Carrigogna
Townland in the civil parish of Templenacarriga, barony of Barrymore, Co. Cork; in Irish Carraig Ó gCionaoith
- Area
- 108.6 ha
- 268 acres
- Land parcels
- 54
- registered freehold, median 2,195 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses
- Planning
- 42
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrigogna, from 60 m² to 245,360 m² (24.54 ha, 60.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 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
- R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 4 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
3 Nov 2025Grant with conditions
A 10-year permission for a solar farm consisting of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames, 1 single-storey delivery station, 1 single-storey transformer station, 1 single-storey spare parts storage container, construction of a new site entrance off the L - 36014 local road, internal access tracks, security fencing, CCTV, landscaping and all associated development site works. The solar panels are arranged within a total developable site area (including ancillary works) of 8.85ha at Carrigogna, Midleton, Co. Cork. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (directive(EU) 2023/2024) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6374
31 Oct 2025Grant with conditions
Permission to convert existing attic space of dwelling with dormer windows and velux rooflights to habitable rooms, with no change to existing ridge levels, inserting of window to existing ensuite at ground level, construction of detached garage with storage facility over.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6352
16 Oct 2023Conditional
Permission to retain the following a) a single storey extension to dwelling on north-eastern side of original cottage, and b) a dormer type extension to dwelling on the north-western side of original cottage.
Retention · Cork County Council, 23/6084
27 Jun 2023Conditional
A) Conservatory to front of dwelling house. B) Minor modifications to windows and door openings on front elevation and C) Timber framed shed to side of dwelling.
Retention · Cork County Council, 23/5310
19 Jun 2023Conditional
10 year permission to develop an Energy Storage System, which will connect to the adjoining ESB Midleton 110kV Electricity Substation. The proposed development will have a projected life span of 30 years. The development will consist of the construction of 1) enclosed battery energy storage system within a site compound on a total of up to c.0.83 hectare site, to include: 1 no. single storey 110kV customer substation, control and switch rooms; up to 13 battery blocks on concrete support structures including heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit (HVAC units); transformer and inverter units; including access tracks and site entrance along existing roadway; associated electrical cabling and ducting; security gates, 2.6m palisade perimeter security fencing; CCTV system; landscaping works and all other associated ancillary infrastructure.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5246
28 Feb 2023Conditional
Construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage, install a waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4351
8 Feb 2023Incompleted application
Permission to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage, install a waste waster treatment system & percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4199
12 Sept 2022Conditional
Construct a two-storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6054
29 Jul 2022Conditional
Alterations to the existing Midleton 110kV station to include a single storey extension on the northern side of the existing control building and the extension of the existing compound palisade fence to the north of the site.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5789
14 Oct 2021Conditional
3.43km of grid connection infrastructure on the public road to connect the approved Ballyspillane West Solar Farm (Planning Reference 175498) to the Midleton 110kV ESB Substation, comprising the laying of underground electricity cables and associated infrastructure and horizontal directional drilling. The proposed development will also include a customer substation which is proposed to relocate the substation consented within the associated solar farm development (PA Ref: 175498). The ESBN MV customer substation is to be located near the site entrance to the east, to align with the connection route to the national grid. Based on new ESB Networks design standards, two options have been considered for the design of the proposed substation. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6789
23 Sept 2021Incompleted application
3.43km of grid connection infrastructure on the public road to connect the approved Ballyspillane West Solar Farm (Planning Reference 175498) to the Midleton 110kV ESB Substation, comprising the laying of underground electricity cables and associated infrastructure and horizontal directional drilling. The proposed development will also include a customer substation which is proposed to relocate the substation consented within the associated solar farm development (PA Ref: 175498). The ESBN MV customer substation is to be located near the site entrance to the east, to align with the connection route to the national grid. Based on new ESB Networks design standards, two options have been considered for the design of the proposed substation. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6612
5 Feb 2021Conditional
The construction of a new part single storey, part two storey, detached dwelling including an attached single storey garage, a new site entrance, all associated site works, a new waste water treatment unit and percolation area and associated landscaping.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4243
11 Dec 2020Incompleted application
Permission consequent on the grant of outline permission ref: 196709, for the construction of a new part single storey part two storey detached dwelling including a new site entrance, all associated site works, drainage works and associated landscaping.
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 20/6806
9 Apr 2020Conditional
Demolish a haybarn and construction of a grainstore building with straw storage and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4724
21 Feb 2020Conditional
Construct a two storey dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4343
14 Feb 2020Conditional
The demolition of an existing single storey detached dwelling and the construction of a new part single storey, part two storey detached dwelling with associated detached single storey garage including all associated site works, drainage works and associated landscaping.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4280
15 Nov 2019Conditional
Construct a dwellinghouse, installation of a new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and alterations to existing vehicular entrance and all associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 19/6709
25 Oct 2019Incompleted application
Construct a new dwellinghouse, installation of a new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area & alterations to existing vehicular entrance & all associated site works.
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 19/6563
10 May 2019Conditional
To construct a new agricultural entrance.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5112
4 Dec 2018Conditional
A 10 MW solar farm comprising approximately 44,400 photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames within a site area of 19.72 hectares, 4 no. single storey inverter/transformer stations, 1 no. single storey delivery station, security fencing, CCTV, and all associated ancillary development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7164
4 Jul 2018Incompleted application
Construct a new agricultural entrance.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5754
7 Mar 2018Conditional
Development of grid system services facility within a total site area of up to 0.76 hectares, to include 1 no. single storey electrical substation building, 1 no. customer switcher gear, electrical inverter/transformer station modules, containerised battery storage modules on concrete support structures, heating, ventilation and air conditioning units (HVAC units), access tracks and new site entrance, associated electrical cabling and ducting, security gates, perimeter security fencing, CCTV security monitoring system, animal fencing, earth bund and landscaping works and all associated ancillary infrastructure on land.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4550
22 Feb 2016Conditional
To construct a cattle shed with slatted tank and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4384
18 Nov 2015Conditional
Construction of a wind farm of up to seven wind turbines with a maximum ground to blade tip height of up to 140m, upgrade of existing tracks and provision of new site tracks, three borrow pits, all associated drainage, construction of an electrical substation including a control building, with welfare facilities, electrical infrastructure, fencing and landscaping, 1 no. construction site compound, underground electrical cabling, underground grid connection electrical cabling, 1 no. permanent meteorological mast up to 90m in height, permanent signage, minor junction accommodation works for the proposed turbine delivery route and associated all ancillary infrastructure located at the townlands of Ballyogaha West, Peafield, Portavarrig, Oldcourt, Ballynona North, Walshtown More (West), Walshtown Beg, Shanavougha, Glenreagh, Glenawillin, Ballyreardon, Ballytrasna, Rathgire, Oldcourt East, Templenacarriga South, Knocknamouragh, Ballymacsliney, Ballyedmond and Carrigogna.
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6587
4 Sept 2015Conditional
Retirement of existing 38 kV station to include; demolition of existing control building, removal of existing transformers, 1 no. mast and 2 no. electrical poles
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5995
The 25 most recent of 42 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 Carrigogna.
Recorded monuments
- CO065-072 Ringfort - rath
Description
In rough pasture, on break in ESE-facing slope, below crest of hill. Circular area (diam. c. 25m) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.9m), with shallow external fosse. Bank and interior planted with trees. Gaps in bank to N and S. Interior raised on ESE side to compensate for hillslope. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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
- Carrig House, house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Detached L-plan three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1890, having full-height gabled projecting west bay to front (south) elevation, gablet to east bay of front elevation, single-bay single-storey lean-to front porch and three-bay west side elevation with half-hipped gablet window and canted bay window. Full-height square-plan block to rear (north) with pyramidal roof having single-bay single-storey lean-to block to east elevation, and hipped canopy over back to north elevation. Pitched slate roofs with red brick chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods, timber eaves and carved timber bargeboards and finials to gables. Rendered walls with exposed rubble stone walls to west elevation. Square-headed openings having smooth render surrounds, tripartite and bipartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Cut limestone sills to front and west elevations. Two-over-two pane and bipartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor, replacement timber casement windows to first floor. Square-headed opening to front elevation with timber panelled half-glazed door and vertically divided overlight. Square-headed opening to rear with timber panelled half-glazed door. Cobbled yard to north of house comprising multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding to east range having rubble stone external staircases to south gable, pitched slate roof and red brick chimneystack, rubble stone walls, segmental-arched openings with timber battened fittings to first floor, bipartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and timber battened door to ground floor, timber battened door to south gable, and segmental-headed carriage arch with timber battened double-leaf doors. Multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding to north range with barrel and lean-to corrugated-iron roofs, rubble stone and concrete block walls and square-headed openings. Four-bay single-storey outbuilding to west range with pitched corrugated-iron roof, rubble stone walls and square-headed openings with timber battened doors and fixed timber window. Five-bay single-storey outbuilding to south of yard with single-pitched corrugated-iron roof, rubble stone walls and square-headed openings having timber battened doors and fixed windows. Double-leaf wrought-iron gates to north-east corner of yard. Multiple-bay single-storey former outbuilding to south of south range, now in use as house, with pitched slate and tiled roof, rubble stone walls, and square-headed openings with replacement timber fittings. Five-bay two-storey outbuilding to west of west range of yard with external rubble stone staircase to south gable, pitched slate roof, rubble stone walls, square-headed openings with timber battened fittings to first floor and segmental-arched carriage openings with wrought-iron gates to ground floor. Square-profile rubble stone piers and flanking drystone walls to farm entrance, with double leaf wrought-iron gates. Square-profile dressed stone piers with brick dressings having wrought-iron railings and wrought-iron double leaf gates to main site entrance. Drystone boundary wall.
- Worker's house, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Pair of semi-detached three-bay single-storey former worker's houses, built c. 1880, now in use as houses. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks with red brick dressings and rooflights to rear (east). Rubble stone walls. Square-headed openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, render surrounds and brick voussoirs. Square-headed openings with timber panelled doors, render surrounds and brick voussoirs. Rubble stone square-profile piers and drystone boundary walls to site entrance.
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 high, 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 Carrigogna.
- 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
- Carrigogna, Midleton5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Carrigogna · Carraig Ó gCionaoith
- Area
- 1,086,282 m² (108.63 ha, 268.43 acres)
- Civil parish
- Templenacarriga, and its townlands
- Barony
- Barrymore
- Electoral division
- Templenacarriga, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Templenacarriga electoral division: 619 people in 204 households; 92% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyedmond, Ballymacsliney, Broomfield West, Curragh, Gortacrue, Knockgriffin (Imokilly), Water-Rock
- Placenames
- Carrigogna 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.