Currabally
Currabally is a townland in the civil parish of Templerobin, barony of Barrymore, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Corrbhaile.
- Area
- 85.4 ha
- 211 acres
- Land parcels
- 65
- registered freehold, median 2,059 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 25
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
65 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Currabally, from 42 m² to 110,695 m² (11.07 ha, 27.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 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 Currabally 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
13 Mar 2023Conditional
Domestic garage/store and all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 23/4443
6 Jan 2022Conditional permission
The importation of clean and inert soil & stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field and the construction of a new temporary haul road and improvement of an existing site entrance gate. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the authority with this application
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7530
23 Dec 2021Conditional
To construct new single storey dwelling house, waste water treatment system and percolation area, vehicular entrance from the public road with all ancillary site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7500
2 Dec 2021Incompleted application
The importation of clean and inert soil & stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural out of the field and the construction of a new temporary haul road and improvement of an existing site entrance gate. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the authority with this application
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7253
19 Nov 2021Conditional
Modification (including material widening) of the existing vehicular entrance from the public road, the construction of a split-level 2-storey dwellinghouse with detached garage with septic tank and all associated siteworks and the construction of a shared access driveway serving this dwellinghouse and the residual agricultural lands
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7139
29 Nov 2019Refused
The construction of a new vehicular entrance from the public road, of a private common roadway and 3 no serviced residential sites.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6853
24 Jul 2015Conditional
Construction of a single storey extension to the side and rear of the existing dwellinghouse, construct a bay window to the front of existing dwellinghouse, alterations to the rear-side elevation existing dwellinghouse, install a wastewater treatment unit and percolation area associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5648
15 Jul 2011Conditional
Conversion of existing attic space of dwellinghouse to living accommodation, construction of a balcony to rear to include a dormer window and doors, installation of 4 no. roof windows to front elevation, 2 no. roof window to rear elevation, construction of new windows to side elevations of property and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5531
1 Jul 2011Application invalid
Conversion of the existing attic space into living accommodation, construction of a balcony to the rear to include a dormer window and doors, installation of 4 no. roof windows to the front of the property, 2 no. roof windows to the rear of the property, construction of new windows to the side elevations of the property and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5421
9 Oct 2009Conditional
Retention of treatment unit in a revised location from that granted under planning ref.no. 08/9733
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7279
18 Nov 2008Conditional
Dwelling and treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9733
15 Sept 2008Conditional
Demolition of garage to side of dwelling and flat roof kitchen to rear of dwelling, alterations to dwelling including new dormer windows to front elevation and extensions to side & rear of dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8881
18 May 2007Conditional
Retention of temporary mobile home
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7947
21 Feb 2007Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5303
12 Jan 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4140
5 Jan 2007Conditional
Alterations, rooflights and extensions to dwelling including conversion of shed to living area and retention of same shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4084
24 Aug 2006Withdrawn
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10013
8 Aug 2006Refused
Construction of creche, installation of proprietary treatment unit and revised entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9557
7 Jan 2005Conditional
Retention and completion of one and a half storey domestic garage/store
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/43
7 Dec 2004Incompleted application
Retention and completion of one and a half storey domestic garage/store
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8961
10 Nov 2004Incompleted application
Retention and completion of domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8311
1 Dec 2003Conditional
Alterations, ground floor and first floor extension to single storey dwelling and installation of proprietary treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6083
19 Nov 2003Conditional
Retention and completion of renovations and extensions to dwelling and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/5775
2 Oct 2003Conditional
Alterations and extensions to dwelling and detached double garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/4922
31 Jan 2003Conditional
Dwellinghosue, garage and waste water treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/363
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Great Island Channel SAC 001058
- Special Protection Area: Cork Harbour SPA 004030
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Great Island Channel 001058
Recorded monuments
- CO075-044 Barrow - mound barrow
Description
In pasture, atop hill. Heavily overgrown, roughly circular mound (max. H 1.55m; c. 14m E-W; c. 13m N-S). According to Coleman (1894, 35) locally called Móinteán an t-Rígean (Fairy Hill); 'It stood fifteen feet high; but was levelled by the present tenant all but a small portion, which yet remains untilled; during levelling 'three cists or graves were found 'containing 'human remains'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO076-032 Midden
Description
In Cork Harbour estuary, on N-side of Great Island. Shell mound (H 1m; L4m) visible in field boundary on E side of laneway running S from shoreline. According to 1933 OS 6-inch map quite extensive extending W of laneway on N side of farm buildings. Schlichting (1973, 17) noted remains 'as a wall some twenty-five feet long and two feet thick adjacent to the entrance to a farmhouse'. Two shell middens (CO076-033---; CO076-037---) further E along shoreline. A radio-carbon determination of 1150 +/- 50bp (calibrated date range 701 – 950 AD) was recovered from oyster shell at this midden (Laboratory: Beta 155383) (Milner & Woodman 2007, 103). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In this instance the entry has been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Paul Walsh Date of revision: 25 June 2012
- CO076-033 Midden
Description
In townland boundary, between Currabally (part of) and Ashgrove, S of shoreline on N side of Great Island. No visible surface trace. According to Schlichting (1973, 17) 'consists only of a few shells among roots of a large tree atop an old field fence'. One shell midden (CO076-032---) further W along coast road and second (CO076-037---) further E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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 Currabally.
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 Currabally, 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 Currabally.
- 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 Currabally with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Currabally · An Corrbhaile
- Area
- 853,960 m² (85.4 ha, 211.02 acres)
- Civil parish
- Templerobin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Barrymore
- Electoral division
- Cobh Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 9,050 people lived in 2,954 households in the Cobh Rural electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 51% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ashgrove, Ballybrassil, Ballydaniel More, Ballynatra, Walterstown
- Placenames
- Currabally 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.