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

Townland in the civil parish of Dunquin, barony of Corkaguiny, Co. Kerry; in Irish Baile an Bhiocáire.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 237,185 m² (23.72 ha, 58.61 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,339 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Dunquin, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/dunquin.md
- Barony: Corkaguiny
- Electoral division: Dunquin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 209 people lived in 82 households in the Dunquin electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 50% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md
- Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/22584
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 72690
- Centre: latitude 52.127218, longitude -10.445675 (WGS 84)

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

61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Vicarstown, from 50 m² to 53,302 m² (5.33 ha, 13.17 acres); 17 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1213867: 53,302 m² (5.33 ha, 13.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1213867.md
- Parcel 1235428: 23,920 m² (2.39 ha, 5.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1235428.md
- Parcel 1213870: 10,777 m² (1.08 ha, 2.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1213870.md
- Parcel 1247301: 8,825 m² (0.88 ha, 2.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1247301.md
- Parcel 1235427: 8,788 m² (0.88 ha, 2.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1235427.md
- Parcel 1235430: 8,448 m² (0.84 ha, 2.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1235430.md
- Parcel 1213872: 6,869 m² (0.69 ha, 1.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1213872.md
- Parcel 1235433: 6,799 m² (0.68 ha, 1.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1235433.md
- Parcel 1235432: 6,226 m² (0.62 ha, 1.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1235432.md
- Parcel 1202820: 5,990 m² (0.6 ha, 1.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1202820.md
- Parcel 1240741: 5,566 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1240741.md
- Parcel 1231374: 4,848 m² (0.48 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1231374.md
- Parcel 1247558: 4,595 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1247558.md
- Parcel 1219060: 4,024 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1219060.md
- Parcel 5601946: 3,703 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5601946.md
- Parcel 1202810: 3,683 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1202810.md
- Parcel 1209586: 3,494 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1209586.md
- Parcel 1209972: 3,370 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1209972.md
- Parcel 1239908: 3,354 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1239908.md
- Parcel 1247401: 3,187 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1247401.md
- Parcel 1220410: 3,180 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1220410.md
- Parcel 1202875: 3,160 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1202875.md
- Parcel 1235431: 3,035 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1235431.md
- Parcel 1213868: 2,766 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1213868.md
- Parcel 1202899: 2,702 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1202899.md
- Parcel 1201275: 2,686 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1201275.md
- Parcel 1233196: 2,668 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1233196.md
- Parcel 1201796: 2,596 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1201796.md
- Parcel 1212052: 2,450 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1212052.md
- Parcel 1161552: 2,361 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1161552.md
- Parcel 1239793: 2,339 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1239793.md
- Parcel 1246666: 2,012 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1246666.md
- Parcel 1236396: 1,958 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1236396.md
- Parcel 1213869: 1,794 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1213869.md
- Parcel 1239955: 1,771 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1239955.md
- Parcel 1224087: 1,492 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1224087.md
- Parcel 1240062: 1,433 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1240062.md
- Parcel 1202941: 1,415 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1202941.md
- Parcel 1239439: 1,389 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1239439.md
- Parcel 1234857: 1,259 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1234857.md
- Parcel 1138100: 1,221 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1138100.md
- Parcel 1209827: 1,196 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1209827.md
- Parcel 1235429: 1,184 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1235429.md
- Parcel 1139711: 1,027 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1139711.md
- Parcel 1213871: 987 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1213871.md
- Parcel 5908845: 840 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5908845.md
- Parcel 1209572: 827 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1209572.md
- Parcel 1244664: 791 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1244664.md
- Parcel 1244057: 695 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1244057.md
- Parcel 1240088: 675 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1240088.md
- Parcel 1240113: 535 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1240113.md
- Parcel 1189661: 469 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1189661.md
- Parcel 5908934: 467 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5908934.md
- Parcel 1235434: 392 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1235434.md
- Parcel 1242798: 361 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1242798.md
- Parcel 4938444: 290 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4938444.md
- Parcel 1240036: 257 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1240036.md
- Parcel 1222256: 249 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1222256.md
- Parcel 5249182: 99 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5249182.md
- Parcel 1204520: 80 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1204520.md
- Parcel 5601945: 50 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5601945.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Vicarstown 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)

4 applications, newest first.

- 20 Jul 2023, Kerry County Council 23832: Conditional. Retention. (A) DABHACH SHÉARACHAIS AGUS LÁTHAIR SHÍOTHLÚCHÁIN ATÁ AN A DHÍCHOIMISIÚNÚ AGUS (B) CHUN DABHACH SHÉARACHAIS AGUS LÁTHAIR SHÍOTHLÚCHÁIN NUA CHOMH MAITH LE FOSHEIRBHÍSÍ EILE/OIBREACHA SUÍMH A THÓGAINT CHUN FREASTAL AR TIGH ATÁ ANN FAOÍ LÁTHAIR A) DECOMMISSIONING OF A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND (B) TO CONSTRUCT A NEW SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AS WELL AS OTHER SUB-SERVICES AND OTHER WORKS TO SERVE AN EXISTING HOUSE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/23832/0
- 19 Apr 2021, Kerry County Council 21420: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (A) CONVERT AN ATTIC SPACE SERVING AN EXISTING HOUSE INTO LIVEABLE ACCOMMODATION SERVED BY ROOF LIGHTS AND A GABLE WINDOW AND (B) MAKE ELEVATIONAL CHANGES, CONSISTING OF WINDOW REVISIONS AND THE ADDITION OF AN ENTRANCE DOOR CANOPY AND ALSO TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/21420/0
- 3 Dec 2019, Kerry County Council 191229: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. RETAIN THE EXISTING DWELLING WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AS CONSTRUCTED AND (B) FULL PERMISSION TO UPGRADE WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AS PER CONDITION SURVEY FORM AS SUBMITTED. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/191229/0
- 11 Feb 2019, Kerry County Council 19112: Refused. Retention, 1 home. (1) RETAIN THE EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES AND (2) RETAIN ELEVATION CHANGES TO DWELLING AT GRANTED REF NO. 02/450. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/19112/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Vicarstown.

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

- KE052-022001: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE052-022001-. This site is described by the OS as a circular calluragh burial ground, 20 feet (6m) in diameter, at the centre of which was a grave marked at one end by a cross-inscribed stone (OSM; OSNB Dunquin, 27). The name Tigh Mhóire, applied to the site in much of the literature, refers to a cabin located about 60m to NE (OSL). Although there appeared to be no particular name for the burial ground in the early 19th century (OSL), An Seabhac (1939, 75) records the names Uaigh Mhóire and Teampall Mhóire for the traditional burial place of the goddess Mór in the townland and it may be the grave in the calluragh to which he refers. There is also a local tradition that the grave is the burial place of the Prince d'Ascoli, son of Phillip of Spain, who drowned when the Santa Maria de la Rosa was wrecked in the Blasket Sound in 1588 (O'Sullivan 1931, 560). The townland boundary between Vicarstown and Glebe follows for the most part the course of a small stream. However it kinks S to include in Vicarstown the site of the calluragh on the S side of the stream. The only features now visible at the site are the 'grave' and cross-inscribed stone and a possible clochaun. The grave is a leacht - type feature (KE052-022004-) consisting of a rectangular mound, 5.7m N-S x 4m E-W, on which are laid some large prostrate slabs. Two standing stones surmount the mound near its NW and SE ends. The NW stone is .45m high, and measures .35 x .3m at base. The SE stone is 1.25m high and .25m wide and is decorated on both faces. The E face bears a simple cross with slightly expanded terminals and the W face is inscribed with faint linear markings. A 2nd cross-inscribed stone lay loose beside the latter in the 19th century (Du Noyer, Antiquarian Sketches, vol.4, no.5). It was a roughly circular stone inscribed on one face with a Maltese cross within a circle. The townland boundary wall to E of the grave exhibits a pronounced curve which may indicate the site of a clochaun (KE052-022003-) and there is a small semi-circular recess at ground level on its inner face here. The latter is .5m wide, .55m high and 1m deep. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage (compiler) 'Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey.' Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (1986), no. 877. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2013
- KE052-022002: Cross-inscribed stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE052-022002-. Two standing stones surmount the mound of a possible leacht (KE052-022004-) near its NW and SE ends. The NW stone is .45m high, and measures .35 x .3m at base. The SE stone is 1.25m high and .25m wide and is decorated on both faces. The E face bears a simple cross with slightly expanded terminals and the W face is inscribed with faint linear markings. A 2nd cross-inscribed stone (KE052-022005-) lay loose beside the latter in the 19th century (Du Noyer, Antiquarian Sketches, vol.4, no.5). It was a roughly circular stone inscribed on one face with a Maltese cross within a circle. To see a 3D model of this monument, visit; https://skfb.ly/6ssxQ The above description is derived from J. Cuppage (compiler) 'Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey.' Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (1986), no. 877. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2013
- KE052-022003: Clochan, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE052-022003-. The townland boundary wall to E of the possible leacht (KE052-022004-) at the childrens burial ground (KE052-022001-) exhibits a pronounced curve which may indicate the site of a clochaun and there is a small semi-circular recess at ground level on its inner face here. The latter is .5m wide, .55m high and 1m deep. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage (compiler) 'Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey.' Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (1986), no. 877. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2013
- KE052-022004: Leacht, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE052-022004-. The grave is a leacht - type featureconsisting of a rectangular mound, 5.7m N-S x 4m E-W, on which are laid some large prostrate slabs. Two standing stones surmount the mound near its NW and SE ends. The NW stone is .45m high, and measures .35 x .3m at base. The SE stone is 1.25m high and .25m wide and is decorated on both faces. The E face bears a simple cross with slightly expanded terminals and the W face is inscribed with faint linear markings. A 2nd cross-inscribed stone lay loose beside the latter in the 19th century (Du Noyer, Antiquarian Sketches, vol.4, no.5). It was a roughly circular stone inscribed on one face with a Maltese cross within a circle. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage (compiler) 'Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey.' Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (1986), no. 877. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2013
- KE052-022005: Cross-inscribed stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE052-022005-. This lay loose beside another cross-inscribed stone (KE052-022002) in the burial ground (KE052-022001-) in the 19th century (Du Noyer, Antiquarian Sketches, vol.4, no.5). It was a roughly circular stone inscribed on one face with a Maltese cross within a circle. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage (compiler) 'Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey.' Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (1986), no. 877. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2013
- KE052-023: Megalithic tomb - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE052-023----. Situated near the foot of the NW slope of Mount Eagle, this ruined monument is incorporated in a townland boundary fence which forms the N side of a disused laneway. It is known locally as Leac na mBuachaillí mBána. Two roofstones are partly embedded in the fence with that to the W supported by a single sidestone. Several stones are exposed in the S face of the fence but their relationship to the monument is uncertain. The monument is clearly a megalithic tomb but the remains are insufficient to allow classification. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 38. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

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 Vicarstown.

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

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Vicarstown 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)

- Ballinglanna: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ballinglanna-70147.md
- Ballynaraha North: https://everytownland.com/kerry/ballynaraha-north.md
- Commons North: https://everytownland.com/kerry/commons-north-70760.md
- Commons South: https://everytownland.com/kerry/commons-south.md
- Glanlick: https://everytownland.com/kerry/glanlick.md
- Glebe: https://everytownland.com/kerry/glebe-71449.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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