Gowlane

50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gowlane, from 372 m² to 204,138 m² (20.41 ha, 50.44 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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 Gowlane 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.

• 31 Jul 2025Conditional

  Full Planning Permission to construct a new dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment unit and soil polishing filter with all associated site services.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560663

• 2 Aug 2024Refused

  Full Planning Permission to construct a new dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area with all associated site services

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460517

• 21 Mar 2018Conditional

  (A) RETAIN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND SHED AS CONSTRUCTED (B) PERMISSION TO DECOMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND REPLACE SAME WITH A PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18261

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Gowlane.

Recorded monuments

• KE048-083 Burnt spread
  Description

  In pasture, immediately W of a stream. According to local information, a low circular mound here was levelled in the 1960s. Some burnt material is spread over the approximate area of the fulacht fia. (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE048-084 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a slight W-facing slope. A circular area (c. 33.5m N-S; 32.5m E-W) defined by a low rise (ext. H c. 0.6m) NE-NW, by a scarp NW-NNW and elsewhere by a WNW-ESE field boundary which truncates the N sector. The internal face of the bank slopes gently into the interior. A slight trace of a fosse is visible along the E and S arcs. The interior is level. According to local information, a large stone slab was removed from the W sector when the rath was being levelled in the 1950s. (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE048-113001 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on a S-facing slope, with a view to Magillycuddy's Reeks. The remains of an enclosure (82m N-S; 76m E-W) defined by traces of a low earthen bank (Wth c. 2.5m; H 0.3m) NE-NW. There are intermittent, faint traces of an internal fosse (Wth 10m; D 0.4m). A children's burial ground (KE048-113002-) and an ogham stone (KE048-113003-) are in the interior. According to Dennehy (2001, 20-3), the occurrence of the ogham stone and ceallúnach together suggests the possibility that the enclosure is ecclesiastical in nature. (Dennehy 2001, 20-23). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE048-113002 Children's burial ground
  Description

  In a possible ecclesiastical enclosure (KE048-113001-), c. 10m inside the bank of the enclosure at S. A roughly rectangular raised area (14m N-S; 13m E-W; H 0.35m) containing low uninscribed stone grave-markers (H 0.2m) set intermittently throughout the area. In the 1940s it was recorded that unbaptized children were buried here and that the field was called 'Páirc na Cille' (Schools Manuscript, Co. Kerry), the name by which it is still known. There is an ogham stone (KE048-113003-) in the NW corner of the children's burial ground. (Dennehy 2001, 20-23) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE048-113003 Ogham stone
  Description

  In the NW corner of a children's burial ground (KE048-113002-) and within a possible ecclesiastical enclosure (KE048-113001-). A roughly rectangular stone (H 0.5m; 0.2m x 0.12m) on a NE-SW axis. There is an ogham inscription which reads '…CIRE…or '...CUORE…' along the SW arris. This inscription extends below the ground. The top of the stone appears to have been broken off. Stones are scattered on the ground around the ogham stone. (Dennehy 2001, 20-23) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE048-223 Enclosure
  Description

  Reported to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland as the low remains of a small enclosure. There is no visible surface trace of any enclosure at this location. A small oval cropmark is evident at this location on modern aerial photography (OSi 2010). Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 10 September 2014

Architectural heritage

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

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 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

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

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

Name

Gowlane · An Gabhlán

Area

1,348,860 m² (134.89 ha, 333.31 acres)

Civil parish

Molahiffe, and its townlands

Barony

Magunihy

Electoral division

Molahiffe, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Molahiffe electoral division: 1,718 people in 611 households; 79% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Caherdean, Lisheennacannina, Rossmore, Rusheen, Scart, Skahies

Placenames

Gowlane 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.