Raheen
Townland in the civil parish of Castlehaven, barony of Carbery West (East Division), Co. Cork; in Irish An Ráithín
- Area
- 117.4 ha
- 290 acres
- Land parcels
- 35
- registered freehold, median 3,644 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Raheen, from 36 m² to 270,132 m² (27.01 ha, 66.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 8 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
23 Jun 2025Conditional permission
Construction of machinery and storage shed along with all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/347
10 Jun 2025Incompleted application
Construction of a machinery and storage shed along with all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/316
2 Feb 2021Conditional
Construct a milking parlour, dairy, plant room, cattle holding yard with cattle crush, cattle holding yard with two no. slatted soiled water tanks, feed storage bin, concrete apron, earth walled bund to existing overground slurry storage tank and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/65
15 Mar 2017Conditional
For the construction of a domestic garage attached to dwelling house and permission for the relocation of entrance to dwelling permitted under planning reference number 10/515
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/149
24 Jan 2017Incompleted application
Permission for the construction of a domestic garage attached to dwelling house and permission for the relocation of entrance to dwelling permitted under planning reference number 10/515
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/29
21 Dec 2011Conditional
Demolish rear extension to existing dwelling and to construct a new single storey extension to same
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/774
4 Jul 2011Conditional
Retention of extensions to dwelling house and retention of stable building
Retention · Cork County Council, 11/398
16 Jul 2010Conditional
Demolition of dwelling house, construction of replacement dwelling house, installation of septic tank and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/515
2 Dec 2008Conditional
(a) Retain existing single storey extension to front of dwelling together with gable window on northwest elevation of dwelling, (b) Retain garage extension to domestic garage granted under planning reg: 96/3237, (c) Retain summer house - used ancillary to main dweling - attached to garage permitted under planning reg: 96/3237
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/2123
3 Sept 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse, install proprietary treatment plant and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2326
23 Jul 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, install proprietary treatment plant and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1984
13 Jun 2007Withdrawn
Demolition of existing creamery building and construction of joinery workshop
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1550
18 May 2007Conditional
Permission for changes to permitted development granted under Ref. No. W/02/4414 as follows ; permission for change of use of ground floor commercial stores to use as kitchen and utility room to form part of dwelling over head as well as alterations to elevations ( windows & doors) , installation of separate waste water treatment unit and reduced site area
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1315
18 Dec 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2752
17 Dec 2004Conditional
Installation of floodlights and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/9280
23 Dec 2002Conditional
Alterations, extensions & change of use of dwelling to 3 no. residential units & waste water treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/5905
9 May 2001Conditional
Construction of 2 no. underpasses
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/2592
25 Aug 2000Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/5185
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 Raheen.
Recorded monuments
- CO142-066 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on ENE-facing slope. Circular raised area (diam. 40m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.1m), with shallow external fosse to S (D 0.4m). Gap (Wth 3m) in bank to NNW. 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
- CO142-067 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on NNE-facing slope. Circular area (28m N-S; 27m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.1m), with external fosse N->E (D 0.4m). Bank stone-faced on outside to NE. Interior raised on NE side to compensate for hillslope. 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 Raheen.
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 high, 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 Raheen.
- 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 Raheen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Raheen · An Ráithín
- Area
- 1,173,905 m² (117.39 ha, 290.08 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castlehaven, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Castlehaven North, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castlehaven North electoral division: 817 people in 315 households; 80% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 20% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bawnnagollopy, Currabeg, Fahouragh, Killangal, Moneyvollahane, Rea
- Placenames
- Raheen 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.