Rathmorrel

24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathmorrel, from 418 m² to 199,597 m² (19.96 ha, 49.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Rathmorrel 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.

• 9 Jul 2026Conditional

  (1) to construct a storage shed and (2) all associated site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660648

• 27 Feb 2025Conditional

  (1) construct an extension to an existing easy feed slatted cubicle shed complete with underground tank (2) all associated site works at Rathmorrel, Causeway, Co.Kerry.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560128

• 28 Jun 2022Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING EASY FEED SLATTED CUBICLE SHED(2) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 22690

• 4 Aug 2021Refused

  NEW ACCESS TO EXISTING DWELLING

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 21907

• 19 Dec 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE SINGLE STOREY DWELLING WITH ROOMS IN THE ATTIC SERVED WITH TREATMENT UNIT AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 181253

• 25 Oct 2018Conditional

  DEMOLISH A BUILDING PREVIOUSLY USED AS A SCHOOL, AND CONSTRUCT A STOREY AND A HALF DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, AND REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK WITH NEW SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA, INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY WORKS, ALL ACCESSED VIA EXISTING ENTRANCE INCLUDING THE PARTIAL REMOVAL OF EXISTING STONE AND EARTH DITCH TO THE WEST OF ENTRANCE AND ASSOCIATED SIGHT WORKS TO IMPROVE SIGHT LINES

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 181041

• 8 Nov 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DOMESTIC DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, ENTRANCE AND ACCESS DRIVE AND A MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS& FOR PERMISSION TO CARRY OUT IMPROVEMENT WORKS TO THE EXISTING ENTRANCE & ROADSIDE BOUNDARY

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 171111

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 Rathmorrel.

Recorded monuments

• KE014-033 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diameter 30.6m N-S Situated NE of the previous three sites, this circular enclosure is marked on the 1842 and 1916 OS maps. Today this site has been much levelled and is cut by a track running N-S. Elsewhere it appears as a semi-circular raised area which rises to .8m above the surrounding land. To the N to NW a slight trace of an exterior fosse can be seen; it is 12m long, 2.4m wide and .4m deep. Contained in the N sector of the interior are two depressions and there is also a mound (KE014-033001-), 2.4m x 3m. Extending out of the depression is a narrow ridge which travels SW for 9m. In the S sector is a clump of stones, and c2m to the SW is an oblong mound (KE014-033001-), 6m x 2.6m, curving into the bank. No entrance is to be noted. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 495. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE014-033001 Mound
  Description

  Situated NE of the previous three sites, circular enclosure KE014-033--- is marked on the 1842 and 1916 OS maps. Today this site has been much levelled and is cut by a track running N-S. Contained in the N sector of the interior are two depressions and there is also a mound (KE014-033001-), 2.4m x 3m. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 495. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE014-033002 Mound
  Description

  Situated NE of the previous three sites, circular enclosure KE014-033--- is marked on the 1842 and 1916 OS maps. Today this site has been much levelled and is cut by a track running N-S. In the S sector is a clump of stones, and c2m to the SW is an oblong mound (KE014-033002-), 6m x 2.6m, curving into the bank. No entrance is to be noted. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 495. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE014-034 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in the corner of a field and lying NE of KE014-037---- & KE014-038----, this circular enclosure is marked on the 1842 OS map but does not appear on the later edition. A slight trace of this site can be seen on the Geological Survey of Ireland's aerial photographs, but no surface trace remains today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 494. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE014-035 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Rathmorrell Castle. Very little is known about this castle. It is believed to have been built by the D'Cantillon family. O'Donovan (1841) states that it was a rectangular building, the walls of which remained to a height of 20 feet (6m). However, today only a slight trace of the castle remains. The walls were removed some time ago and used in the construction of a track and shed which lie immediately N of the castle. The castle now shows no signs of being rectangular in shape: all that remains is a mound of rubble measuring 25m N-S, 46m E-W and 1.7m on average in height. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1007. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

• KE014-037 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  This large circular enclosure appears on the 1842 OS map, but does not appear on the 1916 edition. No trace survives today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 492. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE014-038 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  This circular enclosure was situated immediately SSE of KE014-037---- and is also marked on the 1842 OS map. It does not appear on the 1916 map and no surface trace survives today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 493. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE014-039 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  This circular enclosure lies two fields E of KE014-047----. It is marked on the 1842 OS map but does not appear on the 1916 edition, and no surface trace remains today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 497. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE014-047 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Lisnagat/Lios na gCat (ringfort of the cats). Situated SW of the previous four sites, this univallate rath lies in a corner of a field and is cut on the W side by a fieldbank. This fort was very overgrown and inaccessible. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 496. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE014-049 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked on the 1842 OS map as a large circular enclosure, it lies SE of KE014-039----. These two sites would appear to have been connected by a bohareen. However, this site does not appear on the 1916 map and no surface trace survives today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 498. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Rathmorrel, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rathmorrel.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Rathmorrel with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Rathmorrel

Area

956,732 m² (95.67 ha, 236.41 acres)

Civil parish

Killury, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmaurice

Electoral division

Killury, the unit of the census

Census 2022

491 people lived in 180 households in the Killury electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinclemesig, Ballynoe, Ballynorig West, Feeans, Lisduff, Lissycurrig

Placenames

Rathmorrel 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.