Skeheen

43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Skeheen, from 44 m² to 561,781 m² (56.18 ha, 138.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 18 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 15 Jul 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for retention of a rear, single storey domestic extension to dwelling and planning permission for effluent treatment system and soil polishing filter unit.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5405

• 23 Dec 2024Conditional permission

  Within County Cork, the proposed development will consist of refurbishment works to 39.3km of overhead line, 14 no. steel towers and 204 no. wooden polesets. These lie between Knockraha Substation, in the townland of Ballynenelagh, and the border with County Tipperary in the townland of Glenduff, crossing the County Cork townlands of : Ballynanelagh, Knockraha East, Meeleen, Shanballyreagh, Barnetstown, Mitchellsfort, Meenane, Skahanagh South, Skahanagh North, Coolquane, Scartbarry, Ballyready, Ballyda, Baneena South, Lackabeha East, Hollyhill, Ballinterry, Clykeel South, Ballynanelagh, Clykeel North, Knockauduff, Ballinvarrig West, Kill-Saint-Anne South, Kill-Saint-Anne North, Ballyoran, Glenarousk, Strawhall, Ballyvadona, Carrigabrick, Gearagh, Carrigatoortane, Mountrivers, Moorepark, Ballyderown, Knockanohill, Glansheskin, Kilclogh, Macroney Upper, Castlecooke, Coolaneague, Curraghanolomer, Ballard, Curraghavoe, and Glenduff. The proposed development includes 4 no. temporary construction compounds in the townlands of Moorepark, Ballinvarrig West, Barnetstown, and Skeheen. The works in County Cork will consist of: the replacement ('restringing') of the existing overhead line (OHL) circuit conductor wires; replacement of 7 no. towers and 82 no. polesets with similar dimensions and heights as the existing; installation of 5 no. new towers and 1 new no. poleset at Barrymore Substation and the removal of 2 no. towers; installation of replacement parts on towers and polesets; foundation refurbishment/strengthening and recapping/clearing of shear blocks; all associated site development works, including temporary works areas; clearance of shear block bases; vegetation maintenance works; ancillary site preparation works, site clearance and levelling at the 4 no. temporary construction compounds, temporary works to existing tracks and new temporary access routes to each structure; and all associated works required to facilitate the proposed development. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6468

• 28 Jan 2022Conditional

  Permission to construct a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, entrance, effluent treatment unit with percolation area and associated siteworks

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4151

• 22 Nov 2021Conditional

  Construct a 2-storey dwelling, garage, septic tank with percolation area, upgrade existing entrance and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7149

• 2 Sept 2010Conditional

  Extension and modification of existing cottage including the addition of septic tank system, new entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/6197

• 7 Aug 2009Conditional

  Dwellinghouse, building to include indoor swimming pool and changing room, entrance, septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6654

• 29 Jan 2009Conditional

  Dwelling, entrance, septic tank and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4254

• 18 Apr 2008Conditional

  Demolition of dwelling & construction of two-storey dwellinghouse with attached single storey dwelling unit, detached garage, relocation of septic tank & all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6179

• 19 Mar 2008Incompleted application

  Demolition of existing dwelling & construction of new dwelling, domestic garage, relocation of septic tank & all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5536

• 11 Feb 2008Incompleted application

  Demolition of existing garage and construction of extensions to dwelling, attached domestic garage and provision of cedar decking

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4678

• 31 Jan 2006Conditional

  Demolition of outhouses, alterations and extensions to dwelling including 1st. floor, new entrance and relocation of septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4456

• 21 Dec 2005Incompleted application

  Demolition of outhouses, alterations and extension to dwelling and new entrance

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9548

• 30 Mar 2005Conditional

  Construction of one and a half storey domestic garage/store

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1971

• 29 Jun 2004Conditional

  Dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4789

• 25 May 2004Conditional

  Alterations to entrance serving existing dwelling and construction of bungalow and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/3652

• 16 Apr 2003Conditional

  1st floor extension to dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/1775

• 13 Feb 2003New application

  Extension to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/541

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 Skeheen.

Recorded monuments

• CO020-018 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, on E bank of stream. Shown as mound on 1936 OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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 Skeheen.

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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Skeheen · An Sceichín

Area

1,935,757 m² (193.58 ha, 478.34 acres)

Civil parish

Brigown, and its townlands

Barony

Condons and Clangibbon

Electoral division

Mitchelstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Mitchelstown electoral division: 5,219 people in 2,034 households; 66% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardglare, Ballynabrock, Curraghavoe, Pollardstown, Skeheen Upper

Placenames

Skeheen 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.