Drinagh West
Townland in the civil parish of Drinagh, barony of Carbery East (West Division), Co. Cork; in Irish Draighneach Thiar
- Area
- 110 ha
- 272 acres
- Land parcels
- 53
- registered freehold, median 7,039 m² (0.7 ha, 1.74 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 19
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drinagh West, from 107 m² to 182,589 m² (18.26 ha, 45.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 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 Drinagh West 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
18 Jan 2023Conditional
Construct a cattle house with slatted slurry tank and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/12
1 Apr 2022Conditional
Construct dwelling, install sewage treatment system and for all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/223
18 Apr 2019Conditional
Construction of a dwelling and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/254
8 Mar 2019Incompleted application
The construction of a dwelling and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/154
16 Mar 2016Conditional
Permission for retention of conversion of outbuilding to ancillary living accommodation and permission for retention of extension to dwelling
Retention · Cork County Council, 16/148
22 Jun 2006Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1192
14 Mar 2006Refused
To construct a dwelling and domestic garage with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/417
14 Feb 2006Incompleted application
Dwelling & domestic garage with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/224
2 Dec 2005Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8918
27 Oct 2005Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7932
15 Sept 2005Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6694
16 Feb 2004Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/867
29 Aug 2003Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/4327
17 Oct 2002Conditional
Retention of extension and conservatory to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/4593
12 Jul 2001New application
Alterations and extensions to dwelling and outbuildings
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/4062
20 Aug 1999Conditional
Demolition of ruined dwelling & construction of dwelling
Approval · Cork County Council, 99/4562
23 Jul 1999New application
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 99/4029
15 Apr 1999Conditional
Retention of extension to dwellinghouse & septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 99/1897
27 Feb 1998Conditional
Construction and operation of a windfarm consisting of 8 no. 600 kW wind turbines and associated buildings
Permission · Cork County Council, 98/680
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 Drinagh West.
Recorded monuments
- CO120-038001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Roughly circular area (27m NE-SW; 23m SE-NW) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.3m) W->SE; scarp SE->W. Break in bank to SE (Wth 2.60m). Large boulders and field clearance stones dumped against outer bank face, especially to S; large boulder with cup mark (CO120-038002-) to SE. Interior slopes gently to the S. Surrounding field fences removed. 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
- CO120-038002 Cupmarked stone
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope, overlooking Curraghalicky Lake to SE. Large boulder dumped on SE bank ringfort (CO120-038001-); four shallow cupmarks on upper surface. 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
- CO120-039001 Graveyard
Description
Rectangular area enclosed by stone wall. Numerous gravemarkers throughout; headstones, some of slate, in S half dating from early 19th century to present day. Remains of C of I church (CO120-039002-) in N half; site of church (CO120-039003-) in S half. 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
- CO120-039002 Church
Description
In N portion of graveyard (CO120-039001-); built 1819 (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 83) to N of earlier church (CO120-039003-). Short section of W wall of nave survives attached to an embattled tower (4.1m N-S; 4.1m E-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
- CO120-039003 Church
Description
Indicated on OS 6-inch map (1842) in graveyard (CO120-039001-) as 'site of church' to S of C of I church (CO120-039002-). In repair 1615 (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 81); no surface remains. 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drinagh 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; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drinagh West.
- 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 Drinagh West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Drinagh West · Draighneach Thiar
- Area
- 1,100,401 m² (110.04 ha, 271.92 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drinagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Drinagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Drinagh electoral division: 268 people in 92 households; 90% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cashloura, Currabwee, Curraghalicky, The Pike
- Placenames
- Drinagh West 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.