Skahanagh
Townland in the civil parish of Myross, barony of Carbery West (East Division), Co. Cork; in Irish An Sceachánach
- Area
- 71.3 ha
- 176 acres
- Land parcels
- 28
- registered freehold, median 2,037 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 29
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Skahanagh, from 47 m² to 568,888 m² (56.89 ha, 140.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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 Skahanagh 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
10 Mar 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for the construction of a detached domestic garage building
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0581
27 Jan 2026Invalid - prepare letters
Permission for the construction of a detached domestic garage building
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0158
20 Aug 2025Conditional permission
Permission for retention and permission for completion of replacement dwellinghouse (original dwelling demolished), alterations to the existing vehicular entrance (the original stone walls and gates to be reinstated upon completion of the dwelling), alterations to the ground levels of the curtilage of the dwelling house and for permission for all landscaping and site development works. Permission was previously granted on site for extensions and alterations to the existing dwelling - Ref Pl Reg No. 23/00510
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/474
8 Jul 2025Application invalid
Permission for retention and permission for completion of replacement dwellinghouse (original dwelling demolished), alterations to the existing vehicular entrance (the original stone walls and gates to be reinstated upon completion of the dwelling), alterations to the ground levels of the curtilage of the dwelling house and for permission for all landscaping and site development works. Permission was previously granted on site for extensions and alterations to the existing dwelling - Ref Pl. Reg No. 23/00510
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/375
15 Sept 2023Conditional permission
(a) demolition of rear and side extensions (b) alterations to interior layout and existing fenestration (c) replacement of slate roofs (d) Construction of 2 no. dormer windows (e) Installation of 2 no. rooflights (f) Construction of single storey extensions (g) termination of existing septic tank system (h) installation of a wastewater treatment system (i) all associated site development and landscape works. Also sought is Planning Permission for Retention for an ancillary detached annexe for family use.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 23/510
15 Aug 2023Application invalid
Permission sought for alterations and extensions to an existing dwellinghouse to include: (a) demolition of rear and side extensions (b) alterations to interior layout and existing fenestration (c) replacement of slate roofs (d) construction of 2 no. dormer windows (e) installation of 2 no. rooflights (f) construction of single storey extensions (g) termination of existing septic tank system (h) installation of a wastewater treatment system (i) all associated site development and landscape works. Also sought is Planning Permission for Retention of an ancillary detached annexe for family use
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 23/453
29 Jun 2023Incompleted application
(a) demolition of rear and side extensions (b) alterations to interior layout and existing fenestration (c) replacement of slate roofs (d) Construction of 2 no. dormer windows (e) Installation of 2 no. rooflights (f) construction of single storey extensions (g) termination of existing septic tank system (h) installation of a wastewater treatment system (i) all associated site devleopment and landscape works. Also sought is Planning Permission for Retention of an ancillary detached annexe for family use.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/351
9 Apr 2018Conditional
Permission for retention of extensions to dwelling house, (2 storey to the rear, first floor at the side) and all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 18/189
5 Mar 2018Incompleted application
Permission for retention of 2 storey extension to existing dwelling and all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 18/113
4 Jul 2014Conditional
Agricultural development of existing farmyard consisting of erection of slatted house and for all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/409
6 Sept 2012Conditional
Extension and alterations to a dwelling house, installation of a wastewater treatment plant, irrigation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/579
1 Oct 2010Conditional
Carry out the removal of ruinous structures and the construction of a dwellinghouse with all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/669
7 Apr 2009Refused
Dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/385
20 Mar 2009Conditional
Erection of wheelchair ramp to front of dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/312
20 Feb 2009Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/168
2 Oct 2008Conditional
Retention of alterations to exstension permitted under planning reg: 03/6895 to dwelling: Alterations include enlargement to accommodate domestic garage; Retention for alterations to site boundaries
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1776
24 Sept 2008Incompleted application
Retention of alterations to extension permitted under planning reg.no. 03/6895 to dwelling. Alterations include enlargement to accommodate domestic garage. Permission for retention is also sought for alterations to site boundaries
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1738
28 Aug 2008Incompleted application
Retention of modifications to site and house plans for the erection of extension to dwelling granted under planning reg. No. 03/6895
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1577
25 Jul 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1384
18 Jun 2008Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1153
29 Jun 2007Conditional
Agricultural development to include slatted house
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1766
23 Apr 2007Conditional
Agricultural development to cosist of construction of slatted house
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1086
23 Dec 2003Conditional
Extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6895
8 Dec 2003Refused
Dwellinghouse and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6246
30 Dec 2002Refused
Dormer bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/5945
The 25 most recent of 29 applications.
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 Skahanagh.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Skahanagh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Skahanagh.
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 Skahanagh.
- 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 Skahanagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Skahanagh · An Sceachánach
- Area
- 712,863 m² (71.29 ha, 176.15 acres)
- Civil parish
- Myross, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Myross, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Myross electoral division: 818 people in 321 households; 73% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 28% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballincolla, Cahergal, Carrigillihy
- Placenames
- Skahanagh 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.