Lisheennashingane
Townland in the civil parish of Kilbonane, barony of Magunihy, Co. Kerry
- Area
- 133.3 ha
- 329 acres
- Land parcels
- 17
- registered freehold, median 100,565 m² (10.06 ha, 24.85 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lisheennashingane, from 590 m² to 170,157 m² (17.02 ha, 42.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Lisheennashingane 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
22 Sept 2025Conditional
REDIII: A 10 year planning permission for a solar farm, 38kV substation and underground cabling grid connection, and energy storage compound with a total area of circa 57 hectares. The proposed development will consist of a solar farm comprising of c.230,000 sq.m of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames, associated string inverters mounted to rear of panels and 14 no. single storey electrical transformer stations. The energy storage compound will consist of 36 no. containerised energy storage modules and associated plant and equipment, 9 no. transformers and 2 no. auxiliary transformers, 2 no. spare parts containers and 1. no. office unit. Planning permission is also sought for 1 no. 38kV substation and associated electrical compound, including single storey control building, line bay, transformer and accompanying apparatus, and associated grid connection between the proposed substation and Oughtragh 110kV substation comprising 38kV underground electricity cabling of c.3.87km in length to be provided in an excavated trench on private lands and the L11003, L8003 and L80030 public roads, and all associated site development and reinstatement works. The project will also include 33kV underground interconnector electrical cabling within the development site and within the L11003 public road, temporary construction compounds, security fencing, CCTV, access tracks, landscaping (including hedgerow removal and planting), drainage and all ancillary development works and apparatus necessary to facilitate the proposed development. Construction and operational access will be via 6 no. entrances from the L11003 and L80030, with 1 no. of these entrances used for the temporary construction phase only. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560856
27 Jul 2017Conditional
PARTIAL DEMOLITION, RENOVATION AND EXTENSION OF EXISTING DWELLING, CONSTRUCTION OF A SHED, DECOMMISSION AND REMOVE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND SOAKWAY, INSTALLATION OF A MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT WITH RAISED BED POLISHING FILTER AND A NEW SOAKWAY, AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17735
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Lisheennashingane.
Recorded monuments
- KE057-019 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on a gentle SW-facing slope. An oval area (40m N-S; c. 33m E-W) defined by a low severely eroded earthen bank (Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.2m) N-S and by a more substantial earthen bank, which is incorporated into the field boundary, S-N. There are gaps at NNE (Wth 3m) and S (Wth 2.5m). The interior slopes down to the SW. According to local information, a natural spring flows from N to S through the rath. Some trees line the edge of the interior. It is indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m), at the junction of four fields. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE057-020 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on the break of a S-facing slope. A circular area (c. 25m E-W; c. 23m N-S) defined by an arc of bank (Wth 2.1m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.6m) ESE-NW. According to the landowner, the bank was levelled NW-ESE in the 1980s. It is incorporated into the field boundary system S-W. A fosse is visible W-NW as a shallow depression covered in nettle growth. Field boundaries radiate out from the bank on the ESE, S, W and WNW arcs. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE057-022 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage, in undulating land. This rath is not visible at ground level. According to the landowner, it was levelled in the 1970s at which time a hollowed-out stone was found. It is indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map as a roughly D-shaped enclosure (dim. c. 25m N-S) with an almost straight S side (L 30m). On the 1895 OS 6-inch map the NE arc is indicated as a hachured scarp. A souterrain (KE057-022001-) is associated with this rath. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE057-022001 Souterrain
Description
In a rath (KE057-022----). A 'cave' is indicated the SE quadrant of the rath on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. There are no visible remains of this possible souterrain. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE057-130 Burnt spread
Description
In pasture, on a SE-facing slope. A circular grass-covered spread (diam. c. 12m) of burnt material. According to the landowner, there was a well nearby but it has been filled in. 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 Lisheennashingane.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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 Lisheennashingane.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Lisheennashingane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Lisheennashingane
- Area
- 1,332,640 m² (133.26 ha, 329.3 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilbonane, and its townlands
- Barony
- Magunihy
- Electoral division
- Kilbonane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilbonane electoral division: 632 people in 230 households; 83% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardmeelode, Ardywanig, Farranmanagh, Knocknaman, Laharan, Lecarhoo
- Placenames
- Lisheennashingane 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.