Rathonoane
Townland in the civil parish of Cannaway, barony of Muskerry East, Co. Cork; in Irish Ráth Ó nDubháin
- Area
- 165.1 ha
- 408 acres
- Land parcels
- 45
- registered freehold, median 8,380 m² (0.84 ha, 2.07 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathonoane, from 200 m² to 390,369 m² (39.04 ha, 96.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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 Rathonoane 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
31 Aug 2026Awaiting validation sro
Permission for the following works to existing dwelling; 1) demolish existing single storey area to the North side of dwelling, 2) construct new single storey extensions to north side, 3) internal alterations to existing dwelling, 4) site boundary works, 5) new sewerage system to replace existing, 6) and all associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2273
31 Jul 2026Awaiting recommendation
A 10 Year Planning Permission. The development will consist of: A solar farm with a total area of circa 44 hectares. The solar farm will consist of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 5 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, 3 no. single storey spare parts containers, 5 no. battery energy storage containers, 1 no. Ring Main Unit, 4 no. weather stations, underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site, private lands and within the L6203, L2200, L6398, L6207, R619, L22011, L2204, L-6207, L6212 and L2200 public roads (including 5 no. Horizontal Directional Drills in the L-22011, L-6212, L-6207, L-2204 roads and within private lands) to connect solar farm field parcels, security and acoustic fencing, CCTV, access tracks, 2 no. stream/drain deck crossings, temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development and drainage works. Construction and operational access will be via 3 no. entrances from the L6203, L22011, L2200 local roads. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration. Electricity generated from the northern parcel of the solar farm will be transported via underground electrical ducting and cabling to an inverter/transformer permitted under Cork County Council Reference 24/6157 / An Coimisiún Pleanála Reference ACP-323402-25, but will not alter infrastructure under that application. This development is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) and it is important to note that the planning application may be subject to section 34D of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. When a notice issues in accordance with section 34D(b), the provisions of article 26A of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to 2025 shall apply.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2046
19 Sept 2025Grant with conditions
Permission for dwelling house, domestic garage, sewerage system, site entrance and all associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5986
16 Sept 2025Invalid - case closed
Permission for dwelling house, domestic garage, sewerage system, site entrance and all associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5927
5 Aug 2025Incompleted application
Permission for dwelling house, domestic garage, sewerage system, site entrance and all associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5564
15 Nov 2024Refused
A 10 year Permission is sought for a solar farm with a total area of circa 161 hectares. The solar farm will consist of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 23 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, 6 no. single storey spare parts containers, 3 no. Ring Main Units, 7 no. weather stations, underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site, private lands and within the L62031, L6203, R619, L6207, L22012 and L2204 public roads to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, CCTV, access tracks, 4 no. stream/drain deck crossings, 6 no. horizontal directional drill crossings ( under watercourse/drains/public road), temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development and drainage works. Construction and operational access will be via 7 no. entrances from L62031, L6203, L22012, L6398 and L2204 local roads. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6157
10 May 2024Conditional
Permission for the construction of a new dwellinghouse and domestic garage, widening of existing entrance, wastewater treatment system, upgrading and renovation of existing ruinous cottage to outhouse together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4850
27 Nov 2020Withdrawn
To construct a new two-storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new septic tank and percolation area and new vehicular entrance and driveway together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6650
30 Nov 2018Conditional
Retention of a domestic garage.
Retention · Cork County Council, 18/7140
26 Nov 2018Conditional
Construct two storey dwelling, domestic garage, site entrance, sewerage treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7080
22 Mar 2018Conditional
The construction of new dwellinghouse, new entrance, domestic garage, together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4710
18 Apr 2017Conditional
Dwellinghouse, effluent treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4916
23 Feb 2009Conditional
Conversion of existing garage to guest bedroom & construction of sunroom extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4534
24 May 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8102
1 May 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7413
16 Jan 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4206
8 Dec 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse & garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13117
2 Aug 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9428
30 Jun 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8526
4 May 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6873
22 Mar 2006Conditional
Retention of alterations and extensions to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5760
1 Jul 2004Conditional
Construction of 2 storey extension to an existing dwelling, and conversion of garage attached to the existing dwelling to facilitate a granny flat
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4946
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 Rathonoane.
Recorded monuments
- CO072-055 Burial ground
Description
Named 'Crossnalanniv Burial Ground for Children' on 1842 OS 6-inch map; named 'Crossnalanniv' on 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps. Patch of grass at centre of cross of four roads. No visible evidence for burials. Known locally as burial place for unbaptised children and tillage field to S of cross roads called "the kill field". 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
- CO072-056 Country house
Description
Rectangular 2-storey house of early/mid-19th-century appearance. Entrance front (NE) of 5 bays; central door with engaged Corinthian columns supporting fanlight. Central rectangular 1st-floor window with Neo-Perpendicular tracery. Side elevations 2 bays deep. Central shallow projection to rear with large round-headed window. Hipped roof with two off-centre chimneys. Forest House, shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map c. 700m to NNW, no longer survives. 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
- CO072-057 Ringfort - rath
Description
Not shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map. In level pasture, on front lawn of Forest House demesne. Circular area (diam. 41.4m) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2m) with external fosse (D 2m). Entrance to E. Hartnett (1939, 145) noted 'The interior is planted with trees. To the east, the inner slope of the fosse is banked up and protected by a modern stone wall'. Interior now clear of trees but remains somewhat uneven. Symmetrical appearance of site and position may suggest alteration to landscape feature. 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1976).
- CO072-129 Souterrain
Description
In tillage, on SE-facing slope; discovered in December 1991. Single oval-shaped earth-cut chamber (L 4m; Wth 1.4m; H c. 1m; long axis NE-SW); blocked creepway at NE end to entrance or other chamber(s). Remains of infilled construction shaft at W side. Present entrance to W through collapsed roof; floor covered with spoil from collapse. 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
- CO072-154 Fulacht fia
Description
In tillage, on N side of field drain. Spread of burnt material (21m N-S; 17m E-W). 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
- Upper Forrest, country house, 1825–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey house, dated 1828, with projecting lean-to stairwell block and attached single-storey former stable block to rear (west). Hipped slate roof with over-hanging eaves, rendered chimneystacks and uPVC rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with render quoins, rendered eaves course to stairwell block having flat based pear-drop motif. Tripartite timber sliding sash window to first floor central bay, having pointed arch two-over-four pane windows with tracery overlights to upper sashes and stained glass panes. Square-headed window openings with rendered sills and uPVC windows to remaining openings. Elliptical-headed door opening within rendered surround to front (east) elevation, comprising fluted engaged Corinthian, bevelled surround and archivolt with timber panelled door and spoked fanlight. Cast-iron boot scrape to limestone threshold. Ranges of former outbuildings arranged around paved yard to rear having pitched corrugated roofs and rendered walls. Square-profile rendered gate piers to front of site with wrought-iron gates. Set within own grounds.
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 Rathonoane.
- 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 Rathonoane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Rathonoane · Ráth Ó nDubháin
- Area
- 1,650,522 m² (165.05 ha, 407.85 acres)
- Civil parish
- Cannaway, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry East
- Electoral division
- Cannaway, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cannaway electoral division: 722 people in 219 households; 92% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Coolnashamroge, Farnanes, Garraneleigh, Knockavullig, Knockshanawee, Loughleigh, Mahallagh, Rooves Beg
- Placenames
- Rathonoane 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.