Carrigrour
Carrigrour is a townland in the civil parish of Kilcaskan, barony of Bear, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Charraig Ramhar.
- Area
- 97.4 ha
- 241 acres
- Land parcels
- 30
- registered freehold, median 2,245 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 23
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrigrour, from 13 m² to 224,317 m² (22.43 ha, 55.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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 Carrigrour 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
22 Dec 2022Conditional
The proposed works relate to ac 2.9km long section of existing 20kv overhead electricity line including a) the replacement of 33 no. pole structures b) 4 no. new pole structures c) the removal of 1 no. pole structure d) the installation of 1 no. unit sub ( a ground mounted transformer) e) upgrade works including the restringing of conductor along the length of the line with 2 phase conductor replaced by 3 phase conductor, the installation of stays, replacement of existing equipment e.g. headgear etc and the installation of additional equipment as required and the development of a new c 0.8 km section of underground cable with associated works including the provision of joint bays. Replacement poles will be constructed at or immediately adjacent to the existing structures that they will replace with the exception of two poles which will be relocated at a distance of c.27m and 26m from their current locations. Replacement and new poles will have a maximum height of 12m above ground and be similar in appearance to existing poles. Permission is sought for all site clearance activity including timber cutting under the existing line for safety clearance and temporary works including the creation of access ways etc. Planning Permission is sought for a (10) year period.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/798
25 Mar 2022Withdrawn
The proposed works relate to a c. 2.8 km long section of existing 20kv overhead electricity line including: (a) the replacement of 33 no. pole structures; (b) 4 no. new pole structures; (c) the removal of 1 no. pole structure; (d) the installation of 1 no. unit sub (a ground mounted transformer); (e) upgrade works including the restringing of conductor along the length of the line with 2-phase conducter replaced by 3-phase conductor, the installation of stays, replacement of existing equipment e.g. headgear, etc. and the installation of additional equipment as required; and the development of a new c. 0.7km section of underground cable with associated works including the provision of joint bays. Replacement poles will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to, the existing structures that they will replace. Replacement and new poles will have a maximum height of 12m above ground; and be similiar in appearance to existing poles. Permissions is sought for all site clearance activity including timber cutting under the existing line for safety clearance and temporary works including the creation of access ways etc. Permission is sought for a ten (10) year period
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/209
23 Jun 2016Conditional
Permission for (i) retention of extension to dwelling, (ii) retention of detached dwelling unit/granny flat ancillary in use to main house and (iii) all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 16/395
24 Apr 2015Conditional
Alterations and extension of dwelling to include: (A) demolition of unauthorised conservatory and glass canopy, (B) partial demolition of gable and roof, (C) construction of 2No single storey extensions and (D) construction of two storey extension to existing house
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/214
21 Apr 2010Refused
Construction of dwelling house and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/280
12 Apr 2010Withdrawn
Construction of a dwelling house with attached garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/256
1 Apr 2010Incompleted application
Construction of dwelling house and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/227
27 Nov 2008Conditional
Retention of restoration of farmhouse, construction of rear extension to farmhouse, construction of entrance and installation of proprietary treatment plant with percolation area; Permission for construction of new extension to farmhouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/2092
4 Sept 2007Conditional
Retention of dwellinghouse including velux windows to roof, conservatory to rear of dwelling, detached boiler house and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2339
14 Aug 2007Conditional
Raise eaves and ridge level of existing bungalow to facilitate attic conversion to provide one and half storey dormer style dwelling with velux roof lights, change of material and style of existing hardwood windows to uPVC and construction of front porch and alterations of site boundaries
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2194
12 Jul 2007Incompleted application
Raise eaves and ridge level of existing bungalow to facilitate attic conversion to provide one and half storey dormer style dwelling with velux roof lights, change of material and style of existing hardwood windows to uPVC and construction of front porch
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1886
2 Oct 2006Refused
Renovations and extension to ruinous dwelling, installation of mini-treatment plant system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2014
4 Sept 2006Incompleted application
Renovations and extensions to ruinous dwelling, installation of mini-treatment plant system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1780
29 May 2006Refused
Extension to dwellinghouse, installation of mini-treatment plant system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1006
21 May 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/3546
1 May 2002Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/1685
1 Mar 2002New application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/872
8 Feb 2002Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/487
14 Dec 2001Conditional
Extensions to dwellinghouse, demolish existing extensions and installation of septic tank and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/6753
30 Jun 2000Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/3979
30 Jun 2000Refused
Construction of 5 no. dwellings for long term letting
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 00/3964
23 Dec 1999Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 99/7218
26 Mar 1999Conditional
Retention of dwelling (change of plan)
Permission · Cork County Council, 99/1538
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Glengarriff Harbour and Woodland SAC 000090
Recorded monuments
- CO090-028 Souterrain
Description
On the flat-topped summit of a hillock, which is densely overgrown with gorse bushes, with views to the S over Glengarriff Harbour. An earth-cut chamber is visible through a roughly circular opening (2m E-W; 1.7m N-S; D 1.2m) which has resulted from a collapse of earth. The chamber is inaccessible and it extends to the N and to the S. Another souterrain (CO090-029----) lies c. 110m to the SSW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO090-029 Souterrain
Description
In pasture, on the summit of a hillock with views to the S over Glengarriff Harbour. An opening (1m E-W; 0.9m N-S) caused by a collapse of earth leads into a curving passage (L 17m; Wth 1m; H 1-1.2m) which extends first to the N and the turns for a short distance to the W. The walls are mostly earth-cut but they are topped with several courses of drystone-walling to support the large stone roof lintels. Another souterrain (CO090-028----) lies c. 110m to the NNE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carrigrour.
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 Carrigrour, 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 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 Carrigrour.
- 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 Carrigrour with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Carrigrour · An Charraig Ramhar
- Area
- 974,263 m² (97.43 ha, 240.75 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcaskan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bear
- Electoral division
- Kilcaskan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 895 people lived in 373 households in the Kilcaskan electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 27% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Canrooska, Cappyaughna, Crossterry East, Derreenagarig, Drumaclarig, Monteensudder, Reenmeen West, Rossnashunsoge
- Placenames
- Carrigrour 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.