# Knocknaboola, Co. Kerry: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Killorglin, barony of Dunkerron North, Co. Kerry; in Irish Cnoc na Buaile.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 3,166,286 m² (316.63 ha, 782.41 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,181 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Killorglin, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/killorglin.md
- Barony: Dunkerron North
- Electoral division: Kilgobnet, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 984 people lived in 325 households in the Kilgobnet electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/23488
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 71969
- Centre: latitude 52.078688, longitude -9.798303 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknaboola, from 141 m² to 228,901 m² (22.89 ha, 56.56 acres); 47 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1215579: 228,901 m² (22.89 ha, 56.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1215579.md
- Parcel 1140900: 186,424 m² (18.64 ha, 46.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1140900.md
- Parcel 5661341: 170,896 m² (17.09 ha, 42.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5661341.md
- Parcel 1221665: 136,361 m² (13.64 ha, 33.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1221665.md
- Parcel 2478807: 132,532 m² (13.25 ha, 32.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2478807.md
- Parcel 1207629: 101,341 m² (10.13 ha, 25.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1207629.md
- Parcel 1145577: 81,405 m² (8.14 ha, 20.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1145577.md
- Parcel 1226315: 76,834 m² (7.68 ha, 18.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1226315.md
- Parcel 1194749: 70,191 m² (7.02 ha, 17.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1194749.md
- Parcel 1201714: 69,034 m² (6.9 ha, 17.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1201714.md
- Parcel 1206436: 67,745 m² (6.77 ha, 16.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1206436.md
- Parcel 1212680: 64,531 m² (6.45 ha, 15.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1212680.md
- Parcel 1194744: 53,780 m² (5.38 ha, 13.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1194744.md
- Parcel 1227201: 45,812 m² (4.58 ha, 11.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1227201.md
- Parcel 1236928: 23,030 m² (2.3 ha, 5.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1236928.md
- Parcel 1138137: 22,087 m² (2.21 ha, 5.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1138137.md
- Parcel 5948869: 20,436 m² (2.04 ha, 5.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5948869.md
- Parcel 2738258: 11,983 m² (1.2 ha, 2.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2738258.md
- Parcel 1179723: 10,857 m² (1.09 ha, 2.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1179723.md
- Parcel 1220000: 8,766 m² (0.88 ha, 2.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1220000.md
- Parcel 5572639: 8,064 m² (0.81 ha, 1.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5572639.md
- Parcel 1141646: 6,668 m² (0.67 ha, 1.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1141646.md
- Parcel 1142282: 6,064 m² (0.61 ha, 1.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1142282.md
- Parcel 4067326: 5,492 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4067326.md
- Parcel 5882150: 5,391 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5882150.md
- Parcel 4726813: 5,025 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4726813.md
- Parcel 1145620: 4,545 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1145620.md
- Parcel 1208336: 3,782 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1208336.md
- Parcel 1211310: 3,380 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1211310.md
- Parcel 1198839: 3,323 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1198839.md
- Parcel 5661339: 3,189 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5661339.md
- Parcel 4589202: 3,181 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4589202.md
- Parcel 5649547: 3,101 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5649547.md
- Parcel 1204436: 3,018 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1204436.md
- Parcel 1194745: 3,007 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1194745.md
- Parcel 2730824: 2,911 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2730824.md
- Parcel 1200562: 2,824 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1200562.md
- Parcel 1199415: 2,811 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1199415.md
- Parcel 4942075: 2,683 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4942075.md
- Parcel 2738248: 2,676 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2738248.md
- Parcel 1139740: 2,618 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1139740.md
- Parcel 1164167: 2,575 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164167.md
- Parcel 4942080: 2,440 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4942080.md
- Parcel 5597148: 2,388 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5597148.md
- Parcel 1219026: 2,387 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1219026.md
- Parcel 1196924: 2,318 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1196924.md
- Parcel 1226876: 2,251 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1226876.md
- Parcel 1196591: 2,135 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1196591.md
- Parcel 2478830: 1,953 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2478830.md
- Parcel 1246250: 1,912 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1246250.md
- Parcel 1179979: 1,904 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1179979.md
- Parcel 1209064: 1,647 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1209064.md
- Parcel 1203662: 1,535 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1203662.md
- Parcel 1210656: 1,476 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1210656.md
- Parcel 1228432: 1,379 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1228432.md
- Parcel 5467832: 1,270 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5467832.md
- Parcel 4830468: 1,118 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4830468.md
- Parcel 4726811: 1,094 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4726811.md
- Parcel 5467797: 721 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5467797.md
- Parcel 4942091: 628 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4942091.md
- Parcel 5882153: 415 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5882153.md
- Parcel 1244808: 404 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1244808.md
- Parcel 5612573: 141 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5612573.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Knocknaboola in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

10 applications, newest first.

- 24 Mar 2025, Kerry County Council 2560214: Refused. Permission, 1 home. PERMISSION TO (1) DEMOLISH EXISTING HOUSE AT KNOCKNABOOLA, KILLORGLIN and (2) CONSTRUCT REPLACEMENT FAMILY DWELLING WITH MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT/POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES AT KNOCKNABOOLA, KILLORGLIN. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560214/0
- 26 Apr 2024, Kerry County Council 2460257: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. (a) to retain his house within revised boundaries and (b) retain the unauthorised sheds as constructed within revised site boundaries. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460257/0
- 23 Oct 2023, Kerry County Council 2360255: Refused. Permission, 1 home. Permission to (1) demolish existing house at Knocknaboola, Killorglin and (2) construct a replacement family dwelling with mechanical treatment unit/polishing filter and all associated services also at Knocknaboola, Killorglin, Co. Kerry. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360255/0
- 19 Oct 2021, Kerry County Council 211186: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE, ALL COMPLETE WITH ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/211186/0
- 6 Oct 2021, Kerry County Council 211136: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCT AN ANIMAL HOUSE WITH SLATTED TANKS AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS ON THEIR LANDS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/211136/0
- 4 May 2021, Kerry County Council 21478: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE SERVED BY SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/21478/0
- 30 Nov 2020, Kerry County Council 201152: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH A SITE ENTRANCE, A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING OF A MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT, INTERMITTENT FILTER AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/201152/0
- 18 Feb 2020, Kerry County Council 20146: Refused. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH A SITE ENTRANCE, A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING OF A MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT, INTERMITTENT FILTER AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/20146/0
- 11 Mar 2019, Kerry County Council 19231: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE, EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT, POLISHING FILTER AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/19231/0
- 18 Sept 2018, Kerry County Council 18902: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A DWELLING-HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA, ALONG WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/18902/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

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

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- KE056-036: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE056-036----. This regularly shaped standing stone is located in a farmyard, about 100m SE of Lough Y Keel. It stands 2m high, and measures 1.4m x .75m at base; NE-SW. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 195. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013
- KE056-038: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE056-038----. A circular enclosure is marked at this location on both editions of the OS maps. It was levelled in the 1950s and no visible surface trace remains. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 826. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013
- KE056-039: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE056-039----. Marked as a circular enclosure on both editions of the OS maps, this site was levelled in the mid-1970s when the fields in its immediate vicinity were amalgamated. The site had previously been used as a cattle enclosure (local information). The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 827. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 July 2013
- KE056-039001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE056-039001-. In a possible rath (KE056-039----). Depicted on the 1894 OS 6-inch map, as an oval enclosure (c. 15m E-W; c. 10m N-S) in the interior of the rath just off-centre to S. The rath was levelled during land reclamation in the mid-1970s and both the rath and enclosure are not visible at ground level (SMR file). 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Knocknaboola, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_65, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_65.zip (ZIP).
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/kerry/knocknaboola.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/knocknaboola.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/knocknaboola.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Knocknaboola with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry: https://everytownland.com/kerry.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ardmoneel: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ardmoneel.md
- Coomnafanida: https://everytownland.com/kerry/coomnafanida.md
- Garrahadoo: https://everytownland.com/kerry/garrahadoo.md
- Gortloughra: https://everytownland.com/kerry/gortloughra.md
- Groin: https://everytownland.com/kerry/groin-71606.md
- Ownagarry: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ownagarry.md
- Rangue: https://everytownland.com/kerry/rangue.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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