Caherbirrane

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherbirrane, from 102 m² to 615,564 m² (61.56 ha, 152.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Caherbirrane 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.

• 1 Apr 2026Grant with conditions

  Permission to construct slatted house and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0830

• 30 Aug 2021Conditional

  Two storey dwelling, sewerage system, site entrance with driveway partially shared with agricultural laneway and all associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6380

• 6 Aug 2021Incompleted application

  New two storey dwelling, sewerage system, site entrance and all associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6179

• 7 Dec 2018Conditional

  Construct a dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7219

• 6 Dec 2016Conditional

  To construct a new dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/7043

• 23 Feb 2016Conditional

  Construction of detached domestic garage with carport

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4412

• 25 Feb 2010Conditional

  Extension and alterations to dwellinghouse and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4412

• 15 Jan 2010Incompleted application

  Construction of extension & alterations to existing dwelling house with associated site works & retention of revised position of septic tank & percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4049

• 6 Apr 2009Conditional

  Detached garage/store for private use

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5070

• 20 Feb 2009Conditional

  Demolition of front porch, provision of single storey extension to front of existing dwelling, provision of stone finish to facade, provision of smooth plaster finish to rear and side elevations, provision of blue-black slate to roof, installation of velux roof lights to front and rear and installation of pvc windows to entire dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4512

• 30 Jan 2009Incompleted application

  Demolition of front porch, construction of single storey extension to front of dwelling, provision of stone finish to facade and installation of velux rooflights to front and rear

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4266

• 26 Mar 2008Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5680

• 18 Jun 2007Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8771

• 27 Oct 2006Withdrawn

  Alterations and extensions to garage premises for the repair and sale of agricultural vehicles, machinery and cars to include external display/sales area, vehicle washing facility and petrol interceptor

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11817

• 12 Oct 2006Withdrawn

  Construction of detached garage with boiler room and wood pellet store and retention of revised site boundary and position of dwelling on site

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11364

• 13 Apr 2006Conditional

  Alterations and extension to bungalow

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6368

• 10 Nov 2005Refused

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/8298

• 10 Nov 2005Conditional

  Installation of proprietary effluent treatment system to serve existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8290

• 29 Sept 2005Refused

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/7079

• 27 Aug 2003Conditional

  Extension to dwelling and detached domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/4277

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Mullaghanish to Musheramore Mountains SPA 004162

Recorded monuments

• CO059-091 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In rough grazing, beside road. Roughly circular mound of burnt material (L 14m; Wth 16m; H 1m); opening (Wth 2.8m) faces NE; traces of central depression. Stream flowing from E bisects mound. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO059-092 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  On tract of boggy ground on E side of Foherish River basin. Monument is badly damaged; early accounts indicate wedge-shaped gallery (L c. 2m; Wth c. 1m at W end narrowing to c. 0.8m to E) aligned E-W, having septal stone at W end preceded by short portico. Gallery was covered by single roofstone, now displaced. (de Valera and O Nualláin 1982, 12-3, Co. 16) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume IV. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982)

• CO059-093 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture. Partially overgrown irregular mound of burnt material (15m N-S; 13m E-W). Some material removed from centre of mound. Stream to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO059-094 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (L 18m; Wth 14m; H 0.8m). Opening (Wth 3.6m) faces SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO059-095 Standing stone
  Description

  Not shown on 1842 and 1903 OS 6-inch maps. In bogland, on SW-facing slope. Stone (H 1m; 0.9m x 0.33m) is subrectangular in plan, long axis NNE-SSW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO059-096 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In bog, on S side of E-W stream and parallel field fence. Horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (L 14m; Wth 18m; H 1.4m); opening (Wth 3.6m) faces N, abutting field fence. Drainage channel cuts through S edge of mound. Small deposit of burnt material noted on N side of stream, possibly continuation of eastern 'arm' of mound. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO059-097 Church
  Description

  In rough mountain heath, sheltered on S and W sides by ridge of rock, extensive view to NE. Remains consist of three walls of rectangular structure (5.5m NW-SE; 13m SW-NE); random rubble dry-stone walls in poor structural condition (max. H 1.5m; Wth 0.8m); no wall to NE but remains ofline of loose stone across NE end, 0.6m from end of NW wall. Remains of three window opes in NW wall and two in SE wall; all rudely formed with single splayed sidestones, capped by one or two lintels, flat bed stone. At SW end remains of stone altar formed by thin flat sandstone slabs; now partially obscured by collapse and overgrowth. Interior overgrown with bracken and gorse. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO059-098 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (29m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by earthen bank (int. H 1.2m) SW->SE; scarp (H 1.5m) elsewhere. Shallow external fosse NW->NNE. Breaks in bank to NE (Wth 1.8m) and SW (Wth 3.6m). Second bank, depicted on 1940 OS 6-inch map, levelled; silage pit abuts bank to W; gap to SW opens into farmyard. Interior used as feeding area for cattle. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO059-099 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Roughly circular raised area (diam. c. 27m) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 2m). Interior inaccessible due to overgrowth. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO059-100 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope, above sharp fall to stream. Circular area (25m NE-SW) defined by scarp NNE->ESE; earthen bank (H 1.4m) ESE->W; levelled bank survives as undulation W->N. Bank topped by stone wall S->W; entrance (Wth 3.6m) to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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 Caherbirrane.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Caherbirrane, 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 Caherbirrane.

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.

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

Name

Caherbirrane · Cathair Bhioráin

Area

2,899,092 m² (289.91 ha, 716.38 acres)

Civil parish

Clondrohid, and its townlands

Barony

Muskerry West

Electoral division

Rahalisk, the unit of the census

Census 2022

615 people lived in 214 households in the Rahalisk electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cabragh, Carrigonirtane, Gortavranner, Knockraheen, Lackaduv, Lacktify, Mullenroe, Scrahanard

Placenames

Caherbirrane 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.