Pluckanes East
Townland in the civil parish of Donaghmore (Macroom Ra), barony of Barretts, Co. Cork; in Irish Na Plucáin Thoir
- Area
- 147.8 ha
- 365 acres
- Land parcels
- 47
- registered freehold, median 6,455 m² (0.65 ha, 1.6 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 50
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Pluckanes East, from 88 m² to 412,319 m² (41.23 ha, 101.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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 Pluckanes East 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
4 Jun 2026Awaiting f.i. response
Planning permission and permission for retention for amendments to and expansion of the existing farm machinery facility. Planning permission is being sought for the construction of a building for the assembly, storage and display of farm machinery. Permission for retention is being sought for the retention of the change of use of an existing agricultural building for the assembly, storage and display of farm machinery associated with the existing business for a temporary period of 18 months and the retention of a concrete display yard to the north east of site
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1486
6 May 2026Invalid - case closed
Permission and permission for retention for amendments to and expansion of the expansion of the existing farm machinery facility. Planning permission is being sought for the construction of a building for the assembly, storage and display of farm machinery. Permission for retention is being sought for the retention of the change of use of an existing agricultural building for the assembly, storage and display of farm machinery associated with the existing business for a temporary period of 18 months and the retention of concrete display yard to the north east of the site.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1183
31 Mar 2026Grant with conditions
Permission to retain and complete existing lane, and entrance to and from L6789 public road also planning permission to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0816
8 Jan 2026Application withdrawn
Permission to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, and all associated site work
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0016
27 Nov 2025Invalid - case closed
Permission to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6606
31 Oct 2025Invalid - prepare letters
Permission to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6361
27 Jun 2025Refused
Permission for the construction of a shed to be used for the assembly of livestock trailers and general purposes trailers, unloading and temporary storage of log splitters and woodchippers, with all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5255
10 Jun 2025Application invalid
Permission for construction of a shed to be used for unloading stock and temporary storage of products, including the assembly of livestock and general purpose trailers, with all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5118
20 May 2025Incompleted application
Permission for proposed shed to be used for unloading and temporary storage of products, with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4953
8 Apr 2024Split decision
Permission to construct a shed to be used for storage and the assemble of car trailors, log splitters and log saws, also permission to retain entrance with concrete roadway serving commercial business and all associated site works.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 24/4582
8 Feb 2024Incompleted application
Permission to construct a shed to be used for storage and the assemble of car trailors, log splitters and log saws, also permission to retain entrance with concrete roadway serving commercial business and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4196
11 Jan 2024Incompleted application
Permission to construct a shed to be used for storage and the assemble of car trailors, log splitters and log saws, permission to retain entrance with concrete roadway serving commercial business, and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4028
15 Dec 2023Incompleted application
Permission for the construction of a shed to be used for storage and assemble of car trailors, log splitters and log saws, also planning permission to retain entrance with concrete roadway, and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6512
20 Apr 2021Conditional
A new wastewater treatment system incorporating a new site boundary along with retention of previous alterations and extensions to dwelling house which consists of a ground floor rear extension, a front porch extension, and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5039
12 Mar 2021Incompleted application
To extend farm shed to be used as storage for hay, straw, farm machinery, firewood, and permission to retain farm entrance with concrete roadway.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4636
18 Feb 2021Incompleted application
To extend farm shed to be use as storage for hay, straw, farm machinery, firewood, and permission to retain entrance with concrete roadway.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4391
4 Jan 2021Conditional
Permission to retain a change of use from agriculture of a open compound hardstand with metal palisade fencing to be used for the sale, display and storage of trailers, shed to be used for sale, display storage and assembly of wood log splitters, log saws and trailers, and with a company signage panel on western elevation of shed, and retention of septic tank, and all associated site works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/4007
4 Jan 2021Incompleted application
To extend farm shed to be use as storage for hay, straw, farm machinery, firewood, and permission to retain farm entrance with concrete roadway.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4008
4 Dec 2020Withdrawn
A new wastewater treatment system incorporating a new site boundary along with retention of previous alterations and extensions to dwelling house which consists of a ground floor rear extension, a front porch extension, and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6722
24 Aug 2020Withdrawn
Permission for retention of alterations and extensions to dwelling house which consists of a ground floor rear extension, a front porch extension, and associated site works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 20/5818
24 Jan 2017Conditional
Construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new entrance together with all other ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4122
31 May 2013Conditional
Construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, well, entrance, septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5023
17 May 2013Incompleted application
Construction of new dwellinghouse, domestic garage, well, entrance, septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4928
22 Jul 2009Conditional
Construction of storey and a half extension to rear and alterations to existing dwelling and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6429
29 Oct 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse with guest house accommodation, detached garage, entrance, wastewater treatment unit and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9472
The 25 most recent of 50 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 Pluckanes East.
Recorded monuments
- CO050-146 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture; marshy ground immediately to S. Spread of burnt material with sparse vegetation cover. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO050-147 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on 1842, 1904 and 1939 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; low rise encloses circular area. To N and S second low rise visible outside first and separated from it by shallow depression; may be remains of second bank. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO050-148 Standing stone
Description
Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on S-facing slope. Removed; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO051-059 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground, to SE of stream. Partially overgrown mound of burnt material (11.9m N-S; 13.7m E-W; H 1.1m). E end clear of growth and crossed by cattle track. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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 Pluckanes East.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Pluckanes East.
- 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
No address of the register names Pluckanes East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Pluckanes East · Na Plucáin Thoir
- Area
- 1,478,281 m² (147.83 ha, 365.29 acres)
- Civil parish
- Donaghmore (Macroom Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Barretts
- Electoral division
- Firmount, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Firmount electoral division: 735 people in 236 households; 93% of households own their home; 49% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ahadallane, Curragh, Garraun North, Pluckanes North, Pluckanes South, Pluckanes West
- Placenames
- Pluckanes East 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.