Curraghboy
Curraghboy is a townland in the civil parish of Youghal, barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Currach Buí.
Parcel 2144652
- Area
- 60,649 m² (6.06 ha, 14.99 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 29 m².
- Zoning
- G3 Greenbelt2 (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective
G3 Greenbelt1 (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective - Townland
- Curraghboy
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1654 (ZIP).
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 89.2 ha
- 220 acres
- Land parcels
- 32
- registered freehold, median 3,978 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 24
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Curraghboy, from 20 m² to 266,608 m² (26.66 ha, 65.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 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 - G3Greenbelt2 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 5 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
27 Apr 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for Retention as constructed the following existing residential works:- 1) Entire two storey dwelling with attached extensions, detached home office, detached storage shed and detached dog house. 2) Altered vehicular site entrance and separate field entrance. 3) Septic tank and percolation area. 4) All associated site works and services in respect of the works referenced above.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1075
7 Dec 2022Conditional
Permission for retention of the change of use of detached domestic garage to granny flat accommodation ancillary in use to main dwelling, including all associated alterations and site works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 22/6700
21 Oct 2022Incompleted application
Change of use of detached domestic garage to granny flat accommodation ancillary in use to main dwelling including all associated alterations and site works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 22/6388
23 May 2022Conditional
Permission for decommissioning of existing septic tank and percolation area, and installation of a wastewater treatment plant and polishing filter to serve dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5187
15 Jun 2021Conditional
To construct a new dormer dwelling with integrated garage, site entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works and services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5653
19 Nov 2019Conditional
Change of use, alterations and extension of existing single storey domestic garage and associated site works to that of single storey living accommodation to be used as a separate dwelling unit ancillary to the existing community dwellinghouse.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6747
1 Aug 2018Conditional
Construct a dormer bungalow, detached garage, wastewater treatment system, vehicular entrance and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6023
1 Aug 2017Conditional
Constructing a new site entrance for domestic use and block up the existing site entrance including associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5986
20 Jun 2017Conditional
Retain existing rear sunroom extension and for the construction of a new two storey extension onto the side of existing dwelling along with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5545
1 Apr 2015Conditional
Demolition of existing domestic garage, construction of extension to front and side of existing dwelling house including alterations to existing dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4641
16 Dec 2008Conditional
Retention of dwelling as constructed & permission to carry out landscaping works & realignment of the boundaries of the site.
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/10144
11 Dec 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse, detached garage, wastewater treatment system and vehicular entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12993
11 Dec 2007Conditional
Dwelling, wastewater treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12988
4 Jul 2007Refused
Dwellinghouse, garage and waste water treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9345
31 May 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8302
19 Dec 2006Refused
Two storey dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13477
31 Oct 2006Withdrawn
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11865
3 Oct 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11105
22 Apr 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage & waste water treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2674
26 Oct 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse, garage, treatment plant and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7944
15 Oct 2004Incompleted application
Bungalow, detached domestic garage and wastewater treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7745
5 Apr 2004Refused
Bungalow, detached garage and wastewater treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/2230
25 Nov 2003Conditional
Retention and completion of dwellinghouse and sewage treatment facilities, conversion of attached garage to living accommodation and construction of sunroom and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/5966
25 Apr 2003Conditional
Alterations, conservatory & two storey dormer style extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/1936
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 Curraghboy.
Recorded monuments
- CO067-009 Pottery works
Description
Ruined late 19th-century pottery works. Remains of gable-ended, 3-storey brick-built structure (int. 9.75m square) enclosing brick-built kiln; remains of extension to E. Circular bottle kiln (int. diam. 3.9m); seven arched furnace holes in perimeter at base, door ope to N, saucer-domed roof with central circular vent; bottle-neck chimney on top. According to Breslin (1991, 100) tradition of more kilns here. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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 Curraghboy.
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 Curraghboy, 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1654 (ZIP).
- 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 Curraghboy with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Curraghboy · An Currach Buí
- Area
- 892,041 m² (89.2 ha, 220.43 acres)
- Civil parish
- Youghal, and its townlands
- Barony
- Imokilly
- Electoral division
- Youghal Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,367 people lived in 486 households in the Youghal Rural electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymacask, Barnageehy East, Barnageehy West, Bridgequarter (Co. Waterford), Killea (Co. Waterford), Kilmagner, Kilnatoora
- Placenames
- Curraghboy 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.