Derryclogh Lower
Townland in the civil parish of Drinagh, barony of Carbery West (East Division), Co. Cork; in Irish Doire Clochach Íochtarach
- Area
- 161.8 ha
- 400 acres
- Land parcels
- 42
- registered freehold, median 7,798 m² (0.78 ha, 1.93 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 9
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derryclogh Lower, from 4 m² to 265,007 m² (26.5 ha, 65.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 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 Derryclogh Lower 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
25 Mar 2026Refused
Permission to construct a new dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0739
12 Apr 2023Conditional
Construct a cattle house with slatted slurry tank, construct a calving house, roof existing cattle holding yard, and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/197
28 Oct 2021Conditional
Erection of dwelling house and associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/744
22 Oct 2015Conditional
Retention of dwelling and detached garage
Retention · Cork County Council, 15/599
31 Jan 2011Conditional
Demolish a lean to shed/garage to dwelling and for permission to construct an extension to said dwelling incorporating an ancillary one bedroomed dwelling unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/46
23 Jul 2010Conditional
Demolition of existing dwelling house and construction of a new dwelling house including conversion of adjoining outhouse to domestic accommodation and associated site works including domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/525
4 Jul 2008Conditional
To construct a new vehicular entrance, with 1M high splayed walls
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1253
24 Mar 2003Conditional
1 no. prefabricated classroom
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/1285
9 Nov 2001Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/6173
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 Derryclogh Lower.
Recorded monuments
- CO120-052 Ringfort - rath
Description
In rolling pasture. Circular area, heavily overgrown, enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.7m), stone-faced externally. Fosse to W (D 0.4m). 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
- CO120-053001 Burial ground
Description
Marked 'Children's Burial Gd.' on OS 6-inch map (1842). Roadside. Triangular area (max. L 54m; max. Wth 10m), bounded to N and S by roads and to W by field fence. No grave markers noted; heavily overgrown. 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
- CO120-053002 Bridge
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- CO133-013 Ringfort - rath
Description
Circular area (diam. 24m N-S; 24m E-W) enclosed by two concentric banks, 7m apart. Inner bank E->W (max. H 1.5m) replaced by scarp to N. Outer bank stone faced (H 1m); this may be a later feature. Heavily overgrown. 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
- CO133-014 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on side of knoll. Circular heavily overgrown area (diam. c. 30m) defined by earthen bank (int. H 2m); external fosse (D 1.1m) survives S->N. 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
- CO133-016 Boulder-burial
Description
On level pasture on slight S-facing slope, c. 500m N of Saivnose river. Flat-topped boulder (1.9m x 1.75m; T 1m) resting above three support stones. Three other stones beneath its N edge. (Roberts 1988, Ch. 6, no. 3) 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
- CO133-017 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, atop hillock. Circular, slightly raised area (31.5m N-S; 32.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.4m), with external fosse (D 0.2m) S->WSW. Break in bank (Wth 4m) 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
- CO133-018 Burial ground
Description
In pasture on W bank of Saivnose river. Triangular mound (H 0.4m; L 6m; Wth 4m); some possible grave markers noted. Known locally as "burial ground". 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
- CO133-086 Souterrain
Description
According to local information, underground tunnel discovered during construction of farm buildings in 1930s. No visible surface trace. 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
- House, 1930–1935 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built 1932. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and uPVC rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls. Square-headed openings with one-over-one timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Square-headed door opening with recent timber panelled glazed door and overlight. Outbuildings to side (north-east) and rendered boundary walls and piers to roadside (south-west).
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 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 Derryclogh Lower.
- 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 Derryclogh Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Derryclogh Lower · Doire Clochach Íochtarach
- Area
- 1,617,637 m² (161.76 ha, 399.73 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drinagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Carrigbaun, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Carrigbaun electoral division: 346 people in 147 households; 87% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrigbaun, Carrigbaun, Derryclogh Upper, Driminidy North, Driminidy South, Minanes
- Placenames
- Derryclogh Lower 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.