Vicarstown

61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Vicarstown, from 50 m² to 53,302 m² (5.33 ha, 13.17 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Vicarstown 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.

• 20 Jul 2023Conditional

  (A) DABHACH SHÉARACHAIS AGUS LÁTHAIR SHÍOTHLÚCHÁIN ATÁ AN A DHÍCHOIMISIÚNÚ AGUS (B) CHUN DABHACH SHÉARACHAIS AGUS LÁTHAIR SHÍOTHLÚCHÁIN NUA CHOMH MAITH LE FOSHEIRBHÍSÍ EILE/OIBREACHA SUÍMH A THÓGAINT CHUN FREASTAL AR TIGH ATÁ ANN FAOÍ LÁTHAIR A) DECOMMISSIONING OF A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND (B) TO CONSTRUCT A NEW SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AS WELL AS OTHER SUB-SERVICES AND OTHER WORKS TO SERVE AN EXISTING HOUSE

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 23832

• 19 Apr 2021Conditional

  (A) CONVERT AN ATTIC SPACE SERVING AN EXISTING HOUSE INTO LIVEABLE ACCOMMODATION SERVED BY ROOF LIGHTS AND A GABLE WINDOW AND (B) MAKE ELEVATIONAL CHANGES, CONSISTING OF WINDOW REVISIONS AND THE ADDITION OF AN ENTRANCE DOOR CANOPY AND ALSO TO INCLUDE ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21420

• 3 Dec 2019Conditional

  RETAIN THE EXISTING DWELLING WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AS CONSTRUCTED AND (B) FULL PERMISSION TO UPGRADE WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AS PER CONDITION SURVEY FORM AS SUBMITTED

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 191229

• 11 Feb 2019Refused

  (1) RETAIN THE EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES AND (2) RETAIN ELEVATION CHANGES TO DWELLING AT GRANTED REF NO. 02/450

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 19112

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 Vicarstown.

Recorded monuments

• KE052-022001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  This site is described by the OS as a circular calluragh burial ground, 20 feet (6m) in diameter, at the centre of which was a grave marked at one end by a cross-inscribed stone (OSM; OSNB Dunquin, 27). The name Tigh Mhóire, applied to the site in much of the literature, refers to a cabin located about 60m to NE (OSL). Although there appeared to be no particular name for the burial ground in the early 19th century (OSL), An Seabhac (1939, 75) records the names Uaigh Mhóire and Teampall Mhóire for the traditional burial place of the goddess Mór in the townland and it may be the grave in the calluragh to which he refers. There is also a local tradition that the grave is the burial place of the Prince d'Ascoli, son of Phillip of Spain, who drowned when the Santa Maria de la Rosa was wrecked in the Blasket Sound in 1588 (O'Sullivan 1931, 560). The townland boundary between Vicarstown and Glebe follows for the most part the course of a small stream. However it kinks S to include in Vicarstown the site of the calluragh on the S side of the stream. The only features now visible at the site are the 'grave' and cross-inscribed stone and a possible clochaun. The grave is a leacht - type feature (KE052-022004-) consisting of a rectangular mound, 5.7m N-S x 4m E-W, on which are laid some large prostrate slabs. Two standing stones surmount the mound near its NW and SE ends. The NW stone is .45m high, and measures .35 x .3m at base. The SE stone is 1.25m high and .25m wide and is decorated on both faces. The E face bears a simple cross with slightly expanded terminals and the W face is inscribed with faint linear markings. A 2nd cross-inscribed stone lay loose beside the latter in the 19th century (Du Noyer, Antiquarian Sketches, vol.4, no.5). It was a roughly circular stone inscribed on one face with a Maltese cross within a circle. The townland boundary wall to E of the grave exhibits a pronounced curve which may indicate the site of a clochaun (KE052-022003-) and there is a small semi-circular recess at ground level on its inner face here. The latter is .5m wide, .55m high and 1m deep. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage (compiler) 'Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey.' Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (1986), no. 877. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2013

• KE052-022002 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  Two standing stones surmount the mound of a possible leacht (KE052-022004-) near its NW and SE ends. The NW stone is .45m high, and measures .35 x .3m at base. The SE stone is 1.25m high and .25m wide and is decorated on both faces. The E face bears a simple cross with slightly expanded terminals and the W face is inscribed with faint linear markings. A 2nd cross-inscribed stone (KE052-022005-) lay loose beside the latter in the 19th century (Du Noyer, Antiquarian Sketches, vol.4, no.5). It was a roughly circular stone inscribed on one face with a Maltese cross within a circle. To see a 3D model of this monument, visit; https://skfb.ly/6ssxQ The above description is derived from J. Cuppage (compiler) 'Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey.' Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (1986), no. 877. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2013

• KE052-022003 Clochan
  Description

  The townland boundary wall to E of the possible leacht (KE052-022004-) at the childrens burial ground (KE052-022001-) exhibits a pronounced curve which may indicate the site of a clochaun and there is a small semi-circular recess at ground level on its inner face here. The latter is .5m wide, .55m high and 1m deep. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage (compiler) 'Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey.' Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (1986), no. 877. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2013

• KE052-022004 Leacht
  Description

  The grave is a leacht - type featureconsisting of a rectangular mound, 5.7m N-S x 4m E-W, on which are laid some large prostrate slabs. Two standing stones surmount the mound near its NW and SE ends. The NW stone is .45m high, and measures .35 x .3m at base. The SE stone is 1.25m high and .25m wide and is decorated on both faces. The E face bears a simple cross with slightly expanded terminals and the W face is inscribed with faint linear markings. A 2nd cross-inscribed stone lay loose beside the latter in the 19th century (Du Noyer, Antiquarian Sketches, vol.4, no.5). It was a roughly circular stone inscribed on one face with a Maltese cross within a circle. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage (compiler) 'Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey.' Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (1986), no. 877. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2013

• KE052-022005 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  This lay loose beside another cross-inscribed stone (KE052-022002) in the burial ground (KE052-022001-) in the 19th century (Du Noyer, Antiquarian Sketches, vol.4, no.5). It was a roughly circular stone inscribed on one face with a Maltese cross within a circle. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage (compiler) 'Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey.' Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne (1986), no. 877. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2013

• KE052-023 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  Situated near the foot of the NW slope of Mount Eagle, this ruined monument is incorporated in a townland boundary fence which forms the N side of a disused laneway. It is known locally as Leac na mBuachaillí mBána. Two roofstones are partly embedded in the fence with that to the W supported by a single sidestone. Several stones are exposed in the S face of the fence but their relationship to the monument is uncertain. The monument is clearly a megalithic tomb but the remains are insufficient to allow classification. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 38. 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 in the townland of Vicarstown.

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 Vicarstown, 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Vicarstown · Baile an Bhiocáire

Area

237,185 m² (23.72 ha, 58.61 acres)

Civil parish

Dunquin, and its townlands

Barony

Corkaguiny

Electoral division

Dunquin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

209 people lived in 82 households in the Dunquin electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 50% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinglanna, Ballynaraha North, Commons North, Commons South, Glanlick, Glebe

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Vicarstown 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.