Rahanisky

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rahanisky, from 4 m² to 595,103 m² (59.51 ha, 147.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Rahanisky 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.

• 25 Sept 2026Awaiting validation sro

  A 10-year permission for the construction of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility, co-located with the Solar PV development permitted under Planning Ref. No. 23/04245, comprising 48 no. single-storey BESS units, 4 no. single-storey power conversion system (PCS) units, 4 no. single-storey transformer stations, 1 no. firewater storage tank, underground cabling, internal access tracks, security fencing and gate, landscaping, and all associated site and development works including the reuse of excavated material on site to form an earthen berm along the northern and western boundaries of the BESS compound. The BESS compound has a site area of approximately 0.61ha. Permission is also sought for the upgrade of a portion of the access track previously permitted under Planning Ref. No. 23/04245 to a tarmac finish and the addition of 1 no. single-storey spare parts storage container within the boundary of the permitted Solar PV development. The total site development area amounts to approximately 0.93ha.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2491

• 16 Jul 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  Permission to construct a two storey dwelling house, construct a detached garage, new vehicular entrance, proprietary treatment plant and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1897

• 21 Jul 2023Conditional

  A 10-year permission and 40-year operation period for a Solar Farm and underground grid connection within an overall site area of 61.08 hectares. The solar farm consists of 330,200 square meters of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; on-site electrical substation; electrical skids (containing inverters, transformers and switchgear); underground power and communication cables and ducts; boundary security fencing; new internal access tracks and associated drainage infrastructure; new site entrance to the L6965 local road; 10 no. CCTV/lighting posts and all associated site services and works. The development also includes underground grid connection, which is to be installed primarily within the L6965, L2951 and L2963 public roads, this includes the installation of 3 no. underground medium voltage electrical cables, 1 no. fibre communications cable, 2 no. joint bays and associated infrastructure to allow communications and connection between the proposed 38kV on-site substation and the Kilbarry 110kV Substation, Blackpool, Cork City. The total length of the cable is c.4,449m of which c.2,021m will be within the jurisdiction of Cork County Council and c.2,428m within the jurisdiction of Cork City Council. A concurrent planning application will be lodged with Cork City Council for the remainder of the underground cable along the public roads to allow connection to the Kilbarry 110kV Substation in Blackpool, Cork City under Section 34 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (PDA)(as amended).

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5486

• 14 Feb 2023Conditional

  A 10 year permission for a solar farm consisting of approximately 71,742 photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames within a site area of 64.55ha, 9 no. single storey inverter/transformer stations, 1 no. single storey spare parts storage container, 1 no. 38kV substation compound with single storey substation building, 1 no. clear span bridge, upgrading of existing agricultural entrances, internal access tracks, security fencing, CCTV, landscaping and all associated development site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4245

• 11 Jun 2021Conditional

  a) Demolition of 5 no. agricultural buildings. b) Construction of agricultural building to include cubicle & straw bedded livestock housing along with slatted slurry storage tanks. c) Construction of agricultural building to include milking parlour & associated facilities along with straw bedded livestock housing. d) Construction of silage pit, dungstead & apron. e) Construction of soiled water/parlour washings tank. f) Erection of 1 no. meal bin and 2 no. water storage tanks along with associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5622

• 2 Dec 2019Conditional

  Construction of a livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated siteworks.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6868

• 22 Mar 2017Conditional

  Construction of a dwelling and detached domestic garage and carrying out of all associated site works, including the installation of a septic tank and percolation area and the rearrangement of the existing site entrance to the family home, in order to provide a new common site entrance arrangement

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4691

• 11 May 2016Conditional

  Construction of a domestic dwellinghouse together with detached garage to the rear and all associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5130

• 6 Oct 2015Withdrawn

  Construction of a domestic dwellinghouse together with detached garage to the rear and all associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6221

• 9 Jul 2015Conditional

  Construction of single storey extensions to front, side and rear of existing single storey dwelling, alterations to façade, upgrade to existing sewerage system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5512

• 26 Jun 2015Incompleted application

  Permission to add single storey extensions to front, side and rear of existing single storey dwelling, alterations to façade, upgrade to existing sewerage system and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5397

• 29 May 2015Incompleted application

  Single storey extensions to front, side and rear of existing single storey dwelling, alterations to façade, upgrading of existing sewerage system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5135

• 30 Oct 2013Conditional

  Retention of single storey domestic garage and entrance location from that permitted under Planning Ref. No. 92/1855

  Retention · Cork County Council, 13/6060

• 3 Oct 2013Incompleted application

  Retention of single storey domestic garage and entrance location from that permitted under Planning Ref. No. 92/1855

  Retention · Cork County Council, 13/5904

• 26 Sept 2013Conditional

  Alterations and associated works to the entrance from the public road to dwelling house and farm yard

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5861

• 17 Sept 2013Incompleted application

  Alterations and associated works to the entrance from the public road to dwellinghouse and farm yard

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5801

• 5 Jan 2007Conditional

  Construction of shed for straw bedded calf pens, underground concrete slurry storage tank and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4082

• 29 Aug 2005Conditional

  Retention of domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6225

• 25 Jul 2005Incompleted application

  Retention of domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5292

• 13 Jun 2003Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2905

• 30 Jan 2003Conditional

  Extension to bungalow

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/329

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 Rahanisky.

Recorded monuments

• CO063-057 Standing stone
  Description

  In pasture on SE-facing slope. Stone (H 80in, Wth 27in, T 8in) in this field recorded by Condon (1916, 73). Removed c. 1973, according to local information. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO063-058 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  No visible surface remains of castle marked as 'in ruins' on map of 1777 (Healy 1988, 64) but shown as 'site of' on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Site now partially occupied by slurry pit; slight rise to W and slope down on S and W sides to stream. Nearby farm buildings built with stone from castle according to local information. Barry castle, held by branch of family descended from David fitz David Barry Roe (O Murchadha 1985, 30). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO063-105 Standing stone
  Description

  In pasture on SE-facing slope. Condon (1916, 73) records stone in this field but did not measure it as field was 'recently tilled'. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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 Rahanisky.

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 Rahanisky, 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

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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 Rahanisky with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Rahanisky · Ráth an Uisce

Area

1,527,378 m² (152.74 ha, 377.42 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcully, and its townlands

Barony

Cork

Electoral division

Rathcooney, the unit of the census

Census 2022

376 people lived in 123 households in the Rathcooney electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinvarrig, Ballynahina, Kilcronan, Killavarrig, Killeendaniel, Monard

Placenames

Rahanisky 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.