Larha

89 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Larha, from 48 m² to 315,511 m² (31.55 ha, 77.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 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 Larha 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.

• 24 Nov 2021Conditional

  1. RETAIN AN EXTENSION AND ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO THEIR DWELLING HOUSE, 2. TO RETAIN AN EXTENSION AND ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO HIS JOINERY WORKSHOP, 3. TO RETAIN A DOMESTIC GRAGE, STORAGE BUILDING, AND 4. TO RETAIN ALL OF THE ABOVE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 211344

• 8 Oct 2019Conditional

  (1) DEMOLISH EXISTING EXTENSIONS TO DWELLING HOUSE (2) ERECT A TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO THE NORTH (REAR) ELEVATION (3) ERECT A PORCH TO THE SOUTH (FRONT) ELEVATION (4) INSTALL A FIRST FLOOR WINDOW IN BOTH THE EAST AND WEST ELEVATIONS OF EXISTING DWELLLING (5) CARRY OUT ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 191036

• 17 Nov 2017Conditional

  EXTEND THE OPERATIONAL LIFE OF THE EXISTING WIND FARM FROM 20 TO 25 YEARS, AND FOR THE CHANGE OF USE OF AN EXISTING FORESTRY ROAD TO A WIND FARM ROAD. THE PERMISSION RELATES TO THE CONTINUANCE OF USE OF THE EXISTING WIND FARM GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NOS. 08/2500 AND 15/679 FOR A FURTHER PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 171147

• 17 Nov 2017Conditional

  EXTEND THE OPERATIONAL LIFE OF THE EXISTING WIND FARM FROM 20 TO 25 YEARS. THE PERMISSION RELATES TO THE CONTINUANCE OF USE OF THE EXISTING WIND FARM GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF 08/2086 AND 15/701 FOR A FURTHER PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS. AN EIAR HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND LODGED WITH THIS APPLICATION

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 171148

• 7 Jul 2017Conditional

  FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT UNITS, ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING WIND TURBINES. THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT UNITS ARE COMPRISED OF TWO MODULAR STEEL CABINETS, PLACED ON A CONCRETE PLINTH LOCATED ON THE TURBINE FOUNDATION

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 17653

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 Larha.

Recorded monuments

• KE002-055 Enclosure
  Description

  Depicted on the 2nd ed. OS 6-inch map (1914) as a roughly square area (31m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by a field boundary SSW-N and by a scarped edge N-SSW. It is immediately to the W of a small river tributary and is not depicted on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map (1841). This may possibly be a small field. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 18 November 2013

• KE005-006 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked as a circular enclosure on the 1841-42 OS map, only a tiny section of it appears on the 1914 map. Today this site has been completely levelled except for a tiny portion of an enclosing bank. It is arch shaped and curves for c 30m. It is 10m wide and up to 1m high. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1029. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

• KE005-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diameter 28m N-S, 27m E-W Situated on poor pastureland, this site has an excellent view in all directions. It consists of a circular area enclosed by a low, wide earthen bank. SE to E the enclosing bank has been levelled, except for a section 6m long x 4.4m wide x c .4m high. Elsewhere the bank measures 1.2m externally and on average .6m above the interior. The width of the bank at the base measures 6m-7m. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 303. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE005-008 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diameter 33.6m N-S, 34m E-W This univallate rath is situated in a large marshy field, but good views are afforded in all directions. It consists of a circular area enclosed by an earthen bank and exterior fosse. The S part of the enclosing bank has been levelled and only appears as a slight rise above the surrounding land; elsewhere it is 1.2m high externally, .8m above the interior and measures c 5m in width at the base. The fosse, enclosing most of the site except to the S sector, is 2.2m wide and .7m below the height of the surrounding land. No entrance feature could be noted, but numerous cattle breaks exist in the bank. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 302. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Larha · An Leathráth

Area

3,532,532 m² (353.25 ha, 872.91 acres)

Civil parish

Aghavallen, and its townlands

Barony

Iraghticonnor

Electoral division

Astee, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Astee electoral division: 496 people in 187 households; 92% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Astee West, Ballynoneen, Farranastack, Kilcock Lower, Kilcock Upper, Killomeerhoe, Lacka East, Tullahennel North

Placenames

Larha 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.