Gortboy

75 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortboy, from 125 m² to 153,704 m² (15.37 ha, 37.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Gortboy 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.

• 3 Jun 2026Conditional

  The replacement of the existing footbridge with a new steel footbridge, handrails and associated foundations and infrastructure, all as outlined on submitted planning application drawings

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660491

• 21 Sept 2023Refused

  Permission to allow the importation of soil and inert material to his land at Carhoonahone, Beaufort, Co. Kerry, for the purpose of raising and improving the ground.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2360174

• 16 Jun 2022Refused

  (A) CARRY OUT CERTAIN FLOOD PREVENTION AND EROSION PREVENTION WORKS ON THEIR ADJOINING LANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF THE RIVER GADDAGH AS FOLLOWS (1) REPAIR OF EXISTING ROCK ARMOUR ON WESTERN BANK (11) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ROCK ARMOUR PROTECTION TO THE RIVER BANKS (111) CREATION OF GRAVEL DEPOSIT ZONE AT NORTHERN END OF SITE AND (B) PERMISSION TO ENGAGE IN OCCASIONAL RIVER CHANNEL MAINTENANCE AND CLEARING AS REQUIRED. THE RIVER GADDAGH IS PART OF A DESIGNATED SITE, THE KILLARNEY NATIONAL PARK, MACGILLYCUDDY REEKS AND CARAGH RIVER CATCHMENT, CASTLEMAINE HARBOUR SAC AND KILLARNEY NATIONAL PARK SPA. THE APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT SCREENING REPORT AND NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 22638

• 24 Jun 2021Conditional

  RETAIN (A)DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED ON SITE (B) REVISED ACCESS ROAD, ENTRANCE PILLARS AND WINGWALL AS CONSTRUCTED (C) SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AS CONSTRUCTED (D) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS ALL WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21693

• 21 May 2021N/a

  RETAIN (A) ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ENTRANCE PORCH AS CONSTRUCTED (B) REVISED ACCESS ROAD, ENTRANCE PILLARS AND WINGWALL AS CONSTRUCTED (C) SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AS CONSTRUCTED (D) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 21532

• 8 Nov 2019Conditional

  (I) CONSTRUCT A TWO STOREY DORMER STYLE FAMILY DWELLING AND PROPRIETARY WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH POLISHING FILTER AND (II) PERMISSION FOR CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING HOUSE FROM RESIDENTIAL USE TO USE AS AN ANCILLARY DOMESTIC STORAGE FACILITY ALL

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 191139

• 3 Sept 2019N/a

  (A) CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING DWELLING TO AGRICULTURAL STORE AND (B) CONSTRUCT A ONE AND A HALF STOREY DOMESTIC DWELLING HOUSE, WITH NEW ACCESS DRIVE AND TO INSTALL WASTE WATER TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER, ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL WORKS, AN EXTERNAL STORE, SERVICING AND LANDSCAPING ALL

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 19919

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: Castlemaine Harbour SAC 000343

Recorded monuments

• KE065-089 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the seccond edition of the OS map this site is depicted as a circular bivallate enclosure, the outer bank of which was shown around the N sector of the site only. The original line of the S sector of this bank, however, is reflected in the strong curvature of the modern field boundary. The site was completely levelled during the 1950s, and no visible trace remains. It was located N of Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, W of the Gaddagh river. Cooke records that both banks were of earth and stone construction (1906, 10). The outer bank varied in height from 3 feet (1.1m) to 6 feet (1.8m) above external ground level, and the intervening fosse averaged 16 feet (4.9m) wide.The inner bank was up to 10 feet (3m) wide. The internal diameter of the rath was 120 feet (36.6m) N-S.Towards the centre of the site's interior was a poorly preserved, circular stone structure, 20 feet (6.1m) in diameter. From this structure, which may have been a hut site (KE065-089001-), a low bank extended towards the site's enclosing element at E. 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. 675. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE065-089001 Hut site
  Description

  Towards the centre of the site's interior was a poorly preserved, circular stone structure, 20 feet (6.1m) in diameter. From this structure, which may have been a hut site (KE065-089001-), a low bank extended towards the site's enclosing element at E. 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. 675. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013

• KE065-090 Rock art
  Description

  This stone was located in a cultivated field on the lower N facing slopes of Knocknafreaghaun ridge, which extends from Macgillycuddy's Reeks. Extensive views may be had from the site to N and E. The stone was blasted in the 1950s, and fragments of it were used to line a well. Prior to this at least four feet (1.2m) had been broken off one of its ends (Hussey 1909, 103). It was an earthfast boulder of sandstone, approximately .75m high and at least 3.7m long. Its longer axis lay N-S and its decorated upper surface, which was covered in rock art motifs, sloped slightly upwards from both ends towards the centre (Cooke 1906, 9-10). These motifs consisted of at least forty-three cupmarks, twenty-one cup-and-rings, three cup-and-three rings and one cup-and-four rings. Some of the cupmarks were joined by radial grooves. The largest motif on the boulder was one foot (.3m) in diameter (O'Connell 1939b, 131). A number of other hollows may have been of natural origin (Hussey 1909, 104). See attached drawing of rock art taken from O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, Fig. 61 and photo Plate 29 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. 327. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. In gently undulating pasture (50m OD), close to foothills of MacGillycuddy’s Reeks. Gaddagh River to W and excellent views of MacGillycuddy’s Reeks to S. Not seen. According to local information, the rock art stone was blasted by a dynamite contractor in the 1950s and the stone used to line a well in nearby Carhoonahone townland. It is unknown the precise location of the well or if it is still in use (ibid). According O’Sullivan & Sheehan (1996, 96-97: Fig. 61; Plate 29), ‘This stone was located in a cultivated field on the lower N-facing slopes of Knocknafreaghaun ridge, which extends from Macgillycuddy's Reeks. Extensive views may be had from the site to N and E. The stone was blasted in the 1950s, and fragments of it were used to line a well. Prior to this at least four feet (1.2m) had been broken off one of its ends (Hussey 1909, 103). It was an earthfast boulder of sandstone, approximately .75m high and at least 3.7m long. Its longer axis lay N-S and its decorated upper surface, which was covered in rock art motifs, sloped slightly upwards from both ends towards the centre (Cooke 1906, 9-10). These motifs consisted of at least forty-three cupmarks, twenty-one cup-and-rings, three cup-and-three rings and one cup-and-four rings. Some of the cupmarks were joined by radial grooves. The largest motif on the boulder was one foot (.3m) in diameter (O'Connell 1939b, 131). A number of other hollows may have been of natural origin (Hussey 1909, 104)’. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 6 July 2017

• KE065-091 Hut site
  Description

  This site was located on the lower N facing slopes of Knocknafreaghaun, on boggy, rock-strewn land. Known locally as Cill an Chabhlaigh, Hussey described, it as being of rectangular plan, carefully built with large stones (1909, 105). O'Connell noted that it was cleared away in the 1930s (1939b, 129). 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. 1441. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Gortboy, about 1 in 5 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 Gortboy.

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

Name

Gortboy · An Gort Buí

Area

2,232,746 m² (223.27 ha, 551.72 acres)

Civil parish

Knockane, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkerron North

Electoral division

Curraghmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

382 people lived in 134 households in the Curraghmore electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Alohart, Carhoonahone, Cooleanig, Gearha, Killoughane, Lisleibane, Meallis

Placenames

Gortboy 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.