Gransha Lower

47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gransha Lower, from 23 m² to 223,565 m² (22.36 ha, 55.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Castleisland-Corca Dhuibhne Municipal District Settlements' Plan (Variation 3 Kerry CDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Castleisland-Corca Dhuibhne Municipal District Settlements' Plan (Variation 3 Kerry CDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 18 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Mixed Use, General Development (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Castleisland-Corca Dhuibhne Municipal District Settlements' Plan (Variation 3 Kerry CDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New/Proposed Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Castleisland-Corca Dhuibhne Municipal District Settlements' Plan (Variation 3 Kerry CDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Active Open Space (Active open space)
  Castleisland-Corca Dhuibhne Municipal District Settlements' Plan (Variation 3 Kerry CDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Strategic Residential Reserve
  Castleisland-Corca Dhuibhne Municipal District Settlements' Plan (Variation 3 Kerry CDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space/Park (Open space, park)
  Castleisland-Corca Dhuibhne Municipal District Settlements' Plan (Variation 3 Kerry CDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Landscape Protection (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Castleisland-Corca Dhuibhne Municipal District Settlements' Plan (Variation 3 Kerry CDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O1Strategic Reserve, White Land (Strategic reserve, White land)
  Castleisland-Corca Dhuibhne Municipal District Settlements' Plan (Variation 3 Kerry CDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 25 Jul 2022Conditional

  CARRY OUT WORKS TO A PROTECTED STRUCTURE, AS SET OUT BELOW. (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING TWO-STOREY NON-ORIGINAL EXTENSION TO SIDE OF EXISTING OF A PROTECTED STRUCTURE; (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE-STOREY EXTENSION TOTHE WEST AND NORTH OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, FORMING TWO COURTYARDS AND COVERED PATHWAYS; (3) CONVERSION OF THE EXISTING SHED TO A HABITABLE ACCOMMODATION/GUESTROOM; (4) MISCELLANEOUS WORKS TO THE EXISTING PROTECTED STRUCTURE AS FOLLOWS: (A) REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING ROOF FINISH WITH NATURAL SLATE AND PROVISION OF REPLACEMENT RAINWATER GOODS (B) REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING CEMENTITIOUS RENDER AND REPLACEMENT WITH NEW NATURAL LIME RENDER; (C) REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING NON-ORIGINAL UPVC WINDOWS; (D) MODIFICATIONS TO THE NORTHERN ELEVATION, COMPRISING OF 1 NO NEW WINDOW OPE AT FIRST FLOOR (E) MODIFICATIONS TO THE EASTERN ELEVATION; COMPRISING OF THE ADDITION OF 1 NO NEW WINDOW OPE, 1 NO NEW DOOR OPE AND CONVERSION OF 1 NO EXISTING WINDOW INTO A DOOR OPE (F) MODIFICATION TO THE WESTERN ELEVATION, COMPRISING CONVERSION OF 2 NO. EXISTING WINDOW INTO 2 NO. DOOR OPES (G) ADDITION OF A ROOF LIGHT TO THE NORTHERN ELEVATION; (H) INTERNAL MODIFICATIONS COMPRISING THE REMOVAL OF 2 NO. SECTIONS OF WALLS/CHIMENY BREASTS TO FORM NEW INTERNAL OPES AT KITCHEN/DINING AREA. (5) EXTERNAL WORKS TO INCLUDE ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE, SITE DEVELOPMENT WORK, LANDSCAPING AND REPAIR WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22825

• 30 Dec 2021Conditional

  RETAIN (1) EXISTING DWELLING AS BUILT (PREVIOUS PLANNING REG 91/1395) WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES AS BUILT INCLUDING FRONT AND SIDE ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 211529

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 Gransha Lower.

Recorded monuments

• KE047-029 Ecclesiastical site
  Description

  The medieval church (KE047-029001-) of Kiltallagh (Cill Tulach) is located in the townland of Gransha Lower, parish of Kiltallagh, diocese of Ardfert, barony of Trughanacmy. According to O'Donoghue (1893, 36), 'The church of 'Faolan of Kiltulach' may have bee that of Kiltallagh, from which Carthage Mochuda was forced to withdraw, and which Bishop Domaingen may have bee given in charge to his brother Faolan'. Circular-shaped graveyard (KE047-029002-) may represent the ecclesiastical enclosure of an early Christian monastery associated with St Faolan and St Carthage. In 1302 the papal taxation of the Deanery of Offeria in the diocese of Ardfert listed the church of 'Kiltulagh' which was then valued annually at 13s. 4d. with the tithe valued at 16d. (Cal. doc. Ire. vol. 5, 295). Church of Ireland building probably stands on site of medieval church of Kiltullagh which was dedicated to St Carthach. In 1871 it was recorded that the medieval church 'stood where the Protestant church now stands. There are some stones of the old building scatter about the graveyard, and one in the immediate vicinity, hollowed in the shape of an inverted cone, around people pay rounds. This is called Cloch-Mochaeda [KE047-028001-], or the stone of St. Carthage Mochaeda' (Cusack 1871, 453). Folklore collected from Castlemaine School about the 'The Old Church of Kiltallagh' recorded the following tradition; 'There is an old ruin of a church near my uncles house. There are three priests buried in the middle of the old ruin. On a dark Winters night big light is seen there. There is also a ruin of town to be seen. It is called Clounalassan. It is probably one of the forts owned by Fingen Macuda's father. Not very far from the ruin is a stone called the holy stone [KE047-028001-]. People come to this stone to get cured and leave rags on a tree near it. People say if you took anyone of the rags in your hands you would get the disease the person had. This stone is called Cloc Moc[?] and is situated in the foot- path leading to the Rectory. The people come to this stone generally before dawn and bring a bottle of water from a well nearby. They then say three or four rosaries and wash their eyes in the water. Immediately they are cured and leave a rag or some other token on a tree near the stone as we have already mentioned' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0433, Page 034; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4687710/4686092). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 May 2022

• KE047-029001 Church
  Description

  The medieval church of Kiltallagh (Cill Tulach) is located in the townland of Gransha Lower, parish of Kiltallagh, diocese of Ardfert, barony of Trughanacmy. According to O'Donoghue (1893, 36), 'The church of 'Faolan of Kiltulach' may have bee that of Kiltallagh, from which Carthage Mochuda was forced to withdraw, and which Bishop Domaingen may have bee given in charge to his brother Faolan'. In 1302 the papal taxation of the Deanery of Offeria in the diocese of Ardfert listed the church of 'Kiltulagh' which was then valued annually at 13s. 4d. with the tithe valued at 16d. (Cal. doc. Ire. vol. 5, 295). Church of Ireland building probably stands on site of medieval church of Kiltullagh which was dedicated to St Carthach. In 1871 it was recorded that the medieval church 'stood where the Protestant church now stands. There are some stones of the old building scatter about the graveyard, and one in the immediate vicinity, hollowed in the shape of an inverted cone, around people pay rounds. This is called Cloch-Mochaeda [KE047-028001-], or the stone of St. Carthage Mochaeda' (Cusack 1871, 453). Saint Cartach's Church (NIAH Reg. No.21304701) described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as a; 'Freestanding double-height Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, date 1816, with three-bay nave and single-bay three-stage entrance tower to west gable end. Renovated internally and extended, c. 1875, with single-bay single-storey vestry projection added to north elevation. Graveyard to site with various cut-stone grave markers and mausolea, c. 1820-present. Gateway, built c. 1820, to south-east comprising pair of limestone ashlar piers with cast-iron gates' (www.buildingsofireland.ie). Folklore collected from Castlemaine School about the 'The Old Church of Kiltallagh' recorded the following tradition; 'There is an old ruin of a church near my uncles house. There are three priests buried in the middle of the old ruin. On a dark Winters night big light is seen there. There is also a ruin of town to be seen. It is called Clounalassan. It is probably one of the forts owned by Fingen Macuda's father. Not very far from the ruin is a stone called the holy stone [KE047-028001-]. People come to this stone to get cured and leave rags on a tree near it. People say if you took anyone of the rags in your hands you would get the disease the person had. This stone is called Cloc Moc[?] and is situated in the foot- path leading to the Rectory. The people come to this stone generally before dawn and bring a bottle of water from a well nearby. They then say three or four rosaries and wash their eyes in the water. Immediately they are cured and leave a rag or some other token on a tree near the stone as we have already mentioned' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0433, Page 034; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4687710/4686092). See attached photograph courtesy of Amanda Clarke Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 May 2022

• KE047-029002 Graveyard
  Description

  The medieval church and graveyard of Kiltallagh (Cill Tulach) is located in the townland of Gransha Lower, parish of Kiltallagh, diocese of Ardfert, barony of Trughanacmy. C. of I. church dedicated to St. Carthach stands in N quadrant of circular-shaped graveyard (diam. c. 46m) the N boundary of which forms the townland boundary with Meanus. Field to SW annotated 'Church Field' on 1841 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Graveyard entered off public road to S with second entrance leading from graveyard at NE towards Kiltallagh House located 137m to the NE. Cloghmacudda (KE047-028001-) 123m to E. In 2016 Test trenching was undertaken by Tracy Collins of Aegis Archaeology Ltd under licence No. 16E0452 in advance of a proposed graveyard extension at St Carthach's Church of Ireland church, which is built on the site of an earlier ecclesiastical site. Six trenches were excavated by machine across the location of the proposed graveyard location. Nothing of an archaeological nature was found. In 1871 it was recorded that the medieval church 'stood where the Protestant church now stands. There are some stones of the old building scatter about the graveyard, and one in the immediate vicinity, hollowed in the shape of an inverted cone, around people pay rounds. This is called Cloch-Mochaeda [KE047-028001-], or the stone of St. Carthage Mochaeda' (Cusack 1871, 453). Saint Cartach's Church (NIAH Reg. No.21304701) described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as a; 'Freestanding double-height Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, date 1816, with three-bay nave and single-bay three-stage entrance tower to west gable end. Renovated internally and extended, c. 1875, with single-bay single-storey vestry projection added to north elevation. Graveyard to site with various cut-stone grave markers and mausolea, c. 1820-present. Gateway, built c. 1820, to south-east comprising pair of limestone ashlar piers with cast-iron gates' (www.buildingsofireland.ie). Folklore collected from Castlemaine School about the 'The Old Church of Kiltallagh' recorded the following tradition; 'There is an old ruin of a church near my uncles house. There are three priests buried in the middle of the old ruin. On a dark Winters night big light is seen there. There is also a ruin of town to be seen. It is called Clounalassan. It is probably one of the forts owned by Fingen Macuda's father. Not very far from the ruin is a stone called the holy stone [KE047-028001-]. People come to this stone to get cured and leave rags on a tree near it. People say if you took anyone of the rags in your hands you would get the disease the person had. This stone is called Cloc Moc[?] and is situated in the foot- path leading to the Rectory. The people come to this stone generally before dawn and bring a bottle of water from a well nearby. They then say three or four rosaries and wash their eyes in the water. Immediately they are cured and leave a rag or some other token on a tree near the stone as we have already mentioned' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0433, Page 034; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4687710/4686092). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 May 2022

• KE047-029004 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  The medieval church (KE047-029001-) of Kiltallagh (Cill Tulach) is located in the townland of Gransha Lower, parish of Kiltallagh, diocese of Ardfert, barony of Trughanacmy. According to O'Donoghue (1893, 36), 'The church of 'Faolan of Kiltulach' may have bee that of Kiltallagh, from which Carthage Mochuda was forced to withdraw, and which Bishop Domaingen may have bee given in charge to his brother Faolan'. Circular-shaped graveyard (KE047-029002-) may represent the ecclesiastical enclosure of an early Christian monastery associated with St Faolan and St Carthage. In 1302 the papal taxation of the Deanery of Offeria in the diocese of Ardfert listed the church of 'Kiltulagh' which was then valued annually at 13s. 4d. with the tithe valued at 16d. (Cal. doc. Ire. vol. 5, 295). Church of Ireland building probably stands on site of medieval church of Kiltullagh which was dedicated to St Carthach. In 1871 it was recorded that the medieval church 'stood where the Protestant church now stands. There are some stones of the old building scatter about the graveyard, and one in the immediate vicinity, hollowed in the shape of an inverted cone, around people pay rounds. This is called Cloch-Mochaeda [KE047-028001-], or the stone of St. Carthage Mochaeda' (Cusack 1871, 453). Folklore collected from Castlemaine School about the 'The Old Church of Kiltallagh' recorded the following tradition; 'There is an old ruin of a church near my uncles house. There are three priests buried in the middle of the old ruin. On a dark Winters night big light is seen there. There is also a ruin of town to be seen. It is called Clounalassan. It is probably one of the forts owned by Fingen Macuda's father. Not very far from the ruin is a stone called the holy stone [KE047-028001-]. People come to this stone to get cured and leave rags on a tree near it. People say if you took anyone of the rags in your hands you would get the disease the person had. This stone is called Cloc Moc[?] and is situated in the foot- path leading to the Rectory. The people come to this stone generally before dawn and bring a bottle of water from a well nearby. They then say three or four rosaries and wash their eyes in the water. Immediately they are cured and leave a rag or some other token on a tree near the stone as we have already mentioned' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0433, Page 034; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4687710/4686092). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 May 2022

• KE047-029005 Architectural fragment
  Description

  The medieval church and graveyard of Kiltallagh (Cill Tulach) is located in the townland of Gransha Lower, parish of Kiltallagh, diocese of Ardfert, barony of Trughanacmy. C. of I. church dedicated to St. Carthach stands in N quadrant of circular-shaped graveyard the N boundary of which forms the townland boundary with Meanus. Field to SW annotated 'Church Field' on 1841 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Graveyard entered off public road to S with second entrance leading from graveyard at NE towards Kiltallagh House located 137m to the NE. Cloghmacudda (KE047-028001-) 123m to E. In 1871 there was a reference to architectural fragments of the medieval church which stated that the medieval church site 'stood where the Protestant church now stands. There are some stones of the old building scatter about the graveyard, and one in the immediate vicinity, hollowed in the shape of an inverted cone, around people pay rounds. This is called Cloch-Mochaeda [KE047-028001-], or the stone of St. Carthage Mochaeda' (Cusack 1871, 453). Architectural fragment of medieval church located outside the SE corner of the C of I church (KE047-029001-). See attached photograph of head of twin light ogee-headed window with sunken spandrels belonging to the medieval church courtesy of Amanda Clarke Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 May 2022

Architectural heritage

• Saint Carthage's Church (Kiltallagh), church/chapel, 1815–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding double-height Board of First Fruits Church of Ireland church, date 1816, with three-bay nave and single-bay three-stage entrance tower to west gable end. Renovated internally and extended, c. 1875, with single-bay single-storey vestry projection added to north elevation. Pitched slate roofs with clay ridge tiles and replacement rainwater goods. Castellated parapet to tower with corner pinnacles. Exposed random pink and grey sandstone walls with limestone ashlar projecting eaves band, remains of roughcast to north and west walls, and cement repointing. Pointed arch window openings with ashlar voussoirs, limestone sills and timber multiple paned sliding sash windows with switch track glazing bars. Limestone door surround with two relieving arches to timber boarded door. Red brick arches and reveals to vestry openings. Leaded coloured and stained glass panels inside the timber sliding sash windows to interior. Flat ceiling with plaster coving and cornice to edges. Fine limestone baptismal font dated 1821. Iron communion rail supports c. 1870. Carved timber pulpit and altar table c. 1870. Graveyard to site with various cut-stone grave markers and mausolea, c. 1820-present. Gateway, built c. 1820, to south-east comprising pair of limestone ashlar piers with cast-iron gates.

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 Gransha Lower, about 1 in 20 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_132 (ZIP).

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

Name

Gransha Lower

Area

601,601 m² (60.16 ha, 148.66 acres)

Civil parish

Kiltallagh, and its townlands

Barony

Trughanacmy

Electoral division

Kiltallagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

558 people lived in 221 households in the Kiltallagh electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annagh, Brackhill, Castlemaine, Cloonalassan, Meanus

Placenames

Gransha Lower 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.