Kealgorm
Townland in the civil parish of Castleisland, barony of Trughanacmy, Co. Kerry; in Irish An Caol Gorm
- Area
- 43.9 ha
- 108 acres
- Land parcels
- 8
- registered freehold, median 7,870 m² (0.79 ha, 1.94 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kealgorm, from 22 m² to 257,270 m² (25.73 ha, 63.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 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 Kealgorm 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
12 Feb 2026Conditional
to retain various single storey extensions to my dwelling house ad a detached single-storey home office at the rear and associated site development works
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2621
14 Feb 2025Conditional
(a) Permission to demolish existing dwelling house and outbuildings, (b) Permission to construct a new 2 storey dwelling house with attached garage and carport to replace the existing dwelling house and (c) Permission to carry out alterations to the existing entrance gate arrangement to facilitate safer access from the public road including all necessary ancillary services works and site works
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2560088
29 Aug 2023Conditional
RETAIN EXTENSION TO EXISTING PRINT/PAPER STORE (PREVIOUS REG 18/464) WITH ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Kerry County Council, 23941
6 Jan 2023Conditional
(I) A WIND TURBINE WITH A HUB HEIGHT OF 40 METERS, A ROTOR DIAMETER OF 54 METERS AND AN OVERALL TIP HEIGHT OF 67 METRES; (II) WIND TURBINE FOUNDATION; (III) CRANE HARDSTANDING; (IV) ON-SITE ACCESS TRACK; (V) UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATIONS CABLES; AND (VI) ALL ASSOICATED AND ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT, ACCESS, LANDSCAPING, AND REINSTATMENT WORKS. THE OPERATIONAL LIFETIME OF THE PROPSED DEVELOPMENT IS 35 YEARS. THIS IS A 10 YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION
Permission · Kerry County Council, 236
23 Dec 2021Conditional
1) RETAIN LINK BUILDING NO. 2, SWITCHROOM AND PLANTROOM TO EXISTING PRINT/PAPER STORE (REG 18464) WITH REVISED ELEVATIONS AND 2) PLANNING PERMISSION TO ALTER AND EXTEND EXISTING PRINT/PAPER STORE (REG 18464) ALL WITH ANCILLARY PARKING AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Kerry County Council, 211517
9 Dec 2020Conditional
A) THE DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING DISUSED SINGLE STOREY FUNERAL HOME, B) THE CONSTRUCTION OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF 67 NO DWELLING UNITS CONSISTING OF 8 NO. 1 BED APARTMENTS, 12 NO. 2 BED MID-TERRACED DWELLINGS, 36 NO. 3 BED SEMI-DETACHED/TERRACED DWELLINGS AND 11 NO 3 BED END OF TERRACE DWELLINGS C) ASSOCIATED SECURE BICYCLE PARKING AND BIN STORAGE, D) VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE VIA THE EXISTING ACCESS FROM THE KILLARNEY ROAD WHICH IT IS PROPOSED TO RETAIN, E) THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A PEDESTRIAN WALK ALONG THE BANK OF THE RIVER MAINE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING 134 NO. CAR PARKING SPACES, FOUL AND STORM DRAINAGE WITH ON-SITE ATTENUATION, PUBLIC LIGHTING, LANDSCAPING AND AMENITY AREAS
Permission, 67 homes · Kerry County Council, 201198
16 May 2018Conditional
(1) CONSTRUCT A BULK PAPER STORE WITHCAR PARK, LINK CORRIDORS TO EXISTING PRINTING WORKS AND STORAGE BUILDINGS AND (2) RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN AND COMPLETE EXTENSION TO EXISTING BULK PAPER STORE ALL WITH REVISED ANCILLARY, STAFF PARKING, SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND SITE BOUNDARIES
Permission · Kerry County Council, 18464
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 Kealgorm.
Recorded monuments
- KE040-023 Church
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KE040-024 Enclosure
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KE040-025 Ringfort - rath
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kealgorm.
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, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_234 (ZIP).
- 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 Kealgorm with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Kealgorm · An Caol Gorm
- Area
- 438,854 m² (43.89 ha, 108.44 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castleisland, and its townlands
- Barony
- Trughanacmy
- Electoral division
- Castleisland, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castleisland electoral division: 3,392 people in 1,351 households; 69% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cahereen West, Clashganniv, Farrannabrack, Knockannagore, Moanmore
- Placenames
- Kealgorm 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.