Farahy

98 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Farahy, from 27 m² to 482,253 m² (48.23 ha, 119.17 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Farahy 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.

• 27 Mar 2026Grant with conditions

  Permission to construct part single storey, part 2 storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling & relocate an existing wastewater treatment system and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0775

• 27 Feb 2026Invalid - case closed

  Permission to construct an extension to the rear of the existing dwelling & Relocate an existing wastewater treatment system and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0488

• 5 Sept 2023Conditional

  Decommission of existing septic tank and install a wastewater treatment system. retention for demolition of the following front porch/chimney/out building adjoining to rear of dwelling. Retention for alterations to the roof height/side & rear elevations and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5792

• 22 Feb 2023Conditional

  The construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, on-site waste water treatment system and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4298

• 17 Apr 2019Withdrawn

  Retention for change of the existing site boundaries and entrance as granted under planning ref: 06/5459 with all associated site and ancillary works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 19/4968

• 8 Aug 2017Conditional

  To construct an agricultural shed incorporating cubicles, calving pens and slatted tank.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6055

• 22 May 2017Conditional permission

  To construct an agricultural shed incorporating cubicles and calving pens and retention of milking parlour

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 17/5242

• 21 Dec 2015Conditional

  Construction of a single storey dwellinghouse, septic tank and percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6897

• 27 Nov 2015Incompleted application

  Construction of a single storey dwellinghouse, septic tank, percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6687

• 6 May 2015Conditional

  Construction of detached domestic store and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4938

• 31 Mar 2011Conditional

  Extension and refurbishment of existing cottage including the upgrading of existing septic tank to a treatment system, demolition of outhouses, construction of new entrance and all other ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4665

• 15 Mar 2011Incompleted application

  Construction of extension and refurbishment of existing cottage including the upgrading of existing septic tank to a treatment system, demolition of outhouses, construction of new entrance and all other ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4517

• 28 Jul 2009Conditional

  Alterations and extension to dwelling and retention of conversion of atttic to living accommodation incorporating 4 no. rooflights at front and 2 no. velux rooflights to rear

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6505

• 29 May 2009Conditional

  Construction of a hay/straw storage shed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5770

• 18 Jul 2008Withdrawn

  Dwellling & septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7960

• 8 Feb 2008Conditional

  Erection of overground circular steel slurry tank on concrete base and construction of reception pit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4646

• 31 Jan 2008Conditional

  Construction of slatted shed, dairy wash out tank and new farm entrance

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4471

• 30 Nov 2007Incompleted application

  Erection of overground circular steel slurry tank and reception pit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12771

• 26 Mar 2007Withdrawn

  Construction of animal stand-off pad, open lined slurry lagoon and extension to existing silage slab

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6418

• 5 Mar 2007Conditional

  Construction of loose cattle shed with slatted tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5658

• 17 Jan 2007Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4228

• 22 Nov 2006Conditional

  Dwelling and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12532

• 22 Nov 2006Conditional

  Construction of slatted tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12543

• 11 Sept 2006Refused

  Dwelling and garage

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/10509

• 4 Sept 2006Conditional

  Construction of lined slurry lagoon

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10293

The 25 most recent of 41 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Farahy.

Recorded monuments

• CO018-034 Country house
  Description

  Site of house built by Henry Bowen and completed in 1775 (Bowen 1942, 123), close to site of an earlier house. Architects name is unknown (ibid., 124) but design has been attributed to Isaac Rothery (Bence-Jones 1978, 46). Photograph (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, opp. 292) shows 3-storey house over basement. Entrance front of ashlar limestone (SE) is 7-bays wide, with central 3-bay breakfront framed by quoins; central pedimented door case; sash windows with moulded surrounds. SW elevation of 6 bays; according to Bence-Jones (ibid.), NE elevation never completed and infilled in late 19th century with lower service wings. Upper floor contained long room (intended as ballroom) extending full length of house. Hipped roof with central valley. Former home of Elizabeth Bowen the author (Bowen ibid.). House demolished c. 1961. Some farm buildings, entrance piers and two lodges survive; C of I church (14715), on edge of demesne, to SE. 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

• CO018-035 Souterrain
  Description

  According to local information, souterrain found here but now no visible surface trace. 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

• CO018-036 Moated site
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured rectangular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as trapezoidal enclosure (c. 60m ENE-WSW; c. 50m NNW-SSE) on 1905 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps, with small square enclosure (c. 15m by c. 15m) in SW corner. According to local information, 'lios' levelled c. late 1950s; apparently it had a fosse which held water. Partially levelled bank (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.6m) survives to S, (L 50m E-W); low rise evident on N side. Site bounded to E by field boundary and to S by grove of conifers. 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

• CO018-037 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. 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

• CO018-038 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, atop natural rise. Slightly raised circular area (26m E-W; 25.5m N-S) enclosed by low earthen bank (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.2m) in parts; intervening fosse (D 0.45m); outer bank (H 0.1m) and external fosse (D 0.7m), truncated SE->SSW by field boundary. Outside external fosse to W is depression containing field clearance stones; to NW is possible third bank (H 0.5m) containing many small stones, probably field clearance material. Inner bank and interior quarried for rock S->SSW; interior broken in parts by rock outcrop. Claidh Dubh (CO018-001---) c. 200m to 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

• CO018-039 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, atop rise, on gentle S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1842, 1905 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; no visible surface trace. 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

• CO018-040 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle NE-facing slope. Roughly circular area (53m E-W; 48m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.35m; ext. H 1.05m) with evidence for stone facing. Break (Wth 1.8m) in bank to ESE. Boulders embedded irregularly along inner face of bank E->S; three large boulders lie at base of outer face of bank to N. External fosse survives as slight depression. Interior grass-covered; two radial, low earthen banks (H 0.4m) run from centre, cutting off SE quadrant; semicircular kink outwards in W bank; gap (Wth 6m) in N bank. Possible souterrain (CO018-105---) in interior. 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

• CO018-041001 Graveyard
  Description

  Set back off road, sharing entrance with Bowen's Court (14893). Subrectangular graveyard (c. 50m E-W; c. 45m N-S) with C of I parish church of Farahy (14715) in centre. Headstones date from mid-18th century to present day, including that of writer Elizabeth Bowen. In corner of graveyard is famine grave mound (Power 1997); commemorated by inscribed stone erected by Kildorrery Historical Society in 1996. 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

• CO018-041002 Church
  Description

  In centre of graveyard (14578); at E corner of Bowen's Court (14893) demesne. Former C of I parish church of Farahy- no longer used for regular worship but furnished and roofed; vestry now used as museum re Elizabeth Bowen. Church comprises of rectangular nave (long axis ENE-WSW), with 3-storey embattled tower at W end, apse at E end, and gable-ended vestry at W end of S wall. Walls are rendered inside and outside. Nave lit by three round-headed windows in both N and S walls: sash windows with switch-line glazing in arch; central round-headed window in apse. Entered through round-arched doorway in W wall of tower; above door is stone plaque commemorating building of church in 1720 (Grove White, vol. 3, 115); nave and tower have early-18th century appearance, apse and vestry are later additions. Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 613) described church as 'undergoing repair'; he also noted 'a small wooden spire' on tower which no longer survives. Church refurbished in 1890s, including a new organ, new heating apparatus, panelling around door, etc. (Cole 1903, 205). Stone plaque lying on ground outside vestry reads 'This Charter School was erected for the Christian instruction of the poor children of the parish of Farahy by M. Fitzbridges of the City of London. AD 1721'; school not shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map but Grove White (ibid.) says it stood in glebe of church. Glebe house is SE of graveyard: 3-bays, 2-storey with hipped roof. 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

• CO018-042 Mass-rock
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture. Rectangular limestone block immediately NE of limestone outcrop (H c. 2m); block recently disturbed by machinery but subsequently replaced in original location, though upturned. Known locally as mass rock. See also: June 2000, unpublished archaeological assessment report by Eachtra Archaeological Projects. 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

• CO018-043 Mill - unclassified
  Description

  On SW bank of Farahy River. Roofless, overgrown 4-storey rectangular mill (int.: 9.6m E-W; 6.55m N-S), 3-bays wide; built against steep face of river glen on S side. Windows have wooden lintels under stone-arch. Low gable on E and W end walls, with diamond-shaped window near apex. Wheel-pit (Wth 1.52m) alongside W wall; rear of pit rock-cut, with spring at base; head race drops c. 3.5m into pit which housed a high breastshot waterwheel. Two-storey grain-drying kiln (4.95m E-W; 4.95m N-S) added to W end of S wall, its ground floor at 1st-floor level of mill. Central stone-lined depression (0.93m x 0.72m) indicates position of furnace. Ledge along walls between ground and 1st floors formerly supported drying floor; door ope in 2nd floor in N wall of mill, connects mill to drying floor. Millrace taken from river c. 400m to W, just S of Farahy. Known locally as 'Carroll's Mills'; according to local information, used as handball alley in mid 20th century. Indicated as 'Corn Mill' on 1842 OS 6-inch map; marked 'disused' on 1905 OS 6-inch map. 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

• CO018-105 Souterrain
  Description

  In ringfort (CO018-040---). Depression (3.2m E-W; 1.2m N-S), 3m inside bank in NE quadrant of ringfort, may be evidence of collapsed souterrain chambers. 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

• CO018-120 Moated site
  Description

  On demesne of and c. 950m SW of Bowen's Court House (14893). Indicated as roughly trapezium-shaped enclosure (c. 40m NW-SE; c. 40m NE-SW at SE side; c. 30m NE-SW at NW end) on 1905 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; no visible surface trace. 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

• CO018-123 House - vernacular house
  Description

  On NE side of road, mid/late 19th-century house. Front (SW) of 5 bays; central door. Hipped roof with thatch; central chimney. 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

• Bowen's Court, gates/railings/walls, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Entrance gateway, erected c. 1850, to now demolished Bowen's Court country house, now entrance to recent house. Gateway comprising square-profile cut limestone inner and outer piers joined by curved snecked cut limestone walls with copings. Decorative cast-iron railings with cut limestone plinths, flanked by decorative cast-iron piers in turn flanking pedestrian and double-leaf vehicular gates. Detached five-bay single-storey former gate lodge of c. 1870, opposite gates and having porch, now in ruins, with pitched roof (slate removed) with overhanging eaves, decorative bargeboards to gable ends, and rendered chimneystacks, rendered random rubble stone walls, segmental-headed stone dressed openings having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and stone sills. One of three gate lodges for Bowen's Court demesne.

• Saint Colman's Church, church/chapel, 1720–1725 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-cell church, dated 1721, having three-bay nave elevations, three-stage projecting crenellated bell tower to west, slightly recessed round-plan apse to east and single-storey school house to south. Pitched slate roof with limestone copings and eaves course, moulded corbels to gables and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble limestone walls with decorative oval niches to west gable, on either side of tower. Rendered walls to tower having string courses dividing each stage. Inscribed date to tower, over entrance doorway. Round-headed openings to nave walls, apse and to second stage of tower, with stone sills, and having twelve-over-twelve pane timber sliding sash windows to nave and to tower, with ogee-headed topmost panes to upper sash, painted glass window to apse. Round-headed openings to top stage of tower having timber louvers. Round-headed door opening in west wall of tower having timber panelled double-leaf door. Interior has concave smooth-stucco ceiling to nave and apse with moulded cornice, square-headed opening in west wall of nave into tower and south wall into adjoining school with timber battened door, timber panelled wainscotting around apse, timber pews and pulpit, gas lamp holders attached to walls, stone paved central aisle with cast-iron vents for heating system, and stove in south wall of tower. Recent memorial plaque to author Elizabeth Bowen who lived adjacent to church, at Bowen's Court country house, now demolished.

• Saint Colman's Church of Ireland Church, school, 1720–1725 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay single-storey former school, built 1721, now used as vestry to attached Saint Colman's Church. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack and cut limestone copings. Smooth rendered walls having limestone plaque with date and inscription. Square-headed window openings to front elevation only, having six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows with limestone sills. Round-headed central door opening with timber panelled double-leaf door. Open plan interior with square-headed door in north wall leading to nave of church.

• Bowen's Court, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1870–1875 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of gateways, erected c. 1870, giving access to St Colman's Church of Ireland church and to now demolished Bowen's Court country house. Comprising round-profile cast-iron piers having wrought-iron double-leaf gates and short sections of railings. Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, dated 1873, to east, having gabled breakfront entrance and recent flat-roofed rear additions, and now in use as private house. Lodge has hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystack, replacement uPVC rainwater goods, timber finial to recent decorative bargeboards, painted smooth rendered walls having exposed ashlar limestone to breakfront with date plaque inscribed 'RCB 1873', square-headed window and door openings, having limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows, and brick-dressed replacement uPVC door. One of the three entrances into Bowen's Court demesne.

• Farm house, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey lobby-entry vernacular farmhouse set back from road, built c. 1800, having flat-roof and lean-to additions to rear, c. 1965. Hipped reed thatched roof, overhanging door to form small porch cover supported by concrete columns, and having central rendered chimneystack. Square-headed openings with replacement uPVC windows except single one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window to rear, and replacement uPVC door. Remodelled stone-built farm buildings to rear.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 5 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.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Farahy.

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.

No address of the register names Farahy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Farahy · An Fhairche

Area

4,569,669 m² (456.97 ha, 1,129.19 acres)

Civil parish

Farahy, and its townlands

Barony

Fermoy

Electoral division

Farahy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Farahy electoral division: 498 people in 157 households; 91% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyguyroe South, Ballynoe, Ballyshonock, Carrigaunroe, Carrigleagh, Graig, Meadstown, Poulleagh, Shanballymore Upper, Waterdyke

Placenames

Farahy 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.