Gortageen

26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortageen, from 1,624 m² to 410,381 m² (41.04 ha, 101.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 30 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 15 Jan 2024Conditional

  Permission to a) demolish existing single storey extensions to side of dwelling, b) construct new single storey flat roof extensions to sides and rear of dwelling, c) raise level of pitched roof of dwelling and construct 2 no. dormer windows, d) create new window and door openings within walls of dwelling, e) construct new on-site wastewater treatment system comprising of a mechanical aeration unit, intermittent filter and soil polishing filter, f) demolish and rebuild front boundary wall with vehicular entrance, and g) all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4042

• 20 Dec 2017Conditional

  Infill existing agricultural land with soil, stone, subsoil, topsoil and construction and demolition waste for future agricultural use.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7351

• 13 Nov 2017Incompleted application

  Infill existing agricultural land with soil, stone, subsoil, topsoil and construction and demolition waste for future agricultural use.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6924

• 4 Sept 2017Conditional

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house and domestic garage served by mechanical aeration unit & sand polishing filter.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6285

• 29 Apr 2008Conditional

  Construction of extension to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6379

• 11 Mar 2008Incompleted application

  Extension to dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5340

• 8 Feb 2008Conditional

  Infill of existing agricultural land with soil, stone, subsoil, topsoil and construction and demolition waste for future agricultural use

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4635

• 8 Oct 2007Withdrawn

  Construction of domestic store/garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11497

• 24 Apr 2006Conditional

  Slatted shed, soiled water tank, effluent tank, silage base and concrete apron

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6603

• 27 Mar 2006Incompleted application

  Construction of slatted shed, soiled water tank, effluent tank, silage base and concrete apron

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5875

• 17 Jun 2004Conditional

  Bungalow

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4408

• 30 Apr 2004Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/2910

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170

Recorded monuments

• CO039-018001 Burial ground
  Description

  Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps; shown on 1936 OS 6-inch map as subrectangular area (c. 22m NE-SW; c. 22m NW-SE) defined by broken line with site of church (14482) shown in centre. In pasture, within enclosure (13763). Site now marked only by small mound of earth and stones which. According to Bowman (1934, 305), this mound was known locally as grave of priest. 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

• CO039-018002 Church
  Description

  Within burial ground (14101) and enclosure (13763). No visible surface trace of church. According to Bowman (1934, 305), two whitethorn trees on S side of site were said locally to mark church location; field was known as 'church field'. 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

• CO039-018003 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture. Subcircular slightly raised area (c. 46m N-S; c. 46m E-W) defined by low grass-covered bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6m), truncated by field fence to S. According to local information, when field ploughed, concentration of slate-like stones visible on line of bank. Noted by Bowman (1934, 304) as raised area (diam. 55yd) 'about 2 feet higher than field level'. Burial ground (14101) and site of church at centre. Cropmark of fosse of roughly square enclosure (c. 50m E-W; c. 50m N-S) visible in aerial photograph (GSIAP, W394; July 1975) surrounding church and graveyard. 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

• CO039-019 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. May be levelled single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 26yd) recorded by Bowman (1934, 304) on P. Sugrue's land; described by Broker (1937, 52) as in 'Lios Field' on Pat Sugrue's land but levelled in 1905 by Jer. O'Callaghan. 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

• CO039-125 Country house
  Description

  Early 18th-century, 3-storey, gable-ended T-shaped house. Entrance front (S) of 5 bays, central porch entrance, rectangular window opes with modern frames. Chimney atop gables, cornice under eaves. Slightly lower central 3-storey gabled addition to rear, some of sash windows have shallow reveals. Two-storey addition attached to N. According to local information, built in 1730s as 2-storey house and later raised to 3 storeys. 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

• Flintfield House, country house, 1735–1740 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached T-plan five-bay three-storey house, built 1739, facing south, having three-bay three-storey return elevation to west end of rear, return having three-bay two-storey addition to north in turn having one-bay single-storey outbuilding to north, and recent gabled porch to front. Pitched slate roof to main block and return, with rendered chimneystacks. Pitched corrugated-asbestos roof to addition with brick chimneystack, and pitched fish-scale pattern slate roof to extension. Painted rendered walls. Square-headed openings throughout with limestone sills, front elevation having double timber casement windows to top floor and replacement timber windows elsewhere, and return having timber sliding sash windows, two-over-two pane to top floor, four-over-four pane to middle and six-over-six pane to ground floor. Addition has eight-over-eight pane and fixed six-pane casement windows to front and double one-over-one pane and six-over-six pane to rear. Entrance obscured by recent porch. Painted rendered square-profile piers to road entrance, with wrought-iron gate.

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 Gortageen, 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 Gortageen.

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

Name

Gortageen · Gort an Ghaín

Area

2,298,874 m² (229.89 ha, 568.06 acres)

Civil parish

Cullen (Millstreet Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Duhallow

Electoral division

Keale, the unit of the census

Census 2022

357 people lived in 121 households in the Keale electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Dooneens, Drishane Beg, Dromsicane, Gorteennafinnoge, Keale South, Kealmanagh, Lyravuckane, Rathroe

Placenames

Gortageen 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.