Cornahinch
Cornahinch is a townland in the civil parish of Caherduggan, barony of Fermoy, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Currach na hInse.
- Area
- 65.2 ha
- 161 acres
- Land parcels
- 14
- registered freehold, median 2,326 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cornahinch, from 34 m² to 429,989 m² (43 ha, 106.25 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 23 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
6 Feb 2025Conditional permission
Permission for the retention of the existing dwelling house, domestic storage shed, all as constructed with all associated site and ancillary works
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/4104
4 Dec 2024Incompleted application
Permission for retention of the existing dwelling house, domestic storage shed, septic tank with percolation area and entrance, all as constructed with all associated site and ancillary works
Retention · Cork County Council, 24/6310
10 Jul 2023Conditional
Permission for retention of extensions and alterations to existing dwelling, detached domestic shed and all associated site works as constructed on site
Retention · Cork County Council, 23/5419
18 Mar 2021Conditional
Permission for retention of 1) existing livestock shed with underground slatted slurry storage tanks and associated concrete apron, 2) existing agricultural shed used for the purpose of a dry feed store, 3) existing agricultural mixed use shed being part livestock housing, part machinery housing and part feed storage with ancillary walled yard with concrete surface and associated site works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/4697
10 Jul 2019Conditional
Demolition of existing derelict shed and to construct a dwelling, domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5741
26 Jun 2019Conditional
To construct a new single storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5645
2 Nov 2018Unconditional
Construction of dwellinghouse, garage for domestic purpose, installation of a septic tank and carry out all associated site works. Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Reference: 14/4408.
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 18/6894
22 Jul 2015Refused
Construction of 2 no. dwellinghouses, shared vehicular access to serve both dwellinghouses and to install 2 no. septic tanks and percolation areas
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 15/5625
28 Feb 2014Conditional
Construction of dwellinghouse, garage for domestic purpose, installation of a septic tank and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4408
25 Sept 2006Conditional
One and half storey dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10898
12 Apr 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/6335
26 Mar 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/2023
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 Cornahinch.
Recorded monuments
- CO025-144001 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of three concentric fosses of circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989); field fence (NE-SW) crosses E side. Enclosure (13744) c. 40m to SE. Within field system (12013). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO025-144002 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of fosse of subrectangular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). Circular enclosure (13527) c. 40m to NW. Within field system (12013). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO025-144003 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of fosse of possible enclosure visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989); short straight W side (L c. 20m) joined by curving N side (C c. 90m). Within field system (12013). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO025-144004 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of fosse of small circular enclosure (diam. c. 10m) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). Circular enclosure (13527) c. 130m to ENE. Within field system (12013). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO025-144005 Field system
Description
Regular pattern of rectilinear cropmarks, some perpendicular to each other, visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). Cropmarks cover area of c. 16ha and indicate relict field system with many large rectangular fields. Circular enclosures (CO025-14401-; CO025-14404-), enclosure (CO025-14402-) and possible enclosure (CO025-14403-) within field system. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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 Cornahinch.
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 Cornahinch, 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 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 Cornahinch.
- 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 Cornahinch with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Cornahinch · Currach na hInse
- Area
- 651,636 m² (65.16 ha, 161.02 acres)
- Civil parish
- Caherduggan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Fermoy
- Electoral division
- Doneraile, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,555 people lived in 599 households in the Doneraile electoral division. 67% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballydineen, Kilburn, Lisnagrough, Richardstown
- Placenames
- Cornahinch 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.