Rathcoola East
Townland in the civil parish of Donaghmore (Macroom Ra), barony of Muskerry East, Co. Cork; in Irish Ráth Chúile Thoir
- Area
- 224.6 ha
- 555 acres
- Land parcels
- 36
- registered freehold, median 26,383 m² (2.64 ha, 6.52 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathcoola East, from 191 m² to 205,568 m² (20.56 ha, 50.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 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 Rathcoola 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
15 Nov 2022Conditional
The development will consist of a) Demolition of existing dairy shed, straw bed lean-to shed and bull pen shed, b) Construction of an agricultural building to include a milking parlour, dairy & ancillary room, drafting area with handling facilities, livestock waiting yard and underground slatted storage tank, c) Construction of 2 no. silage pits, d) Erection of a meal bin and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6550
5 Apr 2018Conditional
Alterations and single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4824
9 Feb 2016Conditional
Retention of a calf house and Permission to construct a cubicle house extension with slatted tank and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4236
8 May 2007Refused
Demolition of disused schoolhouse and construction of dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/7587
8 May 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/7606
7 Mar 2007Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5726
7 Mar 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5733
22 Aug 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/9957
28 Jul 2006Incompleted application
Construction of dwellinghouse with sewage treatment unit
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/9346
22 Jun 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8288
7 Jun 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7882
21 Apr 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/6568
25 Oct 2005Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7812
31 May 2005Conditional
Domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3739
14 Jan 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/110
6 May 2004Conditional
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/3075
2 Oct 2003Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/4911
12 Sept 2003Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 03/4597
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 Rathcoola East.
Recorded monuments
- CO050-031001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage, on SW-facing slope. Hartnett (1939, 207) noted circular enclosure (diam. '111 feet') defined by single '5 feet high' bank, with entrance to S; souterrain (8926) in interior. According to local information, levelled c. 1967; 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
- CO050-031002 Souterrain
Description
In ringfort (8551). Hartnett (1939, 207) noted 'a collapsed souterrain inside the rampart to the North. There is a round hole 3 feet in diameter and 6 feet deep with a further few feet of loose collapsed earth at the bottom. A short passage from this leads towards the rampart. There is no masonry in either passage or opening'. 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
- CO050-032 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, in commanding position. Circular, saucer-shaped raised area (diam. 42m) defined by shallow fosse with external bank (H 2.4m). Outer bank field-fence-like for much of its circumference. Hartnett (1939, 206) noted 'entrance was to the E, as is evidenced by a dip in the inner (levelled) bank at this point'. Levelled in 1984. 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
- CO050-033 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; N half survives incorporated into field fence system on 1904 and 1939 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; no visible surface trace. According to Hartnett (1939, 207) 'semi-circular fence forms the northern boundary, and the track of the old rampart can be traced to the south....is known as a "lios". Diameter - 120 feet.' 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 Rathcoola 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 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 Rathcoola 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 Rathcoola East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Rathcoola East · Ráth Chúile Thoir
- Area
- 2,246,046 m² (224.6 ha, 555.01 acres)
- Civil parish
- Donaghmore (Macroom Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry East
- Electoral division
- Gowlane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Gowlane electoral division: 1,326 people in 436 households; 84% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ahadallane, Beennamweel East, Coolmona, Glashaboy West, Pluckanes West, Rathcoola West
- Placenames
- Rathcoola 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.