Derrishal
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmeen (Kanturk Ra), barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Doire Íseal
- Area
- 129.9 ha
- 321 acres
- Land parcels
- 11
- registered freehold, median 53,000 m² (5.3 ha, 13.1 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derrishal, from 1,364 m² to 550,727 m² (55.07 ha, 136.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 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 Derrishal 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
8 Jul 2025Conditional permission
Permission to retain sunroom to side of dwelling along with retention of garage
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5352
9 Jun 2025Incompleted application
Permission to retain changes to dwelling already granted ref. 06/10527 including sunroom to west side of dwelling along with retention of garage
Retention · Cork County Council, 25/5109
21 May 2025Incompleted application
Permission to retain changes to dwelling already granted under ref. 06/10527 along with retention of garage
Retention · Cork County Council, 25/4956
9 Nov 2016Conditional
Construct a dwellinghouse with related site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6806
5 Oct 2016Conditional
To retain existing easy feed slatted livestock house as built
Retention · Cork County Council, 16/6466
21 Aug 2012Conditional
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage, proprietary treatment unit and new entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5800
14 Aug 2012Incompleted application
Construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, proprietary treatment unit and new entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5741
6 Jun 2012Incompleted application
Construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, proprietary treatment unit and new entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5243
6 Jun 2007Conditional
Construction of slatted unit, silage base and soiled water tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8417
8 Mar 2007Incompleted application
Construction of slatted unit, soiled water tank and installation of cubicles in covered silage pit
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5761
12 Sept 2006Conditional
Bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10527
10 Aug 2006Conditional
Construction of slatted house and underround effluent tanks
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9669
31 May 2006Incompleted application
Construction of slatted house and undergound effluent tanks
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7686
8 Apr 2004Conditional
Construction of geomembrane lined tank, roofed easy feed with cubicles and covered concrete effluent tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/2357
22 Dec 2003Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6777
14 Mar 2003Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/1119
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 Derrishal.
Recorded monuments
- CO030-035 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, c. 20m E of stream. Oval mound of burnt material (26m N-S; 23m E-W; H 0.3m); slight depression towards centre. Burnt material spread by ploughing on either side of mound over total distance of 66m N-S and 40m E-W. Second fulacht fiadh (10709) c. 200m to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO030-036 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on gentle NW-facing slope. Roughly circular area (22m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank, intervening fosse and outer earthen bank. Inner bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.95m) highest E->SSW; interior H very low NNE->E; gap to SSW (Wth 1.2m), W (Wth 2m) and WNW (Wth 4m). Intervening fosse continues all round; best preserved where outer bank survives. Outer bank (ext. H 0.3m) survives NW->NE, incorporated into field boundary system; SE->SSW as low earthen bank. Raised interior, banks and fosse overgrown with trees. Limekiln shown at W side of ringfort on 1842 OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO030-037 Ringfort - rath
Description
In gently rolling pasture. Circular area (34m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.95m; ext. H 1.18m) with external fosse (D 0.32m). Causewayed entrance (Wth 4m) to S. Cattle gap (Wth 0.6m) to ESE. Interior slightly raised; used for grazing. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO030-234 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, c. 20m E of stream. Roughly circular mound of burnt material (22.5m N-S; 20m E-W; H 0.46m). Second fulacht fiadh (10707) c. 200m to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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 Derrishal.
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 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 Derrishal.
- 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 Derrishal with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Derrishal · Doire Íseal
- Area
- 1,298,891 m² (129.89 ha, 320.96 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmeen (Kanturk Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Ballyhoolahan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballyhoolahan electoral division: 295 people in 102 households; 92% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyhoolahan Middle, Ballyhoolahan West, Derrynamona, Drominagh North, Farrangeel, Maulyclickeen
- Placenames
- Derrishal 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.