Knockdoorah

97 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockdoorah, from 16 m² to 218,034 m² (21.8 ha, 53.88 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Knockdoorah 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.

• 23 Jul 2025Conditional

  RETAIN AN EXISTING EASY FEED CATTLE SHED FOR OVER WINTERING CATTLE COMPLETE WITH EASY FEED BARRIERS, AUTOMATIC SCRAPER AND DRY BEDDED AREA, INCLDUDING ALL ASSOCIATED ANNCILLARY CONCRETE AND SITE WORKS AND PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A ROAD UNDERPASS FOR CATTLE COMPLETE WITH ASSOCIATED CONCRETE AND SITE WORKS

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 25202

• 1 Feb 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCT AN EASY FEED CATTLE SHED FOR OVER WINTERING CATTLE COMPLETE WITH EASY FEED BARRIER5S AND UNDERGROUND SLURRY STORAGE TANK, INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY CONCRETE AND SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2387

• 4 Nov 2022Conditional

  (A) DECOMMISSION EXISTING DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND (B) REPLACE SAME WITH A PROPRIETARY ONSITE DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM ALONG WITH ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 221152

• 13 Apr 2022Conditional

  (1) RETAIN OVER GROUND SLURRY TANK AND (2) PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT SILO BASE WITH SIDE AND END WALLS WITH ATTACHED ANIMAL PASSAGE ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANS AND PARTICULARS SUBMITTED

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 22401

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

Recorded monuments

• KE068-001001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a gentle NE-facing slope, with views SE to The Paps of Dana. A circular area (diam. 34m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 2.2m) SW-NE, by a low grass-covered eroded bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.8m) NE-SE and by a scarp SE-SW. Traces of an external fosse are evident WSW-WNW. There is a possible causeway entrance (Wth 4.2m) at E. Mounds of earth are evident in the NW quadrant. Field boundaries abut the perimeter externally at NW and NNE and skirt the rath SSE-SSW. A large prostrate stone and an adjacent depression in the SE quadrant may mark the location of a souterrain (KE068-001002-). There is a possible children's burial ground (KE068-001003-) in the NW quadrant. This is the 'black-fort' recorded in the 1940s in Thomas Daly's land (Schools Manuscript, Co. Kerry). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE068-001002 Souterrain
  Description

  In a rath (KE068-001001-). A possible souterrain was recorded in the 1940s as a 'big hole in the ground in the middle [of] an old fort' in Tom Daly's land (Schools Manuscript, Co. Kerry). A depression, and an adjacent large stone, in the NE quadrant of the rath may mark its location. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE068-001003 Children's burial ground
  Description

  In the NW quadrant of a rath (KE068-001001-). In the 1940s it was recorded that unbaptised children were buried in 'an old fort [KE068-001001-]' in Tom Daly's land (Schools Manuscript, Co. Kerry). According to local information, a scatter of stones, which is partially obscured by briars, may indicate the location of the children's burial ground. Dennehy (1997, 168) recorded that the ceallúnach went out of use in the late 1900s but was re-used on a subsequent occasion in the mid 19th century. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE068-162 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough pasture, on a W-facing slope with views SW to Macgillycuddy's Reeks. An arc of a scarp (H varies from 0.1m at WSW to 1m at NNW) is evident WSW-NNW extending between two field boundaries (L c. 36m at S and L c. 34m at W). There is no trace of an enclosing element extending into the adjacent fields. The interior of the segment slopes down gently to the NW and is obscured by bushes at its SE end. Rock is exposed occasionally along the scarp. According to local information, this is the location of a fort and the townland name translates 'Cnoc dhá rath' (the hill of the two forts). A second rath (KE068-001----) lies c. 400m to the E. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 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 Knockdoorah.

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

Name

Knockdoorah

Area

3,061,312 m² (306.13 ha, 756.47 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcummin, and its townlands

Barony

Magunihy

Electoral division

Rathmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Rathmore electoral division: 1,941 people in 735 households; 67% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annaghilymore, Gortanahaneboy West, Lisbabe, Meentoges, Readrinagh, Stagmount

Placenames

Knockdoorah 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.