Sarue
Sarue is a townland in the civil parish of Castleventry, barony of Carbery East (West Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Sárú.
Parcel 2164247
- Area
- 395,173 m² (39.52 ha, 97.65 acres)
- Buildings
- 5 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,406 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Sarue
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
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 3 recorded monuments.
- CO134-020001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Oval area (25.4m N-S; 31.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.8m); external fosse (D 0.4m) E->NW; possible outer bank ESE->NNW, incorporated into field fence system. Break (Wth 2.2m) in bank to NE. Souterrain (CO134-020002-) in interior. 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
- CO134-020002 Souterrain
Description
In NE quadrant ringfort (CO134-020001-). Stone-built chamber (L 2.8m; Wth 1m) roofed with lintels, only one of which is in place. Inaccessible. 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
- CO134-084 Standing stone - pair
Description
On terrace on N side of valley of Blind stream, a tributary of Argideen river. NE stone lies virtually prostrate, measuring 2.85m by 1.15m and 1m T. Second stone, 5m to SW, is 1.5m L, 0.37m T and 1.85m H. Pair appear to have been aligned NE-SW. (Roberts 1988, Ch. 6, no. 14) 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 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 10 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 this parcel.
- 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.
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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
- 200.1 ha
- 495 acres
- Land parcels
- 51
- registered freehold, median 2,740 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 28
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sarue, from 48 m² to 395,173 m² (39.52 ha, 97.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 45 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Sarue 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
11 Sept 2026Awaiting recommendation
Planning Permission for extension to rear of existing dwelling for kitchen and dining area and a sun- lounge extension to the side of existing dwelling with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2374
17 Jun 2026Grant with conditions
To construct dwelling and detached domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1609
6 Mar 2026Grant with conditions
Construction of a dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0545
19 Feb 2026Grant with conditions
Construct dwelling, detached domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0407
12 Aug 2025Conditional permission
Construction of an agricultural building to house calves, hay/straw and agricultural machinery, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/454
21 Jul 2025Incompleted application
Construction of an agricultural building to house, Calves Hay/straw & agricultural machinery and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/405
22 Nov 2024Conditional permission
Permission for retention of extension to cattle house, & construction of slurry storage tank and all associated site works
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 24/641
9 Aug 2019Conditional
Construction of dwelling house, septic tank and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/525
12 Mar 2019Conditional
Construct 2 no. slatted storage slurry tanks
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/164
21 Mar 2017Conditional
Permission for retention of dwelling house and site boundaries. Permission for retention of domestic garage/store with living accommodation over part and permission for retention of septic tank serving this unit. Permission to install a percolation area to serve existing domestic garage/store. Permission for retention of extension to slatted cattle house. Permission for construction of cattle house to include milking parlour, dairy, office, washer, plant, drafting area, slatted tank, waiting area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/166
29 Sept 2016Conditional
Modifications to the existing dwelling house, namely; A) 0.225m. increase in height of existing chimney, B) Modification of existing front (NW facing) elevation, to include - removal of 1 no. existing ground floor window and 1 no. existing first floor window, installation of 2 no. ground floor windows & 1 no. first floor window, and erection of timber cladding, C) Modification of existing rear (SE-facing) elevation, to include - removal of 2 no. existing ground floor windows and installation of 2 no. ground floor windows, D) Modification of existing side (SW-facing) elevation, to include - removal of 1 no. existing ground floor window, removal of existing roof of ground floor bay window, installation of 1 no. ground floor window & 1 no. first floor window, and installation of zinc roof to ground floor bay window, E) Modification of existing side (NE-facing) elevation, to include - removal of 1 no. existing ground floor window, installation of 1 no. entrance door, construction of timber porch structure, and erection of timber cladding, and F) all ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/602
28 Feb 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage and associated site works on grant of outline planning reg: 07/1105
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 08/367
26 Apr 2007Conditional
Dwelling and garage
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/1105
29 Apr 2005Conditional
Retention of demolition of dwellinghouse and construction of new dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2872
10 Mar 2005Conditional
Retention of dwellinghouse and shed and demolition of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1442
30 Dec 2004Incompleted application
Demolition and reconstruction of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/9760
2 Sept 2004Refused
Retention of dwellinghouse and domestic shed as constructed and demolition of original dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6692
29 Jul 2004Incompleted application
Retention of demolition of dwellinghouse and construction of dwellinghouse and shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/5819
27 Nov 2003Conditional
Demolition of farmhouse and construction of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6015
25 Apr 2003Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/1939
24 Feb 2003Conditional
Retention of alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/759
27 May 2002Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/2126
27 May 2002Conditional
Slatted cubicle house
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/2115
23 Jan 2002Conditional
Construction of an open silo and concrete apron
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/195
19 Jul 2001New application
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 01/4187
The 25 most recent of 28 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 Sarue.
Recorded monuments
- CO134-017 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on break in N-facing slope. Circular area (43.7m N-S; 45.9m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H c. 3.8m), with external fosse (D 2.2m); low outer bank. Break in inner bank to E (Wth 5m). Remains of possible lime kiln (CO134-017001-) in W bank. Circular hut site (7.1m N-S; 12.6m E-W) (CO134-017002-) in SW quadrant. 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
- CO134-017001 Kiln - lime
Description
In ringfort (CO134-017----). Remains of possible lime kiln in W bank. 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
- CO134-017002 Hut site
Description
In ringfort (CO134-017----). Circular hut site (7.1m N-S; 12.6m E-W) in SW quadrant. 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
- CO134-019001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on side of knoll, adjoining NW side of bivallate ringfort (CO134-019002-). C-shaped enclosure (21.6m N-S; 18.9m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1m) SSE->NNE, with external fosse (D 0.4m); enclosure conjoined with bivallate ringfort (CO134-019002-) NNE->SSE. Gap in bank to NW (Wth 3m). 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
- CO134-019002 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on break in N-facing slope. Circular area (25.6m N-S; 25.5m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening fosse (D 1.30m). Inner bank intact (int. H 1.2m); outer bank (H 1.3m) incorporated into field system to E, levelled to SW. Entrance to E (Wth 4m), with causeway. Conjoined on NW side with C-shaped uni-vallate ringfort (CO134-019001-). 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
- CO134-019003 Hut site
Description
Low circular mound with central depression (9m E-W; 9.5m N-S). Probable remains of hut site. 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
- CO134-020001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Oval area (25.4m N-S; 31.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.8m); external fosse (D 0.4m) E->NW; possible outer bank ESE->NNW, incorporated into field fence system. Break (Wth 2.2m) in bank to NE. Souterrain (CO134-020002-) in interior. 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
- CO134-020002 Souterrain
Description
In NE quadrant ringfort (CO134-020001-). Stone-built chamber (L 2.8m; Wth 1m) roofed with lintels, only one of which is in place. Inaccessible. 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
- CO134-084 Standing stone - pair
Description
On terrace on N side of valley of Blind stream, a tributary of Argideen river. NE stone lies virtually prostrate, measuring 2.85m by 1.15m and 1m T. Second stone, 5m to SW, is 1.5m L, 0.37m T and 1.85m H. Pair appear to have been aligned NE-SW. (Roberts 1988, Ch. 6, no. 14) 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 Sarue.
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 Sarue, about 1 in 10 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 Sarue.
- 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
- Sarue, Reenascreena5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Sarue · Sárú
- Area
- 2,001,400 m² (200.14 ha, 494.56 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castleventry, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Castleventry, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 278 people lived in 94 households in the Castleventry electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Clashatarriff, Derrybaun, Glanbrack, Inchinattin, Maulvirane, Maulyregan
- Placenames
- Sarue 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.