Ratooragh

53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ratooragh, from 83 m² to 576,808 m² (57.68 ha, 142.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ratooragh 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.

• 20 Aug 2026Awaiting recommendation

  Retention of lofted garage/store and associated site development works

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/2181

• 27 Apr 2023Conditional

  Permission for alterations and extensions to an existing dwellinghouse, to consist of (a) partial demolition of existing dwellinghouse (b) demolition of detached outbuildings (c) internal and external alterations (d) construction of extensions (e) termination of existing septic tank system and installation of a wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/229

• 12 Aug 2022Withdrawn

  Construct a dwelling house and domestic garage including the installation of a waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/513

• 2 Mar 2021Refused

  Construction of single storey dwelling with septic tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/153

• 18 Feb 2021Incompleted application

  Construction of single storey dwelling with septic tank, percolation and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/114

• 14 Jan 2021Incompleted application

  Construction of single storey dwelling with septic tank, percolation and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/15

• 10 Dec 2020Incompleted application

  Construction of single storey dwelling with septic tank, percolation and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/716

• 24 Jan 2020Conditional

  Permission for retention of entrance and driveway to dwelling house and associated site development works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 20/29

• 10 Aug 2018Conditional

  The removal of an existing balcony structure and the construction of a single storey extension to an existing dwelling house (to consist of a sunroom on the ground floor and a balcony over), and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/475

• 29 Jun 2015Conditional

  (a) omission of stone facing to south, east and west elevations (b) Alterations to balconies (c) Erection of photovoltaic array (d) construction of outbuildings

  Retention · Cork County Council, 15/361

• 12 Jun 2015Incompleted application

  (a) omission of stone facing to south east and west elevations (b) alterations to balconies ( c ) Erection of photovoltaic array (d) construction of outbuildings

  Retention · Cork County Council, 15/315

• 9 Apr 2010Conditional

  Erection of dwelling house and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/249

• 9 Nov 2007Conditional

  Reconstruction of ruin for use as dwellinghouse, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2835

• 24 Jan 2007Conditional

  Construct cattle/slatted house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/168

• 25 May 2005Conditional

  Demolition of outbuilding and construction of extension to dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3554

• 4 Apr 2005Conditional

  Extension to dwellinghouse and completion of stonework to same

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2059

• 10 May 2004Conditional

  Farmbuilding

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/3176

• 19 Dec 2003Conditional

  Renovations and extension to dwelling and reconstruction, extension and conversion of outbuilding to ancillary guest apartment, garage and store and installation of septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6600

• 11 Jun 2002Conditional

  Dwelling and garage

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 02/2460

• 4 Feb 2000Conditional

  Retention & completion of dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 00/497

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 Ratooragh.

Recorded monuments

• CO139-021 Mass-rock
  Description

  In rough pasture N of rock outcrop, land falls steeply to N. Two sandstone slabs set on edge at approx. right angles (L 0.62m; H 0.55m; Wth 0.14m) (L 1.33m; H 0.78m; Wth 0.13m). Large slab (L 1.55m; H 1.38m; Wth 0.18m) resting on them and on ground to W. Known locally as "mass rock". 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

• CO139-022 Souterrain
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Discovered c. 1981; now blocked with stone slab. Single stone-built chamber (L c. 4.9m; Wth 1.1m) visible through opening. Part of floor appears to be rock-cut. 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

• CO139-023 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on crest of hillock. Circular area (34m N-S; 34m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 3.1m), stone faced internally; external fosse (D 1.8m). Entrance to ESE (Wth 4m). Cultivation ridges cross interior on E-W axis. 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

• CO139-024 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  On bog-covered shoulder on lower S-facing slope of Knockaughna, close to scarp of outcropping rock. Chamber (L 2.2m; Wth 1.3m at W end, 0.85m at E) open to SW, covered to E by single roofstone., N and S sides each formed of one slab decreasing in height from W->E; inset backstone at E end, backed to E by parallel slab of equal width and height. Small buttress-stone stands at E end S side; prostrate slab to W of chamber may be displaced roofstone. Traces of mound to N of chamber. (O Nualláin 1989, 136) 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

• CO139-061 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, on the E side of a stream. A crescent-shaped mound (10.5m E-W; 5m N-S; H 0.6m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil, partially covered with gorse. The opening (Wth 2.2m) faces N. The W edge of the mound is being eroded by the stream. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO139-062 Burnt mound
  Description

  In a farmyard, on the S side of a small stream. A mound (c. 3m E-W; c. 2m N-S; H c. 0.2m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil is evident. According to local information, the mound was formerly larger, measuring c. 6m E-W and c. 4m N-S. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO139-063 Burnt mound
  Description

  In pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope. According to local information, heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil from a mound which formerly existed here has been spread over a wide area. None of this material is now visible but there is a slight rise where the mound was. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ratooragh.

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 Ratooragh, 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 Ratooragh.

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

Name

Ratooragh · Ráth Túrach

Area

4,811,290 m² (481.13 ha, 1,188.9 acres)

Civil parish

Skull, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery West (West Division)

Electoral division

Dunmanus, the unit of the census

Census 2022

251 people lived in 99 households in the Dunmanus electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 28% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barnatonicane, Cashelfean, Coomfarna, Glan, Kilcomane, Lissacaha, Lissacaha (North), Mauladinna, Shantullig South

Placenames

Ratooragh 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.