Lettergorman
Townland in the civil parish of Drinagh, barony of Carbery East (West Division), Co. Cork; in Irish Leitir Gormáin
- Area
- 298.2 ha
- 737 acres
- Land parcels
- 79
- registered freehold, median 11,084 m² (1.11 ha, 2.74 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 41
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
79 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lettergorman, from 130 m² to 312,550 m² (31.26 ha, 77.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Lettergorman 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
29 Jan 2026Grant with conditions
Planning permission for Ancillary Dwelling house, wastewater treatment unit and all associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0174
8 Nov 2024Refused
Permission for ancillary dwelling house, wastewater treatment unit and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/614
2 Jun 2021Conditional
Construct a dwelling house, domestic garage and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/371
26 May 2021Conditional
Construct a cattle house with slatted slurry tank, concrete cow path and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/340
16 Apr 2020Withdrawn
Construct a dwelling house, site entrance, internal access roadway and carry out associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/209
24 Jan 2020Conditional
Construct a cattle house with slatted slurry tank and carry out associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/26
15 Aug 2018Conditional
Extension and alterations to existing dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/484
6 Oct 2015Conditional
Construct a walled silo
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/563
13 Jan 2014Unconditional
Construction of dwelling house, garage and all associated site works
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 14/22
5 Jan 2011Conditional
Retention for treatment unit and percolation area and permission for domestic garage ancillary to existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/2
16 Dec 2010Incompleted application
Retention for treatment unit and percolation area and permission for domestic garage ancillary to existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/856
29 Oct 2010Withdrawn
Domestic garage ancillary to existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/755
4 Dec 2008Conditional
Demolish existing dwelling, construction of new dwelling and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/2138
12 Sept 2008Incompleted application
Demolish existing dwelling, construction of new dwelling and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1684
18 Aug 2008Conditional
Construction of dwelling house, garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1529
24 Jul 2008Incompleted application
Demolish existing dwelling and construction of new dwelling wiht associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1381
17 Jul 2008Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1333
14 Mar 2008Conditional
Construction of a dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/486
23 Nov 2007Conditional
Demolition of existing dwellinghouse, construction of new dwellinghouse with attached domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2935
5 Oct 2007Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage and installation of septic tank
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/2579
28 Sept 2007Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2542
17 Aug 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2212
15 Dec 2006Refused
Dwelling, domestic garage and associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/2746
23 Oct 2006Conditional
Construct cubicle/slatted/calf house, silage slab and machinery house
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2214
29 Sept 2006Incompleted application
Dwelling, domestic garage and associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/1988
The 25 most recent of 41 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 Lettergorman.
Recorded monuments
- CO121-030 Burial ground
Description
In pasture on NW-facing slope. Not shown on OS 6-inch map (1842). Subcircular area (18m N-S; 17m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.8m) W->N; field fence N->SE; scarp SE->W. No grave markers noted. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO121-031 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on break in N-facing slope. Roughly circular stony area (diam. 35m), overgrown with ferns, encircled by band of thistles. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO121-032 Souterrain
Description
On level break in WNW-facing slope, above Bealnascartane River. According to local information, passageway (L c. 17 feet) leading to one earth-cut chamber was found during clearance of field fences. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO121-033001 Standing stone
Description
In flat pasture, atop ridge, overlooking valley of Glashagloragh river to S. Upright stone (H 1.75m; 0.8m x 0.75m) stands 45m W of four-poster (CO121-033002-). (O Nualláin 1984b, 70, no. 4) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO121-033002 Four poster
Description
In level pasture atop ridge overlooking valley of Glashagloragh river to S. Setting of three stones suggestive of four-poster trapezium arrangement. NW stone, the tallest, is 1.6m L, 0.75m T and 3m H. In line with this and 3.75m to SE is a stone 1.35m L:, 0.6m T and 2.15m H. Third stone stands 1.4m E of first and is 1m L, 0.9m T and 2.1m H. Some 18m E of this group, at the side of a laneway, is a prostrate stone 1.6m by 0.7m and 0.6m T. There is no evidence that this ever formed part of the group. Standing stone (CO121-033001-) 45m to W. (O Nualláin 1984b, no.4) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO121-034 Fulacht fia
Description
Grass-covered mound of burnt material (12m N-S; 8m E-W; H 0.3m) in pasture. Adjacent stream to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO121-035 Stone circle - five-stone
Description
On shoulder of S-facing hill slope, N of Glashagloragh river. Circle complete; N entrance stone has fallen; interior filled with field stones. Orthostats are 0.7m to 1.7m L, 0.15m to 0.6m T and 1m to 1.4m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned NE-SW, is 2.7m. (O Nualláin 1984, 44, no. 89; Roberts 1988, no. 9) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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 Lettergorman.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lettergorman.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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
- Lettergorman, Dunmanway5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Lettergorman · Leitir Gormáin
- Area
- 2,982,494 m² (298.25 ha, 736.99 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drinagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Drinagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Drinagh electoral division: 268 people in 92 households; 90% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Drinagh East, Kildee, Kippagh, Knockane, Knockawaddra, Maulatanvally, Milleennagun
- Placenames
- Lettergorman 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.