Cloonnafinneela

111 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonnafinneela, from 30 m² to 332,262 m² (33.23 ha, 82.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Cloonnafinneela 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.

• 16 Sept 2025Conditional

  (A) DEMOLISH EXISTING EXTERNAL PORCH TO FRONT OF DWELLING; (B) PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE ALL WITH ASSOCIATED ELEVATION CHANGES; AND (C) PERMISSION TO DECOMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALL A MECHANICAL TREATEMENT UNIT AND RAISED POLISHING FILTER ALL WITH ASSOCIATED WORKS.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 25231

• 18 Nov 2024Conditional

  (1) construct a new extension to the side & rear of an existing dwelling house (2) alterations to elevations (3) demolish porch (4) Upgrade existing septic tank and percolation area, and (5) all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2460893

• 8 Feb 2024Conditional

  TO (1) DEMOLISH PART OF THE EXISTING UNDERGROUND SLURRY TANK, (2) REPLACE DEMOLISHED PART OF THE STRUCTURE WITH AN EASY-FEED SLATTED CATTLE HOUSE, ASSOCIATED UNDER GROUND SLURRY TANKS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2450

• 18 Jan 2024N/a

  TO (1) DEMOLISH PART OF THE EXISTING UNDERGROUND SLURRY TANK, (2) REPLACE DEMOLISHED PART OF THE STRUCTURE WITH AN EASY-FEED SLATTED CATTLE HOUSE, ASSOCIATED UNDERGROUND SLURRY TANKS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2418

• 18 Jul 2023Conditional

  TO RETAIN (A) THE EXISTING DWELLING, GARAGE AND SITE SERVICES WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES, AND (B) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23817

• 18 Jul 2023Conditional

  (A) TO RETAIN THE EXISTING SINGLE STOREY DWELLING, GARAGE AND SITE SERVICES AS CONSTRUCTED WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND (B) FOR PLANNING PERMISSION TO DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND TO INSTALL A MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT AND RAISED SAND POLISHING FILTER

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23819

• 12 Oct 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING SERVED BY A MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT AND SAND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL NECESSARY ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20959

• 27 Feb 2020Conditional

  (A) EXTEND AND RENOVATE THE EXISTING SINGLE STOREY DWELLING, (B) DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND INSTALL MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER, (C) WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20186

• 24 Jan 2019Conditional

  DEMOLISH EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND SHEDS AND SEPTIC TANK AND CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, COMPLETE WITH MECHANICAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT UNIT FOLLOWED BY A SANDCEL SAND FILTER AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 1940

• 26 May 2017Conditional

  MODIFY EXISTING CONCRETE SLAB FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTION AND STORAGE OF WASTE TYRES FOR RECYCLING AND OFF SITE

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 17488

• 25 Apr 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE AND CONNECTION TO A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SAND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17367

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA 004161

Recorded monuments

• KE022-023 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  This is marked on the 1841-42 and 1897-98 OS maps as 'Toberflyn'. Situation and Description: From what was formerly a strong spring issuing from a heap of stones, there is now a spout with a good flow of clear water. The well has been embellished with an 'alcove' and a statue of Our Lady was erected by Muintir na Tíre in 1953. Rounds/Offerings: This well is still visited, especially on May eve which is the day of devotion. Legends: The water is said to cure sore eyes. Ó Danachair (1958, 158) recorded the following details about this well; 'This was formerly a strong spring issuing from a heap of stones. The water now gushes from a spout embellished with an "alcove" and a statue of Our Lady; this work was erected by the local branch of Muinntir na Tire in 1953. The well is still visited and May Eve is a day of devotion. Formerly rags were left as offerings. The water cures sore eyes. Some stones close to the well are said to be the ruins of Saint Flann's hermitage. Legend: Saint Flann became blind in his old age, and, although not asking for a cure for himself, gave to the well the power of curing blindness'. Folklore collected from Kilflyn School recorded the following tradition about this well; ‘Tobar Flainn is situated in Shanavalla. It is on the side of a hillock beside the River Rae which joins the river Shannow. Near this well is to be seen the ruins of the hermitage of Saint Floinn. It is believed that Saint Floinn came from county Clare. Anybody does not know where this saint was born or his burial place. Saint Floinn was blind in his old age,but he did not wish to get cured but he left the cure in the well for future generations. The well is surrounded by a wall and over it grows a large yew tree which is laden with offerings and decorated with beautiful flowers. Rounds are paid to this well on May Eve. When saying the Rosary a person should begin at the well and proceed to the right up a little hill and round the well and then finish it at the well. The water in the well is lovely and clean and is very good drinking water, but the people of the parish never drink it only when they go for a visit to the well' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0412, Pages 221-2; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4666598/4665549). Holy well described by O'Hare (2000, 64) as; 'In 1953 Muintir na Tíre erected an alcove and statue of Our Lady at the site. The land slopes to the south-west. The water flows from an open spout into a concrete basin at the base of the statue. A local man recalled that the well was, until recent years, the scene of a yearly procession on the 31st of May. Ó Danachair however, records May Eve as the day of devotions (op. cit., 158). He also notes that water from the well was believed to have cured sore eyes and that rags were left as offerings in the past. Some stones near the well were said to be the ruins of St Flann's hermitage. The saint became blind in his old age and although not seeking a cure for himself, gave the well the power of curing blindness. The well appeared to have fallen into disuse by the time it was visited by the author'. See attached photographs of holy well courtesy of Amanda Clarke. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 915. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Caimin O’Brien Date of revised upload: 18 May 2022

• KE022-023001 Hermitage
  Description

  According to O’Hare (1996, 64), some stones near Toberflyn holy well [KE022-023----] were ‘said to be the ruins of St. Flann's hermitage'. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

• KE022-024 Enclosure
  Description

  In tillage, on a NW-facing slope. A roughly circular area (16.4m N-S; 14.3m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank NE-SSE (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.55m) and by a scarped edge (max. H 1m) SSE-NE. A mainly level interior slopes gently to the S. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

• KE022-025 Earthwork
  Description

  In pasture, on a NW-facing slope. A roughly circular area (23.2m NW-SE; 26.3m SW-NE defined by a scarped edge (H 0.95m). Not depicted on the 1st ed. (1841) OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

• KE022-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a N-facing slope. A circular area (diam. c. 40m) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.9m) and external fosse (D 0.2m). The bank and fosse are best preserved along the SE arc with the traces of a possible counterscarp bank (ext. H 0.35m) along the outer edge of fosse S-WSW. The ringfort is bisected by an earthen field boundary (H 1.2m) with a drain (Wth 1.8m; D 0.35m) on either side; this cuts through the interior on a rough NW-SE axis leaving about two thirds of the monument, which is heavily masked by vegetation cover, to the E of the boundary. There are breaks in the bank at E (Wth 2.6m), S (Wth 3m) and N (Wth 4.5m). Black earth and heat shattered stone (KE022-026001-), suggesting a possible fulacht fia, are visible in the area of the fosse at WNW. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

• KE022-026001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, on a N-facing slope. In the course of archaeological fieldwork carried out in 1985, possible fulacht fia material comprising of black earth and heat shattered stone was noted in the fosse of a ringfort (KE022-026----) at WNW. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 February 2014

• KE022-026002 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.

• KE022-027 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.

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Cloonnafinneela, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cloonnafinneela.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Cloonnafinneela with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Cloonnafinneela · Cluain na Fionnaíle

Area

3,013,411 m² (301.34 ha, 744.63 acres)

Civil parish

Kilflyn, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmaurice

Electoral division

Kilflyn, the unit of the census

Census 2022

264 people lived in 103 households in the Kilflyn electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cappagh, Castletown, Fahavane, Glanballyma, Gortclohy, Maghanknockane, Rea

Placenames

Cloonnafinneela 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.