Knocknacaska

101 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknacaska, from 52 m² to 297,372 m² (29.74 ha, 73.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 38 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Knocknacaska 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.

• 24 Aug 2026N/a

  Planning permission to (a) construct single storey extension to the side & rear of dwelling (b) renovate existing dwelling and allow for elevational changes, (c) construct a domestic shed, and (d) all ancillary site works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660794

• 26 Sept 2025N/a

  REDIII: The development will consist of: a 10-year permission for the development of a solar farm on an overall site of c. 152.6 hectares consisting of the following: c. 449,366 sq m of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; 19 no. hardstanding locations for electrical skids; new internal access tracks with passing bays; underground power and communications cables and ducts, including along the L-6507, R557, and L-2034 public roads, 3no. Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) locations associated with the underground cable route; a total of 5 no. solar farm site entrances (1no. from the R557 public road, 3no. from the L-6507 public road and 1no. from the L-10562 public road); access gates; 5no. temporary site compounds of c. 4,050 sq m each to be used for storage during construction activity; 28no. Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Containers and 7no. associated MV Stations as well as associated CCTV, BESS compound fencing, gate, boundary fencing and all associated ancillary drainage development, site works and services. The solar farm will be operational for 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560875

• 3 Mar 2025Conditional

  DETACHED STORAGE SHED/HOME GYM/HOME OFFICE AND ALL ASSOCIATED D SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560138

• 19 Feb 2025N/a

  DETACHED STORAGE SHED/HOME GYM/HOME OFFICE AND ALL ASSOCIATED D SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560100

• 4 Feb 2022Refused

  CONSTRUCT A ROADSIDE BELLMOUTH FOREST ROAD ENTRANCE, FOR TRUCKS TO ACCESS FORESTRY PLANTATIONS AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 22103

• 10 Nov 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND PERMISSION TO INSTALL A TRICEL WASTEWATER PUMPED UNIT AND SANDCELL TERTIARY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 211275

• 28 Jan 2020Conditional

  DEMOLISH AN EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND CONSTRUCT A 2 STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, SHED, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM CONSISTING OF A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2061

• 2 Feb 2018Conditional

  RETAIN STORAGE SHED AT REAR OF DWELLING

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 1871

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA 004161

Recorded monuments

• KE021-095 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diameter 30.8m E-W Situated in pastureland which is gently sloping N, this univallate ringfort has a good view in all directions. The S sector has been cut by a fieldbank running E-W and no trace of the fort survives to the S of the fieldbank. The enclosing earth and stone bank is on average 6m wide at the base and rises to 1m above the interior and 1m-3.4m above the external ground level. The interior is at a slightly higher level than the surrounding land and is gently sloping in a N direction. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 757. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE021-101001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diameter could not be taken Situated on a rise, this site has a commanding view of the surrounding land. The enclosing bank has been completely levelled, except to the ENE through E to S where it has been completely reshaped and re-constructed of stone. There is a steep drop from this stone bank. Immediately to the NE is a quarry which has cut through this site slightly. In the interior of this possible rath is a sub- rectangular house-site (KE021-101003-), aligned NE-SW, measuring 16m x 14.6m internally. The house site is 4m wide. Extending out of the NE corner of this house-site is a rectangular structure, 12.6m x 7m internally. To the E and SE off the larger rectangular house-site are two mounds of stones (KE021-101002-). The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 761. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE021-101002 Mound
  Description

  KE021-101001- is situated on a rise, this site has a commanding view of the surrounding land. The enclosing bank has been completely levelled, except to the ENE through E to S where it has been completely reshaped and re-constructed of stone. Extending out of the NE corner of house-site KE021-101003- is a rectangular structure, 12.6m x 7m internally. To the E and SE off the larger rectangular house-site are two mounds of stones (KE021-101002-). The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 761. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE021-101003 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  KE021-101001- is situated on a rise, this site has a commanding view of the surrounding land. The enclosing bank has been completely levelled, except to the ENE through E to S where it has been completely reshaped and re-constructed of stone. In the interior of this possible rath is a sub- rectangular house-site (KE021-101003-), aligned NE-SW, measuring 16m x 14.6m internally. The house site is 4m wide. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 761. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE021-105 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked on the 1841-42 and 1898 OS maps as a circular enclosure, no visible trace survives today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 758. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE021-106 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated in the next field SW of KE021-105----, this site is marked as a circular enclosure on both the 1841-42 and 1898 OS maps. On the later edition, however, it is not clearly marked, and only the N through W to SW sectors are to be noted. No surface trace survives today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 759. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE021-107 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  This circular enclosure is situated in what is known locally as the Fort Field. It is marked on the 1841-42 and 1898 OS maps. However, on the later edition the W sector has been cut by a fieldbank running N-S. No visible trace of this site survives today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 760. 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 Knocknacaska.

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

At the centre of the townland of Knocknacaska, 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_145 (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.

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

Name

Knocknacaska · Cnoc na Cásca

Area

3,102,543 m² (310.25 ha, 766.66 acres)

Civil parish

O'Dorney, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmaurice

Electoral division

Abbeydorney, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,244 people lived in 458 households in the Abbeydorney electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyconnell, Fahavane, Farran, Knockbrack West, Knocknagun, Lacka More, Leath East

Placenames

Knocknacaska 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.