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

Townland in the civil parish of Rattoo, barony of Clanmaurice, Co. Kerry; in Irish Na Léitheanna.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 771,596 m² (77.16 ha, 190.67 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,258 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Rattoo, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/rattoo.md
- Barony: Clanmaurice
- Electoral division: Ballyduff, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 846 people lived in 333 households in the Ballyduff electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/23849
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 72064
- Centre: latitude 52.46251, longitude -9.651794 (WGS 84)

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

46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Leagh, from 108 m² to 102,353 m² (10.24 ha, 25.29 acres); 39 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1223395: 102,353 m² (10.24 ha, 25.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1223395.md
- Parcel 4839848: 99,992 m² (10 ha, 24.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4839848.md
- Parcel 1198460: 97,507 m² (9.75 ha, 24.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1198460.md
- Parcel 1142359: 69,330 m² (6.93 ha, 17.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1142359.md
- Parcel 1149897: 38,720 m² (3.87 ha, 9.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1149897.md
- Parcel 1198459: 38,333 m² (3.83 ha, 9.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1198459.md
- Parcel 4680116: 21,766 m² (2.18 ha, 5.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4680116.md
- Parcel 1142360: 15,092 m² (1.51 ha, 3.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1142360.md
- Parcel 1224476: 9,224 m² (0.92 ha, 2.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1224476.md
- Parcel 4647155: 6,932 m² (0.69 ha, 1.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4647155.md
- Parcel 1228103: 5,755 m² (0.58 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1228103.md
- Parcel 1198458: 5,418 m² (0.54 ha, 1.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1198458.md
- Parcel 5655618: 4,965 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5655618.md
- Parcel 1162903: 4,864 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1162903.md
- Parcel 1207905: 4,329 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1207905.md
- Parcel 1151588: 3,179 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1151588.md
- Parcel 1205661: 3,033 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1205661.md
- Parcel 1139905: 2,742 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1139905.md
- Parcel 1147683: 2,537 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1147683.md
- Parcel 5399136: 2,523 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5399136.md
- Parcel 1206652: 2,421 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1206652.md
- Parcel 1237161: 2,311 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1237161.md
- Parcel 3045415: 2,272 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3045415.md
- Parcel 1203741: 2,244 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1203741.md
- Parcel 1142182: 2,236 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1142182.md
- Parcel 4681335: 2,199 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4681335.md
- Parcel 1204684: 2,142 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1204684.md
- Parcel 1197063: 2,111 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1197063.md
- Parcel 1235989: 2,095 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1235989.md
- Parcel 1141142: 2,033 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1141142.md
- Parcel 1239340: 1,929 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1239340.md
- Parcel 1199950: 1,916 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1199950.md
- Parcel 1140299: 1,884 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1140299.md
- Parcel 1211597: 1,811 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1211597.md
- Parcel 1234659: 1,772 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1234659.md
- Parcel 1198941: 1,746 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1198941.md
- Parcel 1208583: 1,624 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1208583.md
- Parcel 3399614: 921 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3399614.md
- Parcel 2483132: 773 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2483132.md
- Parcel 4764832: 602 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4764832.md
- Parcel 4764791: 599 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4764791.md
- Parcel 1141528: 527 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1141528.md
- Parcel 1138511: 460 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1138511.md
- Parcel 1139497: 427 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1139497.md
- Parcel 4839846: 209 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4839846.md
- Parcel 1139073: 108 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1139073.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Leagh 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)

3 applications, newest first.

- 15 Aug 2024, Kerry County Council 2460562: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (1) Construct a vehicle entrance (2) all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460562/0
- 17 Apr 2023, Kerry County Council 23417: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (A) EXTEND ONE SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING, (B) TO BUILD A PRIVATE STOREY AND A HALF TYPE EXTENSION AT REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/23417/0
- 26 Oct 2022, Kerry County Council 221110: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (A) CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING WHICH WILL BE SERVED BY A NEW SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL NECESSARY ANCILLARY SITE WORKS, (B) A DOMESTIC GARAGE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/221110/0

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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 Leagh.

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

- KE009-033: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE009-033----. Internal diameter 28.6m N-S, 29.3m E-W This circular univallate rath is enclosed by an earth and stone bank, on average 6.9m wide and rising to a maximum of 2m externally and 1.3m above the interior. Two main gaps to the NW and SE, measuring 2.4m and 2.2m respectively, provide access to the interior. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land. In the W sector is a semi-circular raised area, .7m high, curving in towards the bank. About 3m to the E of this is a small depression, 2.3m x 1.6m, and 2.4m NE of this is another depression, 1.8m x 2m. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 359. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE009-033001: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE009-033001-. Circular univallate rath KE009-033---- is enclosed by an earth and stone bank, on average 6.9m wide and rising to a maximum of 2m externally and 1.3m above the interior. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land. In the W sector is a semi-circular raised area, .7m high, curving in towards the bank. About 3m to the E of this is a small depression, 2.3m x 1.6m, and 2.4m NE of this is another depression, 1.8m x 2m. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 359. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE009-034: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE009-034----. Lissatrowel/Lios an tSruthaill (ringfort of the stream). This site is marked on the 1841-42 and 1915-16 OS maps as a circular enclosure. No surface trace of this site survives. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 360. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE009-036: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE009-036----. Marked on the 1841-42 and 1915-16 OS maps as a circular enclosure, this site can also be picked up as a crop mark on the Geological Survey of Ireland's aerial photographs (1977). No trace of this site can be seen today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 361. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE009-039: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE009-039----. Internal diameter 21m N-S, 22m E-W Situated in boggy land, this bivallate rath consists of a circular raised area 1m high, which is enclosed for the most part by a 7m-11m wide fosse. The outer bank encloses the inner area from the W through N to E; it cannot be distinguished elsewhere. The outer bank is c 7m wide and rises to .6m-1m above the fosse and c 1.8m above the surrounding land. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 362. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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 Leagh.

## 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 Leagh, about 1 in 5 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Leagh.
- 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/leagh.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/leagh.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/leagh.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Leagh 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)

- Ardcullen: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ardcullen.md
- Ardcullen-Marshes: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ardcullen-marshes.md
- Ballyhorgan: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ballyhorgan.md
- Knoppoge North: https://everytownland.com/kerry/knoppoge-north.md
- Knoppoge South: https://everytownland.com/kerry/knoppoge-south.md
- Lacka East: https://everytownland.com/kerry/lacka-east-72023.md
- Leagh-Marshes: https://everytownland.com/kerry/leagh-marshes.md
- Sheepwalk: https://everytownland.com/kerry/sheepwalk.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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