Carrigroe
Carrigroe is a townland in the civil parish of Desertserges, barony of Carbery East (East Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Charraig Rua.
- Area
- 111.9 ha
- 277 acres
- Land parcels
- 33
- registered freehold, median 15,474 m² (1.55 ha, 3.82 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 23
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrigroe, from 294 m² to 189,550 m² (18.96 ha, 46.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Carrigroe 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
2 Jun 2026Awaiting f.i. response
Permission for the construction of a dwelling and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1460
24 Apr 2026Invalid - prepare letters
Permission for construction of a dwelling and domestic garage.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1060
20 Nov 2025Grant with conditions
Permission to construct a cattle house with slatted slurry tank, upgrade existing site entrance and carry out all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6530
17 Feb 2025Conditional permission
Permission for retention of existing single-storey home office structure and will consist of permission for works to existing two-storey dwelling to comprise the construction of two storey and single storey extensions to the east side of said dwelling and single storey extensions to the west side of the dwelling, modifications to said dwelling; waste water treatment system, re-orientation of the existing access avenue and all associated site works
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/4223
1 Mar 2019Conditional
Retention of garage and adjoining outbuildings
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/141
18 Oct 2017Conditional
Construct a dwellinghouse and garage with related site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6697
19 Jul 2011Unconditional
Completion of dwellinghouse and garage as permitted under Planning Reg. No. 07/4946
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/5563
22 Oct 2010Conditional
Construction of garage/store
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8278
19 Dec 2008Withdrawn
Demolition of existing garage and farm building, change of use of existing farm building to domestic use to include 1 no. holiday home for short term/holiday letting and seperate study space, construction of new holiday home for short term/holiday letting, alterations to existing entrance and installation of waste treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/10227
13 Nov 2008Incompleted application
Demolition of existing garage and farm building and change of use of existing farm building to domestic use to include 1 no. holiday home for short term/holiday letting and separate study space, construction of new holiday home for short term/holiday letting and installation of treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9689
12 Feb 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 07/4946
21 Dec 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 06/13706
26 Jul 2006Conditional
Dwelling and garage
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/9260
24 Jul 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9167
2 May 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/6810
19 Apr 2006Incompleted application
Dwelling and garage
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/6484
26 Sept 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6977
25 Jan 2005Conditional
Extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/297
3 Dec 2004Incompleted application
Extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8905
27 Aug 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6541
23 Apr 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/2725
22 Dec 2003Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 03/6745
26 Mar 2003Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 03/1340
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 Carrigroe.
Recorded monuments
- CO109-056 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture on edge of break in NE-facing slope. Circular area (35m N-S) enclosed by worn earthen bank NW->S (int. H 0.5m); no trace of bank to W. Interior denuded of vegetation; raised on E side to compensate for hillslope. 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 Carrigroe.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Carrigroe, about 1 in 10 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carrigroe.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Carrigroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Carrigroe · An Charraig Rua
- Area
- 1,119,135 m² (111.91 ha, 276.54 acres)
- Civil parish
- Desertserges, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Boulteen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 695 people lived in 237 households in the Boulteen electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cashel More, Kilcolman, Knocknastooka, Lisnacunna, Maulbrack East, Maulbrack West
- Placenames
- Carrigroe 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.