Rathanny
Townland in the civil parish of Ballymacelligott, barony of Trughanacmy, Co. Kerry; in Irish Ráth Thanaí
- Area
- 104.2 ha
- 258 acres
- Land parcels
- 38
- registered freehold, median 2,290 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathanny, from 89 m² to 244,767 m² (24.48 ha, 60.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 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 Rathanny 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
15 Dec 2025Conditional
Construct a new storage shed for machinery including all necessary site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 25294
23 Apr 2025Conditional
RETAIN THE EXISTING GARAGE/SHED TO THE FRONT OF THE DWELLING AND PERMISSION FOR THE ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING FIRST FLOOR ELEVATIONS INCLUDING NEW PORTAL WINDOW TO FRONT GABLE WALL, INCREASED WIDTH OF SIDE GABLE BEDROOM WINDOW, 2 REAR VELUX WINDOWS AND NEW REAR DORMER ROOF TO AN EXISTING DWELLING ALONG WITH RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN EXISTING GARAGE/SHED TO THE FRONT OF THE DWELLING AND RETENTION PERMISSION TO REATIN LEAN-TO WOOD STORE, BARNA TIMBER SHED, CHILDREN'S GARDEN ROOM/WENDY HOUSE AND CHICKEN COOP
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2596
3 Apr 2025N/a
INVALID
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2577
2 Oct 2024Conditional
(A) RETAIN CONVERSION OF ATTIC FOR USE AS AN EXTENSION OF FLOOR AREA TO EXISTING FIRST FLOOR BEDROOM AND FOR ASSOCIATED ELEVATIONAL CHANGES DUE TO ROOF WINDOWS INSTALLED FOR THIS EXTENSION OF FLOOR AREA (B) RETAIN GABLE WINDOW OF FIRST FLOOR BEDROOM (C) RETAIN DOMESTIC GARAGE TO SIDE OF DWELLING HOUSE AND (D) RETAIN STORAGE SHED TO REAR OF DWELLING HOUSE ALL LOCATED
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 24384
14 Jun 2022Conditional
(A) RETAIN THE EXISTING FOUNDATION AS CONSTRUCTED UNDER PLANNING REF NO 04/4533 AND THE OPENING OF AN ENTRANCE GATE ONTO THE ADJOINING PUBLIC ROAD (B) PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING SERVICED BY A MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT AND RAISED SAND POLISHING FILTER (C) PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT AN ACCESS DRIVEWAY AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22619
21 Jul 2021N/a
CONSTRUCT (A) A NEW DWELLING SERVICED BY A MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER (B) VEHICULAR SITE ENTRANCE, (C) UPGRADE OF EXISTING ACCESS ROAD AND (D) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 21835
26 Mar 2021Conditional
(A) EXTEND AND RENOVATE THE EXISTING DWELLING IN PROVIDING ADDITIONAL LIVING ACCOMMODATION, (B) CONSTRUCT ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21322
7 Oct 2020Conditional
(A) RETAIN AND COMPLETE THE EXISTING DWELLING AS CONSTRUCTED, (B) TO RETAIN THE ON SITE MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER AS INSTALLED, (C) TO RETAIN AND COMPLETE THE PART CONSTRUCTED DOMESTIC GARAGE, (D) TO RETAIN AND COMPLETE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20937
24 Sept 2020Conditional
FOR THE FOLLOWING, ROOF AN EXISTING CONCRETE FARM YARD FOR STRAW BEDDING CALVING COWS AND FOR HOUSING CALVES, RUN - OFF TO BE DIVERTED INTO NEARBY CONCRETE TANK AND PUMPED INTO STEEL SLURRY TOWER ON HIS LAND
Permission · Kerry County Council, 20882
8 Oct 2019N/a
(A) TO RETAIN AND COMPLETE THE EXISTING DWELLING AS CONSTRUCTED (B) TO RETAIN THE ON SITE MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISING FILTER AS INSTALLED (C) TO RETAIN AND COMPLETE THE PART CONSTRUCTED DOMESTIC GARAGE (D) TO RETAIN AND COMPLETE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Kerry County Council, 191039
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 Rathanny.
Recorded monuments
- KE030-037 Ringfort - rath
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KE030-037001 Souterrain
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KE030-038 Ringfort - rath
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KE030-038001 Hut site
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KE030-038002 Hut site
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KE030-039 Ringfort - rath
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KE030-040 Ringfort - rath
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathanny.
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 moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rathanny.
- 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 Rathanny with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Rathanny · Ráth Thanaí
- Area
- 1,042,461 m² (104.25 ha, 257.6 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballymacelligott, and its townlands
- Barony
- Trughanacmy
- Electoral division
- Nohaval, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Nohaval electoral division: 391 people in 141 households; 91% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballineedora, Ballybrannagh, Ballydwyer East, Ballydwyer Middle, Cahercullenagh Lower, Clogher, Kilbane, Mweelinroe
- Placenames
- Rathanny 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.