Bocarnagh
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcaskan, barony of Bear, Co. Cork; in Irish Both Chearnaigh
- Area
- 137.5 ha
- 340 acres
- Land parcels
- 116
- registered freehold, median 4,847 m² (0.48 ha, 1.2 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
116 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bocarnagh, from 23 m² to 275,165 m² (27.52 ha, 67.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 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 Bocarnagh 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
9 Jun 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for retention of 3 no. outbuildings ancillary in use to dwelling house
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1523
23 Dec 2024Conditional permission
Demolish an existing single storey dwelling and construct a new two storey dwelling with the installation of a new waste water treatment system, all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/700
17 Apr 2020Conditional
Change of design of extension to dwelling permitted under Planning Reg No. 19/93 and revised site boundaries from that permitted. Permission is also sought for (i) fenestration changes to dwelling, (ii) a car port and open veranda extension to dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/211
20 Mar 2020Incompleted application
(i) Change of plan of extension to dwelling house previously approved under planning reference 19/00093, (ii) fenestration changes to dwelling, (iii) installation of new carport and open veranda and (iv) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/153
12 Feb 2019Conditional
Permission for construction of a three storey extension (two storeys plus open-sided roof terrace under canopy) and alterations to dwelling house with bridge access to first floor level, also permission for retention of a detached shed and a gazebo for domestic use
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/93
10 Apr 2017Conditional
Development will consist of the demolition of the existing chalet at ground floor level, the construction of a curved roofed house comprising a kitchen/dining room, a main bedroom and ancillary accommodation occupying the footprint of the existing house at ground floor level, a living room extension to the east and en-suite shower room to the west of the above accommodation, a guest bedroom and ancillary accommodation to the east of the retained under croft at lower ground level, a study at first floor level, a packaged foul water treatment plant and polishing filter and attendant site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/205
13 Nov 2015Conditional
Permission for retention of domestic garage/store building with sauna area and boiler room
Retention · Cork County Council, 15/638
9 Oct 2015Incompleted application
Retention of garage/service building
Retention · Cork County Council, 15/567
28 Feb 2014Conditional
Permission for single storey extension to dwelling, alterations to elevations of dwelling and construction of raised timber deck area adjoining dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/154
27 May 2009Conditional
Alterations to dwellinghouse, construct a deck, erect domestic garage and replace septic tank with waste water treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/612
19 May 2009Incompleted application
Alterations to dwellinghouse, construct a deck, erect domestic garage and replace septic tank with waste water treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/588
20 Mar 2008Conditional
Alterations and extension to dwelling house and erection of domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/517
18 Feb 2008Incompleted application
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse and erection of domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/292
14 Jan 2008Incompleted application
Alterations to dwellinghouse and erection of domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/59
1 Nov 2002Conditional
Retention of dwelling on reduced site
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/4827
9 Jul 2002Conditional
Dwelling
Approval · Cork County Council, 02/2955
23 Oct 2001Refused
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/5811
17 Sept 2001Refused
Dwelling and waste water treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/5164
29 May 2001Conditional
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 01/3035
2 Nov 2000Conditional
Retention of dwellinghouse & site layout
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/6574
12 May 2000Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/2838
11 Feb 1999Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 99/595
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Glengarriff Harbour and Woodland SAC 000090
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Glengarriff Harbour And Woodland 000090
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Bocarnagh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Bocarnagh.
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 high, 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 Bocarnagh.
- 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
- Bocarnagh, Glengarriff5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Bocarnagh · Both Chearnaigh
- Area
- 1,374,954 m² (137.5 ha, 339.76 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcaskan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bear
- Electoral division
- Kilcaskan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilcaskan electoral division: 895 people in 373 households; 80% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 27% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Furkeal, Loughavaul, Muccurragh
- Placenames
- Bocarnagh 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.