Acres
Acres is a townland in the civil parish of Ringrone, barony of Kinsale, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Na hAcraí.
- Area
- 34.9 ha
- 86 acres
- Land parcels
- 37
- registered freehold, median 2,134 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 33
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Acres, from 16 m² to 84,184 m² (8.42 ha, 20.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Acres 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
11 Aug 2026Send notification of decision
Permission for the construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2120
8 Jun 2026F.i. consultees/awaiting recommendation
Permission for :- 1) The demolition of an existing ruined 2-storey detached dwelling and associated outbuildings and structures, 2) The construction of a replacement dwelling, 3) The creation of a new vehicular entrance and access roadway from the L7302 local road, 4) The erection of 50 no. PV panels erected on ground mounted arrays and 5 no. micro wind turbines, 5) Site landscaping and surface water drainage works incorporating SuDS measures, 6) The provision of new wastewater treatment system, 7) All other ancillary and associated site development and boundary treatment works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1508
17 Feb 2026Unconditional permission
The importation of soil & stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field and the construction of a new temporary haul road, Extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 20/4500.
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 26/0374
10 Mar 2020Conditional
The importation of soil & stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field and the construction of a new temporary haul road.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4500
14 Feb 2020Incompleted application
The importation of soil and stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field and the construction of a new temporary haul road.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4291
28 Oct 2015Withdrawn
Construction of dwelling, detached domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6414
9 Oct 2015Conditional
Retention of alterations and extensions as constructed to the existing dwellinghouse along with all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 15/6263
9 Sept 2015Unconditional
Reclamation of land for agricultural use by filling low lying area with imported fill – Extension of duration of permission granted under planning ref: 10/5495
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 15/6015
6 Mar 2015Conditional
Permission to (1) convert existing detached garage into granny flat with associated changes to existing facade at garage (2) construct extension to existing detached garage for use as a granny flat (3) construct extension link between existing dwelling house and existing detached garage for use as a granny flat (4) construct detached domestic garage, and (5) replace existing septic tank and percolation area with a new wastewater treatment system with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4442
23 Dec 2013Conditional
Demolition of existing garage forecourt and construction of a dwelling house and all associated site works including waste water treatment system and percolation area and an entrance at the public road
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/6484
17 Dec 2013Incompleted application
Demolition of existing garage forecourt and permission for construction of a dwellinghouse and all associated site works including wastewater treatment system and percolation area and an entrance at the public road
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/6401
5 Dec 2011Unconditional
Completion of dwellinghouse, garage as permitted under planning reg 06/11408
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/6541
26 Apr 2011Conditional
Shed for storage of agricultural produce
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4878
16 Jun 2010Conditional
Reclamation of land for agricultural use by filling low lying area with imported fill. Retention of new vehicular entrance, wheel wash, hardstand, site office & containment embankments
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5495
25 May 2010Incompleted application
Reclamation of land for agricultural use by filling low lying area with imported fill. The work will include the temporary construction of a new vehicular entrance, wheel wash, hard stand, site office & containment embankments
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5287
30 Apr 2010Incompleted application
Reclamation of land for agricultural use by filling low lying area with imported fill
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5049
17 Apr 2008Conditional
Installation of 2 no. dormer windows to rear and construction of extension to dwelling and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6135
13 Oct 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11408
14 Sept 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10600
9 May 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7012
20 Mar 2006Conditional
Reclamation of land for agricultural use by filling low lying area with imported fill, construction of entrance and laying of hardstand area and asociated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5689
13 Feb 2006Incompleted application
Land reclamation for agricultural use
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4752
13 Dec 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/9227
8 Dec 2005Refused
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9086
21 Mar 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse and sewage disposal unit
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/1670
The 25 most recent of 33 applications.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Acres.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Acres.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Acres.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Acres, 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Acres.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Acres with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Acres · Na hAcraí
- Area
- 349,025 m² (34.9 ha, 86.25 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ringrone, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinsale
- Electoral division
- Kinsale Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 5,605 people lived in 1,855 households in the Kinsale Rural electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymacaw, Coolyrahilly, Kilnacloona, Pikesland, Ringfinnan, Ringrone
- Placenames
- Acres 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.