Knockundervaul

51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockundervaul, from 216 m² to 156,336 m² (15.63 ha, 38.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Knockundervaul 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.

• 21 Aug 2026N/a

  We, Circal Trienearagh Solar Limited, intend to apply for permission for development on lands in the townlands of Ballygarret, Gortanimerisk, Knockaderren, Knockavallig, Knockundervaul, Lacka West, Lisroe, Toor and Trienearagh, near Listowel, Co. Kerry (the Proposed Development) which comprises a renewable energy development as defined by The European Union (Planning and Development) (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2025. The Proposed Development comprises the following: I. Construction and operation of up to 576,850 sqm of solar PV arrays on ground-mounted metal frames, with a maximum overall height of up to 2.79 metres. II. Internal underground trenching, electrical cabling and ducting between the solar PV arrays and electrical invertor / transformer skid units. III. Up to 23 no. electrical inverter / transformer skid units. IV. Construction and operational access to the site by 16 no. site entrances using 14 no. existing field access points and 2 no. new access points. V. 7 no. temporary construction compounds and ancillary facilities for the duration of the construction phase of the project. VI. Construction of a 110kV / 33 kV transformer compound including an IPP Control Module of 33 sqm, a MV Switchgear Module of 33 sqm, all associated electrical plant and apparatus, 2 no c.18m lightning masts, lighting columns, fencing, parking, wastewater holding tank, rainwater harvesting unit, 33kV underground cabling, and a 110kV under the fence cable connection to the existing Trien 110 kV Substation. VII. 33 kV collector cable network, joint bays and associated works. VIII. Internal access tracks, site landscaping and drainage works, security fencing, CCTV and all associated ancillary site development works. IX. The decommissioning and reinstatement of the solar farm at the end of its operational life, including proposed transformer compound. The application seeks a 10-year permission with an operational lifetime of 40 years from the date of commissioning of the entire solar farm is being sought. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the construction, operation and decommissioning of the Proposed Development and accompanies the planning application. Refer to enclosed statutory notices for full development description.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660792

• 25 Aug 2021Conditional

  RETAIN AN AGRICULTRAL ENTRANCE ON HIS LAND HOLDING

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21980

• 4 Feb 2020Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCT A 3 BAY SLATTED HOUSE WITH AN UNDERGROUND TANK INCORPORATING 1 SOLID BAY FOR BEDDING WEANLINGS. ANCILLARY CONCRETE FARM YARD 19.2M X 6M AT FRONT, ON HIS LAND

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2090

• 26 Aug 2019Conditional

  (A) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DETACHED DOMESTIC SHED, (B) CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE (SOUTH WEST) AND REAR (NORTH WEST), (C) ALTERATIONS TO WINDOW AND DOOR OPES TO FRONT (SOUTH EAST) ELEVATION, (D) ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING FIRST FLOOR DORMER TO FRONT (SOUTH EAST) ELEVATION, (E) NEW ON SITE WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND (F) ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AT SITE

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19900

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 Knockundervaul.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Knockundervaul.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Knockundervaul, about 1 in 10 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

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

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

Name

Knockundervaul

Area

1,805,995 m² (180.6 ha, 446.27 acres)

Civil parish

Duagh, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmaurice

Electoral division

Duagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

521 people lived in 194 households in the Duagh electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Duagh, Knockaderreen, Lisroe, Lybes, Toor

Placenames

Knockundervaul 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.