Corracunna
Corracunna is a townland in the civil parish of Brigown, barony of Condons and Clangibbon, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Currach an Chonnaidh.
- Area
- 151.6 ha
- 375 acres
- Land parcels
- 53
- registered freehold, median 4,334 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 35
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Corracunna, from 22 m² to 196,336 m² (19.63 ha, 48.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 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 · 82 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
5 Jun 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for the construction of a new dwellinghouse, a detached domestic use garage, a waste-water treatment system, a new vehicular entrance to the site from the public road & all other associated site works at Corracunna, Mitchelstown, Co.Cork.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1498
16 Mar 2026Awaiting f.i. response
Permission for retention for detached domestic garage as constructed on site and permission for new extension and alterations to existing dwelling which will include the raising of the existing roof to dormer style for living accommodation and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0646
11 Nov 2025Grant with conditions
Permission to construct a single storey extension to side of existing dwelling and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6426
9 Apr 2025Withdrawn
Outline permission for a new proposed dwelling and associated garage, opening of anew vehicular entrance to the site and septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site development works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 25/4640
20 Mar 2025Incompleted application
Outline permission for a new proposed dwelling and associated garage, opening of a new vehicular entrance to the site and septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site development works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 25/4491
2 Dec 2024Conditional permission
The application site comprises an area of c. 5.61hectares. The site is primarily located in the townland of Corracunna and is surrounded by agricultural lands to the North and East, with the N73 national route to the south, and the L90813 local road to the west. The site takes in lands at Coolnanave and Garrane, on the western side of the L90813, to the west and north west of the main site area, to provide woodland planting and an underground drainage pipe and outfall. The proposed development comprises the construction of an anaerobic digestion facility to produce renewable biomethane, CO2 (which will be captured) and a bio-based fertiliser from organic material. The total proposed gross floor area of the development (including internal plant areas and ancillary structures) will be c. 3,419.5 sq.m. Permission for the; (1) Demolition of existing single storey disused agricultural buildings, silos, and tank within the western portion of the site (total demolition gross floor area (GFA) of c. 1,781 sq.m). One single storey agricultural building (with GFA of c. 87.8 sq.m and height of c. 5.1m) will be stabilised and retained as a biodiversity building. (2) Construction of 3 no. digesters (c.15.6m in height), 2 no. digestates storage structures (c. 15.5m and 11m in height), 2 no. liquid storage tanks (c.12.2m in height) and a liquid feed tank (c. 8m in height), located in the southeast portion of the site. (3) 3 no. pasteurisation tanks (each c. 6m in height), a post-pasteurisation cooling tank (c.12.2m in height) and pre fertiliser manufacturing tank (c.12.2m in height), located in the centre of the site. (4) part single-storey and part two-storey reception hall (with a GFA of c. 2,112.6 sq.m and an overall height of c. 15.5m) to accommodate a laboratory, panel room, tool store, workshop, and storage areas, with a liquid feed intake adjacent to the reception hall, located in the central portion of the site, to the north of the digesters. (5) a single-storey solid digestate storage and nutrient recovery building (with a GFA of c. 879.9 sq.m and a overall height of c.12.4 in height) will be located to the west of the reception hall, in the central portion of the site. (6) Odour abatement plant (with a maximum height of c. 6m in height) and equipment, a digestate offtake area, and a fuel tank (c. 1.6 in height) will be provided to the north of the solid digestate storage and nutrient recovery building. (7) Construction of an ESB substation (c. 3.4m in height) 2 no. CO2 tanks and a CO2 loading pump (c. 14.5m in height), along with associated plant structures including CO2 auxiliaries, CO2 liqueufactor, a CO2 compressor and a CO2 pre-treatment skid (with an overall height of c. 6.7m), located in the southwest portion of the site. (8) Construction of a biogas treatment skid, a biogas compression system, a biogas upgrading module (with an overall height of c. 5.1m) and a grid injection unit within a fenced compound (c. 2.8m in height), located within the southwestern portion of the site. (9) Construction of an emergency biogas flare (c. 11.3m in height) 2 no. propane tanks (c. 1.3m in height) and a grid off take skid, located further to the west of the site. (10) Construction of O2 generation unit (c. 2.6m in height), a biomethane boiler (c. 5.6m to top of flue stack), a combined heat and power (CHP) unit and panel room (with a maximum height of c. 6m to top of flue), 2 no. pump houses (c. 2.6m in height, each with a GFA of c. 29sq.m) located in the southwestern portion of the site, south of biogas upgrading structures. (11) Construction of a two-storey ancillary office and administration building (with an overall height of c. 8.6m and GFA of c. 271.5 sq.m), located within the western portion of the site, adjacent to the main site entrance. (12) A discharge pipe route extending to the northwest of the main anaerobic digestion facility site, crossing the L90813 and through agricultural lands to the River Funshion. (13) Alterations to the
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6272
12 Oct 2020Conditional
The replacement of approximately 346m of existing 2.4m high chainlink fencing and associated access/emergency gates with 346m of new 2.4m high green palisade security fencing/gates and all associated site works at an existing above ground natural gas installation.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6223
18 Aug 2020Incompleted application
The replacement of approximately 346m of existing 2.4m high chainlink fencing and associated gates with 346m of new 2.4m high green palisade security fencing/gates and all associated works at an existing Above Ground Natural Gas Installation
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5776
31 Jul 2020Conditional
Permission for alterations and extensions to an existing dwelling and permission for retention of an existing extension.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5631
16 Dec 2019Conditional
The construction of a new dwellinghouse, detached domestic use garage, a waste-water treatment system, a new splayed vehicular access to the site and all other associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6985
23 Aug 2019Conditional
The demolition of existing agricultural structures and construction of a Central Gas Injection Facility within a site area of ca. 1.8ha, comprising of; a concrete apron; 16 no. truck bays, a welfare/office facility; Medium Voltage substation; 8 no. pressure reduction skid units; 2 no. boiler units; network entry facility unit; flare unit; odorant injection unit; propane storage; compressed natural gas refuelling area, electrical and instrumentation kiosk; generator kiosk; transformer kiosk; 8 no. compressor container units; 4 no. gas chromatograph units; covered shelter for storage of gas bottles; compressed natural gas dispenser; compressor building; on site drainage; underground pipework; 1 no. new site entrance from the N73 and associated drainage to serve the proposed facility nad adjacent existing Corracunna Above Ground Installation facility and the removal of the existing Corracunna Above Ground Installation entrance and ; all associated site development works. The Major Accident Regulations apply to this development; it is a lower tier development. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6089
29 Jul 2019Incompleted application
Demolition of an existing agricultural structure and construction of a Central Gas Injection Facility within a site area of ca. 1.8ha, comprising of: a concrete apron; 8 no. truck bays, a welfare/office facility; Medium Voltage substation; 8 no. pressure reduction skid units; 2 no. boiler units; network entry facility unit, flare unit; odorant injection unit; propane storage, compressed natural gas refuelling area; on site drainage; underground pipework; 1 no. new site entrance from the N73 and associated drainage to serve the proposed facility and the adjacent exiting Corracunna Above Ground Installation facility and the removal of the existing Corracunna Above Ground Installation entrance and all associated development works. The Major Accident Regulations apply to this development, it is a lower tier development. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5897
23 Jul 2019Conditional
Permission for retention of the removal of a ditch and to construct a bell mouth vehicle entrance to wood
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/5857
23 Jul 2019Conditional
Retention of straw storage shed and permission for demolition of existing dairy and part of collecting yard, conversion of existing milking parlour to dairy, construction of milking parlour, collecting yard, slatted channel, silage pit extension and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5853
1 Jul 2019Conditional
Retention of an existing agricultural building used for the storage of livestock. Permission is also sought for an extension to the same and installation of slurry, effluent and soiled waters stores, permission for a concrete yard and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5678
24 May 2019Incompleted application
Retention of an existing agricultural building used for the storage of livestock. Permission is also sought for an extension to the same and installation of slurry, effluent and soiled waters stores and all associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5322
24 May 2019Conditional
Construction of a new dwellinghouse, detached domestic use garage, waste water treatment system and all other associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5319
17 Apr 2019Incompleted application
Construction of a new dwellinghouse, detached domestic use garage, waste water treatment system and all other associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4953
6 Dec 2017Conditional
Construction of a two-storey dwellinghouse, detached domestic garage and associated site works including roadside entrance, septic tank and percolation area.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7193
1 Jul 2016Conditional
A single storey prefabricated boiler house with floor area of 21sq.m and construction of extension to access road complete with associated site works and ancillary services at the existing Corracunna Ervia AGI.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5623
25 May 2016Incompleted application
Single storey prefabricated boiler house with a floor area of 21 sq.m complete with associated ground works at the existing Corracunna AGI (Above Ground Installation)
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5251
22 Jun 2011Conditional
Construction of a new dwellinghouse, detached domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, new entrance, including all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5359
7 Oct 2008Conditional
Dwelling, garage, entrance, proprietary treatment unit & percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9180
11 Apr 2008Conditional
Demolition of milking parlour and construction of milking parlour
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5998
7 Dec 2007Conditional
Construction of overground slurry tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12944
The 25 most recent of 35 applications.
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 Corracunna.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Corracunna.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Corracunna.
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 Corracunna, 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 low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Corracunna.
- 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 Corracunna with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Corracunna · Currach an Chonnaidh
- Area
- 1,516,150 m² (151.62 ha, 374.65 acres)
- Civil parish
- Brigown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Condons and Clangibbon
- Electoral division
- Mitchelstown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 5,219 people lived in 2,034 households in the Mitchelstown electoral division. 66% 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
- Coolnanave, Coolyregan, Garrane, Garryleagh, Kildrum, Kilshanny
- Placenames
- Corracunna 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.