Ahakeera
Ahakeera is a townland in the civil parish of Fanlobbus, barony of Carbery East (West Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Achadh Caorach.
- Area
- 250.9 ha
- 620 acres
- Land parcels
- 31
- registered freehold, median 4,158 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ahakeera, from 3 m² to 370,341 m² (37.03 ha, 91.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 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 Ahakeera 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
22 Dec 2022Conditional
Permission for the construction of a domestic garage, previously granted planning under planning ref 15/431
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/788
3 Dec 2020Conditional
To construct extensions to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/707
27 Jul 2015Conditional
Construction of a dwelling and domestic garage with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/431
27 Aug 2010Conditional
Demolition of existing rear projection to dwelling and construction of new extension to same, new septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/594
30 Mar 2007Conditional
Construct silage slab and efflunent tank, cattle shed with underground slatted tank, reflooring of existing sialge pit and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/893
13 Feb 2007Conditional
Construct cattle house with slatted slurry tank, milking parlour, soiled water tank, open silage slab and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/401
20 Dec 2006Incompleted application
Construction of cattle house with slatted slurry tank, milking parlour, soiled water tank, open silage slab and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2811
13 Oct 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse, garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2106
16 Mar 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage and carry out associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/435
22 Apr 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2653
23 Dec 2004Conditional
Dwelling and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/9707
17 Dec 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/9315
4 Aug 2004Conditional
Construction of loose house
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/5964
13 Jul 2004Incompleted application
Loose house
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/5373
20 Oct 2003Conditional
Retention of sunroom extension to dwellinghouse & detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/5229
28 Mar 2003Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/1417
9 May 2002Conditional
Dwellinghouse (change of house plans)
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/1799
21 Dec 2001Conditional
Extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/6928
1 Aug 2001Conditional
Construction of agricultural shed and slatted tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/4392
8 Mar 1999Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 99/1115
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 Ahakeera.
Recorded monuments
- CO094-051 Castle - tower house
Description
Fragmentary remains of tower-house at base SW facing slope with higher ground to W and NW. North wall (11.7m E-W) survives to 1st floor level; short returns to E (int. 4.2m) and W (int. 2m) walls; ivy clad. Remains of two lintelled window opes in N wall at ground level; central fireplace on 1st floor. A castle of the Crowley clan (Healy 1988, 280). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO094-052 Souterrain
Description
Discovered 1973. Twohig (1976, 26-28) describes five earth-cut chambers joined by creepways (2 with jambs). Chamber 1: L 4.2m; Wth 2.1m; H 1m.Chamber 2: L 3.5m; Wth 1.2m; H 1m. Chamber 3: L 3.6m; Wth 1.7m; H 1m. Chamber 4: L 3.1m; Wth 1.1m; H 1m. Chamber 5: L 2.3m; Wth 1.4m. Construction shafts on chambers 1, 2 and 3. Stone-covered drain from chamber 4. Possible original entrance in chamber 1. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO094-120 Fulacht fia
Description
Grass covered semi-circular mound (10m N-S; 14m E-W; H 0.4m) of burnt material adjacent to stream. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ahakeera.
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 Ahakeera, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ahakeera.
- 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 Ahakeera with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ahakeera · Achadh Caorach
- Area
- 2,509,466 m² (250.95 ha, 620.1 acres)
- Civil parish
- Fanlobbus, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Aultagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 381 people lived in 128 households in the Aultagh electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Anaharlick, Behagullane, Buckree, Curradrinagh, Dromfeagh, Lisheenleigh, Shanagh
- Placenames
- Ahakeera 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.