Curraghanolomer
Townland in the civil parish of Macroney, barony of Condons and Clangibbon, Co. Cork; in Irish Currach an Fhalmaire
- Area
- 148.3 ha
- 366 acres
- Land parcels
- 18
- registered freehold, median 14,226 m² (1.42 ha, 3.52 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Curraghanolomer, from 31 m² to 353,026 m² (35.3 ha, 87.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Curraghanolomer 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 Dec 2024Conditional permission
Within County Cork, the proposed development will consist of refurbishment works to 39.3km of overhead line, 14 no. steel towers and 204 no. wooden polesets. These lie between Knockraha Substation, in the townland of Ballynenelagh, and the border with County Tipperary in the townland of Glenduff, crossing the County Cork townlands of : Ballynanelagh, Knockraha East, Meeleen, Shanballyreagh, Barnetstown, Mitchellsfort, Meenane, Skahanagh South, Skahanagh North, Coolquane, Scartbarry, Ballyready, Ballyda, Baneena South, Lackabeha East, Hollyhill, Ballinterry, Clykeel South, Ballynanelagh, Clykeel North, Knockauduff, Ballinvarrig West, Kill-Saint-Anne South, Kill-Saint-Anne North, Ballyoran, Glenarousk, Strawhall, Ballyvadona, Carrigabrick, Gearagh, Carrigatoortane, Mountrivers, Moorepark, Ballyderown, Knockanohill, Glansheskin, Kilclogh, Macroney Upper, Castlecooke, Coolaneague, Curraghanolomer, Ballard, Curraghavoe, and Glenduff. The proposed development includes 4 no. temporary construction compounds in the townlands of Moorepark, Ballinvarrig West, Barnetstown, and Skeheen. The works in County Cork will consist of: the replacement ('restringing') of the existing overhead line (OHL) circuit conductor wires; replacement of 7 no. towers and 82 no. polesets with similar dimensions and heights as the existing; installation of 5 no. new towers and 1 new no. poleset at Barrymore Substation and the removal of 2 no. towers; installation of replacement parts on towers and polesets; foundation refurbishment/strengthening and recapping/clearing of shear blocks; all associated site development works, including temporary works areas; clearance of shear block bases; vegetation maintenance works; ancillary site preparation works, site clearance and levelling at the 4 no. temporary construction compounds, temporary works to existing tracks and new temporary access routes to each structure; and all associated works required to facilitate the proposed development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6468
11 Jul 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8775
1 Jun 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 06/7744
8 Nov 2005Withdrawn
Bungalow
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 05/8208
7 Sept 2004Conditional
2 no. dwellinghouses
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/6809
17 Aug 2004Incompleted application
2 No. dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/6282
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: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Curraghanolomer.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Curraghanolomer.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Curraghanolomer.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Curraghanolomer with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Curraghanolomer · Currach an Fhalmaire
- Area
- 1,483,016 m² (148.3 ha, 366.46 acres)
- Civil parish
- Macroney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Condons and Clangibbon
- Electoral division
- Gortnaskehy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Gortnaskehy electoral division: 330 people in 106 households; 94% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballard, Ballinvoher, Coolaneague, Coolmoohan, Curraghavoe, Skeheen Upper
- Placenames
- Curraghanolomer 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.