Castledonovan

39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castledonovan, from 88 m² to 66,131 m² (6.61 ha, 16.34 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Castledonovan 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.

• 29 Sept 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission for a windfarm development at this site within the townland of Derrenacrinnig West. The proposed Grid Connection traverses the townlands of Derreenacrinnig West, Barnagowlane West, Glanareagh, Gortnacowly, Ards Beg, Ardrah, Laharanshermeen, Maulraha, Maulikeeve, Derryarkane, Cappanaboul, Skahanagh, Gortroe, Shandrum Beg, Shandrum More, Dromloughlin, Ballylickey, Crossoge. Temporary works will be required to accommodate the delivery of the turbine components. These temporary works are included as part of this application and are located in the townlands of Castledonovan, Derreenacrinnig East, and Derreenacrinnig West. The development will consist of: Construction of 3 no. wind turbines with an overall ground to blade tip height of 119.3m with a rotor diameter of 82m and a hub height of 78.3m. Construction of 1 no. permanent 20 kV Electrical Substation, all associated electrical plant and equipment, all associated underground cabling, and all ancillary structures and works. Construction of one Temporary Construction Compound with associated temporary site offices, parking areas and security fencing. Upgrade and reuse of existing hardstands. Upgrade and reuse of existing internal site access roads. Provision of Biodiversity Enhancement Area. All associated underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the wind turbines to the wind farm Electrical Substation. Construction of approximately 10.75 km of 20kV overhead line (OHL) Grid Connection, the OHL to be constructed consists of c. 157 wood poles (ranging from 9m to 15m above ground) supporting electrical conductor lines and ancillary structures and equipment. Installation of approximately 3.3km of underground cable ducting Grid Connection and associated electrical cabling, and all other ancillary works including joint bays, culverts, marker posts and all associated developments. Construction Haul Route works along the L-8767, L-4711 and L-8765. A 10 year permission and a 40 year operational period from the date of overall commissioning of the entire wind farm is being sought. However, part of the substation and all of the Grid Connection will be owned and operated by ESB networks and as part of the national grid infrastructure, their life can extend beyond the life of the windfarm. Accordingly, permission is sought for the Grid Connection and substation in perpetuity. The development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive 2023/2413). This planning application is subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended. apply. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared and will be submitted with the application. The planning application and EIAR may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority, Norton House, Cork Road, Skibbereen, Co. Cork. P81AT28 during its public opening hours, I.e. 9.00am to 4.00 p.m. Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays). A submission or observation in relation to the application and EIAR may be made in writing to the Planning Authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks, beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6052

• 8 Sept 2025Invalid - prepare letters

  Permission for a windfarm development at this site within the townland of Derrenacrinnig West. The proposed Grid Connection traverses the townlands of Derreenacrinnig West, Barnagowlane West, Glanareagh, Gortnacowly, Ards Beg, Ardrah, Laharanshermeen, Maulraha, Maulikeeve, Derryarkane, Cappanaboul, Skahanagh, Gortroe, Shandrum Beg, Shandrum More, Dromloughlin, Ballylickey, Crossoge. Temporary works will be required to accommodate the delivery of the turbine components. These temporary works are included as part of this application and are located in the townlands of Castledonovan, Derreenacrinnig East, and Derreenacrinnig West. The development will consist of: Construction of 3 no. wind turbines with an overall ground to blade tip height of 119.3m with a rotor diameter of 82m and a hub height of 78.3m. Construction of 1 no. permanent 20 kV Electrical Substation, all associated electrical plant and equipment, all associated underground cabling, and all ancillary structures and works. Construction of one Temporary Construction Compound with associated temporary site offices, parking areas and security fencing. Upgrade and reuse of existing hardstands. Upgrade and reuse of existing internal site access roads. Provision of Biodiversity Enhancement Area. All associated underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the wind turbines to the wind farm Electrical Substation. Construction of approximately 10.75 km of 20kV overhead line (OHL) Grid Connection, the OHL to be constructed consists of c. 157 wood poles (ranging from 9m to 15m above ground) supporting electrical conductor lines and ancillary structures and equipment. Installation of approximately 3.3km of underground cable ducting Grid Connection and associated electrical cabling, and all other ancillary works including joint bays, culverts, marker posts and all associated developments. Construction Haul Route works along the L-8767, L-4711 and L-8765. A 10 year permission and a 40 year operational period from the date of overall commissioning of the entire wind farm is being sought. However, part of the substation and all of the Grid Connection will be owned and operated by ESB networks and as part of the national grid infrastructure, their life can extend beyond the The development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive 2023/2413). This planning application is subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended. apply. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared and will be submitted with the application. The planning application, EIAR and NIS may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority, Norton House, Cork Road, SKibbereen, Co. Cork. P81AT28 during its public opening hours, I.e. 9.00am to 4.00 p.m. Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays).

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5826

• 28 Aug 2020Withdrawn

  Permission for the installation of a new parking and set-down area including new boundary walls, footpaths and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/465

• 3 Jul 2012Conditional

  Construction of single storey extension and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/428

• 26 May 2006Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse and associated site works

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/974

• 26 Jan 2006Conditional

  Erection of a portacabin for extra classrooms and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/76

• 5 Dec 2005Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8975

• 24 Oct 2005Incompleted application

  Construction of dwelling and installation of mini- treatment plant system

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7766

• 17 Aug 2000Conditional

  Dormer style dwellinghouse & garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 00/5024

• 11 Aug 2000Conditional

  Dwelling

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 00/4915

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Castledonovan.

Recorded monuments

• CO119-017001 Kiln - corn-drying
  Description

  Immediately W of Castle Donovan (CO119-017002-) atop low E-W ridge, on E bank of stream. Stone-lined lintelled flue (H 0.5m; L 1.3m; Wth 0.63m), facing E, leads to circular drying chamber (H 1.15m; 1.11m E-W; 1.03m N-S) covered by capstone held on three support stones 0.2m over top of chamber walling. Set within trapezoidal stone-faced rubble platform (2.93m E-W; 2.95m N-S at wide end to W); set within low circular mound (5.9m N-S; 5.75m E-W). 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

• CO119-017002 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Near the mouth of an isolated mountain valley, on rock outcrop on the E bank of the Ilen river. This rectangular, four storey tower house with attic (14.2m E-W; 8.2m N-S) was the castle of the O'Donovan family, said to have been built about 1560 by Daniel O'Donovan (Coleman 1922, 63-6). It stands to full height except for the SW corner, which had fallen, though significant consolidation and conservation works were undertaken by the Office of Public Works in recent years (Heritage Castles of County Cork 2017, 107). There is a central ground-floor door in the W wall which had a pointed arch, rebated on the outside (see photo in Nyhan 1930, 101); prior to conservation work the lower jamb stone on the N side remains, but it was rebuilt. The lobby behind was entirely ruined prior to conservation. At the NW corner spiral stone stairs rise to the full height of the tower giving access to each floor; steps are broken from the 2nd floor upwards; the top is well covered by a series of overlapping lintels. The former presence of a series small rooms in the SW corner is evidenced by doorways accessed from the spiral stairs. The ground floor is covered by a pointed wicker-centered vault (axis E-W). Window embrasures are covered by segmental vaults with gun loops set low to either side of the light. There are fireplaces in the W wall at 1st and 2nd floor levels, and in the E wall at 3rd floor level. There are square-headed lights with mullion and transom divisions at 3rd floor level. There are bartizans atop the NE and SE corners. An old photograph shows machicolations over the doorway atop the W wall and SW corner bartizan, as well as battlements atop the S wall (Nyhan 1931, 30). This is a National Monument in State Care (no. 656). See Heritage Castles of County Cork (Heritage Unit of Cork County Council 2017): https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2022-10/heritage_castles_of_county_cork_2017.pdf The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). Four seasons of excavations were undertaken here between 2002 and 2008 (Licence number 02E1569) and the results have been published: (Bolger and Hegarty 2012). See attached photographs: CO119-017002-_01: Exterior from W CO119-017002-_02: Exterior from E CO119-017002-_03: Exterior from SE CO119-017002-_04: Interior of 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors from W Revised by: Paul Walsh and Anne-Julie Lafaye Date of upload: 11 September 2012 Date of last revision: 26 April 2023

• CO119-128 Stone row
  Description

  This monument was reported to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland by Tony Miller on 4 September 2013. He describes it as follows: "A five stone row sited on a level area near the top of a west facing slope, overlooking the River Ilen. In an area of improved pasture dominated by a drumlin swarm, immediately south of the castle at Castledonovan. The row is in the north east corner of a field with a farm track passing close to the north and east. There is now access into the field as it is on one of the new walking trails created in and around Drimoleague. The landowners, Emma and Marcus, run an Alpaca farm and educational centre. The stone row has an overall length of 3.9m and consists of five stones with the tallest in the middle. The alignment of the row is north east – south west (30°- 210°) and all the stones are of a similar size and shape with only the central one being taller. The measurements of the stones are, from the south west- 1. 0.8m H; 0.44m W; 0.12m Th. 0.5m from 2. 0.89m H; 0.43m W 0.17m Th. 0.38m from 3. 1.5m H; 0.54m W;0.17m Th. 0.47m from 4. 0.87m H; 0.41m W; 0.2m Th. 0.001m from 5. 0.88H; 0.55m W; 0.11m Th. Approximately 3m to the west of the alignment is a line of large slabs of rock lying flat on the ground or on each other forming a raised boundary to this corner of the field. The boundary makes a short return for a few meters along the south west end of the alignment. To the north east it continues on into a thicket of fuschia and briars. This boundary covers some exposed bedrock so it could have been a convenient place to dump field clearance or it could have been an attempt to demarcate this part of the field containing the stone row." Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 16 September 2013

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Castledonovan.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 5 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 Castledonovan.

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.

No address of the register names Castledonovan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Castledonovan · Caisleán Uí Dhonnabháin

Area

500,057 m² (50.01 ha, 123.57 acres)

Civil parish

Dromdaleague, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery West (East Division)

Electoral division

Dromdaleague North, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dromdaleague North electoral division: 297 people in 102 households; 79% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Deelish, Derreenacrinnig East, Derreenacrinnig West, Garranes North, Glanaclogha, Seehanes

Placenames

Castledonovan 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.