Rahoonagh East
Townland in the civil parish of Ballyvourney, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork; in Irish An Rathúnach Thoir
- Area
- 134.3 ha
- 332 acres
- Land parcels
- 33
- registered freehold, median 3,823 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rahoonagh East, from 499 m² to 284,161 m² (28.42 ha, 70.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 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 Rahoonagh East 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
10 Mar 2025Conditional permission
Permission for the construction of new dwelling house and domestic garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment system together with all other ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4402
17 Jul 2023Conditional permission
Construction of new dwelling house and domestic garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment system together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5464
5 May 2010Conditional
Retention and completion of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5074
26 Mar 2008Conditional
Installation of septic tank and construction of entrance and retention of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5676
13 Feb 2008Incompleted application
Retention of dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4750
8 Feb 2007Conditional
Construction of slatted cattle shed, concrete walled silage slab, cattle crush and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4869
30 Aug 2005Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6251
4 Mar 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1307
14 Sept 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse and proprietary treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6968
22 Jun 2004Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and proprietary treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4569
28 Apr 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/2866
26 Feb 2003Conditional
Alterations, porch and extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/791
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 Rahoonagh East.
Recorded monuments
- CO069-019 Standing stone
Description
Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on W-facing slope. Stone (H0.85m; 0.85m x 0.8m) is subrectangular in plan, long axis E-W. 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
- CO069-058 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Arc formed by earth and stone bank (H 0.75m) survives W->N. According to local information known as 'the lios'; possible souterrain (CO069-059----) in interior. 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
- CO069-059 Souterrain
Description
In possible ringfort (CO069-058----). According to local information, hole here formerly, which was filled in. Now 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rahoonagh East.
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 high, 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 Rahoonagh East.
- 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 Rahoonagh East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Rahoonagh East · An Rathúnach Thoir
- Area
- 1,343,027 m² (134.3 ha, 331.87 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballyvourney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Electoral division
- Derryfineen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Derryfineen electoral division: 242 people in 85 households; 94% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Candroma, Cloheena, Coolnacaheragh, Rahoonagh West, Toonlane
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Rahoonagh East 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.