Carrigdownane Lower

27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrigdownane Lower, from 320 m² to 385,949 m² (38.59 ha, 95.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Carrigdownane Lower 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.

• 9 Apr 2019Conditional

  Construct a straw bedded shed, milking parlour with drafting area and slatted tanks, effluent tank and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4877

• 8 Mar 2019Conditional

  Construction of split-level dwelling house, detached domestic garage, treatment unit and percolation area, vehicular entrance and all ancillary works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4581

• 20 Feb 2019Withdrawn

  To construct a cubicle house with slatted tank, effluent tank and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4396

• 5 Oct 2012Unconditional

  Dwelling, extension of duration to permission granted under planning reg 07/8038

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/6107

• 20 Aug 2008Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8477

• 6 May 2008Conditional

  Retention of extension to side of dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6535

• 23 May 2007Conditional

  Dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8038

• 3 Oct 2006Conditional

  Construction of cattle shed with slatted tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11117

• 6 Jul 2005Conditional

  Dwelling and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4803

• 8 Jun 2005Conditional

  Alterations to dwellinghouse to include new gable wall and window to bedroom

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3993

• 22 Dec 2004Conditional

  Construct a single storey dwelling house with attic space, detached garage, entrance and septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/9492

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

Designated sites

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

Recorded monuments

• CO018-092001 Graveyard
  Description

  To NE of road. Pentagonal graveyard (c. 63m max. E-W; c. 47m max. N-S), raised above surrounding ground level to N, E and S; enclosed by overgrown earthen bank (H 1.5m) with some stone facing; entrance gates to N. Ruin of parish church of Carrigdownane (14402) in centre. In use; burials, mostly marked by low uninscribed gravemarkers, to S of and within church. Earliest headstone noted dated 1790; Grove White (1905-25, vol. 2, 52) records headstone of 1771. 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

• CO018-092002 Church
  Description

  In centre of graveyard (14552). Rectangular church (int. 18.1m E-W; int. 6.36m N-S), heavily ivy-grown. Walls stand to full height except top of E gable and top of E end of N wall. Doorway in centre of S wall: lintelled embrasure; limestone door surround has chamfered edge and pointed arch. Doorway opposite in N wall: surround collapsed but described by Windele (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 2, 52) as having a flat arch. East gable much collapsed and overgrown; lintelled wall presses at N and S ends; wide gap in centre (Wth 2.3m) held window, which was described by Windele (ibid.) as a 'lancet with a broad splay'. South wall has wall press at E end; window nearby has ogee-headed light and splayed and lintelled embrasure. North wall has light opposite, only W side of which survives, but probably similar to latter. Two corbels at W end of N and S walls, and deep beam holes at N and S ends of W gable, indicate former loft at W end. Below line of loft are two small splayed and lintelled embrasures, with narrow slits, now blocked; probably pair of gun loops. Above line of gallery is blocked central window in W wall, obscured by overgrowth; described by Power (1932, 62) as 'a double window of pointed style, splaying widely inwards'. Parish church of Carrigdownane; surviving structure late medieval in appearance. Reported 'in ruins', in 1615, abandoned by 1641 (Brady 1863, vol. 2, 85). A church here listed in Papal Taxation of 1291 (ibid.). 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

• CO018-098 Designed landscape - belvedere
  Description

  In pasture, atop knoll, c. 150m S of Stannard's Grove and Carrigdownane Castle (14329). Indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map as 'pillar'. Solid construction (H c. 8m) of random-rubble limestone, atop slight plinth. Square base (2.3m x 2.3m) rises to c. 3.5m, then tapers gradually with height; divided into three tiers by string courses; surmounted by octagonal pinnacle (see photograph in Grove White 1905-25, vol. 4, opp. 226). Stannard's Grove, c. 150m to N, indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map, though date plaque on house states built in 1904 by William Stackpoole; rebuilt 1924 after being blown up in 1921. Two-storey, 7-bay, gable-ended house. Piered entrance sweep to W, with roughly inscribed date of '1842'. 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

• CO019-078 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
  Description

  On cliff-edge promontory overlooking Funshion River. Polygonal area (c. 30m E-W; c. 20m N-S) enclosed by limestone rubble wall, much ruined and ivy-clad, built along cliff edge on N and E sides. Interior largely filled with overgrown dumps of rubble; traces of structures, possibly towers, at NW angle and on S side. Southern structure consists of SW wall (L c. 9m; max. H c. 4m; T 1.8m) with external base batter, with return of SE wall (L c. 4.4m); facing stones entirely missing from S corner, SE wall and internal face of walls; SW wall pierced by splayed gun loop; stretch of SW enclosure wall (H 1m; T 0.9m) with external base batter continues line of SW wall of structure for c. 7m to NW, continuing on same line but rebuilt for further 3m (max. H 2m; T 0.65m); wall on W side of enclosure then continues to NE (L c. 13m) to NW structure. Structure at NW angle consists of short return (L c. 1m) of W wall (junction with W side of enclosure obscured by ivy), N wall with base batter built on cliff edge c. 2m below level of site, and short return of E wall (L c. 4m). Survives only to interior ground level for much of its length, but W end stands to c. 3m above ground level. Near W end, c. 1m below interior ground level, garderobe chute exits over cliff; above interior ground level near W end, traces of two opes, possibly gun loops, survive. At S end of return of E wall, low remains of enclosure walls continue along cliff edge along remainder of N, E and SE sides; short broken return links up with SE wall of S structure. Milo fitzPhilip de la Roche pardoned in 1317 for 'the burning of the Condon manor of Carrickdownane' (MacCotter and Nicholls 1996, 238); Carrigdownane subsequently acquired by Roches during 14th century (Nicholls 1993, 186). Down Survey (1655-6) barony map shows castle and a mill immediately to SE. 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

• CO026-027 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (42m N-S; 42m E-W) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.2m) ESE->NW, with shallow external fosse (max. D 0.5m; Wth 5.5m); low scarp NW->E. Farm trackway crosses N half of interior, cutting through enclosure to W and NE. Ramp of lime kiln atop scarp to E slopes up to lime kiln (CO026-128---) set into bank to ESE. Surrounding field fences removed. 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

• CO026-128 Kiln - lime
  Description

  Built into ESE bank of ringfort (12251). Overgrown remains of random-rubble walls encase earthen core. Front elevation (L 7.1m; H 5m) faces SE; buttresses on either side of pointed corbelled recess (H 1.9m; Wth 2.2m; D 2m), rear collapsed. Stone-lined funnel (diam. 1.9m), with earthen ramp (L 12m) to N atop scarp on E side of fort. 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

• Stannard's Grove, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Entrance gateway to Stannard's Grove house, erected c. 1870, comprising square-profile ashlar limestone inner and outer piers, linked by curved rendered walls with rendered copings. Outer piers have moulded limestone plinths and caps and inner have moulded plinths and decoratively moulded caps, with rebates for decorative wrought-iron vehicular gates. One stone inscribed and dated 1842. Jostle stones to inner pair of piers.

• Stannard's Grove, monument, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding square-profile limestone obelisk, erected c. 1830, being stepped with three stages and having conical cap with cut limestone string course. Rubble walling with cut limestone copings to each stage. Metal lightening conductor to top.

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 Carrigdownane Lower, 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 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 Carrigdownane Lower.

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 Carrigdownane Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Carrigdownane Lower · Carraig Dhúnáin Íochtarach

Area

1,252,241 m² (125.22 ha, 309.44 acres)

Civil parish

Carrigdownane, and its townlands

Barony

Fermoy

Electoral division

Derryvillane, the unit of the census

Census 2022

528 people lived in 189 households in the Derryvillane electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyenahan South, Ballykeating, Ballynahalisk, Carrigdownane Upper, Derryvillane

Placenames

Carrigdownane Lower 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.