Currabwee

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Currabwee, from 253 m² to 396,344 m² (39.63 ha, 97.94 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 Currabwee 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.

• 6 Apr 2018Conditional

  To construct an agricultural cubicle shed and external feed area with underground slatted tanks and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/185

• 7 Jul 2017Conditional

  (A) Retention of conservatory at the western side of the existing dwelling, (B) Retention of a lean-to extension and carport at the rear of the existing dwelling, (C) Installation of a new waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/434

• 20 Aug 2007Conditional

  Erection of temporary (24months) wind monitoring pole (50m high)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2224

• 4 Jul 2007Incompleted application

  Erection of temporary (24 months) 50m high wind monitoring pole

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1815

• 14 Mar 2006Refused

  To construct a dwelling and domestic garage with associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/417

• 14 Feb 2006Incompleted application

  Dwelling & domestic garage with associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/224

• 2 Dec 2005Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8918

• 28 Oct 2005Refused

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7982

• 15 Sept 2005Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6694

• 16 Feb 2004Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/867

• 14 Oct 2002Conditional

  Construction of single storey dwelling with attached garage & guest bedroom for private use

  Permission · Cork County Council, 02/4538

• 9 Sept 2002Refused

  Dwelling & associates works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 02/3988

• 2 May 2002Refused

  Dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 02/1703

• 5 Oct 2000Refused

  Dwelling

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 00/6024

• 18 Apr 2000Conditional

  Raising of roof & installation of 2 no. velux roof windows to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 00/2265

• 27 Feb 1998Conditional

  Construction and operation of a windfarm consisting of 8 no. 600 kW wind turbines and associated buildings

  Permission · Cork County Council, 98/680

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 Currabwee.

Recorded monuments

• CO120-044 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On natural spur, in pasture, on S-facing slope, overlooking CurraghalickyLake. Circular area (26.8m N-S; 26.2m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.8m). Breaks in bank to SE and S made by modern machinery. Entrance to NNW (Wth 4.6m) may be ancient. Interior used as dump for cars. 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

• CO120-045 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Spread of burnt material (L 24m; Wth 12m), poorly covered with grass, on gentle S-facing slope. Spring close by. 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

• CO120-046 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope, overlooking Curraghalicky Lake to S. Partially levelled 1946; levelling completed 1983-84. No visible surface trace. 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

• CO120-047 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on break in S-facing slope, overlooking Curraghalicky Lake. NW half of enclosure survives in field fence system: low earthen bank (H 1.7m); conifers planted on inner face; topped by stone wall to W; shallow external fosse survives (D 0.2m). 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 Currabwee.

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 Currabwee, 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 Currabwee.

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 Currabwee with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Currabwee · An Currach Buí

Area

1,893,342 m² (189.33 ha, 467.85 acres)

Civil parish

Drinagh, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery East (West Division)

Electoral division

Drinagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

268 people lived in 92 households in the Drinagh electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cashloura, Curraghalicky, Drinagh East, Drinagh West, Kilronane West, Lisbealad West, The Pike

Placenames

Currabwee 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.