# Rathroe, Co. Kerry: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Lisselton, barony of Iraghticonnor, Co. Kerry; in Irish An Ráth Rua.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 638,872 m² (63.89 ha, 157.87 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,651 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Lisselton, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/lisselton.md
- Barony: Iraghticonnor
- Electoral division: Urlee, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 376 people lived in 148 households in the Urlee electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 18% 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/24237
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 72398
- Centre: latitude 52.490877, longitude -9.625364 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathroe, from 459 m² to 345,796 m² (34.58 ha, 85.45 acres); 12 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1205692: 345,796 m² (34.58 ha, 85.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1205692.md
- Parcel 1244361: 285,166 m² (28.52 ha, 70.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1244361.md
- Parcel 1225169: 4,159 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1225169.md
- Parcel 1142980: 3,144 m² (0.31 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1142980.md
- Parcel 1189989: 1,259 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1189989.md
- Parcel 1192400: 459 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1192400.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Rathroe 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)

1 application, newest first.

- 17 Aug 2018, Kerry County Council 18808: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A BUNGALOW INCORPORATING ATTIC ACCOMMODATION WITH PROPRIETARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER AND 2/ TO CONVERT EXISTING COTTAGE TO FUEL/GARDEN STORE ALL WITH ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/18808/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

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

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- KE004-056: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE004-056----. This circular enclosure, situated immediately NW of Rathroe (246), is not marked on any edition of the OS maps. Today it has been much levelled. It consists of a sub-circular area which is enclosed by an 8m-wide and .6m-high bank. From the N to E, the enclosing bank cannot be traced at all, and from the E to S it just survives as a barely perceptible .4m rise. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1026. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013
- KE004-057: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE004-057----. Internal diameter 32m Rathroe/An Ráth Rua (the russet ringfort). Situated in low-lying boggy land, immediately NW lies a possible unmarked enclosure (KE004-056----). This circular univallate rath is enclosed by an earthen bank that is much levelled in places. It measures 2.1m externally and 1.7m internally in height and the width of the bank at the base is 5m. Three gaps to the N, E and SE, measuring 5m, 3m and 3m, provide access to the interior. It is believed locally that this ringfort got its name from the local red clay in the area; red bricks were made locally from this material. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 246. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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 Rathroe.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Rathroe, about 1 in 5 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rathroe.
- 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/rathroe.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/rathroe.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/rathroe.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Rathroe 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)

- Ballyloughran: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ballyloughran.md
- Curraghweesha: https://everytownland.com/kerry/curraghweesha.md
- Dunferris: https://everytownland.com/kerry/dunferris.md
- Gortnaskeha: https://everytownland.com/kerry/gortnaskeha.md
- Kilmulhane: https://everytownland.com/kerry/kilmulhane.md
- Lahesheragh South: https://everytownland.com/kerry/lahesheragh-south.md
- Lisladraun: https://everytownland.com/kerry/lisladraun.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.

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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/rathroe
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kerry/rathroe