Raheen
Townland in the civil parish of Myross, barony of Carbery West (East Division), Co. Cork; in Irish An Ráithín
- Area
- 64.4 ha
- 159 acres
- Land parcels
- 46
- registered freehold, median 2,633 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 28
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Raheen, from 57 m² to 83,869 m² (8.39 ha, 20.72 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 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 Raheen 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
22 Dec 2025Grant with conditions
Adding 3 Tetra omni antenna to the existing 18m high lattice telecommunications support structure giving an overall height of 21.4m together with associated support steelwork and ground equipment
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6953
30 Aug 2024Conditional
New single storey flat roof extension to front and internal alterations to existing dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/479
17 Apr 2024Conditional
Construct a new single storey extension to an existing house, a new dormer window at first floor, alterations to existing elevations and to carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/179
9 Apr 2024Incompleted application
Construct a new single storey extension to an existing house, a new dormer window at first floor, alterations to existing elevations and to carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/163
12 Oct 2020Conditional
Alterations to existing boathouse including the relocation of the entrance and raising of the level of the roof
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/561
16 Aug 2018Conditional
To construct a dwelling house and a domestic garage, to install a proprietary sewerage treatment system and undertake all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/489
17 May 2018Conditional
To extend the existing dwelling house to include: A) one-and-a-half storey extension to the south-west facing elevation and construction of a 22.5 m2 (total floor space) on one-and-a-half storey extension, B) one storey extension to the north-east elevation and construction of a 6 m" (total floor space) on a one storey extension, D) one-and-a-half storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house and construction of a 130 m2 (total floor space) on one-and-a-half storey extension, and E) all ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/278
12 Feb 2018Conditional
To construct a single storey extension to the North and East elevation of the existing dwelling house along with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/69
24 May 2017Conditional
Permission for a 18m high multi-user telecommunications structure carrying associated antennae and link dishes, associated equipment cabinets, within security compound, proposed access track. The development will form part of Vodafone Ireland Ltd's GSM, 3G and 4G Broadband Networks.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/316
1 Jul 2011Withdrawn
Single storey dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/396
1 Jun 2011Conditional
Demolition of an existing two storey dwelling and the construction of a two storey dwelling together with domestic foul water treatment unit with percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/321
30 Apr 2010Conditional
Single storey dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/308
21 May 2009Withdrawn
Erection of a dwellinghouse and installation of sewage treatment plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/595
19 Dec 2007Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse and install sewage treatment plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/3155
23 Aug 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and install sewage treatment plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2260
30 Mar 2007Conditional
Construct farm building consisting of cattle house with slatted slurry tank, milking parlour, dairy, plant room and calving pens; construct walled silo, soiled water tank, concrete aprons and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/884
30 Nov 2006Refused
Construct a farm building consisting of a cattle house with slatted slurry tank, milking parlour, dairy and calving pens; construct a walled silo, soiled water tank, concrete aprons and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2551
25 Aug 2006Refused
Construction of single dwelling house, associated sewerage treatment unit and percolation area and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1716
22 Nov 2004Conditional
Conservatory extension attached to front of existing dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8586
26 Oct 2004Conditional
Extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7946
22 Dec 2003Withdrawn
Partial demolition of dwelling and construction of two storey extension to two storey extension
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6772
8 Aug 2003Conditional
Extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/3961
18 Nov 2002Withdrawn
Alterations & extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/5081
14 Jun 2002Conditional
Installation of septic tank and percolation area to serve existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/2548
21 Dec 2001Conditional
Dwellinghouse on alternative site
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/6951
The 25 most recent of 28 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 Raheen.
Recorded monuments
- CO142-082 Castle - tower house
Description
On E shore of Castle Haven estuary, partially collapsed, 4 storey rectangular tower (9.3m N-S; 9.6m E-W) built on rock outcrop. E wall and E ends of N and S walls fallen but otherwise standing to full height. Only upper portions of ground floor visible over depth of fallen rubble; lintelled window ope in S wall. First floor door at S end of E wall judging by recess to take open door at E end of S wall. Much damaged window opes inS , W and N walls; mural passage to W of window ope in S wall probably to garderobe though now damaged and altered. At 2nd floor level mural chambers in N ans S walls; chamber to S probably contains garde robe. Window ope in W wall blocked up; blocking has inserted lintelled door now also blocked up. This window has square headed light flanked by circular gun loops. Over 2nd floor pointed wicker centered vault (axis E-W) - broken at E end. Window opes in N, W and S walls at 3rd floor level all badly damaged. Gable atop W wall. Bartizan, held by 3 corbels atop SW corner. Gable-shaped recesses onS, W and N elevations have openings at apex for shooting through; similarf eatures at nearby Glandore castle (CO142-030---). Upper portions of W wall show damage done by impact of cannon balls; the result of a Cromwellian attack in 1649 according to Coleman (1922, 67); the castle also shows traces of burning on inside. A castle of the O'Donovan clan (O Murchadha 1985, 126) built late 16th/early 17th century. 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
- The EPA radon map did not answer.
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- 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
- 644,238 m² (64.42 ha, 159.19 acres)
- Civil parish
- Myross, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Myross, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Myross electoral division: 818 people in 321 households; 73% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 28% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinatona, Cahergal, Cooldurragha, Maulicarrane, Reen, The League
- 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.