Islandboy

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Islandboy, from 76 m² to 199,725 m² (19.97 ha, 49.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 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 Islandboy 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Islandboy 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.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165

Recorded monuments

• KE017-005 Church
  Description

  Duagh Church (in ruins), graveyard (KE017-005001-) located in the townland of Islandboy (An tOileán Buí), in the parish of Duagh (Dubháth/black ford), in the medieval diocese of Ardfert and the barony of Clanmaurice (Clann Mhuiris). In 1483 there is a reference to Patrick Fitzmaurice who succeeded Edmund Fitzmaurice as priest of the parish church of Edua (Dubh-áth na Féile) in the diocese of Ardfert (O'Connell and Costello 1958, 30-1). According to an entry in the Cal. papal letters, xii. 582 an arrangement had developed by which the abbot of O'Dorney monastery (Abbeydorney Monastery KE021-053001-) 'farmed' the revenues of Duagh and Cúil-Ó-dTaidhg (Ballynahaglish parish KE028-045----) on behalf of the rector appropriate in Connall abbey (KD023-016----), Co. Kildare who used to receive from the two parishes an annual income of one mark sterling (ibid.). In 1466 a papal letter sent to 'The abbot of the monastery of the Apostles Peter and Paul, Ratuaych [Ratoo KE009-056004-], in the diocese of Ardfert' concerning the petition of Edmund, abbot of the Cistercian monastery of St.Mary, O'Dorney (de Kyrieleyson) regarding the two rectories of Cuylogoich [Cúil-Ó-dTaidhg KE028-045----] and Dubhact [Duagh] which were united to the Augustinian monastery of St. Mary, Connayl, Kildare (Cal. papal letters, 582-3). The petition stated that the tithes 'of which rectories have been wont to be granted by the abbot and convent of Connayl for a farm or yearly pension of one mark sterling, but are at present withdrawn to the said monastery on account of the non-payment of the said pension although they have been detained against the will and consent of the said abbot and convent by Maurice Fizmores [Fitzmaurice], clerk, of the said diocese of Ardfert; and that if the said fruits etc. were leased and assigned for life to the said abbot Edmund for such farm or pension, he would try to recover the said rectories and fruits etc. from the said Maurice, who is powerful, and would pay the said pension yearly to the abbot and convent of Connayl, and that this would be to the manifest advantage of both the said abbots and monasteries. The pope therefore hereby orders the above abbot to summon the said abbot and convent of Connayl and Maurice and others concerned, and if he find the foregoing to be true, to grant the said fruits etc. for life to abbot Edmund for a farm or yearly pension of one mark sterling, to be paid yearly to the abbot and convent of Connayl, removing therefrom any unlawful detainers'. The ruins of the medieval parish church of Duagh stands in the W quadrant of the graveyard, and has been built on a limestone outcrop with steep escarpments to the N, E and S. Very little remains of this church. The N wall and E gable have completely disappeared, and only a small section of the W gable remains along with the S wall, so overall dimensions of the church could not be obtained. The S wall remains are 19.5m long and 0.8m thick. There are two gaps in the wall: one, 3.5m from the W gable, measures 1.4m wide, the other, 11.2m from the W gable, measures 0.7m wide. The wall ranges from 0.5m- 1.4m high. Only a tiny section of the W gable, 10.7m N of the SW corner of the church, survives. It measures 5m long, c 1m high and 1.8m thick. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 957. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Caimin O’Brien Date of revised upload: 18 May 2022

• KE017-005001 Graveyard
  Description

  In 2011 an archaeological survey conducted at Duagh Graveyard by Robert Hanbidge was undertaken on behalf of Kerry County Council. The survey described the graveyard as follows; 'Duagh Graveyard is located within the townland Islandboy (ED Duagh), Co. Kerry, situated approximately 0.9km north-east of the village of Duagh and approximately 8 km southeast of Listowel. The River Feale Valley is located immediately to the north-east. The land rises gradually to the southwest, south and east where the respective Stack, Glanaruddery and Mullaghareirk Mountain Ranges are located. Notable structures within the vicinity of the site include the site of Duagh House, a medium-sized eighteenth century country house which was built by the Fitzmaurices, but demolished in the 1960’s. Some evidence of a designed landscape associated with Duagh House does survive some of which adjoins the graveyard; tree lined avenues and copses. The graveyard itself is situated on a gentle sloped angular platform which falls sharply to the northeast into the basin of the River Feale Valley, almost forming a promontory with the surrounding cliffs enhancing the effect. A small stream that forms the townland boundary between the townlands of Islandboy and Duagh runs parallel to the southern boundary of the graveyard and forms a small but steep natural glen. Within the graveyard a portion of ruinous wall may relate to the church structure that is illustrated on the OS First Edition 6”Map Sheet 17 (1839) and the OS 25” Map Sheet 17-03 (1910). For the most part the original graveyard follows a regular plan and is situated on a gentle west-east slope. A noted short break of slope occurs close to the southern boundary before the ground levels off immediately inside the southern boundary. Located to the west of the midway point along this break of slope within the graveyard is the partial ruin of what is probably the southern exterior wall of the church (KE017-005----). The graveyard has been recently extended to the north-west which more than doubles its size. To accommodate and integrate this extension into the original graveyard, the northern boundary wall and the northern portion of the western boundary wall have been removed and replaced by recent tarmacadam pathways. Historic rubblestone walls with rubblestone coping enclose the original graveyard while a recently reconstructed rubblestone wall forms the southern portion of the western enclosing wall. A recent timber post and rail fence links the historic southern boundary wall to the reconstructed western boundary wall. The southern portion of the eastern boundary to the recent extension consists of a rendered rubblestone wall with rendered rubblestone coping and rendered piers. The graveyard is accessed via three entrances. A pedestrian entrance is located within the western boundary wall of the original graveyard. Flanking this entrance to the north is an historic stile comprising of a number of projecting flagstones protruding from the wall to both the east and west elevations. The second larger entrance is located to the west of this stile within the southern boundary of the graveyard extension. The third entrance, again slightly larger in size is located c. 24.5 m west of the second entrance also within the southern boundary of the graveyard extension. The oldest grave recorded, with a date of 1763, is Grave No. 17. The boundaries of Duagh Burial Ground have gone through several phases of alteration within the last 200 years. Examining the OS First Edition 6” Map Sheet 17 (1839), the ruins of Duagh Church are marked within a small rectangular graveyard (probably occupying the most level area close to the entrance of the current graveyard). No visible remains of this initial boundary to the graveyard were observed during this survey. By the time of the publication of the OS 25” Map Sheet 17-03 (1910), the graveyard has expanded to a large polygon shape that represents the historic area of the current graveyard. Later on in the twentieth century the graveyard has expanded considerably to the northwest to the size that it is today. For the most part the boundaries visible on the OS 25” Map Sheet 17-03 (1910) are still extant with the exception of most of the northern boundary having been removed and replaced by a tarmacadam pathway to facilitate the enlargement of the graveyard. These walls consist of roughly dressed mortared rubblestone with convex render coping and have an average height of c. 1.5m. In total eight tombs were represented in Duagh Graveyard, seven of which were named. All of the tombs except for Grave No. 285 are rectangular in plan and vary in construction, with rubblestone walls featuring either dressed limestone or roughly dressed rubblestone quoins. The tombs at Grave Nos. 20, 272 & 283 are distinguished by the use of external smooth rendering. There are 223 named headstones and plots within Duagh Graveyard. The majority of these are in good condition and mostly date to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. There were only 20 unnamed or illegible headstones and plots present during the survey of Duagh Graveyard. In total 53 unnamed gravemarkers were recorded within Duagh Graveyard. The majority of these were concentrated in the central third of the graveyard and consisted of simple locally sourced stone, usually thin pieces which were placed in the ground e.g. Grave No. 168. Located within a mound of rubble which partially covers the unnamed tomb (Grave No. 249) was a possible fragment of a saddle quern. The fragment appears to be broken and consists of a portion of a sub-oval shaped basin. A series of inscribed lines on one end might indicate that the item was also used as a whet stone for sharpening metal implements. Also marking a burial (Grave No. 304), this carved stone is a broken off portion from the neighbouring headstone Miscellaneous No. 05 (Grave No. 305) with both originally forming part of a larger carved stone slab. The stone displays a simple raised moulding on the northern edge while the pecked portion of an arc is visible on the upper (southern) corner. The corresponding portion of the arch to Miscellaneous No. 03 is below the ground surface. It is not clear what this stone slab originally formed, it may possibly relate to the church which was located nearby to the south. Situated on a gentle slope close to the southern boundary beside a plot (Grave No. 83) was a disturbed tooled limestone plinth block. Representing the base of a headstone, the original location of this grave memorial is unknown. A small maker’s plaque ‘T. McAuliffe’ was noted to the upper edge. This large carved slab also marked a burial (Grave No. 305) and originally formed part of a large carved stone slab with Miscellaneous No. 02. The stone displays a simple raised moulding forming a border which develops into an ogee curved raided panel at the southern end. A deeply carved curvilinear channel is also visible above the grass at the south end' (Hanbidge 2012). Revised by: Caimin O’Brien Date of revised upload: 18 May 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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 Islandboy.

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

Name

Islandboy · An tOileán Buí

Area

549,245 m² (54.92 ha, 135.72 acres)

Civil parish

Duagh, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmaurice

Electoral division

Duagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Duagh electoral division: 521 people in 194 households; 81% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballygarret, Duagh, Kilmeany, Knockavallig, Shronebeirne

Placenames

Islandboy 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.