Rea
Townland in the civil parish of Abbeystrowry, barony of Carbery West (East Division), Co. Cork; in Irish An Ré
- Area
- 107.6 ha
- 266 acres
- Land parcels
- 20
- registered freehold, median 4,628 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 23
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rea, from 724 m² to 327,273 m² (32.73 ha, 80.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 32 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
15 Jul 2024Conditional
Construct a cattle underpass under public road, two no. concrete approach ramps and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/379
8 Feb 2023Conditional
Construction of a new detached dwelling house, waste water treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/45
23 Jul 2014Conditional
Permission for agricultural development of existing farmyard consisting of erection of milking parlor, dairy and holding yard, permission is also sought for retention and permission for completion of slatted house and for all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/446
27 Jun 2014Incompleted application
Permission for agricultural development of existing farmyard consisting of erection of milking parlour, dairy and holding yard, permission is also sought for retention and completion of slatted house and for all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/396
20 Feb 2009Conditional
Retention of concrete base and construction of garage thereon and associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/176
28 Nov 2008Incompleted application
Domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/2104
7 Sept 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2369
20 Dec 2006Conditional
Cattle house with integrated underground storage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2832
27 Nov 2006Incompleted application
Cattle house with integrated underground storage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2519
13 Feb 2006Conditional
Demolish existing farmhouse & construct a new dwellinghouse with associated treatment plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/194
23 Dec 2005Conditional
Dormer bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9764
18 Nov 2005Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8491
16 Sept 2005Withdrawn
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6731
11 Jul 2005Conditional
Construction of extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4921
17 Dec 2004Conditional
Installation of floodlights and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/9280
22 Mar 2004Conditional
Construction of dwellinghouse and waste water treatment system and demolition of former creamery
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1899
2 Aug 2002Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/3481
29 Apr 2002Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/1631
16 Nov 2001New application
Construction of two storey extension to dwelling for use as a separate dwelling unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/6284
13 Mar 2001Conditional
Construction of shed for the housing & feeding of cattle to incorporate existing milking parlour, & new underground tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/1261
30 Nov 2000Conditional
Bungalow & detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/7221
21 Jun 2000Refused
Demolition of existing ruin & construction of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/3761
6 Jun 2000Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/3414
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 Rea.
Recorded monuments
- CO142-050 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on level ground atop natural rise. Circular, slightly raised area (26m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.9m), with external fosse (D 0.8m). Bank stone-faced on inside to SW, WNW and N; crossed by numerous cattle gaps; entrance (Wth 5.5m) to S with causeway. Rectangular depression (18m N-S; 2m E-W; D 0.4m) in centre; mound of material in NW quadrant possibly from depression. 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
- CO142-065 Burial ground
Description
Marked 'Children's Burial Ground' on OS 6-inch map (1842). In pasture. Subcircular area (16m N-S; 14m E-W) partially enclosed by low stone wall. No gravemarkers noted. 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rea.
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 10 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 Rea.
- 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 Rea with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Rea · An Ré
- Area
- 1,076,015 m² (107.6 ha, 265.89 acres)
- Civil parish
- Abbeystrowry, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Castlehaven North, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castlehaven North electoral division: 817 people in 315 households; 80% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 20% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bawnnagollopy, Bluid West, Farranagilla, Lisheenroe, Lissarankin, Moneyvollahane, Raheen
- Placenames
- Rea 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.