. The new section of Dunurlin Graveyard is enclosed by an earthen grass covered bank on its E and W and part of its SE and SW sides. A new stone wall and entrance was constructed in the middle of the S boundary. The wall connecting the new section and the old medieval burial ground comprises a modern section of coarse local render divided into four sections by five square capped piers that extends from E to W where it connects to the old boundary wall that was built in the second half of the 19th century. This older wall of local rubble stone encloses all of the older burial ground. It is on average 1.2m high and is capped in places with soldiers while other sections at the N & NE are capped with cement. The main entrance to Dunurlin Graveyard is through a modern gateway into the new section of the graveyard and from there into the old burial ground. The main entrance comprises a pair of modern galvanised gates set between two robust 1.6m high square stone piers while pedestrian access is gained via a squeeze stile a little to the W or left of the gates. Another gate entrance provides access from the new graveyard into old. This original entrance comprises of a pair of rusted gates set between two square low piers built of rubble stone and set in mortar. Immediately beside the gate to the W or left is a two step stile while a second stile is built into the W limits of the wall. A third disused step stile is located on the N boundary wall. The old burial ground of Dunurlin has a large raised and bumpy interior within which lies the ruined medieval church. The ground rises from the south to the height of the church at circa 2m and drops away sharply outside the W, N and E. The NE corner of the old burial ground is overgrown and no graves or tombs are visible there. This may reflect the earlier limits of the graveyard, as denoted on the 1841 map when it was much smaller and squarer than the current larger wedge shape. The graveyard was first enlarged between 1841 and 1896 as the 2nd Ed. OS map demonstrates. The raised central area of the old burial ground is more or less surrounded by thirty four generally large 19th and 20th century tombs and a few grass covered and formal modern grave settings. Studded across the raised interior to the south and east of the church are one hundred and sixty (160) unhewn and unnamed headstones as well as at least five cross-slabs. A sixth cross-slab lies against the interior of the E gable. There are twenty-two named tombs in Dunurlin Graveyard, the majority of which are in good order. The tombs are mainly of the simple box type tombs finished with a coarse cement render. The Ó Lúbhaing tomb (274) is of the strong box variety with shouldered haunches. While Bruic tomb (294) is a modern house shaped tomb constructed with small rubble stone. There are twelve unnamed tomb in Dunurlin Graveyard. The majority of the tombs are of the box variety. Others comprise low rectangular flat tombs built with small rubble stones. Several of the tombs are un-rendered, covered or partially covered in grass, briars, furze and in need of repair and maintenance. There are one hundred and fifty four modern named headstones associated with formal grave settings at Dunurlin graveyard. There are one hundred and sixty one unnamed headstones (HWN & Appendix 4) in total recorded in the course of this survey. All of the unnamed headstones are simple grave markers of unhewn local sandstone and are predominantly disposed around the central area of the old graveyard. There were six small cross slabs recorded in Dunurlin in the course of this survey. One of the cross-slabs is modern (546), located beside the bench/patio area has a Chi-Rho inscribed on it. No previously unrecorded architectural fragments were recorded in Dunurlin Graveyard. According to Ó Coileáin 110 architectural fragments were found during the 1991 excavations of which 101 were noted in the course of this survey and discussed above. However, it is possible that other were removed to the Ballyferriter Museum. One fragment identified by Ó Coileáin as a cusped ogee head of a window was not found' (Dunne 2010, 2-16). See attached plan and photographs courtesy of Laurence Dunne. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 994. 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: 7 July 2022

• KE042-041002 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about a cross-inscribed stone no. 530: 'There were six small cross slabs recorded in Dunurlin in the course of this survey. One of the cross-slabs is modern (546), located beside the bench/patio area has a Chi-Rho inscribed on it. See attached plan and photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne. Four other cross slabs, (530, 531, 532 and 533), are clustered together outside the south-eastern limits of the church. Cross-slab (530) has a deeply incised Latin cross with ‘T’ bar terminals to both arms' (Dunne 2010, 15). See attached plan and photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Laurence Dunne Date of upload: 7 July 2022

• KE042-041003 Cross-slab
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about cross-slab no. 535: 'A single cross-slab (535), excavated in 1991, stands against the E gable of the medieval church' (Dunne 2010, 15). See attached plan and photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Laurence Dunne Date of upload: 7 July 2022

• KE042-041004 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about a cross-inscribed stone no. 531: 'There were six small cross slabs recorded in Dunurlin in the course of this survey. One of the cross-slabs is modern (546), located beside the bench/patio area has a Chi-Rho inscribed on it. Four other cross slabs, (530, 531, 532 and 533), are clustered together outside the south-eastern limits of the church. Cross-slab (530) has a deeply incised Latin cross with ‘T’ bar terminals to both arms (Plate 36). Immediately beside to the N is a rough partially exposed stone with a deeply cut possibly Latin cross. The stone is inclined on its face which makes it difficult to determine the full extent of the cross form' (Dunne 2010, 15). See attached plan and photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Laurence Dunne Date of upload: 7 July 2022

• KE042-041006 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about a cross-inscribed stone no. 533: 'There were six small cross slabs recorded in Dunurlin in the course of this survey. One of the cross-slabs is modern (546), located beside the bench/patio area has a Chi-Rho inscribed on it. The fourth cross-slab (533) is also barely visible above the ground and has deeply incised cross partially visible' (Dunne 2010, 15). See attached plan and photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Laurence Dunne Date of upload: 7 July 2022

• KE042-042005 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  In 2010 a graveyard survey carried out by Laurence Dunne recorded the following details about a cross-inscribed stone no. 532: 'There were six small cross slabs recorded in Dunurlin in the course of this survey. One of the cross-slabs is modern (546), located beside the bench/patio area has a Chi-Rho inscribed on it. The third cross-slab of this group, (532), lies immediately W of 531 [KE042-042004-]. This sandstone lies on its side and partially displays a rough Latin cross (?) on one face and a small equal armed cross on the other face' (Dunne 2010, 15). See attached plan and photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Laurence Dunne Date of upload: 7 July 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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 Gortadoo, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Gortadoo, Ballyferriter7 sales

Name

Gortadoo · Na Gorta Dubha

Area

1,715,856 m² (171.59 ha, 424 acres)

Civil parish

Dunurlin, and its townlands

Barony

Corkaguiny

Electoral division

Dunurlin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

481 people lived in 204 households in the Dunurlin electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 45% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballincolla, Ballyaglisha, Ballyferriter, Ballyoughteragh North, Ballyoughteragh South, Cloonties, Farranlateeve

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Gortadoo 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.