Bunagarha
Bunagarha is a townland in the civil parish of Listowel, barony of Iraghticonnor, Co. Kerry. Its name in Irish is Bun an Ghearrtha.
Parcel 1192838
- Area
- 94,042 m² (9.4 ha, 23.24 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Bunagarha
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 3 recorded monuments.
- KE011-015 Castle - tower house
Description
The castle ruins consist of the entire E wall, about 6m of the N wall, and 5.2m of the S wall. The N and E walls stand to a height of c. 15.4m, but the W wall has entirely disappeared. In fact, it is not possible to see where the W wall stood and therefore it is not possible to estimate either the internal or the external dimensions of the castle. The remaining walls are about 2.13m thick at ground level. None of the four levels survive and it is not at all clear how many floors were in the castle, but it would have had either four or five. It is also impossible to say where the door or the stairs were, though the stairs were possibly in the SW or the NW angle, and the door possibly in the W wall. This is a typical example of a tower house of the type built in the 15th-16th centuries. Three unusual features suggest that Ballinruddery was built in the early to mid-16th century: 1. The presence of two and possibly three fireplaces. Fireplaces are not a feature usual in early tower houses, and even when found it is usual to have one or at most two. It is probable that the fireplaces in Ballinruddery are later additions to the tower house. The presence of three fireplaces, especially the one on what could be the second floor, is unusual, but it is impossible to speculate further. 2. One possible and two definite rectangular windows, with stone mullions and transoms. There is one rectangular window on the E wall and one on the third floor level. This type of window is from the last century of tower house building, but their presence cannot definitely date a tower house to the 16th or 17th century because they could be later additions. This would appear to be the case in Ballinruddery. The two definite rectangular windows each has an outside upper sill which was a distinctive, label mound of the 15th-l7th centuries. These sills, which prevented water running down into the windows, were more usual, and useful, over loop and slit windows which had no glass, but on this tower house none of the window loops has this sill feature and the third window with this sill is, therefore, probably a rectangular window also. 3. A corner bartizan at the NE corner. It is found about three-quarters way up the wall. It is a small, roofed machicolation, with slots for musket and slits underneath for throwing missiles down on attackers. In the internal NE corner is what appears to be an S-shaped arched opening which gives access to the bartizan. This feature would date Ballinruddery to the 16th century. It must have been built sometime before 1580, as the castle was granted to Sir William Herbert by Elizabeth I in 1588. The S wall has a square recess on the ground floor. Above it to the right on what could be the second floor are the probable remains of what could be a square-headed window with stone mullions and transoms, set in a deep, square recess and slightly splayed. On the fourth floor are the remains of what could be a 3rd rectangular window with the distinctive sill, like those visible on the exteriors of the other rectangular windows. On the ground floor there are the remains of a square recess in the N wall, and a window loop (square headed) on a large, deep, slightly arched recess. There is evidence of wicker centering and some remains of plaster on this arch. To the left of the window loop is what seems to be a fireplace. It is in a very ruinous condition. No features typical of a fireplace are left, but there is a chimney flue leading from it to the top of the N wall. On the top of the loop is a second square-headed window loop, again with a slightly arched, deep recess, with evidence of wicker centering. To the left are the remains of what may be another window. On the top of the third loop is another square-headed loop, set in a smaller slightly arched recess. To the left of this arch are the remains of three well-cut smooth limestone blocks, which could be part of a fireplace, but it is impossible to be certain as it is in a very ruinous condition. It is not above the first fireplace, so does not share its flue. In the NE corner is an S-shaped arched opening leading into a chamber, possibly to provide access to the bartizan. On the inside there is no visible remains of any flooring except for stone corbels on the N and S walls. Also there is no evidence for a vault at any floor level. Because this seems to be a late tower house, it is possible it never had a vault. On the outside, the walls all have a slight batter. There is no visible evidence for a bawn wall. There is a wall built very roughly of unmortared stones set into the castle mound some distance W of the castle. This could have been to strengthen the mound, on it could have been the foundations of a bawn, but this is unlikely because the wall does not seem strong enough to support any weight. There are earthworks W of the castle which could be earthen ramparts, but this is unlikely as they are very irregular. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1004. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013
- KE011-017001 Ringfort - rath
Description
Lisheennagaurlagh/Lisín na nGarlach (little ringfort of the children (KE011-017001-)). All that survives of this site today is a low sub-circular mound measuring 11m x 13m and .5m high. Slight traces of two fieldbanks running into the site to the SE and SW are still visible. This site is known locally as a killeen (cilliín) which was in use up to and including the famine period. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 862. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013
- KE011-017002 Children's burial ground
Description
Lisheennagaurlagh/Lisín na nGarlach (little ringfort of the children (KE011-017001-)). All that survives of this site today is a low sub-circular mound measuring 11m x 13m and .5m high. Slight traces of two fieldbanks running into the site to the SE and SW are still visible. This site is known locally as a killeen (cilliín) KE011-017002- which was in use up to and including the famine period. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 862. 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 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, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_277 (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.
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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
- 336 ha
- 830 acres
- Land parcels
- 162
- registered freehold, median 2,936 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
162 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bunagarha, from 86 m² to 401,012 m² (40.1 ha, 99.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Bunagarha 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
1 Dec 2025Conditional
Permission for (A) Demolition of existing rear extension to the dwelling house, (B) Demolition of existing lean-to turf shed and part of existing storage shed, (C) Decommissioning of existing septic tank and installation of a new wastewater treatment system, (D) Renovation and extension of existing dwelling house and (E) All associated site works
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2561109
8 Feb 2024Conditional
TO RETAIN DWELLING WITH MODIFIED CONDITIONS (CONDITION NO. 4 OF PLANNING REF NO: 17/286) ALSO TO RETAIN EXISTING GARAGE
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2449
8 Jan 2024Conditional
• Laundry /storage building and covered walkway • Alterations to rear extension granted under planning permission • Covered recreational area • Car parking areas and associated site works
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2460008
23 Nov 2023Conditional
Full planning permission to, A) construct a new steel storage shed, B) elevation changes & internal alterations to existing garage, C) change of use of existing garage to a gym and all associated site works. Height of Proposed Gym 4.210m
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2360358
3 Apr 2023Conditional
RETAIN HER BUNGALOW AS CONSTRUCTED ALSO TO RETAIN HER UTILITY STORE ALL ON HER SITE
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23359
22 Jul 2021Conditional
(A) RETAIN ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (B) RETENTION PERMISSION OF DETACHED SINGLE STOREY BUILDING AS DOMESTIC HOME OFFICE (C) RETENTION PERMISSION OF SINGLE STOREY STEEL SHED (D) RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED SINGLE STOREY BUILDING AS DOMESTIC HOME OFFICE, SINGLE STOREY STEEL SHED INCLUDING ANCILLARY SITE WORKS ALL WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21842
31 Aug 2020Conditional
ERECT A DWELLING HOUSE WITH A WASTE WATER TREATMENT UNIT AND SAND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AT THEIR SITE
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20775
22 May 2020Conditional
ERECT AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THEIR DWELLING HOUSE, CONSISTING OF A KITCHEN/DINING UTILITY ROOM, BATHROOM AND A BEDROOM WITH A WATEWATER TREATMENT UNIT AND SAND POLISHING FILTER, ALSO TO DECOMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS TO THEIR SITE
Permission · Kerry County Council, 20452
13 Nov 2019Conditional
FOR CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN TO THAT GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REG. NO. 17/468, WHICH GAVE PERMISSION TO ERECT A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTIC ACCOMMODATION, A DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALL AN IRL8 TRICEL NOVO WASTE WATER TREATMENT PUMPED UNIT AND SANDCEL TERTIARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND CARRY OUT ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. THE REVISED DESIGN WILL BE A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTIC ACCOMMODATION, EXCEPT FOR A SECTION OF THE FRONT ELEVATION, WHICH WILL BE A STOREY AND A HALF TYPE STRUCTURE
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 191158
22 Jun 2018Conditional
RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN EXISTING GARAGE &(A)PERMISSSION TO CONSTRUCT A REAR AND SIDE EXTENSION ONTO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (B) INSTALL ROOF LIGHTS ONTO FRONT ELEVATION, (C) CONVERT EXISTING ATTIC SPACE INTO LIVING ACCOMODATION TO INCLUDE REAR DORMER WINDOW, (D) ELEVATION CHANGES AND INTERNAL ALTERATIONS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18619
13 Feb 2018Conditional
CHANGE FROM SAND POLISHING FILTER AS GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION 16/973 TO A XYLIT FILTER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 18113
2 Nov 2017Conditional
RETAIN HIS DOMESTIC GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED ALSO TO RETAIN HIS DWELLING HOUSE AND SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA ALL WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 171094
29 Sept 2017N/a
RETAIN HIS DOMESTIC GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED ALSO TO RETAIN HIS DWELLING HOUSE AND SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA ALL WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES
Retention · Kerry County Council, 17967
28 Aug 2017Conditional
FOR TEN YEARS, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLAR PV FARM CONSISTING OF CIRCA 36,950 SQ.M. OF SOLAR PANELS ON GROUND MOUNTED STEEL FRAMES, 1 NO. SUBSTATION, 3 NO. INVERTER CABINS, UNDERGROUND CABLE DUCTS, A TEMPORARY SITE COMPOUND AREA AND ANCILLARY FACILITIES, BOUNDARY SECURITY FENCING, SITE LANDSCAPING, A SITE ENTRANCE AND ACCESS TRACK, CCTV AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Kerry County Council, 17851
21 Aug 2017N/a
RETAIN DOMESTIC GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED ALSO TO RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE AND SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA ALL WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES
Retention · Kerry County Council, 17819
17 Aug 2017Conditional
FOR A CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN TO THAT GRANTED WITH PLANNING REF. NO. 17/468, WHICH GAVE PERMISSION TO ERECT A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTIC ACCOMMODATION, A DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALL AN IRL8 TRICEL NOVO WASTE WATER TREATMENT PUMPED UNIT AND SANCEL TERTIARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND CARRY OUT ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. THE REVISED DESIGN WILL BE A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTIC ACCOMMODATION TO THE FRONT ELEVATION AND STOREY AND A HALF TYPE STRUCTURE TO THE REAR
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17809
22 May 2017Conditional
ERECT A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTIC ACCOMMODATION, A DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALL AN IRL 8 TRICEL NOVO WASTE WATER TREATMENT PUMPED UNIT AND SANDCEL TERIARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND CARRY OUT ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS ON THEIR SITE
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17468
31 Mar 2017Conditional
ERECT A STOREY AND A HALF TYPE DWELLING HOUSE, INSTALL AN IRL8 TRICEL NOVO WASTE WATER TREATMENT PUMPED UNIT AND SANDCEL TERTIARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND CARRY OUT ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS ON THEIR SITE
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17286
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
- Special Area of Conservation: Moanveanlagh Bog SAC 002351
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Moanveanlagh Bog 000374
Recorded monuments
- KE011-017001 Ringfort - rath
Description
Lisheennagaurlagh/Lisín na nGarlach (little ringfort of the children (KE011-017001-)). All that survives of this site today is a low sub-circular mound measuring 11m x 13m and .5m high. Slight traces of two fieldbanks running into the site to the SE and SW are still visible. This site is known locally as a killeen (cilliín) which was in use up to and including the famine period. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 862. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013
- KE011-017002 Children's burial ground
Description
Lisheennagaurlagh/Lisín na nGarlach (little ringfort of the children (KE011-017001-)). All that survives of this site today is a low sub-circular mound measuring 11m x 13m and .5m high. Slight traces of two fieldbanks running into the site to the SE and SW are still visible. This site is known locally as a killeen (cilliín) KE011-017002- which was in use up to and including the famine period. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 862. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013
- KE011-018 Ringfort - rath
Description
Internal diameter 19m E-W Situated immediately S of the Tralee-Limerick railway line, this univallate rath has been very much levelled. All that remains today is a semi-circular area enclosed by a wide earthen bank. The N to NE and N to NW sector has been completely levelled. The enclosing bank varies from 4m-8.8m wide at the base and rises to .5m high externally and .2m-3m internally. E to SE there would appear to be the remains of an outer bank running for 13m; it is 4m wide and .4m high. However, it is very difficult to determine exactly what this feature is. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 420. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Bunagarha.
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 Bunagarha, 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_277 (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
- Bunagarha, Listowel5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Bunagarha · Bun an Ghearrtha
- Area
- 3,359,683 m² (335.97 ha, 830.2 acres)
- Civil parish
- Listowel, and its townlands
- Barony
- Iraghticonnor
- Electoral division
- Kilmeany, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 752 people lived in 270 households in the Kilmeany electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballaghadigue, Ballinruddery, Carhooearagh, Inchymagilleragh West, Kilmeany, Kylebwee, Shanacool, Skehanierin (Egan), Skehanierin Lower, Trienearagh
- Placenames
- Bunagarha 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.