Garryduff
Townland in the civil parish of Ballyclogh, barony of Orrery and Kilmore, Co. Cork; in Irish An Garraí Dubh
- Area
- 158.2 ha
- 391 acres
- Land parcels
- 23
- registered freehold, median 5,290 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garryduff, from 43 m² to 170,405 m² (17.04 ha, 42.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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 Garryduff 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
25 Mar 2026Awaiting f.i. response
Permission to: (a) Construct a new dwelling house, (b) Alter an existing agricultural entrance to serve proposed dwelling with access road and entrance to agricultural land, (c) Construct a new domestic garage, (d) Install a new septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0750
16 Jan 2009Withdrawn
Construction of single storey dwelling, installation of treatment plant, entrance piers and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4070
5 Nov 2008Incompleted application
Bungalow, treatment plant, entrance piers and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9557
21 Mar 2007Conditional
Construction of a roofed cattle shed with underground slatted slurry tank, a lined slurry storage lagoon, extension to rear of the existing cattle shed and a passageway and two new silage slabs with one centre wall and extend yard to rear of slabs and passageway and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6234
23 Mar 2006Conditional
Alterations and extension to dwelling to include sunroom, kitchen, 2 no. bathrooms, bedroom and granny flat
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5772
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 Garryduff.
Recorded monuments
- CO024-026 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, below top of ridge, on SW-facing slope. Circular area (29m N-S; 29m E-W) enclosed by three earthen banks with intervening fosses; shallow external fosse to SW. Inner bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.85m) planted with mature deciduous trees. Middle bank (H 0.85m) separated from inner bank by wide flat-bottomed fosse (D 0.55m), overgrown with trees. Second fosse and outer bank (H 0.55m) survive ENE->NNW. Narrow break in inner bank to NNW and in middle bank to SSW. Field fence, running N-S, crosses enclosure off-centre to E; where field fence cuts through banks, gap exists on both sides. 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
- CO024-027 Moated site
Description
Depicted as hachured square area (c. 20m N-S; c. 20m E-W) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; hachured oval raised area on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch map, surrounded by fosse, with leat extending c. 50m S to field boundary; E and S sides of fosse and leat shown as waterfilled, small square field (c. 20m N-S; c. 20m E-W) indicated to S of fosse and W of leat. According to local information, enclosing bank levelled in early 1970s and fosse infilled with rubble. In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Rectangular area (19m E-W; 16m N-S) enclosed by shallow fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 0.25m); shallow, wet, leat extends S from SE corner of moat. Visible in aerial photograph (CASAP) as cropmark of wide fosse, enlarged at SE corner, with fosse (leat) extending c. 45m S, from SE corner to field boundary. Short distance to S a second fosse extends W from leat for c. 90m, turns at right angle and extends N for c. 45m where it is truncated by modern farm trackway. Secondary fosses to S and W of moated site may form part of a waterway system or may be part of a larger moated enclosure. Numerous linear features visible as cropmarks of fosses (CASAP) in same field to E of moated site; including a wide laneway (Wth c. 10m; L c. 75m) on NE-SW axis, the SW end of which is indicated on 1842, 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Modern farm trackway, extending from road to S, cuts through above cropmarks and curves outside NE corner of moat to continue W along S side of field boundary. According to Grove White (1905-25, vol.4, 242), 'the ''Batteries''...are supposed to have been erected during some of the wars of the 17th century.' Second moated site (14205) c. 500m to ENE. Listed by Barry (1981, 83, no. 36). 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
- CO024-028 Ringfort - rath
Description
In level pasture, with land rising gently to NW. Circular area (38m N-S; 35m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.85m); external fosse (D 1.4m). Entrance (Wth 3m) to S. Fosse wider and shallower S->NE where skirted by earthen field boundary. 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
- CO024-029 Quarry
Description
Listed as a ‘quarry’ in the SMR (1988) and the RMP (1998). The evidence is not sufficient to warrant accepting this as the location of an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 12 September 2014
- CO024-030 Moated site
Description
Depicted as hachured square enclosure on 1842 and 1905 OS 6-inch maps, at NW corner of field, with hachured external fosse on 1905 OS 6-inch map, skirted by field boundary all round; as hachured square raised area (c. 25m N-S; c. 25m E-W) enclosed by fosse and skirted by field boundary (c. 45m N-S; c. 45m E-W), with well at S end of E side on 1937 OS 6-inch map. According to local information, levelled in late 1960s. In level pasture. No visible surface trace of inner bank. On E side, shallow intervening fosse survives with substantial outer earthen bank (int. H 2m) and waterlogged external fosse (D 1m). On S side, outer bank survives at E end (L c. 2m.). Remainder of S, W and N banks survive as low rise with shallow external depression. Remaining upstanding bank incorporated into field boundary system. Levelled moated site (14204) lies c. 500m to WSW. Listed by Barry (1981, 83, no. 37). 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
- CO024-075002 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on crest of low hill. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map, bisected N-S by townland and barony boundary; W half of enclosure survives on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; arc (C 34m) formed by scarp (H 1m) survives SSW->NNE on W side of barony boundary; scarp continues on line of circle on E side of field boundary for c. 12m. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 54) as single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 38yd) on T. Dulohery's and J. Sheehan's land; portion in J. Sheehan's levelled; remaining bank was c. 6ft H. Souterrain (CO024-07501-) c. 4.5m W of fort. 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 Garryduff.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Garryduff.
- 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 Garryduff with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Garryduff · An Garraí Dubh
- Area
- 1,581,908 m² (158.19 ha, 390.9 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballyclogh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Orrery and Kilmore
- Electoral division
- Templemary, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Templemary electoral division: 344 people in 129 households; 94% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardskeagh, Ballinaltig, Ballycushen, Derryorgan, Garranenageevoge, Kilgilky North, Kilgilky South, Poulnareagha
- Placenames
- Garryduff 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.