Lougher

155 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lougher, from 8 m² to 312,018 m² (31.2 ha, 77.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Lougher 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.

• 10 Dec 2025Conditional

  Planning Permission to erect a new storage shed and all ancillary site works associated with the same on my site

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2561157

• 19 Aug 2025Conditional

  Planning Permission to erect a new dwelling house complete with a mechanical treatment unit and polishing filter and all ancillary site works associated with the development including widening the existing agricultural entrance gate with a new splayed entrance to connect up to the existing farm road to access the site

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560716

• 18 Aug 2025Conditional

  Planning Permission to erect a new dwelling house complete with a mechanical treatment unit and polishing filter and all ancillary site works associated with the development including access to the public road at the south west of the site and the removal of the existing mobile home and shed

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560714

• 26 Jan 2023Conditional

  (A) DEMOLISH AN EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED (B) CONSTRUCT EXTENSIONS TO THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHEDS WITHIN THE EXISTING FARMYARD INCLUDING NECESSARY ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING SHEDS (C) CONSTRUCT 3 NO UNDERGROUND SLURRY STORAGE TANKS WITHIN THE PROPOSED EXTENSIONS AND (D) CARRY OUT ALL NECESSARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2368

• 16 Feb 2021Conditional

  RETAIN THE EXISTING HOUSE WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES; (B) RETAIN THE EXISTING SHED AS CONSTRUCTED AND PLANNING PERMISSION TO (C) ALTER AND EXTEND THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING LIFTING THE ROOF LEVEL OF PART OF THE HOUSE TO CREATE ATTIC ACCOMMODATION SPACE (D) ALTER THE DRIVEWAY INCLUDING ALL NECESSARY SITE WORKS (E) DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK (F) INSTALL A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT, PURAFLO MODULES AND POLISHING FILTER

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21136

• 25 Jan 2021Conditional

  (A) DEMOLISH EXISTING SIDE EXTENSION AND OUT BUILDING, (B) CONSTRUCT A NEW SIDE / REAR EXTENSION ONTO THE EXISTING DWELLING, (C) DECOMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK, INSTALL A NEW MECHANICAL TREATMENT UNIT AND POLISHING FILTER, (D) ELEVATION CHANGES, INTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND (E) RETAIN METAL SHED ON SITE

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2151

• 8 Nov 2019Conditional

  EXTEND THE EXISTING STORAGE YARD AND TO USE THE EXTENDED SECTION AS AN AREA TO STORE MOBILE HOMES ON A TEMPORARY BASIS INCLUDING ALL NECESSARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 191147

• 20 Jun 2019Conditional

  (A) CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING MILKING PARLOUR, PLANT ROOM AND DAIRY (B) ERECT PREFABRICATED CATTLE FEED SILOS (C) REMOVE EXISTING CURVED ROOFS AND REPLACE WITH A TYPE ROOFS OVER CATTLE HOUSING SHED INCLUDING EXTENDING ROOFS OVER EXISTING FARM YARD TO CREATE ADDITIONAL COVERED FEEDING AREAS AND COVERED COLLECTION YARD. (D) CARRY OUT ALL NECESSARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 19648

• 20 Dec 2018Conditional

  (a)RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES(B) PERMISSION TO RETAIN EXISTING STORAGE BUILDING AS CONSTRUCTED ON SITE (C)PERMISSION TO INSTALL A CONCRETE DISHED WATER CHANNEL ACROSS THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY WHICH SHALL DISCHARGE TO A NEW SOAKPIT &AND ALL SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 181262

• 17 Apr 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A SLATTED SHEEP HOUSE AND WITH UNDERGROUND SLURRY TANK, CENTRAL FEEDING PASSAGE AND STRAW BEDDED PENS ON HIS LANDS

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 18348

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 Lougher.

Recorded monuments

• KE045-032 Rock art
  Description

  Two stones were found in close proximity to one another on the SE slopes of Knocknakilton, overlooking the Emlagh river valley. The smaller stone (KE045-032----) has been removed from the field fence into which it was incorporated and is now in the possession of Oidhreacht Chorea Dhuibhne [KE042-172----]. This measures 1.2m x .8m x .07m to .15m thick. The markings are dominated by a large cup-and-3 circles with a radial line running from the central cup through a gap in the inner circle and across the outer circles. A diametrically opposed radial line is formed by a natural fissure. A possible cup-mark, badly eroded, lies between the 2 outer circles. The remainder of the motifs comprise at least 6 cup-marks, one now partially broken away, and a cup-and-circle which, though gapped, may once have been complete as the surface of the stone is spalled where the gap occurs. The larger slab (KE045-032001-) lies against the SE side of a field fence and measures 2.25m x .5m to .95m x c. 0.3m thick. The surface is very weathered and some of the cupmark-like depressions may be natural. However, there appear to be at least 10 definite cup-marks and 2 cup-and-circles. One of the cup-and-circles has a radial line and an elongated spall has broken away from the edge of the other removing a cup-mark noted there by Finlay (1973, 29-30). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage (compiler) 'Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey.' Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (1986), no. 189. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 18 March 2016 In improved pasture (149m OD), at junction of four field boundaries, on an ESE-facing slope. This represents the original location (KE045-032----) of one of two stones, found in close proximity to each another, on the SE slopes of Knocknakilton, overlooking the Emlagh river valley. According to Cuppage (1986, 64, Fig. 42c), this rock art example (KE045-032----) is the smaller of the two stones, ‘which has been removed from the field fence into which it was incorporated’ and the rock art stone’s present location (KE042-172----), is now in the Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne. This measures 1.2m x .8m x .07m to .15m thick. The markings are dominated by a large cup-and-3 circles with a radial line running from the central cup through a gap in the inner circle and across the outer circles. A diametrically opposed radial line is formed by a natural fissure. A possible cup-mark, badly eroded, lies between the 2 outer circles. The remainder of the motifs comprise at least 6 cup-marks, one now partially broken away, and a cup-and-circle which, though gapped, may once have been complete as the surface of the stone is spalled where the gap occurs’. A second example of rock art (KE045-032001-) recorded at this location, remains in-situ. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 6 July 2017

• KE045-032001 Rock art
  Description

  Two stones were found in close proximity to one another on the SE slopes of Knocknakilton, overlooking the Emlagh river valley. The smaller stone (KE045-032----) has been removed from the field fence into which it was incorporated and is now in the possession of Oidhreacht Chorea Dhuibhne. This measures 1.2m x .8m x .07m to .15m thick. The markings are dominated by a large cup-and-3 circles with a radial line running from the central cup through a gap in the inner circle and across the outer circles. A diametrically opposed radial line is formed by a natural fissure. A possible cup-mark, badly eroded, lies between the 2 outer circles. The remainder of the motifs comprise at least 6 cup-marks, one now partially broken away, and a cup-and-circle which, though gapped, may once have been complete as the surface of the stone is spalled where the gap occurs. The larger slab (KE045-032001-) lies against the SE side of a field fence and measures 2.25m x .5m to .95m x c. 0.3m thick. The surface is very weathered and some of the cupmark-like depressions may be natural. However, there appear to be at least 10 definite cup-marks and 2 cup-and-circles. One of the cup-and-circles has a radial line and an elongated spall has broken away from the edge of the other removing a cup-mark noted there by Finlay (1973, 29-30). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage (compiler) 'Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey.' Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (1986), no. 189. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 29 May 2013 In improved pasture (149m OD), on an ESE-facing slope, abutting a farm trackway (long-axis NE-SW) to SE. Overlooking valley of Emlagh River SE->S and excellent view through distinct gap in hills at S, toward Inch strand and the Iveragh Peninsula. A smooth and unfractured upright stone (dims. H 1.80m; Wth 0.86m; T 0.27m) set up against SE side of earthen and hedgerow field boundary. It has a rectangular decorated surface (dims. H 1.25m; Wth 0.75m ) with a SE-facing aspect and bearing a dozen very weathered; Lots of mosses at base and across upper one third of decorated surface. The decorated surface is as depicted by Cuppage (1986, Fig 42 (b), 64) and consists of a cup-and-ring motif (overall diam. 16cm; ring Wth 2-2.5cm; D 4mm; cup diam. 7.5cm; D 12mm) near base of stone (i.e. toward ground level). This motif has a radial groove extending from cupmark; A second cup-and-ring motif is adjacent. Ten cupmarks (diam. 5-12cm; D 6-12mm) are located across the decorated surface, two of which are relatively large. A second example of rock art (KE045-032----) previously recorded at this location, has been moved to Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (KE045-172----). Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 6 July 2017

• KE045-033 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 20m This circular univallate rath is located on the SE slopes of Flemingstown mountain, overlooking the valley of the Emlagh river. It is bisected SE-NW by a field fence and the NE portion contains a small plantation of coniferous trees. The earthen enclosing bank survives to a maximum height of .85m internally and 1.4m externally. It is not clear where the original entrance lay. Four breaks occur in the bank where the field wall enters and exits the site and these are probably modern. Either of the gaps at NNE and SSW may mark the original entrance. These are .9m and .6m wide respectively. There is no trace of the souterrain marked in the centre of the enclosure on the 1st edition of the OS map. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 501. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE045-033001 Souterrain
  Description

  Circular univallate rath KE045-033---- is located on the SE slopes of Flemingstown mountain, overlooking the valley of the Emlagh river. There is no trace of the souterrain (KE045-033001-) marked in the centre of the enclosure on the 1st edition of the OS map. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 501. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE045-036 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  The small enclosure marked on the OS maps and named 'Fort' on the OS Fair Plan was levelled about 1980. It consisted of a low mound surrounded by a fosse and low external bank (information: T. Creedon), and its outline is still discernible as a cropmark. This latter indicates a diameter of about 12.5m from the outer edges of the fosse and an internal diameter of c. 7.7m. The land in the immediate vicinity is fairly level but falls away E and S towards the Emlagh river. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 256. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013

• KE045-037 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 41.7m Lisrananoge/Lios Ráth na nÓg: This circular univallate rath is located on a fairly steep SE facing slope overlooking the valley of the Emlagh river. It is enclosed by an earthen bank and fosse, the latter being c. 5m wide and .5m deep. The bank averages 3.3m in height externally and is up to 2m high internally. Its inner face is revetted with drystone masonry which stands to a maximum height of 1.6m. A short section of this facing at WSW appears to be stepped. The 4m wide gap at SE is probably the original entrance and the gaps at N and W are probably secondary features. The N part of the interior appears to be slightly raised. Three depressions of unknown origin and a circular hut-site are located on this platform. The hut measures 4.3m N-S x 5m E-W internally and the wall is reduced to a bank of earth and stone, 1.5m wide and up to .85m high. The entrance faces NE and consists of a 1.2m wide break in the bank. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 502. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE045-037001 Hut site
  Description

  Lisrananoge/Lios Ráth na nÓg: Circular univallate rath KE045-037---- is located on a fairly steep SE facing slope overlooking the valley of the Emlagh river. The N part of the interior appears to be slightly raised. Three depressions of unknown origin and a circular hut-site are located on this platform. The hut measures 4.3m N-S x 5m E-W internally and the wall is reduced to a bank of earth and stone, 1.5m wide and up to .85m high. The entrance faces NE and consists of a 1.2m wide break in the bank. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 502. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE045-038 Enclosure
  Description

  This site was located in rough boggy pastureland on the S slopes of the central mountain ridge overlooking the valley of the Emlagh river. On the 1st edition of the OS map it is shown as an irregularly-shaped field. On the 2nd edition it appears as a semi-circular univallate enclosure, open to SE. A fosse was shown around the E half of the site. The field was recently ploughed and the outline of the bank appears to be indicated by a band of soil with a significantly higher stone content than in the interior or in the surrounding field. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 720. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE045-039 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  A low upright stone stood on a very slight circular mound here, on the S slopes of the central mountain ridge overlooking the Emlagh river valley. It was located about 450m N of KE045-040----. It was .51m high and measured .82m x .16m at base. In 1983 the field was ploughed and the stone removed. This revealed a 2 to 3m wide band of dark soil encircling the mound which was 3 to 4m in diameter. This band was clearly distinguished from the lighter coloured soil of the mound and the surrounding field and may indicate the former presence of a fosse. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 258. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013

• KE045-040 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  About 275m E of KE045-036----, across a small tributary of the Emlagh river, a similar embanked enclosure was levelled during removal of the adjacent field fences (local information). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 257. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013

• KE045-041 Cupmarked stone
  Description

  A boulder, measuring .87m x .9m x .1 to .15m thick, lies immediately W of a field fence which forms the E boundary of a farmyard. On its much weathered upper surface are 3 small cup-marks which appear to be artificial though one has been deepened by natural erosion. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 190. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013

• KE045-043 Children's burial ground
  Description

  This site is known locally as a children's burial ground and formerly contained numerous little mounds (local information). It straddled the main Anascaul to Tralee road and the S part is now occupied by a tree plantation and the N part has been destroyed by a mechanical excavator. No bones or graves were revealed by the latter. According to Ashe (1954, 27) the site was named Ráth na nÓg. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 905. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE045-103 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated in gently sloping pastureland on the lower S slopes of Knocknakilton overlooking the Emlagh river valley, the 'splendid' souterrain noted by Ashe (1954, 29) is no longer accessible. A single roofslab is visible on the surface but no details of the size or layout of the monument are available. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 782. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Lougher, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Lougher with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Lougher · An Luachair

Area

3,988,576 m² (398.86 ha, 985.6 acres)

Civil parish

Ballinvoher, and its townlands

Barony

Corkaguiny

Electoral division

Inch, the unit of the census

Census 2022

160 people lived in 68 households in the Inch electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 31% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Emlagh, Flemingstown, Glanlough South, Glanmore, Glannaheera, Gortbreagoge, Kilduff, Rathmalode

Placenames

Lougher 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.