Fourcuil

48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fourcuil, from 12 m² to 344,322 m² (34.43 ha, 85.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 12 Jun 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  a) A concrete batching plant including cement storage silos, mixing bins, bunded fuel tanks, truck washout & washout water recycling tanks facilities, upgrade of related water management system and including hauling in aggregates from offsite quarries. b) a garage for maintenance of vehicles & plant and concrete yard together with all other associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1573

• 14 Aug 2025Conditional permission

  Retain the following: (A) Rear Single storey extension to dwelling (B) Front single storey porch extension to dwelling (C) Domestic garage

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/462

• 12 Aug 2025Grant with conditions

  Construction of an extension to the side of existing dwelling and alterations to existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/451

• 5 Jul 2024Conditional permission

  Extend existing sand and gravel quarry at Fourcuil TD into Garranecore TD, involving extension of existing internal haulage road in Fourcuil TD to the proposed sand and gravel quarry area, including provision of a bridge over Garraneard stream, importation of clean stone and soil for reinstatement works, carrying out of associated landscaping / biodiversity works and all other associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/364

• 17 Jun 2024Incompleted application

  Extend existing sand and gravel quarry at Fourcuil TD into Garranecore TD, involving extension of existing internal haulage road in Fourcuil TD to the proposed sand and gravel quarry area, including provision of a bridge over the Garraneard stream, importation of clean stone and soil for reinstatement works, carrying out of associated landscaping / biodiversity works and all other associated works at Garranecore TD & Fourcuil TD, Shannonvale, Clonakilty, Co. Cork

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/325

• 12 Apr 2024Incompleted application

  Extend existing sand and gravel quarry at Fourcuil TD into Garranecore TD, involving extension of existing internal haulage road in Fourcuil TD to the proposed quarry area, including provision of a bridge over the Garraneard stream, carrying out of associated landscaping / biodiversity works and all other associated works at Garranecore TD and Fourcuil TD

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/168

• 14 Jul 2023Conditional

  Construct a dwelling house incorporating a domestic garage together with all ancillary siteworks

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/391

• 9 Jun 2022Conditional

  Permission for use of imported soil and stone for reinstatement of part of sand and gravel quarry and carry out all associated site works. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared and will be submitted to the Authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/389

• 17 May 2022Incompleted application

  Permission for use of imported soil and stone for reinstatement of part of sand and gravel quarry and carry out all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/332

• 16 Feb 2021Conditional

  Construct a cattle house with three no. slatted slurry tanks, construct an extension to existing cattle house, extend existing slatted slurry tank and carry out associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/108

• 17 Dec 2020Conditional

  Construction of a granny flat ancillary to the main residence and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/751

• 15 Aug 2019Conditional

  To construct dwelling, detached garage, stable block and dungstead and soiled water tank and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/533

• 18 Jul 2019Incompleted application

  To construct dwelling, detached garage, stable block and dungstead and soiled water tank and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/482

• 21 Jun 2019Conditional

  Permission to retain existing dwelling house and retain existing domestic store / shed / garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/414

• 17 Apr 2019Conditional

  Permission for use of imported soil and stone for reinstatement of part of sand and gravel quarry and carry out all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/253

• 19 Mar 2019Incompleted application

  For use of imported soil and stone for reinstatement of part of sand and gravel quarry and carry out all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/180

• 22 Feb 2019Incompleted application

  Permission for use of imported soil and stone for reinstatement of part of sand and gravel quarry and carry out all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/122

• 15 Feb 2019Conditional

  The importation of soil and stone for the raising of an agricultural field/restoration of a disused quarry in order to improve the agricultural output of the field / disused quarry. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the authority with this application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/97

• 11 Feb 2019Refused

  a) The construction of a granny flat ancillary to the main residence b) all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/89

• 25 Jan 2019Incompleted application

  a) The construction of a granny flat ancillary to the main residence. b) all associated ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/40

• 22 Jan 2019Incompleted application

  Permission for the importation of soil and stone for the raising of an agricultural field/restoration of a disused quarry in order to improve the agricultural output of the field/disused quarry. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of this application

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/34

• 26 Nov 2018Withdrawn

  Permission for use of imported soil and stone for reinstatement of part of sand and gravel quarry and carry out all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/713

• 14 Nov 2018Incompleted application

  Permission of use of imported soil and stone for reinstatement of part of sand and gravel quarry and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/677

• 1 Nov 2017Conditional

  Retention of dwellinghouse and garage as constructed with fenestration and façade changes and increase in floor area to both structures (alterations to that as granted under Pl. Reg. 05/387). Permission for retention also sought for a new 4 metre site entrance gate to adjacent land (land owned by applicant).

  Retention · Cork County Council, 17/692

• 10 Oct 2017Incompleted application

  Permission for retention of dwelling house and garage as constructed with fenestration and façade changes and increase in floor areas to both structures (Alterations to that as granted under Pl. Reg No. 05387). Permission for retention also sought for a new 4 metre site entrance to adjacent land (Land owned by applicant).

  Retention · Cork County Council, 17/652

The 25 most recent of 51 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 Fourcuil.

Recorded monuments

• CO122-071001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) marked on OS 6-inch map (1902); removed by quarrying. Souterrain (CO122-071002-) exposed during destruction. 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

• CO122-071002 Souterrain
  Description

  According to local information, a "paved" souterrain was seen during destruction of ringfort (CO122-071001-) in 1987. No visible surface trace. 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

• CO122-072 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on prominent rise above the Argideen River. Circular area (diam. c. 44m) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.4m); intervening fosse E->N; second earthen bank (H 1.6m) E->N. Gravel quarry cuts into enclosure N->E. Site heavily overgrown. 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 Fourcuil.

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 Fourcuil, about 1 in 10 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 Fourcuil.

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 Fourcuil with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Fourcuil · Fuarchoill

Area

1,621,109 m² (162.11 ha, 400.58 acres)

Civil parish

Templebryan, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery East (East Division)

Electoral division

Clonakilty Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,213 people lived in 709 households in the Clonakilty Rural electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 51% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 11% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Garraneard, Garranecore, Garraneishal, Knockskagh, Maulnagearagh, Templebryan North

Placenames

Fourcuil 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.