Kilgulbin West
Townland in the civil parish of O'Dorney, barony of Clanmaurice, Co. Kerry; in Irish Cill Ghuilbin Thiar
- Area
- 183.7 ha
- 454 acres
- Land parcels
- 26
- registered freehold, median 4,755 m² (0.48 ha, 1.17 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilgulbin West, from 42 m² to 308,271 m² (30.83 ha, 76.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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 Kilgulbin 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
5 Jun 2026N/a
the importation of c.150,000 tonnes of greenfield soil and subsoil (product) to raise the ground level of existing lands by between 0.5m to 4m on the 3.61 ha site in order to improve the agricultural value
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660503
9 Mar 2022Conditional
CHANGE HOUSE DESIGN THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF: 19/418 TO A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22258
7 Dec 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A LIVESTOCK UNDERPASS, EFFLUENT HOLDING TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 201175
24 Apr 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING WITH ATTIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICED BY A MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT WITH INTERMITTENT FILTER AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19418
12 Jul 2018Conditional
(A) FULL PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT EXTENSION TO DAIRY AND CATTLE HANDLING FACILITY INCLUDING DRAFTING, CATTLE CRUSH AND HOLDING PENS; (B) RETENTION PERMISSION TO COMPLETE AND RETAIN A SLATED CUBICLE HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND SLURRY TANKS
Retention · Kerry County Council, 18702
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 Kilgulbin West.
Recorded monuments
- KE021-042 Fulacht fia
Description
According to local information, burnt stones were exposed during ploughing; no surface trace survives today. We are grateful to the FÁS Finuge Survey for supplying the information for the Finuge fulachta fiadh (KE016-077---- KE016-078----). The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 83. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE021-047 Ringfort - rath
Description
Gortduff Fort/Lios an Ghoirt Dhuibh (ringfort of the black field). This circular enclosure is marked on the 1841-42 and 1898 OS maps. On the later edition the S sector has been incorporated into a fieldbank running E-W, while a lime kiln is noted in the SW sector. The site shows up slightly on the Geological Survey of Ireland's aerial photographs (1977) but all that survives today is the curve in the fieldbank, which depicts the S sector of the enclosing bank. The rest was completely levelled about five years ago. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 753. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE021-048 Fulacht fia
Description
An area of burnt, fire-shattered stones were uncovered during ploughing; no surface trace survives today (local information). The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 82. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE021-049 Enclosure
Description
Marked as a circular enclosure on both the 1841-42 and 1898 OS maps, this site has been completely levelled and no visible trace 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. 754. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE021-069 Enclosure
Description
Ballinhonick Forts/Liosanna Bhaile Sheonaic (ringfort of the homestead of Seonac - personal name). Situated immediately N of KE021-070----, this circular enclosure is marked on the 1841-42 and 1898 OS maps. No surface trace of it 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. 752. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE021-070 Enclosure
Description
Ballinhonick Forts/Liosanna Bhaile Sheonaic (ringfort of the homestead of Seonac - personal name) is situated NE of a rocky outcrop and lies immediately S of (752). This circular enclosure appears on the 1841-42 and 1898 OS maps. However, no surface trace 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. 751. 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 Kilgulbin 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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Kilgulbin 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 Kilgulbin West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Kilgulbin West · Cill Ghuilbin Thiar
- Area
- 1,837,470 m² (183.75 ha, 454.05 acres)
- Civil parish
- O'Dorney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanmaurice
- Electoral division
- Tubrid, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Tubrid electoral division: 870 people in 299 households; 93% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardrahan, Ballybroman, Ballydooneen, Ballysheen, Creegooane, Fortwilliam, Kilgulbin East, Sackville, Tubrid More
- Placenames
- Kilgulbin 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.