Gerahies

146 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gerahies, from 77 m² to 333,820 m² (33.38 ha, 82.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Gerahies 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.

• 28 Jun 2026Invalid - case closed

  Change of property use from long term to short term letting: Gerahies Cottage is a pre-existing single-story residence, a 3-bedroom cottage built in 1965 and sitting on a small plot of 0.13 hectares. For some years it has been rented out to long term tenants. The tenants have given notice they will be moving out in July 2026. It is desired to rent out Gerahies Cottage on a short term lettings basis (e.g. via AirB&B) from the point when the tenants leave until the cottage is sold. The cottage sale is expected to be Oct-Nov 2026.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1733

• 18 Nov 2025Grant with conditions

  Construction of agricultural shed for the storage of agricultural machinery / fodder storge and for all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6505

• 19 Aug 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for: (i) demolition of existing dwelling house, (ii) construction of replacement dwelling house, (iii) decommissioning of existing wastewater treatment system and replacement of same with new wastewater treatment system, and (iv) for all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/472

• 14 Jul 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission for (1) retention of change of location and layout of boat shed to that granted under planning reference 00-1601 (2) change of use of boat shed to hobby room/artist's studio (3) change of layout of hobby room/artist's studio, and (4) closing up of the existing vehicular entrance at the east of the site and creation of new vehicular entrance onto the public road at the south of the site, and all associated siteworks

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/392

• 22 Dec 2021Conditional

  Permission for the following works to existing dwelling-house: (i) extension to rear of house, (ii) construction of 4 no. dormer windows to front of house, (iii) construction of one additional standard window to front of house, (iv) change of use of attached outbuilding to be incorporated within main house and (v) associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/901

• 22 Dec 2020Conditional

  Construction of a single storey building containing a Control Room and ESB substation to serve the existing seafood processing facility

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/773

• 7 Oct 2020Unconditional

  The construction of a two-storey seafood processing facility including entrance the public road, wastewater treatment facilities, hard standing areas, parking facilities, and ancillary site works, plant pipework, tankage and equipment

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 20/545

• 28 Aug 2018Conditional

  Retention of a detached garage and all associated site works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 18/508

• 16 Mar 2017Conditional

  Permission for retention of change of (I) roof design of dwelling house and (ii) fenestration of dwelling-house

  Retention · Cork County Council, 17/155

• 19 Dec 2016Unconditional

  Retention of opening of new site entrance on the western site boundary and planning permission for the following, (a) demolition of existing ruined dwelling house, (b) construction of dwelling house and associated site works, (c) alteration of site boundaries and (d) completion of site entrance being retained

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 16/783

• 5 Apr 2016Unconditional

  Construction of extension and fenestration changes to dwelling. Permission for retention of detached store and studio and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 16/192

• 25 Jan 2016Conditional

  Permission for the following works to existing dwelling house: (i) demolition of existing single storey extension, (ii) construction of new two storey extension in its place and (iii) all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/37

• 25 Aug 2015Conditional

  Install sewage treatment system to serve existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/486

• 20 Jul 2015Conditional

  Demolition of an existing attached shed, proposed alterations and extensions to an existing dwelling, renovation and connection of existing outbuilding to the existing dwelling, new waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/416

• 23 Mar 2015Conditional

  Retention of extensions to dwelling house

  Retention · Cork County Council, 15/148

• 13 Feb 2014Unconditional

  Alterations and extensions to dwelling, construction of garage/store building with ancillary guest accommodation

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 14/103

• 14 Jun 2013Refused

  Retention of construction of reinforced concrete base for wind turbine and permission to erect 20Kw wind turbine

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/337

• 17 Dec 2012Conditional

  Construction of a new single storey detached dwelling, waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/772

• 19 Jun 2012Refused

  Construction of a new two storey detached dwelling (246m2), waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/401

• 20 Dec 2011Conditional

  Permission for: (i) construction of extension and fenestration changes to dwelling, (ii) permission for retention of detached store and detached studio and (iii) all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/772

• 16 Mar 2011Conditional

  Retention of opening of new site entrance on the western site boundary and planning permission for the following, (a) demolition of existing ruin dwelling house, (b) construction of dwelling house and associated site works, (c) alteration of site boundaries and (d) completion of site entrance being retained

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/154

• 5 Oct 2010Incompleted application

  Retention of opening of new site entrance on the western boundary and planning permission for the following: (a) demolition of existing ruin dwelling house, (b) construction of dwelling house and associated site works, (c) alteration of site boundaries and (d) completion of site entrance being retained.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/673

• 13 Jan 2010Conditional

  Permission for retention of opening of new site entrance on the western site boundary and planning permission for the following (a) demolition of existing ruin dwelling house (b) construction of dwelling house and associated site works (c) alterations of site boundaries and (d) completion of site entrance being retained

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/13

• 3 Dec 2009Incompleted application

  permission for retention of opening of new site entrance on the western site boundary and permission for the following, (a)demolition of existing ruin dwelling house, (b) construction of dwelling house and associated site works, (c) alteration of site boundaries and (d) completion of site entrance being retained

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/2140

• 14 Jul 2009Conditional

  (a) Demolition of attached stores to dwellinghouse, (b) Construction of alterations and extensions to said dwelling to include the raising of roof height and for slated lean-to roof onto existing flat roof front porch, (c) Permission for sewerage waste water treatment unit, (d) all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/785

The 25 most recent of 61 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 Gerahies.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gerahies.

Architectural heritage

• Farm house, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey farm house, built c.1810, with two-bay single-storey outbuilding attached to east and single-bay single-storey outbuilding to west. Pitched slate with rendered chimney stacks, uPVC rainwater goods and gabled dormers. Painted smooth rendered walls with rendered quoins. Whitewash over rubble stone walls to two-bay outbuilding, with flight of steps to east gable. Square-headed openings with painted stone and concrete sills having two-over-two timber sliding sashes to ground floor and one-over-one timber sliding sashes to first floor. Square-headed opening with replacement timber glazed door. Timber battened and panelled timber doors to outbuilding.

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 Gerahies, 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 high, 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 Gerahies.

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

Name

Gerahies · Na Gaorthaí

Area

1,344,519 m² (134.45 ha, 332.24 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcrohane, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery West (West Division)

Electoral division

Glanlough, the unit of the census

Census 2022

221 people lived in 90 households in the Glanlough electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 30% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Fahane, Glanlough, Gortalassa

Placenames

Gerahies 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.