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

Townland in the civil parish of Killemlagh, barony of Iveragh, Co. Kerry.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,144,114 m² (114.41 ha, 282.72 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,650 m² (0.27 ha, 0.65 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Killemlagh, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/killemlagh.md
- Barony: Iveragh
- Electoral division: Portmagee, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 365 people lived in 151 households in the Portmagee electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 31% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/22389
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 72420
- Centre: latitude 51.879107, longitude -10.389209 (WGS 84)

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

48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Reencaheragh, from 17 m² to 165,911 m² (16.59 ha, 41 acres); 9 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1151311: 165,911 m² (16.59 ha, 41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1151311.md
- Parcel 5393286: 137,526 m² (13.75 ha, 33.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5393286.md
- Parcel 1148291: 107,600 m² (10.76 ha, 26.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1148291.md
- Parcel 2669215: 96,849 m² (9.68 ha, 23.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2669215.md
- Parcel 1161725: 85,782 m² (8.58 ha, 21.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1161725.md
- Parcel 1225821: 71,874 m² (7.19 ha, 17.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1225821.md
- Parcel 1198222: 63,919 m² (6.39 ha, 15.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1198222.md
- Parcel 1220332: 63,830 m² (6.38 ha, 15.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1220332.md
- Parcel 5144636: 50,849 m² (5.08 ha, 12.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5144636.md
- Parcel 1210083: 46,017 m² (4.6 ha, 11.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1210083.md
- Parcel 1202110: 44,084 m² (4.41 ha, 10.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1202110.md
- Parcel 1240934: 42,743 m² (4.27 ha, 10.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1240934.md
- Parcel 1209914: 28,487 m² (2.85 ha, 7.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1209914.md
- Parcel 1180823: 23,854 m² (2.39 ha, 5.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1180823.md
- Parcel 1207579: 20,914 m² (2.09 ha, 5.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1207579.md
- Parcel 1222103: 19,152 m² (1.92 ha, 4.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1222103.md
- Parcel 1189524: 15,302 m² (1.53 ha, 3.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1189524.md
- Parcel 1214195: 9,454 m² (0.95 ha, 2.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1214195.md
- Parcel 1227912: 5,647 m² (0.56 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1227912.md
- Parcel 1237532: 5,129 m² (0.51 ha, 1.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1237532.md
- Parcel 1206914: 3,864 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1206914.md
- Parcel 4700195: 3,481 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4700195.md
- Parcel 1158129: 3,221 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1158129.md
- Parcel 1247108: 2,733 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1247108.md
- Parcel 1193967: 2,567 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1193967.md
- Parcel 2669064: 2,332 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2669064.md
- Parcel 1244237: 2,292 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1244237.md
- Parcel 1205313: 2,154 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1205313.md
- Parcel 1241555: 1,915 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1241555.md
- Parcel 1247345: 1,687 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1247345.md
- Parcel 1142733: 1,652 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1142733.md
- Parcel 1233404: 1,419 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1233404.md
- Parcel 1217425: 1,285 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1217425.md
- Parcel 1164862: 1,157 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1164862.md
- Parcel 1230034: 1,114 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1230034.md
- Parcel 1206385: 963 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1206385.md
- Parcel 1155421: 641 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1155421.md
- Parcel 1160402: 629 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1160402.md
- Parcel 5393307: 543 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5393307.md
- Parcel 1236593: 405 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1236593.md
- Parcel 1143715: 383 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1143715.md
- Parcel 1202906: 360 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1202906.md
- Parcel 1240005: 48 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1240005.md
- Parcel 1209739: 47 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1209739.md
- Parcel 2503292: 29 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2503292.md
- Parcel 1209709: 29 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1209709.md
- Parcel 1198084: 27 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1198084.md
- Parcel 1209783: 17 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1209783.md

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

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

3 applications, newest first.

- 6 Feb 2026, Kerry County Council 2660084: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660084/0
- 11 Sept 2025, Kerry County Council 2560818: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560818/0
- 27 Jan 2025, Kerry County Council 2560034: Conditional. Permission. Construct a new dwelling house, install a mechanical treatment unit, polishing filter and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560034/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Valencia Harbour/Portmagee Channel SAC, site code 002262, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002262
- Special Protection Area: Iveragh Peninsula SPA, site code 004154, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004154
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Puffin Sound-Horse Island Cliffs, site code 001373

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

- KE087-037001: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE087-037001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE087-046----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE087-046001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE087-046002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE087-072----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE087-104----. 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)

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 Reencaheragh.

## 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 Reencaheragh, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_0, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_0.zip (ZIP).
- 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/reencaheragh.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/reencaheragh.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/reencaheragh.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Reencaheragh 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)

- Doory: https://everytownland.com/kerry/doory-71114.md
- Foilnageragh: https://everytownland.com/kerry/foilnageragh.md
- Portmagee: https://everytownland.com/kerry/portmagee.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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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.

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