Lackaghane
Lackaghane is a townland in the civil parish of Creagh, barony of Carbery West (East Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Leacachán.
- Area
- 66.2 ha
- 164 acres
- Land parcels
- 44
- registered freehold, median 4,615 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 23
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lackaghane, from 31 m² to 143,921 m² (14.39 ha, 35.56 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 Lackaghane 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
22 Jan 2026Grant permission
Change of use of existing agricultural storage building to use as an Ancillary Dwelling and for renovations and extensions to same including all associated site works
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 26/0103
4 Jul 2025Conditional permission
Construction of dwelling house, access road, wastewater treatment plant and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/368
2 Apr 2025Conditional
Permission for the following works at existing dwelling house: (1) retention of fenestration changes, (2) construction of 2 new extensions, (3) fenestration changes and (4) associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/174
27 Feb 2024Conditional
Retention of 2no. existing out-buildings
Retention · Cork County Council, 24/85
7 Feb 2024Incompleted application
Retention of 2 no. existing out-buildings
Retention · Cork County Council, 24/57
11 Jan 2024Incompleted application
Retention of 2 no. existing out-buildings
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/7
10 Jul 2023Conditional permission
Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of new two storey dwelling with tertiary treatment system and infiltration / treatment area and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/379
12 May 2023Conditional
Agricultural development consisting of machinery and feed store, along with all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/255
24 Feb 2023Incompleted application
Agricultural development consisting of machinery and feed store, along with all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/90
8 Jun 2021Conditional
Permission for Change of use of existing Agricultural storage building to use as an ancillary dwelling and for renovations and extensions to same including all associated siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/385
18 Dec 2015Conditional
Retention of garage, green house and retention of extension to dwellinghouse
Retention · Cork County Council, 15/718
15 Feb 2013Conditional
A) Construct dwelling house incorporating renovated cow byre, B) Change of use of existing farmhouse to agricultural store, C) Construct a detached domestic garage, fuel store, septic tank and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/87
6 Feb 2013Incompleted application
Construct a dwellinghouse with domestic garage, septic tank, percolation area and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/66
25 Jul 2012Unconditional
Construction of dwelling and associated site works
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/481
9 May 2008Conditional
Demolition of existing dwellinghouse, construction of new dwellinghouse, refurbishment of existing detached out-building to include installation of 4no. rooflights, installation of mini treatment plant system and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/864
18 Dec 2006Conditional
Construction of a dwelling and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2782
4 Aug 2006Withdrawn
Dwelling and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1528
18 Mar 2004Conditional
Construction of dwelling incorporating old farm dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1792
3 Mar 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1349
19 Jun 2003Conditional
Alterations and extensions to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/3034
23 Dec 2002Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse & garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/5884
6 Dec 2000Conditional
Alterations & extensions to dwellinghouse & installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/7347
12 May 1998New application
Dormer Bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 98/1943
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 Lackaghane.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Lackaghane.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lackaghane.
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 Lackaghane, about 1 in 5 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 Lackaghane.
- 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 Lackaghane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Lackaghane · Leacachán
- Area
- 661,785 m² (66.18 ha, 163.53 acres)
- Civil parish
- Creagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Tullagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 833 people lived in 336 households in the Tullagh electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 42% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Lackaghane 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.