Coorlacka
Coorlacka is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmoe, barony of Carbery West (West Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Cuar Leaca.
- Area
- 125.6 ha
- 310 acres
- Land parcels
- 41
- registered freehold, median 3,165 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coorlacka, from 78 m² to 200,170 m² (20.02 ha, 49.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 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 Coorlacka 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
23 May 2025Conditional
To construct a dwelling house, installation of a waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/284
12 May 2025Incompleted application
Construct a dwelling house, installation of a waste water treatment sytem and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/260
17 Nov 2020Conditional
Permission for change of site boundaries to dwelling house permitted under planning reg. ref. no. 06/412
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/663
11 Sept 2009Conditional
Erection of a farm building and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/1012
4 Apr 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/606
22 Feb 2008Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/329
21 Sept 2007Refused
Demolition of existing disused ruined dwellinghouse, construction of new dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2477
13 Apr 2007Refused
Demolition of existing ruined dwellinghouse, construction of new dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/996
18 Jan 2007Withdrawn
Renovations and extension to existing dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/127
8 Jan 2007Conditional
Construct Stables, Dungstead and Effulent tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/57
8 Jan 2007Conditional
Construct silage slab, effluent tank and roof over soiled yard
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/54
26 Oct 2006Conditional
(A) Placing of slats over existing open effluent tank (B) construction of animal housing shed over slats and effluent tank and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2243
8 Aug 2006Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse, garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1562
11 Jul 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1323
13 Mar 2006Conditional
Dwelling and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/412
20 Feb 2003Refused
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/663
12 Mar 2001Conditional
Dormer style dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/1227
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 Coorlacka.
Recorded monuments
- CO147-006006 Standing stone
Description
In pasture with commanding views to S. Triangular stone aligned E-W (H 1.12m; 1.22m x 0.55m). According to landowner there were 3 stones here up to c. 1945. 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
- CO147-007 Ringfort - rath
Description
In grassland, atop rise on SE-facing slope. Circular area (21.4m N-S; 19.25m E-W) enclosed by low earthen bank (H 1.28m) faced with stones. Bank worn to E and SE, surviving mainly as scarp (H 1.2m); entrance to SW (Wth 1.6m). 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
- CO147-008 Ringfort - rath
Description
Local tradition of ringfort. No surface trace visible. 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
- CO147-009 Burial ground
Description
In tillage on S side of small valley. Raised D-shaped area (5.8m N-S; 6m E-W) defined by steep scarp (H 1.5m) on S side. No grave markers noted. 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 Coorlacka.
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 Coorlacka, 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Coorlacka.
- 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 Coorlacka with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Coorlacka · Cuar Leaca
- Area
- 1,256,182 m² (125.62 ha, 310.41 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmoe, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Goleen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 224 people lived in 101 households in the Goleen electoral division. 67% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 55% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Boulysallagh, Callaros Oughter, Dunkelly West, Enaghoughter West, Gortduff, Kilbrown
- Placenames
- Coorlacka 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.