Ards

15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ards, from 242 m² to 393,332 m² (39.33 ha, 97.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 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 Ards 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 Jun 2026N/a

  Planning Permission to Construct 1 new farm shed, and a lean-to extension to an existing shed along with all associated site works all located at Ards, Fossa, Killarney, Co. Kerry.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2660580

• 20 Aug 2025Conditional

  Full planning permission to (A) construct an extension to existing dwelling house, (B) carry out elevational changes to existing dwelling house, (C) upgrade existing septic tank to a new septic tank and percolation area along with all ancillary site services

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560724

• 4 Feb 2025Refused

  Planning Permission to demolish existing sheds and to replace with a new agricultural shed with a slatted tank. Retention Permission to retain the existing tank to be used for the storage of soiled water

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2560056

• 2 Sept 2024Refused

  Planning Permission to demolish existing sheds and to replace with a new agricultural shed with a slatted tank. Retention Permission to retain the existing tank to be used as a surface water run off tank.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460645

• 2 Aug 2024N/a

  Invalid-Planning to demolish existing sheds and to replace with a new agricultural shed with a slatted tank. Retention permission for the existing tank to be used as a surface water run off tank.

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 2460515

• 7 Feb 2024Conditional

  RETAIN A LOOSE LIVESTOCK HOUSE AS BUILT

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 2448

• 24 May 2023Refused

  RETAIN EXISTING SLATTED TANK AND CONSTRUCTED AND PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A NEW AGRUCULTURAL SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 23587

• 10 Nov 2022Refused

  RETAIN EXISTING SLOTTED TANK AS CONSTRUCTED AND FULL PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT NEW AGRICULTURAL SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES

  Retention · Kerry County Council, 221172

• 30 Mar 2022Conditional

  THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DORMER DWELLING HOUSE SERVED BY A SEPTIC TANK TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 22344

• 22 Dec 2021N/a

  CONSTRUCT A NEW AGRICULTURAL SHED

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 211499

• 17 Jun 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A NEW AGRICULTURAL SHED

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 20518

• 14 Feb 2020Conditional

  (I) CONSTRUCT A NEW EASY FEED LIVESTOCK UNIT. LIVESTOCK UNIT TO INCLUDE FLOW CHANNELS TO EXISTING SLATTED TANK AND ANCILLARY EXTERNAL CONCRETE, (II) EXTEND EXISTING SHED (III) CONSTRUCT A LOOSE LIVESTOCK HOUSE (IV) CONSTRUCT A NEW SLATTED TANK

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 20141

• 11 Dec 2019N/a

  CONSTRUCT A NEW AGRICULTURAL SHED

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 191254

• 30 Oct 2019N/a

  CONSTRUCT A NEW AGRICULTURAL SHED

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 191108

• 1 Nov 2018Conditional

  (A) CHANGE OF USE FROM EXISTING OFFFICE BUILDING TO MICRO CRAFT DISTILLERY,BREWERY AND VISITOR CENTRE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALCOHOL, (B) DEMOLISH FRONT ENTRANCE TO EXISTING BUILDING, (C) ERECT EXTENSION TO EXISTING BUILDING WHICH WILL CONSIST OF STAFF OFFICES, CANTEEN, MALE, FEMAILE AND DISABLED TOILETS, CHANGING ROOM AND SHOWER FACILITIES FOR THE DISTILLERY ORGANIZATION. CONSTRUCTION OF NEW VISITOR CENTRE TO COMPRISE OF RECREATION, KITCHEN, CAFE / RESTAURANT AND WAITING LOUNGE, INTERACTIVE ROOM, CRAFT GIFT SHOP, EXHIBITION ROOMS, SHOWCASING PRODUCTION PROCESS, LOCAL FEATURES, FOLKLORE AND BRAND HISTORY, TASTING BAR WITH RETAIL ZONE, SPACE FOR MULTIPURPOSE EVENTS / GATHERINGS, CASK MATURATION STORAGE, BOTTLING, CANNING AND KEGGING AREA, BEER AND WHISKEY GARDEN ON 3RD FLOOR GREEN ROOF AREA WITH VIEWING DECK, (D) ANCILLARY SUPPORT FACILITIES TO INCLUDE DRY BULK STORAGE, DISTILLERY EQUIPMENT, STAFF ROOMS, LIFT STAIRS, SERVICES AND ALL EXTERNAL WORKS INCLUDING DELIVERY YARD, CAR, BICYCLE AND COACH PARKING, LIGHTING, SIGNAGE AND SUSTAINABLE FEATURES INCLUDING LANDSCAPING, (E) PROVIDE ONE WAY VEHICULAR SYSTEM FOR DELIVERIES AND VISITORS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS (F) ALL WORKS TO BE WITHIN REVISED SITE BOUNDARIES

  Permission · Kerry County Council, 181064

• 30 Apr 2018Conditional

  (i) RETAIN DWELLING HOUSE WITHIN REVISED BOUNDARIES AND (ii) PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A FAMILY FLAT EXTENSION

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18397

• 26 Oct 2017Conditional

  (A) RETAIN ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND REVISED ROOF RIDGE HEIGHT AND (B) TO RETAIN EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 171069

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 Ards.

Recorded monuments

• KE066-002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, at the convergence of four field boundaries. This rath is indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) with field boundaries radiating from the NE, E, W and NW arcs. It has been levelled and the remains consist of a roughly circular area (c. 26m N-S) defined by a low rise (H c. 0.6m). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE066-003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a hillock. A roughly circular area (c. 38m E-W; c. 36m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1m) ENE-NW and by a scarp (H 1.4m) NW-ENE. A concrete farmyard is situated immediately outside a poorly preserved portion of the bank at S. Apart from this poorly preserved portion, the bank along the S arc is stone-faced though the stone-facing is of recent appearance. There are breaks in the bank along the SE and SW arcs where gateways occur. The interior slopes gently down to the N; the ground level in the N portion has been slightly raised to compensate for the hillslope. A concrete wall skirts the bank externally SW-W. Field boundaries abut the bank at W and NW. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE066-004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope. This rath is not visible at ground level. According to the landowner, it was levelled during land reclamation in the 1970s. He recalls a flat area defined by a single bank; he also recalls a souterrain (KE066-004001-) but is unsure if it was associated with this or with a neighbouring rath (KE066-005----) c. 70m to the SE. Cropmarks of the bank and external fosse of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) are visible in an aerial photograph (GSIAP, V 392-3). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE066-004001 Souterrain
  Description

  In level pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope. According to the landowner, a souterrain in this field is associated with one of the two raths (KE066-004----, KE066-005----) in the same field. There are no visible remains of the souterrain. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE066-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, in a level area, on a gentle S-facing slope. This rath is not visible at ground level. According to the landowner, it was levelled during land reclamation in the 1970s. He recalls a flat area defined by a single bank; he also recalls a souterrain (KE066-004001-) but is unsure if it was associated with this or with a neighbouring rath (KE066-004----) c. 70m to the NW. Cropmarks of the bank and external fosse of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) are visible in an aerial photograph (GSIAP, V 392-3). Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE066-006 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on an elevation with commanding views in all directions. This possible rath is not visible at ground level though there is a slight dip towards the centre of the elevation. It is indicated as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Ards, 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_168 (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 Ards with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Ards

Area

861,859 m² (86.19 ha, 212.97 acres)

Civil parish

Aghadoe, and its townlands

Barony

Magunihy

Electoral division

Lahard, the unit of the census

Census 2022

741 people lived in 263 households in the Lahard electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Crohane, Dromin, Dromkerry, Gortacollopa, Killalee

Placenames

Ards 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.