Rathgaskig

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathgaskig, from 3,234 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres) to 962,820 m² (96.28 ha, 237.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Rathgaskig 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.

• 3 Apr 2024Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a new dwelling house and domestic garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment system together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4564

• 10 May 2017Conditional

  38kV electricity substation and temporary construction compound at a site in the townland of Rathgaskig, ca. 3 km from Ballingeary, Co. Cork. The Substation compound will include the following; hardstanding area; a substation control building; associated electrical plant and equipment; fencing; all ancillary services and facilities and associated works including vehicular access. The proposed development is intended to replace the permitted substation compound associated with the permitted Derragh Wind Farm which consists of an up to 6 no. wind turbine development (Cork County Council Planning Ref: 12/05270 and An Bord Pleanála Reference PL04.245082

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5126

• 30 Dec 2015Conditional permission

  The proposed wind farm will comprise the provision of a total of 11 no. wind turbines with a maximum ground to blade tip height of up to 150m, upgrading of existing and provision of new internal access roads, provision of a wind anemometry mast (height up to 100 metres), 2 no. borrow pits, underground electrical cabling, underground grid connection electrical cabling including all associated infrastructure, junction accommodation works for the proposed turbine delivery route and provision of a temporary roadway to facilitate turbine component deliveries, 1 no. electricity sub-station with control building and associated equipment, 1 no. construction compound, upgrading of the existing site access junctions, permanent signage, and all ancillary site works. The proposed development comprises the redesign of a wind farm at this location previously considered by Cork County Council and An Bord Pleanala under pl. ref: 11/5245, and PL 04.240801 respectively.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6966

• 8 Jun 2012Conditional

  The development will consist of a wind farm consisting of 6 turbines (each with a maximum hub height of 100, maximum rotor diameter of 100m, and with a total tip height of 150m), a sub-station including one control building and associated internal equipment, one borrow pit, new internal access roads, upgrading of existing internal access roads, underground cables, and ancillary work.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5270

• 23 May 2012Incompleted application

  Construction of a wind farm consisting of 6 turbines (each with a maximum hub height of 100m, maximum rotor diameter of 100 m, and with a total tip height of 150m ), a sub-station including one control building and associated internal equipment, one borrow pit, new internal access roads, upgrading of existing internal access roads, underground cables, and ancillary work.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5098

• 11 Jul 2006Conditional

  Extension to existing farm building consisting of covered loose bedding area, internal feedway and internal slatted slurry tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8781

• 15 Jun 2006Incompleted application

  Extension to existing farm building to include covered loose bedding area, internal feedway and covered slatted tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8110

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 Rathgaskig.

Recorded monuments

• CO069-039001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In forestry, on SW-facing slope. Circular area (31m N-S; 29m E-W) enclosed by substantial stone wall (H 2.2m; T 2.3m) of dump construction, faced with coursed stone work; ledge (Wth 0.3m) forms possible walkway, on inner face c. 1.3m below wall top. Two niches (Wth 0.9m; D 0.4m; H 0.8m) at walkway level on inner face to NE and SW. Entrance (Wth 3m) to SE; recess in bank on either side of entrance may have held lintels to cover entrance way. Interior uneven and overgrown. Souterrain (CO069-039002-) in interior. Stone structure with lintelled ope visible (Wth 0.51m; D 1.2m; H 0.6m) abutting inner bank face to SSW, partially covered by collapse from bank. 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

• CO069-039002 Souterrain
  Description

  In NE quadrant of cashel (CO069-039001-). Depression revealed lintelled entrance and passage extending to W. Inaccessible. Further depression a short distance to SE. 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

• CO081-006001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, atop natural knoll, SW of farmyard. Roughly circular area (37m E-W; 34m N-S) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 2.8m) N->SE; scarp with slight internal lip elsewhere. Entrance (Wth 3.4m) in bank to NE. Interior used as dump for old farm machinery; large slabs of rock in W half; souterrain (CO081-006002-) at centre. 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

• CO081-006002 Souterrain
  Description

  In ringfort (CO081-00601-). McCarthy (1977, 379-80) noted 'opening [which] slopes downwards, stone-lined. Chambers'. No further details. Opening and two areas of collapsed ground in centre of ringfort indicate position; inaccessible. 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 Rathgaskig.

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 Rathgaskig, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Rathgaskig with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Rathgaskig · Ráth Ghaiscígh

Area

2,455,008 m² (245.5 ha, 606.65 acres)

Civil parish

Inchigeelagh, and its townlands

Barony

Muskerry West

Electoral division

Cleanrath, the unit of the census

Census 2022

213 people lived in 80 households in the Cleanrath electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Augeris, Coomlibane, Derragh, Gortnamona, Lack Beg, Milmorane

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Rathgaskig 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.