Mullaghveal
Townland in the civil parish of Cloghane, barony of Corkaguiny, Co. Kerry; in Irish Mullach Bhéal
- Area
- 549.8 ha
- 1,359 acres
- Land parcels
- 21
- registered freehold, median 11,111 m² (1.11 ha, 2.75 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mullaghveal, from 312 m² to 1,992,788 m² (199.28 ha, 492.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 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 Mullaghveal 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
No planning application touches the townland of Mullaghveal in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Mount Brandon SAC 000375
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Mount Brandon 000375
Recorded monuments
- KE043-041 Hut site
Description
On E slopes of Mullaghveal Pass. Foundations of a circular drystone structure with 2 small wall niches in the interior. D: 3.3m. H: .8m. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1406. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 August 2013
- KE043-042 Cairn - unclassified
Description
Folach na Marbh: An oval cairn of stones located beside the old trackway which leads over the mountains from Glin North to Mullaghveal. It measures 6.5m x 6.2m x c. 1.5m in height and reputedly marks the spot where some person died (An Seabhac 1939, 232). It is the local custom for passers-by to add a stone to the cairn. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 229. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013
- KE043-043 Hut site
Description
On scree-strewn S slopes of a SE spur of Brandon mountain. A possible circular hut of corbelled drystone construction. D: 4.45m. H: 1.93m. Numerous sheep-folds in vicinity. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 1405. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 August 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Mullaghveal.
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 high, moderately high, moderately low, moderately low (inferred), low, 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 Mullaghveal.
- 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 Mullaghveal with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Mullaghveal · Mullach Bhéal
- Area
- 5,498,477 m² (549.85 ha, 1,358.7 acres)
- Civil parish
- Cloghane, and its townlands
- Barony
- Corkaguiny
- Electoral division
- Cloghane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cloghane electoral division: 260 people in 103 households; 87% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 32% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 12% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinloghig, Ballybowler North, Ballyheabought, Clogharee, Commons of Dingle, Coumbowler, Coumeenycorraun, Glanshanacuirp, Glin North
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Mullaghveal 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.