Currahoo
Currahoo is a townland in the civil parish of Ringrone, barony of Courceys, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Cora Shó.
- Area
- 111.9 ha
- 276 acres
- Land parcels
- 40
- registered freehold, median 3,526 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 44
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Currahoo, from 208 m² to 205,770 m² (20.58 ha, 50.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 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 Currahoo 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
24 Apr 2026Refused
Permission to construct a dwelling house with wastewater treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1050
15 Apr 2025Conditional permission
Permission to construct :- 1) Office / Packaging / Store / Toilet Building (change of plan to that permitted under Pl.Reg.No. 24/4295). 2) Store building. 3) Associated site works, all associated with a sea salt processing facility permitted under Pl.Reg.No. 24/4295.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4690
9 Sept 2024Conditional
Permission for the construction of outhouse ancillary to dwelling for storage of own family boats and domestic storage.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5701
12 Jul 2024Application withdrawn
Permission for retention and completion of i) an agricultural shed incorporating machinery/hay storage, stables and toilet, ii) concrete hard standing (change of plan to that permitted under 20/5136)
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 24/5311
24 Jun 2024Incompleted application
Permission for retention and completion of (i) an agricultural shed incorporating machinery/hay storage, stables and toilet, (ii) concrete hard standing (change of plan to that permitted under 20/5136)
Retention · Cork County Council, 24/5176
22 Feb 2024Conditional permission
Permission to construct a sea salt processing facility consisting of (i) Four Polytunnels, (ii) Three herb areas, (iii) Office/store/toilet building, (iv) Entrance and roadway, (v) Install a treatment unit with polishing filter and (vi) All associated Site Works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4295
26 Jan 2024Unconditional
Permission for the construction of single storey extension to side of existing dwelling, conversion of integrated garage to futher living accommodation and various alterations to the existing elevations/interior and roof. New and altered landscaping and drainage in connection with the works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4123
10 Nov 2023Conditional
Permission for the demolition of 2 No. sheds and the construction of a new domestic storage shed.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6258
17 Oct 2023Incompleted application
Permission for the demolition of 2 No. sheds and the construction of a new storage shed.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6097
3 Sept 2021Conditional
To construct a new dwelling house and a detached domestic garage, to construct a new site entrance, waste water treatment unit and percolation area, new rainwater soakpits, new bored well, with ancillary works and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6435
14 Jun 2021Conditional
The construction of a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area, bored well, site entrance and all associated and ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5641
5 Jun 2020Conditional
To (i) demolish two agricultural sheds (ii) construct an agricultural shed incorporating machinery/hay storage, stables and toilet (iii) new site entrance (iv) new treatment unit and (v) associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5136
20 Mar 2020Incompleted application
To (i) demolish two agricultural sheds (ii) construct an agricultural shed incorporating machinery/hay storage, stables and toilet (iii) new site entrance (iv) new treatment unit and (v) associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4587
24 Feb 2020Incompleted application
To (i) demolish two agricultural sheds (ii) construct an agricultural shed incorporating machinery/hay storage, stables and toilet (iii) new site entrance (iv) new treatment unit and (v) associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4373
7 Jan 2019Conditional
Demolition of existing domestic garage and Construction of separate dwelling unit as ancillary family accommodation and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4015
8 Sept 2016Conditional
Alterations and extensions to existing dwelling, (change of plan to that permitted under planning ref. no. 13/04444) to include construction of a single story bedroom extension to side elevation and increase in size of sunroom and utility extension to rear elevation and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6237
26 Aug 2016Incompleted application
Alterations and extensions to existing dwelling (change of plan to that permitted under Pl. Ref. No. 13/04444) to include construction of a single storey bedroom extension to side elevation and increase in size of sunroom and utility extension to rear elevation and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6141
28 Oct 2014Conditional
Retention of (1) rock deposited onto existing embankment at the shoreline abutting the Bandon River and Currahoo Creek to minimize further erosion, and (2) open sided boat store for use ancillary to the dwelling
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/6302
15 Mar 2013Conditional
[a] Construction of a single storey apartment with link corridor for use as ancillary accommodation to existing dwelling, [b] construction of ground floor sunroom and utility extension to rear elevation of dwelling, and [c] decommission of existing septic tank and installation of wastewater treatment unit and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4444
11 Jan 2012Conditional
Construction of a single storey extension to the rear and side of existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4021
22 Dec 2010Conditional
Demolish of existing out-buildings and construction of new domestic boathouse with indoor squash court and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8781
11 Dec 2009Refused
Dwelling house, septic tank & percolation system
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7877
30 Jul 2009Conditional
Dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance & septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6549
12 May 2008Conditional
Alterations to existing outhouse and change of use of same to domestic garage and boiler room, replacement of front wall of existing dwelling and retention and completion of alterations to two storey extension granted under 04/9775
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6643
15 Apr 2008Incompleted application
Retention and completion of alterations to two-storey extension to existing dwellinghouse (modifications to planning ref.no.049775) and alterations to existing outhouse & change of use to domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6045
The 25 most recent of 44 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 Currahoo.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Currahoo.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Currahoo.
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 Currahoo, about 1 in 10 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 Currahoo.
- 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 Currahoo with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Currahoo · Cora Shó
- Area
- 1,118,787 m² (111.88 ha, 276.46 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ringrone, and its townlands
- Barony
- Courceys
- Electoral division
- Ballinspittle, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 727 people lived in 257 households in the Ballinspittle electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyhander, Dromdough, Knocknabinny
- Placenames
- Currahoo 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.