Ardaragh West
Townland in the civil parish of Killaconenagh, barony of Bear, Co. Cork; in Irish Ard Rátha Thiar
- Area
- 37.9 ha
- 94 acres
- Land parcels
- 2
- registered freehold, median 13,164 m² (1.32 ha, 3.25 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardaragh West, from 6,150 m² (0.61 ha, 1.52 acres) to 20,177 m² (2.02 ha, 4.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 0 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ardaragh West 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
4 Aug 2026Awaiting recommendation
Permission for the construction of a detached single storey professional artist studio, installation of a new wastewater treatment system, new site entrance and all associated site works at Ardaragh West, Bere Island, Co. Cork
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2058
1 Dec 2021Conditional
(1) Construction of 2 no. single storey extensions to existing dwelling, (2) Conversion of existing attic space, (3) To alter existing elevations, (4) Construction of detached garden store and greenhouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/831
31 Jul 2008Conditional
Construction of conservatory to west elevation of existing dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1425
28 May 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1394
31 Oct 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2276
20 Oct 2006Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2189
6 Oct 2006Incompleted application
Construct a dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2054
28 Jul 2006Conditional
Construct conservatory to rear of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1470
24 Nov 2005Conditional
Renovations and extension to dwelling including and conversion of outhouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8630
23 Mar 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/1766
18 Feb 2005Conditional
Demolition of ruin and construction of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/909
29 Jun 2004Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4806
19 Apr 2004Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/2588
6 Sept 2001Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/4984
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 Ardaragh West.
Recorded monuments
- CO128-011 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Description
On slight rise 100m from shore at SE end Bear Island. Partially collapsed gallery, aligned NE-SW; divided at W end by tall septal stone into short portico (L 1m) and main chamber (L 5m). At S end portico, tall facade or entrance stone; N counterpart rests against septal stone. Two stones, to N and S septal stone, may represent outer-walling. Chamber and part of portico covered by two roofstones. No visible trace of mound. (de Valera and O Nualláin 1982, 36-7, Co. 54) 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 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume IV. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982)
- CO129-023 Burial ground
Description
In rough grazing land, in an E-facing hollow between rocky ridges. According to local information, a roughly rectangular area (c. 20m E-W; c. 10m N-S), in which occasional surface stones were noted, was used as a burial ground before the mid 19th century and possibly earlier. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Architectural heritage
- Battery, 1910–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay single-storey pill box, built c.1915, now disused. Flat overhanging rendered roof. Rendered walls. Square-headed splayed openings with corrugated-iron interior shutters. Square-headed door opening with rendered steps.
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
- The EPA radon map gives no estimate at the centre of the townland of Ardaragh West.
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ardaragh West.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Ardaragh West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ardaragh West · Ard Rátha Thiar
- Area
- 379,469 m² (37.95 ha, 93.77 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killaconenagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bear
- Electoral division
- Bear, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Bear electoral division: 218 people in 95 households; 79% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 54% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardaragh East, Rerrin
- Placenames
- Ardaragh West 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.