Tawnies Lower
Townland in the civil parish of Kilgarriff, barony of Carbery East (East Division), Co. Cork; in Irish An Tamhnaigh Íochtaraigh
- Area
- 97.4 ha
- 241 acres
- Land parcels
- 485
- registered freehold, median 320 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses
- Planning
- 100
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
485 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tawnies Lower, from 0 m² to 105,034 m² (10.5 ha, 25.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 54 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
- R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 479 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 32 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Town Centre/Neighbourhood Centres (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Greenbelt2 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 8 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
30 Jan 2026Grant with conditions
PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIONS AND MODIFICATIONS TO AN EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0185
8 Dec 2025Conditional permission
Construction of a dwelling house and garage (change of plan planning from previously permitted planning reference no. 23/00465), and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6695
24 Oct 2025Conditional permission
Construction of a new dwelling utilising the basement and retaining walls/works permitted under Pl Reg Number 23/347 and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6280
26 Sept 2025Invalid - case closed
Construction of a new dwelling utilising the basement and retaining walls/ works permitted under Pl Reg. Number 23/347 and all associated sit works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6037
21 Jul 2025Conditional permission
Construction of a two storey private dwellinghouse, domestic garage, wastewater treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works, change of plan from granted dwelling and garage planning Ref: 24/422
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/406
30 Apr 2025Conditional permission
The partial demolition of an existing stone wall and the construction of a single-storey ESB substation, including a switch room, and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/232
26 Mar 2025Conditional permission
To amend the granted planning permission reference No. 24/421 which consisted of permission for construction of new private dwelling and domestic garage, together with wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works of this site. The proposed amendments include, 1. Inclusion of a granny flat within the main dwelling; 2. omission of the permitted garage; 3. elevational changes to the proposed house, and any associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/155
19 Sept 2024Unconditional
Permission for extension to existing hotel premises comprising of SPA/Gym facility on ground floor and a total of 16 no. guest bedrooms over first and second floors, together with associated elevational alterations and site development works
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 24/512
4 Sept 2024Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/485
1 Aug 2024Conditional
Permission for construction of new private dwelling and domestic garage, together with wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/422
1 Aug 2024Conditional
Permission for construction of new private dwelling and domestic garage, together with wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/421
1 Aug 2024Conditional
Permission for construction of new private dwelling and domestic garage, together with wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/424
6 Jun 2024Conditional
The widening of existing entrance to property
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/297
31 May 2024Incompleted application
Construction of new private dwelling and domestic garage, together with wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/281
31 May 2024Incompleted application
Construction of new private dwelling and domestic garage, together with wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works at Site 4, Tawnies Lower, Clonakilty, Co. Cork
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/280
31 May 2024Incompleted application
Construction of new private dwelling and domestic garage, together with wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/282
15 Apr 2024Conditional
Permission to (i) change of internal layout from a three-bed to a two-bed apartment for long-term letting and (ii) alterations to elevations on the ground floor
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/175
6 Sept 2023Refused
Permission for extension to existing hotel premises comprising SPA/Gym facility on ground floor and a total of 16 no. guest bedrooms over first and second floors, together with associated elevational alterations and site development works
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 23/494
1 Sept 2023Conditional
Convert existing attic space to living / habitable accommodation use to include installation of velux rooflights to the front (Northeast), rear (Southwest) and side (Southeast) of the existing dwelling and to construct a ground floor single storey bay window extension to the side of the existing dwelling (Southeast Elevation)
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/487
15 Aug 2023Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house and garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/465
15 Aug 2023Conditional
Demolition of an attached car-port and garage to an existing dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/464
10 Aug 2023Conditional
Permission for retention of change of use from commercial unit to a three-bed apartment on the ground floor
Retention · Cork County Council, 23/446
28 Jun 2023Conditional
Retention of retaining wall and enlarged basement including alterations to fenestration of permitted dwelling and for permission for completion of said dwelling and domestic garage as granted under Planning Reg, No 21/307
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/347
20 Jun 2023Conditional
(A) Retain front open porch as constructed. (B) Retain side single storey sunroom as constructed (C) Retain rear two storey extension as constructed (D) Retain rear dormer window to first floor bedroom (E) Retain 2 no. domestic garages as constructed in site (F) Retain septic tank / percolation area position on site (Previous Pl. Ref. No. for house - Clonakilty U.D.C. - 6/91 refers)
Retention · Cork County Council, 23/329
12 Jun 2023Incompleted application
Retention of retaining wall and completion of new private dwelling and domestic garage, together with wastewater treatment system and percolation area and associated site works, all as Permission Reg. Ref. 21/00370, with proposed changes to lower ground floor including enlarged basement, internal layout and windows
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/310
The 25 most recent of over 100 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 Tawnies Lower.
Recorded monuments
- CO135-131 Standing stone
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Rectangular stone (H 1.85m; 0.7m x 0.5m) aligned E-W. 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
- CO135-136 Mass-rock
Description
Incorporated into a boundary fence on the N side of the road. This possible mass-rock comprises a flat-topped sandstone block (L 0.74m; Wth 0.29m; H 0.5m) which features a number of rough linear marks on the E end and one on the W end of the upper surface. The stone was uncovered during cleaning back of the boundary and reported to the NMI in 1965. According to local information, when the stone was found there was a cross marked on it but it has since faded. The adjacent road is known as a famine road and there is a local tradition of a mass-rock in the townland. 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
- Beechgrove, house, 1885–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Detached L-plan four-bay two-storey house, dated 1887, with remains of porch to front (south) and rendered pediment to rear (north). Currently unoccupied. Hipped and pitched slate roof with uPVC clad eaves course, rendered chimneystacks and uPVC rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls to front (south) and side (east, west) elevations with exposed rubble limestone walls to rear. Rendered platband and inscribed date plaque within moulded rendered surround to rear pediment. Square and camber-headed window openings with rendered sills throughout, having occasional remains of two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, remainder boarded up. Round-headed door opening to front elevation. Camber-headed door opening with red brick voussoirs to rear elevation. Doors absent throughout. Detached two-bay single-storey outbuilding to west, having hipped slate roof with rendered and exposed rubble stone eaves and rendered chimneystack. Rendered walls having square-headed window opening with slate sill and timber casement window. Square-headed door opening with timber battened 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).
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; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Tawnies Lower.
- 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 Tawnies Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Tawnies Lower · An Tamhnaigh Íochtaraigh
- Area
- 973,887 m² (97.39 ha, 240.65 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilgarriff, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Clonakilty Urban, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Clonakilty Urban electoral division: 4,475 people in 1,670 households; 51% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Kilgarriff, Maulnaskehy, Miles, Tawnies Upper, Youghals
- Placenames
- Tawnies Lower 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.