Prohoness

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Prohoness, from 118 m² to 206,438 m² (20.64 ha, 51.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Prohoness 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.

• 3 Feb 2026Grant with conditions

  Permission for refurbishment, alteration & extension to existing dwelling including raising the existing roof height, new layout and refurbishment and change of use of an adjacent ruin to extended living space of the dwelling including link extension. Permission for a detached car port, existing entrance sight line/ boundary wall improvements and associated site works. Permission for retention is also sought for demolished conservatory (previously attached to house), Domestic Waste Water Treatment System (DWWTS) and a mobile home (for the duration to complete the proposed works to the existing dwelling).

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0213

• 1 Dec 2025Invalid - case closed

  Refurbishment, alteration & extension to existing dwelling including raising existing roof height, new layout and refurbishment and change of use of an adjacent ruin to extended living space of the dwelling including link extension. Permission for a detached car port, existing entrance sight line / boundary wall improvements and associated site works. Permission for retention is also sought for demolished conservatory (previously attached to house), Domestic waste water treatment system (DMMTS) and a mobile home (for the duration to complete the proposed works to the existing dwelling).

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6632

• 28 Oct 2025Invalid - prepare letters

  Refurbishment, alteration and extension to existing dwelling. Including raising the existing roof, new layout, and extension into existing stone ruin. Together with proposed detached car port, existing entrance sight line/boundary wall improvements and associated site works. Retention for demolished conservatory (previously attached to house), replacement Domestic Waste Water Treatment System (DWWTS) and mobile home accommodation. Temporary permission for mobile home accommodation, until completion of dwelling works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6331

• 8 Sept 2022Conditional

  Permission for retention of 1) single storey conservatory extension to south side of dwelling house, 2) window on southern facade of dwelling house, 3) pergola extension to north of dwelling house, 4) extension to garage and all associated site development works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 22/564

• 5 Mar 2021Conditional

  Retention of alterations and single storey extension to dwelling and retention of stable complex to include stable block, timber shed, container, dung stead and associated site development works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 21/160

• 6 Sept 2006Conditional

  Retention of building extensions, material of windows, relocation of site entrance, change of floor level, change of location of house and revised site boundaries

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1795

• 12 Jul 2006Incompleted application

  (A) Building extensions; (B) material of window; (c) relocation of site entrance; (D) change to floor level; (E) change of location of house; (F) revised site boundaries

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1334

• 2 Jul 2004Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/5041

• 7 Nov 2000Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 00/6688

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Prohoness.

Recorded monuments

• CO141-002001 Anomalous stone group
  Description

  Located c. 20m NW of children's burial ground (CO141-002002-). Five stone slabs (L c. 1m), set on edge in S-shaped arrangement; protruding c. 0.3m above sod. 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

• CO141-002002 Burial ground
  Description

  Marked 'Children's Burial Ground' on OS 6-inch map (1842). In heath. 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

• CO141-003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, below crest of hill. Circular area enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1m), with external fosse (D 1m). Break in bank to SSE (Wth 2.8m). Interior and bank heavily overgrown, mainly inaccessible. 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

• CO141-146 Standing stone - pair
  Description

  According to local information, two upright stones stood in this location. In the mid-1990s they were described as being 0.4m apart. The S stone (1.3m x 0.2m; H 0.95m) was described as being aligned NW-SE while the N stone (1.1m x 0.25m; H 1.4m) was aligned NNW-SSE. The density of the vegetation prohibited access for inspection in 2004. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO141-147 Cupmarked stone
  Description

  In a heavily overgrown and marshy area, to the S of a track. According to local information, there are at least 17 cupmarks on the surface of outcropping rock. Owing to the overgrowth, the area proved too difficult and dangerous to access. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Prohoness.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Prohoness, 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 Prohoness.

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.

No address of the register names Prohoness with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Prohoness · Prochanas

Area

1,179,184 m² (117.92 ha, 291.38 acres)

Civil parish

Aghadown, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery West (East Division)

Electoral division

Aghadown North, the unit of the census

Census 2022

299 people lived in 115 households in the Aghadown North electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cooranuller, Foherlagh, Hollyhill, Lissaclarig East, Lissaclarig West, Lyre, Munnane

Placenames

Prohoness 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.