Monearmore
Townland in the civil parish of Killarney, barony of Magunihy, Co. Kerry
- Area
- 5.8 ha
- 14 acres
- Land parcels
- 61
- registered freehold, median 119 m²
- Zoning
- M2
- Town Centre
- Planning
- 45
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Monearmore, from 3 m² to 917 m². The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 6 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
- M2Town Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028, Kerry · 65 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New/proposed Residential/Opportunity Site (New/proposed residential)
Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028, Kerry · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M4Built up Area (Built up area)
Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028, Kerry · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
26 Nov 2025Refused
Permission for change of use from existing Ulster Bank (Commercial) on ground floor only to Excellens Urgent Care Clinic also new signage
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2561092
13 Nov 2025N/a
Permission for change of use from existing Ulster Bank (C0mmercial) on ground floor only to Excellent Urgent Care Clinic also new signage
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2561051
30 Oct 2025Conditional
CHANGE OF USE OF NO.35 NEW STREET, FROM DENTAL SURGERY TO OFFICE/CONSTITUENCY OFFICE
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2561005
29 Oct 2025N/a
Invalid: Permission for change of use from existing Ulster Bank (C0mmercial) on ground floor only to Excellens Urgent Care Clinic also new signage
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560989
27 Aug 2025Conditional
(A) Retention permission to retain the front façade window-door window configuration as constructed. (B) Retention permission of the existing flat roof as constructed and windows at rear of property (C) Permission to extend existing roof to create a continuous ridge line on the front elevation with all associated site works.
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560754
18 Jul 2025Conditional
for Permission to refurbish and extend existing dwelling house, all in accordance with plans and particulars submitted
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560620
25 Nov 2024Conditional
CONSTRUCT TWO NUMBER TWO STOREY DWELLINGS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 2 homes · Kerry County Council, 2460912
11 Nov 2024N/a
(A) to retain the front façade window-door window configuration as constructed, (B) Retention permission of the existing flat roof as constructed and windows at rear of property with all internal alterations with all associated site works
Retention · Kerry County Council, 24415
23 Sept 2024Refused
CONSTRUCT TWO NUMBER TWO STOREY HOLIDAY HOMES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460719
3 Sept 2024N/a
INVALID APPLICATION
Retention · Kerry County Council, 24356
13 Mar 2024Conditional
TO AMEND CONDITION NR 3 OF PLANNING REF 18/561 TO PERMIT THE SALE OF THE DWELLING HOUSES AS INDIVIDUAL UNITS AT THE REAR OF WEST END HOUSE A PROTECTED STRUCTURE REF 21400887, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANS AND PARTICULARS SUBMITTED
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 24106
30 Nov 2023Conditional
TO (A) DEMOLISH THE EXISTING KITCHEN AND BEDROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR LEVEL AT REAR OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL INTERNAL ALTERATIONS AND DEMOLISH THE FIRST FLOOR BEDROOM WITH FLAT ROOF, (B) PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A NEW EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCT 2 BEDROOMS WITH A NEW ATTIC CONVERSION WITH FLAT ROOF TO REAR OF DWELLING HOUSE, (C) PLANNING PERMISSION TO ALTER THE FRONT ROOF TO INCORPORATE TWO VELUX WINDOWS WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 231141
13 Mar 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCT EXTENSION TO EXISTING CULTURAL CENTRE CONSISTING OF PRAYER ROOM, 3 BEDROOM APARTMENT, ELEVATIONAL ALTERATIONS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 23262
8 Nov 2022Conditional
(1) CHANGE THE USE FROM OFFICES TO ST JOHN OF GODS KILLARNEY DAY SERVICES CENTRE, (2) DEMOLITION OF LEAN-TO STORAGE STRUCTURE, (3) INSTALLATION OF NEW WINDOW AND DOOR, (4) INTERNAL ALTERATIONS, SIGNAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 221163
8 Sept 2022Conditional
RETAIN PART OF THE SINGLE STOREY FLAT ROOFED ANCILLARY AREAS AT THE REAR OF THE DENTAL PRACTICE PREMISES, RE-MODEL THE EXISTING PREMSISES INTERNALLY, DEMOLITION OF INTERNAL STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS INCLUDING THE CHIMNEY BREAST ON THE PARTY WALL AND THE ASSOCIATED CHIMNEY STACK OVERHEAD, ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS TO FACILITATE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
Retention · Kerry County Council, 22946
31 Aug 2022Conditional
RENOVATE AND EXTEND EXISTING DISUSED DWELLING AND CONSTRUCT NEW DWELLING
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22916
15 Jul 2022N/a
RENOVATE AND EXTEND EXISTING DISUSED DWELING AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING
Permission · Kerry County Council, 22757
11 May 2022Conditional
CHANGE OF USE FROM RETAIL UNIT TO REAL ESTATE AUCTIONEERS OFFICE
Permission · Kerry County Council, 22496
9 Dec 2021Conditional
INSTALL A NEW EXTERNAL ATM AND ILLUMINATED SURROUND PANEL ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING EXTERNAL ATM, AND MINOR ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING RAMP AND STEP STRUCTURE TO PROVIDE ENHANCED WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY
Permission · Kerry County Council, 211414
22 Jul 2021Conditional
INTALL AN ATM MACHINE TO THE EXISTING SHOP FRONT TO THE NORTH ELEVATION
Permission · Kerry County Council, 21843
28 May 2021Conditional
RETAIN COFFEE DOCK. THIS PROPERTY IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE
Retention · Kerry County Council, 21572
31 Mar 2021Conditional
CHANGE USE OF EXISTING PREMISES FROM RESTAURANT AND BEAUTY SALON TO ACTING SCHOOL. THIS PROPERTY IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE REF 21400887
Permission · Kerry County Council, 21334
10 Dec 2020Conditional
CHANGE USE FROM PERMITTED HEALTH CLINIC TO RETAIL AT GROUND FLOOR UNIT
Permission · Kerry County Council, 201200
1 Dec 2020Conditional
REF NO 19/439 TO CONSTRUCT A DORMER STYLE DWELLING HOUSE
Permission consequent, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 201157
14 Aug 2020Conditional
FOR A CHANGE OF USE FROM PERMITTED RETAIL / OFFICE TO THERAPY SERVICES, WELL BEING SERVICES, PERSONAL CARE SERVICES, GROUP MEETINGS AND SPORT CLASSES AT GROUND FLOOR UNIT
Permission · Kerry County Council, 20725
The 25 most recent of 45 applications.
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 Monearmore.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Monearmore.
Architectural heritage
- House, 1860–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced single-bay two-storey house, built c. 1875, as a pair with the adjoining house. Now derelict. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles and steel gutter. Textured rendered walls with render plinth. Painted sills and render reveals to timber two-over-two pane sliding sash windows. Timber vertically-boarded door. Street frontage.
- House, 1860–1890 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace single-bay two-storey house, built c. 1875, as a pair with the adjoining house. Now in use as retail outlet. Pitched slate roof with patches of fibre-cement tiles, rendered chimneystack, cement gable parapet and steel gutter and downpipe. Painted textured rendered walls. Painted sill to timber two-over-two pane sliding sash window at first floor. Glazed timber door and display window set in enlarged opening to ground floor. Street frontage.
- House, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830, with dormer attic added. Pitched artificial slate roof, sprockets to eaves, tile-hung cheeks to flat roofed dormers, cast-iron gutter and downpipe. Painted rendered walls with projecting eaves course. Painted stone sills to timber two-over-two pane sliding sash windows. Replacement timber glazed and panelled door. Aluminium windows to dormers.
- House, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, built c. 1830, now also in use as restaurant. Refenestrated to dormer attic, c. 1900. Refenestrated to first floor, c. 1940. Renovated to ground floor to accommodate use as restaurant in latter part of twentieth century. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, two single-pitched dormers with slate-hung cheeks and rebuilt rendered chimneystack. Painted rendered walls with projecting eaves course, string course at first floor sill level and hanging sign at first floor. Painted sills at first floor with replacement one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. No sills at ground floor, having timber six-over-six pane sliding sash windows. Two-over-two pane sliding sash windows to dormers. Replaced glazed timber double leaf door. Street frontage.
- House, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1850, renovated, c. 1920, with window opening remodelled to ground floor possibly to accommodate commercial use. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, cast-iron gutter on iron brackets and downpipe. Painted rendered walls with projecting eaves course. Painted sills to timber six-over-six pane sliding sash windows at first floor. Six-pane window at ground floor. Timber boarded door. Street frontage.
- House, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay three-storey house, built c. 1870, as a pair with the adjoining house. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick chimneystack, cast-iron gutter and downpipe. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walls with hanging sign at first floor. Fascia or canopy removed from above ground floor window. Painted stone sills to timber six-over-six pane sliding sash windows. Ground floor window replaced with three-pane window in original opening. Iron window boxes. Replacement timber panelled door with overlight. Street frontage.
- West End House, house, 1770–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey late-Georgian house with dormer attic, built c. 1800, having round-headed door opening to centre. Subsequently in use as school of housewifery established by Lady Kenmare. Three-bay single-storey wing with dormer attic to north-west. Three-bay two-storey return to rear to south-west. Extended, c. 1910, comprising three-bay two-storey Arts-and-Crafts style range along rear elevation to south-west with single-bay single-storey lean-to projecting entrance bay to centre, pair of single-bay two-storey gabled projecting flanking bays and single-bay two-storey side elevation to north-west having single-storey gabled canted oriel window to first floor. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and aluminium rooflights. Painted roughcast rendered walls and rendered walls to gables. Scalloped red clay tile-hanging to gables of south west addition. Replacement uPVC windows. Limestone pedimented doorcase with Ionic pilasters, dosserets with rosettes, broken-base pediment and double-leaf timber panelled door. Yard to rear entered under archway with slate coping spanning between buildings. Attached two-bay single-storey outbuilding to south-west possibly incorporating fabric of earlier outbuilding, built c. 1910. Remains of detached two-bay two-storey outbuilding, built c. 1800, to south, now ruinous and mostly demolished.
- House, 1870–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1885, one of a terrace of three. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack, cast-iron gutter and downpipe. Painted rendered walls having raised string course and plinth. Segmental-arched opening with painted stone sills, raised render surrounds, keystones and timber one-over-one pane sliding sash windows. Segmental-arched opening with replacement timber panelled door and overlight.
- House, 1790–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced four-bay three-storey late-Georgian house, built c. 1805, with square-headed integral carriage arch to right ground floor and originally having timber pedimented Doric doorcase with freestanding pillars. Built as part of a terrace of three. Doorcase remodelled, c. 1900, with undulating saw-tooth vertical posts added. Renovated in late twentieth century to accommodate commercial use to ground floor. Steeply pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack to west, slate-hung chimneystack to east, cast-iron gutter on metal brackets and cast-iron downpipes. Painted rendered walls. Painted stone sills having uPVC windows to upper floors and timber six-over-six pane sliding sash windows at ground floor. Retaining interior features. Yard at rear with rubble single-storey outbuilding.
- House, 1790–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced four-bay three-storey late-Georgian house, built c. 1805, renovated, c. 1930, with moulded render moulded architraves added to door opening. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystack having yellow clay octagonal pots and cast-iron gutter on metal brackets. Painted rendered walls. Painted stone sills to timber six-over-six pane and three-over-six pane sliding sash windows. Replacement timber door with limestone threshold. Street frontage.
- House, 1770–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced five-bay three-storey late-Georgian house with dormer attic, built c. 1795, with round-headed door opening to centre having pedimented rusticated doorcase and fanlight. Three-bay two-storey return to rear to south-east. Now in use as hall. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron gutter and downpipe. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walls with projecting eaves band. Painted stone sills to timber one-over-one pane sliding sash windows with exposed sash boxes. Six-panel timber door with limestone threshold. Retaining interior features.
- House, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced four-bay three-storey late-Georgian house, built c. 1820. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, replacement gutter and cast-iron downpipe. Painted rendered walls with projecting eaves band. Painted sills to timber two-over-two pane sliding sash windows at ground and first floor and to replacement uPVC windows at second floor. Square-headed door opening having plinth blocks and timber-panelled door with overlight. Street frontage.
- House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced four-bay three-storey house, built c. 1820, possibly originally two-storey. Originally with square-headed integral carriage arch to left ground floor, renovated, c. 1890, with render pilaster shopfront inserted to ground floor. Shopfront reconverted to residential use in latter part of twentieth century. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystack, replacement gutter and cast-iron downpipe. Painted rendered walls. Render shopfront with pilasters and entablature, c. 1900. Painted stone sills to timber two-over-two pane sliding sash windows. Round-headed window opening over entrance to first floor. Round-headed door opening with raised render surround, panelled door and fanlight. Street frontage.
- House, 1750–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced five-bay two-storey Georgian house, built c. 1775. Renovated, c. 1875. Pitched artificial slate roof with cast-iron gutter on metal brackets and downpipe. Painted rendered walls. Painted sills to timber six-over-six pane sliding sash windows. Round-headed window at first floor centre, having three-pane casements and glazed semi-circular overpanel. Render pilaster doorcase having moulded archivolt and timber panelled door. Street frontage.
- House, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced three-bay three-storey house, built c. 1840, with round-headed door opening to right ground floor having moulded architrave and fanlight. Partly refenestrated to top floor, c. 1900. Timber pilaster shopfront inserted to left ground floor in latter part of twentieth century. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack, cast-iron gutter on metal brackets, hopper and downpipe. Rendered walls. Painted stone sills to timber six-over-six pane sliding sash windows at first floor and two-over-two pane sliding sash windows at second floor. Original three-over-six pane timber sliding sash window at centre. Timber panelled door with limestone threshold. Street frontage.
- House, 1750–1790 · Regional interest
Description
End-of-terrace five-bay two-storey mid-Georgian house with dormer attic, built c. 1770, with round-headed door opening to centre having advanced moulded archivolt, pillared doorcase, fanlight and elliptical-headed integral carriage arch to right ground floor. Partly refenestrated to ground floor, c. 1920. Steeply pitched slate roof with rubble gable chimneystacks having cornices, two flat-roofed dormers with slate-hung cheeks and cast-iron gutter and downpipe. Painted rendered walls with projecting strings at sill levels. Painted stone sills to timber six-over-six pane sliding sash windows at first floor and to replacement one-over-one pane sliding sash windows at ground floor. Timber panelled window shutters to interior first floor. Street frontage.
- Killarney Post Office, post office, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Attached four-bay three-storey post office, built c. 1900. Parapet wall to facade rebuilt to align with adjoining building. M-pitched artificial slate roof. Red brick English garden wall bond walls with limestone ashlar plinth, moulded brick cornice at first floor sills and entablature to parapet. Brickwork painted at ground floor. Round-headed openings to ground floor having brick pilasters, moulded and stepped archivolts, and hood mouldings. Segmental-arched openings to upper floors with moulded reveals and dentilated moulded sill course. Replacement fittings to openings. Street frontage.
- O'Connor, house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1860, renovated, c. 1900, with timber pilaster shopfront inserted to ground floor having moulded cornice. Now disused and partly derelict. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles and replacement rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls. Timber one-over-one pane sliding sash windows with exposed sash boxes at first floor. Two-over-two pane sliding sash window, two-pane display window and timber panelled door to ground floor. Timber panelled window shutters at first floor interior. Street frontage.
- House, 1850–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1875. Pitched artificial slate roof with roughcast chimneystacks. Painted rendered walls. Timber paired one-over-one pane sliding sash windows at ground floor and two-over-two pane sliding sash windows at first floor with painted sills. Square-headed door opening with glazed and panelled door having overlight. Street frontage.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- No susceptibility class on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_209 (ZIP).
- 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 Monearmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Monearmore
- Area
- 57,713 m² (5.77 ha, 14.26 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killarney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Magunihy
- Electoral division
- Killarney Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Killarney Urban electoral division: 10,487 people in 3,610 households; 51% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Monearmore 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.