Poularick
Poularick is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmurry, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Pollraic.
- Area
- 293.6 ha
- 726 acres
- Land parcels
- 67
- registered freehold, median 7,319 m² (0.73 ha, 1.81 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 43
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
67 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Poularick, from 25 m² to 409,501 m² (40.95 ha, 101.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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 Poularick 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
28 Sept 2026Awaiting admin validation
Planning for the Retention of (a) Lean to Production/Storage Building of Pumps & Skids adjoining existing (b) Steel Container & Racking for Storage of Pipework & Pumps (c) Toilet/Canteen Building (d) Office/Admin. Store Building (e) Lean to building for Maintenance Storage (f) All ancillary site works and Drainage
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/2513
26 Aug 2026Invalid - prepare letters
Permission for Retention of:- (a) Lean to Production/Storage Building of pumps and skids adjoining existing, (b) Steel Container and Racking for storage of pipework and pumps, (c) Toilet/Canteen Building, (d) Office/Admin. Store Building, (e) Lean to building for Maintenance Storage, (f) All ancillary site works and drainage.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/2224
13 Jul 2026Invalid - prepare letters
Planning for Retention of (a)Lean to Production/Storage Building adjoining existing (b)Steel Container for Storage (c) Toilet/Canteen Building (d) Office/Store Building (e) Lean to Storage building (f) All ancillary site works and drainage.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1871
22 May 2017Conditional
Construct a two storey dwellinghouse, domestic garage, waste water treatment system percolation area and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5272
15 Dec 2016Refused
Construction of a dwelling, domestic garage, entrance, effluent treatment system and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/7146
15 Mar 2016Conditional
Demolition of an existing single storey structure to the rear of the property as well as the construction of a two storey rear extension to an existing detached dwelling along with new waste water treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4595
11 Feb 2016Incompleted application
Construction of a two storey rear extension to an existing detached dwelling along with associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4271
22 Jul 2014Refused
Dwellinghouse, treatment unit, percolation area and associated site works, extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 09/6166
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 14/5575
26 Aug 2013Conditional
Construction of a dwellinghouse, effluent treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5649
15 Mar 2012Conditional
Construction of an extension to existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4502
2 Sept 2011Conditional
2 no. new forestry accesses. The development will consist of in each case an access gate and splayed entrance from existing public road to serve existing forestry lands
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5896
14 Jul 2011Incompleted application
An access gate and splayed entrance from existing public road to serve existing forestry lands
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5521
1 Apr 2011Conditional
Dwelling, garage, treatment unit, percolation area and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4666
14 Mar 2011Incompleted application
Dwelling, garage, treatment unit, percolation area and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4501
9 Sept 2010Withdrawn
Dwelling, garage, treatment unit, percolation area and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/6258
1 Sept 2010Conditional
Dwellinghouse and treatment unit
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 10/6188
3 Jul 2009Conditional
Change of plan for 2 no. dwellings granted under 07/11427 to include amendment to site boundaries and modified position of treatment plant to house no.2 and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6229
1 Jul 2009Conditional
Dwellinghouse, treatment unit, percolation area and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6166
15 May 2009Incompleted application
Dwelling, treatment unit & percolation area, change of plan for 2no. dwellings granted undwer planning ref.no. 07/11427 & all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5576
30 Apr 2008Refused
Dwellinghouse, garage, entrance and wastewater treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6412
29 Apr 2008Refused
Construction of building to be used for stables, and staff living accommodation with proprietary treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6367
23 Oct 2007Conditional
Infill of land with sub soil/rock for agricultural use
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11862
3 Oct 2007Conditional
3 no. dwellinghouses, garages and treatment units
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11427
24 Sept 2007Incompleted application
Infill of land with imported clean sub soil/rock for agricultural use
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11176
29 Aug 2007Incompleted application
3 no. dwellinghouses with 3 no. garages and installation of 3 no. treatment units
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10608
The 25 most recent of 43 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 Poularick.
Recorded monuments
- CO083-100 Moated site
Description
In pasture; on E bank of River Bride, commanding view N up river valley. Rectangular area (31m NW-SE; 27.7m NE-SW) by earthen bank (int. H 1.7m) with external fosse (D 1.3m). Low counterscarp bank (max. H 0.4m) to SE and NW. Break in bank (Wth c. 5m) at N corner with causeway. Interior slopes gently down to NW; crossed by faint remains of cultivation ridges. 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
- CO083-101 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground, to N of spring. Overgrown mound of burnt material (H 0.8m); dry, slightly raised area (L 11m; Wth 5m) to SE may be associated. 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
- CO083-102 Souterrain
Description
Local tradition of underground chambers. 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
- CO083-103 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage, atop low hillock. Circular area (27m N-S; 27m E-W) defined by earthen bank (H 0.7m). Shallow depression to S between bank and E-W field fence may be remains of external fosse; elsewhere field ploughed up to base of bank. Stone-faced entrance to E. Field clearance stones dumped on bank and in interior. Ringfort (CO083-104----) in view atop hill to N. 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
- CO083-104 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, atop hill. Roughly circular area (39.4m E-W; 35m N-S) defined by three earthen banks with intervening fosses and external fosse (D 0.15m); counterscarp bank (max. H 0.6m) to N. Bank one (inner bank), with low internal height (max. H 0.3m), drops 1.8m to base of fosse. Banks two and three highest on W side; cut into hillside to N giving stepped appearance; level with each other on S side. Stone-faced field boundary skirts enclosure NE->NW along similar line to counterscarp bank on N side. Entrance (Wth: banks one, two and three: 3.7m, 3.5m and 2.55m, respectively) to E; break (Wth: banks one, two and three: 1.6m, 4.75m and 4.85m, respectively) to NW. Banks two and three quarried into on NE side. Interior level in S half; N half slopes gently up on all sides to highest point of hill. According to landowner, depressions with mounds next to them, in SW quadrant, are due to digging c. 1900 by persons looking for gold. 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
- CO083-105 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground, on S bank of stream. Inaccessible; according to local information, mound partially levelled c. 1980. 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
- CO083-106 Standing stone
Description
Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. Marked on 1943 OS 6-inch map as single standing stone. In pasture. 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
Architectural heritage
- Bridge, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch humpback rubble stone road bridge, built c.1780, spanning tributary of River Bridge. Segmental-arch with dressed sandstone voussoirs. Rendered rubble stone parapet walls with rendered coping.
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 Poularick, 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 Poularick.
- 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 Poularick with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Poularick · Pollraic
- Area
- 2,936,453 m² (293.65 ha, 725.61 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmurry, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Electoral division
- Warrenscourt, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 789 people lived in 280 households in the Warrenscourt electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bengour East, Currabeha, Curraclogh, Glannarouge East, Glannarouge West
- Placenames
- Poularick 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.