Reencaheragh

48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Reencaheragh, from 17 m² to 165,911 m² (16.59 ha, 41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 9 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Reencaheragh 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.

• 6 Feb 2026Conditional

  Permission to A.) Demolish existing rear flat roof extension B.) Construct new rear extension C.) Construct porch extension to front of existing dwelling house D.) Elevational changes E.) Decommission existing septic tank and install a mechanical treatment tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660084

• 11 Sept 2025Conditional

  To construct an extension at side of gable, with elevational changes, decommission existing septic tank and replace with a Tricel P6 wastewater treatment tank and Tricel Tero module on a gravel bed and all associated site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560818

• 27 Jan 2025Conditional

  Construct a new dwelling house, install a mechanical treatment unit, polishing filter and all associated site works.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560034

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Valencia Harbour/Portmagee Channel SAC 002262
• Special Protection Area: Iveragh Peninsula SPA 004154
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Puffin Sound-Horse Island Cliffs 001373

Recorded monuments

• KE087-037001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  This site, known locally as a ceallúnach , is located on sloping pasture close to the S shore of Portmagee Channel. It consists of a rectangular platform, 14.6m N-S x 24.5m E-W, and is raised on average .35m above surrounding ground level. The interior of the site contains up to thirty upright slabs, most of which are clustered towards its W half. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1039. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013

• KE087-046 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  Reencaheragh Castle/Caisleán Rinn Chathrach: Doon Point is a long, broad promontory which is located on the S side of the entrance to Portmagee Channel. It stretches c. 190m NE-SW, and slopes upwards to steep cliffs from its landward end. Here it measures 39m wide and is defended by a substantial wall and an inserted gatehouse of Medieval date. In the interior of the fort are the foundations of a large, rectangular house. Running E-W across the neck of the promontory is the 35.5m long defending wall. A short portion is missing at its W end; at E it turns to S and skirts the cliff-edge for a further 10.5m. It varies between 1.5m and 1.9m in width, and survives to a maximum height of 2.95m. It features a rubble core, bonded with a clay and gravel mortar, and its outer face is pointed with a fresher mortar with gravel and shell inclusions. Westropp suggested that the outer face was strengthened, and the wall somewhat heightened, when the gatehouse was added (1912, 310). A shallow internal fosse or scarp, .7m wide, occurs on the E side of the gatehouse. The gatehouse and the remains of an adjacent entrance at W occur towards the E end of the stone wall. They appear to be insertions, and are built of coursed split stone and rubble laid in a gravel and shell mortar. The gatehouse measures 6.75 E-W x 4.3m N-S externally and stands to a maximum height of 5m at its NW angle. Its entrance, arched with pitched slabs and approached by three steps of doubtful antiquity, is located central to the N wall; it measures 2.25m high and is 1.65m wide. The sockets for three drawbars are preserved in its E jamb. The entrance communicates through a wide lobby with the exit at S. Only the jambs of the exit survive; in its W jamb a deep drawbar socket is preserved. The N end of the lobby is roofed by a pair of very large, obliquely pitched slabs, one of which has a circular perforation, .16m in diameter. Access to a ground floor chamber on the E side of the lobby is gained through a flat-headed doorway near the lobby's S end. This doorway is internally rebated and fitted with a drawbar socket in its N jamb. The chamber is roofed with lintels and measures 3m N-S x 1.25m E-W. It is lit by a loop in the N wall, which is set in a rectangular, lintelled embrasure with splayed ingoings. Directly across the lobby from the entrance to the E chamber are the remains of a doorway, of which only the S jamb survives. Access is gained through this doorway to a short lintelled passage, on the N side of which is preserved the W jamb of an entrance to a small chamber, 1.08m N-S x 1.16m E-W, with a lintelled roof. This chamber is lit by a loop in the N wall, set in a rectangular, lintelled embrasure with splayed ingoings. In the E wall are the remains of a narrow lintelled ope. A stairway, accommodated in the W wall of the gatehouse, ascends to the upper storey from the passage and is lit by two splayed opes. The upper storey chamber measures 3.1m N-S x 4.8m E-W. Only its NW angle and W wall stand to nearly full height. On the external face of the E wall, at its upper level, are two vertically disposed projecting slabs. Occurring 1.8m W of the gatehouse are the remains of another, smaller entrance through the stone wall which defends the promontory. Only its jambs survive, and a drawbar socket and channel are preserved. It measures 1m wide, and Westropp recorded it as flat-headed and five feet (1.5m) high. He suggested that a number of projecting stones above it supported a 'battlemented machicolation' (1912, 311). A series of three upright slabs, running N-S, occurs 3.25m SW of the gatehouse. Their significance is unclear. 14m S of the gatehouse are the sod-covered foundations of a large, rectangular house. Measuring 12m NW-SE x 7m NE-SW externally, its .9m thick walls are built of coursed slabs and survive to an average internal height of .7m. The house has a pair of opposed entrances which measure, on average, .65m wide. These occur towards its NW end, which is raised above average internal ground level. To see a 3D model of this monument visit: https://skfb.ly/6BCYO The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 449. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE087-046001 Gatehouse
  Description

  The gatehouse and the remains of an adjacent entrance at W occur towards the E end of the stone wall. They appear to be insertions, and are built of coursed split stone and rubble laid in a gravel and shell mortar. The gatehouse measures 6.75 E-W x 4.3m N-S externally and stands to a maximum height of 5m at its NW angle. Its entrance, arched with pitched slabs and approached by three steps of doubtful antiquity, is located central to the N wall; it measures 2.25m high and is 1.65m wide. The sockets for three drawbars are preserved in its E jamb. The entrance communicates through a wide lobby with the exit at S. Only the jambs of the exit survive; in its W jamb a deep drawbar socket is preserved. The N end of the lobby is roofed by a pair of very large, obliquely pitched slabs, one of which has a circular perforation, .16m in diameter. Access to a ground floor chamber on the E side of the lobby is gained through a flat-headed doorway near the lobby's S end. This doorway is internally rebated and fitted with a drawbar socket in its N jamb. The chamber is roofed with lintels and measures 3m N-S x 1.25m E-W. It is lit by a loop in the N wall, which is set in a rectangular, lintelled embrasure with splayed ingoings. Directly across the lobby from the entrance to the E chamber are the remains of a doorway, of which only the S jamb survives. Access is gained through this doorway to a short lintelled passage, on the N side of which is preserved the W jamb of an entrance to a small chamber, 1.08m N-S x 1.16m E-W, with a lintelled roof. This chamber is lit by a loop in the N wall, set in a rectangular, lintelled embrasure with splayed ingoings. In the E wall are the remains of a narrow lintelled ope. A stairway, accommodated in the W wall of the gatehouse, ascends to the upper storey from the passage and is lit by two splayed opes. The upper storey chamber measures 3.1m N-S x 4.8m E-W. Only its NW angle and W wall stand to nearly full height. On the external face of the E wall, at its upper level, are two vertically disposed projecting slabs. Occurring 1.8m W of the gatehouse are the remains of another, smaller entrance through the stone wall which defends the promontory. Only its jambs survive, and a drawbar socket and channel are preserved. It measures 1m wide, and Westropp recorded it as flat-headed and five feet (1.5m) high. He suggested that a number of projecting stones above it supported a 'battlemented machicolation' (1912, 311). The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 449. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE087-046002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  14m S of the gatehouse are the sod-covered foundations of a large, rectangular house. Measuring 12m NW-SE x 7m NE-SW externally, its .9m thick walls are built of coursed slabs and survive to an average internal height of .7m. The house has a pair of opposed entrances which measure, on average, .65m wide. These occur towards its NW end, which is raised above average internal ground level. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 449. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013

• KE087-072 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  This narrow promontory is located between two narrow inlets, Coosnaskirtane and Coosacunnig, a short distance S of KE087-046----. It is defended at its landward end by two low banks which average .65m high and stretch 15.5m across its neck. The outer bank is poorly preserved. The promontory extends SW for 46m; at 23m, however, its width is reduced to 3m by a narrow inlet on its N side. At this point a bank spans the promontory, and reaches a maximum height of 1.1m. No other features are apparent. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 450. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013

• KE087-104 Hut site
  Description

  Hut site described in 2003 as follows; ‘A broad west-facing flat, level headland is cut off by an earthen field bank and external fosse. From the air a circular area, possibly the site of a hut foundation can be seen immediately northwest of the natural swallow hole. This is the only indication that the headland may have been occupied but the feature could not be found at ground level. The area is one of fertile cleared and drained pasture, with several nearby headlands defended with substantial earthworks’ (Casey 2003, 34, no. K)

Architectural heritage

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

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

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, 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_0 (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 Reencaheragh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Reencaheragh

Area

1,144,114 m² (114.41 ha, 282.72 acres)

Civil parish

Killemlagh, and its townlands

Barony

Iveragh

Electoral division

Portmagee, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Portmagee electoral division: 365 people in 151 households; 76% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 31% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Doory, Foilnageragh, Portmagee

Placenames

Reencaheragh 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.