Bridgetown Upper

43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bridgetown Upper, from 55 m² to 323,920 m² (32.39 ha, 80.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Bridgetown Upper 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.

• 19 Dec 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission to demolish partially collapsed dwelling and permission for the construction of an agricultural building for the storage of agricultural machinery and all associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6917

• 4 Nov 2025Invalid - prepare letters

  Permission to demolish partially collapsed structure and construct a machinery shed and all associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6381

• 3 Oct 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission for replacing existing septic tank with bio tank and new percolation

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6095

• 1 Jul 2025Incompleted application

  Permission for a bio tank and percolation area.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5292

• 16 Jun 2022Conditional

  1) Retention of dwelling as constructed (change of location on site and changes to elements of the design from that granted under 03/5547) 2) Retention of the existing site boundaries (change of location on site from that granted under 03/5547) 3) Permission for decommissioning of existing septic tank and replacement with a new treatment unit and percolation area.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5404

• 25 Feb 2021Conditional

  Alterations to existing dwelling consisting of the following: (1) to demolish extension to the rear of existing dwelling and for alterations and 2 storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling. (2) For alterations to existing site entrance and a new front boundary wall and all associated site works. (3) To replace existing septic tank with a new sewerage treatment system and (4) For retention of demolition of derelict domestic storage shed.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4466

• 16 Apr 2019Conditional

  Construct a two-storey dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4949

• 6 Dec 2018Conditional

  Construct a grainstore building and ancillary works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7209

• 26 Jun 2018Conditional

  Demolition of an existing farm building and construction of an agricultural building for the storage vegetables and associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5645

• 21 Dec 2015Conditional

  To construct a two storey dwelling, detached garage, new vehicular entrance, wastewater treatment plant and polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6924

• 30 Nov 2015Conditional

  Construction of an agricultural building for the storage of turnips and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6699

• 10 Nov 2015Incompleted application

  To construct an agricultural building and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6518

• 29 Oct 2015Withdrawn

  Permission to construct a two storey dwelling, detached garage, new vehicular entrance, waste water treatment plant and polishing filter and all associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6431

• 2 Feb 2010Refused

  Construction of a single storey dwellinghouse and entrance, installation of treatment unit and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4179

• 22 Dec 2009Incompleted application

  Single storey dwellinghouse, entrance, treatment unit and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/8033

• 27 Nov 2008Refused

  Dwelling & wastewater treatment system

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/9858

• 16 Apr 2008Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse & treatment system

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/6090

• 19 Mar 2008Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse, treatment unit and associated works

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/5524

• 23 Nov 2006Conditional

  Slatted house and underground effluent tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12603

• 25 Sept 2006Conditional

  Construction of extension to dwelling, construction of garage and installation of bio tank to replace existing septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10887

• 7 Sept 2006Incompleted application

  Extension to dwelling, construction of garage and installation of bio-tank to replace existing septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10404

• 24 Jul 2006Conditional

  Construction of dairy, 44 no. cubicle cow shed with slatted tank, soiled water tank and silage slab

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9165

• 9 May 2006Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7006

• 30 Jan 2006Refused

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4387

• 22 Dec 2005Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse, entrance, septic tank and bored well

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9732

The 25 most recent of 34 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Awbeg Valley (Castletownroche) 001561

Recorded monuments

• CO026-150 Cave
  Description

  On E side of Awbeg River limestone gorge, S of Castletownroche. One of three caves (9807, 9808) investigated in 1938 and 1940 (Gwynn et al. 1942); listed by Dowd (1997, 31) as 'Foley Cave'. Fissure high on side of gorge provided entrance (L 1.5m) to small chamber (L 4m; Wth 2m) from the back of which ran passage and narrow gallery (see plan Dowd ibid., 34, fig. 3.11). Outer fissure and chamber excavated. In these the 'superficial deposits' (D c. 0.35m) produced charcoal, fragment of burnt bone, small baked clay ball and fragments of iron; 'intermediate and deep deposits' produced wide range of Pleistocene fauna. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO026-181001 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of fosse of circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989); macula in N half of interior. Within field system (12010). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO026-181002 Field system
  Description

  Faint pattern of rectilinear cropmarks, some perpendicular to each other, covering area of c. 9ha, visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). Cropmarks indicate relict field system on different axis from present system. One linear cropmark crosses circular enclosure (CO026-18101-) off-centre to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO034-074 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of two concentric fosses of circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989); macula in S half. Two parallel linear cropmarks approach enclosure from S; other linear cropmarks to S and W are probably levelled field boundaries. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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

• Copsewood, house, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house with attic, built c. 1810. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks having moulded limestone caps, dormer window to all sides and timber brackets to eaves. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings having double four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows with limestone sills. Four-pane double timber casement windows to dormers. Round-headed entrance door opening having engaged limestone columns, cornice and archivolt, timber panelled door and fanlight, with steps. Single-storey rubble stone outbuildings with hipped slate roofs to site. Rendered boundary walls and piers with recent metal gates.

• Kiln, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Limekiln, built c. 1820, set against quarry face. Now disused. Rubble limestone walls with round-arched opening with roughly cut sandstone voussoirs.

• Ballinardra Bridge, bridge, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-span road limestone bridge over disused railway line, built c. 1860. Rock-faced ashlar walls, with dressed stone string courses above arch elevations and dressed stone copings to parapets. Segmental arch with rock-faced voussoirs.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1800, now in use as store, and having higher outbuilding, possibly forge, at east end. Corrugated-iron roof over thatch, hipped to west end and pitched to adjoining outbuilding to east end, with stone chimneystack. Whitewashed rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings, boarded up with timber. Square-headed door opening with timber battened door. Outbuilding has pitched slate roof, rubble stone chimneystack and whitewashed rubble stone walls, and square-headed paned fixed timber windows and square-headed vehicular entrance with timber battened double-leaf door.

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).

No address of the register names Bridgetown Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Bridgetown Upper · Baile an Droichid Uachtarach

Area

2,181,916 m² (218.19 ha, 539.16 acres)

Civil parish

Bridgetown, and its townlands

Barony

Fermoy

Electoral division

Kilcummer, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Bridgetown Lower, Castletownroche, Castlewidenham, Clifford, Cloon, Connaberry, Kilquane, Monanimy Lower, Monanimy Upper

Placenames

Bridgetown Upper on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.