Ballynacourty

138 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballynacourty, from 79 m² to 138,104 m² (13.81 ha, 34.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ballynacourty 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.

• 30 Apr 2026Conditional

  Permission to construct a dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area including all necessary site works and a driveway with access onto the public road

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660377

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 the townland of Ballynacourty.

Recorded monuments

• KE044-031 Standing stone
  Description

  No trace survives of the 'Gallaun' marked on the 1st edition of the OS map. In the OSM 2 stones are noted in this area, neither position corresponding to that on the 1st edition, and it is therefore uncertain how many stones originally existed. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 163. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013

• KE044-062 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 23.5m. Lisheenatullamush/Lisín an Tolamais: A sub-circular rath located on the E slopes of a low hill (611 feet/186m) that overlooks the Anascaul valley to W. It is enclosed by an earthen bank and fosse, and a 2nd outer bank is present along the E sector only. The latter is 1.2m wide and .8m high. The fosse is up to 1.75m deep, 2m wide and rises a maximum of 2.5m to the crest of the inner bank. The inner bank is a maximum of 1.4m high internally and is c. 3m wide. The SSE facing entrance is 1.5m wide and is defined on its E side by a single slab. The regular curve of the bank is interrupted at NW by an angled corner, and eroded gaps occur on either side of this. A c. 6m wide trackway skirts the inner edge of the bank along its N and E sides and exits through one of these latter gaps. An earth and stone mound, located in the SW part of the interior, contains 2 depressions which may represent hut-sites (KE044-062001- & KE044-062002-). The mound is c. 1.5m high and the depressions measure 6m x 4m x .75m deep and 2m in diameter x .75m deep. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 330. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

• KE044-062001 Hut site
  Description

  Sub-circular rath KE044-062---- is located on the E slopes of a low hill (611 feet/186m) that overlooks the Anascaul valley to W. An earth and stone mound, located in the SW part of the interior, contains 2 depressions which may represent hut-sites (KE044-062001- & KE044-062002-). The mound is c. 1.5m high and the depressions measure 6m x 4m x .75m deep and 2m in diameter x .75m deep. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 330. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

• KE044-062002 Hut site
  Description

  Sub-circular rath KE044-062---- is located on the E slopes of a low hill (611 feet/186m) that overlooks the Anascaul valley to W. An earth and stone mound, located in the SW part of the interior, contains 2 depressions which may represent hut-sites (KE044-062001- & KE044-062002-). The mound is c. 1.5m high and the depressions measure 6m x 4m x .75m deep and 2m in diameter x .75m deep. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 330. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

• KE044-063 Church
  Description

  Ballynacourty Church: The church is mentioned in the Desmond Inquisition in 1584 and is included in a list of parochial churches in the diocese in 1622 (TCD Ms 2158, 94). It was in ruins by 1756 (Smith, 69) and no trace of it remained in 1841 (OSL). The building stood in a rectangular graveyard c. 1km NW of the village of Anascaul. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 989. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE044-063001 Graveyard
  Description

  Ballynacourty Church: The church is mentioned in the Desmond Inquisition in 1584 and is included in a list of parochial churches in the diocese in 1622 (TCD Ms 2158, 94). It was in ruins by 1756 (Smith, 69) and no trace of it remained in 1841 (OSL). The building stood in a rectangular graveyard c. 1km NW of the village of Anascaul. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 989. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE044-064 Burnt spread
  Description

  An area of burnt, shattered stones was exposed when this field, adjacent to a tributary of the Owenascaul river, was being cleared. No surface trace remains. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 241. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013

• KE044-112 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 22.5m N-S, 20.5m E-W A roughly circular univallate rath situated about 125m S of KE044-113----, on level ground with good clear views in all directions. The fosse is discernible only at S where it is protected by the low bank which separates the site from the railway-line. The fosse is 3m wide and .5m deep. The bank is 1.5m high internally and 2m high externally. A lane runs E-W to N of the site, and portion of the bank at NNW has been replaced by the lane wall. A 1.6m wide gap at SSW appears to represent the original entrance. The 1m wide gap at SE is a modern break. The only features visible in the interior are 3 amorphous mounds of stone. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 332. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

• KE044-113 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 32m E-W, 25m N-S A D-shaped rath situated on a S facing slope with good open views in all directions. The external fosse can be traced around the entire perimeter, but is best-preserved along the straight N side where it is protected by the field wall which skirts its outer edge. It is 3m wide and .6m deep. The earthen bank is c. 2m wide and a maximum of 1.75m high. There is a 1.6m wide break through the bank at SE. The mounds and depressions in the interior do not form any recognisable pattern. Ashe (1954, 8) described the site as a bivallate enclosure with a practically demolished outer bank. There is now no trace of the latter, nor is it marked on the OS maps. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 331. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 6 August 2013

• KE044-116 Standing stone
  Description

  This standing stone, situated on flat, well-drained pastureland, is incorrectly positioned on the 1st edition of the OS map. It stands 1.3m high; E-W. On its S face is a small incised Latin cross with slightly expanded terminals to head and arms and an up-turned semi-circle at the base of the shaft. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 80. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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.

No address of the register names Ballynacourty with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Ballynacourty · Baile na Cúirte

Area

1,467,041 m² (146.7 ha, 362.51 acres)

Civil parish

Ballynacourty, and its townlands

Barony

Corkaguiny

Electoral division

Ballynacourty, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballynacourty electoral division: 298 people in 119 households; 86% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 26% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annagap, Ballinclare, Coolnagoppoge, Coumduff, Farrannacarriga, Gortacurraun, Gurteen North

Placenames

Ballynacourty 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.