# Gowlane, Co. Kerry: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Molahiffe, barony of Magunihy, Co. Kerry; in Irish An Gabhlán.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,348,860 m² (134.89 ha, 333.31 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 9,417 m² (0.94 ha, 2.33 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Molahiffe, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/molahiffe.md
- Barony: Magunihy
- Electoral division: Molahiffe, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/23681
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 71585
- Centre: latitude 52.14607, longitude -9.568569 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gowlane, from 372 m² to 204,138 m² (20.41 ha, 50.44 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1209021: 204,138 m² (20.41 ha, 50.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1209021.md
- Parcel 1155256: 156,054 m² (15.61 ha, 38.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1155256.md
- Parcel 1222246: 121,217 m² (12.12 ha, 29.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1222246.md
- Parcel 1183160: 115,041 m² (11.5 ha, 28.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1183160.md
- Parcel 5022450: 90,435 m² (9.04 ha, 22.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5022450.md
- Parcel 1219049: 49,497 m² (4.95 ha, 12.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1219049.md
- Parcel 1202405: 48,079 m² (4.81 ha, 11.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1202405.md
- Parcel 1158947: 46,015 m² (4.6 ha, 11.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1158947.md
- Parcel 1217614: 42,492 m² (4.25 ha, 10.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1217614.md
- Parcel 1211450: 39,690 m² (3.97 ha, 9.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1211450.md
- Parcel 1215921: 38,180 m² (3.82 ha, 9.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1215921.md
- Parcel 1148118: 38,080 m² (3.81 ha, 9.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1148118.md
- Parcel 1151919: 37,197 m² (3.72 ha, 9.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1151919.md
- Parcel 1234934: 35,812 m² (3.58 ha, 8.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1234934.md
- Parcel 1182116: 30,170 m² (3.02 ha, 7.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1182116.md
- Parcel 1236483: 26,120 m² (2.61 ha, 6.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1236483.md
- Parcel 1197444: 23,415 m² (2.34 ha, 5.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1197444.md
- Parcel 1194005: 23,298 m² (2.33 ha, 5.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1194005.md
- Parcel 1225507: 20,565 m² (2.06 ha, 5.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1225507.md
- Parcel 1241347: 18,595 m² (1.86 ha, 4.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1241347.md
- Parcel 1210732: 17,666 m² (1.77 ha, 4.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1210732.md
- Parcel 1220402: 17,449 m² (1.74 ha, 4.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1220402.md
- Parcel 1212144: 16,371 m² (1.64 ha, 4.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1212144.md
- Parcel 1184823: 14,854 m² (1.49 ha, 3.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1184823.md
- Parcel 1142454: 11,682 m² (1.17 ha, 2.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1142454.md
- Parcel 1207107: 7,152 m² (0.72 ha, 1.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1207107.md
- Parcel 1158920: 6,927 m² (0.69 ha, 1.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1158920.md
- Parcel 1530263: 5,714 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1530263.md
- Parcel 5500081: 5,363 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5500081.md
- Parcel 1204095: 4,220 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1204095.md
- Parcel 1182958: 3,254 m² (0.33 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1182958.md
- Parcel 1182847: 2,835 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1182847.md
- Parcel 1164708: 2,826 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164708.md
- Parcel 1199855: 2,777 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1199855.md
- Parcel 4545598: 2,690 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4545598.md
- Parcel 5789012: 2,467 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5789012.md
- Parcel 1164707: 2,400 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164707.md
- Parcel 1139700: 2,244 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1139700.md
- Parcel 1244752: 2,149 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1244752.md
- Parcel 1140481: 2,110 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1140481.md
- Parcel 2875003: 2,054 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2875003.md
- Parcel 1159488: 2,039 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1159488.md
- Parcel 1184209: 1,711 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1184209.md
- Parcel 1139197: 1,500 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1139197.md
- Parcel 1157405: 1,298 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1157405.md
- Parcel 1204937: 914 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1204937.md
- Parcel 4133981: 659 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4133981.md
- Parcel 4134121: 645 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4134121.md
- Parcel 4938899: 413 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4938899.md
- Parcel 1246654: 372 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1246654.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

3 applications, newest first.

- 31 Jul 2025, Kerry County Council 2560663: Conditional. Permission. Full Planning Permission to construct a new dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment unit and soil polishing filter with all associated site services.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560663/0
- 2 Aug 2024, Kerry County Council 2460517: Refused. Permission, 1 home. Full Planning Permission to construct a new dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area with all associated site services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460517/0
- 21 Mar 2018, Kerry County Council 18261: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. (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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/18261/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

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

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- KE048-083: Burnt spread, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE048-083----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE048-084----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE048-113001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE048-113002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE048-113003-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE048-223----. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/kerry/gowlane-71585.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/gowlane-71585.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/gowlane-71585.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Gowlane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry: https://everytownland.com/kerry.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Caherdean: https://everytownland.com/kerry/caherdean.md
- Lisheennacannina: https://everytownland.com/kerry/lisheennacannina.md
- Rossmore: https://everytownland.com/kerry/rossmore.md
- Rusheen: https://everytownland.com/kerry/rusheen-72463.md
- Scart: https://everytownland.com/kerry/scart-72473.md
- Skahies: https://everytownland.com/kerry/skahies.md

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.

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Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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