Tawlaght
Townland in the civil parish of Ballynahaglish, barony of Trughanacmy, Co. Kerry; in Irish Tamhlacht
Parcel 1237229
- Area
- 134,221 m² (13.42 ha, 33.17 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Tawlaght
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 2 recorded monuments.
- KE028-070 Church
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KE028-070001 Graveyard
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 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 this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 191.7 ha
- 474 acres
- Land parcels
- 203
- registered freehold, median 1,073 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
203 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tawlaght, from 16 m² to 221,822 m² (22.18 ha, 54.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 100 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1Mixed Use, general development,opportunity/proposal site (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R4Strategic Residential Reserve
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Landscape protection (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5Tourism & Related (Tourism and related)
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G2Walkway/Cycleway (Walkway, cycleway, bridle path)
Tralee Municipal District Settlements's Plan (Variation No. 1 of the KCDP 2022-2028), Kerry · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
4 Sept 2025Conditional
Retention a Domestic Shed and the adjoining Roofed Patio and the Pump Sump constructed at the rear of the House.
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560779
14 Jul 2025Conditional
Permission to construct a single storey granny flat extension to the rear, ancillary to existing dwelling, and all associated site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560605
12 Jun 2025Refused
The retention of the glamping pod and the adjoining roofed patio and the pump sump. Heights Glamping Pod 3550 - roofed patio 2700
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2560507
1 May 2025Conditional
for planning Permission to a) Extend and renovate the existing two storey, mid terrace dwelling b) construct all associated site works at No. 6 Marian Terrace, Fenit Without, Fenit, Co Kerry V92XW70
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560366
18 Dec 2024Conditional
retention permission to retain the change of use of the disused railway accommodation cottages and all associated alteration and extension works to form five self-contained rental apartments complete with the elevational changes , car parking, amenity area and associated external works
Retention, 5 homes · Kerry County Council, 2460998
2 Feb 2023Conditional
(1) (A) CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO EXTEND THE EXISTING KITCHEN, (B) CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXTEND THE EXISTING SUNROOM ON THE SOUTH EASTERN SIDE/GABLE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (C) CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXTEND THE EXISTING MASTER BEDROOM AND ASSOCIATED EN-SUITE TO THE FRONT OF THE EXISTING HOUSE, (D) CONSTRUCT BAY WINDOW EXTENSIONS TO MASTER BEDROOM AND REAR BEDROOM RESPECTIVELY ON THE NORTHWESTERN SIDE/GABLE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE; ALL OF THE ABOVE WITH ASSOCIATED ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND (2) RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN SEPARATE SHED AND OFFICE AS CONSTRUCTED TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING WHICH IS ANCILLARY FOR THE USE OF THE DWELLLING HOUSE; ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2394
20 Jul 2021Conditional
ALTER AND EXTEND THE EXISTING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL WORKS, SERVICING AND LANDSCAPING AND TO DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALL A NEW SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21821
19 Jul 2021Conditional
EXTEND THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE EAST SIDE AND TO ENLARGE THE EXISTING ENTRANCE PORCH ON THE SOUTH ELEVATION AND ADD 3 NO. 'VELUX' TYPE ROOF LIGHTS TO THE EXISTING SOUTH ELEVATION ROOF
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21817
23 Jun 2021Refused
RETAIN EXISTING MOBILE UNIT (SINGLE AXEL WHEEL UNIT) FOR HOT DRINKS AND CONFECTIONERY ON SITE AND TO TRAVEL TO OTHER LOCATIONS TO SELL HOT DRINKS AND CONFECTIONARY
Retention · Kerry County Council, 21685
11 Feb 2021Conditional
ERECT A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF MY EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE COMPLETE WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21117
19 Jan 2021Conditional
1) RETAIN FOUNDATIONS AS CONSTRUCTED FOR EXTENSION TO REAR AND SIDE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING 2) COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR AND SIDE OF THE EXISTING TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE 3) CONSTRUCT A SHED TO THE REAR OFTHE EXISTING DWELLING AND 4) ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2131
7 Jul 2020Conditional
ERECT A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION (TOTAL 67.5 SQM) TO THE REAR / SIDE OF AN EXISTING DWELLING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, ALL DEVELOPMENTS TO BE CARRIED OUT
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20599
27 Apr 2020Conditional
TO REPLACE THE EXISTING THATCH ROOF COVERINGS WITH SLATE ROOF COVERINGS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20381
13 Mar 2020Conditional
ALTER AND EXTEND THEIR DWELLING, COMPLETE WITH THE REMOVAL OF A SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20249
8 Nov 2019Conditional
REFURBISH AND EXTEND EXISTING SEMI-DERELICT COTTAGE CONSISTING OF REMOVAL OF EXISTING ROOF AND OTHER ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO SAME AND ERECT A NEW SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR, A NEW GARAGE AND CARPORT TO THE EAST SIDE AND COMPLETE WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING NEW ENTRANCE ON TO PUBLIC ROAD AND CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 191141
4 Jul 2019Refused
(A) RAISE AND CONVERT EXISTING ATTIC/ROOF TO FIRST FLOOR HABITABLE ACCOMMODATION EXTENSION OF EXISTING DOMESTIC DWELLING, (B) INSTALL WINDOW TO EXISTING GROUND FLOOR REAR EXTENSION, (C) CONSTRUCT REAR GROUND FLOOR PORCH AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19701
28 Jun 2019Conditional
RETAIN EXISTING CONCRETE FOUNDATION BASE SLAB AS CONSTRUCTED ON SITE AND PERMISSION TO COMPLETE PRIVATE DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORE WITH LOFT STORAGE AREA ON THIS CONCRETE BASE COMPLETE WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT ON OUR SITE
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19683
25 Feb 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING WITH EXISTING CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES, RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN OF MINOR ELEVATON CHANGES TO EXISTING HOUSE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19181
21 Feb 2019Conditional
RETAIN EXISTING GROUND FLOOR EXTENSION WITH DORMER ROOM OVER SAME AS CONSTRUCTED TO THE REAR OF OUR EXISTING BUNGALOW
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19174
20 Feb 2019Conditional
TO RENOVATE AND EXTEND EXISTING DWELLING CONSISTING OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AT SIDE AND A TWO STOREY EXTENSION AT REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING, NEW ROOF OVER EXISTING FRONT PORCH AND TO DECOMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALL A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19154
17 Dec 2018Conditional
ERECT A NEW SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE COMPLETE WITH NEW ENTRANCE TO PUBLIC ROAD, CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 181232
2 Aug 2017Conditional
CONSTRUCT A STOREY AND A HALF TYPE DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICES, NEW BOUNDARY WALL AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS (AS PER OUTLINE PERMISSION 16/668)
Permission consequent, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17755
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Akeragh, Banna and Barrow Harbour SAC 000332
- Special Area of Conservation: Tralee Bay and Magharees Peninsula, West to Cloghane SAC 002070
- Special Protection Area: Tralee Bay Complex SPA 004188
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Akeragh, Banna And Barrow Harbour 000332
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Tralee Bay And Magharees Peninsula, West To Cloghane 002070
Recorded monuments
- KE028-026 Sheepfold
Description
This record was listed as 'Enclosure possibe' in the SMR (1990) and the RMP (1997). A field visit undertaken in 1999 has established that this is a sheepfold. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 27 January 2012
- KE028-027 Ringfort - rath
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KE028-027001 Midden
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KE028-027002 Souterrain
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KE028-028 Ringfort - rath
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KE028-028001 Souterrain
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KE028-029 Sheepfold
Description
This record was listed as 'Enclosure possibe' in the SMR (1990) and the RMP (1997). This is a sheepfold and is marked as such on the 1897-98 OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 27 January 2012
- KE028-068 Ringfort - rath
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KE028-069 Ringfort - rath
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KE028-069001 Souterrain
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KE028-112 Souterrain
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- KE028-114 Ringfort - rath
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Tawlaght.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 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; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Tawlaght.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Tawlaght with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Tawlaght · Tamhlacht
- Area
- 1,917,371 m² (191.74 ha, 473.79 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballynahaglish, and its townlands
- Barony
- Trughanacmy
- Electoral division
- Ballynahaglish, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballynahaglish electoral division: 1,684 people in 619 households; 88% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 14% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyea, Fenit Without, Kilfenora, Knocknanarney
- Placenames
- Tawlaght 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.