Garrycaheragh

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garrycaheragh, from 395 m² to 409,920 m² (40.99 ha, 101.29 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Garrycaheragh 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.

• 18 Jan 2024Conditional permission

  Permission for construction of a milking parlour complex, milk silo and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4059

• 4 Apr 2023Withdrawn

  Construction of a milking parlour complex and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4639

• 27 Apr 2020Conditional

  Construction of a slurry storage tank and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4846

• 12 Jun 2019Conditional

  Installation of a cattle underpass incorporating a soiled water storage tank and associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5539

• 10 Apr 2017Conditional

  Construction of a dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment unit, percolation area and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4853

• 18 Jun 2014Conditional

  Construction of a cubicle house and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5305

• 23 Apr 2014Incompleted application

  Construction of cubicle house and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4811

• 10 Jun 2008Conditional

  Two storey dwellinghouse, garage and installation of wastewater treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7205

• 18 Dec 2007Withdrawn

  Two storey dwellinghouse with attached garage and installation of bio treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/13138

• 18 Sept 2006Conditional

  Dwelling and garage

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/10705

• 1 Aug 2006Conditional

  Construction of geomembrane-lined out wintering pad and geomembrane-lined slurry store and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9407

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 Garrycaheragh.

Recorded monuments

• CO045-073 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on NE-facing slope. Shown as circular area enclosed by dotted line (diam. c. 40m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO045-101 Standing stone
  Description

  In pasture. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO045-102 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, on SE-facing slope. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO045-103 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In boggy land adjacent to field fence. Low irregular mound of burnt material. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO045-131 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Symbols on Bateman map (1716-1717, no. 57) for four evenly spaced ringforts just S of N townland boundary; most easterly one (CO045-073---) depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map. An inspection of the area in October 2000 noted the following: In pasture, on high ground which slopes gently to the S. A levelled circular area (diam. 28m) defined by a low bank (int. H 0.4m) is visible in this area. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO045-140 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture on a high plateau, sloping gently to the E. Indicated with the symbol for 'Danish Fort' on a 1716-17 map (no. 57) by J. Bateman (NLI MSS, 6148-9). This possible rath is discernible on the ground as a slightly raised circular area (dim. c. 30m). The townland boundary immediately to the N kinked at this point, changing direction from NE-SW to E-W and a field boundary immediately to the W ran NW-SE. Both of these boundaries have been removed. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO045-141 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a NE-facing slope. Indicated with the symbol for 'Danish Fort' on a 1716-17 map (no. 57) by J. Bateman (NLI MSS, 6148-9). It is not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Architectural heritage

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

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 Garrycaheragh, 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 Garrycaheragh.

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

Name

Garrycaheragh · Garraí Cathrach

Area

1,553,854 m² (155.39 ha, 383.97 acres)

Civil parish

Aghern, and its townlands

Barony

Kinatalloon

Electoral division

Aghern, the unit of the census

Census 2022

239 people lived in 84 households in the Aghern electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballylusky, Ballymacsimon, Cullenagh, Glentrasna North, Kilphillibeen, Rathdrum, Rathdrum

Placenames

Garrycaheragh 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.