Murreagh
Murreagh is a townland in the civil parish of Durrus, barony of Carbery West (West Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Mhuiríoch.
- Area
- 80.7 ha
- 199 acres
- Land parcels
- 23
- registered freehold, median 3,769 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres)
- Zoning
- G1
- Green Infrastructure
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Murreagh, from 506 m² to 219,851 m² (21.99 ha, 54.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 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
- G1Green Infrastructure (Open space, park)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 1 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
26 Feb 2026Grant with conditions
Permission to install 3 no. flood lights to the existing Tennis Court along with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0475
27 Mar 2025Conditional permission
New dwelling, new waste water treatment system and new vehicular entrance and all associated site works. The new dwelling will incorporate a refurbished existing agricultural shed to form part of the dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/162
8 Jan 2020Conditional
Permission for the following to an existing dwelling - A) Demolition of existing Sun-room and for construction of new single storey extension with roof garden over, in lieu of same. B) New entrance porches. C) Change of use of attic storage space to habitable space including extension to same. D) Additional alterations to existing elevational elements and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/2
11 Dec 2014Conditional
Permission for: (i) demolition of existing derelict dwelling house, (ii) construction of new dwelling house, (iii) reconstruction of site entrance and access road, (iv) installation of wastewater treatment system and (v) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/709
17 May 2011Conditional
to construct a 70.0 square meter single storey boat house and all associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/291
14 Apr 2010Conditional
Construct an extension to the existing Pre-School under part of the existing roof overhang on the western side of the existing community pavilion building along with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/261
23 May 2008Conditional
Dwelling house, new access roadway and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/961
24 Apr 2006Conditional
Farm entrance and gate
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/710
7 Feb 2006Incompleted application
Farm Entrance and gate
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/175
20 Dec 2005Conditional
Alterations and conversion of studio to granny flat and and installation of treatment plant to serve proposed new works and existing dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9523
19 Sept 2005Conditional
Construction of extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6818
15 Sept 2005Refused
Alterations, extensions and conversion of studio to separate dwelling unit and installation of treatment plant to serve proposed dwelling and existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6701
9 Aug 2005Incompleted application
Construction of extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5691
9 Aug 2005Incompleted application
Conversion of existing studio to living accommodation with first floor over, alterations to existing studio and installation of mini treatment plant to serve proposed development and existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5686
10 May 2004Conditional
Construction of single storey extension to dwelling and carport
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/3173
8 Jan 2003Conditional
Retention of site boundaries for dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/26
9 Apr 2001Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/1911
18 Dec 2000Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/7624
1 Dec 2000Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 00/7241
7 May 1999Conditional
Renovations & extension to dwelling & installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 99/2338
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 Murreagh.
Recorded monuments
- CO130-013 Standing stone
Description
In pasture on NW-facing slope. Lozenge-shaped stone aligned NNE-SSW (H 2.02m; 0.32m x 0.31m). 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 Murreagh.
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 Murreagh, 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 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 Murreagh.
- 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 Murreagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Murreagh · An Mhuiríoch
- Area
- 807,104 m² (80.71 ha, 199.44 acres)
- Civil parish
- Durrus, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Durrus East, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 283 people lived in 105 households in the Durrus East electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 19% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardogeena, Coolcoulaghta, Dromreagh
- Placenames
- Murreagh 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.