Killeacle

44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killeacle, from 54 m² to 252,411 m² (25.24 ha, 62.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Killeacle 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.

• 11 Feb 2026Conditional

  to (a) renovate existing 2 storey farm house to include elevation changes, (b) remove 2no. bay windows from front of dwelling and remove front door, (c) remove 2no chimneys from existing dwelling (d) convert garage at rear to new bedoom (e) raise roof in existing garage to accommodate bedroom (f) new flat roof over new entrance at side of dwelling and all necessary site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660095

• 4 Nov 2025Conditional

  Retention permission to retain the garage and the existing site entrance as constructed

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2561022

• 8 Apr 2025Conditional

  to construct a new easy feed slatted unit complete with slatted slurry tanks, cubicles, feed passage and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560266

• 28 Apr 2021Conditional

  CNSTRUCT AN EASY FEED SLATTED CUBICLE HOUSE , DAIRY, MILKING PARLOUR, STORE, PLANT ROOM COMPLETE WITH SLATTED SLURRY TANKS AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 21462

• 22 Mar 2021Conditional

  RETAIN MINOR ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO EXISTING DWELLING AND PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY FLAT ROOFED EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21286

• 25 May 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A MACHINERY HOUSE, WALLED SILAGE PIT, SILAGE APRON AND ANCILLARY CONCRETE YARD

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20453

• 8 Aug 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO THE FRONT OF AN EXISTING DWELLING (NAMELY EXTENDING THE SITTING ROOM AND ENTRANCE HALL) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19841

• 11 Feb 2019Conditional

  AN EXTENSION TO THE FRONT OF AN EXISTING DWELLING (NAMELY EXTENDING THE SITTING ROOM AND ENTRANCE HALL) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19111

• 1 May 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A DOMESTIC GARAGE TO THE REAR OF DWELLING

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18401

• 22 Jan 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A SILO BASE WITH A CONCRETE APRON AND ANCILLARY CONCRETE EFFLUENT TANK

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 1830

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Killeacle.

Recorded monuments

• KE020-020001 Standing stone
  Description

  This stone is marked on the 1842 and 1897 OS maps as 'Gallaun'. Rising to a height of 2.2m with a peak at the top, originally it lay on top of a mound but was removed to a fieldbank about 20.4m N in the 1940s (KE020-020004-). Standing stone within possible ring-barrow (KE020-020002-) described by Lynch (1892, 80-3) as follows; 'Mr. B. M'Elligott, a farmer in that neighbourhood, was employed with some workmen in widening the old road which passes near the gallaun [KE020-020001-]. In the course of his work, within about 3 feet [0.9m] of the rut of the old road, and about 2 feet [0.6m] below the surface, he found some small and thin flags of limestone, on removing which he found they covered a grave or tomb [KE020-020003-) lined at the sides with flags of the same kind as those covering it. The grave lay within about 80 yards of the conspicuous gallaun or pillar stone [KE020-020001-] which crowns the highest point of the limestone ridge that runs east and west for some miles through the plains of Clanmaurice. The townland around the gallaun is known as Ardconnel (the height of Conal), and I have no doubt that this Ardconnel is the very ancient Ardconail mentioned in the "Book of Rights" as the site of one of the Portaibh or Royal seats of the Kings of Cashel. This pillar stone, which is a very remarkable one, visible from every point of the compass for many miles, consists of a block of whinstone, 8 feet [2.4m] high over the present surface, about 3 feet [0.9m] broad, and 15 inches [0.4m] thick, must have been brought from the cliffs near Kerry Head, about 9 miles distant, where stones of that kind are found in large quantities. This may have been the monumental stone of the illustrious chief Conal, whose name is thus preserved by the townland designation, but of whose name and fame history and legend are silent. The gallaun is surrounded by a shallow trench and embankment forming a circle [KE020-020002-] about 40 yards [36m] in diameter. "Within about 13 perches [65m] west of the gallaun on the same ridge are the remains of what must have been a large and strong Cashel or Cahir, called Cahirfert [KE020-037----]'. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 13 June 2022

• KE020-020002 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Possible barrow surrounding a standing stone described by Lynch (1892, 80-3) as follows; 'Mr. B. M'Elligott, a farmer in that neighbourhood, was employed with some workmen in widening the old road which passes near the gallaun [KE020-020001-]. In the course of his work, within about 3 feet [0.9m] of the rut of the old road, and about 2 feet [0.6m] below the surface, he found some small and thin flags of limestone, on removing which he found they covered a grave or tomb [KE020-020003-] lined at the sides with flags of the same kind as those covering it. The grave was about 2 feet [0.6m] wide, and as far as he examined it about 2 feet [0.6m] long, lying east and west. The grave lay within about 80 yards [73m] of the conspicuous gallaun or pillar stone [KE020-020001-] which crowns the highest point of the limestone ridge that runs east and west for some miles through the plains of Clanmaurice. The townland around the gallaun is known as Ardconnel (the height of Conal), and I have no doubt that this Ardconnel is the very ancient Ardconail mentioned in the "Book of Rights" as the site of one of the Portaibh or Royal seats of the Kings of Cashel. This pillar stone, which is a very remarkable one, visible from every point of the compass for many miles, consists of a block of whinstone, 8 feet [2.4m] high over the present surface, about 3 feet [0.9m] broad, and 15 inches [0.4m] thick, must have been brought from the cliffs near Kerry Head, about 9 miles distant, where stones of that kind are found in large quantities. This may have been the monumental stone of the illustrious chief Conal, whose name is thus preserved by the townland designation, but of whose name and fame history and legend are silent. The gallaun [KE020-020001-] is surrounded by a shallow trench and embankment forming a circle about 40 yards [36m] in diameter'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 June 2022

• KE020-020003 Cist
  Description

  Described by Waddell (1970, 102) as follows; 'Whatever the structure at Killeacle, Co. Kerry, (JRSAI. 22 (1892), 80), it does not appear to have been a cist'. Burial site at Ardconail described by Lynch (1892, 80-3) as follows; 'Mr. B. M'Elligott, a farmer in that neighbourhood, was employed with some workmen in widening the old road which passes near the gallaun [KE020-020001-]. In the course of his work, within about 3 feet [0.9m] of the rut of the old road, and about 2 feet [0.6m] below the surface, he found some small and thin flags of limestone, on removing which he found they covered a grave or tomb lined at the sides with flags of the same kind as those covering it. The grave was about 2 feet [0.6m] wide, and as far as he examined it about 2 feet [0.6m] long, lying east and west. He did not then open it to the full length, for he soon found large bones, evidently human remains, one of which he found to be a tibia. He returned it to the grave and closed up the whole carefully again. When I saw the place a few days later, and got the surface and the covering stones removed, I found only a few small pieces of a human skull and fragments of what may have been a tibia, very small and decayed, mixed with a brownish earth evidently the residuum of the decayed bones and some of the surface soil thrown in by some persons who had rifled the place the previous day. The grave lay within about 80 yards [73m] of the conspicuous gallaun or pillar stone [KE020-020001-] which crowns the highest point of the limestone ridge that runs east and west for some miles through the plains of Clanmaurice. The townland around the gallaun is known as Ardconnel (the height of Conal), and I have no doubt that this Ardconnel is the very ancient Ardconail mentioned in the "Book of Rights " as the site of one of the Portaibh or Royal seats of the Kings of Cashel. This pillar stone, which is a very remarkable one, visible from every point of the compass for many miles, consists of a block of whinstone, 8 feet [2.4m] high over the present surface, about 3 feet [0.9m] broad, and 15 inches [0.4m] thick, must have been brought from the cliffs near Kerry Head, about 9 miles distant, where stones of that kind are found in large quantities. This may have been the monumental stone of the illustrious chief Conal, whose name is thus preserved by the townland designation, but of whose name and fame history and legend are silent. The gallaun is surrounded by a shallow trench and embankment forming a circle [KE020-020002-] about 40 yards in diameter. "Within about 13 perches [65m] west of the gallaun on the same ridge are the remains of what must have been a large and strong Cashel or Cahir, called Cahirfert [KE020-037----], and farther west again on the tableland forming the top or back of the ridge there are remains of an ancient burial ground where probably the early church of Kileacle which gives name to the adjoining townland had been, but of any buildings there are no vestiges at present. The spot where the ancient grave was opened lies to the east of the gallaun, about 40 feet [12m] outside the circle that surrounds it, and is probably on the outer verge of the ancient aenagh or Pagan cemetery. I afterwards visited the place. The gallaun and cahir-ferta are marked on Ordnance Sheet No. 20, at the junctions of the townlands of Dinneens, Lerrig South, Killeacle, and Ard-Connel. I opened further into the bank by the roadside than had been done before, and found it to be a rudely constructed cist, 18 inches [0.45m] wide and 18 inches [0.45m] deep, covered with rough and rather small flag limestones at about 2 feet [0.6m] under surface. It is about 4 feet 6 inches [1.4m] long, a little off the direction of north and south. Off the southern end there is a cavity in towards the gallaun or east and west, but at the time I had no means of exploring further into the hill. In my opinion there is a cist running east and west from end of present one, and this is the direction of the original interments, and that recently discovered was constructed, when making the road, to receive the remains found in some original cists disturbed at that time. The grounds for this supposition are—first, its direction nearly north and south, and being different from the presumed continuation which runs east and west; next, the careless way in which I found the covering stones, and their small size, and because on examination I found it to contain the remains of at least three bodies; the bones were mixed with clay, and lying about without any regard to relative positions. In tibia and femur I noticed the remains of at least two adult males. I handed a few bones taken from the cist to Dr. Fogerty, of Limerick, who kindly sent me the following notes :—" The human bones sent by you consist of the right half of a lower jaw, which I believe belonged to an adult male, probably between thirty and forty years of age (the teeth are all well formed) ; a portion of a right superior maxilla of a child of not more than five years of age, and a lumbar vertebra of an adult. In all the bones there is no trace of animal matter, nothing remaining but the earthy salts ; they are exceedingly friable, and very slight exposure to the weather would soon disintegrate them. They show no signs of calcination. With the kind assistance of the Hon. Local Secretary I hope to have a rough masonry protection built over the cist to prevent future road improvers desecrating it. I regret to say that when we again visited the place to complete our examination, the owner of the field (a farmer named Knightly) withdrew from his promise, and would not permit us to make any clearing. After some persuasion he allowed the stone with the incised cross to be set up and cramped'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 June 2022

• KE020-020005 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In 1939 notes by Capt. D. B. O'Connell, attached with a letter to Harold G. Leask states=d that the 'fine ''cup-barrow'' and the gallaun on the summit are still there.' The standing stone in question appears to be KE020-020001-. Outline of possible ring-barrow visible to SW of ring-barrow (KE020-020002-) and standing stone (KE020-020003-) on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 June 2022

• KE020-035 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked on the 1842 and 1897 OS maps as a circular enclosure. No surface trace 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. 685. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE020-035001 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.

• KE020-037 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Described by Toal (1995, no. 827) as follows; 'Cahirferta/Cathair Fhearta (stone fort of (the) grave-mound). Marked on the 1842 and 1897 OS maps as a circular enclosure, it is situated SW of a tall gallán (KE020-020001-). However, this site has since been levelled, and no permission was given to inspect the site. Many mounds, cist burials, a carved stone head and another small gallán have been located in the immediate vicinity of the stone fort, which would seem to indicate the importance of this area. (See Kerry Field Notes 2/3/1940, 77-78). Caherferta described by Lynch (1892, 80-3) as follows; 'The townland around the gallaun [KE020-020001-] is known as Ardconnel (the height of Conal), and I have no doubt that this Ardconnel is the very ancient Ardconail mentioned in the "Book of Rights" as the site of one of the Portaibh or Royal seats of the Kings of Cashel. This pillar stone, which is a very remarkable one, visible from every point of the compass for many miles, consists of a block of whinstone, 8 feet [2.4m] high over the present surface, about 3 feet [0.9m] broad, and 15 inches [0.4m] thick, must have been brought from the cliffs near Kerry Head, about 9 miles distant, where stones of that kind are found in large quantities. This may have been the monumental stone of the illustrious chief Conal, whose name is thus preserved by the townland designation, but of whose name and fame history and legend are silent. The gallaun is surrounded by a shallow trench and embankment forming a circle [KE020-020002-] about 40 yards [36m] in diameter. Within about 13 perches [65m] west of the gallaun on the same ridge are the remains of what must have been a large and strong Cashel or Cahir, called Cahirfert [KE020-037----], and farther west again on the tableland forming the top or back of the ridge there are remains of an ancient burial ground where probably the early church of Kileacle which gives name to the adjoining townland had been, but of any buildings there are no vestiges at present. The spot where the ancient grave was opened lies to the east of the gallaun, about 40 feet outside the circle that surrounds it, and is probably on the outer verge of the ancient aenagh or Pagan cemetery'. Faint outline of levelled royal site of 'Caherferta' (diam. c. 47m) transected at W by a post 1700 field boundary running roughly N-S is visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken between 2011-13. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 13 June 2022

• KE020-038 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated to the SW of Caherfearta (KE020-037----) in a large field, this circular enclosure is marked on the 1842 and 1897 OS maps. However, no permission was granted to visit the site. According to the Kerry Field Notes (1940) there were indications of a souterrain (KE020-038001-) which was not open. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 684. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE020-038001 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated to the SW of Caherfearta (KE020-037----) in a large field, circular enclosure KE020-038---- is marked on the 1842 and 1897 OS maps. However, no permission was granted to visit the site. According to the Kerry Field Notes (1940) there were indications of a souterrain (KE020-038001-) which was not open. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 684. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE020-039 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, in the SE corner of a large field c. 185m SE of a levelled enclosure (KE020-038----). Depicted on the 1st ed. (1841) OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular area (25m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by a bank. A field boundary, on a NW-SE axis, is depicted running tangentially to arc of bank at NE. Two further field boundaries are shown abutting the enclosure at SSW and W respectively. The enclosure is not depicted on later OS map editions. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 January 2014

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Killeacle, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_58 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Killeacle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Killeacle · Cill Fhiacaile

Area

1,549,165 m² (154.92 ha, 382.81 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmoyly, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmaurice

Electoral division

Banna, the unit of the census

Census 2022

793 people lived in 289 households in the Banna electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 32% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardconnell, Banna South, Banna-Mountain, Brandonwell, Commons North, Dinneens, Larha

Placenames

Killeacle 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.