Cusovinna
Townland in the civil parish of Skull, barony of Carbery West (West Division), Co. Cork; in Irish Cos an Mhuine
- Area
- 77.2 ha
- 191 acres
- Land parcels
- 19
- registered freehold, median 23,674 m² (2.37 ha, 5.85 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cusovinna, from 612 m² to 154,394 m² (15.44 ha, 38.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 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 Cusovinna 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
30 Jan 2026F.i. consultees/awaiting recommendation
permission for: (i) retention of refurbishment of derelict/ruinous dwelling house including replacement of roof and windows and installation of new wastewater treatment system, (ii) temporary (5 year) retention of extension to side of house, (iii) permission for construction of new extension to rear of house, (iv) retention of pump house and electricity service pillar, and (iv) retention and completion of extension to detached barn
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/0187
14 Mar 2025Conditional permission
Erection of 2 no. slatted houses in farmyard and associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/132
23 Aug 2024Incompleted application
Permission for the following works to existing dwelling house: (i) construction of 2 storey extension to rear, (ii) installation of new window to side elevation, (iii) decommissioning of existing septic tank and replacement of new septic tank system, and (iv) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/468
13 Mar 2019Conditional
Retention of ancillary 2 storey dwelling unit erected on footprint of original outbuilding and associated development works
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/167
15 Nov 2018Conditional
1. Permission for Retention of extension of farm complex to include slatted cattle house, dry yard and extension of silo permitted under planning ref. 06/1618. 2. Permission for further extension to farm complex to include erection of dairy, milking parlour and calf house and relocation of feed bin and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/681
15 Sept 2010Conditional
Dwellinghouse and associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/640
8 Aug 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse, garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1479
11 May 2007Conditional
(a) Dwellinghouse, (b) Change of use of ruined dwelling to domestic garage together with first floor storage area and (c) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1238
9 Feb 2007Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse; change of use of ruined dwelling to domestic garage with first floor storage area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/342
15 Aug 2006Conditional
Extension of farm complex to include extensions of slatted house, erection of silo, replacement of silo with slatted house and installation of soiled water tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1618
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 Cusovinna.
Recorded monuments
- CO140-002002 Cairn - unclassified
Description
In pasture, on crest of low hummock. Circular mound (H 0.8m; 8m E-W; 8m N-S) of loose stones. On E side, depression (6m N-S; 1.4m E-W; D 0.8m) running N-S, lined with slabs to E. Collapse from mound extends 2m to W. 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
- CO140-003 Ringfort - rath
Description
In level pasture land NE of Mount Gabriel. Circular enclosure (33m N-S; 35m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.3m); external fosse, D 1m NW->ENE, shallow elsewhere. Bank badly eroded to W; gap to ENE (Wth 2m); levelled for short section S of gap. Cultivation ridges cross interior on E-W axis. 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 Cusovinna.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cusovinna.
- 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 Cusovinna with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Cusovinna · Cos an Mhuine
- Area
- 772,091 m² (77.21 ha, 190.79 acres)
- Civil parish
- Skull, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Coolagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Coolagh electoral division: 216 people in 94 households; 79% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 13% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Derreennalomane, Letter, Raheenroe, Rathruane Beg, Rathruane More
- Placenames
- Cusovinna 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.