Rathfelane
Rathfelane is a townland in the civil parish of Kilbonane, barony of Muskerry East, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Ráth Fhaoláin.
- Area
- 96.9 ha
- 239 acres
- Land parcels
- 14
- registered freehold, median 4,301 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathfelane, from 140 m² to 316,149 m² (31.61 ha, 78.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Rathfelane 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
13 Aug 2021Conditional
To extend existing dwellinghouse and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6244
27 Mar 2018Conditional
Change of Use of existing Digital Media Studio (as constructed under Planning Reg. No. 01/3065) from commercial usage to dwellinghouse, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4745
22 May 2012Incompleted application
dwellinghouse, extension of duration to permission granted under planning reg. 07/7530
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/5065
25 Jan 2012Conditional
Construction of a slatted cow shed, milking parlour, dairy, concrete yard, fuel tank bunding and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4085
21 Dec 2011Incompleted application
Construction of a slatted cow shed, milking parlour, dairy, concrete yard and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/6668
27 May 2008Refused
Single storey dwellinghouse, domestic garage and installation of waste water treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6939
31 Mar 2008Incompleted application
Single storey dwelling, garage and installation of wastewater treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5761
26 Feb 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5413
20 Feb 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5217
22 Oct 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7920
5 Oct 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7521
19 May 2003Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2356
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 Rathfelane.
Recorded monuments
- CO084-050 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture. Arc E->S, formed by earthen bank atop scarp (int. H 1.5m; ext. H 3m). Remainder of enclosure erased and interior intersected by modern fences which cut off northern portion. Hachured on 1842 OS 6-inch map as oval platform (c. 40m SW-NE; c. 22m NW-SE); on 1903 and 1943 OS 6-inch maps arc E->S hachured, enclosure indicated as field fences to SW and N. Hartnett (1939, 250) described SE quadrant as raised platform (H 5ft). He also noted 'trace of bank' (ibid., fig. XLIII.3) which appears to lie to N of N edge of enclosure as depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map. 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
- CO084-051001 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, c. 20m S of another fulacht fiadh (CO084-051002-). Horseshoe-shaped spread of burnt material (L 13.65m; Wth 12.2m); opening (Wth 4.7m) faces S. 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
- CO084-051002 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, c. 20m N of another fulacht fiadh (CO084-051001-). Spread of burnt material noted. 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 Rathfelane.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Rathfelane, about 1 in 5 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rathfelane.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Rathfelane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Rathfelane · Ráth Fhaoláin
- Area
- 969,017 m² (96.9 ha, 239.45 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilbonane, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry East
- Electoral division
- Moviddy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,592 people lived in 517 households in the Moviddy electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinguilly, Cloghduff, Garranes, Kilbrenan, Parkmore
- Placenames
- Rathfelane 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.