Farranshonikeen

16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Farranshonikeen, from 299 m² to 125,904 m² (12.59 ha, 31.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 3 Dec 2021Refused

  The development will consist of: . Construction of 6 no. wind turbines with a blade tip height of 175m, rotor diameter of 150m and a hub height of 100m; . Construction of turbine foundations and crane pad hardstanding areas; . Construction of new site tracks and associated drainage infrastructure; . Upgrading of existing tracks and associated drainage infrastructure where necessary; . Upgrade of entrance onto local road L1322; . All associated drainage and sediment control including the installation of new watercourse or drain crossing and the re-use or upgrading of existing internal watercourse and drain crossings; . Construction of 1 no. permanent onsite 38kV electrical substation to ESBN specifications including: - Control building with welfare facilities; - Electrical infrastructure; - Parking; - Wastewater holding tank; - Rainwater harvesting; - Security fencing; - All associated infrastructure, services and site works. . 1 no temporary construction site compound and associated ancillary infrastructure including parking; . Tree felling to facilitate construction and operation of the proposed development; . Installation of medium voltage (20/33kV) and communication underground cabling between the proposed turbines and the proposed on-site substation and associated ancillary works; . Erection of 1 no. permanent meteorological mast with a height of 100m above ground level and associated access track; . Installation of medium voltage (38kV) underground cabling and associated ancillary works between the proposed on-site substation and the existing Charleville Substation within the townland of Rathnacally. The proposed grid connection will be installed primarily within the public road and will include 2 no. watercourse crossings and the installation of 8 no. pre-cast joint bays; . All associated site development works; . A 10 planning permission and 35 year operational life from the date of commissioning of the entire wind farm. This application for planning permission is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7246

• 25 Nov 2019Conditional

  Consisting of: Installation of 4,387 metres of underground electricity cable between a proposed solar farm at Fiddane, Ballyhea, Charleville, Co. Cork and Charleville 110kV ESB Substation at Clashganniv, Ballyhea, Co. Cork to be installed entirely under public roads. The underground electricity cable passes through the townlands of Ardglass, Fiddane, Cooliney, Rathnacally, farranshonikeen, Ardnageehy and Clashganniv, County Cork. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6817

• 13 Nov 2017Conditional

  The construction for a new dwelling house with domestic garage, entrance, wastewater treatment plant and percolation area with all associated site and ancillary works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6925

• 8 Mar 2016Conditional

  Retention for 3 no. attached buildings, concrete yard, boundary walls and associated works and for Retention of Change of Use from agriculture to a paunch manure and de-watered sludge storage faculty. Permission is sought to construct a side extension to this paunch and de-watered sludge facility and to extend the existing concrete yard and boundary walls together with contaminated water collection sump and disposal pipework to adjacent wastewater treatment plant and associated works all on their lands.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4520

• 31 Aug 2010Conditional

  2MW wind turbine with maximum tower height of 85 metres and a maximum rotor diameter of 82 metres together with associated underground cabling works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/6157

• 6 Oct 2005Conditional

  Retention of conservatory, bay window, patio door, 3 no. dormer windows and 3 no. velux rooflights to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7285

• 23 Feb 2005Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1002

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 Farranshonikeen.

Recorded monuments

• CO007-049001 House - vernacular house
  Description

  On S side of road. Front (N) of 5 bays, central door concealed by porch. Hipped roof with thatch; central chimney. Abandoned. 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

• CO007-049002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle SE-facing slope. Circular area (32.5m N-S) enclosed by worn and denuded earthen bank (H 1.45m) SSE->E. Bank levelled E->SSE; section to ESE appears to have been levelled recently; break depicted to SE on 1905 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps. 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

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Farranshonikeen.

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

At the centre of the townland of Farranshonikeen, about 1 in 20 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 low.

Terrain model

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

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.

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

Name

Farranshonikeen · Fearann Seoinicín

Area

340,712 m² (34.07 ha, 84.19 acres)

Civil parish

Rathgoggan, and its townlands

Barony

Orrery and Kilmore

Electoral division

Milltown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

441 people lived in 154 households in the Milltown electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnageehy, Ballynoran, Rathnacally

Placenames

Farranshonikeen 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.