Kilcusnaun
Townland in the civil parish of Ballincuslane, barony of Trughanacmy, Co. Kerry
- Area
- 295.1 ha
- 729 acres
- Land parcels
- 112
- registered freehold, median 4,254 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
112 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilcusnaun, from 3 m² to 217,951 m² (21.8 ha, 53.86 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 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 Kilcusnaun 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
15 Feb 2026Conditional
Permission to (A): renovate the existing single-storey dwelling which will entail the construction of a patio door and corner window unit on the east elevation together with other minor alterations as documented on the drawings, the 1970’s stone finish on the front elevation is to be removed and replaced with a plain plaster finish, the flat roof on the rear extension is to be replaced with a pitched type roof, the existing roadside access is to be moved further towards the east and (B)RETENTION PERMISSION is sought to retain a 66m2 domestic shed
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2660104
3 Dec 2019Conditional
(1) EXTEND A CUBICLE HOUSE, (2) CONSTRUCT A MILKING COMPLEX, (3) CONSTRUCT A CALF HOUSE AND (4) EXTEND AN UNDERGROUND SLURRY TANK ON THEIR FARM
Permission · Kerry County Council, 191230
17 Apr 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT A ONE AND A HALF STOREY DWELLING, SERVICED BY A MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT, INTERMITTENT FILTER AND POLISHING FILTER, TO CONSTRUCT A DOMESTIC GARAGE, WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19391
25 May 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE SERVED BY SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18502
22 Dec 2017Conditional
(1) CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE (2) CONSTRUCT A SITE ACCESS ROAD INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS (3) INSTALL A NEW SECONDARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. THE PROPOSED INSTALLATION WILL INCLUDE A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 171306
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
- Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA 004161
Recorded monuments
- KE040-034 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.
- KE040-045 Souterrain
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.
- KE040-046 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.
- KE040-047 Burial ground
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 Kilcusnaun.
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 moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_287 (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 Kilcusnaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Kilcusnaun
- Area
- 2,951,224 m² (295.12 ha, 729.26 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballincuslane, and its townlands
- Barony
- Trughanacmy
- Electoral division
- Crinny, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Crinny electoral division: 310 people in 112 households; 94% of households own their home; 25% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymacadam, Ballyplimoth, Craggaunoonia, Glanlarehan, Kilbannivane, Knockardtry, Lackanoneen
- Placenames
- Kilcusnaun 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.