Bigmarsh
Townland in the civil parish of Aghadown, barony of Carbery West (East Division), Co. Cork; in Irish An Churchais
- Area
- 71.7 ha
- 177 acres
- Land parcels
- 49
- registered freehold, median 5,481 m² (0.55 ha, 1.35 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 32
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bigmarsh, from 132 m² to 80,992 m² (8.1 ha, 20.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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 Bigmarsh 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
3 Sept 2025Grant with conditions
Construct a new roofed structure over the following existing buildings, dry storage building, calf house, milking parlour, concrete cow path and cattle holding yard, permission to construct a machinery storage shed, dry storage building, slatted soiled water holding tank, and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5767
5 Aug 2025Conditional permission
Permission for retention of alterations to dwelling house under construction permitted under planning reference no. 24-330 including revised floor level, also permission for domestic garage and revised wastewater treatment system along with all associated site development works.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/440
19 Jun 2024Conditional
Construction of a) 1 no. new single storey dwelling house, b) new vehicular entry and driveway, c) on site proprietary wastewater treatment system and D) all associated site and landscaped works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/330
19 Apr 2024Incompleted application
Construction of A) 1 no. new single storey dwelling house, B) new vehicular entry and driveway, C) on site proprietary wastewater treatment system and D) all associated site and landscaped works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/188
28 Jul 2021Conditional
Retention of stable building and for retention of domestic garage and associated site development works
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/527
2 Jun 2021Conditional
Construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, property treatment plant and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/368
13 Dec 2019Conditional
Construction of single storey extension to dwelling and associated siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/794
27 Nov 2019Incompleted application
Construction of single storey extension to dwelling and associated siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/753
3 Oct 2019Conditional
Permission for retention of alterations and partial change of garage / store to ancillary dwelling unit for use as family accommodation
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/642
19 Sept 2019Incompleted application
Permission for retention of alterations and partial change of garage / store to ancillary dwelling unit for use as family accommodation
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/597
17 Dec 2018Conditional
To demolish existing cattle house and walled silo, permission to (a) construct a larger replacement cattle house with four no. slatted slurry tanks, (b) extend existing two no. slatted slurry tanks, (c) Construct a silage slab, and carry out associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/775
27 Jun 2014Conditional
Permission to demolish part of existing ration house, permission to construct an extension to existing cattle house and extend existing two no. slatted slurry tanks, construct a cattle house with two no. slatted slurry tanks, construct a machinery storage shed, straw storage shed, roofed feeding passage, two no. roofed cattle holding yards, slatted slurry tank, soiled water tank, extend existing slatted slurry tank in holding yard, extend existing walled silo, construct a concrete apron, hard surfaced cow path and carry out associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/389
7 Mar 2013Conditional
Alterations to front elevation of dwelling house including raising of first floor windows and associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/131
13 Feb 2013Incompleted application
Alterations to front elevation of dwelling house including raising of first floor windows and assocaited site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/80
7 Feb 2013Incompleted application
Alterations to front elevation of dwelling house including raising of first floor windows and associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/68
9 Jun 2010Conditional
Construct a dwelling house, domestic garage and septic tank and percolation area, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/404
5 May 2010Incompleted application
Construct a dwelling house and septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/314
5 Mar 2010Conditional
Demolish outbuildings, construct an ancillary dwelling unit and associated site works (new dwelling is to be connected to existing dwelling via glazed link)
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/159
1 May 2007Withdrawn
Construct 4no. dwellings and individual treatment plans with common percolation area
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/1150
2 Jan 2007Conditional
Construct animal/slatted house and effluent tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/19
27 Nov 2006Incompleted application
Construct animal house and effluent tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2512
23 Aug 2006Conditional
Construction of conservatory and kitchen extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1689
21 Jul 2006Incompleted application
Construction of conservatory and kitchen extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1417
11 Jul 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse with detached garage and outbuilding
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4937
29 Apr 2005Conditional
Demolition of outbuildings and construction of dwellinghouse to serve as ancillary living accommodation to existing dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2860
The 25 most recent of 32 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 Bigmarsh.
Recorded monuments
- CO141-099 Souterrain
Description
Souterrain at Grove Cross Roads, in which bones were found, according to local information. No visible surface trace. 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
- CO141-100 Souterrain
Description
Three earth-cut chambers in a semicircular pattern, joined by creepways. Chamber 1: L 2.8m; Wth 2.3m. Chamber 2: L 3.1m; Wth 2.2m; H 1.2m. Chamber 3: L 2.8m; Wth 2.1m; H 1m. Construction shafts in all chambers. Original entrance at SE Chamber 1. (pers. comm. R. M. Cleary). 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 Bigmarsh.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Bigmarsh.
- 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 Bigmarsh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Bigmarsh · An Churchais
- Area
- 716,966 m² (71.7 ha, 177.17 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aghadown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Aghadown South, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Aghadown South electoral division: 623 people in 252 households; 85% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 23% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghadown, Goleenmarsh, Knockeen, Knocknaraha, Loughmarsh
- Placenames
- Bigmarsh 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.