Derry
Derry is a townland in the civil parish of Clonmeen, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Doire.
- Area
- 290.4 ha
- 718 acres
- Land parcels
- 70
- registered freehold, median 7,940 m² (0.79 ha, 1.96 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
70 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derry, from 127 m² to 1,153,455 m² (115.35 ha, 285.02 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 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 Derry 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
6 May 2025Conditional permission
Permission to construct a new dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4834
21 Jun 2021Conditional
To construct a dwelling house, new site entrance, install an advance biological treatment unit with soil polishing filter and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5704
30 Jun 2017Conditional
Construction of a dwelling and garage, vehicle entrance, treatment plant and private well and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5652
3 Mar 2017Withdrawn
Constructed of a dwelling and garage, vehicle entrance, treatment plant and a private well and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4506
23 Jun 2015Conditional
Construction of domestic garage to rear of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5352
23 Sept 2009Refused
Two-storey dwelling and septic tank
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 09/7144
26 Jan 2009Conditional
Alterations to dwellinghouse, construction of extension to same and partial change of use of garage to living accommodation and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4183
19 Dec 2008Incompleted application
Construction of extension to dwellinghouse and partial change of use of garage to living accommodation and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/10223
14 Oct 2008Refused
Dwellinghouse, entrance and septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9260
17 Sept 2008Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, entrance and septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8921
6 Aug 2008Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse & wastewater treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8283
29 Jun 2007Conditional
Construction of (a) slatted house and associated tank, (b) Stables with associated soiled water storage tank (c) silage slab (d) manure pit
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9157
12 Apr 2007Refused
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/6948
30 Mar 2007Conditional
Slatted unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6715
21 Feb 2006Conditional
Bungalow and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4977
7 Jul 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4811
23 Mar 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1774
29 Sept 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7355
18 Mar 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1814
27 Jun 2003Conditional
Bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/3172
26 May 2003Conditional
Construction of geomembrane slurry lagoon and concrete yard
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2485
28 Jan 2003Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/289
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 Derry.
Recorded monuments
- CO031-045 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Circular area (35m N-S; 35m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.5m). Bank topped by and incorporated into field fence system to S and W; stone-faced in parts, with scatter of loose stones along base of outer bank face. Break (Wth 7m) in bank to NNW. Interior raised on N side to compensate for hillslope. 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
- CO031-046 Kiln - lime
Description
In lay-by, on W side of road. Overgrown random-rubble front wall (H c. 4m) has arched recess, lower inner arch with sloping slabs at rear. 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
- CO040-009001 Standing stone
Description
Not marked on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on N-facing slope near brow of hill. Site of standing stone (9958) c. 30m to NE and Battlefield (14698) in adjacent field to E. Stone (L 2m; Wth 0.6m) removed to field fence to S. Possibly stone referred to by Bowman (1934, 232) on P. O'Doherty's land; 'A hole (diam. c. one and one-quarter inches) pierces the corner, c. three feet from top'; hole not noted during site inspection. According to Grove White (1905-25, vol. 2, 221), stone was erected to commemorate battle victory of Ribbonmen over English. 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
- CO040-009002 Standing stone
Description
Not marked on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on N-facing slope near brow of hill. No visible surface trace. 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 Derry.
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 Derry, about 1 in 5 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 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 Derry.
- 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 Derry with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Derry · Doire
- Area
- 2,904,184 m² (290.42 ha, 717.64 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonmeen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Banteer, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 756 people lived in 293 households in the Banteer electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Banteer, Garrane, Knockbrack, Knockeenatuder, Shronebeha
- Placenames
- Derry 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.