Granig
Granig is a townland in the civil parish of Tracton, barony of Kinalea, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Ghreanaigh.
- Area
- 302 ha
- 746 acres
- Land parcels
- 96
- registered freehold, median 4,087 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 65
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
96 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Granig, from 103 m² to 645,597 m² (64.56 ha, 159.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Granig 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 Jun 2026Awaiting f.i. response
Permission for the construction of extensions to the north eastern elevation and the south western elevation to existing agricultural building for use as straw bedded livestock housing, installation of soiled water/effluent tank along with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1723
25 May 2026Invalid - case closed
Construction of extensions to the north eastern elevation and the south western elevation to existing agricultural building, installation of soiled water/effluent tank along with associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1385
1 Aug 2025Refused
Permission to convert the existing domestic garage to a garden room, including elevational changes that incorporate a new box dormer to the existing south facing roof & installation of 2 no. rooflights to the existing north facing roof & permission to construct a single storey rear/side extension
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5549
30 Apr 2024Conditional
Permission for upgrading the existing septic tank to effluent treatment system.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4761
28 Mar 2024Incompleted application
The development will consist/consists of upgrading the existing septic tank to an effluent treatment system.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4539
5 Dec 2022Conditional
To construct a dwelling house and for a change of use of on site existing dwelling house to a domestic garage, with all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6691
24 Oct 2022Conditional
Change of use of building from private dwelling to short term holiday home letting.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6398
16 May 2022Conditional
Permission for retention of 1) dwelling and wastewater treatment unit (change of plan from that permitted under Pl. Reg 02/2515) (2) Domestic garage, store and games room ancillary to dwelling, (3) Domestic stables (4) Cattle shed with slurry tanks, straw bale store and agricultural machinery store (5) Machinery store, workshop with pit and offices for storage and servicing of machinery.
Retention · Cork County Council, 22/5129
15 Mar 2022Incompleted application
Permission for retention of 1) dwelling and wastewater treatment unit (change under plan from that that permitted under pl.reg 02/2515), (2) domestic garage, store and games room ancillary to dwelling, (3) Domestic stables, (4) cattle shed with slurry tanks, straw bale store and agricultural machinery store, (5) Machinery store, workshop with pit and offices for storage and servicing of machinery
Retention · Cork County Council, 22/4573
18 Jan 2022Incompleted application
Retention of (1) elevational alterations (12no.) to existing dwelling (2) alterations to location of dwelling and wastewater treatment system, (3) domestic garage, store and playroom ancillary to dwelling, (4) Cattle shed with slurry tank, straw bale store and agricultural machinery store, (5) stables and (6) machinery store, workshop with pit and offices (commercial).
Retention · Cork County Council, 22/4055
15 Nov 2021Refused
To construct a dwelling house, garage and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7068
9 Sept 2021Conditional
A dwelling house, and effluent treatment system and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6478
16 Oct 2020Refused
A dwelling house, an effluent treatment system and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6279
17 Jul 2020Conditional
Part single-storey/part two-storey extension and elevational changes to existing dwelling, new detached shed for domestic use, new waste water treatment unit and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5514
1 Jul 2020Incompleted application
Extension and elevational changes to existing dwelling, new detached shed for domestic use, new waste water treatment unit and ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5360
5 Jun 2020Conditional
The construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5134
14 Mar 2018Conditional
Construction of dwelling house, domestic garage/workshop, provision of wastewater treatment system, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4617
17 Nov 2017Unconditional
a) Sub-division of existing dwelling at first floor level from existing licensed premises at ground floor level, b) change of use of this existing dwelling at first floor level from use as a private permanent dwelling to a dwelling used for short term/ holiday letting and c) associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6992
22 Aug 2016Conditional
Construction of dwelling house and associated site works (change of plan from that permitted under planning reg. no. 08/7390 and extended by planning reg. no. 13/5901)
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6101
27 Jul 2016Conditional
Permission for the construction of a storey and a half type dwelling with garage, packaged wastewater treatment system, polishing filter, new entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5880
18 Jul 2016Incompleted application
Alter proposed dwellinghouse and associated site works permitted in Planning Ref. 08/7390 and extended by Planning Ref. 13/5901
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5785
9 Feb 2016Conditional
Retention of roof windows to the front, rear and sides of existing dwellinghouse
Retention · Cork County Council, 16/4238
1 Dec 2015Incompleted application
Retention of roof windows to front, rear and sides of existing dwelling hosue.
Retention · Cork County Council, 15/6716
3 Oct 2013Unconditional
Dwelling and septic tank - Extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 08/7390
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/5901
3 Jul 2013Conditional
Single storey dwelling house, new vehicular entrance, waste water treatment unit, percolation area and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5266
The 25 most recent of 65 applications.
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 Granig.
Recorded monuments
- CO098-057 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Semicircular arc (58m N-S) survives S->N, formed by earthen bank (H 0.8m) with external fosse (D 1.4m). Counterscarp bank to N, may be remains of levelled field fence. 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
- CO098-077 Standing stone
Description
According to S. O'Mahony (pers. comm.) near the southern townland boundary are two galláns which now lie prostrate; known as the "Boardee Stones". The particular part of the field is very soft due to the proximity of a spring and only the upper surface of the stones are visible (dims. c. 3m x 1m). 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 Granig.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Granig, 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 Granig.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Granig, Minane Bridge5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Granig · An Ghreanaigh
- Area
- 3,019,865 m² (301.99 ha, 746.22 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tracton, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinalea
- Electoral division
- Kilpatrick, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 557 people lived in 181 households in the Kilpatrick electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinluig East, Ballynoe, Boardee, Farranbrien East, Farranbrien West, Robertstown, Springfield, Tubbrid
- Placenames
- Granig 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.