Castlederry
Castlederry is a townland in the civil parish of Desertserges, barony of Carbery East (East Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Caisleán an Doire.
- Area
- 59.4 ha
- 147 acres
- Land parcels
- 14
- registered freehold, median 18,926 m² (1.89 ha, 4.68 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlederry, from 1,576 m² to 253,505 m² (25.35 ha, 62.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 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 Castlederry 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
4 Sept 2026Awaiting recommendation
Permission for retention of existing calf house, permission to construct a cattle holding yard with slatted soiled water tank, earth walled bund to existing overground slurry storage tank and carry out all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2313
27 Jun 2014Conditional
Alter roof of existing cow house, extend existing cow house, extend existing cattle holding yard, construct a bull house, construct a slurry float channel, installation of a seapage collecting channel in existing dungshed, installation of surface and soiled water drains in existing farmyard and carry out associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/388
30 Dec 2008Conditional
Demolish existing dwellinghouse and construct new dwellinghouse and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/2271
26 Nov 2008Incompleted application
Demolish existing dwelling house and construct new dwelling house and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/2089
10 Aug 2007Conditional
Construct animal outwintering pad with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2140
19 Jun 2007Conditional
Construct overground slurry tower, stables and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1593
16 Feb 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage, installation of waste water treatment unit and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/421
29 Jan 2007Refused
Dwellinghoue and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/223
5 May 2006Conditional
Extension to existing farm building with slatted tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/792
4 Nov 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8150
26 Oct 2005Withdrawn
Construction of dwelling and detached domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7871
18 Oct 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 05/7606
18 Nov 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/8516
11 Aug 2004Conditional
Retention of revised site boundaries for dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6119
4 Mar 2004Conditional
Retention of detached domestic store
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1411
27 Jun 2001Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/3681
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 Castlederry.
Recorded monuments
- CO109-042 Castle - tower house
Description
Rectangular tower (7.05m N-S; 10.6m E-W) on low rock outcrop on W bank of stream, in isolated boggy area. Tower of three storeys; partially ivy-clad. Lived in up to 19th century (Healy 1988, 247); door and window opes modified to take wooden frames. Entered at ground level by central door in W wall; vaulted lobby gives access to spiral stairs in NW corner which rise to full height tower, giving access to all rooms and to wall walk. Area over lobby occupied by smaller rooms; main rooms to E. Pair of gun loops in W wall at 1st floor level. Bartizan atop SW corner now obscured by ivy. Castle of the Crimeen branch of MacCarthy Riabhach (Ó Murchadha 1985, 56). 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
- CO109-073 Mass-rock
Description
In field called "Carrig-an-Aifrinn" (CMSS). Exact location of mass rock not known. 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
- CO109-083 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture adjacent to stream. Irregular grass-covered mound of burnt material (7.4m WNW-ESE; 8m NNE-WSW; H 0.4m). 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 Castlederry.
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 Castlederry, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Castlederry.
- 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 Castlederry with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Castlederry · Caisleán an Doire
- Area
- 593,834 m² (59.38 ha, 146.74 acres)
- Civil parish
- Desertserges, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Kilmoylerane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 339 people lived in 104 households in the Kilmoylerane electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinard, Ballyvoige, Derry, Garranes, Lisbehegh
- Placenames
- Castlederry 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.