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

Townland in the civil parish of Killarney, barony of Magunihy, Co. Kerry; in Irish Torc.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,478,997 m² (147.9 ha, 365.47 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 0 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Killarney, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/killarney.md
- Barony: Magunihy
- Electoral division: Muckross, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 881 people lived in 229 households in the Muckross electoral division. 69% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 19% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/23736
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 72638
- Centre: latitude 52.001493, longitude -9.517249 (WGS 84)

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

No registered freehold parcel touches this townland in the file of Tailte Éireann.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Torc 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)

2 applications, newest first.

- 10 Dec 2024, Kerry County Council 2460960: Refused. Permission. The construction of a nature education centre and all ancillary site development works. The proposed development will consist of: (i) The proposed development includes: (i) The demolition of existing shed structures; (ii) The change of use and conversion of former stable building to a nature education centre to include classrooms, science labs and supporting uses, including office, cloak room, sanitary facilities. The proposed development also provides for stores and plant rooms, pavilion structure, bat house, and glass house; (iii) Integrated constructed wetland, surface water, wastewater and water infrastructure, including decommissioning / removal of 2 no. existing septic tanks and provision for 1 no. replacement septic tank; (iv) All ancillary site development works which include bin and bike stores, car parking, lighting, signage, and landscaping works; (v) The proposed development will be accessed from existing site entrance onto the N71 with no modification to entrances proposed. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460960/0
- 19 Jan 2024, Kerry County Council 2460025: Conditional. Permission. Construct a raised platform walkway / cycleway from the Dinis car park to the Torc (Cardiac Hill) car park, located between the N71 roadway and the Muckross lake shore, inclusive of signage and ancillary site works. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460025/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC, site code 000365, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000365
- Special Protection Area: Killarney National Park SPA, site code 004038, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004038
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks And Caragh River Catchment, site code 000365

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

- KE074-029: Country house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE074-029----. To the N of a road, close to the SE shore of Muckross Lake. The site of a cottage which was enlarged by the Herbert Family of Muckross House c. 1800 to create a substantial house (Bary 1994, 234). The 1846 OS 6-inch map depicts a roughly rectangular structure (c. 40m N-S; c. 20m E-W) with numerous angles; L-shaped outbuildings are attached to the S. The 1895 OS 6-inch map depicts a smaller structure (long axis E-W) suggesting that the rear of the building was demolished. An L-shaped two-storey stable block is still extant and inhabited. A one-storey porter's lodge associated with house is c. 250m to the E. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE074-036: Bridge, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE074-036----. A road bridge (Wth 6.2m; long axis E-W) spanning the Owengarriff River. It is built of random rubble limestone and a single segmental arch (span 7.5m) with roughly shaped voussoirs spans the river. A semicircular dry arch (span 2m) on the E bank appears to have been intended as a pedestrian passageway; the remains of iron gate hinges were noted on the upstream side of the arch. Torc Old Bridge (KE074-037----) is c. 1km to the S. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE074-037: Bridge, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE074-037----. In woodland, on the old Killarney-Kenmare Road which is now a pedestrian trackway. The bridge (Wth 4.7m; long axis E-W) is built of random rubble and its single semental arch (span c. 5.5m) with roughly shaped voussoirs spans the Owengarriff River. There is a concrete weir on the downstream side. Torc New Bridge (KE074-036----) is c. 1km to the N. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011
- KE074-042: Quay, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE074-042----. On the SE shore of Muckross Lake. A disused partially collapsed pier (Wth c. 9m; L c. 32m; H c. 0.8m; long axis NW-SE) with facing of large water rolled stones and core of smaller stones and gravel. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

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 Torc.

## 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 Torc, 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. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Torc.
- 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/torc.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/torc.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/torc.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Torc 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)

- Cloghereen Upper: https://everytownland.com/kerry/cloghereen-upper.md
- Crinnagh: https://everytownland.com/kerry/crinnagh.md
- Dromyrourk: https://everytownland.com/kerry/dromyrourk.md
- Gortracussane: https://everytownland.com/kerry/gortracussane.md
- Rossnahowgarry: https://everytownland.com/kerry/rossnahowgarry.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/torc
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kerry/torc