Shrone Beg

122 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shrone Beg, from 60 m² to 367,762 m² (36.78 ha, 90.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 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 Shrone Beg 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.

• 31 Jul 2025Conditional

  Retention Permission to Retain (a) hardstanding areas, (b) Holding tanks, (c) 1 no. container, (d) 9 no. agricultural buildings, (e)Tree house and Full Planning Permission for the change of use from agricultural farm to a pumpkin farm event for 20 days (in any year) around the Halloween period including the change of use of (a) hardstanding areas as parking and circulation areas, (b) 1 no container, (c) 12 no. agricultural structures as temporary visitor amenities including entertainment, food kiosks, seating areas etc for the period of the pumpkin farm event and permission for the use of a toilet block and marquee structure for the period of the pumpkin farm event and all associated site services

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560664

• 16 Aug 2024N/a

  Retention Permission to Retain (a) hardstanding areas, (b) Holding tanks, (c) 1 no. container, (d) 9 no. agricultural buildings, (e)Tree house and Full Planning Permission for the change of use from agricultural farm to a pumpkin farm event for 20 days (in any year) around the Halloween period including the change of use of (a) hardstanding areas as parking and circulation areas, (b) 1 no container, (c) 12 no. agricultural structures as temporary visitor amenities including entertainment, food kisoks, seating areas etc for the period of the pumpkin farm event and permission for the use of a toilet block and marquee structure for the period of the pumpkin farm event and all associated site services at Shrone Beg/Carran/Gortanahaneboy West, Rathmore, Co. Kerry

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2460577

• 2 Aug 2023Conditional

  THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LIVESTOCK UNDERPASS UNDER THE PUBLIC ROAD, SOILED WATER TANK AND ANCILLARY WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION.

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23873

• 10 Mar 2022Conditional

  DISCONNECT WASTEWATER OR FOUL PIPE CONNECTION FROM EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA SERVING EXISTING DWELLING, AND RECONNECT TO NEW PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ANCILLARY WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22264

• 8 Feb 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A DORMER DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER UNIT AND ALL SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22116

• 28 Oct 2021Conditional

  (A) RETENTION OF THE VEHICLE ENTRANCE , SPLAYED ENTRANCE AND ACCESS (B) FULL PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT 6 NO. GLAMPING PODS ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES AND INFORMAL WALKING PATHS AND PERMISSION TO INSTALL AN ONSITE PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM TO SERVICE SAME (C)FULL PLANNING PERMISSION TO UPGRADE THE EXISTING AGRICULTURAL ACCESS ROAD AND CONSTRUCT A CAR PARKING AREA TO ACCOMMODATE 9 CAR SPACES ALONG WITH ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 211228

• 30 Oct 2020Conditional

  THE REALIGNMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENTRANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, TREATMENT UNIT, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 201033

• 12 Apr 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A NEW EASY FEED SLATTED UNIT. PROPOSED SLATTED UNIT TO INCORPORATE ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND SLURRY STORAGE TANK WITH 2 EXTERNAL AGITATION POINTS, CUBICLES AND EXTERNAL ANCILLARY CONCRETE. THE ABOVE TO BE CARRIED OUT WITH ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 19378

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: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC 000365

Recorded monuments

• KE068-019 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on top of a hillock with views S to The Paps of Dana. This rath is not visible at ground level. It is indicated as a subrectangular enclosure (dims. c. 50m x c. 50m) on the 1894 OS 6-inch map and as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. According to local information, land reclamation was carried out in this area some years ago but prior to that 'there was a circle with a ditch around it, which was always covered in briars.' Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE068-020 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a S-facing slope with views S to The Paps of Dana. This rath is not visible at ground level. It is indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1846 and 1894 OS 6-inch maps. According to local information, the field in which it was situated is known as 'the fort field'. There is a possible souterrain (KE068-020001-) in the interior. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE068-020001 Souterrain
  Description

  In a rath (KE068-020----). There are no visible remains of this possible souterrain which is indicated in the SW quadrant of the rath on the 1894 OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE068-094 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In marshy pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope with views SW to the Paps of Dana. A partially eroded horseshoe-shaped mound (8.5m N-S; 6.2m E-W; H 0.5m) of burnt material with an opening (2m E-W; 1.8m N-S) facing W. This is the fulacht fia recorded in the 1940s on Thomas O'Connor's land (Schools Manuscript, Co. Kerry). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE068-095 Standing stone
  Description

  In pasture, sloping slightly to the NE. The stone (dims. 1.02m x 0.49m; H 1.45m) is irregular in plan and elevation and leans slightly to the S. It is orientated NNE-SSW. A possible mass-rock (KE068-114----) lies c. 280m to the S. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE068-114 Mass-rock
  Description

  In undulating pasture, with views S to The Paps of Dana. According to local information, a mass-rock once existed at this location, which is obscured by overgrowth. No remains of this mass-rock are now visible. There is a standing stone (KE068-095----) c. 280m to the N. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 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 Shrone Beg.

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 Shrone Beg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Shrone Beg · Srón Bheag

Area

4,497,406 m² (449.74 ha, 1,111.33 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcummin, and its townlands

Barony

Magunihy

Electoral division

Doocarrig, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Doocarrig electoral division: 694 people in 226 households; 91% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carran, Gortanahaneboy East, Gortanahaneboy West, Gortderrig, Gortnagane, Raheen, Rath Beg, Shrone More

Placenames

Shrone Beg 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.