Tonafora

218 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tonafora, from 3 m² to 126,794 m² (12.68 ha, 31.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 216 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 15 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M4Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses (Built up area)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Green Infrastructure (Open space, park)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Green Infrastructure (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Greenbelt2 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 23 Feb 2026Awaiting f.i. signoff

  CONSTRUCTION OF 24 NO. DWELLING HOUSES (2 NO. DETACHED, 22 NO. SEMI-DETACHED) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING ROADS, FOOTPATHS, PARKING, DRAINAGE, LANDSCAPING AND AMENITY AREAS.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0436

• 9 Feb 2026Invalid - case closed

  CONSTRUCTION OF 24 NO. DWELLING HOUSES (2 NO. DETACHED, 22 NO. SEMI-DETACHED) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING ROADS, FOOTPATHS, PARKING, DRAINAGE, LANDSCAPING AND AMENITY AREAS.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0285

• 22 Jan 2026Grant with conditions

  PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING GARAGE, THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GARAGE, AND CHANGE OF SITE BOUNDARY FROM PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED PLANNING REF: 78/1873, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0105

• 12 May 2025Conditional

  Permission for retention of detached domestic garage

  Retention · Cork County Council, 25/257

• 23 Dec 2024Conditional

  Permission for the construction of an extension to the rear of the existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/721

• 23 Aug 2024Withdrawn

  Demolition of an existing garage and the construction of an extension and alterations to the existing dwelling house, and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/470

• 23 Aug 2024Refused

  Construction of a dwelling house and garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/461

• 2 Jan 2024Conditional

  Permission for the retention of a) Raising the roof profile of dwelling and the installation of additional roof lights B) Alterations to front elevation C) Conversion of attic to storage / study area, all to dwelling constructed under planning ref 03/4705

  Retention · Cork County Council, 24/2

• 3 Nov 2023Incompleted application

  Planning Permission for the retention of A) Raising the roof profile of dwelling and the installation of additional roof lights B) Alterations to front elevation C) Conversion of attic to habitable accommodation, all to dwelling constructed under planning ref. 03/4705

  Retention · Cork County Council, 23/620

• 18 Oct 2023Conditional

  Permission to demolish existing two-storey rear extension to dwelling and permission to construct two-storey rear extension also to existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/584

• 10 Dec 2021Conditional

  1) Section of the south-southwest facing boundary, as permitted under 18/1, to be revised at this location only and to construct new 2m high boundary wall along new proposed boundary line; 2) change of proposed boundary treatment to serve all dwelling houses permitted under 18/1; 3) construct a new post and panel fence along a portion of the north-facing site boundary in place of portion of permitted boundary treatment along same, and; 4) all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/861

• 17 Nov 2021Incompleted application

  1) Section of south-southwest facing boundary, as permitted under 18/1, to be reveised at this location only and to construct a new 2m high boundary wall along the new proposed boundary line; 2) change of proposed boundary treatment to serve all dwelling houses permitted under 18/1; 3) construct a new post and panel fence along a portion of the north facing site boundary in place of portion of permitted boundary treatment along same; 4) all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/796

• 11 Jun 2021Conditional

  Construction of an extension to the rear of existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/397

• 15 Feb 2021Conditional

  Construction of a single storey extension and all associated site works at The Model School (Protected Structure)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/106

• 17 Jul 2020Conditional

  Planning permission for the retention of change of use of attic area to habitable accommodation

  Retention · Cork County Council, 20/391

• 23 Apr 2020Refused

  Construction of 24 no. dwelling houses (2 no. detached, 22 no. semi-detached) and all associated site works, including roads, footpaths, parking, drainage, landscaping and amenity areas.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/212

• 31 Jul 2019Refused

  Construct 10 no. two storey semi-detached dwelling houses and all associated ancillary development works including drainage, landscaping and amenity area, proposed development to be accessed by existing site entrance serving 'The Meadows' residential development

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/510

• 14 Jun 2019Conditional

  Removal of Condition 2 of Planning Register No. 16/722 and payment of contribution to Dunmanway Playground Redevelopment Committee in lieu, and construction of detached domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/404

• 13 Jun 2019Conditional

  Retention of change of use of existing garage to living accommodation ancillary to main dwelling

  Retention · Cork County Council, 19/399

• 22 May 2019Conditional

  To extend existing public playground

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/342

• 20 Mar 2019Conditional

  Construction of a single storey extension to the side of existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/187

• 21 Feb 2019Conditional

  Construct a new dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works to facilitate this development

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/120

• 4 Jul 2018Refused

  Construct a new dwelling house and all associated site works to facilitate this development

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/394

• 11 Jun 2018Conditional

  Permission to retain existing dwelling house as built, ancillary garage and site layout as-constructed, all within revised site boundaries

  Retention · Cork County Council, 18/333

• 11 Jun 2018Incompleted application

  To construct a new dwelling house and all associated site works to facilitate this development

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/330

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.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Tonafora.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Tonafora.

Architectural heritage

• House, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1930, with box bay windows to front (north) elevation flanking entrance, having single pitched roof canopy spanning both bays to create porch. Lean-to single-storey addition to rear (south) elevation. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and uPVC rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls with plat bands and roughcast render panels to first floor. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills. Tripartite windows to front elevation with one-over-one timber sliding sash windows. One-over-one timber sliding sash windows to sides (east/west) of box bays. Timber casement windows to rear elevation. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door, sidelights and overlight. Rubble stone wall to front with rendered gate piers and replacement wrought-iron gate.

• Laurel House, house, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1930, with two-bay two-storey extension to rear. Hipped artificial slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and uPVC rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, tripartite timber windows with one-over-one timber sliding sash windows to front (north). One-over-one timber sliding sash windows to rear (south). Square-headed door opening having timber glazed door with stained glass margin lights and sidelights.

• Dunmanway Model National School, model school, 1845–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached irregular-plan model school and master’s residence, dated 1848, now in use as primary school and private house. Comprising six-bay two-storey block having projecting gabled bays flanking recessed three-bay entrance block with gablets. Single-storey wings attached to side (south-west) and rear (east). Single-storey linking block to north-east, leading to two-storey former master’s block. Pitched slate roofs with cast-iron rainwater goods, ashlar sandstone chimneystacks and rendered chimneystacks to former master’s house. Rendered walls with ashlar sandstone quoins, carved plaques to south-western gabled bay, and name and date plaque over entrance. Square-headed window openings with chamfered ashlar sandstone sills and surrounds, having one-over-one and two-over-two timber sliding sash windows, set in single, paired and tripled arrangements. Some timber casement windows. Tudor arch door opening with ashlar sandstone surround and timber battened door having wrought-iron strap hinges. Square-headed openings with ashlar sandstone surrounds to sides and rear, having timber battened doors. Some replacement fittings to windows and doors. Rubble stone boundary walls with ashlar limestone gate piers.

• Post box, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1930, with P&T emblem in relief, set into rubble stone boundary wall.

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

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Tonafora · Tóin an Phóire

Area

703,761 m² (70.38 ha, 173.9 acres)

Civil parish

Fanlobbus, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery East (West Division)

Electoral division

Dunmanway South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dunmanway South electoral division: 1,557 people in 587 households; 72% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Dunmanway South, Kilbarry, Maugh, Maulashangarry, Mohona, Underhill

Placenames

Tonafora 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.