Callahaniska
Callahaniska is a townland in the civil parish of Glanbehy, barony of Iveragh, Co. Kerry.
Parcel 1202192
- Area
- 20,817 m² (2.08 ha, 5.14 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
- Callahaniska
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: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC 000365
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks And Caragh River Catchment 000365
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
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 5 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. Parts of the land are water.
- 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
- 160 ha
- 395 acres
- Land parcels
- 108
- registered freehold, median 1,978 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
108 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Callahaniska, from 10 m² to 66,736 m² (6.67 ha, 16.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Callahaniska 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
Retention Permission to (a) retain existing dwelling within revised boundaries (b) retain position of dwelling on site (c) retain changes to existing dwelling (d) retain new parking area (e) retain new external concrete steps for access to dwelling and carpark, (f) retain existing new partially constructed extension at foundation level at side of existing dwelling (g) retain timber shed on site (h) retain existing treatment unit and polishing filter and Full Planning Permission to (a) complete new extension at side of existing dwelling and all associated site works
Retention · Kerry County Council, 2561184
14 Aug 2025Refused
(A) Planning permission to construct 2 x 2-bedroom glamping pods and 6 x - 1 bedroom glamping pods (B) Permission for accommodation-reception building (C) Permission to erect and use a telescope and enclosure for amateur astronomy ancillary to the glamping use.(D)Planning permission to construct a new Mechanical Treatment Unit, U.V Filter, Sandcel & Polishing Filter with all associated site works at Callahaniska, Glenbeigh, County Kerry.
Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560704
29 May 2019Conditional
(A) CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY TRADITIONAL COTTAGE STYLE DWELLING ON THE SITE OF AND REPLACING EXISTING SINGLE STOREY COTTAGE DWELLING HOUSE, (B) CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY OUTHOUSE/STORE ON THE SITE OF AND REPLACING EXISTING SINGLE STOREY OUTHOUSE AND (C) INSTALL A MECHANICAL AERATION UNIT WITH SAND POLISHING FILTER AND DECOMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19555
20 Jul 2017Conditional
(1)RETAIN EXISTING DWELLINGHOUSE ,SEPTIC TANK & PERCOLATION AREA ON REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES & DEMOLISH EXISTING SHED, EXTEND EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCT A NEW GARDEN SHED
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17701
29 Jun 2017N/a
DEMOLISH EXISTING SHED, EXTEND EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCT A NEW GARDEN SHED
Permission · Kerry County Council, 17616
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: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC 000365
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks And Caragh River Catchment 000365
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Callahaniska.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Callahaniska.
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 Callahaniska, about 1 in 5 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. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Callahaniska.
- 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 Callahaniska with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Callahaniska
- Area
- 1,599,915 m² (159.99 ha, 395.35 acres)
- Civil parish
- Glanbehy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Iveragh
- Electoral division
- Caragh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 999 people lived in 375 households in the Caragh electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 29% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Commaun, Treanmanagh
- Placenames
- Callahaniska 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.