Killavarrig
Killavarrig is a townland in the civil parish of Whitechurch, barony of Cork, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Coill an Bhealaigh.
- Area
- 128.7 ha
- 318 acres
- Land parcels
- 20
- registered freehold, median 5,920 m² (0.59 ha, 1.46 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 24
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killavarrig, from 989 m² to 445,195 m² (44.52 ha, 110.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 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 Killavarrig 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 May 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for Retention for extension to side and rear of existing cottage building and Permission for :- 1) Demolish existing side porch, 2) Single storey extension to rear of dwelling with external covered area, 3) Internal & external alterations to existing dwelling, 4) New sewerage system to replace existing septic tank, 5) Alteration works to existing roadside boundary wall to include new site entrance and extended roadside wall, 6) New detached garage and detached car port, 7) All associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1383
24 Apr 2026Invalid - case closed
Permission for Retention for extension to side and rear of existing cottage building and Permission for:- 1) demolish existing side porch, 2) single storey extension to rear of dwelling with external covered area, 3) internal & external alterations to existing dwelling, 4) new sewerage system to replace existing septic tank, 5) alteration works to existing roadside boundary wall to include new site entrance and extended roadside wall, 6) new detached garage and detached car port and 7) all associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1056
14 Feb 2023Conditional
A 10 year permission for a solar farm consisting of approximately 71,742 photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames within a site area of 64.55ha, 9 no. single storey inverter/transformer stations, 1 no. single storey spare parts storage container, 1 no. 38kV substation compound with single storey substation building, 1 no. clear span bridge, upgrading of existing agricultural entrances, internal access tracks, security fencing, CCTV, landscaping and all associated development site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4245
6 Jul 2021Conditional permission
To construct a new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5846
3 Jun 2020Conditional
Demolition of a detached habitable house and the construction of a new dwelling house, waste water treatment plant and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5114
22 Apr 2020Incompleted application
Demolition of a detached habitable house and the construction of a new detached dwelling house, waste water treatment plant and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4812
7 Jun 2018Conditional
Construction of single storey extensions to rear and front of an existing dwelling, alterations include alterations to existing windows, raising the existing roof to provide a first floor storey and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5488
22 Mar 2018Conditional
Construction of a dairy animal house complete with slatted tanks and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4701
17 Feb 2016Conditional
The provision of 2 no. field gates to facilitate the movement of cattle and to minimise the movement of cattle along public roads
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4336
21 Oct 2013Conditional
Extension to sun room to side of dwellinghouse and retention of conversion of attic for storage and installation of 3 no. rooflights and retention of stone finish to dwelling and front of garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/6005
10 Oct 2013Incompleted application
Permission for extension to sunroom to side of dwelling and retention of conversion of attic for storage and installation of 3no. rooflights and retention of stone finish to dwelling and front of garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5947
28 Nov 2011Unconditional
Completion of bungalow and garage as permitted under Planning Reg. No. 06/9159
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/6500
18 Jul 2011Conditional
Alterations to elevations and roof and construction of a one storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5554
17 Jun 2011Refused
Construction of a two storey dwelling house, packaged treatment plant, polishing filter system and associated site works, road entrance, driveway and landscaping
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5315
31 May 2011Incompleted application
Construction of two storey dwellinghouse packaged treatment plant, polishing filter system and associated site works, road entrance, driveway and landscaping
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5176
1 Jun 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8347
26 Jul 2006Refused
One and half storey dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9252
24 Jul 2006Conditional
Bungalow and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9159
1 Sept 2005Conditional
Construction of cubicle shed with slurry tank, milking parlour with pump room and collecting yard and calving shed attached and silage base
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6320
20 May 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3457
19 Nov 2004Conditional
Extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8554
7 Oct 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/7595
31 Aug 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse & garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6596
11 Dec 2003Refused
Dwellinghouse & garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6345
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 Killavarrig.
Recorded monuments
- CO063-024 Moated site
Description
Rectangular enclosure (c. 45.5m E-W; c. 50.6m N-S) defined by two earthen banks (max. int. H 1.6m; max. ext. H 2.3m); separated by intervening fosse; waterlogged to N, E and W. Parts of banks removed to N, E and SW. Interior level; overgrown. 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 Killavarrig.
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
- The EPA radon map did not answer.
- Landslides
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- Terrain model
- The Geological Survey did not answer.
- 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
No address of the register names Killavarrig with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Killavarrig · Coill an Bhealaigh
- Area
- 1,287,225 m² (128.72 ha, 318.08 acres)
- Civil parish
- Whitechurch, and its townlands
- Barony
- Cork
- Electoral division
- Whitechurch, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 2,050 people lived in 646 households in the Whitechurch electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinvarrig, Ballyhesty, Ballynahina, Coole West, Knockaneag, Rahanisky
- Placenames
- Killavarrig 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.