Garranefeen
Garranefeen is a townland in the civil parish of Rathclarin, barony of Carbery East (East Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Garrán Finn.
Parcel 2175783
- Area
- 1,032 m²
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Garranefeen
Planning applications on this parcel
1 Feb 2008Conditional
Retention of dwellinghouse, revised site boundaries and relocation of entrance and septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4493
21 Jan 2008Incompleted application
Retention of dwellinghouse, revised site boundaries, relocation of entrance, septic tank and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4230
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 moderately high.
- 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
- 206.8 ha
- 511 acres
- Land parcels
- 69
- registered freehold, median 4,227 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 62
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Garranefeen, from 70 m² to 146,328 m² (14.63 ha, 36.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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
No zone of a development plan covers Garranefeen 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
14 Sept 2026Awaiting recommendation
Permission for (i) retention of dwelling used for short-term letting and (ii) permission to replace septic tank with a treatment unit and percolation area to serve this dwelling.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/2391
10 Jul 2025Conditional permission
Permission for the demolition of an existing dwelling house, the construction of a new two storey dwelling house, an existing site entrance to be widened and all associated siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5377
19 Jun 2025Incompleted application
Permission for the demolition of an existing dwelling house, the construction of a new dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5186
26 May 2025Conditional permission
Permission for a) the construction of a slatted house with an underground effluent storage tank, b) concrete apron, c) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4982
17 Oct 2024Conditional permission
Permission for the demolition of an existing dwelling house, the construction of a new dwelling house, the installation of a new treatment system and percolation area, and all associated siteworks.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5959
27 Aug 2024Conditional
Permission for the demolition of an existing extension to an existing dwelling house, the construction of extensions and alterations to an existing dwelling house, the installation of a new on-site wastewater treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5635
22 Dec 2023Withdrawn
Permission for the demolition of an existing dwelling house, the construction of a new dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6622
14 Aug 2023Conditional
Permission for construction of dwelling house, installation of on-site waste water treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5652
16 Nov 2022Conditional
Construct a roof over the following existing buildings; (a) open cattle holding yard, (b) milking parlour, (c) dairy, (d)plant room, (e) cattle crush and drafting facilities, permission to construct a roofed cattle holding yard and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6561
2 Sept 2022Incompleted application
Permission for change of use of dwelling house from residential to short-term letting and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5995
2 Sept 2022Refused
Permission for change of use of dwellinghouse from residential to short-term letting and associated siteworks.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5996
18 Dec 2020Conditional
Conversion of two existing dwelling houses into single dwelling. Construction of single storey extension to front. Alterations to existing elevations and windows/new windows. Increase in pitch and insertion of rooflights to rear single storey roof. Alterations to interior of building, landscaping and drainage to accommodate works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6903
30 Jul 2019Conditional
Construct a dwellinghouse, domestic garage, on-site sewage treatment system and all associated siteworks.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5919
28 Feb 2019Conditional
Construction of a two storey dwelling with associated landscaping, drainage and entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4477
12 Oct 2018Conditional
Extend existing cattle holding yard, construct a slatted slurry tank, cattle crush, 2 no. cattle holding pens with drafting facility and carry out associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6709
1 Aug 2018Conditional
The demolition of an existing dwelling house and garage, and the construction of a proposed dwelling house and garage, and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6024
12 May 2017Conditional
To construct a dwellinghouse, domestic garage septic tank and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5161
5 Aug 2016Withdrawn
a) Construction of a domestic dwelling, b) domestic garage, c) the installation of a treatment unit and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5958
1 Mar 2016Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4465
10 Feb 2016Incompleted application
Construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment system & percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4269
15 May 2015Withdrawn
Construction of dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment system & percolation area & all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5011
10 Apr 2015Incompleted application
Construction of a dwellinghouse, domestic garage, treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4718
18 Sept 2014Conditional
Single storey extensions to the side and rear of existing dwellinghouse including alterations to the existing elevations and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6000
8 Sept 2014Incompleted application
Single storey extensions to the side and rear of the existing dwellinghouse, including alterations to the existing elevations and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5903
14 Jul 2014Conditional
Demolition of existing shed/store building to rear, porch to side elevation, sun room to front elevation, and construction of new extensions and alterations to existing dwelling. Replacement of existing septic tank with new proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, realignment of the existing roadside boundary to improve sight distances and associated site works and services
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5502
The 25 most recent of 62 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
- Special Area of Conservation: Courtmacsherry Estuary SAC 001230
- Special Protection Area: Courtmacsherry Bay SPA 004219
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Courtmacsherry Estuary 001230
Recorded monuments
- CO123-049 Enclosure
Description
In pasture, on W-facing slope. Circular area (69m N-S; 70m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2m). Remains of outer bank (ext. H 0.4m) with external fosse (D 0.35m) to NNE and SSE. Interior slopes gently downhill to E. Within interior to NE, rectangular area (41m E-W; 36.5m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.6m) to S and W; slight rise (H 1.1m) to N; NE bank enclosure to E; cultivation ridges run E-W across interior. Rectangular annexe (14.7m E-W; 8.6m N-S) abutting enclosure to S; enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.4m). 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
- CO123-062 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (38m N-S; 39m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.9m) WNW->ESE; scarp (H 1.5m) ESE->WNW; with external fosse (D 0.8m) to S and W. 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
- CO123-063 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on gentle ESE-facing slope. Levelled c. 1982. Site defined by circular area of stunted grass growth (diam. c. 27m). 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
- Bridge, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Double-arch humpback road bridge, built c.1860, spanning Garranefeen Bay. Round-headed arches with ashlar limestone voussoirs and soffit springing from dressed rubble stone piers. Battered buttressed walls to side piers. Rubble stone parapet walls and spandrels with rendered coping.
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 Garranefeen, 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 high, 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 Garranefeen.
- 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 Garranefeen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Garranefeen · Garrán Finn
- Area
- 2,067,913 m² (206.79 ha, 510.99 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rathclarin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Kilbrittain, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 646 people lived in 223 households in the Kilbrittain electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Farrannagark, Garranereagh, Glanduff, Lisheenaleen
- Placenames
- Garranefeen 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.