Dooneen
Townland in the civil parish of Castlehaven, barony of Carbery West (East Division), Co. Cork; in Irish An Dúinín
- Area
- 109.4 ha
- 270 acres
- Land parcels
- 42
- registered freehold, median 4,719 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 28
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dooneen, from 66 m² to 193,878 m² (19.39 ha, 47.91 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
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 Jul 2025Conditional permission
Permission for Retention of ancillary office/study and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/430
13 Sept 2019Conditional
Permission for the following: (i) retention of ground excavation works around existing house, (ii) permission for demolition of existing dwelling house and (iii) permission for construction of replacement dwelling, installation of wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/590
19 Feb 2019Conditional
Construction of a new detached dwelling house, waste water treatment plant, demolitions and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/111
5 Mar 2018Conditional
To construct a cattle house with two no. slatted slurry tanks, calf house and carry out associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/112
12 Mar 2014Conditional
Install a new wastewater treatment unit with associated soil polishing filter together with the de-commissioning of an existing septic tank located on adjoining lands
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/184
24 Feb 2014Conditional
Permission for retention of alterations and extension to dwelling house originally permitted under planning reg. ref. 05/3988, and for permission for alterations to existing dwelling granted under same. Permission for installation of new wastewater treatment system to replace existing system and proposed office/study ancillary to main dwelling and all associated site development work
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/132
8 Dec 2011Conditional
Retention of dwelling house and agricultural storage outbuilding under construction; Permission also sought for the completion of the agricultural outhouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/745
28 Nov 2011Incompleted application
Retention of dwelling house and agricultural storage outbuilding under construction; Permission also sought for the completion of the agricultural outhouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/714
30 Sept 2011Incompleted application
Retention of existing dwelling and outhouse
Retention · Cork County Council, 11/608
6 Jul 2010Conditional
Demolition of existing outbuilding and erection of single storey extension to side of dwelling house and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/478
18 Jun 2010Incompleted application
Demolition of existing outbuilding and erection of single storey extension to side of dwelling house and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/426
5 Mar 2007Conditional
(a) Retention of site boundaries and entrance, (b) Permission to revise same site boundaries, (c) Relocation of existing septic tank and percolation area under planning reg: 99/2328
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/600
22 Dec 2006Incompleted application
(a) Revised site boundaries, (b) relocation of existing septic tank and percolation area granted under planning reg 99/2328
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2893
27 Jun 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4523
8 Jun 2005Conditional
Renovations and extensions to dwellinghouse, biocycle unit and new entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3988
25 Feb 2005Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1091
12 Aug 2004Withdrawn
Renovations and extensions to dwellinghouse, new biocycle unit and new entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6184
2 Jul 2004Incompleted application
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4999
30 Jun 2004Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4847
16 Jun 2003Refused
Demolish existing dwelling and construct new dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2944
7 Feb 2003Withdrawn
Demolition of ruined dwelling and construction of dwelling and waste water treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/454
20 Dec 2002Conditional
Dwellinghouse & bio-cycle unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/5812
5 Oct 2001Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/5495
13 Mar 2001Conditional
Construction of shed for the housing & feeding of cattle to incorporate existing milking parlour, & new underground tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/1261
5 May 2000Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/2651
The 25 most recent of 28 applications.
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 Dooneen.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Dooneen.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dooneen.
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 high, 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 Dooneen.
- 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 Dooneen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Dooneen · An Dúinín
- Area
- 1,093,920 m² (109.39 ha, 270.31 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castlehaven, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Castlehaven South, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castlehaven South electoral division: 550 people in 193 households; 82% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 28% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bawnishall, Bluid East, Bluid West, Farranconnor, Gortbrack, Lickowen, Scobaun
- Placenames
- Dooneen 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.