# Rathmorgan, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Ballyhay, barony of Orrery and Kilmore, Co. Cork; in Irish Ráth an Mheargúnaigh.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,231,385 m² (223.14 ha, 551.39 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 67,197 m² (6.72 ha, 16.6 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): G3 Greenbelt1, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 17 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Ballyhay, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/ballyhay.md
- Barony: Orrery and Kilmore
- Electoral division: Rathluirc, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 4,446 people lived in 1,732 households in the Rathluirc electoral division. 56% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/12013
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 44773
- Centre: latitude 52.338939, longitude -8.65031 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathmorgan, from 1,513 m² to 294,748 m² (29.47 ha, 72.83 acres); 27 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2321811: 294,748 m² (29.47 ha, 72.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2321811.md
- Parcel 2321813: 293,227 m² (29.32 ha, 72.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2321813.md
- Parcel 2162553: 290,929 m² (29.09 ha, 71.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2162553.md
- Parcel 2162552: 235,215 m² (23.52 ha, 58.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2162552.md
- Parcel 1664208: 211,712 m² (21.17 ha, 52.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1664208.md
- Parcel 2162549: 156,288 m² (15.63 ha, 38.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2162549.md
- Parcel 2321808: 139,730 m² (13.97 ha, 34.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2321808.md
- Parcel 2162551: 122,633 m² (12.26 ha, 30.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2162551.md
- Parcel 2321814: 115,082 m² (11.51 ha, 28.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2321814.md
- Parcel 2162559: 88,240 m² (8.82 ha, 21.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2162559.md
- Parcel 2321807: 87,509 m² (8.75 ha, 21.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2321807.md
- Parcel 2162558: 77,580 m² (7.76 ha, 19.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2162558.md
- Parcel 2162554: 67,197 m² (6.72 ha, 16.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2162554.md
- Parcel 2321810: 52,440 m² (5.24 ha, 12.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2321810.md
- Parcel 4828724: 32,469 m² (3.25 ha, 8.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4828724.md
- Parcel 2529286: 14,493 m² (1.45 ha, 3.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2529286.md
- Parcel 2162550: 4,342 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2162550.md
- Parcel 2321809: 4,164 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2321809.md
- Parcel 2321812: 4,149 m² (0.41 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2321812.md
- Parcel 2162548: 3,694 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2162548.md
- Parcel 2162556: 2,833 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2162556.md
- Parcel 2162555: 2,729 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2162555.md
- Parcel 2162557: 2,420 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2162557.md
- Parcel 2415044: 2,170 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2415044.md
- Parcel 2321806: 1,513 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2321806.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- G3 Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape): Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County; 49 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2022-06/volume-3-north-cork.pdf
- R2 Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential): Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2022-06/volume-3-north-cork.pdf

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

17 applications, newest first.

- 21 Sept 2026, Cork County Council 26/2453: Awaiting recommendation. Permission. Permission for carpark extension and alterations to Charleville Train Station in Rathmorgan, Charleville, Co. Cork. To include the following; revisions to existing car parking layout at North end with provision of a new bus set down area, pedestrian shelter, cover bicycle stand and relocation of ticket machine, extension to car parking to the South, additional public lighting, blockwork walls/palisade fencing, relocation of weighbridge and revisions/provision of vehicular access gates within the site. The proposed development works will involve the demolition of an industrial structure (390m.sq) attached to a Protected Building Ref RPS 01033 to facilitate the development, and demolition of a second industrial detached structure (161m.sq) to the South of the site and all associated site works. Material alterations and maintenance will be required to the Protected Structure as part of the demolition of the attached structure and repair to the building.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/2453
- 31 Aug 2026, Cork County Council 26/2276: Invalid - case closed. Permission. Permission for carpark extension and alterations at Charleville Train Station in Rathmorgan, Charleville, Co.Cork. To include the following; revisions to existing car parking layout at the North end with provision of a new bus set down area, pedestrian shelter, covered bicycle stand and relocation of ticket machine, extension of car parking to the South, additional public lighting, blockwork walls/palisade fencing, relocation of weighbridge and revisions/provisions of vehicular access gates within the site. The proposed development works will involve the demolition of an industrial structure (390m.sq) attached to Protected Building REF RPS 01033 to facilitate the development, and demolition of a second industrial detached structure (161m.sq) to the south of the site and all associated site works. Material alterations and maintenance will be required to the protected structure as part of the demolition of the attached structure and repair to the building.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=26/2276
- 2 Mar 2016, Cork County Council 16/4474: Conditional. Permission. Construct a garage for domestic use. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=16/4474
- 6 Aug 2013, Cork County Council 13/5537: Conditional. Permission. Construction of a new footbridge over the Dublin-Cork railway line including associated stairs and lifts at Charleville Station which is a protected structure. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=13/5537
- 15 Aug 2011, Cork County Council 11/5735: Conditional. Permission. Construction of two new lift shafts linking to the existing footbridge structure and all associated remedial works to the existing footbridge structure. The development consists of works to a Protected Structure.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=11/5735
- 1 Sept 2010, Cork County Council 10/6180: Refused. Permission. Construction of a new footbridge over the Dublin-Cork railway line at Charleville Station including associated stairs, ramps and lifts. The development consists of works to a protected structure. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=10/6180
- 22 Jun 2010, Cork County Council 10/5528: Incompleted application. Permission. New footbridge over the Dublin-Cork railway line at Charleville Station including associated stairs, ramps and lifts. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=10/5528
- 21 Jan 2010, Cork County Council 10/4085: Conditional. Permission. Retention of a two-storey extension to the rear of the dwelling house. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=10/4085
- 8 Jan 2010, Cork County Council 10/4018: Conditional. Permission. Extension to existing farm shed, consisting of cubicle house, milking parlour, collection yard and soiled water storage tank and retention of slatted unit. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=10/4018
- 26 Mar 2007, Cork County Council 07/6448: Refused. Permission. Bungalow and garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/6448
- 19 Dec 2005, Cork County Council 05/9439: Refused. Permission. Bungalow. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/9439
- 29 Oct 2004, Cork County Council 04/8019: Conditional. Permission. Bungalow. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/8019
- 23 Jul 2004, Cork County Council 04/5695: Conditional. Permission consequent. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/5695
- 14 Jul 2004, Cork County Council 04/5398: Conditional. Permission. Domestic garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/5398
- 23 Jan 2004, Cork County Council 04/312: Conditional. Permission. Bungalow. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/312
- 16 Dec 2003, Cork County Council 03/6466: Conditional. Outline permission. Dormer type dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/6466
- 11 Mar 2003, Cork County Council 03/1034: Conditional. Permission. Renovations and extensions to dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/1034

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

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

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CO003-009: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO003-009----. In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Roughly circular area (42.7m N-S; 34.3m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.95m; ext. H 1.2m) with external fosse (max. D 0.5m). Shallow fosse increases in width from 4.4m to 16m on N side. Depression (D 0.7m; 21.8m N-S; 18.5m E-W) in interior; surface wet and marshy. Railway line runs N-S 40m to W of enclosure. 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
- CO003-010: Moated site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO003-010----. In level pasture. Rectangular area (c. 30m NNW-SSE; c. 25m ENE-WSW) enclosed by two earthen banks (inner bank: int. H 0.4m, ext. H 1.4m to base of fosse; outer bank: int. H 1.6m to base of fosse, ext. H 0.9m) with intervening fosse; barely perceptible trace of external fosse on ENE side. Intervening fosse waterlogged. Site heavily overgrown; interior inaccessible. Bank at NW corner noticeably higher. Listed by Barry (1981, 83, no. 63). 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
- CO003-011: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO003-011----. In level pasture, to N of Awbeg River. Roughly circular area (44m E-W; 37.1m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2m) with external fosse (D 1.2m). Bank overgrown with bushes; best preserved internally to W and N. Break in bank (Wth 3m) to E. Interior appears raised above level of surrounding field. 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
- CO003-019: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO003-019----. In pasture, just off the crest of a rise of a NW-facing slope. A circular area (36m E-W; 35m N-S) is defined by a low, grass-covered, earthen bank (Wth c. 8m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.4m). There is a break (Wth c. 5m) in the bank at SE. The interior is level and raised slightly on the N side to compensate for the hillslope. This possible rath was identified on an aerial photograph (ASIAP) taken in September 2002. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO003-022: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO003-022----. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- CO008-059: Mill - corn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO008-059----. On N side of Awbeg River. Three walls of rectangular mill (int. 12.6m NW-SE; c. 15.3m NE-SW) are all that now stands, with internal dividing wall. Wheel-pit (Wth c. 2.67m) alongside SE wall housed breastshot suspension wheel; bearing stone for axle survives in mill wall. Brick-arched ope (Wth 1.02m; H 0.92m) in mill wall where power transferred into mill; remains of door ope adjacent. Three large foundation stones for machinery within; conglomerate runner millstone on ground to S, fragment of French burr stone built into SE wall. Remains of two rectangular 1-storey buildings, on higher ground to NE, may be associated with mill. Millrace (dry) taken from river c. 500m to E. Named 'Ballyhay Mill' on 1842 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Charleville Railway Station, store/warehouse, 1840–1860, Regional interest, registry number 20900301, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO&regno=20900301. Detached double-height railway goods shed, built c. 1850, with three-bay front and five-bay rear, trackside, elevations, having lower single-storey office to north gable, latter with recent flat-roofed extension. Now in use as office. Pitched slate roof with timber shuttered eaves, timber bargeboards and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched artificial slate roof with timber bargeboards to office. Random rubble limestone walls with tooled cut limestone quoins, front elevation having red brick impost course, with red brick relieving arches to openings. Snecked rock-faced limestone walls with tooled cut limestone quoins to addition. Camber-arched window openings to upper north gable and to east elevation, having tooled cut limestone voussoirs and surrounds, cut limestone sills and timber-framed casement windows. Square-headed loading bay door openings to front elevation, with replacement timber battened doors. Square-headed door opening to office, with tooled cut limestone voussoirs and surrounds and timber panelled door with overlight. Sited to north of station, on west side of railway line. Water tower on rectangular plan to south-east, having cast-iron water tank and snecked limestone walls, with blocked segmental-headed openings to west elevation and blocked segmental arched opening to north gable.
- Mullins's Bridge, bridge, 1840–1860, Regional interest, registry number 20900303, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO&regno=20900303. Single-arch limestone railway bridge, built c. 1850, carrying road over Dublin to Cork railway line. Rock-faced coursed limestone walls with rock-faced limestone voussoirs to elliptical arch and cut limestone string course above, having cut limestone coping to parapet wall. Curving abutment walls, possibly screening flights of steps, to each side of bridge on both north and south elevations.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Rathmorgan, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_940, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_940.zip (ZIP).
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cork/rathmorgan.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/rathmorgan.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/rathmorgan.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Rathmorgan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork: https://everytownland.com/cork.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballyhay: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyhay.md
- Ballysallagh: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballysallagh-40808.md
- Coarliss: https://everytownland.com/cork/coarliss-41651.md
- Cooleen: https://everytownland.com/cork/cooleen-41758.md
- Garryncoonagh North (Co. Limerick): https://everytownland.com/limerick/garryncoonagh-north.md
- Pruntus: https://everytownland.com/cork/pruntus.md
- Rathglassane: https://everytownland.com/cork/rathglassane.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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