Breeda
Breeda is a townland in the civil parish of Ardagh, barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Na Briada.
- Area
- 514.7 ha
- 1,272 acres
- Land parcels
- 44
- registered freehold, median 17,727 m² (1.77 ha, 4.38 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 26
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Breeda, from 95 m² to 785,934 m² (78.59 ha, 194.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 36 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 Breeda 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
8 Jul 2026Conditional
of storage buildings and ancillary works
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 2660503
19 Mar 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for construction of a dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment unit, percolation area and associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0676
5 Sept 2025Grant with conditions
Permission for construction of single storey detached dwelling house, detached domestic garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area, vehicular entrance and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5802
14 Aug 2025Conditional permission
Permission for a) construction of a livestock underpass with effluent holding tank, b) modifications to existing dwelling entrance adjacent to proposed underpass and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5631
12 May 2025Withdrawn
Permission for a) construction of a livestock underpass with effluent holding tank, b) modifications to existing dwelling entrance adjacent to proposed underpass and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4890
29 May 2024Conditional
Permission for the construction of a single-storey dwelling, domestic garage\shed, entrance, treatment plant, percolation area and auxiliary site services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4979
12 Aug 2022Conditional
Section 254 Licence for the erection of overground electronic communications infrastructure and any associated physical infrastructure along public roads including: 1)The erection of new overground fibre optic cables on existing timber poles. 2) The erection of new poles and associated fibre optic cables. Poles do not exceed 12 metres in height or approximately 0.3 metres in diameter and are manufactured to EN14229:2010
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 22712
31 May 2022Conditional
Permission to erect a single storey dwelling, a detached domestic garage, an on-site sewage treatment system and all associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5249
18 Nov 2021Conditional
A single storey dwelling house, garage, entrance, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, borewell, landscaping, and all necessary ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7120
23 Dec 2020Conditional
To construct single-storey dwelling, entrance, treatment plant, percolation area and auxiliary site services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6991
21 Apr 2020Refused
Construction of a single storey dwelling, detached garage, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4799
11 Apr 2011Conditional
Two storey dwelling, entrance, domestic garage, treatment unit and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4743
26 Jun 2009Conditional
Construction of single storey sunroom extension to front of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6093
8 Oct 2007Conditional
One and half storey dwellinghouse, garage and installation of waste water treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11506
20 Sept 2007Incompleted application
Storey and a half dwelling, garage & waste water treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11104
7 Mar 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5744
11 Dec 2006Conditional
Single storey dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/13164
2 Oct 2006Refused
Two storey dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/11066
26 May 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3621
21 Dec 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse, garage and treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/9465
19 May 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse, stable block, tack room/store and hay barn
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/3492
26 Mar 2004Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/2009
9 Feb 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/679
28 Oct 2003Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/5337
26 Jun 2003Conditional
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 03/3148
The 25 most recent of 26 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 Breeda.
Recorded monuments
- CO055-013 Earthwork
Description
In pasture on W-facing slope. Slightly raised irregular area (diam. c. 55m) defined by scarp. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO055-054 Linear earthwork
Description
Section of Cork-Waterford border (L c. 1km), bounded on Waterford side by Glennaglogh townland, marked on Bateman map (1716-1717) as 'an auld ditch'. Shallow drain noted on Waterford side of field fence to W of Tallow-Youghal road. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO055-070 Standing stone
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.
- CO056-012 Linear earthwork
Description
Section of Cork-Waterford border (L c. 60m) immediately E of Tallow-Youghal link road (L36), consists of linear bank (H 1.1m; Wth 1.6m) stone faced in parts. Fosse (D 0.5m) survives on S side, with counterscarp bank (H 0.6m). Bank appears to continue on W side of road, but not possible to examine due to overgrowth. Boundary stone (CO056-008---) at E end. May be continuation of 'auld ditch' (CO055-054---) recorded by Bateman (1716-1717) c. 800m further W along county boundary. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- WA033-013001 Linear earthwork
Description
A section of the Cork-Waterford county boundary (L c. 60m) immediately E of the Tallow-Youghal link road (R634) consists of a linear bank (Wth 1.6m; H 1.1m), stone faced in parts. A fosse (D 0.5m) survives on the S side, with a counterscarp bank (H 0.6m). The bank appears to continue on the W side of the road, but it is not possible to examine due to overgrowth. The boundary stone (CO056-008----/WA033-013----) is at the E end. It may be a continuation of the 'auld ditch' (CO055-054----/WA033-011----) recorded by Bateman (1716-1717) c. 800m further W along county boundary. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 September 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Breeda.
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 Breeda, about 1 in 5 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 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 Breeda.
- 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 Breeda with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Breeda · Na Briada
- Area
- 5,146,512 m² (514.65 ha, 1,271.73 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ardagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Imokilly
- Electoral division
- Ardagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 750 people lived in 245 households in the Ardagh electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycolman, Ballycondon Commons (Co. Waterford), Ballydaniel, Ballynatray Commons (Co. Waterford), Carriganass, Glennaglogh (Co. Waterford), Knockaun South (Co. Waterford), Knocknagappagh, Lyrenacarriga (Co. Waterford), Rearour North, Rearour South
- Placenames
- Breeda 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.