Caher
Townland in the civil parish of Kinneigh, barony of Carbery East (West Division), Co. Cork; in Irish An Chathair
- Area
- 249.2 ha
- 616 acres
- Land parcels
- 39
- registered freehold, median 8,089 m² (0.81 ha, 2 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 35
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caher, from 128 m² to 360,902 m² (36.09 ha, 89.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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
No zone of a development plan covers Caher 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
9 Nov 2023Incompleted application
The existing Bandon to Dunmanway 110 kV Overhead Line (OHL), which is approximately 26km long between the existing Bandon 110kV Substation in the townland of Mishells, Co. Cork (approximately 1km north of Bandon, Co. Cork) and the existing Dunmanway 110kV Substation in the townland of Ballyhalwick, Co. Cork (approximately 0.4km east of Dunmanway Co. Cork). The existing OHL is located in the townlands of Acres, Aghalinane, Ballyhalwick, Balteenbrack, Behagh, Caher, Carhoon West, Castlelands, Derrycool, Dromidiclogh, Dromidiclogh West, Gortnamucklagh, Gurteen, Gurteenroe, Kilnacranagh East, Kilnacranagh West, Laragh, Lissacroneen, Mallowgaton, Mishells, Murragh, Roughgrove East, Roughgrove West, Sranaviddoge, Teadies Upper, Toom and Tullyglass, Co. Cork. Works associated with an uprate (refurbishment) of the existing Bandon to Dunmanway 110kv OHL, which consists of the : (i) replacement ("restringing") of the existing OHL conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor including installation of a new fibre optic communication connection; (ii) replacement of 12 no. of the 13 no. existing steel towers including 11 no. angle masts (AM) and 1 no. end mast (EM) and their foundations with similar structures and member replacement at 1 no. EM. Any replacement AMs will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to the existing structures that they will replace, with a height difference of between 0.5-1.5m; (iii) Replacement of 16 no. of the 127 no. existing intermediate Polesets (IMPs); with similar structures. Any replacement IMPs will be constructed in situ, with the exception of IMP128 which will be replaced at an offset of 10m. The height differences of the replacements will be 1m, with the exception of IMP113 and IMP115 which will be a 2m and 3m increase in height respectively, (iv) Carrying out of civil works for tower foundation strengthening at 1 no. location; (v) Replacement of hardware and fittings at all locations, including insulators, clamps, anti-climb guards, vibration dampers, and installation of new jumper arrangements, suspension weights, plump poles, pole bolts and anti-climb guards; (vi) replacement of a crossarm at 1 no. location; (vii) all associated works within the existing Dunmanway Substation to accommodate the uprated 110 kV OHL and all associated site development works including above and below the ground works to gain access to the existing structures including timber cutting and vegetation clearance, painting, renumbering of replac
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/633
12 Mar 2019Conditional
Construct a milking parlour, dairy, office, plant room, roofed cattle holding yard, two no. open cattle holding yards with two no. slatted soiled water storage tanks, feed storage bin, rainwater harvesting tank, concrete cow path, concrete apron, soiled water sump and carry out associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/166
5 Dec 2013Conditional
Construction of dwelling house, domestic garage and new entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/672
29 Nov 2013Incompleted application
Construction of dwelling house, domestic garage and new entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/661
4 May 2010Conditional
Two-storey dwelling house together with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/310
12 Oct 2009Conditional
Construct a slatted house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/1090
28 Jul 2008Conditional
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1397
7 Jul 2008Incompleted application
Construct dwelling & garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1258
19 Feb 2008Conditional
Construct (1) cubicle house with straw bedded pens and feed passage, (2) slatted house with underground tank and adjacent feed passage
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/295
15 Jan 2008Conditional
Construct extension to existing shed for sorting and recycling of waste; Retention of weigh bridge; Permission to construct new entrance, relocate existing entrance, relocate septic tank and percolation area and change of boundaries of site as granted under planning reg: 05/7094
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/69
10 Dec 2007Incompleted application
Construct extension to existing shed for sorting and recycling of waste; Retention of weigh bridge; Permission to construct new entrance, relocate existing entrance, relocate septic tank and percolation area and change boundaries of site granted under planning reg: 05/7094
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/3063
17 Oct 2007Refused
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2662
12 Oct 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/2633
24 Aug 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/2262
27 Jun 2007Incompleted application
(1) Cubicle house with straw-bedded area (2) Slatted tank with adjacent feed passage (3) calving pens all with asssociated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1676
2 Dec 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/8928
25 Oct 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7816
29 Sept 2005Conditional
Porto-cabin for use as kitchen, changing room, washing and toilet facilities and installation of septic tank and retention of walls to bays for seperating recycled materials
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7094
13 Sept 2005Conditional
Construction of extension to dwelling and retention of conservatory
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6626
25 Aug 2005Incompleted application
Construction of porto-cabin for kitchen, changing room, washing and toilet facilities and septic tank and retention of external walls to bays for seperating recycled materials
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6158
7 Jul 2005Conditional
Extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4807
23 Dec 2004Conditional
Extension to shed for sorting and recycling of waste
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/9702
11 Jun 2004Conditional
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/4280
4 Jul 2003Conditional
Retention of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/3304
30 May 2003Withdrawn
Retention of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2659
The 25 most recent of 35 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 Caher.
Recorded monuments
- CO108-014 Ringfort - rath
Description
In level pasture. Circular area enclosed by stone wall (H 1.6m) probably incorporating original bank. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure on O.S. map (1842). Heavily overgrown. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO108-015001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, atop rise. Circular, slightly raised area (37m N-S; 37.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.9m); external fosse (D 0.6m) E->WSW. Entrance to E (Wth 3m) revetted on N side by two slabs; either side of causeway defined by two recumbant slabs. Large boulders dumped in S half of interior; souterrain (CO108-01502-) in interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO108-015002 Souterrain
Description
In NW quadrant of ringfort (CO108-01501-). No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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 Caher.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Caher.
- 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 Caher with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Caher · An Chathair
- Area
- 2,491,830 m² (249.18 ha, 615.74 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kinneigh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Kinneigh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kinneigh electoral division: 442 people in 153 households; 89% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Balteenbrack, Connagh, Dromidiclogh, Dromidiclogh West, Lissacroneen, Manch East, Teenah, Toom
- Placenames
- Caher 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.