Bohona
Bohona is a townland in the civil parish of Castleventry, barony of Ibane and Barryroe, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Bothanach.
- Area
- 92.2 ha
- 228 acres
- Land parcels
- 14
- registered freehold, median 5,984 m² (0.6 ha, 1.48 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bohona, from 1,614 m² to 232,718 m² (23.27 ha, 57.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 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 Bohona 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
16 Jul 2020Conditional
To construct six no. glamping pods to be used for short term letting, construct a hard surfaced car parking area, perimeter fencing, installation of a septic tank and percolation area, alterations to existing vehicular entrance and roadside boundary. Permission is also sought for change of use of existing agricultural storage shed for use ancillary to the glamping pods consisting of self-catering facilities, showers, toilets, laundry, recreational area and reception office and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/382
26 Oct 2018Conditional
Permission for retention of existing dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank layout, alteration to site boundary and associated site works as constructed (alterations to that as previously permitted under planning ref. no. W/00/1558)
Retention · Cork County Council, 18/630
29 Mar 2018Conditional
Permission sought to (A) carry out alterations to existing dwelling to include raising existing roof level, new window/door openings to elevations including the formation of a new bay window to the rear elevation (B) construct new two storey extension to side of existing dwelling (C) install new waste water treatment system (D) form new vehicular access to site and to construct new boundary treatments fronting the public road
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/165
21 May 2012Conditional
Alterations and extensions to dwelling including part demolition of dwelling and construction of extensions to front, rear and side of remainder of dwelling, raising of ridge height of dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/331
30 Mar 2012Incompleted application
Alterations and extensions to dwelling including part demolition of dwelling and construction of extensions to front, rear and side of remainder of dwelling, raising of ridge height of dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/209
16 Mar 2012Incompleted application
Alterations including partial demolition of existing dwelling house, construction of single storey extension to rear, including porch extension to front
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/165
16 Nov 2007Refused
Dwelling, domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2875
14 Jun 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1559
28 May 2007Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1386
18 Sept 2006Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1887
19 Aug 2005Conditional
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6014
25 Jun 2004Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4647
23 Apr 2004Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/2752
4 Mar 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/1396
20 Dec 2001Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/6872
21 Mar 2000Conditional
Dwellinghouse & garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/1558
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 Bohona.
Recorded monuments
- CO121-083 Country house
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Bohona.
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 Bohona, about 1 in 10 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 high, 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 Bohona.
- 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 Bohona with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Bohona · Bothanach
- Area
- 922,248 m² (92.22 ha, 227.89 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castleventry, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ibane and Barryroe
- Electoral division
- Argideen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 382 people lived in 139 households in the Argideen electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ahagilla, Bealad East, Clasharusheen, Derryvreen, Knockatlowig, Sleveen
- Placenames
- Bohona 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.