Derryfineen
Townland in the civil parish of Kilnamartery, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork; in Irish Doire Fhínín
- Area
- 193.9 ha
- 479 acres
- Land parcels
- 69
- registered freehold, median 2,775 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derryfineen, from 17 m² to 251,527 m² (25.15 ha, 62.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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 Derryfineen 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
31 Aug 2026Awaiting validation sro
The Construction of a single-storey extension to the side of a existing two-storey dwelling house and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2272
21 Jul 2026Invalid - case closed
The Construction of a single-storey extension to the side of a existing two-storey dwelling house and all ancillary site works at Derryfineen, Reananerree, Macroom, Co. Cork.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1940
15 Jun 2026Invalid - case closed
Permission for construction of a single-storey extension to the side of a existing two-storey dwelling house and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1592
29 May 2026Grant with conditions
Full Planning Permission for the construction of new dwellinghouse and domestic garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment system together with all other ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1441
26 Jun 2018Conditional
Construction of sheep shed with underground effluent and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5647
16 Dec 2016Conditional
Demolish existing conservatory and construct new sunroom on the front of dwelling together with all associated siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/7164
21 Oct 2015Conditional
Alteration and single storey side extension to existing dwellinghouse together with all other ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6348
24 Sept 2010Conditional
Two storey dwellinghouse, domestic garage and new entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8046
22 Oct 2007Conditional
Two storey dwellinghouse, garage and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11837
27 Sept 2007Incompleted application
Two storey dwellinghouse, garage and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11274
18 Aug 2006Conditional
Construction of covered slatted unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9862
9 Mar 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1542
22 Dec 2003Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6771
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 Derryfineen.
Recorded monuments
- CO069-042 Standing stone
Description
In pasture, at foot of N-facing slope to S of standing stone (CO069-043----). Stone (H 3.1m; 1.47m x 0.2m) is rectangular in plan, leaning to S; long axis ENE-WSW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO069-043 Standing stone
Description
In pasture, at foot of N-facing slope to N of standing stone (CO069-042----). Stone (H 3.35m; 1.15m x 0.27m) is rectangular in plan, long axis ENE-WSW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1880, with recent extensions to side (west) and rear (south). Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls. Square-headed openings with decorative render voussoirs to first floor and one-over-one timber sliding sash windows with concrete sills. Square-headed opening with timber glazed door. Recent outbuildings to side (east).
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 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 Derryfineen.
- 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 Derryfineen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Derryfineen · Doire Fhínín
- Area
- 1,939,233 m² (193.92 ha, 479.19 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilnamartery, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Electoral division
- Derryfineen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Derryfineen electoral division: 242 people in 85 households; 94% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Gortanimill, Gortnabinna, Gortyrahilly, Lack Beg, Lack More, Rath East, Rath West, Reananerree
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Derryfineen 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.