Reidy's Bar & Restaurant, 4-5 Main Street, Killarney Co. Kerry.
Renovations, extensions, and retention of various bar and restaurant uses at a protected structure.
2460353 · Kerry County Council · Lodged 5 June 2024
- Reference
- 2460353
- Authority
- Kerry County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 5 June 2024
Summary
AI-generatedPermission is sought for a three-storey extension to an existing store building to provide toilets and storage, alongside a change of use of part of the store. Retention permission is also sought for various outdoor seating, bar serveries, and pizza bakery uses at Reidy's Bar, which is a protected structure.
- Storeys
- 3
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
(1) permission for change of use of part of the existing store building for toilet use (2) permission to demolish existing keg store and permission to construct a three storey extension to existing store building to provide toilets and storage (3) retention permission to retain the following: (i) change of use of coach house to bar servery (ii) change of use of ground floor of existing structure (cobble room) to inside seating area (iii) change of use of existing 2-storey structure for use as toilets, on both floors (iv) change of use of existing room to pizza bakery (v) existing mini-bar (vi) outdoor seating, tables and seating booths (vii) retractable awnings and parasols - all at reidy’s bar & restaurant, 4/5 main street, killarney, co. Kerry. Reidy’s bar is a protected structure with niah references 21400826 & 21400827(rps ref. Ktpp19)
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“Town Centre zoning which caters for a mix of uses”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
Objective set by the Kerry County Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apt 1, 5 New St, Killarney | Apr 2025 | €32,500 | 46 m |
| Apt 2, 5 New St, Killarney | Apr 2025 | €32,500 | 46 m |
| 223 Beechcourt, Beech St, Killarney | Aug 2025 | €231,000 | 125 m |
| 205 Beechcourt, Beech St, Killarney | Aug 2025 | €245,000 | 125 m |
| 214 Beechcourt, Beech St, Killarneynot full market price | Feb 2025 | €240,000 | 125 m |
| Glebe Place, Killarney, Kerry | Feb 2026 | €320,000 | 126 m |
| Appartment 3, 19 New Street, Killarneynot full market price | Dec 2025 | €20,313 | 131 m |
| Appartment1 19 New St, Killarney, Kerrynot full market price | Dec 2025 | €20,313 | 131 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received5 June 2024
- Further information requested30 July 2024
- Further information received16 April 2025
- Decision due28 May 2025
- Decision issued28 May 2025
- Grant issued1 July 2025
- Permission expiry30 June 2030
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