Rathdrought

110 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathdrought, from 37 m² to 467,348 m² (46.73 ha, 115.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Rathdrought 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.

• 14 Aug 2026Prepare mo

  Permission for agricultural Machinery Shed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2146

• 26 Aug 2024Conditional

  Permission for construction of a single storey domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5608

• 25 Mar 2024Conditional

  Permission for retention of stables and store rooms and open lean-to horsebox shelter.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 24/4508

• 20 Mar 2024Conditional

  Permission to construct a poultry house for the purpose of rearing broilers, construct two no. feed storage bins, concrete apron, soiled water holding tank, site entrance and carry out all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4480

• 1 Mar 2024Incompleted application

  Permission for the retention of stables and store rooms and open lean-to horsebox shelter.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 24/4352

• 29 Jan 2024Conditional

  Permission for alterations to dwelling: consisting of a single storey side & rear extension, elevational changes, including demolition of front porch & all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4127

• 21 Dec 2023Conditional

  Permission for the construction of dwelling and domestic garage.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6573

• 4 Jan 2022Conditional

  Renovation and alterations to existing disused farmhouse, new single storey extension to side. Raising of roof to one wing. Creation of new windows and roof lights. New foul water drainage system and landscaping associated with the works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4002

• 9 Jul 2021Conditional

  To construct a dwellinghouse, a garage for domestic purpose, to install a domestic waste water treatment system and to carry out all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5923

• 1 Apr 2021Conditional

  Installation of 2 no bay windows to front (north) ground floor elevation of existing dwellinghouse.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4829

• 9 Dec 2020Conditional

  Agricultural machinery and straw storage shed and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6776

• 5 Nov 2020Conditional

  Construct a detached domestic garage and site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6437

• 11 Apr 2019Conditional

  Construct a dwellinghouse and carry out associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4901

• 30 Jan 2019Conditional

  Construct a dwelling house including treatment system and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4191

• 30 Oct 2018Refused

  Construct a new dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6851

• 12 Apr 2018Conditional

  Construction of a dwellinghouse and domestic garage and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4903

• 23 Feb 2018Refused

  Two storey dwellinghouse and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4465

• 25 Oct 2017Conditional

  Construction of a two-storey dwellinghouse, domestic garage, on-site sewage treatment system and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6768

• 22 Jul 2016Refused

  Dwellinghouse and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5835

• 27 Jun 2016Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5587

• 9 Jun 2016Conditional

  Construction of storey and a half style dwellinghouse including waste water treatment system ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5401

• 11 Apr 2016Conditional

  Construction of store for bulk fertiliser and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4795

• 3 Dec 2015Unconditional

  Construction of a storey and a half type dwelling house, entrance, bored well, wastewater treatment unit and percolation area – Extension of Duration of Permission granted under planning ref: 11/4987

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 15/6736

• 2 Jul 2015Refused

  Construction of storey and half style dwellinghouse, waste water treatment unit/percolation area and all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5451

• 1 May 2015Conditional

  Construction of a single dwelling house, installation of a waste water treatment unit and percolation area, private well, site entrance and all ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4907

The 25 most recent of 92 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Rathdrought.

Recorded monuments

• CO111-048 Moated site
  Description

  In pasture, on steep S-facing slope overlooking river. Rectangular area (24.7m E-W; 24.2m N-S) defined by low earthen bank (0.2m) with shallow (D 0.15m) external fosse. 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

• CO111-049 Moated site
  Description

  In pasture on S-facing slope overlooking stream. Rectangular area (28m N-S; 26m E-W) defined by low earthen bank (H 0.25m) with external fosse (D 0.25m) to W, N and E; scarp (H 1.4m) to S. Field fence to W now removed but faint trace of fosse noted. 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

• CO111-050 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (31m N-S; 33m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.05m), with external fosse. Short section of bank levelled to SSE. Field boundary skirts site to N and E. 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

• CO111-051 Standing stone
  Description

  In pasture, atop hill. Two prostrate stones, (L 1.97m; 0.31m x 0.21m: L 0.85m; 0.8m x 0.43m) possibly originally standing. 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

• CO111-052001 Burial ground
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle N-facing slope; roughly rectangular enclosure, heavily overgrown; now used as dump. Cill (site of) marked on OS 6-inch map (1939); no visible surface trace. 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

• CO111-052002 Church
  Description

  This church was referred to in the 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork - vol. 1 West Cork' (1992, 309) under the entry (no. 2943) for a burial ground (CO111-052001-). The reference to the church within the entry reads: 'Cill (site of) marked on OS 6-inch map (1939); no visible surface trace.' 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

• CO111-054 Moated site
  Description

  In pasture on N-facing slope. Rectangular area (43.1m E-W; 28.4m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.65m) to E, S and W; stone-faced field fence to N. Short sections of stone walling replace bank at SE and NW corners. Fosse survives on all sides. Trace of outer bank (ext. H 0.6m) to E and at SW corner. Interior slopes gently upwards to N. 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

• CO111-055 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Grass-covered spread of burnt material visible on W side of bank of stream. 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

• CO111-056 Moated site
  Description

  In pasture on S-facing slope. Rectangular area (41.5m E-W; 35m N-S) defined by scarp (H 2m) to S; earthen bank (H 1.1m) to W, N and E. Fosse (D 0.6m) on E side and at NW corner; stream bounds bank to W. Entrance (Wth 5.6m) with possible causeway at E. Interior slopes gently downwards to S. 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 Rathdrought.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Rathdrought, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rathdrought.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

No address of the register names Rathdrought with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Rathdrought · Ráth Drochta

Area

5,022,301 m² (502.23 ha, 1,241.04 acres)

Civil parish

Ballinadee, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery East (East Division)

Electoral division

Ballinadee, the unit of the census

Census 2022

610 people lived in 197 households in the Ballinadee electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinadee, Ballyvolane, Cloghane, Cloncouse, Killaneetig, Knocknagappul, Knoppoge, Ratharoon East, Tullyland

Placenames

Rathdrought 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.