# Fahalea, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Carrigaline, barony of Kerrycurrihy, Co. Cork; in Irish An Fhaiche Liath. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,180,058 m² (118.01 ha, 291.6 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,196 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 22 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Carrigaline, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/carrigaline.md - Barony: Kerrycurrihy - Electoral division: Carrigaline, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/10936 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 42540 - Centre: latitude 51.788888, longitude -8.365203 (WGS 84) ## 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); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2335157: 260,166 m² (26.02 ha, 64.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335157.md - Parcel 5123761: 233,814 m² (23.38 ha, 57.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5123761.md - Parcel 2335156: 217,545 m² (21.75 ha, 53.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335156.md - Parcel 2148079: 19,088 m² (1.91 ha, 4.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2148079.md - Parcel 2148077: 5,665 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2148077.md - Parcel 2335161: 5,180 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335161.md - Parcel 2148073: 4,318 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2148073.md - Parcel 2148076: 4,309 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2148076.md - Parcel 4442431: 4,225 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4442431.md - Parcel 2148074: 4,168 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2148074.md - Parcel 2148080: 3,951 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2148080.md - Parcel 2335160: 2,504 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335160.md - Parcel 4215733: 2,258 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4215733.md - Parcel 2148072: 2,157 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2148072.md - Parcel 2335159: 1,962 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335159.md - Parcel 2335158: 1,842 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335158.md - Parcel 2148078: 1,491 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2148078.md - Parcel 2148075: 420 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2148075.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 22 applications, newest first. - 20 Feb 2026, Cork County Council 26/0420: Grant with conditions. Permission. 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.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/0420 - 22 Jan 2026, Cork County Council 26/0106: Invalid - case closed. Permission. 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. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/0106 - 23 Sept 2024, Cork County Council 24/5800: Conditional. Permission. 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.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=24/5800 - 29 Aug 2024, Cork County Council 24/5640: Incompleted application. Permission. 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.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=24/5640 - 7 Jul 2020, Cork County Council 20/5410: Conditional. Retention. 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.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=20/5410 - 16 Jun 2020, Cork County Council 20/5220: Incompleted application. Retention. 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.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=20/5220 - 5 Mar 2020, Cork County Council 20/4457: Conditional. Permission. The construction of a dwelling house and all associated site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=20/4457 - 24 Jan 2020, Cork County Council 20/4099: Incompleted application. Permission. The construction of a dwelling house and all associated site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=20/4099 - 7 Nov 2019, Cork County Council 19/6658: Incompleted application. Permission. The construction of a dwellinghouse and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=19/6658 - 4 Jul 2017, Cork County Council 17/5689: Conditional. Permission. (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.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=17/5689 - 16 Jun 2017, Cork County Council 17/5517: Incompleted application. Permission. 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.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=17/5517 - 29 Dec 2016, Cork County Council 16/7322: Conditional. Permission. Dwellinghouse, detached garage, waste water treatment unit and temporary placing of caravan on site and associated site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=16/7322 - 30 Jul 2009, Cork County Council 09/6554: Conditional. Permission. Dormer dwelling & wastewater treatment system & alterations to existing site entrance & associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=09/6554 - 30 Jul 2009, Cork County Council 09/6548: Conditional. Permission. Construction of waste water treatment system & all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=09/6548 - 23 Sept 2008, Cork County Council 08/9003: Withdrawn. Permission. Dwellinghouse, sewage treatment plant and alterations to existing site entrance. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=08/9003 - 5 Jun 2008, Cork County Council 08/7116: Incompleted application. Permission consequent. Dormer dwellinghouse, installation of sewage treatment plant and alterations to existing site entrance. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=08/7116 - 14 May 2007, Cork County Council 07/7768: Conditional. Permission. Dwellinghouse and detached garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/7768 - 29 Jun 2006, Cork County Council 06/8496: Withdrawn. Permission. Dwelling and garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/8496 - 5 Jul 2004, Cork County Council 04/5068: Conditional. Outline permission. Dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/5068 - 3 Jun 2004, Cork County Council 04/4002: Conditional. Permission. Farm building for the storage of farm machinery and equipment. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/4002 - 25 Feb 2004, Cork County Council 04/1139: Refused. Permission. Raise level of land with soil for agricultural use. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/1139 - 3 Jun 2003, Cork County Council 03/2670: Withdrawn. Outline permission. Dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/2670 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Fahalea. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CO099-004001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO099-004001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO099-004002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO099-075----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO099-102----. 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Fahalea. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - 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: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - 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 flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cork/fahalea.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/fahalea.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/fahalea.kml ## Homes sold (Residential 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: https://everytownland.com/cork.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Boycestown: https://everytownland.com/cork/boycestown.md - Brownstown: https://everytownland.com/cork/brownstown-41110.md - Commeen: https://everytownland.com/cork/commeen.md - Fountainstown: https://everytownland.com/cork/fountainstown.md - Kilnaglery: https://everytownland.com/cork/kilnaglery.md - Moanroe: https://everytownland.com/cork/moanroe-44423.md - Willowhill: https://everytownland.com/cork/willowhill.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/cork/fahalea - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/fahalea