Fahalea
Fahalea is a townland in the civil parish of Carrigaline, barony of Kerrycurrihy, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Fhaiche Liath.
- Area
- 118 ha
- 292 acres
- Land parcels
- 18
- registered freehold, median 4,196 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fahalea, from 420 m² to 260,166 m² (26.02 ha, 64.29 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 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 Fahalea 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
20 Feb 2026Grant with conditions
Permission to construct a single storey dwelling house, a detached ancillary garage, a waste water treatment system and associated siteworks including a new splayed site entrance.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0420
22 Jan 2026Invalid - case closed
Permission to construct a single storey dwelling house, a detached ancillary garage, a waste water treatment system and associated siteworks including a new splayed site entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0106
23 Sept 2024Conditional
Permission to construct a ‘Granny Flat’ attached to side of dwellinghouse, alterations to elevations of existing dwellinghouse, a 2 storey extension to rear, extend and enlarge the existing entrance gates, a new waste water treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5800
29 Aug 2024Incompleted application
Permission for construction of a separate 'granny flat' attached to side of house, a 2 storey extension to the rear, extend and enlarge the existing entrance gates and a new waste water treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5640
7 Jul 2020Conditional
Retention of the following: (a) Change of use from permitted single storey domestic garage permitted under Planning Ref. 17/05689 to two storey dormer granny flat connected to main dwelling. (b) Permission for retention for construction of a single storey link extension, (c) permission for retention for alterations to front site boundary walls, entrance walls and gates (d) retention for single storey domestic garage (e) retention of driveway and all associated site works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 20/5410
16 Jun 2020Incompleted application
Permission for retention for the following : (a) change of use from permitted single storey domestic garage permitted under Planning Ref 17/05689 to two storey dormer granny flat connected to main dwelling, (b) permission for retention for construction of a single storey link extension, (c) permission for retention for alteration to front site boundary walls, entrance walls and gates, (d) retention for single storey domestic garage and all associated site works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 20/5220
5 Mar 2020Conditional
The construction of a dwelling house and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4457
24 Jan 2020Incompleted application
The construction of a dwelling house and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4099
7 Nov 2019Incompleted application
The construction of a dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6658
4 Jul 2017Conditional
(A) The refurbishment of an existing single storey cottage including alterations to existing elevations, (B) Permission for a single storey link extension to a proposed two storey dormer extension to the rear. (C) A proposed single storey detached garage, (D) A proposed bioprocess sewage treatment plant and raised polishing filter percolation area, (E) relocation of existing site entrance, (F) all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5689
16 Jun 2017Incompleted application
Permission for the following: (A) The refurbishment of an existing single storey cottage, (B) Permission for a single storey link extension to a proposed two storey dormer extension to the rear, (C) A proposed single storey detached garage, (D) A proposed bioprocess sewage treatment plant and raised polishing filter percolation area, (E) Relocation of existing site entrance, (F) All associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5517
29 Dec 2016Conditional
Dwellinghouse, detached garage, waste water treatment unit and temporary placing of caravan on site and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/7322
30 Jul 2009Conditional
Dormer dwelling & wastewater treatment system & alterations to existing site entrance & associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6554
30 Jul 2009Conditional
Construction of waste water treatment system & all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6548
23 Sept 2008Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse, sewage treatment plant and alterations to existing site entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9003
5 Jun 2008Incompleted application
Dormer dwellinghouse, installation of sewage treatment plant and alterations to existing site entrance
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 08/7116
14 May 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7768
29 Jun 2006Withdrawn
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8496
5 Jul 2004Conditional
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/5068
3 Jun 2004Conditional
Farm building for the storage of farm machinery and equipment
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4002
25 Feb 2004Refused
Raise level of land with soil for agricultural use
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1139
3 Jun 2003Withdrawn
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 03/2670
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 Fahalea.
Recorded monuments
- CO099-004001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage, on N-facing slope of E-W ridge. Circular area (c. 37.8m N-S; 35.8m E-W) raised 1m above surrounding field. Interior defined by earthen bank (int. H 1.3m) NNE->NW; scarp elsewhere; external fosse (max. D 1.2m). Bank stone faced internally to SSE. Souterrain (CO099-00402-) associated with enclosure. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO099-004002 Souterrain
Description
In ringfort (CO099-00401-). O'Leary (1918, 124) records 'two souterrains connected with the lios, one of which has been opened'. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO099-075 Ringfort - rath
Description
On undulating pasture land. According to local information, ringfort levelled c. 1930. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO099-102 Standing stone - pair
Description
Pair of stones once stood in field known as "Pairc na Leacach" and were c. 3m H (pers. comm. S. O'Mahony). Perhaps these are the same stones referred to by O'Leary (1918, 123), mistakenly, as being in the adjoining townland of Commeen. Both references to stones locate them, on a hilltop with 'a magnificent view'. O'Leary gives stones measurements as 10ft x 3ft x 3ft and 9ft x 6ft x 3ft. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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 Fahalea.
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 Fahalea, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Fahalea.
- 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 Fahalea with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Fahalea · An Fhaiche Liath
- Area
- 1,180,058 m² (118.01 ha, 291.6 acres)
- Civil parish
- Carrigaline, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kerrycurrihy
- Electoral division
- Carrigaline, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 3,212 people lived in 1,115 households in the Carrigaline electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Boycestown, Brownstown, Commeen, Fountainstown, Kilnaglery, Moanroe, Willowhill
- Placenames
- Fahalea 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.