Fourcuil
Fourcuil is a townland in the civil parish of Templebryan, barony of Carbery East (East Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Fuarchoill.
Parcel 2131663
- Area
- 2,103 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Fourcuil
Planning applications on this parcel
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
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 162.1 ha
- 401 acres
- Land parcels
- 48
- registered freehold, median 7,818 m² (0.78 ha, 1.93 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 51
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
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.
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
- 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
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.
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 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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Fourcuil with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- 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.