# Britway, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Britway, barony of Barrymore, Co. Cork; in Irish Bréachmhaigh.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 917,165 m² (91.72 ha, 226.64 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,476 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Britway, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/britway.md
- Barony: Barrymore
- Electoral division: Kilcor, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 408 people lived in 152 households in the Kilcor electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/10227
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 41094
- Centre: latitude 52.04695, longitude -8.171555 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Britway, from 355 m² to 533,470 m² (53.35 ha, 131.82 acres); 12 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2268503: 533,470 m² (53.35 ha, 131.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2268503.md
- Parcel 2221989: 254,399 m² (25.44 ha, 62.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2221989.md
- Parcel 2221988: 103,581 m² (10.36 ha, 25.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2221988.md
- Parcel 3575475: 4,529 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3575475.md
- Parcel 4977286: 3,967 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4977286.md
- Parcel 2221993: 3,777 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2221993.md
- Parcel 2221990: 3,175 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2221990.md
- Parcel 2268504: 2,904 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2268504.md
- Parcel 2268502: 2,655 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2268502.md
- Parcel 2221992: 1,982 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2221992.md
- Parcel 2221991: 1,257 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2221991.md
- Parcel 2117807: 355 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2117807.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Britway in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

5 applications, newest first.

- 30 May 2012, Cork County Council 12/5170: Conditional. Permission. Demolish existing two storey derelict on site dwelling, replace with the construction of a new two storey dwelling with detached garage, on site waste water treatment system, entrance and site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=12/5170
- 25 Apr 2012, Cork County Council 12/4862: Incompleted application. Permission. Demolition of existing two storey derelict onsite dwelling, and replace with construction of new two storey dwelling with detached garage, on site waste water treatment system,entrance and site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=12/4862
- 20 Sept 2011, Cork County Council 11/6014: Conditional. Permission. Construction of a single storey extension to side of dwelling and ancillary works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=11/6014
- 16 May 2006, Cork County Council 06/7201: Conditional. Permission. Bungalow and garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/7201
- 28 Apr 2003, Cork County Council 03/1990: Conditional. Approval. Bungalow. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/1990

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Britway.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CO045-087: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO045-087----. On E-facing slope to N of stream. Enclosed by circular stone wall (H c.1m); grotto on SW wall contains offerings. According to date plaque, renovated 1880. 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 Image provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/
- CO045-088001: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO045-088001-. In field of pasture, approached by pathway from W; rectangular graveyard (c. 50m E-W; c. 45m N-S) enclosed by stone-faced earthen bank; in occasional use. O Buachalla and Henchion (1963, 102-3) record 136 gravestones, mostly of 18th and 19th century date; two of earliest mark graves of noted Gaelic scholars: Rev. Cornelius O'Brien, who died in 1720, and Liam Ruadh Mac Coitir, who died in 1738. Ruins of Britway medieval parish church (CO045-08802-) near W end. Lying on ground outside W gable ofchurch are broken fragments of three plain sandstone troughs. 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
- CO045-088002: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO045-088002-. Near W end of graveyard (CO045-088001-), fragmentary ivy-clad ruins of Britway parish church. W gable (internal Wth 5.2m) and attached 10.8m length of N wall stand to near full height; short section of W end of S wall and second section c. 8m to E (L c. 5.2m) partially stand; otherwise walls entirely fallen. Central doorway in W wall (see ill. Petrie 1845,180) with semi-circular arch and slightly inclined jambs; framed on outside by shallow architrave rising to 'cap-like' crown on keystone. Inserted lintel at top of jambs, area above infilled; doorway shows signs of repair when lintel inserted. Antae project at either end of W wall: to N intact (Wth 0.8m; projection 0.3m), rising to height of side wall; only part of base left to S. Round-headed window (see photo. Currey 1894, 130) in N wall (6.9m from NW corner, on inside). Church in ruins by 1615 (Brady 1863, vol.2, 63). Leask (1977, vol. 1, 69) compares with nearby Coole church (CO036-019002-), suggesting 'both may even be the work of the same mason'; Harbison (1970, 53) gives 'a 12th or 13th century' date; Johnson (1991, 28) dates it to c. 1110- 1120. 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
- CO045-089: Megalithic structure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO045-089----. In pasture, on break in N-facing slope, in field to E of Britway church (CO045-08802-) and graveyard (CO045-08801-). Roughly rectangular structuredefined on W side by upright slab (H 0.43m; L 1.32m), long axis N-S; to Nby upright slab (H 0.68m; L 1.55m) at W end, second upright slab to N (L 1.08m) inside and overlapping with first. Three stones form S side; most westerly stone lying flat; middle stone leaning to S; third stone upright (H 0.7m; 0.4m x 0.14m). Stones scattered within structures. Slab (1.2m x 1m) partially embedded in ground, lies immediately to N of rectangular structure; locally known as "St. Bridget's Stone"; hollows along eastern edge said to be impressions of her knees. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Britway.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Britway, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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 Britway.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cork/britway.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/britway.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/britway.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Britway with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork: https://everytownland.com/cork.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ardra: https://everytownland.com/cork/ardra-40159.md
- Ballyvolane: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyvolane-40865.md
- Barrafohona: https://everytownland.com/cork/barrafohona.md
- Curraghdermot: https://everytownland.com/cork/curraghdermot.md
- Glentrasna: https://everytownland.com/cork/glentrasna.md
- Glentrasna North: https://everytownland.com/cork/glentrasna-north.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/cork/britway
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/britway