Behagh
Townland in the civil parish of Fanlobbus, barony of Carbery East (West Division), Co. Cork; in Irish An Bheitheach
- Area
- 201.8 ha
- 499 acres
- Land parcels
- 15
- registered freehold, median 9,920 m² (0.99 ha, 2.45 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Behagh, from 2,275 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres) to 419,759 m² (41.98 ha, 103.72 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 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 Behagh 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
12 Jun 2026Grant permission
Retention of 2 storey extension to dwelling and asociated site development works
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1570
9 Nov 2023Incompleted application
The existing Bandon to Dunmanway 110 kV Overhead Line (OHL), which is approximately 26km long between the existing Bandon 110kV Substation in the townland of Mishells, Co. Cork (approximately 1km north of Bandon, Co. Cork) and the existing Dunmanway 110kV Substation in the townland of Ballyhalwick, Co. Cork (approximately 0.4km east of Dunmanway Co. Cork). The existing OHL is located in the townlands of Acres, Aghalinane, Ballyhalwick, Balteenbrack, Behagh, Caher, Carhoon West, Castlelands, Derrycool, Dromidiclogh, Dromidiclogh West, Gortnamucklagh, Gurteen, Gurteenroe, Kilnacranagh East, Kilnacranagh West, Laragh, Lissacroneen, Mallowgaton, Mishells, Murragh, Roughgrove East, Roughgrove West, Sranaviddoge, Teadies Upper, Toom and Tullyglass, Co. Cork. Works associated with an uprate (refurbishment) of the existing Bandon to Dunmanway 110kv OHL, which consists of the : (i) replacement ("restringing") of the existing OHL conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor including installation of a new fibre optic communication connection; (ii) replacement of 12 no. of the 13 no. existing steel towers including 11 no. angle masts (AM) and 1 no. end mast (EM) and their foundations with similar structures and member replacement at 1 no. EM. Any replacement AMs will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to the existing structures that they will replace, with a height difference of between 0.5-1.5m; (iii) Replacement of 16 no. of the 127 no. existing intermediate Polesets (IMPs); with similar structures. Any replacement IMPs will be constructed in situ, with the exception of IMP128 which will be replaced at an offset of 10m. The height differences of the replacements will be 1m, with the exception of IMP113 and IMP115 which will be a 2m and 3m increase in height respectively, (iv) Carrying out of civil works for tower foundation strengthening at 1 no. location; (v) Replacement of hardware and fittings at all locations, including insulators, clamps, anti-climb guards, vibration dampers, and installation of new jumper arrangements, suspension weights, plump poles, pole bolts and anti-climb guards; (vi) replacement of a crossarm at 1 no. location; (vii) all associated works within the existing Dunmanway Substation to accommodate the uprated 110 kV OHL and all associated site development works including above and below the ground works to gain access to the existing structures including timber cutting and vegetation clearance, painting, renumbering of replac
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/633
6 Apr 2022Conditional
Construct dwelling, detached garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/230
16 Dec 2021Withdrawn
Construct dwelling, detached garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/876
26 Nov 2021Incompleted application
Construct dwelling, detached garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/823
18 Sept 2019Withdrawn
Permission to retain septic tank and percolation area and associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/595
8 Jul 2015Conditional
Construct roofed holding yard and milking parlour and soiled water tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/391
24 Jun 2015Incompleted application
Construct roofed holding yard and milking parlour and soiled water tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/350
31 Mar 2011Conditional
Dwelling and garage and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/189
26 Jun 2009Conditional
The change of use of existing disused national school to a dwelling and permission to construct an extension to the front elevation
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/721
12 Nov 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/2016
11 Sept 2008Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1663
30 Mar 2007Conditional
Construction of loose house, apron and 2no. effluent tanks
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/896
16 Feb 2007Incompleted application
Construction of loose house, apron and 2no. effluent tanks
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/431
22 Dec 2006Incompleted application
Construct loose house and concrete apron
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2869
13 Dec 2006Conditional
Construct cattle house with slatted slurry tanks, concrete aprons and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2697
24 Nov 2006Incompleted application
Construction of a loose house with apron steel coated cladding externally
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2489
21 Sept 2006Conditional
Construct conservatory extension to side of dwelling and construct garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1901
13 Sept 2005Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/6629
4 Aug 2005Incompleted application
Construction of dwelling and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5558
4 Aug 2005Refused
Construction of 2 no. dwellings and installation of septic tank and percolation area
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/5556
14 Dec 2000Conditional
Dwellinghouse & garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/7541
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 Behagh.
Recorded monuments
- CO108-005 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on break in gentle SW-facing slope. Levelled; slightly raised, roughly circular area (diam. c. 35m) discernable. 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
- CO108-007 Anomalous stone group
Description
According to local information one stone stood upright until 1980; the second stone already prostrate. Both stones now lie against field fence to N. 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
- CO108-008 Ringfort - cashel
Description
In pasture, atop natural rise. Circular area (diam. 30m) enclosed by substantial stone wall (H 1.7m; Wth 2m): short section replaced by later stone wall to S. 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 Behagh.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- 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 Behagh.
- 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 Behagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Behagh · An Bheitheach
- Area
- 2,017,667 m² (201.77 ha, 498.58 acres)
- Civil parish
- Fanlobbus, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Manch, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Manch electoral division: 598 people in 197 households; 91% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Balteenbrack, Dromerk, Gortnamucklagh, Knockaghaduff, Toom
- Placenames
- Behagh 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.