Dooneen

113 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dooneen, from 56 m² to 448,176 m² (44.82 ha, 110.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 61 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 Dooneen 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.

• 13 Aug 2026N/a

  (A) RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE AND SHED, (B) PLANNING PERMISSION TO DECOMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALL A PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AT DOONEEN, CASTLEISLAND, CO. KERRY, V92 Y6P2.

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2660756

• 28 May 2026Conditional

  to construct a two storey extension to the side of the existing dwellinghouse and the installation of a new wastewater treatment system to replace the existing septic tank system and associated site development works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2689

• 25 Nov 2025N/a

  construct a single storey extension to the side of existing dwelling house and associated site development works

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 25280

• 15 Feb 2023Conditional

  (A) ALTER AND CONSTRUCT PART SINGLE STOREY/PART TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING SINGLE STOREY DWELLING; (B) CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INTO A GRANNY FLAT; (C) ELEVATION CHANGES AND INTERNAL ALTERATION TO EXISTING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 23142

• 22 Feb 2022Conditional

  CHANGE USE OF WAREHOUSE TO FACTORY FOR THE GRANULATION OF PLASTIC INTO PELLETS, TO INSTALL AN OFFICE AND CANTEEN PREFABRICATED BUILDING AND TO INSTALL AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT TANK AND POLISHING TANK.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 22190

• 20 Oct 2021Conditional

  RETAIN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE AND EXISTING OUT BUILDINGS INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AS CONSTRUCTED ALL WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES. FULL PLANNNG PERMISSION TO CONNECT THE EXISTING WASTEWATER TYREATMENT UNIT TO A NEW SAND POLISHING FILTER

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 211196

• 2 Sept 2020Conditional

  RETAIN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20786

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Dooneen Wood 001349

Recorded monuments

• KE031-014 Enclosure
  Description

  Levelled enclosure surveyed in 1987 by the Castleisland District Archaeological Survey and described as follows; 'on a break in pastureland sloping down to the south with exceptionally good views over the low lying countryside to the SW, S and SE. Field fences have been removed from the vicinity of the site and a recently built farm track runs through its approximate location. There is no surface evidence of the monument. A local man informed us the fort was levelled over 60 years ago'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 5 April 2022

• KE031-015 Enclosure
  Description

  Levelled enclosure surveyed in 1987 by the Castleisland District Archaeological Survey and described as follows; 'in pastureland at the foot of a ridge of high ground which rises to the W, NW and N. To the east is a stream which flows south out of a small narrow sided valley running off to NNE. The site has been levelled along with surrounding field fences. A local man informed us that the fort was levelled c. 30 years ago'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 5 April 2022

• KE031-016 Burnt spread
  Description

  This record was formerly classed as a 'fulacht fiadh' in both the SMR (1990) and the RMP (1997). The monument was noted by the 'Castleisland District Archaeological Survey' - March 1990 - while inspecting a nearby possible enclosure (KE031-017----). The Castleisland Survey noticed that the fence to the W was 'partially constructed of black earth and heat shattered stone'. They were also informed by the landowner that a spread of this material was also found within the possible enclosure (KE031-017----) which he had levelled in the 1950s. (SMR file)

• KE031-017 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  This record was formerly classed as an 'enclosure possible' in both the SMR (1990) and the RMP (1997). According to the 'Castleisland District Archaeological Survey' (March 1990), the name 'fortfield' and the description given by the landowner suggests that 'there was a ringfort type enclosure here' (SMR file).

• KE040-001 Enclosure
  Description

  Levelled monument described in 1985 by the Castleisland District Archaeological Survey as no surface remains visible of monument which according to the landowner had been levelled c. 1974 (SMR File). Modern agricultural buildings stand on the footprint of the enclosure which are visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 03/04/2021 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 April 2022

• KE040-002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Monument described in 1985 by the Castleisland District Archaeological Survey as a univallate ringfort situated on S facing slope with good view over low-lying land to the S. Circular shaped area (diam. 28) enclosed by an earthen bank (int. H 1.45m; ext. H 1/15m; top Wth 3.35m) with faint traces of an external fosse and possible entrance gap (Wth 2.37m) at ESE (SMR File). Possible livestock gap in bank at NW. Outline of monument visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 03/04/2021 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 April 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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 Dooneen, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_258 (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 Dooneen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Dooneen · An Dúinín

Area

3,541,694 m² (354.17 ha, 875.17 acres)

Civil parish

Castleisland, and its townlands

Barony

Trughanacmy

Electoral division

Castleisland, the unit of the census

Census 2022

3,392 people lived in 1,351 households in the Castleisland electoral division. 69% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ahaneboy, Anglore, Crag, Fahaduff, Glanshearoon, Knockaunatee, Mullaghmarky, Tullagubbeen

Placenames

Dooneen 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.