Muing East
Townland in the civil parish of Ratass, barony of Trughanacmy, Co. Kerry; in Irish An Mhoing Thoir
- Area
- 20.9 ha
- 52 acres
- Land parcels
- 28
- registered freehold, median 1,429 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Muing East, from 49 m² to 41,415 m² (4.14 ha, 10.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 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
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 44 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New/Proposed Residential (New/proposed residential)
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C7Education/Innovation/Research & Development (Other commerce/industrial/enterprise uses)
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1Industrial, Enterprise, Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space, Park (Open space, park)
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 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
24 Jul 2026N/a
amendments to the Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) permitted by Kerry County Council (Reference 2560640) and An Coimisiún Pleanála (Reference ACP-323735-25). The proposed amendments relate to alterations to 66 no. own-door maisonette/apartment units over 2 no. storeys (32 no. 1 bed units, 34 no. 2 bed units) comprising units 78 – 109 Hanafin Park Maisonette Block and units 01 – 34 Racecourse Demesne Maisonette Block. The amendments will consist of: a change in plan of the own-door maisonette/apartment blocks, including reconfiguration of units, and consequent increase in external communal amenity space; roofline and elevational changes, including balconies, window openings, treatment and finish materials; and all associated landscaping and associated site development works.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660705
24 Jul 2025Conditional
The construction of a residential development of 245 no. residential units with ancillary two storey crèche, landscaping and associated site development works. The proposed development includes the demolition of an existing single-storey dwelling and associated shed and makes provision for 163 no. two storey houses, comprising 58 no. semi-detached units (40 no. 3 bed units and 18 no. 4 bed units) and 105 no. 3 bed terraced units and 82 no. own-door maisonette/apartment units over 2 no. storeys (40 no. 1 bed units, 42no. 2 bed units). Ancillary infrastructure development works will include wastewater infrastructure, surface water attenuation, water utility services, public lighting, bin stores, bicycle stores, 3 no. ESB substations, and all associated site development works. Vehicular access to the development will be via 1 no. new entrance and the reconfiguration of an existing entrance off Clash Road (L2016). The proposed development also includes a separate pedestrian/cycle entrance off Clash Road. The proposal includes dedicated pedestrian and cycling paths traversing the site and setback provision is made along the site’s frontage with Clash Road to facilitate a future cycle infrastructure network.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560640
16 Sept 2024Conditional
The construction of a residential development of 256 no. residential units with ancillary two storey crèche, landscaping and associated site development works. The proposed development includes the demolition of an existing single-storey dwelling and associated shed and makes provision for 138 no. two storey houses, comprising 88 no. semi-detached units (76 no. 3 bed units and 12 no. 4 bed units) and 50 no. 3 bed terraced units and 118 no. maisonette units over 2 no. storeys (50 no. 1 bed units, 68 no. 2 bed units). Ancillary infrastructure development works will include wastewater infrastructure, surface water attenuation, water utility services, public lighting, bin stores, bicycle stores, 3 no. ESB substations, and all associated site development works. Vehicular access to the development will be via 1 no. new entrance and the reconfiguration of an existing entrance off Clash Road (L2016). The proposed development also includes a separate pedestrian/cycle entrance off Clash Road. The proposal includes dedicated pedestrian and cycling paths traversing the site and setback provision is made along the site’s frontage with Clash Road to facilitate a future cycle infrastructure network.
Permission, 510 homes · Kerry County Council, 2460695
28 Jul 2023Conditional
Permission to construct a new single storey extension to the front, side and rear elevation and change of use from commercial to residential all at Charnwood, Racecourse Road, Tralee, Co. Kerry, V92 KF67
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2360061
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 Muing East.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Muing East.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Muing East.
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
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_127 (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 Muing East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Muing East · An Mhoing Thoir
- Area
- 208,795 m² (20.88 ha, 51.59 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ratass, and its townlands
- Barony
- Trughanacmy
- Electoral division
- Tralee Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Tralee Rural electoral division: 19,032 people in 7,091 households; 60% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybeggan, Clash West, Dromthacker, Muing West
- Placenames
- Muing East 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.