# Farahy, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Farahy, barony of Fermoy, Co. Cork; in Irish An Fhairche. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 4,569,669 m² (456.97 ha, 1,129.19 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 98 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,913 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 41 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Farahy, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/farahy.md - Barony: Fermoy - Electoral division: Farahy, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 498 people lived in 157 households in the Farahy electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/12794 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 42547 - Centre: latitude 52.236957, longitude -8.456437 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 98 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Farahy, from 27 m² to 482,253 m² (48.23 ha, 119.17 acres); 38 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2175101: 482,253 m² (48.23 ha, 119.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2175101.md - Parcel 2174988: 309,648 m² (30.96 ha, 76.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2174988.md - Parcel 2174996: 267,569 m² (26.76 ha, 66.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2174996.md - Parcel 2175000: 252,375 m² (25.24 ha, 62.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2175000.md - Parcel 2174913: 199,843 m² (19.98 ha, 49.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2174913.md - Parcel 2310707: 181,302 m² (18.13 ha, 44.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310707.md - Parcel 2310610: 165,191 m² (16.52 ha, 40.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310610.md - Parcel 2310695: 158,486 m² (15.85 ha, 39.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310695.md - Parcel 2174985: 155,709 m² (15.57 ha, 38.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2174985.md - Parcel 2310709: 129,739 m² (12.97 ha, 32.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310709.md - Parcel 2310613: 128,571 m² (12.86 ha, 31.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310613.md - Parcel 2175104: 104,284 m² (10.43 ha, 25.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2175104.md - Parcel 2310712: 89,875 m² (8.99 ha, 22.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310712.md - Parcel 2174999: 85,757 m² (8.58 ha, 21.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2174999.md - Parcel 2310603: 80,014 m² (8 ha, 19.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310603.md - Parcel 2310708: 77,140 m² (7.71 ha, 19.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310708.md - Parcel 2310618: 73,932 m² (7.39 ha, 18.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310618.md - Parcel 2310710: 70,297 m² (7.03 ha, 17.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310710.md - Parcel 2175100: 68,265 m² (6.83 ha, 16.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2175100.md - Parcel 3645739: 66,239 m² (6.62 ha, 16.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3645739.md - Parcel 2174991: 56,988 m² (5.7 ha, 14.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2174991.md - Parcel 2310702: 56,982 m² (5.7 ha, 14.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310702.md - Parcel 2174989: 47,860 m² (4.79 ha, 11.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2174989.md - Parcel 2310616: 42,793 m² (4.28 ha, 10.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310616.md - Parcel 2310706: 42,538 m² (4.25 ha, 10.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310706.md - Parcel 2310614: 41,967 m² (4.2 ha, 10.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310614.md - Parcel 2310607: 38,845 m² (3.88 ha, 9.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310607.md - Parcel 2175103: 38,723 m² (3.87 ha, 9.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2175103.md - Parcel 2174993: 38,673 m² (3.87 ha, 9.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2174993.md - Parcel 2310698: 31,043 m² (3.1 ha, 7.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310698.md - Parcel 2174986: 29,851 m² (2.99 ha, 7.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2174986.md - Parcel 2310703: 29,068 m² (2.91 ha, 7.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310703.md - Parcel 2310693: 25,749 m² (2.57 ha, 6.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310693.md - Parcel 2310611: 18,675 m² (1.87 ha, 4.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310611.md - Parcel 2175005: 17,343 m² (1.73 ha, 4.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2175005.md - Parcel 2174992: 6,454 m² (0.65 ha, 1.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2174992.md - Parcel 3381162: 4,697 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3381162.md - Parcel 2310612: 4,553 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310612.md - Parcel 2310704: 4,283 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310704.md - Parcel 2174990: 4,267 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2174990.md - Parcel 2310602: 4,171 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310602.md - Parcel 2175008: 4,046 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2175008.md - Parcel 2174987: 3,997 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2174987.md - Parcel 2310606: 3,911 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310606.md - Parcel 2175001: 3,657 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2175001.md - Parcel 2310690: 3,623 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310690.md - Parcel 2310696: 3,466 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310696.md - Parcel 3703962: 3,340 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3703962.md - Parcel 6066335: 2,953 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6066335.md - Parcel 2174994: 2,874 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2174994.md - Parcel 2310617: 2,743 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310617.md - Parcel 2493502: 2,649 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2493502.md - Parcel 2174984: 2,611 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2174984.md - Parcel 2175002: 2,557 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2175002.md - Parcel 2555110: 2,500 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2555110.md - Parcel 2175102: 2,476 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2175102.md - Parcel 2175009: 2,362 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2175009.md - Parcel 2174983: 2,299 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2174983.md - Parcel 2174981: 2,178 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2174981.md - Parcel 2175006: 2,168 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2175006.md - Parcel 2310705: 2,161 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310705.md - Parcel 2175010: 2,017 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2175010.md - Parcel 2310711: 1,916 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310711.md - Parcel 2175007: 1,883 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2175007.md - Parcel 2174998: 1,699 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2174998.md - Parcel 2310699: 1,618 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310699.md - Parcel 2175003: 1,545 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2175003.md - Parcel 2310615: 1,428 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310615.md - Parcel 3469804: 1,428 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3469804.md - Parcel 3399714: 1,383 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3399714.md - Parcel 2310694: 1,221 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310694.md - Parcel 2310604: 1,215 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310604.md - Parcel 5949920: 1,153 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5949920.md - Parcel 5949929: 1,106 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5949929.md - Parcel 2310605: 1,095 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310605.md - Parcel 2174914: 1,024 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2174914.md - Parcel 3381153: 916 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3381153.md - Parcel 2175004: 912 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2175004.md - Parcel 2310692: 750 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310692.md - Parcel 2133938: 732 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2133938.md - Parcel 2174982: 664 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2174982.md - Parcel 2174997: 641 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2174997.md - Parcel 2310701: 618 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310701.md - Parcel 5790748: 523 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5790748.md - Parcel 2310697: 457 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310697.md - Parcel 5949917: 449 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5949917.md - Parcel 5949927: 439 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5949927.md - Parcel 2174995: 307 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2174995.md - Parcel 3942475: 251 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3942475.md - Parcel 5420522: 171 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5420522.md - Parcel 3399774: 140 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3399774.md - Parcel 5949923: 139 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5949923.md - Parcel 5949905: 106 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5949905.md - Parcel 2310608: 100 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310608.md - Parcel 5420544: 75 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5420544.md - Parcel 2310700: 62 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310700.md - Parcel 2310691: 50 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2310691.md - Parcel 5420521: 27 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5420521.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 41 applications, newest first. - 27 Mar 2026, Cork County Council 26/0775: Grant with conditions. Permission. 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.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/0775 - 27 Feb 2026, Cork County Council 26/0488: Invalid - case closed. Permission. Permission to construct an extension to the rear of the existing dwelling & Relocate an existing wastewater treatment system and all associated site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/0488 - 5 Sept 2023, Cork County Council 23/5792: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=23/5792 - 22 Feb 2023, Cork County Council 23/4298: Conditional. Permission. The construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, on-site waste water treatment system and all associated site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=23/4298 - 17 Apr 2019, Cork County Council 19/4968: Withdrawn. Retention. Retention for change of the existing site boundaries and entrance as granted under planning ref: 06/5459 with all associated site and ancillary works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=19/4968 - 8 Aug 2017, Cork County Council 17/6055: Conditional. Permission. To construct an agricultural shed incorporating cubicles, calving pens and slatted tank.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=17/6055 - 22 May 2017, Cork County Council 17/5242: Conditional permission. Permission for retention. To construct an agricultural shed incorporating cubicles and calving pens and retention of milking parlour. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=17/5242 - 21 Dec 2015, Cork County Council 15/6897: Conditional. Permission. Construction of a single storey dwellinghouse, septic tank and percolation area. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=15/6897 - 27 Nov 2015, Cork County Council 15/6687: Incompleted application. Permission. Construction of a single storey dwellinghouse, septic tank, percolation area. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=15/6687 - 6 May 2015, Cork County Council 15/4938: Conditional. Permission. Construction of detached domestic store and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=15/4938 - 31 Mar 2011, Cork County Council 11/4665: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=11/4665 - 15 Mar 2011, Cork County Council 11/4517: Incompleted application. Permission. 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. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=11/4517 - 28 Jul 2009, Cork County Council 09/6505: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=09/6505 - 29 May 2009, Cork County Council 09/5770: Conditional. Permission. Construction of a hay/straw storage shed. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=09/5770 - 18 Jul 2008, Cork County Council 08/7960: Withdrawn. Permission. Dwellling & septic tank. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=08/7960 - 8 Feb 2008, Cork County Council 08/4646: Conditional. Permission. Erection of overground circular steel slurry tank on concrete base and construction of reception pit. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=08/4646 - 31 Jan 2008, Cork County Council 08/4471: Conditional. Permission. Construction of slatted shed, dairy wash out tank and new farm entrance. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=08/4471 - 30 Nov 2007, Cork County Council 07/12771: Incompleted application. Permission. Erection of overground circular steel slurry tank and reception pit. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/12771 - 26 Mar 2007, Cork County Council 07/6418: Withdrawn. Permission. Construction of animal stand-off pad, open lined slurry lagoon and extension to existing silage slab. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/6418 - 5 Mar 2007, Cork County Council 07/5658: Conditional. Permission. Construction of loose cattle shed with slatted tank. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/5658 - 17 Jan 2007, Cork County Council 07/4228: Conditional. Permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/4228 - 22 Nov 2006, Cork County Council 06/12532: Conditional. Permission. Dwelling and garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/12532 - 22 Nov 2006, Cork County Council 06/12543: Conditional. Permission. Construction of slatted tank. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/12543 - 11 Sept 2006, Cork County Council 06/10509: Refused. Outline permission. Dwelling and garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/10509 - 4 Sept 2006, Cork County Council 06/10293: Conditional. Permission. Construction of lined slurry lagoon. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/10293 - 17 May 2006, Cork County Council 06/7257: Conditional. Permission. Installation of septic tank to serve existing dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/7257 - 3 May 2006, Cork County Council 06/6863: Conditional. Permission. Bungalow and garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/6863 - 13 Mar 2006, Cork County Council 06/5459: Conditional. Permission. Dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/5459 - 2 Feb 2006, Cork County Council 06/4506: Conditional. Outline permission. Dwellinghouse and garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/4506 - 21 Dec 2005, Cork County Council 05/9588: Conditional. Permission. Construction of biodiesel production facility comprising of administration building, production building, utility building with mazzanine floor including an electricity substation, backup generator building, 40 no. bunded steel tanks, 1 no. process sump, 1 no. water supply well, 1 no. water reservoir, 1 no. water detention tank, storm sewer system including a swale, package waste water treatment plant, sand polishing filter percolation area, weighbridge, staff car park, contractors compound, access road, new entrance onto public road including demolition and reconstruction of existing road boundary wall, site fencing, landscaping, site lighting and ancillary site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/9588 - 26 May 2005, Cork County Council 05/3609: Conditional. Permission. Dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/3609 - 4 May 2005, Cork County Council 05/2983: Withdrawn. Permission. Construction of Biodiesel production facility comprising of administration building, production building, utility building with mezzanine floor, electricity substation, security hut, 10 no. bunded steel storage tanks, 1 no. water storage tank, 2 no. water storage lagoons, treatment plant with percolation area, car park, access road forming new entrance onto public road, erection of 1 no. sign and associated works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/2983 - 25 Feb 2005, Cork County Council 05/1085: Incompleted application. Permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/1085 - 15 Dec 2004, Cork County Council 04/9220: Incompleted application. Permission. Bungalow. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/9220 - 23 Jul 2004, Cork County Council 04/5664: Conditional. Permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/5664 - 30 Jun 2004, Cork County Council 04/4864: Refused. Permission. Dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/4864 - 4 Jun 2004, Cork County Council 04/4016: Conditional. Permission. Alterations and extension to dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/4016 - 1 Jun 2004, Cork County Council 04/3911: Refused. Permission. Dwelling and waste water treatment unit. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/3911 - 19 Nov 2003, Cork County Council 03/5753: Conditional. Permission. Extension to dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/5753 - 18 Sept 2003, Cork County Council 03/4686: Conditional. Permission. Dwelling and garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/4686 - 18 Jul 2003, Cork County Council 03/3571: Refused. Outline permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/3571 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 Farahy. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CO018-034: Country house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-034----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-035----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-036----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-037----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-038----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-039----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-040----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-041001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-041002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-042----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-043----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-105----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-120----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-123----. 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 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) - Bowen's Court, gates/railings/walls, 1830–1870, Regional interest, registry number 20901807, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO®no=20901807. 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, registry number 20901808, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO®no=20901808. 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, registry number 20901809, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO®no=20901809. 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, registry number 20901810, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO®no=20901810. 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, registry number 20901811, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO®no=20901811. 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. ## 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 Farahy, 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 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 Farahy. - 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/farahy.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/farahy.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/farahy.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Farahy 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) - Ballyguyroe South: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyguyroe-south.md - Ballynoe: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballynoe-40752.md - Ballyshonock: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyshonock.md - Carrigaunroe: https://everytownland.com/cork/carrigaunroe.md - Carrigleagh: https://everytownland.com/cork/carrigleagh.md - Graig: https://everytownland.com/cork/graig.md - Meadstown: https://everytownland.com/cork/meadstown-44354.md - Poulleagh: https://everytownland.com/cork/poulleagh.md - Shanballymore Upper: https://everytownland.com/cork/shanballymore-upper.md - Waterdyke: https://everytownland.com/cork/waterdyke.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/farahy - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/farahy