Killeagh

105 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killeagh, from 53 m² to 206,029 m² (20.6 ha, 50.91 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 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 Killeagh 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 2026N/a

  (a) Retention Permission to retain 3 No. Glamping Pods/Units granted planning permission under Planning Reg. No. 22/1333 within revised site boundaries (b) Permission to construct an additional (4th) Glamping Pod/Unit and all ancillary services and areas

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2660526

• 8 Apr 2026Conditional

  Permission to erect an external steel milk refrigeration tank adjacent to the existing milking parlour/dairy, including all associated ancillary concrete and site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660313

• 24 Mar 2026N/a

  Full Planning Permission to erect an external steel milk refrigeration tank adjacent to the existing milking parlour/dairy, including all associated ancillary concrete and site works at Killeagh, Farranfore, Co. Kerry.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660254

• 23 Feb 2026Conditional

  Permission (A) Construct a single storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling; (B) Complete material alterations to the existing dwelling including elevational changes; and (C) All associated site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660144

• 27 Jun 2023Refused

  CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE OVER TWO FLOORS WITH ATTACHED GARAGE, PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23729

• 21 Dec 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCT 3 NO. GLAMPING PODS/UNITS AND ALL ANCILLARY SERVICES AND AREAS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 221333

• 28 Oct 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 221123

• 28 Oct 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 221126

• 7 Jan 2022Conditional

  RETAIN CONSTRUCTION OF FRONT BOUNDARY WALL

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 222

• 31 Dec 2021Conditional

  RETAIN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FRONT BOUNDARY WALL

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 211531

• 21 Sept 2021N/a

  CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE OVER TWO FLOORS WITH ATTACHED GARAGE, PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 211064

• 31 Aug 2020N/a

  CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE OVER TWO FLOORS WITH ATTACHED GARAGE, PROPRIETARY WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS ALL LOCATED

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20776

• 17 Jul 2019Conditional

  RETAIN GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED, ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19751

• 2 Apr 2019Conditional

  RETAIN 3 NO. TEMPORARY PORTACABINS WITHIN THE EXISTING AIRPORT COMPLEX TO FACILITATE A WAITING AREA FOR PASSENGERS AND OFFICE SPACE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION PURPOSES. THE PERMISSION SOUGHT IS FOR A PERIOD OF SEVEN YEARS.

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 19335

• 13 Apr 2018Conditional

  DEMOLISH EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, INSTALL A MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18338

• 7 Feb 2018Conditional

  RETAIN (1) THE EXISTING EASY FEED WINTERING UNIT FOR LIVESTOCK, INCORPORATING UNDERGROUND SLURRY STORAGE TANKS AS CONSTRUCTED AND PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 07/09, (2) PLANNING PERMISSION TO (A) CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO THIS EXISTING EASY FEED WINTERING UNIT BUILDING AS BUILT. THIS NEW BUILDING EXTENSION WILL CONSIST OF A EASY FEED SLATTED HOUSE FOR OVER WINTERING COWS, COMPLETE WITH CUBICLE BEDS AND UNDERGROUND SLURRY STORAGE TANKS, (B) CONSTRUCT A CONCRETE SILAGE BASE WITH A PERIMETER WALL, INCLUDING CONCRETE APRONS, (C) CONSTRUCT AN CONCRETE MANURE PIT WITH PERIMETER WALLS, INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY CONCRETE AND SITE WORKS. ALL WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT ON HIS FARM

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 1888

• 17 Feb 2017Conditional

  FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM A GROUND FLOOR PUBLIC HOUSE (KNOWN LOCALLY AS HERLIHY'S BAR) TO A DOMESTIC DWELLING AND TO BE INCOPORATED INTO THE EXISTING DWELLING WHICH IT IS ATTACHED TO AND ELEVATIONAL CHANGES CONSISTING OF NEW WINDOW AND DOOR OPES

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17134

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 Killeagh.

Recorded monuments

• KE048-043 Children's burial ground
  Description

  In a levelled moated site (KE048-043001-). In the 1840s 'a remarkable large Danish fort [KE048-043001-] in which is a burial ground for children, hence it is called by the inhabitants Killeen' was recorded (OSNB, Molahiffe, no. 1, 39). Prior to the levelling of the moated site in 1987, its interior was described in 1986 as undulating and uneven but no graves or grave-markers were noted (CDAS; O'Hare 2000, 15). According to O'Hare (1996, 70), rounds were made at the moated site by expectant mothers up until sixty or seventy years ago in the hope of securing a safe delivery and if a child was still-born, it was buried within the moated site. Having completed the rounds, patrons would throw a field-stone against a boulder which was located immediately outside the NE corner of the moated site (ibid.). (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE048-043001 Moated site
  Description

  In pasture, on a steep N-facing slope. In the 1840s, 'a remarkable large Danish fort in which is a burial ground for children [KE048-043----], hence it is called by the inhabitants Killeen' was recorded in this townland (OSNB, Molahiffe, no. 1, 39). The following description is based on an inspection made in 1986 (CDAS; O'Hare 1997, 15). A roughly rectangular area (69.6m E-W; 60m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.75m; ext. H c. 0.9m) on the W, N and E sides and for 20m from the SE corner along the S side. A slight depression noted outside the bank at N may have been the remains of a fosse. The undulating interior sloped steeply down to the N. A grass-covered trackway (Wth 4.3m) crossed the interior E-W, c. 7m from the N bank. Remains of low curving and linear banks and scarps were evident in the S two-thirds of the interior. A sandstone boulder (H 0.5m; 0.6m x 0.57m), outside the NE corner, which had a number of straight lines scored into its upper surface may have been used as a sharpening stone though the lines may also have been plough marks. During a reinspection of the enclosure in 1987, it was found to have been levelled. (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE048-060 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In a field boundary. Some burnt material is incorporated into the field boundary. A rath, known as 'Monearmore Fort' (KE048-061----) is c. 25m to the NE. (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE048-061 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a W-facing slope. A subcircular area (44.8m E-W; 36.8m N-S), covered by overgrowth, defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.65m; ext. H 0.7m). The bank NW-NNE and along the NE arc may have been raised to create a field boundary. A possible external fosse is evident SE-W. There are breaks (Wth 2m) in the bank at ENE and S. The interior slopes down to the WSW. A trackway skirts the bank externally NW-NNE. There is a possible souterrain (KE048-061001-) in this rath. A possible fulacht fia (KE048-060----) lies c. 25m to the SW. (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE048-061001 Souterrain
  Description

  In a rath (KE058-061---). In the 1980s it was recorded that there was a large cave underneath the rath but that the entrance to it had been closed up for many years (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey). There are no visible remains of this possible souterrain. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE048-062 Standing stone
  Description

  In level pasture. An upright red sandstone boulder (dims. 0.48m x 0.74m; H 1.6m), irregular in plan. This may be the stone near Farranfore described in 1938 as being 'six and a half feet [1.98m] high bearing prints of a man's hand' (Schools Manuscript, Co. Kerry) though no marking were noted on the stone at the time of inspection. (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE048-063 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a W-facing slope. A circular area (19.1m N-S; 19m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.05m) which is covered with overgrowth and denuded in places. The remains of a fosse are visible ESE-S and W-NW. The interior is level. (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE048-106 Bridge
  Description

  A humpback road bridge (Wth 5.2m; long axis E-W) spanning a tributary of the Maine River. It is built of random rubble and has a single semicircular arch (span 4.3m) with roughly shaped voussoirs. The arch narrows at the base giving it a slightly horseshoe shape. The parapets have concrete coping. (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE048-143 Enclosure
  Description

  Reported to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland as the low remains of a barrow. Potential remains of an oval enclosure (dims. 38m ENE-WSW; 42m NNW-SSE) defined by traces of a levelled bank (Wth c. 7m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.6m NE->E->SE; levelled out into a gentle hollow SE->W->NW; levelled downslope NW->N->NE. Incorporated into field as pasture. ESB pole within interior. Possible traces of levelled linear feature (long-axis NE-SW) extend to SW. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 5 September 2014

• KE048-277 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Folklore collected from Knockaderry School about 'Tobar na Croidhe'; 'There is also a well in Upper Killeagh, called Tobar na Croidhe. It was said there was a cure in the water if it was taken before sunrise or after a sunset. A white trout was often seen in the water. My grandmother told me that she drew a gallon of water from the well. She put the water over the fire to boil. The kettle of water was over the fire for a long time and it never boiled. She took off the lid and she saw the white trout in the kettle. Father J.K Fitzgerald was in a house near by and she told him, he told her, "take the water and the trout back again and put them into the well' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Pages 161-2; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4742070/4732505). Holy well described by O'Hare (2000, 68) as; 'Situated on a south facing slope in a field of pasture, the well measures c. 1m in diameter and is c. 0.6m deep. It consists of a natural spring which bubbles continuously to the surface. A drain leads from it on the south-west. At one time, the well supplied the water needs of four houses and more recently, of two. It is believed locally that rounds were made at the well at one time. According to Mr. Michael Culloty, when seeking a cure for a patient people would take water away from the well in a bottle, Howeyer, if the patient died, one of the relatives would bring the bottle back to the well and break it at the site The presence of this well is not recorded on either edition of the OS maps'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 April 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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 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; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Killeagh

Area

2,665,498 m² (266.55 ha, 658.66 acres)

Civil parish

Molahiffe, and its townlands

Barony

Magunihy

Electoral division

Molahiffe, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Molahiffe electoral division: 1,718 people in 611 households; 79% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Boolacullane, Farranfore, Gearha, Gortshanavogh, Knockaderry, Rossanean

Placenames

Killeagh 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.