Rathclare
Townland in the civil parish of Buttevant, barony of Orrery and Kilmore, Co. Cork; in Irish Ráth an Chláir
- Area
- 179.7 ha
- 444 acres
- Land parcels
- 30
- registered freehold, median 10,068 m² (1.01 ha, 2.49 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 13
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathclare, from 224 m² to 453,653 m² (45.37 ha, 112.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 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 · 59 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
13 Jul 2022Conditional
A) Permission for retention of an existing slatted cubicle house as constructed (b) permission to construct an extension to existing cubicle house to include milking parlour, dairy, collection yard, slatted tanks, drafting area and loose house (c) construct a straw/hay shed and install a milk silo and roof water collection tank.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5645
4 Oct 2019Conditional
To construct a dormer dwellinghouse with carport and garage, entrance, septic tank percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6396
19 Sept 2019Incompleted application
Construct a dormer dwelling house with carport and garage, entrance, septic tank, percolation area & all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6291
26 Jun 2019Withdrawn
To construct a dormer dwelling house with carport & garage, entrance, septic tank, percolation area & all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5644
17 May 2019Incompleted application
Construct a dormer dwelling house with entrance, septic tank and percolation area and all services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5255
9 Oct 2018Conditional
Retention of vehicular entrance as constructed on site and retention of detached domestic garage as constructed on site and all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 18/6666
2 May 2013Conditional
Retention of construction of porch with balcony over to East elevation of dwelling, sun porch with balcony over to the South elevation, alterations to elevations and alterations and change of use of existing attached outbuilding to living space and replacing slated roof with clear polycarbonate sheeted roof.
Retention · Cork County Council, 13/4811
15 Apr 2013Incompleted application
Retention of alterations to elevations of existing premises as follows:- (a) Construction of front porch on eastern elevation, (b) Projection to living room on southern elevation, (c) Alterations to southern & western elevation of existing rear extension, and (d) Altering existing outbuildings to one living space & replacing slated roof with clear polycarbonate sheeted roof
Retention · Cork County Council, 13/4670
2 Dec 2008Conditional
Retention of first floor extension onto existing dwelling, ground floor extension to side of dwelling & domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9916
13 Dec 2006Conditional
Construction of shed to include loose area, feeding passage and slatted area, construction of overground steel slurry storage tank, slurry reception/storage tank and roof existing collection yard
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13247
14 Feb 2005Refused
Retention of two advertising poster boards for Clarion Hotel
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/775
10 Nov 2004Conditional
Construction of extensions to dwelling and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8324
10 Oct 2003Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/5057
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
Recorded monuments
- CO016-138 Mound
Description
In pasture, c. 40m E of Awbeg River; moated site (10463) c. 55m to S. Depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map as hachured oval mound (c. 20m N-S; c. 10m E-W). Levelled; low scarp to NE may indicate perimeter. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO016-139 Moated site
Description
In level pasture, c. 40m E of Awbeg River. Rectangular area (35m E-W; 27m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 2.25) with external fosse (D 0.55m). Break (Wth 1.4m) midway along E bank; bank on S side of break curves outwards to extend into fosse; loose stones scattered around base of bank but no evidence of stone facing. Second break (Wth 1.4m) in bank at NW corner; fosse shallow here. Fosse waterlogged; drain, running NW from centre of N fosse, connects it to waterway which in turn is connected at both ends to Awbeg River. Interior raised above level of surrounding field; heavily overgrown with bushes. Listed by Barry (1981, 83, no. 62). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO017-029 Kiln - lime
Description
Indicated in quarry on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Random-rubble limestone walls encase core, built against natural rock face. Front elevation (H 5m; Wth 5.85m) faces N; stone-arched recess (H 2.35m; Wth 2.45m; D 2.4m) with second lower inner arch, remains of sloping slabs at rear with D-shaped stoking hole cut into slab, rectangular ope at base. Partially infilled brick-lined funnel (diam. c. 2m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO017-030001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on break in E-facing slope, to W of Ardinville House. Depicted as bivallate circular enclosure on 1906 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps, with outer bank replaced by laneway to NW. Circular raised area (diam. c. 25m) enclosed by overgrown earthen bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 2.25m). Interior overgrown with deciduous trees. Souterrain (CO017-03002-) in W half. Slurry pit abuts S bank; concrete farmyard abuts W bank. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO017-030002 Souterrain
Description
In W half of ringfort (CO017-03001-). No visible surface trace. According to local information, discovered when horse-drawn machinery collapsed into it and is thought to extend outside the area of the ringfort (pers. comm. Dr. David J. Burdon). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO017-031 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, atop hillock. Circular area (diam. c. 25m) enclosed by worn earthen bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.65m) S->NNW with external fosse (D 0.6m); faint trace of bank elsewhere. Farm building in interior, off-centre to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO017-032 Earthwork
Description
In low lying, partially reclaimed wetland, c. 200m N of Awbeg River. Depicted as hachured circular raised area (diam. c. 10m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Two low earthen oval mounds survive, separated by muddy cattle path. More westerly mound (H 0.6m; 19.5m E-W; 12.8m N-S) covered in bushes; easterly mound (H 0.6m; 17.5m E-W; 11.5m N-S) grass-covered. Area shown as 'liable to floods' on 1906 OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO017-120 Standing stone
Description
In level pasture. Stone (H 1.34m; 0.48m x 0.15m) is rectangular in plan and narrowing to point at top, long axis NNW-SSE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO017-122 Field system
Description
Series of rectilinear cropmarks, some perpendicular to each other, covering area of c. 16ha, visible in aerial photographs (CASAP, July 1989). Some closely spaced parallel cropmarks may be routeways. Circular enclosure (CO017-131---) to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO017-126 Standing stone
Description
On bank on N side of avenue leading to Spitalfields House. Stone (H 0.8m; 0.8m x 0.7m) is subrectangular in plan, long axis N-S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO017-130 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of fosse of circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). Linear cropmarks in same field may be levelled field boundaries. Enclosure (13803) c. 240m to SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO017-131 Enclosure
Description
Faint cropmark of fosse of subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). Circular enclosure (13648) c. 240m to NW. Field system (12021) to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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
- Rathclare House, house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1860, incorporating fabric of earlier building, having four-bay rear elevation and three-bay side elevations, south having five-bay ground floor. Single-storey bay window projection to south eleavtion and portico to east, both added c. 1965 and both having balustraded flat roofs. Three-bay single-storey projection to west, rebuilt 1986. Skirt slate roof with projecting eaves, rendered chimneystacks with moulded copings, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls covered with Virginia creeper. Square-headed window openings to first floor and to most of rear and west elevations. Round-headed windows to ground floor of front and south elevations, inserted c.1965 and replacing bay windows, and round-headed stairs window to west. Some timber sliding sash windows, first floor end bays of front elevation and all of north elevation having one-over-one pane windows, and south elevation first floor end bays having six-over-six pane windows. Replacement windows and French doors elsewhere. Round-headed entrance doorway with timber glazed double-leaf door, fanlight and portico, inserted c. 1965, replacing doorway formerly in south elevation. Yard to rear enclosed by single-storey farm buildings, having camber-arch gateway to north with brick voussoirs and bellcote, leading to second yard to north. Two-storey ranges of farm buildings on east side of north yard, having hipped slate roofs, rubble limestone walls and with pair of elliptical vehicular entrances, and square-headed door and window openings, and with external steps to mid-façade accessing first floor. Entrance gates to south-east with rendered panelled piers having dentillated caps, curving walls leading to similar outer piers and wrought-iron double-leaf vehicular gates.
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 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 Rathclare.
- 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
- Rathclare, Buttevant5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Rathclare · Ráth an Chláir
- Area
- 1,797,091 m² (179.71 ha, 444.07 acres)
- Civil parish
- Buttevant, and its townlands
- Barony
- Orrery and Kilmore
- Electoral division
- Buttevant, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Buttevant electoral division: 1,965 people in 758 households; 72% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinguile, Bregoge, Creggane, Jordanstown, Liskelly, Spital, Velvetstown
- Placenames
- Rathclare 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.