Broghill North
Townland in the civil parish of Ballyhay, barony of Orrery and Kilmore, Co. Cork; in Irish Brothall Thuaidh
- Area
- 234.3 ha
- 579 acres
- Land parcels
- 68
- registered freehold, median 2,327 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 41
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
68 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Broghill North, from 54 m² to 425,660 m² (42.57 ha, 105.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 39 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
13 Aug 2025Conditional permission
Permission for retention for a calf shed, roof over existing holding yard, extension to silage pit and ancillary works
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5626
14 Apr 2022Refused
To demolish existing derelict house and construct a new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4852
9 Mar 2020Refused
To construct a shed for agricultural machinery hay and straw.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4491
20 Dec 2019Conditional
The construction of a 2-storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling, comprising ground floor and lower ground floor extension and new garage, renovation of existing porch, alterations and elevational changes to existing dwelling, new site entrance, new treatment plant with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/7069
4 Dec 2018Conditional
(a) Extensions to side and rear of existing single storey dwelling house, (b) decommissioning of existing septic tank and installation of new mechanical aeration system and soil polishing filter, and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7167
12 Sept 2018Conditional
To demolish part of the existing dwelling house and the existing storage shed and for permission for re-roofing, renovations and alterations to elevations to the existing dwelling and a 2 storey extension and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6416
15 Jun 2016Refused
Dwellinghouse, entrance, bored well, septic tank and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5464
24 Sept 2013Refused
Dwellinghouse, entrance, bored well, septic tank and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5840
19 Nov 2012Refused
Construction of dwellinghouse, entrance, bored well, septic tank and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6354
26 Jul 2012Conditional
(a) Retention of rear and side extension to existing cottage, and (b) retention of detached garage as constructed
Retention · Cork County Council, 12/5619
27 Aug 2010Refused
Two-storey dwelling, detached domestic garage & effluent treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/6141
4 Aug 2010Incompleted application
Two-storey dwelling, detached domestic garage & effluent treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5967
27 Nov 2008Conditional
Demolition of existing garage, construction of single storey ground floor extension to north, east and west elevations of dwelling and detached domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9865
20 Feb 2008Conditional
Construction of cattle underpass under public road and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4895
3 Dec 2007Conditional
Domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12793
12 Nov 2007Conditional
Construction of fodder store, calving pens, loose pens, milking parlour extension, covered assembly yard, easy feed slatted cubicle house and conversion of self feed silage layout to easy feed cubicle house layout
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12315
8 Nov 2007Incompleted application
Construction of domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12245
9 Jul 2007Conditional
Change of layout for a new two storey dwellinghouse with domestic waste water treatment plant and domestic garage granted under pl. reg. no. 06/9491
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9445
6 Jun 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and garage (change of layout)
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8431
4 May 2007Conditional
Demolition of dwelling and construction of dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7524
3 May 2007Incompleted application
Two storey dwellinghouse and garage (change of layout)
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7497
30 Mar 2007Incompleted application
Demolition of derelict cottage and construction of dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6635
1 Dec 2006Conditional
Demolition of cow byre, loose house and fodder store and construction of easy feed slatted cubicle house, conversion of self feed silage layout to easy feed slatted cubicle housing, construction of calving pens, loose house, fodder store, open silage pit, soiled water tank and steel slurry tower and retention of store and calving pens
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12887
6 Nov 2006Incompleted application
Demolition of coy byre, loose house and fodder store and construction of easy feed slatted cubicle house, claving pens, loose house, fodder store, open silage pit, soiled water tank and steel slurry tower, conversion of self feed silage layout to easy feed slatted cubicle housing and retention of store and calving pens
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12034
12 Oct 2006Conditional
2 no. loose houses, underground effluent tank, roofed collecting yard and lean to roof to cover soiled yard
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11381
The 25 most recent of 41 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 Broghill North.
Recorded monuments
- CO002-019 House - vernacular house
Description
At end of lane to NE of road. Front (SW) of 5 bays; central door with projecting jambs, attic window in SE end wall. Hipped roof with thatch; central brick chimney. Modern addition to rear; farm buildings around yard to front. 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
- CO002-020 Enclosure
Description
In undulating pasture. Depicted as hachured oval enclosure (c. 55m NE-SW; c. 45m NW-SE) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Low rise survives, irregular in shape and bisected off-centre to W by field boundary. According to local information, portion to E of field boundary 'levelled off' c. 1980; no bank or fosse then existed. 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
- CO002-021 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on gentle N-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, incorporated into field fence system on W side. Levelled; circular area (46.4m E-W; 43.8m N-S) enclosed by low rise (int. H 0.15m) to N, E and S, with shallow external fosse. Evidence for second bank as low rise (H 0.25m) NE->SSW, with shallow outer fosse (D 0.3m) to SE. Break in inner bank (Wth 5.4m) to NNW; shallow depression (L 16.4m) runs southwards from break into interior. 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
- CO002-022 Fulacht fia
Description
In level pasture. Grass-covered spread of burnt material. According to local information, mound c. 0.3m high, levelled c. 1981. 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
- CO002-023 Earthwork
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Roughly square area (33m E-W; 30m N-S) with rounded corners, defined by low, grass-covered earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.4m); shallow intervening fosse; second low, grass-covered earthen bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.35m) to S, W and N. Stream flowing in fosse on W side, continues N for short distance before turning E to run N of second bank and S of field boundary. Second bank survives as low rise on N and S sides, more substantial to W; on S side it extends beyond site for c. 13.4m where it then curves back towards centre of E bank, stopping short of external fosse. Third linear earthen bank exists outside this curving second bank on E side running NNE-SSW, with remains of external fosse (D 0.8m). Fosse outside second bank on S side extends beyond enclosure to E and W. Interior grass-covered; W half at slightly lower level than E half. Area of second bank disturbed to NE and NW leaving no trace of second bank. Ringfort (12227) a short distance to E in same field. 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
- CO002-024 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 25m) enclosed by two earthen banks (inner bank: int. H 0.55m) with intervening fosse. Outer fosse survives to W and N; field boundary runs outside outer bank to E, with stream flowing in between; wide marshy depression (D 0.7m; Wth 12.6m) to S. Enclosure heavily overgrown with hawthorn bushes. Rectangular enclosure (CO002-023---) c. 20m to SW in same field, and circular enclosure (CO002-025---) in adjoining field to E. 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
- CO002-025 Enclosure
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular depression (diam. c. 18m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured circular raised area (diam. c. 18m) on 1936 OS 6-inch map. Circular area (21.5m N-S; 21.3m E-W) defined by low rise (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.15m). Ringfort (12227) and earthwork (13830) in adjoining field to W. 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
- CO002-026002 Road - road/trackway
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.
- CO002-027 Castle - unclassified
Description
In pasture, on slight N-facing slope. No visible surface trace of castle. Photograph taken in 1909 (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, 316) shows several stumps of masonry on raised platform; according to local information, these were levelled during land reclamation c. 1955; field known as 'castle field'. Castle of the Earls of Desmond, granted to Hugh Cuffe in 1597 as part of Munster Plantation (ibid., 317), subsequently acquired by Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, who probably built mansion depicted here on Down Survey (1655-6) (1655-6) barony map. 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Broghill North.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_916 (ZIP).
- 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
No address of the register names Broghill North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Broghill North · Brothall Thuaidh
- Area
- 2,342,859 m² (234.29 ha, 578.93 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballyhay, and its townlands
- Barony
- Orrery and Kilmore
- Electoral division
- Rathluirc, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Rathluirc electoral division: 4,446 people in 1,732 households; 56% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Broghill South, Creggane (Co. Limerick), Foxhall West (Co. Limerick), Gortskagh, Kippane, Rathgoggan North
- Placenames
- Broghill North 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.