Fahavane

Area

85,584 m² (8.56 ha, 21.15 acres)

Buildings

7 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 467 m².

Zoning

G1 Open Space, Park (Listowel Municipal District Local Area Plan 2020-2026) The objective

Townland

Fahavane

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.

• 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

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

At the centre of this parcel, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.

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.

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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.