Derreenacarrin
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcaskan, barony of Bear, Co. Cork; in Irish Doirín an Chairn
- Area
- 381.6 ha
- 943 acres
- Land parcels
- 201
- registered freehold, median 1,420 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 28
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
201 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derreenacarrin, from 25 m² to 973,549 m² (97.35 ha, 240.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 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 Derreenacarrin 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
9 Jun 2025Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house, upgrade of existing agricultural vehicular entrance for use for same, for a waste water treatment system to serve said dwelling and for all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/312
2 May 2025Withdrawn
Permission sought for construction of dwelling house, for upgrade of existing agricultural vehicular entrance for use for same, for a waste water treatment system to serve said dwelling and for all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/239
20 Mar 2024Conditional
Permission for change of design of dwelling permitted under Pla. Reg. Number 23/430
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/127
1 Aug 2023Conditional
Permission sought for demolition of un-used dwelling house and for permission for construction of replacement dwelling and detached domestic garage in-lieu of same. Permission also sought for the construction of a new entrance and access road and also for the replacement of the existing septic tank system with a new waste water treatment system all to serve said dwelling and for all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/430
29 Sept 2020Conditional
Permission for Retention for the following : - Revised site boundaries from that previously granted Pla. Ref. No. 1699/75, Detached domestic garage with loft storage, domestic storage shed with attached kennel, detached well water treatment house and for all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 20/534
26 Jun 2012Conditional
Permission sought for single-storey extension to west gable of dwelling and for permission for retention of sunroom to south front elevation and for 3 no. velux rooflights to rear north facing roof
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/418
14 May 2009Conditional
Dwellinghouse, installation of waste water treatment unit and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/564
12 Oct 2007Conditional
Construction of detached loose farm building for cattle
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2627
20 Dec 2006Refused
Construction of detached loose farm building for cattle
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2815
10 Nov 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2354
7 Jun 2006Conditional
Detached domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1067
28 Apr 2006Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/755
21 Apr 2006Conditional
Extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/686
3 Oct 2005Withdrawn
1 no. dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7162
27 Sept 2005Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6997
14 Apr 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2392
31 Jan 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/440
1 Nov 2004Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8080
6 Aug 2004Refused
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6017
12 Jul 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/5332
19 Jun 2003Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/3021
20 May 2002Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/1997
18 May 2001Refused
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/2813
26 Feb 2001Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/919
27 Nov 2000Refused
3 no. dwellinghouses
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/7147
The 25 most recent of 28 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
- Natural Heritage Area: Leahill Bog NHA 002417
Recorded monuments
- CO104-028 Penitential station
Description
In pasture, on the N side of a roadside field boundary on a NE-facing slope overlooking Derreenacarrin Lough to the N. According to local information, rounds were formerly made at a large boulder (3m N-S; 1.7m E-W; H 1.4m). Coins were placed on the boulder, which is now covered with moss and a dense growth of briars. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Architectural heritage
- House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1910, now vacant. Recent porch to front (north-west). Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and uPVC rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings with one-over-one timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door and overlight. Recent rubble stone boundary wall with piers and metal gate.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, 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 Derreenacarrin.
- 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 Derreenacarrin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Derreenacarrin · Doirín an Chairn
- Area
- 3,815,869 m² (381.59 ha, 942.92 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcaskan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bear
- Electoral division
- Adrigole, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Adrigole electoral division: 497 people in 204 households; 92% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 25% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Coolieragh, Curragh East, Kealagowlane, Lackavane, Leahill, Tooreennagrena
- Placenames
- Derreenacarrin 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.