Loughlea
Loughlea is a townland in the civil parish of Imphrick, barony of Fermoy, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Loch Liath.
- Area
- 175.2 ha
- 433 acres
- Land parcels
- 26
- registered freehold, median 4,796 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Loughlea, from 71 m² to 437,207 m² (43.72 ha, 108.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
27 Mar 2025Conditional
Permission for 100mm external wall insulation to existing dwelling and garage with render finish and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4533
14 Apr 2022Conditional
Construct dwelling, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, well, new entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4856
8 Mar 2022Incompleted application
Construct dwelling, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, well, new entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4502
7 Dec 2018Conditional
Retention of the existing dwellinghouse, domestic garage and entrance as constructed with all associated site ancillary works
Retention · Cork County Council, 18/7222
9 Nov 2018Incompleted application
Retention of the existing dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance and septic tank constructed with all associated site and ancillary works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 18/6966
22 Mar 2006Conditional
Granny flat extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5764
17 Feb 2004Withdrawn
Windfarm to include 8 no. wind turbines and ancillary equipment for generation of electricity, control building, substation and 60m wind monitoring mast
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/909
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballinvonear Pond 000012
Recorded monuments
- CO017-013 Designed landscape - tree-ring
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- CO017-014 Enclosure
Description
In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Oval raised area (32m N-S; 23.5m E-W) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.6m) SSE->NNE with external fosse (D 0.35m); scarp elsewhere. Interior bisected c. NNW-SSE by stone-faced earthen field boundary. 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
- CO017-015 Enclosure
Description
In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map as oval area (c. 18m NW-SE; c. 12m NE-SW) enclosed by broken line, suggesting small enclosure. No visible surface trace. 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
- CO017-016 Fulacht fia
Description
In rough grazing, c. 30m E of well. Grass-covered spread of burnt material. Second fulacht fiadh (11406) c. 50m to SE. 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
- CO017-136 Country house
Description
Overgrown ruin of 2-storey mid-19th-century house. Indicated as rectangular structure (long axis NE-SW) named 'Fort Henry' on 1842 OS 6-inch map; different layout shown on 1906 OS 6-inch map and name changed to 'Loughlea'. Rendered with plastered quoins. Entrance front (SW) of 3 bays, central porch entrance. Sash windows with plastered surrounds. Lean-to stairway projection to rear. Gable-ended with chimneys atop gables. Farm buildings to rear. 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Loughlea.
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 Loughlea, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Loughlea.
- 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 Loughlea with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Loughlea · An Loch Liath
- Area
- 1,752,004 m² (175.2 ha, 432.93 acres)
- Civil parish
- Imphrick, and its townlands
- Barony
- Fermoy
- Electoral division
- Imphrick, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 376 people lived in 134 households in the Imphrick electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinvonear, Ballyhoura, Kilcolman West, Lisballyhay, Velvetstown
- Placenames
- Loughlea 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.