Carrigthomas
Townland in the civil parish of Aghabulloge, barony of Muskerry East, Co. Cork; in Irish Carraig Thomáis
- Area
- 140.3 ha
- 347 acres
- Land parcels
- 13
- registered freehold, median 69,960 m² (7 ha, 17.29 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrigthomas, from 162 m² to 318,710 m² (31.87 ha, 78.75 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
No zone of a development plan covers Carrigthomas 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
24 Apr 2026Application withdrawn
Permission to construct a new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1051
3 Feb 2012Unconditional
Completion of dwellinghouse as permitted under planning reg 07/4632
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/4147
18 Oct 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11747
28 Sept 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11315
22 Mar 2007Conditional
Construction of a slatted cattle house, cattle crush, holding yard and associated concrete yards
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6298
31 Jan 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4632
1 Nov 2006Refused
One and half storey dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11883
13 Jul 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8846
5 Jan 2006Conditional
Retention and completion of alterations and extensions to dwelling and retention of garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4030
4 Apr 2003Withdrawn
2 storey rear extension, ground floor side and front porch extension to dwellinghouse & installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/1568
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 Carrigthomas.
Recorded monuments
- CO060-003001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In rough pasture, 300m E of River Laney. Circular area (diam. 32m) defined by earthen bank (H 1.1m). Possible souterrain (CO060-003002-) in interior. 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
- CO060-003002 Souterrain
Description
In centre of ringfort (CO060-003001-). Hartnett (1939, 47), was informed locally of a single stone-lined chamber roofed with lintels which had been infilled. No visible surface trace. 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
- CO060-004 Enclosure
Description
In pasture, on break in N-facing slope. Roughly circular area (34m E-W; 30m N-S) enclosed by scarp (H 1.4m) NE->SW; straight stone field boundary to SSE; low grass-covered stone bank (int. H 0.6m) S->NNW, topped by later stone field boundary; slight fall of ground NNW->NE. Gap (Wth 2.8m) to SE into interior. Interior raised on NE side to compensate for hillslope. Adjoining site NNW->NE is semicircular extension (17m N-S; 19m E-W) defined by scarp formed by rock outcrop and some stone facing. According to Hartnett (1939,47) 'known locally as lios or lisheen'. 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
- CO060-006 Souterrain
Description
In marshy ground, S of River Laney. Hartnett (1939, 47) mentioned the 'remains of... a Lisheen (8663) with a subterranean passage'. The passage had been infilled with stones but from local descriptions was of 'stone-lined, flag-roofed type'. No visible surface trace. 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
- CO060-176 Souterrain
Description
In pasture, in small field known as 'poundeen'. According to local information, underground passage found just inside SW fence of field; fence subsequently removed. No visible surface trace. 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
- CO060-181 Ringfort - rath
Description
In rough grazing land, broken by rock outcrop. Mr. John Goggin informed Hartnett (1939, 47) 'that in his land on the south bank of the Laney stream there was the remains of what he called a Lisheen, with a subterranean passage' (8981). No visible surface trace. 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carrigthomas.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Carrigthomas.
- 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
No address of the register names Carrigthomas with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Carrigthomas · Carraig Thomáis
- Area
- 1,403,445 m² (140.34 ha, 346.8 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aghabulloge, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry East
- Electoral division
- Kilberrihert, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilberrihert electoral division: 806 people in 265 households; 79% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynagree West, Bawnmore, Caherbaroul, Clonavrick, Knocknagappul, Lacknahaghny, Rahalisk
- Placenames
- Carrigthomas 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.