Ratass

225 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ratass, from 8 m² to 62,146 m² (6.21 ha, 15.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 59 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 189 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Mixed Use, general development (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
  Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M3District/Neighbourhood Centre (District, neighbourhood centre)
  Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C1.1Commercial, Retail (Commercial, retail)
  Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S4General Public Administration (General public administration)
  Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Landscape Protection (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 0 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
• R1New/Proposed Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 0 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 · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 21 Aug 2026N/a

  PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENT: THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF AN EXISTING 2 STOREY END OF TERRACE DWELLING, ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660788

• 8 Jul 2026Conditional

  (a) Remove existing facade signage to showroom on road/front elevation and over entrance door on rear elevation, (B) Permission to erect new facade signage to road/front facade and over rear main entrance door on rear elevation, (C) Permission to remove existing stand-alone sign adjacent to roadside boundary and replace and new free standing sign, (D) Permission for free standing signage on north western side of showroom and (E) Permission for free standing signage at rear of existing showroom all with associated works; all located

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 26113

• 30 Mar 2026Conditional

  (1) refurbish and extend an existing derelict dwelling (2) form a vehicular rear access from the Ballinorig Road and (3) construct all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660273

• 26 Nov 2025N/a

  Application by Gerard O'Connor to Kerry County Council for planning permission to construct a bridge crossing over the Ballybeggan River, together with all associated site works, on his landholding at Rathass, Tralee, Co. Kerry. .

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2561099

• 27 Oct 2025Refused

  (1) refurbish and extend an existing derelict dwelling (2) form a vehicular rear access from the Ballinorig Road and (3) construct all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560984

• 9 Oct 2025N/a

  Vincent Dowling is applying to Kerry County Council for planning permission to (1) demolish an existing derelict dwelling, (2) construct a new dwelling house and (3) form a vehicular rear access from the Ballinorig Road and (4) construct all associated ancillary site works at 7 Quill Street, Rathass Tralee.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560921

• 20 Jun 2025Conditional

  (A) REMOVE EXISTING PORTACABIN STORAGE UNIT AND COVERED LINK TO THE REAR AND ANCILLARY TO THE EXISTING SHOP AND (B) PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A NEW EXTENSION IN LIEU OF PORTACABIN AND LINK TO REAR OF EXISTING SHOP

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 25165

• 6 Jun 2025Conditional

  Retention Permission to retain change of use from singular office unit into two separate units consisting of (A) Physiotherapy/Medical use in unit 8a and (B) GP Healthcare use in unit 8b

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560488

• 28 Feb 2025Conditional

  (A) SUBDIVIDE EXSISTING SINGULAR STORAGE/WAREHOUSE UNIT INTO 2 NO UNITS AND CHANGE OF USES FROM STORAGE/WAREHOUSE TO STORAGE/WAREHOUSE WITH RETAIL (B) CONTRUCT A FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION TO THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED UNITS 1A AND 1B WITH ALL INTERNAL/EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS AND DEVELOPEMENT WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2547

• 4 Dec 2024Conditional

  ERECT 2 NO. TWO-STOREY SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES COMPLETE WITH ANCILLARY SERVICES

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 24437

• 20 May 2024Conditional

  CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL BUILDING (CIRCA 9,000M2) FROM A WEAVING PLANT TO A WHISKEY MATURATION STORE AND ALL ANCILLARY SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS . THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS FOR MODIFICATIONS TO AN ESTABLISHMENT TO WHICH THE MAJOR ACCIDENTS DIRECTIVE APPLIES

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 24196

• 8 Feb 2024Conditional

  TO (1) CONSTRUCT A REAR GROUND FLOOR EXTENSION, (2) CONSTRUCT SIDE TWO STOREY EXTENSION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS ALL TO EXISTING DWELLING

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2452

• 1 Dec 2023Conditional

  FULL PLANNING PERMISSION TO (A) CLOSE UP EXISTING ENTRANCE CURRENTLY SERVING KERRY MOTOR WORKS SHOWROOM AND DISPLAY YARD, (B) FORM AND CONSTRUCT A NEW ENTRANCE TO SERVICE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT LEADING ONTO MAIN ROAD (R875), (C) FORM AND CONSTRUCT A NEW ENTRANCE WITHIN PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WHICH WILL SERVE AS A NEW ENTRANCE TO KERRY MOTOR WORKS, (D) CONTRUCT 15 NO. INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSES, CONSISTING OF 2 NO. TERRACED BLOCKS OF 3 UNITS AND 9 N0. DETACHED UNITS, (E) CONSTRUCT A NEW SERVICE ROAD WITHIN PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT TO SERVICE ALL UNITS, (F) CONSTRUCT A NEW MV ESB SUB STATION WITHIN PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT (G) CONSTRUCT A NEW SIGNAGE PYLON WHICH WILL BE USED FOR ADVERTISING KERRY MOTOR WORKS DEALERSHIP AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE, (H) CONSTRUCT A NEW SIGNAGE PYLON WHICH WILL BE USED FOR ADVERTISING BUSINESSES OCCUPYING THE PROPOSED UNITS AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE, (I) CONSTRUCT A NEW KERRY MOTOR WORKS BUSINESS SIGNAGE PYLON AT NEW INNER ENTRANCE (J) DECOMMISION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA ON SITE, (K) CONSTRUCT A NEW CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SEWER VIA ON SITE PUMPING STATION AND (L) CONSTRUCTION OF ALL NECESSARY ANCILLARY SITE WORKS, INCLUDING SUDS INFRASTRUCTURE; AND RETENTION PERMISSION TO (1) RETAIN EXISTING CAR WASH UNIT AS CONSTRUCTED ON SITE, (2) RETAIN AND COMPLETE EXISTING HARDSTAND AREA AND SECURITY FENCING AS CONSTRUCTED ON SITE.

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2360380

• 16 Feb 2023Conditional

  DEMOLISH EXISTING DERELICT BUILDINGS AND ERECT IN LIEU OF SAME A NEW STOREY AND A HALF STYLE DWELLING HOUSE WITH PITCHED ROOF CONSTRUCTION TO FRONT AND TWO STOREY FLAT ROOF SECTION TO BACK WITH A SINGLE STOREY GROUND FLOOR BEDROOM TO REAR OF THAT, COMPLETE WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING BOUNDARY WALLS AND NEW REAR BOUNDARY WALL

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23155

• 16 Feb 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A NEW DETACHED SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE COMPLETE WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING DEMOLITION OF EXISTING FRONT BOUNDARY WALL, ERECTION OF A NEW SPLAYED FRONT ENTRANCE AND REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING BOUNDARY WALLS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23156

• 29 Aug 2022Refused

  CONSTRUCT A CONCRETE BRIDGE TO SPAN EXISTING RIVER ON HIS LAND HOLDING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 22905

• 27 Jul 2022N/a

  CONSTRUCT A CONCRETE BRIDGE TO SPAN EXISTING RIVER ON HIS LAND HOLDING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS ON HIS LAND

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 22797

• 31 May 2021Conditional

  (A) PERMISSION TO RETAIN ELEVATION CHANGES MADE TO THE BUILDING AND (B) PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE BUILDING

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 21580

• 10 Mar 2021Conditional

  NEW REAR ACCESS ROAD

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 21245

• 29 Jan 2021N/a

  CONSTRUCT NEW ACCESS ROAD TO SERVICE NOS. 12,13 AND 14 QUILL STREET, TRALEE FROM MITCHAEL O'REGAN PLACE

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2161

• 29 Jan 2021Conditional

  DEMOLISH DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE AND TO ERECT NEW 2 STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH NEW SITE BOUNDARIES

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2165

• 16 Nov 2020Refused

  (A) REMOVE EXISTING FRONT BOUNDARY WALL TO FRONT OF EXISTING GARAGE SHOWROOM AND TO REPLACE THE WALL WITH BOLLARDS, RAISING THE EXISTING GROUND LEVEL INSIDE THE WALL TO ALLOW FOR PARKING OF DISPLAY CARS AT THIS LOCATION FOR GARAGE SHOWROOM (B) PLANNING PERMISSION TO RE-ALIGN AND RISE THE EXISTING ELECTRONIC ADVERTISEMENT SIGN BY 1 METERS, ALL WITH ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 201099

• 19 Jul 2019Conditional

  CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING RETAIL UNIT TO RESTAURANT/CAFE USE, GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION UNDER AN BORD PLEANALA REF NO. 302891-18 AND KERRY COUNTY COUNCIL REG, REF NO. 18/208, AS FOLLOWS: (I) CHANGE THE DESIGN AND LOCATION OF THE TAKE-OUT BOOTH AND ALTER EXISITNG WINDOW AND SHOPFRONT TO THE WESTERN GABLE OF SUBJECT UNIT, (II) REVISIONS TO SIGNAGE ON THE SUBJECT UNIT, (III) FORM NEW EXTERNAL DOOR IN THE SOUTHERN ELEVATION

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 19770

• 18 Apr 2019Conditional

  RETAIN AND COMPLETE CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF DWELLING HOUSE TO GP SURGERY WITH PARKING AND ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND PERMISSION TO DEVELOP FIVE ADDITIONAL CAR PARKING SPACES

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19400

• 29 Jan 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCT (A) A NEW SHED WITH A LEAN TO ROOF WHICH WILL BE USED AS A VALET WORKSHOP (B)CONSTRUCT A NEW ROOF CANOPY OVER EXISTING HARDSTAND AREA WHICH IS BEING USED AS A CAR WASH AND ALL NECESSARY ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 1969

The 25 most recent of 31 applications.

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ratass.

Recorded monuments

• KE029-157 Ecclesiastical site
  Description

  Ratass (Ráth Teas/Ráth Mhaighe Deiscirt/Fort of the Southern Plain) in the parish of Ratass, diocese of Ardfert, barony of Trughanacmy was described by Gwynn & Hadcock (1970, 43, 95) as;'probably contemporary with Rattoo of Bishop Lugach (sixth century?)'. At the synod of Rathbreasail the church of Rath Maighe Deiscirt (near Ardfert) was chosen as the episcopal see of Kerry. Ardfert, which soon afterwards became and remained the seat of the bps., had been destroyed not long before 1111 by warring factions. This was probably the reason why it was passed over at Rathbreasail; but the decision was not effective. In 1117 Anmchidh O h-Anmchada d. as bp. of Ardfert (AFM)'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 April 2022

• KE029-157001 Church
  Description

  National Monument No. 57. Ratass (Ráth Teas/Ráth Mhaighe Deiscirt/Fort of the Southern Plain) in the parish of Ratass, diocese of Ardfert, barony of Trughanacmy was chosen as the Episcopal see of Kerry at the synod of Rathbreasail (1111), but was replaced by Ardfert by 1117 (Gwynn & Hadcock 1970, 95). Leask (1955, 69) suggested that the western part of the church dated from the rebuilding by Abbot Cormac O Killeen who died in 969. Harbison (1972) dated the nave to the 10-11th century. The church was described by Petrie (1845, 185) as follows; 'In these primitive structures the windows, like the doorways, are most generally without an architrave or ornament of any kind; but when the doorways present an architrave, or a bead moulding at their angles, the windows are generally decorated with a similar ornament, as in the annexed example, which represents the east window of the very ancient and interesting church of Ratass, near Tralee, in the county of Kerry, of the doorway of which I have already given a drawing. This window, which is much injured, is of greater size than is usual in Irish churches of the earliest age, the height, externally, being three feet six inches [1.06m], and the breadth at the base ten inches [0.25m], and at the top eight inches [0.2m]: the external measurement is above eight feet [2.4m] in height, and four feet three inches [1.3m] in breadth'. According to Brash (1875, 22-3) the east window of Ratass Church was one of the first 'when mouldings came to be employed, principally in the window opes. One of the earliest examples will be found in the east window of the church of Ratass. When originally finished it was a splendid specimen of the mason's craft, being built of large blocks of red sandstone, brought a considerable distance from the mountains. The west gable is particularly noticeable for the massiveness and excellence of its masonry, its cyclopean doorway, and the ante on its quoins. The east end of the church would appear to be an addition; the east window is semicircular-headed, having large inward splays. The external head is cut out of a block, but, internally, it is carefully arched. The external and internal jambs are finished with an arris moulding,which is continued on the sills. A couplet window, somewhat similar in design, but of more elaborate finish, is to be seen in the east gable of Temple Righ, or, as it is sometimes called, Melaghlin's church [OF005-007001-], at Clonmacnoise'. The church of Ratass was described by Hickson (1884, 298) as follows; 'The ancient church of Ratass, built of brown stone, although in a limestone district, and with an enormous lintel over the little doorway sketched by Petrie, is too well known to need much notice here. It had a narrow escape of being "restored" like the neighbouring church of Tralee. The owners of great part of Ratass until the first quarter of the present century were the Morris family, who resided in a fine mansion now swept away, near the ancient ruined castle [KE029-123----] of Walter Hussey at Ballybeggan, a little to the north of the old church. In the will of Samuel Morris, Esq., of Ballybeggan, who died about 1700, the testator solemnly enjoins his son to repair the ruined church of Ratass, and requests his neighbour Colonel Edward Denny, of Tralee Castle [KE029-119030-], to assist in this work, as he, testator, had "assisted to repair the church of Tralee [KE029-119002-]." Mr. Morris had taken an active part against James II., and he seems to have been alarmed lest the death of Queen Anne might bring back the Stuarts, for to his directions about Ratass church he added this clause : "if the Act of Settlement be not repealed in twenty years," intimating that such a contingency might make the repair of Protestant churches an impossibility'. In 1906 the church was described as; 'This interesting little church consists of a nave and chancel; the former measures 36 feet [11m] in length by 25 feet [7.6m] in width. There are square pilasters at each of the four angles. The principal feature is the western doorway, which is square-headed, with sloping jamb; width at bottom, 2 feet 10½ inches [0.87m], and at top, 2 feet 7½ inches [0.8m]; height, 6 feet 6 inches [1.98m]. The whole of the space within the walls is taken up with vaults and graves, with weeds and tangled vegetation in profusion. The ancient doorway, described and illustrated by Petrie, has recently been built up, and in it a headstone has been inserted, which should be removed. Petrie describes the church as built in a style of masonry perfectly cyclopean, the stones of the doorway in most instances extending through the entire thickness of the walls. The stone, he observes, is of Old Red Sandstone brought from a great distance, although there were fine quarries of limestone on the spot. The original name of Ratass was Rath Muighe deiscirt, or the rath or fort of the southern plain, and was probably of contemporaneous origin with Rattoo, which was erected by Bishop Lughach, one of the earliest propagators of Christianity in Kerry' (Anon. 1906, 345). Ratass Church was described by Ó Carragáin (2010, 313) as follows; 'This mortared stone church (int. dims. 9.85m x 5.75m) with antae is on the site of an establishment [KE029-157----] reputedly founded by Bishop Lughach. Its trabeate west doorway has a plain-relief architrave, and a monolithic window head incorporated into the Romanesque chancel may belong to the original east window'. See attached plan of multi-period church taken from Harbison 1972, Fig. 1 and elevation drawing of east window taken from Brash 1875, Plate VII and illustration of W doorway taken from JRSAI 1891, 622. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 April 2022

• KE029-157002 Ogham stone
  Description

  National Monument No. 57. Discovered in 1975 during a routine clean-up of the interior of the ancient church at Ratass (Fanning and Ó Corráin 1977) the stone has been set up beside the N wall of the nave. It consists of a fine purple sandstone, 1.45m high x 0.34m x 0.20m, bearing a simple Latin cross and the following inscription: [A]NM SILLANN MAQ VATTILLOGG. The edge of the stone 'appears to have been deliberately dressed or shaped and the incisions are clean, regular and unweathered' (ibid., 14) This stone has been studied as part of the ‘Ogham in 3D’ project undertaken by the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. To access details go to the following website: https://ogham.celt.dias.ie/search.php?ciic=Ratass Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 6 January 2015

• KE029-157003 Wall monument
  Description

  A seventeenth-century coat of arms of the Creagh family fixed into the inner face of the north wall of the nave of Ratass Church (KE029-157001-). According to Harbison (1972, 13) 'It was probably during the work of 1908 that the seventeenth-century coat of arms of the Creagh family was fixed into the inner face of the north wall of the nave. It was possibly also at the same time that a stone was reset about 2.5m above ground level near the western end of the north wall of the nave on which there is a mason's mark of uncertain date, though possibly the reconstruction of around 1700'. See attached photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 27 April 2022

• KE029-157004 Cross-slab
  Description

  Cross slab discovered in 1975 and described by Fanning and Ó Corráin (1972, 14-16) as follows; 'This stone is also of the local purple-red sandstone but has a sightly more gritty appearance than the ogham pillar and measures 80cms in length, 40cms in width and 15cms in thickness. It is decorated on one face only, with a rather poorly-executed ringed-cross from which is appended a double-grooved stem. The arms of the cross are also composed of double grooves which intersect at the centre and extend to meet the ring. One of the two vertical lines of the cross is not in line with the stem. The grooving is similar to that on the cross placed on the ogham stone and is clear and fairly deep averaging 5mms in depth and 7mms in thickness. The stone itself is well dressed, with rounded edges along the sides. Both the upper and lower ends are broken off and so the upper portion of the ringed-cross and the base of the stem are missing, The high, rounded, right-hand corner seems untouched, and this suggests that the top of the stone may have had a semi-circular or gabled shape originally. Both the ogham stone and cross-slab have been re-erected and secured to the internal north wall of the nave of the church. A possible tenth/eleventh century dating, coeval perhaps with the first stone church, might be tentatively assigned to the re-use of the stone as a cross-slab and the smaller cross-slab may also belong to the same period [KE029-157001-]. See attached plan and photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 April 2022

• KE029-157005 Graveyard
  Description

  Ratass graveyard surveyed in 2012 by Laurence Dunne and was described as following; 'Ratass Graveyard is situated on the north side of the N21/22 road on eastern limits of Tralee town. The church [KE029-157001-] and graveyard complex at Ratass, (An Ráth Theas / the Southern Fort) from which the area is still known today, is an Early Ecclesiastical foundation. In early literary annalistic sources, Ratass is known as Ráth Muighe Deiscirt - Fort of the Southern Plain (O’Donovan 1841, 59). The ecclesiastical site at Ratass was founded possibly in the 7th or 8th century AD based on the morphology of the church and the presence of an ogham stone and cross-slab presently located within the building (Barrington 1976, 224; Leask 1977 69; Harbison 1974). Rebuilding and modification of the church took place during the Romanesque period with the addition of a chancel (Barrington 1976, 224; Bradley 1995, 172). The site is a National Monument in State ownership (Nat. Mon. No. 57). There are two major aspects to Ratass-the ancient and the modern. The modern graveyard was formally planned by Tralee Town Council and typically laid out in formal blocks and rows that have become denser in occupancy in more recent times. It has exponentially expanded along the main road into Tralee mirroring the massive expansion of Tralee itself. The expansion of the graveyard is best and simply exemplified by examination of historic cartography and aerial photography. Of particular importance is a blow-up extract from an Air Corps aerial photography taken. This low altitude fixed wing vertical image taken in May 1949 clearly shows Ratass Graveyard as a rectangular graveyard surrounded by fields and expanding westwards to Tralee and including several new burial blocks as yet unoccupied but set out. Within the south-eastern limits of Ratass graveyard are the relict upstanding remains of one of the finest early medieval churches in the country. The church is a National Monument in State ownership. The ruined church is situated in Block Z of the graveyard which is also the oldest area of the entire cemetery complex. This ancient burial ground area contains all the different historic burial types including above ground tombs and a myriad number of different period headstones. A total of one hundred and five, tombs were surveyed in Ratass Graveyard virtually all of which are situated in the oldest section of Ratass at the south-east. Several types of tombs are represented including, chest, box and strong-box varieties. A total of five thousand and ninety-seven (5097) headstones were recorded in Ratass graveyard making it the largest in County Kerry. There are several historic wrought or cast iron crosses in Ratass graveyard. There are seven (7) horizontal rectangular graveslabs or ledgers in Ratass Graveyard (Dunne 2012, 1-14). See attached plans and photographs courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 April 2022

• KE029-157006 Architectural fragment
  Description

  The basal remains of a possible baptismal font or stoup now concreted onto the south elevation of Ratass church (KE029-157001-). See attached plan and photograph courtesy of Laurence Dunne Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 April 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), 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_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.

No address of the register names Ratass with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Ratass · Ráth Teas

Area

523,270 m² (52.33 ha, 129.3 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

Ballingowan, Ballinorig South, Ballinorig West, Clash East, Cloon More, Manor East, Manor West

Placenames

Ratass 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.