Magherabeg

77 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Magherabeg, from 83 m² to 2,967,084 m² (296.71 ha, 733.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 8 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 Magherabeg 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.

• 10 Jun 2026Refused

  retention permission to retain a) existing mobile home on site, b) existing entrance and driveway, and planning permission to c) install a mechanical treatment unit and polishing filter and d) all associated site works

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2660527

• 1 Aug 2025Conditional

  Planning Permission to (A) refurbish and extend the existing cottage and (B) demolish the existing attached sheds and kitchen extension all serviced by the existing mechanical treatment unit and polishing filter (granted under Planning Reg No: 21/337) and (C) all associated site works at Magherabeg, Castlegregory, Co. Kerry

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560675

• 4 Jul 2025Conditional

  Permission consequent on grant of Outline Planning Permission Ref.No. 24/60923 to construct a new dwelling house complete with mechanical treatment unit and polishing filter and all ancillary site works associated with the development including new splayed entrance on to the public road

  Permission consequent · Kerry County Council, 2560571

• 27 Nov 2024Conditional

  Outline Planning Permission to construct a new dwelling house complete with mechanical treatment unit and polishing filter and all ancillary site works associated with the development including new splayed entrance on to the public road

  Outline permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460923

• 26 Mar 2024Conditional

  planning permission to construct a new slatted slurry tank, and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460181

• 16 Feb 2022Conditional

  PERMISSION TO (A) DEMOLISH THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (B) CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE SERVICED BY THE EXISTING MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER (GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REG NO: 21/337) AND (C) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22157

• 16 Apr 2021Conditional

  RETAIN EXISTING SHED EXTENSION AND MINOR ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO THE EXISTING DWELLING, RETAIN THE DWELLING, SHED, SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE SERVICES WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES AND PERMISSION TO RENOVATE AND EXTEND THE EXISTING DWELLING, DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALL A NEW SEPTIC TANK AND WIDEN THE ENTRANCE AT THE PUBLIC ROAD WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21409

• 31 Mar 2021Conditional

  (A) EXTEND AND RENOVATE THE EXISTING DWELLING (B) DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA, (C) CONSTRUCT A MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER, (D) CONSTRUCT ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21337

• 15 Jan 2021Refused

  RETAIN EXISTING AGRICULTURAL HARD STANDING AND NEW FRONT ENTRANCE PILLARS AND GATES, PERMISSION FOR CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL HARD STANDING TO MOTOR HOME PARKING AREA AND PERMISSION TO PLACE A MOBILE HOME OFFICE TO THE NORTH WEST SIDE OF THE EXISTING HARD STANDING AND FOR ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2113

• 18 Dec 2020Refused

  INSTALL 25 NO. STATIC MOBILE PITCHES, PLAY AREA, OPEN AMENITY AREA, BIN STORAGE BLOCK, LAUNDRY ROOM AND CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING ON SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM , INTERNAL SERVICE ROAD, LIGHTING AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AT EXISTING CARAVAN PARK

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 201246

• 1 Jul 2020Conditional

  TO CONSTRUCT SHED FOR WEANING CALVES FROM SUCKLER COWS WITH ROOFED CATTLE CRUSH, STORE HAY AND STRAW FOR CATTLE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 20567

• 11 Jan 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A SLATTED HOUSE FOR LIVESTOCK WITH UNDERGROUND SLURRY TANK AND ANCILLARY CONCRETE FARM YARD

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 179

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Tralee Bay and Magharees Peninsula, West to Cloghane SAC 002070
• Special Protection Area: Dingle Peninsula SPA 004153
• Special Protection Area: Tralee Bay Complex SPA 004188
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Tralee Bay And Magharees Peninsula, West To Cloghane 002070

Recorded monuments

• KE027-006 Midden
  Description

  Located amongst the sand-hills on the W side of the Magharees Peninsula, about 100 to 150m from the shore on the E side of Brandon Bay, are 3 large grass-grown mounds of sand which apparently mark the sites of shell middens, composed chiefly of oyster and cockle shells and burnt stones. Items recovered from the sites include a whetstone, a sliotar, fragments of the skull, teeth and ribs of a young child, a bead, and the front incisor from the lower jaw of a pig (NMI; CKFC 1951). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 21. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

• KE027-006001 Midden
  Description

  Located amongst the sand-hills on the W side of the Magharees Peninsula, about 100 to 150m from the shore on the E side of Brandon Bay, are 3 large grass-grown mounds of sand which apparently mark the sites of shell middens, composed chiefly of oyster and cockle shells and burnt stones. Items recovered from the sites include a whetstone, a sliotar, fragments of the skull, teeth and ribs of a young child, a bead, and the front incisor from the lower jaw of a pig (NMI; CKFC 1951). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 21. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

• KE027-006002 Midden
  Description

  Located amongst the sand-hills on the W side of the Magharees Peninsula, about 100 to 150m from the shore on the E side of Brandon Bay, are 3 large grass-grown mounds of sand which apparently mark the sites of shell middens, composed chiefly of oyster and cockle shells and burnt stones. Items recovered from the sites include a whetstone, a sliotar, fragments of the skull, teeth and ribs of a young child, a bead, and the front incisor from the lower jaw of a pig (NMI; CKFC 1951). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 21. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 5 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; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Magherabeg · An Machaire Beag

Area

3,539,608 m² (353.96 ha, 874.66 acres)

Civil parish

Killiney, and its townlands

Barony

Corkaguiny

Electoral division

Castlegregory, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Castlegregory electoral division: 1,041 people in 408 households; 77% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 30% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barrack, Castlegregory, Kilshannig, Loughbeg

Placenames

Magherabeg 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.