Toormore
Townland in the civil parish of Aghadown, barony of Carbery West (East Division), Co. Cork; in Irish An Tuar Mór
- Area
- 57.3 ha
- 142 acres
- Land parcels
- 18
- registered freehold, median 10,983 m² (1.1 ha, 2.71 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Toormore, from 38 m² to 144,922 m² (14.49 ha, 35.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 8 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
No zone of a development plan covers Toormore 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
29 Jun 2017Conditional
To erect 2 no. single storey extensions to dwelling house and for retention of alterations to garage permitted under planning reg. no. 12/33 these include raised roof profile to accommodate attic storage, fenestration changes, and stone facing of front elevation.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/410
26 Jan 2012Conditional
Domestic garage and associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/33
19 Jan 2012Incompleted application
Domestic garage and associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/21
20 Aug 2007Conditional
Change of site boundaries and site layout for dwellinghouse and granny flat permitted under planning reg: 07/515
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2228
23 Apr 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1067
16 Mar 2007Conditional
Retention of (a) Alterations and extensions to existing dwelling, (b) septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/742
26 Feb 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and granny flat
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/515
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 Toormore.
Recorded monuments
- CO141-007 Enclosure
Description
Shown as circular hachured enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on OS 6-inch map (1944). Site inaccessible due to extensive afforestation in the area. 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
- CO141-008 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on SE-facing slope. Circular, raised area (diam. 22.8m) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.4m), stone faced in parts. Interior slopes gently down to SE. 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
- CO141-009 Enclosure
Description
In low-lying bog. Shown as subcircular platform on OS 6-inch map (1842). No visible surface trace. 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
- CO141-010 Fulacht fia
Description
In rough grazing on W edge of bog. Field fence clearance material now piled on top of levelled mound of burnt material. 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Toormore.
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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Toormore.
- 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 Toormore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Toormore · An Tuar Mór
- Area
- 573,415 m² (57.34 ha, 141.69 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aghadown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Aghadown North, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Aghadown North electoral division: 299 people in 115 households; 87% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Foherlagh, Knocknamohalagh, Lyre, Mohanagh, Rahine, Reencorreen, Reenmurragha, Skeagh
- Placenames
- Toormore 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.