Derryorgan
Derryorgan is a townland in the civil parish of Ballyclogh, barony of Orrery and Kilmore, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Doire Uí Dheargáin.
- Area
- 116 ha
- 287 acres
- Land parcels
- 16
- registered freehold, median 20,854 m² (2.09 ha, 5.15 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derryorgan, from 1,961 m² to 305,880 m² (30.59 ha, 75.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 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 Derryorgan 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 May 2023Refused
1) The construction of a dwelling house, 2) the construction of a private on-site waste water treatment system and 3) all associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 23/4900
17 Aug 2022Conditional
Retain the sunroom built onto the west gable of dwelling, and permission for revised site boundaries for dwelling previously granted under planning ref. 01/6629
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5897
7 Jun 2022Conditional
Permission to construct a Cattle Shed with Slatted Tank and ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5310
10 Jul 2018Conditional
Construction of an agricultural shed for animal housing and associated underground slatted tank, an agricultural storage/machinery shed, a dung stead, a baled silage storage area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5808
18 Nov 2009Conditional
Construction of one-and-a-half storey extension to front, conversion of attic area of dwelling to habitable use including raising the walls and roof ridgeline and installation of window to east elevation of existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7684
29 Oct 2009Incompleted application
One-and-a-half storey extension to front of existing dwelling, conversion of attic area of existing dwelling to habitable use including raising of walls & roof ridgeline
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7485
22 Jan 2009Conditional
Two-storey extension to existing dwelling, construction of domestic garage attached to dwelling, and installation of new domestic wastewater treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4146
5 Dec 2007Conditional
Removal of existing septic tank and installation of waste water treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12850
3 Aug 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse, detached garage and stables
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10067
13 Oct 2004Conditional
Alterations, ground floor and first floor extension and conservatory extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7704
2 May 2003Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 03/2090
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 Derryorgan.
Recorded monuments
- CO024-092 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, on SE side of stream. Barely perceptible mound of burnt material (15m ENE-WSW; 10m NNW-SSE). Burnt material visible in section in drain which cuts through NW side of mound. 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
- CO024-093 Standing stone
Description
Not marked on 1842 and 1905 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on gentle W-facing slope. Stone (H 1.7m; 0.8m x 0.8m) is irregular in plan and leaning slightly to SSW, long axis NE-SW. 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
- CO024-094 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage, on gentle W-facing slope. Depicted as hachured multivallate oval enclosure (c. 40m N-S; c. 30m E-W) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, with lime kiln at centre; as hachured arc formed by central raised area enclosed by fosse WSW->ESE on 1937 OS 6-inch map, with S portion removed by quarry. According to local information, interior enclosed by two banks and levelled c. 1967. Circular slightly raised platform survives, defined by shallow fosse with external low rise SSW->SE; quarry extends into S half of interior. Circular bivallate enclosure visible as cropmark of two fosses in aerial photograph (CASAP), quarried into 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
- CO024-095 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Low, kidney-shaped mound of burnt material (30m NE-SW; 18m NW-SE); opening faces NW. 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
- CO024-096 Enclosure
Description
In tillage, on SE-facing slope. Depicted as lozenge-shaped hachured enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured arc showing semicircular fosse (diam. c. 50m) WSW->ESE on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; roughly circular area (27m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by scarp (max. H 0.5m); shallow external fosse. Interior slopes down to SSE. Subcircular/oval enclosure visible in aerial photograph (CASAP), as cropmark of fosse with entrance to N. Based on cartographic evidence only, site was included in Barry's (1981, 83, no. 28) list of moated sites for County Cork. Linear cropmark extending NE from E side of enclosure and turning at right angle into next field to N may be levelled field boundary. Other linear cropmarks noted immediately to S and E. Enclosure (13749) in E half of same field. 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
- CO024-166 Enclosure
Description
Irregular complex of cropmarks covering E half of field, visible in aerial photographs (CASAP, July 1989; GSIAP, R528-9, July 1975). Cropmark of fosse of irregular enclosure (c. 100m N-S; c. 50m E-W) abutting W side of field fence; at least one linear cropmark crosses interior on NW-SE axis; E side of enclosure possibly truncated by field fence. Cropmark of two closely spaced linear fosses extends a short distance W from W side of enclosure, turns roughly NW and then E to join NW corner of enclosure; at this point, the inner of the two fosses merges for a short distance with the fosse of the enclosure; the cropmarks then diverge from the enclosure and extend to NE, terminating at field fence. Circular enclosure (13537) in NW corner of same field. 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
- CO024-222001 Enclosure
Description
Incomplete cropmark of fosse of large enclosure visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989), abutting NW side of field fence (NE-SW). Visible portions of SW (L c. 110m) and NE (L c. 40m) sides are linear and linked by gently curving arc (C c. 260m) on NW side. Circular enclosure (13538) inside perimeter in NW quadrant shares fosse for short distance along NW side; cropmark of small circular enclosure (diam. c. 10m) also inside perimeter at W corner. 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
- CO024-222002 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of fosse of roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989); within perimeter of larger enclosure (13750) and sharing short section of its fosse along W side. 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
- CO024-224 Enclosure
Description
Faint cropmark of arc of fosse (N->S) abutting E side of field fence (N-S), visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1995). Circular enclosure (13537) c. 80m to NE. 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 Derryorgan.
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 Derryorgan, 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 low, low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Derryorgan.
- 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 Derryorgan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Derryorgan · Doire Uí Dheargáin
- Area
- 1,160,389 m² (116.04 ha, 286.74 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballyclogh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Orrery and Kilmore
- Electoral division
- Kilmaclenine, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 709 people lived in 266 households in the Kilmaclenine electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycushen, Croughta, Garryduff, Kilgilky South, Lisleagh, Scart, Tullacondra
- Placenames
- Derryorgan 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.