# Oldforge, Co. Kerry: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Killarney, barony of Magunihy, Co. Kerry. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 600,699 m² (60.07 ha, 148.44 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,772 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Killarney, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/killarney.md - Barony: Magunihy - Electoral division: Brewsterfield, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Brewsterfield electoral division: 805 people in 281 households; 89% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/23220 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 72320 - Centre: latitude 52.036898, longitude -9.417367 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Oldforge, from 310 m² to 103,378 m² (10.34 ha, 25.55 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1203277: 103,378 m² (10.34 ha, 25.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1203277.md - Parcel 1162865: 95,506 m² (9.55 ha, 23.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1162865.md - Parcel 1205389: 74,291 m² (7.43 ha, 18.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1205389.md - Parcel 1142605: 59,561 m² (5.96 ha, 14.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1142605.md - Parcel 1240761: 50,750 m² (5.08 ha, 12.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1240761.md - Parcel 1223847: 47,676 m² (4.77 ha, 11.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1223847.md - Parcel 1212026: 35,090 m² (3.51 ha, 8.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1212026.md - Parcel 1222868: 25,904 m² (2.59 ha, 6.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1222868.md - Parcel 1205929: 16,482 m² (1.65 ha, 4.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1205929.md - Parcel 1238250: 7,857 m² (0.79 ha, 1.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1238250.md - Parcel 1228369: 4,940 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1228369.md - Parcel 1138216: 4,653 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1138216.md - Parcel 1193149: 3,899 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1193149.md - Parcel 1197368: 3,859 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1197368.md - Parcel 4268688: 3,618 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4268688.md - Parcel 4268682: 3,504 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4268682.md - Parcel 1163730: 3,412 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1163730.md - Parcel 1152111: 3,149 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1152111.md - Parcel 1155357: 2,948 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1155357.md - Parcel 1210604: 2,829 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1210604.md - Parcel 1242949: 2,715 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1242949.md - Parcel 1224780: 2,380 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1224780.md - Parcel 2995405: 2,155 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2995405.md - Parcel 1233363: 2,142 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1233363.md - Parcel 1246284: 2,004 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1246284.md - Parcel 3013974: 1,806 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3013974.md - Parcel 3013990: 1,750 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3013990.md - Parcel 1203599: 1,732 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1203599.md - Parcel 2995403: 1,595 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2995403.md - Parcel 3013997: 1,510 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3013997.md - Parcel 1241426: 1,462 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1241426.md - Parcel 1218952: 1,409 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1218952.md - Parcel 3013878: 1,400 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3013878.md - Parcel 1217500: 1,178 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1217500.md - Parcel 1163728: 1,003 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1163728.md - Parcel 1178923: 927 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1178923.md - Parcel 1235028: 768 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1235028.md - Parcel 1242260: 668 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1242260.md - Parcel 1204384: 349 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1204384.md - Parcel 1204809: 310 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1204809.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Oldforge in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 7 applications, newest first. - 4 Dec 2025, Kerry County Council 2561129: N/a. Permission. Invalid: (A) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION; (B) CONSTRUCTION OF A ONE-AND-A-HALF STOREY EXTENSION; (C) ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING LANDSCAPING AND PARKING AREA. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561129/0 - 4 Dec 2025, Kerry County Council 2561130: Conditional. Permission. Construct a dwelling house, garage, ancillary services and areas served by a septic tank and polishing filter. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561130/0 - 11 Feb 2022, Kerry County Council 22139: Conditional. Retention. (A) RETAIN 1) PERIMETER BLOCK WALLS AND PILLARS TO THE EASTERN AND WESTERN SIDE OF THE SITE, 2) INTERNAL BLOCK WALLS AND PILLARS WITHIN THE SITE, 3) SECURITY GATE TO THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE SITE AND 4) METAL STORAGE CONTAINER (B) PLANNING PERMISSION FOR (1) AN AUTHORISED TREATMENT FACILITY FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF END OF LIFE VEHICLES AND THEIR PARTS AND ASSOCIATED WORKS, 2) DRAINAGE WORKS INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF A CLASS 1 FULL RETENTION OIL INTERCEPTOR, 3) THE TEMPORARY STORAGE OF CRASHED AND IMMOBILISED VEHICLES AND END OF LIFE VEHICLES, 4) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 2M HIGH BOUNDARY WALL WITH 2.2.M PILLARS TO THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE SITE, 5) THE TEMPORARY STORAGE OF FERROUS/NON FERROUS METALS AND VEHICLE BATTERIES 6) REPLACEMENT OF A WINDOW WITH A DOOR AND WINDOW TO THE NORTHERN FACADE OF THE COMMERCIAL GARAGE 7) CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC WATER MAINS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES 8) THE PERMANENT CLOSURE OF THE ENTRANCE ONTO THE N22. THE APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN NIS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/22139/0 - 3 May 2019, Kerry County Council 19470: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. RETAIN EXISTING CONSTRUCTED PORCH TO FRONT OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A DORMER EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/19470/0 - 26 Mar 2019, Kerry County Council 19307: N/a. Permission. 1) A DORMER EXTENSION TO THE REAR AND 2) A PORCH EXTENSION TO THE FRONT OF THE DWELLING AND 3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/19307/0 - 18 Jan 2019, Kerry County Council 1924: Conditional. Permission. CONTINUE USE AND OPERATION OF THE EXISTING SAND PIT PERMITTED UNDER PLAN REG. REF . NO. 1910/98(ABP REF. NO. PL08.110268), WITH MINOR REVISIONS TO THE PERMITTED EXTRACTION AREA ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN BOUNDARY, AND THE INSTALLATION OF A WHEELWASH ALL WITHIN AN APPLICATION AREA OF C. 35. HA. THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/1924/0 - 24 Jan 2017, Kerry County Council 1748: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS& FOR PERMISION FOR RETENTION OF A STONE WALL ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY & METAL RAILINGS AT OTHER LOCATIONS & RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN DOMESTIC GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/1748/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC, site code 000365, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000365 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks And Caragh River Catchment, site code 000365 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - KE067-055: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE067-055----. In level pasture, c. 250m N of the Flesk River. This possible rath is not visible at ground level. It is indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. On the 1893-4 OS 6-inch map the N arc has been truncated making the rath D-shaped. The arc may have been removed during the construction of the Killarney and Tralee branch of the Great Southern and Western Railway, which lies c. 20m to the N. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Oldforge. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_282, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_282.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/kerry/oldforge.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/oldforge.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/oldforge.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Oldforge with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry: https://everytownland.com/kerry.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Carrigeencullia: https://everytownland.com/kerry/carrigeencullia.md - Cloghane: https://everytownland.com/kerry/cloghane-70664.md - Gortahoosh: https://everytownland.com/kerry/gortahoosh.md - Minish: https://everytownland.com/kerry/minish.md - Tullaha: https://everytownland.com/kerry/tullaha-72660.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/kerry/oldforge - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kerry/oldforge