Teergay
Townland in the civil parish of Inchigeelagh, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork; in Irish Tír Ghé
- Area
- 95.5 ha
- 236 acres
- Land parcels
- 53
- registered freehold, median 1,448 m²
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 33
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Teergay, from 29 m² to 367,099 m² (36.71 ha, 90.71 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 9 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 6 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
9 Sept 2025Grant with conditions
Permission for the construction of a new dwellinghouse and domestic garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment system together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5840
22 May 2024Conditional
Permission for the construction of new dwelling house and domestic garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment system together with all other ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4921
8 Nov 2023Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house, a domestic garage, a garden room, new entrance, waste-water treatment system, water bore well and all associated landscaping and ancillary site works, further to Permission granted for serviced sites under Pl.Reg.No. 22/5181.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6250
19 Oct 2023Incompleted application
The construction of a dwelling house, a domestic garage, a garden room, new entrance, wastewater treatment system, water bore well and all associated landscaping and ancillary site works. Further to permission granted for serviced sites under Planning Reference No. 22/5181.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6120
7 Jul 2023Conditional
Permission for the construction of new dwelling house and domestic garage, new entrance, waste water treatment system together with all other ancillary site works further to full planning permission previously granted for serviced site under planning reference number 22/5181
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5417
13 Jun 2023Conditional permission
Permission for demolition of existing rear extension and construction of new single storey extension and also permission for alterations and elevational changes to exisiting rear and side elevation and construction of new rear hipped roof to existing dwelling house together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5192
21 Apr 2023Conditional
Permission for the construction of dwelling house and domestic garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment system together with all other ancillary site works further to Permission granted for serviced sites under Planning Reference No. 22/5181.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4777
10 Feb 2023Conditional
Construction of dwelling house and attached domestic garage, new entrance, waste water treatment system together with all other ancillary site works further to full planning permission previously granted for serviced sites under Pl.Ref.No. 22/5181.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4226
23 May 2022Conditional permission
Permission for 4 no. residential serviced sites. This development will include the construction of 2 no. new individual entrances for 2 no. proposed residential serviced sites on the Toons Bridge to Inchigeela Road (R584), 2 no. new individual entrances to 2 no. proposed residential serviced sites on the Toons Bridge to Dromcarra Road (R587) along with 4 no. individual wastewater treatment systems and all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5181
5 Apr 2022Incompleted application
Planning permission 6 number residential service sites. This development will include the construction of 3 number new individual entrances for 3 number proposed residential serviced sites on the Toons bridge to the Inchigeela Road (R584), 3 number new individual entrances to 3 number proposed residential serviced sites on the Toons bridge to Dromcarra Road (R587) along with 6 number individual wastewater treatment systems and all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4748
24 Sept 2021Withdrawn
Two storey dwelling, domestic garage, sewerage system, site entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6622
27 Apr 2021Conditional
Permission for retention of a domestic garage as built and retention for a sunroom to the north east elevation of existing dwelling house, both previously granted under Planning Reference No: 05/6711.
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/5111
6 Dec 2017Conditional
6 No. residential serviced sites. This development will include the construction of a new combined entrance to 3 no. proposed residential serviced sites, including removal of existing roadside ditch and construction of new road boundary and entrance walls on the Toons Bridge to Inchigeela Road (R584) along with 3 number individual entrances to 3 number proposed residential serviced sites on the Toons Bridge to Dromcarra Road (R587) at Teergay, Toons Bridge, Macroom
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7185
1 Dec 2017Conditional
To retain domestic garage as constructed and all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 17/7153
17 Nov 2017Incompleted application
6 number residential serviced sites. This development will include the construction of a new combined entrance to 3 number proposed residential serviced sites including the removal of existing roadside ditch and construction of new road boundary and entrance walls on the Toons Bridge to Inchigeela Road (R584) along with 3 number individual entrances to 3 number proposed residential serviced sites on the Toons Bridge to Dromcarra Road (R587).
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6991
5 Sept 2017Conditional
Retention of the following as constructed: a) Parlour building & attached calf house, b) Extensions to cattle shed, c) silage slab & associated concrete aprons works (Previous Ref 08/5608).
Retention · Cork County Council, 17/6299
19 Jul 2017Conditional
The construction of two-storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5854
13 Nov 2013Conditional
Retention of change of use of part of dwelling to shop, Permission for change of use of remaining dwelling area to shop including ancillary office and toilet on first floor, Permission for construction of extension to same as additional shop area and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/6160
16 Mar 2010Refused
Dwelling house & associated site works including new treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4601
11 Nov 2009Conditional
Dwellinghouse and treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7609
12 Oct 2009Conditional
Demolition of existing rear shed, construction of a single storey extension for the purpose of cheese production to the rear and side of the existing creamery building and associated ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7295
18 Sept 2009Incompleted application
Demolition of existing rear shed, construction of single storey extension to the rear & side of the existing creamery building & associated ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7084
17 Nov 2008Conditional
Dormer style extension to side of dormer style dwelling, alterations to existing portion of dwelling & new percolation area to serve existing septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9705
25 Mar 2008Conditional
Construction of milking parlour building with underground slatted effluent (soiled water) tank and collecting yard, alterations and extension to existing cattle shed to include slatted house with underground tank and associated concrete apron works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5608
7 Jun 2007Incompleted application
Residential development of 20 no. dwellinghouses with detached garage, sewage treatment facility, control building and water storage tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8490
The 25 most recent of 33 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
- Special Area of Conservation: The Gearagh SAC 000108
- Special Protection Area: The Gearagh SPA 004109
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: The Gearagh 000108
Recorded monuments
- CO070-108 Stone circle - multiple-stone
Description
In low-lying flat arable land, on W side of Lee River. Circle incomplete; may have consisted of nine stones. Seven erect stones and single prostrate stone remain; these include axial stone and entrance stones. Orthostats are 0.8m to 1.1m L, 0.4m to 0.6m T and 0.5m to 1m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned NE-SW, is c. 7.2m. (O Nualláin 1984a, 15, no. 2) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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
- Filling pump/station, 1930–1950 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding cast-iron petrol pump, installed c.1940, having plastic Shell logo to top. Exposed glass cylinders over pump mechanism to interior, raised Shell motif to base and rubber pumping hose. Missing front panel. Located to roadside.
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 Teergay.
- 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 Teergay with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Teergay · Tír Ghé
- Area
- 954,692 m² (95.47 ha, 235.91 acres)
- Civil parish
- Inchigeelagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Electoral division
- Inchigeelagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Inchigeelagh electoral division: 586 people in 229 households; 79% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Dundareirke, Gearagh West, Gortsmoorane, Inchisine, Milleen, Parkanillane
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Teergay 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.