Russagh

16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Russagh, from 89 m² to 184,775 m² (18.48 ha, 45.66 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 38 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 15 Nov 2018Conditional

  Retention of 2 storey rear extension and single storey front porch extension to dwellinghouse and associated site development works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 18/679

• 24 May 2018Conditional

  Construct a dwellinghouse, domestic garage, install a waste water treatment plant and to undertake all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/296

• 17 Feb 2017Conditional

  Construction of an additional water treatment settling tank, a chemical storage building, sludge treatment works compromising of a sludge balancing tank, a sludge equalisation tank, a sludge settling tank, a sludge thickener, a thickened sludge holding tank and four (4) no. pumping kiosks. The existing desludging tank will be also demolished.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/104

• 22 Oct 2012Conditional

  Retention of a detached building for use as research laboratory/ educational facility; permission for installation of sewage treatment unit and percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/658

• 30 Nov 2011Conditional

  Construction of dwelling house, installation of treatment plant and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/726

• 26 Jun 2009Conditional

  Erection of dwelling house, waste water treatment system & all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/724

• 19 Sept 2008Conditional

  Retention and completion of garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1704

• 31 Jul 2008Incompleted application

  Retention and completion of garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1432

• 3 Jun 2008Incompleted application

  Retention and completion of garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1029

• 7 Feb 2008Conditional

  Retention of revised dwellinghouse position, finished floor level, treatment plant and revised site boundaries granted under planning reg: 04/8744

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/225

• 1 Feb 2008Withdrawn

  Dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/187

• 21 Jan 2008Conditional

  Construct extension to dwellinghouse and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/94

• 20 Dec 2007Incompleted application

  Dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/3173

• 7 Dec 2007Incompleted application

  Retention of revised dwellinghouse position, finished floor level, treatment plant and revised site boundaries granted under planning reg: 04/8744

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/3049

• 30 Nov 2007Incompleted application

  Dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/3001

• 26 Oct 2007Incompleted application

  Retention of revised dwelling house position, finished floor level, treatment plant and revised site boundaries granted under Planning Reg, No. 04-8744

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2738

• 16 Feb 2007Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/426

• 29 Jan 2007Incompleted application

  Construction of 2no. dwellings with septic tanks

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/246

• 20 Nov 2006Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2457

• 6 Nov 2006Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2329

• 6 Oct 2006Conditional

  Construct cattle house with slatted slurry tanks, silage slab, dungstead, concrete aprons and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2042

• 19 Dec 2005Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9463

• 26 Aug 2005Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6181

• 3 May 2005Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2932

• 29 Mar 2005Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1923

The 25 most recent of 28 applications.

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 Russagh.

Recorded monuments

• CO141-132 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on level ground above N-facing slope. Roughly circular area (23m N-S; 25m E-W), raised 0.9m above surrounding land; defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.8m) SSW->NNW. Bank badly eroded; stone faced on outside. Interior planted with deciduous trees. 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

• CO141-133 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on N-facing slope, Liss Ard House and ringfort (CO141-132---) nearby to SW. Marked as circular enclosure on O.S. map (1842). Levelled; planted with trees; no visible surface trace. 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

• CO141-135 Mill - corn
  Description

  On tributary of Ilen river, 2km SE of Skibbereen. Gabled, 3-storey structure with gabled late 19th century 3-storey addition to N; residential house to W. Wheel pit (Wth 1.67m) along E gable; iron axle and flaunch in wheel pit with remains of wooden arms. Pinion shaft powered lying-shaft which operated two pairs of millstones on 1st floor and a lathe on 2nd floor. Internal gearing and machinery intact. Mill race taken from river to E; recently disturbed. 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

• CO141-143001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a level terrace on a gentle N-facing slope, immediately NW of the enclosed farmyard buildings of Lisard House. An arc of a rath formed by a low earthen bank (int. H c. 0.75m) WSW-E (dims. 27.2m E-WSW). The enclosing bank is not visible from E-WSW where it may have been truncated by a roadway which runs NE-SW along the S sector of the rath. The bank increases in height gradually from WSW-NW (max. ext. H c. 1.8m). The rath is covered by grass and reeds and is planted with mature beech trees. The level interior is partially waterlogged, particularly near the bank in the NE quadrant. Two later linear earthen banks run roughly N-S, from the surviving bank of the rath in the E and W quadrants, southward to intersect with the roadway. The collapsed opening or passage of a souterrain (CO141-143002-) is visible in the NW quadrant of the interior, towards the inner edge of the bank. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO141-143002 Souterrain
  Description

  In the NW quadrant of a rath (CO141-143001-). This earth-cut souterrain was recorded in 1992. Access to the souterrain was via a large cutting which had been made some time previously and which may have destroyed one or more chambers of the souterrain. The access in 1992 was 2.7m below the surface of the rath where a creepway (L 0.6m; Wth 0.5m; H 0.47m) leads eastwards into chamber 1. This chamber (4.4m N-S; 1.45m E-W; H 1.2m) is roughly rectangular in plan. Its floor is surfaced with stone slabs and small boulders and it rises gradually towards the S. There is an alcove (Wth 0.7m; H 0.7m; D 1m) in the NW corner. A creepway (L 0.9m; Wth 0.5m; H 0.45m) in the S end of chamber 1 leads into chamber 2. This chamber (4m NE-SW; 1.25m NW-SE; H c. 0.96m) is also roughly rectangular but its NE end is wider (Wth 1.4m) and higher (H 1.15m) than elsewhere. The floor of chamber 2 slopes slightly up to the NE. In the corner between the NW and the NE sides of the chamber there is a narrow opening (L 1.6m) angled upwards and to the W. There is also a hole (diam. 0.15m) in the roof, with a loose slab above it, in the NE end of the chamber. There is an alcove (Wth 0.8m; H 0.7m; D 0.8m) in the corner between the NW and SW sides of the chamber. The corner between the SW and SE sides of the chamber opens into chamber 3 (2m NE-SW; 1m NW-SE). The floor of this chamber slopes up from SW to NE until it meets the roof. There is a blocked-up construction shaft (Wth 1m; H 0.5m) in the corner between the SE and SW sides. The cutting into this souterrain was still visible in 1999 in the NW quadrant of the rath, towards the inner edge of the bank. (pers. comm. Lee Snodgrass and Paddy O'Leary) 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

• Woodley House, house, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey house having gable-fronted bay with canted bay and porch with adjoining box bay, built c.1880, with canted bay (south-east) and porch (north-west), built c.1880. Recent lean-to extension and outbuilding to side (south-west) and rear (north-west). Pitched and hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks, uPVC rainwater goods and timber bargeboards. Flat roof to north-west porch with entablature. Painted roughcast rendered walls with rendered plinth. Carved sill course to box bay. Square-headed openings with one-over-one and two-over-two timber sliding sash windows and replacement uPVC windows with concrete sills. Square-headed opening to gable-fronted bay with tripartite window having central two-over-two timber sliding sash window and flanking one-over-one timber sliding sash windows with concrete sills. Square-headed openings to box bay with four-over-one and two-over-one timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed opening to rear with five-over-five timber sliding sash window, raised rendered surround, corbels and architrave with foliate detailing. Square-headed tripartite opening to rear porch with lead fixed pane stained glass windows. Square-headed door opening with replacement timber glazed door and overlight. Round-headed door opening to porch with timber panelled door, lead stained glass overlights and decorative rendered and roughcast rendered surround with keystone.

• Mimosa, house, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay two-storey house with gable-fronted bay and recessed porch (east), built c.1940, with extension (west). Now vacant. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth and eaves course. Square-headed openings with single and tripartite four-over-four and six-over-six timber sliding sash windows with concrete sills. Square-headed door opening with timber glazed door and timber fixed pane side light. Square-headed and round-headed openings to porch with timber balustrade. Outbuildings to north and west.

• Liss Ard, gate lodge, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan five-bay single-storey with dormer attic former gate lodge, built c.1880, now in use as private house. Recent extension to south-west and north-east. Pitched roofs with rectangular and fish scale pattern slates, overhanging eaves, painted rendered chimneystack, ceramic pots and cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick walls with red brick string course (south-east), yellow brick string course to window openings (south-east) and intermittent yellow and red brick vertical platband (south-east). Painted rendered walls to south-west elevation. Round-headed openings having two-over-two and one-over-one timber sliding sash windows with concrete sills and red and yellow brick surrounds with raised yellow brick keystones. Round-headed door opening with double-leaf timber panelled door, overlight, red and yellow brick surround and raised yellow brick key stones. Rubble stone and red brick boundary wall with square gate piers and wrought-iron gate.

• Liss Ard, gate lodge, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c.1860, having lean-to block to side (west). Now in use as outbuilding. Hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves, rendered chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls with plinth and rusticated render quoins. Round-headed blind niches having sill consoles and moulded rendered surrounds with render leaf stops. Camber-headed openings with two-over-two timber sliding sash windows and concrete sills. Camber-headed door opening having square-headed double-leaf timber panelled doors with rusticated render piers and arch with keystone. Square-headed door openings with timber battened doors and rendered surrounds, one with decorated leaf-stops. Enclosed by painted rendered walls with rusticated gate piers, wrought-iron railings and wrought-iron gates.

• Rosebank, country house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay two-storey house with gables and bay window, built c.1860, having three-bay side elevation with gables to west and screen wall with triple of blind niches to north-east. Hipped slate roof with rendered diagonally placed chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and carved timber barge boards with finials. Rendered walls having hood mouldings over openings and blind niches to gable apexes. Buttresses between niches to screen wall, terminated in octagonal-plan crenellated pier. Square-headed openings with timber casement windows and fixed overlights. Ogee-headed door opening with timber glazed double-leaf doors. Pair of rendered gate piers with acorn finals set within rendered entrance sweep walls. Replacement metal gate.

• Liss Ard, gate lodge, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c.1840, having lean-to block to side (west). Now in use as outbuilding. Hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves, rendered chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls with plinth and rusticated render quoins. Round-headed blind niches having sill consoles and moulded rendered surrounds with render leaf stops. Camber-headed openings now blocked. Camber-headed door opening having square-headed double-leaf timber panelled doors with rusticated render piers and arch with keystone. Enclosed by painted rendered walls with rusticated gate piers, wrought-iron railings and wrought-iron gates.

• Liss Ard, country house, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey former country house over basement with central canted bay, built c.1840. Reoriented and side extension including porch (north-east) added. Now in use as hotel. Recent flat roof extension to side (south-west). Hipped slate roofs having two-stage rendered chimneystacks with timber and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls with moulded sill course, platband and rusticated quoins. Square-headed openings to ground floor with two-over-two timber sliding sash windows, concrete sills and moulded rendered surrounds. Camber-headed openings to first floor with two-over-two timber sliding sash windows, concrete sills and moulded rendered surrounds. Round-headed opening to rear with two-over-two and flanking one-over-one timber sliding sash windows with spoked fanlight. Oculus opening to rear with fixed pane window. Square-headed door opening having timber glazed doors, overlight, rendered surrounds and stone step. Rendered balustrades with piers and flights of stairs to rear. Later extension comprising hipped slate roof with decorative chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and recent rooflights, painted rendered walls having projecting central bay (north-east) with platband, sill course and rusticated quoins, square-headed opening with two-over-two timber sliding sash window, moulded rendered surround and pediment and square-headed opening with timber casement windows and concrete sills. Pitched slate roof to later porch, comprising round-headed opening with rusticated voussoirs, string course and stone steps, round-headed opening with tripartite fixed pane windows and moulded sills, and corner pilasters with entablature supporting an open-bed pediment. Hexagonal-plan outbuilding to rear and outbuildings to side (south-west). Rubble limestone garden walls to side (south-west) and extensive gardens to front. Painted rendered walls with gate piers.

• Lake Lodge, country house, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached double-pile two-bay two-storey house with pitched roofed porch, built c.1870, having three-bay two-storey block with gabled end bay having bay window to west. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks, set diagonally to main block and recent rooflights. Carved timber barge boards to porch. Rendered walls with render label mouldings over some openings. Square-headed openings with timber casement and pivot windows, having rendered sills. Paired timber sliding sash windows to ground floor, main block. Replacement uPVC windows to gabled bay. Pointed arch door opening having timber glazed double leaf door.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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.

No address of the register names Russagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Russagh · An Rosach

Area

1,913,643 m² (191.36 ha, 472.87 acres)

Civil parish

Abbeystrowry, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery West (East Division)

Electoral division

Skibbereen Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Skibbereen Rural electoral division: 1,400 people in 484 households; 86% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrigfadda, Coomnageehy, Derrygool, Drishanebeg, Farranagilla, Gortnaclohy, Killaderry, Lisheenroe, Lissarankin

Placenames

Russagh 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.