Gullane West
Townland in the civil parish of Kilconly, barony of Iraghticonnor, Co. Kerry; in Irish An Gallán Thiar
- Area
- 61.2 ha
- 151 acres
- Land parcels
- 2
- registered freehold, median 304,598 m² (30.46 ha, 75.27 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gullane West, from 303,590 m² (30.36 ha, 75.02 acres) to 305,605 m² (30.56 ha, 75.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Gullane West 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
No planning application touches the townland of Gullane West in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Gullane West.
Recorded monuments
- KE001-014 Ringfort - rath
Description
Lisheenroe/Lisín Rua (russet little ringfort). A circular univallate enclosure marked on the 1841-42 and 1914-15 OS map, it no longer survives. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 136. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE001-015 Enclosure
Description
This circular enclosure is marked on the first edition and on the 1914-15 OS maps. Today, this site has been levelled and only a slight trace of it can be identified by a change in the colour of the vegetation. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 138. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE001-029 Enclosure
Description
Lisnapeastia/Lios na Péiste (ringfort of the serpent). Marked on the 1841-42 and 1914-15 OS map as a circular enclosure, it was completely ploughed out in the 1980s and no surface trace survives. According to Westropp (1909), it was 'a large low fort'. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 137. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE001-030 Ringfort - rath
Description
This site lay immediately SE of Lisnapeastia (KE001-029----), but was ploughed out in the 1980s and no surface trace can be seen today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 139. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE001-031 Enclosure
Description
Marked on the 1841-42 and 1914-15 OS maps as a circular enclosure, this site is situated SE of Lisnapeastia (KE001-029----). It also shows up quite clearly on the Geographical Survey of Ireland's aerial photographs (1974 Q80) but it was levelled in 1986 and no surface trace survives today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 140. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gullane West.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gullane West.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Gullane West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Gullane West · An Gallán Thiar
- Area
- 612,306 m² (61.23 ha, 151.3 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilconly, and its townlands
- Barony
- Iraghticonnor
- Electoral division
- Gullane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Gullane electoral division: 278 people in 112 households; 88% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 12% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Beal Middle, Gullane Middle, Kilconly North, Kilconly South, Trippul West
- Placenames
- Gullane West 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.