Tullahennel South
Townland in the civil parish of Aghavallen, barony of Iraghticonnor, Co. Kerry; in Irish Tulaigh Shinill Theas
- Area
- 392.5 ha
- 970 acres
- Land parcels
- 55
- registered freehold, median 9,159 m² (0.92 ha, 2.26 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tullahennel South, from 17 m² to 1,092,812 m² (109.28 ha, 270.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 43 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
No zone of a development plan covers Tullahennel South 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
11 May 2026Conditional
(a) Construct a single storey extension to the front south elevation, side west elevation and the rear north elevation of the existing dwelling, (b) decommission the existing septic tank, (c) installation of a new tricel novo secondary treatment unit leading to a tricel tero tertiary treatment module on a raised distribution area, (d) form a new entrance to serve the existing dwelling and all necessary ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2660413
6 Aug 2025Refused
The Proposed Development will consist of a 10-year permission for a Solar PV Energy Development across a site of approximately 119.3 hectares. The development will comprise ground-mounted solar PV panels on steel support structures, transformers, internal access tracks, passing bays, crane pads, cable trenches, a permanent operational compound, temporary construction compounds, security fencing and gates, CCTV infrastructure, and all associated site and ancillary works. The proposal also includes a 33kV underground cable connecting to a consented grid node. This cable, which runs through the townlands of Ballyline West and Tullamore, is included for assessment purposes. Any necessary consents for this element will be sought separately, as required. A Natura Impact Statement has been submitted with this application.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560684
28 May 2025N/a
PLANNING APPLICATION FOR CONSTRUCT (A) CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE FRONT SOUTH ELEVATION, SIDE WEST ELEVATION AND THE REAR NORTH ELEVATION OF THE EXISTING HOUSE (B) FORM A NEW ENTRACE TO SERVE THE EXISTING DWELLING (C) DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A TRICEL NOVO SECONDARY TREATMENT UNIT LEADING TO A TRICEL TERO TERITARY TREATMENT MODULE ON A RAISED DISTRIBUTION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AT TULLAHENNELL SOUTH, BALLYLONGFORD, CO. KERRY. (V31 VY56)
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560452
12 Apr 2019Refused
CONSTRUCT A WINDFARM CONSISTING OF SIX WIND TURBINES WITH AN OVERALL GROUND TO BLADE TIP HEIGHT OF UP TO 126.5 METERS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO INCLUDE BATTERY UNITS, UPGRADING OF EXISTING ACCESS TRACKS AND THE PROVISION OF NEW INTERNAL ACCESS ROADS, THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING ENTRANCES ONTO THE PUBLIC ROAD NETWORK, THE PROVISION OF A WIND ANEMOMETRY MAST (HEIGHT UP TO 80 METRES), A PEAT DEPOSITION AREA, UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY CABLES/ CABLING, AN ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION WITH CONTROL ROOM AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT , TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE AND GROUND WORKS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO CONSIST OF THE CONNECTION OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT , VIA UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY CABLES TO THE EXISTING ESB SUBSTATION AT KILPADDOGE, TARBERT. THE UNDERGROUND CABLE WILL BE LOCATED IN THE TOWNLANDS OF AGHANAGRAN LOWER, BALLYLINE WEST., BALLYMACASY, LISLAUGHTIN, GLANCULARE SOUTH, GURTEENAVALLIG, MEELCON, CARHOONA, FARRANAWANA, DOONARD UPPER, DOONARD LOWER, TARBERT AND KILPADDOGE. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A TEN YEAR PERMISSION AND OPERATIONAL PERIOD OF 25 YEARS. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT AND NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED AND SUBMITTED AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION
Permission · Kerry County Council, 19381
17 Nov 2017Conditional
EXTEND THE OPERATIONAL LIFE OF THE EXISTING WIND FARM FROM 20 TO 25 YEARS. THE PERMISSION RELATES TO THE CONTINUANCE OF USE OF THE EXISTING WIND FARM GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF 09/1175 AND 15/725 FOR A FURTHER PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS. AN EIAR HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND LODGED WITH THIS APPLICATION
Permission · Kerry County Council, 171146
12 Sept 2017Refused
CONSTRUCT A WINDFARM CONSISTING OF 8 WIND TURBINES WITH AN OVERALL GROUND TO BLADE TIP HEIGHT OF UP TO 126.5 METERS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO INCLUDE BATTERY UNITS, UPGRADING OF EXISTING ACCESS TRACKS AND THE PROVISION OF NEW INTERNAL ACCESS ROADS, THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING ENTRANCES ONTO THE PUBLIC ROAD NETWORK, THE PROVISION OF A WIND ANEMOMETRY MAST (HEIGHT UP TO 80 METERS), 1 NO. PEAT DEPOSITION AREA, UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY CABLES / CABLING, 2 ELECTRICITY SUBSTATIONS WITH CONTROL ROOM AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE AND GROUND WORKS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO CONSIST OF THE CONNECTION OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, VIA UNDERGROUND ELECTRICITY CABLES, TO THE EXISTING ESB SUBSTATION AT KILPADDOGE, TARBERT. THE UNDERGROUND CABLE WILL BE LOCATED IN THE TOWNLANDS OF: AGHANAGRAN LOWER, BALLYLINE WEST, BALLYMACASY, LISLAUGHTIN, GLANCULLARE SOUTH, GURTEENAVALLIG, MEELCON, CARHOONA, FARRANAWANA, DOONARD UPPER, DOONARD LOWER, TARBERT AND KILPADDOGE, CO KERRY. THE APPLICANTS IS SEEKING A TEN YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION AND OPERATIONAL PERIOD OF 25 YEARS. THE APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN EIS / EIAR
Permission · Kerry County Council, 17902
7 Jul 2017Conditional
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT UNITS, ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING WIND TURBINES. THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT UNITS ARE COMPRISED OF TWO MODULAR STEEL CABINETS PLACED ON A CONCRETE PLINTH, LOCATED ON THE TURBINE FOUNDATION
Permission · Kerry County Council, 17654
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Tullahennel South.
Recorded monuments
- KE005-016 Ringfort - rath
Description
This circular enclosure is marked on the 1841-42 and 1914 OS maps. To the N of this site lies a disused children's burial ground (KE005-014----). No surface trace of this enclosure is visible today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 315. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE005-017 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated immediately NE of KE005-016----, this circular enclosure appears on both editions of the OS maps. No surface trace survives. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 316. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE005-018 Ringfort - rath
Description
Internal diameter 29m N-S, 24m E-W This possible univallate rath appears on both editions of the OS maps, but on the later edition it has been cut by a fieldbank NE-SW. What remains of this site today is a raised sub-circular area .6m above the surrounding land. To the S and W a low, wide earthen bank is visible 1.2m high externally, .9m high internally and 7m wide. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 317. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE005-029 Ringfort - rath
Description
Internal diameter 39m This site is situated in boggy land in the corner of a field, with excellent views, especially N, S and E. It is bounded W and S by fieldbanks. This univallate rath consists of a sub-circular area enclosed by a well-defined bank and exterior fosse. The external height of the bank is 1.2m and internally .9m. The width of the bank at the base varies from 5m-7m. The enclosing fosse, well defined and U shaped, measures 1.8m wide and .6m deep. Two gaps exists in the bank to the NW and SE, measuring in width 2.4m and 8m respectively. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 314. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Tullahennel South.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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_199 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Tullahennel South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Tullahennel South · Tulaigh Shinill Theas
- Area
- 3,924,904 m² (392.49 ha, 969.86 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aghavallen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Iraghticonnor
- Electoral division
- Lisselton, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Lisselton electoral division: 348 people in 128 households; 95% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghanagran Lower, Aghanagran Middle, Ballyline West, Kilcock Lower, Kilgarvan, Tullahennel North
- Placenames
- Tullahennel South 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.