Castleinch

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castleinch, from 38 m² to 271,627 m² (27.16 ha, 67.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Castleinch 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.

• 9 Oct 2024Conditional permission

  Permission for covered area to side of existing shed/garage for use as car port/storage and all associated works, all to rear of the existing dwelling.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5896

• 9 Jun 2023Conditional

  Permission for the following works to existing dwelling: (1) Extension to front of dwelling. (2) Extension to rear of dwelling. (3) Construction of roof over existing outdoor sheltered area. (4) Construction of detached garden room to side of house and (5) All associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5182

• 10 Jun 2021Conditional

  Extensions and alterations to dwellinghouse to include two storey extension to rear, orangery extension to side, portico extension to side, replacement of existing dwellinghouse roof, alterations to existing windows, installation of new waste water treatment tank and all associated site works to existing two storey dwellinghouse.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5610

• 6 Apr 2020Refused

  Dwelling house and all associated site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4702

• 20 Mar 2020Incompleted application

  Dwelling house and all associated site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4576

• 27 Jul 2015Incompleted application

  Construction of underground store and boiler for the purpose of wood storage and burning.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5665

• 24 Nov 2014Conditional

  Construction of dwelling house, on-site treatment of effluent, domestic bored well, entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6509

• 11 Aug 2014Conditional

  Dwelling (change of location on site from that granted under Planning Reg. No. 13/5457)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5709

• 18 Jul 2014Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse (change of location on site from that granted under planning reg. no. 13/5457)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5560

• 13 May 2014Incompleted application

  Relocation of dwelling permitted under Planning Ref. No. 13/5457

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4966

• 30 Apr 2014Refused

  Construction of dwellinghouse, on-site treatment of effluent, domestic bored well, entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4886

• 29 Jul 2013Unconditional

  Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank, extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 08/7025

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/5471

• 26 Jul 2013Conditional

  Erect a dwelling house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5457

• 28 Jun 2013Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 13/5243

• 19 Oct 2012Conditional

  Change of use of existing dwelling to agriculturally related workshop, farm office and storage and construction of a 2 storey detached dwelling, domestic foul water treatment unit with percolation area, new vehicular access and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6187

• 30 Aug 2012Conditional

  Demolition of an existing 2 storey dwelling and ancillary sheds and existing garage and construction of a new two storey detached dwelling and a separate detached garage with a store area, a new site entrance a new potable well, a new waste water treatment unit and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5874

• 24 Aug 2012Incompleted application

  Demolition of existing two storey dwelling and ancillary sheds and existing garage and construction of a new two storey detached dwelling and a separate detached garage with a store area, a new site entrance, a new potable well, a new waste water treatment unit and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5836

• 3 Jul 2012Refused

  Construction of dwellinghouse, on site treatment of effluent, domestic bored well, entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5442

• 14 Mar 2012Refused

  Construction of a 2 storey detached dwelling, domestic foul water treatment unit with percolation area, new vehicular access and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4484

• 30 Aug 2011Withdrawn

  Construction of detached dwellinghouse, access road and installation of wastewater treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5871

• 5 Aug 2011Withdrawn

  Construction of a new dwelling house, site entrance and installation of a septic tank and percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5689

• 28 Apr 2011Incompleted application

  Construction of dwellinghouse, site entrance and installation of a septic tank and percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4921

• 16 Feb 2011Incompleted application

  Construction of detached dwellinghouse, access road and installation of wastewater treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4295

• 20 Jan 2011Incompleted application

  Detached dwellinghouse, access road and installation of wastewater treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4074

• 24 Nov 2010Incompleted application

  Detached dwellinghouse, access road and installation of wastewater treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8556

The 25 most recent of 47 applications.

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 Castleinch.

Recorded monuments

• CO073-070 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Formerly on S slope of Lee valley; structure demolished in 1956 when area flooded as part of Lee Valley Hydro-electric Scheme; before demolition castle surveyed and excavated by Fahy (1957b). According to Fahy tower was 'in a very ruinous condition, its south-east angle only remaining to its full height' (ibid., 1). Rectangular 4-storey tower (H 18.7m; 12.5m E-W; 9.1m N-S) with projecting rectangular towers at N end of E wall (NE tower 3.5m N-S; 3.1m E-W) and S end of W wall (SW tower 4.9m N-S; 2.1m E-W). Tower entered through ground-floor doorway, near W end of N wall which had largely collapsed; excavation of debris produced 'dressed limestone corbels of a machicolation, a wrought limestone window sill, the voussoirs of a collapsed arch and the bowl of a clay tobacco-pipe' (ibid., 2); bowl dated to second half of 17th century (ibid., 6). Ground-floor chamber (8.8m E-W;4.9m N-S) lit by windows in centre of N and S walls, and at S end of W wall; N and S windows had double-splayed embrasures; S window opened from the central of three large recesses in S wall, recess heads rounded, wicker-centred; splayed embrasure to W opens out of similar recess; 5th such recess N of centre in W wall. Lintelled door, just S of centre in W wall, gave access to ground-floor chamber (2.3m x 2.4m) in SW tower, covered by wicker-centred vault (axis E-W). Just E of centre in N wall door gave access to lintelled mural passage running towards NE corner of main tower, where it widened out into corbelled chamber; in SW corner of this chamber was 'a slit opening some three inches wide extending from floor to ceiling ... this served the dual purpose of ventilator and "service hatch"'(ibid., 2) connecting to main chamber. At ground-floor level NE tower contained garderobe shaft; tower did not survive much above ground floor but upper levels probably contained garderobe chambers. Excavation of ground-floor entrance doorway exposed mural stairs rising from its E side to 1st-floor level, giving access to main 1st-floor chamber. This chamber was attic under rounded vault (axis E-W); near E end of S wall was 'plain fireplace and wall-oven' (ibid.), flue exiting through smoke-hole in wall; fragments of windows in W, S and E walls. Latter window had door on N side of embrasure, probably accessing garderobe, and door on S side giving access to mural stairs rising to SE corner of tower, providing entry to main 2nd-floor chamber. Ground and 1st-floor chambers of SW tower vaulted; Fahy (ibid.) uncovered floor of 'river sand' at first-floor level. Main 2nd-floor chamber had much-broken windows in centre of S and E walls; embrasure of latter had door on S side giving entry to mural stairs rising to SE corner of tower where it accessed main 3rd-floor chamber; this had central window in S wall of which only E side survived. From 'third floor landing' (ibid., 3), spiral stairs rose in SE corner of tower to wall-walk level. Atop E end of S wall was short section of machicolation supported on five corbels. Bawn wall enclosed trapezoidal area, surrounding tower except for its NE corner; small tower near SE corner 'equipped with three slit opes, two of which provided for east-west flanking fire and one for frontal fire' (ibid.); on W side was 'the entrance gateway, 4 feet wide' (ibid.). S bawn wall later destroyed, re-built just outside line of earlier wall. Neither wall bonded into tower. Built by Barretts 'in the latter half of the 15th century' (ibid., 12); forcibly taken by Mac Carthys in 1593 (Nicholls 1993, 174) who held it until late 17th century; a ruin by 1750. 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

• CO073-070001 Bawn
  Description

  Bawn wall of Castle Inch (CO073-070----) enclosed trapezoidal area, surrounding tower except for its NE corner; small tower near SE corner 'equipped with three slit opes, two of which provided for east-west flanking fire and one for frontal fire' (ibid.); on W side was 'the entrance gateway, 4 feet wide' (ibid.). S bawn wall later destroyed, re-built just outside line of earlier wall. Neither wall bonded into tower. Built by Barretts 'in the latter half of the 15th century' (ibid., 12); forcibly taken by Mac Carthys in 1593 (Nicholls 1993, 174) who held it until late 17th century; a ruin by 1750. 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

• CO073-105 Rock scribing
  Description

  On the N side of a road, embedded into an earth and stone field boundary. The SW face of a rectangular stone (H 0.6m; Wth 0.72m; T 0.26m) has numerous faint narrow horizontal grooves (L 0.05-0.2m), c. 0.01m apart, across it. There are also three grooves (L 0.07-0.09m), 0.01m apart, on the upper surface of the stone. 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 Castleinch.

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

At the centre of the townland of Castleinch, about 1 in 5 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Castleinch.

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.

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

Name

Castleinch · Caisleán na hInse

Area

1,502,981 m² (150.3 ha, 371.39 acres)

Civil parish

Athnowen, and its townlands

Barony

Muskerry East

Electoral division

Ovens, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,051 people lived in 353 households in the Ovens electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Curraghbeg, Curraleigh, Faha, Knockanemore, Lackenareague, Mullaghroe, Walshestown

Placenames

Castleinch 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.