Farran
Farran is a townland in the civil parish of Mourneabbey, barony of Barretts, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Fearann.
- Area
- 212.5 ha
- 525 acres
- Land parcels
- 67
- registered freehold, median 10,822 m² (1.08 ha, 2.67 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 35
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
67 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Farran, from 139 m² to 334,440 m² (33.44 ha, 82.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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 Farran 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
11 Mar 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for Retention for a garage as constructed for domestic use only.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/0602
23 Feb 2021Conditional
Modifications and alterations to the existing dwelling house, namely; A) a 0.17 m. increase in ground floor level, B) removal of existing roof and construction of new roof with associated 2.42 m. increase in ridge height, C) provision of a 66.00 Sq. m./ 710.41 Sq. Ft. first floor living space, D) modifications to existing front elevation (west-facing), to include; removal of existing set of ground floor sliding doors and all existing ground floor windows, and installation of 4 no. ground floor windows and a ground floor door, E) modifications to existing rear elevation (east-facing), to include; removal of existing ground floor door and all existing ground floor windows and installation of 2 no. ground floor windows, a ground floor door with glazed side panel, and a set of ground floor double doors with glazed side panels, F) modifications to existing side elevation (north-facing), to include; installation of a ground floor window and 2 no. first floor windows, G) modifications to existing side elevation (south-facing), to include; installation of 2 no. ground floor windows and 2 no. first floor windows, H) removal of existing septic tank and percolation area and installation of new septic tank and percolation area, I) installation of private well, and J) all ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4443
23 Jan 2019Withdrawn
To demolish existing fire damaged dwellinghouse and to construct a new dwellinghouse and a new domestic shed and all associated site services
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4118
22 Nov 2018Incompleted application
To demolish existing remaining structure and to construct a new dwelling house and all associated site services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7054
3 Jul 2018Conditional
Construct a dormer dwelling house with associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5726
29 Mar 2017Conditional
To construct a new single storey extension to the side elevation of the existing dwellinghouse with all associated site and ancillary work.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4743
13 Jan 2017Incompleted application
Extension to existing bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4040
5 Dec 2016Incompleted application
Extension to existing bungalow.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/7020
26 Aug 2015Conditional
Construction of new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5905
19 May 2014Conditional
Retention of (1) domestic garage/store/games room, (2) gazebo with barbeque area, (3) children’s play house, (4) boiler house/fuel Store, with associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/5041
3 Jun 2010Conditional
Construction of 2 no. stables, hay storage unit , dungstead, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5382
18 May 2010Incompleted application
Construction of 2 no. stables, hay storage unit and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5205
15 Dec 2009Incompleted application
Construction of storey-and-a-half dwelling, wastewater treatment plant, bored well and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7903
1 May 2009Conditional
Construction of domestic garage & sun room extension to existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5380
7 Jul 2008Refused
Dwelling and wastewater teatment unit
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/7719
13 Jul 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9560
25 Apr 2007Refused
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7267
2 Feb 2007Conditional
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/4705
22 Dec 2006Incompleted application
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/13796
15 Mar 2006Conditional
Garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5540
14 Oct 2005Conditional
Bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7545
31 Aug 2005Refused
Bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6280
8 Jul 2005Refused
Bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4840
20 May 2005Conditional
Revised site bundaries and new entrance position for dwellinghouse permitted under 05/008
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3447
25 Feb 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1070
The 25 most recent of 35 applications.
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 Farran.
Recorded monuments
- CO050-015 Standing stone
Description
Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on W-facing slope. Stone (H 1.3m; 0.9m x 0.6m) is subrectangular in plan, worn at base; long axis E-W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO050-016 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground on E side of stream and c. 150m SW of standing stone (CO050-015---). Heavily overgrown mound of burnt material; dimensions not determined. Second fulacht fiadh (CO050-017---) c. 100m to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO051-006 Ringfort - rath
Description
Adjacent to farmyard, on E-facing slope. Circular, heavily overgrown area (30m E-W) defined by earthen bank (H 1.5m). Bank stone-faced externally where laneway skirts site to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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 Farran.
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 Farran, 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 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 Farran.
- 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 Farran with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Farran · An Fearann
- Area
- 2,125,319 m² (212.53 ha, 525.18 acres)
- Civil parish
- Mourneabbey, and its townlands
- Barony
- Barretts
- Electoral division
- Ballynamona, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,035 people lived in 350 households in the Ballynamona electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ahadallane, Glashaboy East, Lahakinneen, Lyradane, Pluckanes North
- Placenames
- Farran 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.