# Caherkereen, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilnamartery, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork; in Irish Cathair Céirín. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,563,637 m² (156.36 ha, 386.38 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,980 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 40 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilnamartery, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/kilnamartery.md - Barony: Muskerry West - Electoral division: Kilnamartery, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 731 people lived in 249 households in the Kilnamartery electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md - Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/11477 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 41177 - Centre: latitude 51.900657, longitude -9.068262 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherkereen, from 3 m² to 308,904 m² (30.89 ha, 76.33 acres); 26 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2274487: 308,904 m² (30.89 ha, 76.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274487.md - Parcel 2274485: 222,754 m² (22.28 ha, 55.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274485.md - Parcel 2215363: 203,448 m² (20.34 ha, 50.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2215363.md - Parcel 2215262: 184,913 m² (18.49 ha, 45.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2215262.md - Parcel 2274481: 122,339 m² (12.23 ha, 30.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274481.md - Parcel 2274491: 109,757 m² (10.98 ha, 27.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274491.md - Parcel 2274483: 109,689 m² (10.97 ha, 27.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274483.md - Parcel 2215267: 72,935 m² (7.29 ha, 18.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2215267.md - Parcel 2215263: 51,764 m² (5.18 ha, 12.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2215263.md - Parcel 2274576: 50,869 m² (5.09 ha, 12.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274576.md - Parcel 2274484: 16,556 m² (1.66 ha, 4.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274484.md - Parcel 2274578: 11,109 m² (1.11 ha, 2.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274578.md - Parcel 2274577: 8,047 m² (0.8 ha, 1.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274577.md - Parcel 2215271: 4,960 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2215271.md - Parcel 2215361: 4,861 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2215361.md - Parcel 2215268: 4,609 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2215268.md - Parcel 2215365: 4,451 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2215365.md - Parcel 2274486: 4,428 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274486.md - Parcel 2274474: 4,427 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274474.md - Parcel 2274575: 4,395 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274575.md - Parcel 5600450: 4,217 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5600450.md - Parcel 2215358: 3,897 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2215358.md - Parcel 2215364: 3,678 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2215364.md - Parcel 2215266: 2,821 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2215266.md - Parcel 2274480: 2,749 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274480.md - Parcel 3324328: 2,738 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3324328.md - Parcel 2274490: 2,684 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274490.md - Parcel 2274479: 2,534 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274479.md - Parcel 2501603: 2,503 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2501603.md - Parcel 2215359: 2,383 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2215359.md - Parcel 3332479: 2,265 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3332479.md - Parcel 2274477: 2,082 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274477.md - Parcel 2274482: 1,878 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274482.md - Parcel 2215357: 1,855 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2215357.md - Parcel 3453184: 1,651 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3453184.md - Parcel 2274478: 1,600 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274478.md - Parcel 2501598: 1,445 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2501598.md - Parcel 2215269: 1,390 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2215269.md - Parcel 2274472: 1,375 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274472.md - Parcel 2215264: 1,319 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2215264.md - Parcel 2215362: 1,278 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2215362.md - Parcel 4525344: 1,271 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4525344.md - Parcel 2215270: 1,166 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2215270.md - Parcel 3324332: 1,083 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3324332.md - Parcel 2215360: 981 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2215360.md - Parcel 4991811: 925 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4991811.md - Parcel 2274580: 837 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274580.md - Parcel 6101551: 706 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6101551.md - Parcel 2274573: 659 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274573.md - Parcel 3294453: 417 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3294453.md - Parcel 2486191: 389 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2486191.md - Parcel 3294462: 381 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3294462.md - Parcel 2215272: 313 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2215272.md - Parcel 2215265: 261 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2215265.md - Parcel 2274489: 205 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274489.md - Parcel 2274476: 154 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274476.md - Parcel 2274473: 133 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274473.md - Parcel 3440848: 126 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3440848.md - Parcel 2274579: 125 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274579.md - Parcel 2274488: 102 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274488.md - Parcel 2274475: 44 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2274475.md - Parcel 4955700: 6 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4955700.md - Parcel 4864784: 4 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4864784.md - Parcel 4864785: 3 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4864785.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Caherkereen 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) 40 applications, newest first. - 29 Apr 2024, Cork County Council 24/4750: Unconditional. Extension of duration. Permission to construct 3 no. dwelling houses and all associated site works. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 19/4252. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=24/4750 - 11 Feb 2022, Cork County Council 22/4284: Conditional. Permission. Demolition of existing shed and construction of a two storey extension to an existing house. Erect a canopy to the proposed extension and all associated site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=22/4284 - 9 Feb 2022, Cork County Council 22/4251: Withdrawn. Permission. Construction of a dwelling house, a garage for domestic purposes, alterations to existing agricultural entrance and to carry out all associated site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=22/4251 - 29 Mar 2021, Cork County Council 21/4792: Conditional. Permission. The change of use of existing store and garage to 2 number dwellinghouses, consisting of 1 number 3 bedroom dwellinghouse and 1 number 2 bedroom dwellinghouse, permission for elevational changes to existing structure to include new roof, increase in ridge height all to existing building, alterations to window and door fenestration of the existing building, connection to existing sewer system, new footpath and ramp together with all other ancillary site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=21/4792 - 19 Nov 2020, Cork County Council 20/6569: Conditional. Retention. Permission for retention of Domestic Garage.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=20/6569 - 11 Jun 2019, Cork County Council 19/5529: Conditional. Permission. Construction of a new carpentry workshop and Permission for alterations to elevations, ground and first floor extension and change of use of existing single storey carpentry workshop to a dwelling house.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=19/5529 - 6 Feb 2019, Cork County Council 19/4252: Conditional. Permission. Construct 3 no. dwellinghouses and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=19/4252 - 12 Dec 2018, Cork County Council 18/7276: Conditional. Permission. Construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new entrance together with all other ancillary site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=18/7276 - 5 Dec 2018, Cork County Council 18/7199: Incompleted application. Permission. To construct 3no. dwellings and all associated site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=18/7199 - 20 Mar 2018, Cork County Council 18/4677: Conditional. Permission. (a)Construction of an agricultural shed to include livestock housing and covered feed area with underground slatted slurry tank, (b) Construction of an extension to an existing agricultural livestock housing shed to include straw bedded and additional feed spaces and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=18/4677 - 26 Feb 2018, Cork County Council 18/4481: Incompleted application. Permission. (a) Construction of an agricultural shed with an underground slatted slurry tank. (b) Construction of an extension to an existing agricultural shed and all associated site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=18/4481 - 6 Jul 2016, Cork County Council 16/5690: Conditional. Permission. Retention and completion of partially constructed two storey dwelling, well, garden shed (1 No.), entrance walls, gate and set back road side timber boundary fence and for the installation of a proprietary effluent treatment unit and percolation area. Retention of temporary on site living accommodation unit (1 no.), personal effects storage containers (8 no.) and septic tank for the duration of the building works of the main dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=16/5690 - 3 Jun 2016, Cork County Council 16/5339: Incompleted application. Retention. Retention of part constructed timber frame two storey dwelling house, well, garden shed, entrance walls and gate and set back road side timber boundary fence and Permission for the installation of a proprietary effluent treatment unit and percolation area. Retention of temporary on site living accommodation, storage containers and septic tank for duration of the building works of the main dwelling.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=16/5339 - 30 Aug 2013, Cork County Council 13/5694: Conditional. Permission. Extensions and alterations to dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=13/5694 - 12 Feb 2013, Cork County Council 13/4229: Conditional. Permission. Construction of slatted cubicle house with effluent tank. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=13/4229 - 8 May 2012, Cork County Council 12/4954: Unconditional. Extension of duration. 3 no. dwellinghouses, extension of duration to permission granted under planning reg 06/12551. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=12/4954 - 1 Nov 2011, Cork County Council 11/6318: Conditional. Retention. Retention of a single storey agricultural storage shed. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=11/6318 - 10 Oct 2011, Cork County Council 11/6170: Incompleted application. Retention. Retention of a single storey agricultural storage shed. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=11/6170 - 1 Jun 2010, Cork County Council 10/5347: Conditional. Permission. Recommencing a blacksmith and farrier enterprise from existing building, repairing existing stone walls and repairing or replacing of existing door and windows along with all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=10/5347 - 15 Jul 2009, Cork County Council 09/6353: Conditional. Permission. Retention of dwelling house as constructed (original planning ref.no. 06/6859). File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=09/6353 - 22 Apr 2009, Cork County Council 09/5249: Incompleted application. Permission. Retention of changes to permitted dwellinghouse (planning ref.no. 06/6859). File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=09/5249 - 30 Oct 2007, Cork County Council 07/12019: Conditional. Permission. Construction of extension to milking parlour and yard and construction of extension to existing existing cattle crush. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/12019 - 3 Oct 2007, Cork County Council 07/11384: Withdrawn. Permission. Dwellinghouse, garage and installation of proprietary treatment unit. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/11384 - 20 Jul 2007, Cork County Council 07/9728: Refused. Permission. Dwellinghouse and garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/9728 - 19 Jun 2007, Cork County Council 07/8794: Incompleted application. Permission. Dwellinghouse and garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/8794 - 13 Apr 2007, Cork County Council 07/7031: Withdrawn. Permission. Dwellinghouse and garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/7031 - 22 Nov 2006, Cork County Council 06/12551: Conditional. Permission. 3 no. dwellinghouses. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/12551 - 3 May 2006, Cork County Council 06/6859: Conditional. Permission. Dwellinghouse with garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/6859 - 8 Mar 2006, Cork County Council 06/5355: Withdrawn. Permission. Dwellinghouse and garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/5355 - 27 Feb 2006, Cork County Council 06/5102: Withdrawn. Permission. 4 no. town houses. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/5102 - 6 Feb 2006, Cork County Council 06/4573: Incompleted application. Permission. 4 no. town houses. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/4573 - 3 Jan 2006, Cork County Council 06/4000: Refused. Permission. Dwellinghouse and garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/4000 - 30 Aug 2005, Cork County Council 05/6253: Conditional. Permission. Dwellinghouse and garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/6253 - 10 Aug 2005, Cork County Council 05/5747: Conditional. Permission. Retention of extensions to dwellinghouse, domestic garage and ancillary accommodation. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/5747 - 11 Apr 2005, Cork County Council 05/2244: Conditional. Permission. Alterations, consevatory and two storey extension to dwelling and detached domestic garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/2244 - 23 Mar 2005, Cork County Council 05/1782: Refused. Permission. 4 no. dwellinghouses and treatment units. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/1782 - 23 Feb 2005, Cork County Council 05/1000: Incompleted application. Permission. 4 no. dwellinghouses and treatment units. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/1000 - 20 Dec 2004, Cork County Council 04/9408: Conditional. Permission. Dwelling House and Garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/9408 - 21 Aug 2003, Cork County Council 03/4197: Conditional. Permission. Dwellinghouse and sewage treatment unit. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/4197 - 23 May 2003, Cork County Council 03/2451: Conditional. Permission. Construction of new entrance to serve existing dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/2451 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 Caherkereen. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CO070-063: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO070-063----. In pasture, on N-facing slope. Oval area (29.1m E-W; 24.4m N-S) enclosed by earth and stone bank (H 0.7m), topped by ruined stone field boundary. Break (Wth 1.5m) in bank to NW. Interior used for grazing; cairn (diam. c. 4m; H 0.9m), partially grass-covered, to E of centre. 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 - CO070-064: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO070-064----. In pasture, near top of hill. Ivy-clad chimney stack (1.8m E-W; 3.05m N-S; H c. 10m) of unknown date, probably projecting from W wall of house (long axis N-S) indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Fireplace (Wth 2.42m; D 1.17m) facing E with lintel missing. According to local information, part of 'Elizabethan hospital'. 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 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 Caherkereen. ## 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 Caherkereen, about 1 in 10 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 high, 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 Caherkereen. - 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/caherkereen.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/caherkereen.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/caherkereen.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Caherkereen 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) - Ballyvoge: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyvoge.md - Caherdaha: https://everytownland.com/cork/caherdaha.md - Dromagarry: https://everytownland.com/cork/dromagarry.md - Dromreague: https://everytownland.com/cork/dromreague-42459.md - Kylefinchin: https://everytownland.com/cork/kylefinchin.md - Prohus: https://everytownland.com/cork/prohus-44687.md - Shanvallyshane: https://everytownland.com/cork/shanvallyshane.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. --- 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/caherkereen - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/caherkereen