Twopothouse
Twopothouse is a townland in the civil parish of Caherduggan, barony of Fermoy, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Tigh an Dá Phota.
- Area
- 169.8 ha
- 420 acres
- Land parcels
- 41
- registered freehold, median 2,121 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 63
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Twopothouse, from 23 m² to 253,360 m² (25.34 ha, 62.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 31 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
19 Dec 2025Grant with conditions
Permission for construction of a shed to be used as a workshop to create commercial art work, as well as storage for said artwork and domestic items.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6920
14 Nov 2025Invalid - case closed
Permission for construction of a shed to be used as a worksop to create commercial art work, as well as storage for said artwork and domestic items.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6480
9 Oct 2025Invalid - prepare letters
Permission for construction of a shed to be used as a workshop and storage, in the field at the back of the house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6135
16 Oct 2024Conditional
Permission to install a septic tank and percolation area and all associated site work
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5947
7 Oct 2024Incompleted application
Permission to install a septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5869
29 Aug 2024Conditional permission
Permission for a) ground floor and attic floor extensions to the north-east elevation of our dwelling house, b) demolition of existing entrance porch annex to the south-east elevation, c) demolition of existing kitchen/bathroom/boiler house annex to the north-west elevation, d) the installation of 3 no. rooflights to the existing roof on the south-east elevation, e) the installation of a new proprietary wastewater treatment system, together with all associated alterations and site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5632
26 Aug 2024Incompleted application
Permission to install a septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5609
9 Aug 2024Conditional permission
The Applicant is seeking permission for the construction, operation and decommissioning of a wind energy development including: • 9 wind turbines each with a blade tip height of 175 metres, rotor diameter of 150 metres, hub height of 100 metres and a rated output of 4.5 megawatts. • Turbine Foundations, crane pad hardstanding areas and associated drainage. • Upgrade of existing site tracks and construction of new site tracks and associated drainage. • Access from the local road L5302 at Crought, Ballyclogh including a new site entrance for the construction phase and upgrading of an existing entrance for the operational phase. • An on-site 38 kilovolt electrical substation to Electricity Supply Board Networks specification to include control building with electrical infrastructure, welfare facilities supplied by rainwater harvesting and storage tank, a wastewater holding tank with high level alarm, car parking, security fencing and lighting, and all associated infrastructure, services, and site works including a temporary construction compound. • All associated underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the turbines to the proposed electrical substation. • A temporary site construction compound and associated ancillary infrastructure including welfare services, office accommodation, parking, fencing, lighting etc. • Areas for temporary storage of excavated materials. • A permanent meteorological mast of 100 metres height above ground level on a concrete base. • Installation of approximately 13.5 kilometres of 38 kilovolts underground electrical cabling, mainly within the public road, between the proposed wind farm substation to the boundary of Mallow 110 kilovolt substation at Saint Joseph’s Road Mallow. • All associated site works including site clearance and ancillary development including site drainage/Sustainable Drainage System, security gates, fencing, permanent and temporary signage, and biodiversity mitigation and enhancements, including hedgerow planting. The Applicant is seeking a 10-year duration planning permission and 35-year operational period from the date of overall commissioning of the entire wind farm. The Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.The wind farm development is proposed on a site in the townlands of Polnareagha and Ardskeagh (Templemary E.D.); and Tullacondra and Croughta, (Kilmaclenine E.D.), County Cork. The proposed grid connection will be installed underground mainly within the public road from the wind farm site at Croughta, Ballyclogh to the boundary of the 110 Kilovolts substation at Saint Joseph’s Road, Mallow passing through the townlands of Kilmaclenine, Croughta, Knockaunavaddreen, Copestown, (Kilmaclenine E.D.), Ballybeg (Buttevant E.D.), Baltydaniel East, Twopothouse, and Caurraghakerry (Caherduggan E.D); and Cloghlucas North, Curraghphadeen, Ballyviniter Upper, Ballyviniter Middle, Ballyviniter Lower, Parkadallane, Carrigoon More and Carrigoon Beg Mallow Rural E.D.).
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5503
28 Jun 2024Incompleted application
Permission for the construction, operation and decommissioning of a wind energy development including: • 9 wind turbines each with a blade tip height of 175 metres, rotor diameter of 150 metres, hub height of 100 metres and a rated output of 4.5 megawatts. • Turbine Foundations, crane pad hardstanding areas and associated drainage. • Upgrade of existing site tracks and construction of new site tracks and associated drainage. • Access from the local road L5302 at Croughta, Ballyclogh including a new site entrance for the construction phase and upgrading of an existing entrance for the operational phase. • An on-site 38kilovolt electrical substation to Electricity Supply Board Networks specification to include control building with electrical infrastructure, welfare facilities supplied by rainwater harvesting and storage tank, a wastewater holding tank with high level alarm, car parking, security fencing and lighting, and all associated infrastructure, services, and site works including a temporary construction compound. • All associated underground electrical and communications cabling connecting the turbines to the proposed electrical substation. • A temporary site construction compound and associated ancillary infrastructure including welfare services, office accommodation, parking, fencing, lighting etc. • Areas for temporary storage of excavated materials. • A permanent meteorological mast of 100 metres height above ground level on a concrete base. • Installation of approximately 13.5 kilometres of 38 kilovolts underground electrical cabling, mainly within the public road, between the proposed wind farm substation to the boundary of Mallow 110 kilovolt substation at Saint Joseph’s Road Mallow. • All associated site works including site clearance and ancillary development including site drainage/Sustainable Drainage System, security gates, fencing, permanent and temporary signage, and biodiversity mitigation and enhancements, including hedgerow planting. The Applicant is seeking a 10-year duration planning permission and 35-year operational period from the date of overall commissioning of the entire wind farm. The Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. The wind farm development is proposed on a site in the townlands of Polnareagha and Ardskeagh (Templemary E.D.); and Tullacondra and Croughta, (Kilmaclenine E.D.), County Cork. The prop
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5215
27 May 2024Conditional
Permission for retention for sun room extension and elevational alterations as constructed to existing dwelling and all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 24/4953
22 Dec 2022Refused
Construction of a dwelling house, vehicular entrance, waste water treatment unit and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6858
28 Oct 2022Conditional
To erect 4 no. lighting standards to serve existing tennis court and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6441
29 Nov 2021Conditional
To construct an extension to existing slatted unit to include cubicles and slatted tank.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7206
22 Dec 2020Conditional
(1)Retention of front porch to existing dwelling (2) Retention of extension to the rear of existing dwelling (3) To construct a new rear extension to existing dwelling including a new pitched roof over existing rear extension being retained and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6968
27 Apr 2020Conditional
Construct a new dwelling house and detached domestic garage.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4843
30 Oct 2019Conditional
Permission for the construction of ground floor extension to existing dwelling house and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6593
21 Dec 2015Conditional
Retention of domestic garage to side of dwelling
Retention · Cork County Council, 15/6898
7 Dec 2015Incompleted application
Retention of domestic garage to side of dwelling
Retention · Cork County Council, 15/6757
17 Jan 2014Withdrawn
Erection of 4 no. lighting standards to serve existing tennis court
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4069
2 Oct 2013Withdrawn
A single storey extension to rear of licenced premises/entertainment complex to include seating area and toilets
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5896
1 May 2013Withdrawn
Dwelling house, small treatment plant and all associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 13/4797
22 Apr 2013Incompleted application
Outline permission for dwellinghouse, small treatment plant and all associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 13/4726
2 Apr 2013Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, small treatment plant and all associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 13/4546
22 Mar 2013Conditional
Construction of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse (change of plan from that granted under Planning Reg. No. 12/5730)
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4491
23 Nov 2012Conditional
Retention of relocation of domestic entrance to site and retention of domestic garage as constructed and all associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 12/6398
The 25 most recent of 63 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 Twopothouse.
Recorded monuments
- CO025-011 Enclosure
Description
In tillage, on gentle ESE-facing slope. Cropmark of two concentric fosses of circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) visible as in aerial photograph (CUCAP; BDS 13). Mature barley in field; surface undulating in area of site. Circular enclosure and ring-ditch (13672,11930) visible in same field c. 70m to SSE and c. 60m to SE respectively. 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
- CO025-146001 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of fosse of roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) visible in aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDS13, July 1970). Circular enclosure (13671) c. 60m to NNW; ring-ditch (11930) c. 10m to N. 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
- CO025-146002 Ring-ditch
Description
Cropmark of fosse of small circular enclosure (diam. c. 10m) visible in aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDS13, July 1970). Linear cropmark (L c. 30m) extends NW from enclosure to edge of outer fosse of ringfort (CO025-011---). Second similar cropmark at right angles extends to NE. Circular enclosure (CO025-14601-) c. 10m to S. 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
- CO025-151 Enclosure
Description
In pasture, on elevated rock outcrop. Roughly circular area (diam. c. 39m) defined by fosse (D 0.6m; Wth at base 4.6m) with external bank (int. H 0.6m to base of fosse; ext. H 0.45m). Bank ill-defined on E side. Fosse and bank removed by quarry to NW and to SSW. Interior level. 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
- CO025-176 Fulacht fia
Description
Recorded by Mary Sleeman, Archaeologist with Cork County Council, on 19th October 2011. She describes it as 'spread of black charcoal-enriched soil with reddened heat-shattered stones- spread c. 13m N-S; c. 13m E-W.'
- CO025-177 Fulacht fia
Description
Recorded by Mary Sleeman, Archaeologist with Cork County Council, on 19th October 2011. She describes it as 'spread of black charcoal-enriched soil with reddened heat-shattered stones- spread c. 15m N-S; c. 7m E-W.'
- CO025-178 Fulacht fia
Description
Recorded by Mary Sleeman, Archaeologist with Cork County Council, on 19th October 2011. She describes it as 'spread of dark soil with reddened heat-shattered stones- spread c. 6m N-S; c. 9m E-W.'
Architectural heritage
- Church/chapel, 1920–1930 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding gable-fronted Roman Catholic church, built c. 1925 as eight-bay single-storey parish hall, facing south-east. Gable-fronted porch to façade, and single-bay single-storey flat-roofed sacristy to north end. Pitched corrugated-iron roof with concrete copings to gables, cast-iron rainwater goods and concrete cross finial to front gable. Tiled roof to porch with timber bargeboard to gable. Stone clad walls to porch and front gable, with triangular-headed niche having plaster statue. Corrugated-iron cladding to other elevations. Full-height windows added c. 1970 to front gable, with fixed timber coloured-glass windows. Square-headed window openings elsewhere, with fixed timber windows with timber surrounds and sills. Square-headed openings to porch and to rear with timber battened doors. Cast-iron bell on cast-iron supports to west of site.
- Hazelwood House, house, 1815–11925 · Regional interest
Description
Detached two-storey house, north-east elevation comprising two-bay two-storey part of house built 1819, flanked on south-east by five-bay wing, one of two wings built in 1917-22, north-west wing and third bay of original house demolished 1960-2. Single-bay single-storey projection to re-entrant corner of north-east elevation. Hipped artificial slate roofs with overhanging eaves, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls, wing having render pilasters to ends and flanking grouped windows to middle. Square-headed window openings, those to original façade having cut-stone sills and eight-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows. Gable end of wing has six-over-six pane windows to first floor and six-over-nine pane windows to ground floor. Middle openings to main elevation of wing are grouped, first floor of south-east elevation of wing have external timber shutters and ground floor has timber French doors. Segmental-headed doorway to original north-east elevation, with spoked fanlight having timber surround, fixed timber sidelights, timber panelled door with flanking timber engaged columns and flat-roofed timber canopy to front supported by carved timber clustered column and timber support. Square-headed openings to ground floor of south-east elevation with render surrounds and French doors, those to end bays with recent carved limestone surrounds comprising flanking pilasters with capitals, keystones, architraves and carved segmental-arch canopies with cornices.
- Hazelwood House, gate lodge, 1815–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Entrance gates, built 1819, comprising vehicular entrance flanked by pedestrian entrances and having dressed limestone sweep walls to front. Main entrance has square-profile dressed and rusticated limestone piers with carved caps, having lion finial to south-west pier and obelisk to north-east, with decorative cast-iron double-leaf gate. Round-headed pedestrian entrances with dressed voussoirs, projecting keystones and carved imposts and having cast-iron gates. Detached four-bay single-storey gate lodge to north-east with projecting bay to front elevation, having hipped slate roof, rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and overhanging eaves, painted rendered walls with square-headed timber casement windows with concrete sills. Square-headed timber panelled half-glazed door to south-east elevation of projecting bay, approached by dressed and tooled limestone steps.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Twopothouse, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Twopothouse.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Twopothouse with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Twopothouse · Tigh an Dá Phota
- Area
- 1,697,838 m² (169.78 ha, 419.54 acres)
- Civil parish
- Caherduggan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Fermoy
- Electoral division
- Caherduggan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 644 people lived in 229 households in the Caherduggan electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybeg Middle, Ballymague, Baltydaniel East, Banefune, Caherduggan North, Curraghakerry
- Placenames
- Twopothouse 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.