Foherlagh
Townland in the civil parish of Aghadown, barony of Carbery West (East Division), Co. Cork; in Irish Fotharlach
- Area
- 85.9 ha
- 212 acres
- Land parcels
- 29
- registered freehold, median 4,510 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 17
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Foherlagh, from 4 m² to 239,396 m² (23.94 ha, 59.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Foherlagh 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
3 Feb 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for refurbishment, alteration & extension to existing dwelling including raising the existing roof height, new layout and refurbishment and change of use of an adjacent ruin to extended living space of the dwelling including link extension. Permission for a detached car port, existing entrance sight line/ boundary wall improvements and associated site works. Permission for retention is also sought for demolished conservatory (previously attached to house), Domestic Waste Water Treatment System (DWWTS) and a mobile home (for the duration to complete the proposed works to the existing dwelling).
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0213
1 Dec 2025Invalid - case closed
Refurbishment, alteration & extension to existing dwelling including raising existing roof height, new layout and refurbishment and change of use of an adjacent ruin to extended living space of the dwelling including link extension. Permission for a detached car port, existing entrance sight line / boundary wall improvements and associated site works. Permission for retention is also sought for demolished conservatory (previously attached to house), Domestic waste water treatment system (DMMTS) and a mobile home (for the duration to complete the proposed works to the existing dwelling).
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6632
28 Oct 2025Invalid - prepare letters
Refurbishment, alteration and extension to existing dwelling. Including raising the existing roof, new layout, and extension into existing stone ruin. Together with proposed detached car port, existing entrance sight line/boundary wall improvements and associated site works. Retention for demolished conservatory (previously attached to house), replacement Domestic Waste Water Treatment System (DWWTS) and mobile home accommodation. Temporary permission for mobile home accommodation, until completion of dwelling works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6331
8 Sept 2022Conditional
Permission for retention of 1) single storey conservatory extension to south side of dwelling house, 2) window on southern facade of dwelling house, 3) pergola extension to north of dwelling house, 4) extension to garage and all associated site development works
Retention · Cork County Council, 22/564
5 Mar 2021Conditional
Retention of alterations and single storey extension to dwelling and retention of stable complex to include stable block, timber shed, container, dung stead and associated site development works
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/160
8 Nov 2013Unconditional
Alterations and two extensions to existing dwelling house
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/623
21 Oct 2013Conditional
Permission for the construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage including all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/595
1 Aug 2008Conditional
Exensions and alterations to existing dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1439
11 Jul 2008Incompleted application
Extensions and alterations to existing dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1302
23 Feb 2007Conditional
Construct cattle house with slatted slurry tank, concrete apron and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/489
13 Dec 2006Conditional
Construct sheep house, concrete aprons and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2698
10 Apr 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Approval · Cork County Council, 06/620
9 Feb 2006Conditional
2 no. extensions to dwelling plus a detached garage-utility-potting shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/174
16 Feb 2001Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 01/712
31 Jan 2001Conditional
Dwelling & domestic garage
Approval · Cork County Council, 01/346
21 Jun 2000Conditional
Dwelling & domestic garage
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 00/3751
23 Mar 2000Conditional
Dwellinghouse & garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/1636
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 Foherlagh.
Recorded monuments
- CO141-004 Standing stone - pair
Description
Occupying prominent hill top position. Stones, aligned ENE-WSW, stand 1.8m apart; overall length 4.4m. NE stone is 1.4m L, 0.4m T and 2.05m H. SW stone leans markedly to N. It is 1.3m L, 0.3m T and 2.05m H. (O Nualláin 1988, 248, no. 142; Roberts 1988, Ch. 3, no. 27) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO141-005 Standing stone
Description
In bogland on E-facing slope. Rectangular stone aligned N-S (H 1.5m; 0.85m x 0.25m). Two other smaller stones just to N (H c. 0.5m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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 Foherlagh.
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
- About 1 in 10 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 Foherlagh.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Foherlagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Foherlagh · Fotharlach
- Area
- 858,539 m² (85.85 ha, 212.15 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aghadown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Aghadown North, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Aghadown North electoral division: 299 people in 115 households; 87% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Foherlagh 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.