Kilkeana

17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilkeana, from 763 m² to 700,762 m² (70.08 ha, 173.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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 Kilkeana 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.

• 10 Jun 2026Conditional

  Retention permission to retain existing dwelling and ancillary domestic storage shed and site layout as-built including all associated site works and services to facilitate this development within revised site boundaries

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2660524

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: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC 000365
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks And Caragh River Catchment 000365

Recorded monuments

• KE084-010 Enclosure
  Description

  In dry hill pasture, on a S-facing slope, with a small stream to the W. This possible enclosure is not visible at ground level. It is indicated as a very small square enclosure (dims. c. 3m) on the 1895 OS 6-inch map. The immediate and surrounding areas have been surface-drained in recent times and are cleared of field fences, boulders and other material. Several mounds of field-clearance stones occur. One such mound is situated in the approximate location of this possible enclosure. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE084-066 Bridge
  Description

  A road bridge (Wth 6.7m; long axis NE-SE) spanning a SW-flowing tributary of the Finnihy River. It is built of random rubble sandstone. It has a single segmental arch (span c. 3.2m) with large, roughly shaped voussoirs. The parapet walls are heavily overgrown. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE084-068 Kiln - lime
  Description

  Built into a steep slope at the E side of a minor road. The front elevation faces E. Partially collapsed front wall (H 1.3m) and curving side walls encase an earthen core. The roofless rectangular stone-lined funnel (H 1.3m; 1.5m x 2.2m) is possibly rebuilt. The rear of the kiln is at road level. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kilkeana.

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

Name

Kilkeana · Coill Chianna

Area

2,605,873 m² (260.59 ha, 643.93 acres)

Civil parish

Kenmare, and its townlands

Barony

Glanarought

Electoral division

Kenmare, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kenmare electoral division: 3,520 people in 1,321 households; 57% of households own their home; 52% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 25% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cappamore, Carhoomeengar West, Carrig East, Claddanure East, Foardal, Gortamullin, Kilcurrane West, Tooreenbreanla

Placenames

Kilkeana 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.