Skeaf
Skeaf is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmaloda, barony of Carbery East (East Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Scéimh.
- Area
- 183.8 ha
- 454 acres
- Land parcels
- 26
- registered freehold, median 31,156 m² (3.12 ha, 7.7 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Skeaf, from 110 m² to 488,183 m² (48.82 ha, 120.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Skeaf 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
12 Jun 2025Conditional permission
1) Existing single storey domestic garage. 2) Existing site boundaries at variance to those permitted under Pl.Reg.No. 05/4225.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5135
16 May 2025Incompleted application
Permission for retention of 1) existing single storey domestic garage and 2) existing site boundaries at variance to those permitted under planning reference 05/4225
Retention · Cork County Council, 25/4927
25 Apr 2025Withdrawn
Permission to retain existing single storey domestic garage.
Retention · Cork County Council, 25/4776
8 Apr 2021Conditional
The construction of a two storey dwelling, detached garage, vehicular entrance, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4893
17 Apr 2019Conditional
Permission for the following: a) Demolition of straw bedded livestock housing & derelict dwelling house b) Construction of agricultural building to include livestock housing, milking parlour, livestock handling facilities, ancillary rooms, roofed waiting yard along with slatted slurry storage tank c) Construction of walled silage pit d) Construction of soiled water/parlour washings tank e) Erection of meal bin & water storage tank, along with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/252
13 Feb 2009Conditional
Proposed cattle underpass and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/137
17 Oct 2008Incompleted application
Proposed cattle underpass and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1877
24 Apr 2008Conditional
(1) General purpose livestock shed, (2) overground steel tank to store cattle slurry and associated reception pit and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/741
14 Mar 2008Incompleted application
Construction of (1) Proposed general purpose livestock shed (2) Proposed over ground steel tank to store cattle slurry and associated reception pit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/497
5 Sept 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse, septic tank and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2346
10 Aug 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, septic tank and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2154
28 May 2007Withdrawn
(1) General purpose livestock shed, (2) overground steel tank to store cattle slurry and associated reception pit, (3) out-wintering pad and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1393
28 Mar 2007Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/863
23 Mar 2007Incompleted application
(1) Proposed general purpose livestock shed, (2) overground steel tank to store cattle slurry and associated reception pit, (3) out-wintering pad and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/956
1 Mar 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/567
2 May 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/769
16 Jun 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4227
16 Jun 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4225
22 Jan 2002Conditional
Extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/182
8 Mar 2001Conditional
Alterations, single storey & two storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/1166
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 Skeaf.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Skeaf.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Skeaf.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Skeaf, 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 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 Skeaf.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Skeaf with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Skeaf · Scéimh
- Area
- 1,838,303 m² (183.83 ha, 454.25 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmaloda, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Kilmaloda East, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 378 people lived in 127 households in the Kilmaloda East electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Burrane, Farran, Knockbrown, Knocknagallagh, Skeaf East, Skeaf West
- Placenames
- Skeaf 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.