Liscahane
Liscahane is a townland in the civil parish of Ardfert, barony of Trughanacmy, Co. Kerry. Its name in Irish is Lios Catháin.
Parcel 1182201
- Area
- 315,323 m² (31.53 ha, 77.92 acres)
- Buildings
- 4 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 507 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Liscahane
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 5 recorded monuments.
- KE029-010 Field system
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.
- KE029-010001 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.
- KE029-010002 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.
- KE029-012 Fulacht fia
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.
- KE029-202 Enclosure
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 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 high, moderately low, low.
- 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.
- Area
- 371.5 ha
- 918 acres
- Land parcels
- 85
- registered freehold, median 2,997 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
85 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Liscahane, from 34 m² to 514,804 m² (51.48 ha, 127.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 38 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Liscahane 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
17 Dec 2025Conditional
construct of a new modular dwelling house and a domestic garage with an on-site wastewater treatment system. The proposed installation will include a concrete septic tank and percolation area. Close up the existing site entrance and construct a new site entrance with splayed entrance walls, including all associated ancillary site works and boundary treatment
Permission · Kerry County Council, 25299
15 Aug 2025N/a
USE OF LAND AS A PRIVATE AIRFIELD FOR SINGLE ENGINE LIGHT AIRCRAFT, INCLUDING TWO TAKE OFF/LANDING STRIPS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 25214
20 Nov 2023Refused
(A) BUILD A PRIVATE SINGLE STOREY DWELLING, (B) CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE GARAGE, (C) INSTALL A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA, (D) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 231125
3 Jul 2023Refused
BUILD A PRIVATE SINGLE STOREY DWELLING , GARAGE, SERVED WITH SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23757
6 Sept 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22933
23 Mar 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCT A LIVESTOCK UNDERPASS, EFFLUENT HOLDING TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 21292
3 Feb 2020Conditional
1.REMOVE EXISTING PORCH FROM THE WEST OF DWELLING, 2. ERECT NEW SINGLE STORY FLAT ROOF EXTENSION TO THE WESTERN SIDE OF OUR DWELLING, 3. FIT NEW WINDOW TO FRONT ELEVATION OF LOUNGE, 4. ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO EAST AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS TO OUR EXISTING DWELLING COMPLETE WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2076
7 Jul 2017Conditional
(1) USE A PORTION OF HIS FIELD FOR PRIVATE FLYING OF SINGLE ENGINED LIGHT AIRCRAFT, (2) CONSTRUCT A FARM SHED WHICH WILL ALSO BE USED FOR STORING SINGLE ENGINED LIGHT AIRCRAFT AND OTHER ASSORTED DOMESTIC AND FARMING PROPERTY
Permission · Kerry County Council, 17650
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 Liscahane.
Recorded monuments
- KE020-069 Standing stone
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.
- KE020-070 Ringfort - rath
Description
Internal diameter 47.5m N-S, 51m E-W Lissalassa/Lios an Lusa (ringfort of the herb). This bivallate ringfort is situated to the SE of Ardfert village in the barony of Trughanacmy. It consists of a large circular area which is enclosed by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner enclosing bank is constructed of earth and stone and is well defined. It is on average 7m wide at the base and rises to a maximum of 2.4m above the interior and 4.2m above the fosse. The enclosing fosse is U shaped and on average 3m wide. The outer bank is also constructed of earth and stone and rises to 3m above the fosse and 3.7m above the external ground level. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land and the entrance lies to the E. There is a 2m wide gap in the inner bank to the SW. Its exterior side was stone faced by the landowner; however, the lower layer of stonework would appear to be of an earlier date. It is inaccessible, but it is possible to see that it was stone lined. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 699. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE020-070001 Souterrain
Description
Lissalassa/Lios an Lusa (ringfort of the herb). Bivallate ringfort KE020-070---- is situated to the SE of Ardfert village in the barony of Trughanacmy. It consists of a large circular area which is enclosed by two banks and an intervening fosse. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land and the entrance lies to the E. There is a 2m wide gap in the inner bank to the SW. Its exterior side was stone faced by the landowner; however, the lower layer of stonework would appear to be of an earlier date. It is inaccessible, but it is possible to see that it was stone lined. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 699. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE020-071 Enclosure
Description
This enclosure is situated SE of Lissalussa (Lios an Losa) rath (KE020-070----). It is not marked on any edition of the OS maps. All that survives today is a semi-circular earthen bank which is cut on its NE side by a fieldbank running in a NW-SE direction. Another fieldbank cuts through the S sector in a SW-NE direction. The surviving enclosing bank is 5m-8m wide and .6m high. In 1969 the bottom of a quern stone and some bones were discovered on this site (National Museum of Ireland Archaeological Acquisitions 1969, 25). The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1083. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013
- KE021-116 Ringfort - rath
Description
Internal diameter 25m N-S, 23.4m E-W Lisnageeha/Lios na Gaoithe (ringfort of the wind). This small univallate ringfort is situated on a rise and has a good view of the surrounding land. It consists of a circular area enclosed by a 6m wide earth and stone bank. The bank rises to an average of 1.2m above the interior and 2.4m above the external ground level. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land. Two fieldbanks touch the exterior side of the enclosing bank, to the WSW and ENE. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 771. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE028-015 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.
- KE028-016 Enclosure
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.
- KE028-017001 Castle - unclassified
Description
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 222/1955).
- KE028-017002 Earthwork
Description
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 222/1955).
- KE028-017003 Mound
Description
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 222/1955).
- KE028-017004 Mill - unclassified
Description
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- KE028-019 Enclosure
Description
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- KE029-006 Ringfort - rath
Description
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- KE029-007001 Ringfort - rath
Description
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- KE029-007002 Castle - unclassified
Description
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- KE029-010 Field system
Description
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- KE029-010001 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.
- KE029-010002 Ringfort - rath
Description
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- KE029-010003 Ringfort - rath
Description
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- KE029-010006 Souterrain
Description
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- KE029-010007 Hut site
Description
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- KE029-012 Fulacht fia
Description
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- KE029-202 Enclosure
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 Liscahane.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Liscahane, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_72 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Liscahane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Liscahane · Lios Catháin
- Area
- 3,714,729 m² (371.47 ha, 917.93 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ardfert, and its townlands
- Barony
- Trughanacmy
- Electoral division
- Clogherbrien, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,535 people lived in 561 households in the Clogherbrien electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynasare, Cloon Glebe, Commons East, Knockaclogher, Knockavurra Glebe, Knocknahaha, Listrim, Slievenavadoge, Tubrid More
- Placenames
- Liscahane 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.