Gearagh
Townland in the civil parish of Middleton, barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork; in Irish Gaothrach
- Area
- 104.5 ha
- 258 acres
- Land parcels
- 29
- registered freehold, median 2,749 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 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 Gearagh, from 235 m² to 333,678 m² (33.37 ha, 82.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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 Gearagh 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
26 May 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for Retention for the construction of a new two storey dwelling (change of plans to that permitted under 23/05385). The dwelling has been constructed to include elevational changes to the North, South, East & West elevations, reduction of the internal area, reduction of the ridge height and all associated site development works.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1401
3 May 2024Conditional
Permission for the construction of extensions to existing dwelling, alterations to elevations, extension to existing garage and conversion of existing garage to granny flat, decommissioning of existing septic tank, installation of a new waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4804
28 Jul 2023Conditional
Construction of a dwelling, a site entrance, a waste water treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5548
5 Jul 2023Conditional
Construction of a new two storey dwelling, garage, new entrance, driveway, wastewater treatment system and all ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5385
24 May 2021Conditional
New single storey, detached dwelling with wastewater treatment system, associated site and ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5414
4 May 2021Incompleted application
New single storey, detached dwelling with wastewater treatment system, associated site and ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5177
29 Nov 2017Conditional
Construction of an animal house incorporating a new crush, feed passage, slatted area and straw bedded area (change of size and layout to development permitted under Pl. Reg. No. No. 14/4892), silage slab, concrete apron, straw bedded shed and associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7107
1 May 2014Conditional
Construction of an animal house and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4892
15 Apr 2011Conditional
Construction of a gable end extension to existing dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4787
23 Jan 2008Conditional
Two storey dwellinghouse, double garage and installation of effluent treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4291
19 Dec 2007Incompleted application
Two storey dwellinghouse, double garage and installation of effluent treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/13185
18 Oct 2007Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse, garage and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11764
26 Jul 2007Conditional
Alterations and two storey extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9888
20 Jun 2007Incompleted application
Alterations and extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8808
20 Feb 2007Conditional
Construction of dairy washings tank, covered soiled water tank, roofing of existing feed area, construction of animal house incorporating roofed slatted tank, cubicles, feed rail and feed passage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5248
27 Jul 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse and garden shed/greenhouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5401
29 Jun 2005Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and garden shed/greenhouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4593
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 Gearagh.
Recorded monuments
- CO076-050 Standing stone
Description
In flat tillage. Subrectangular stone of irregular shape (H 3.4m; 1.5m x 0.7m), long axis E-W. 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
- CO076-053 Kiln - lime
Description
Built aginst rock outcrop. Front ?-facing; arched recess (H 1.5m; Wth 0.7m; D 1.85m). Funnel infilled. According to local information, kiln was last used in 1939. 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
- CO076-102 Souterrain
Description
In tillage, on gentle N-facing slope. According to local information, removal of stone exposed due to ploughing, revealed entrance to stone-lined "tunnel", May 1991. Back filled prior to inspection; slight depression visible. 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gearagh.
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 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 Gearagh.
- 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 Gearagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Gearagh · Gaothrach
- Area
- 1,044,670 m² (104.47 ha, 258.14 acres)
- Civil parish
- Middleton, and its townlands
- Barony
- Imokilly
- Electoral division
- Cloyne, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cloyne electoral division: 4,730 people in 1,639 households; 72% of households own their home; 49% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynacorra East, Carrigagour, Coppingerstown, Innygraga, Tead More
- Placenames
- Gearagh 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.