Island

75 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Island, from 18 m² to 207,606 m² (20.76 ha, 51.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Island 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.

• 13 Feb 2026Refused

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house, detached domestic garage, domestic waste water treatment system and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0342

• 11 Jan 2022Conditional

  To infill low lying land with topsoil, subsoil, rock and construction & demolition waste to raise the level of the land for future agricultural use.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4022

• 26 Nov 2021Incompleted application

  To infill lowlying land with topsoil, subsoil, rock and construction and demolition waste to raise the level of the land for future agricultural use.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7188

• 20 Oct 2021Incompleted application

  Infilling low lying land with topsoil, subsoil, rock and construction and demolition waste to raise the level of the land for future agricultural use.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6863

• 29 Sept 2021Incompleted application

  Permission to infill low lying land with topsoil, subsoil, rock and construction and demolition waste to raise the level of the land for future agricultural use.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6644

• 4 May 2021Conditional

  1) Retention of dwelling as constructed (change of location and orientation on site and changes to elements of the design from that granted under reference 04 5294). 2) Retention of domestic garage / store building. 3) Retention of boiler house / store building. 4) Retention of changes to the site boundary.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 21/5175

• 1 Aug 2018Conditional

  To revise the location of site boundaries and the location of the percolation area as previously granted under planning Ref. No. 17/7438.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6035

• 26 Jun 2018Conditional

  A two storey dwelling with detached garage, a septic tank treatment unit and percolation area with associated site works and a new site entrance.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5643

• 29 Mar 2018Conditional

  Construction of two storey extension to front of dwelling, alterations to both sides and rear of dwelling, demolition of existing out-house and porch to dwelling and construction of garage and all associated site works including installation of new wastewater treatment unit and soil polishing filter

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4778

• 6 Mar 2018Incompleted application

  Construction of ground and first floor extension to front of dwelling, alterations to both sides and rear of dwelling, demolition of existing out-house and porch to dwelling and construction of a garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4539

• 22 Dec 2017Conditional

  To construct a single storey extension, alteration to the existing elevations and new percolation area to serve the existing septic tank and Permission for Retention of the existing dwelling and garage as constructed, the existing tennis court and fence as constructed and the existing 2nd site entrance as constructed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7438

• 6 Dec 2017Incompleted application

  Construct a single storey extension and new percolation area to serve the existing septic tank and Retention of the existing dwelling and garage as constructed, the tennis court and fence as constructed and the existing 2nd site entrance as constructed.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7200

• 27 Oct 2017Refused

  Construction of a dwelling and detached domestic garage and carrying out of all associated site works, including the installation of a septic tank and percolation area.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6788

• 14 Jun 2017Incompleted application

  An extension to an existing dwelling and the upgrading of the percolation area with associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5506

• 17 May 2017Incompleted application

  An extension to an existing dwelling and the upgrading of the percolation area with associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5211

• 5 Apr 2017Incompleted application

  An extension to an existing dwelling with associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4809

• 18 Nov 2016Refused

  Permission for retention of the existing borrow pit and permission for the importation of soil and stone, bricks, tiles, ceramics, concrete for the restoration of the borrow pit back into an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6878

• 20 Oct 2016Incompleted application

  Retention of existing borrow pit and Permission for importation of soil & stone bricks, tiles, ceramics concrete for restoration of the borrow bit back in to an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6624

• 24 Aug 2015Conditional

  Construction of a two storey dwellinghouse, waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5883

• 8 Apr 2015Conditional

  Construction of agricultural entrance to access lands

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4682

• 17 Apr 2008Conditional

  Retention of porch, garage conversion and plaster finish to elevations of dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6127

• 2 Jul 2007Conditional

  Two storey dwellinghouse, garage, entrance and septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9282

• 12 Mar 2007Conditional

  Infilling of land with imported soil, subsoil and rock and relocation of entrance and gate

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5907

• 8 Mar 2007Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse, garage and proprietary treatment plant

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5825

• 14 Feb 2007Conditional

  Construction of domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5018

The 25 most recent of 45 applications.

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 the townland of Island.

Recorded monuments

• CO042-055 Standing stone
  Description

  Condon (1916, 65, No. 20) describes approximate location of stone ' about half a mile from Burnfort Roman Catholic Church, in a field adjoining, and to the left of, the road leading from that church to Island townland...The length is 39 inches; the breadth at the end fixed in the earth is 37 inches, while at the opposite end, it is but 18 inches. The thickness is 19 inches'. He (ibid.) comments 'I am not sure that it is a gallaun'. Location of field noted in topographic files, UCC. Exact location not known. 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

• CO042-056001 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  On top of slight natural knoll in flat pasture, c. 120m N of Leapford Stream. There is a possible megalithic tomb (CO042-056002-) c. 60m to the SW, and a standing stone pair (CO042-057----) c. 350m to the NE. Excavation of this wedge tomb in 1957 (O'Kelly 1958a) revealed a gallery, aligned NE-SW (L 5.75m; Wth 1.2m at SW end, 0.75m at NE). A low sill and jamb-like slab separates the main chamber from the portico, immediately inside the SW end of which stands a low pillar stone. The gallery is surrounded by a U-shaped setting of outer-walling, doubled towards the SW, and joined to the gallery by a façade. The structure had been enveloped in an ovoid or D-shaped cairn (L 11.5m; Wth 9.7m), at the edge of which were a series of spaced sockets for probable kerb stones. Beyond the gallery entrance and façade were four further sockets and trench interpreted as kerb revetment for blocking material. Evidence for three cremated burials were found in the main chamber; in a shallow pit just NE of the sill, in a pit towards NE end, and in area between it and the gallery end. Three worked flints were recovered from primary levels within the main chamber. A small hearth was uncovered immediately N of the outer-walling. Three C14 determinations indicated a single phase of activity that occurred sometime within the calibrated range of 1412-1308 BC, with the most probable explanation suggesting that the gallery and the outer-wall were constructed sometime in the early Bronze Age and subsequently enhanced by a concentric kerb setting (Brindley and Lanting 1991-92, 20-21). (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1982, 5, no. 6) This is a National Monument in State Guardianship (no. 502). 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. See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume IV. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982) See attached photographs CO042-056001-_02: wedge tomb, looking NE - copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/ CO042-056001-_03: view of the wedge tomb from the E, showing the cairn enveloping the tomb - copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/ CO042-056001-_04: view of the U-shaped outer walling and gallery, looking SW CO042-056001-_05: Plan of tomb (in O'Kelly 1958a, opp. p.5) Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO042-056002 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  Grove White (1905-25, vol. 1, 328) was informed by landowner of wedge tomb (9820) that '42 paces' to SW 'in the same field, there was another cromlech, taken down about 1877. It was about 8 feet square. The stones were very brittle, and showed signs of having been burnt. The earth around was black, showing charcoal remains'. No visible surface trace. 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

• CO042-057 Standing stone - pair
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle slope on N side of Leapford Stream; wedge tomb and possible megalithic tomb (9820, 9824) c. 350m to SW. Both stones are prostrate. East stone knocked c. 1976 and probable socket still visible at NW end; stone measures 3.1m by 0.85m by 0.4m. Second stone lies 1.35m to W; it measures 3.8m by 1.2m by 0.5m. Two boulders and some field stones lie on the site. (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, 327-8, photograph; Ó Nualláin 1988, 242, no. 79) 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

• CO042-058 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular raised area (internal diam. 12m E-W; 11.9m N-S) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.75m). Bank on N side obscured by heavy overgrowth. On outer bank face to NE is large upright stone (H 0.9m; 0.5m by 0.1m); stone firmly embedded at base but pushed outwards at top due to growth of hawthorn bush behind it. 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

• CO042-059 Standing stone
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Stone (H 3m; 1.6m x 0.27m) is rectangular in plan and shape, leaning heavily to SE; long axis NE-SW. 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

• CO042-060 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  At base of steep N-facing hill, on S bank of stream. Roughly rectangular setting of stones (0.6m E-W; 0.45m N-S; D 0.25m) forms well, into which flows water rising c. 0.9m to N. Crude cross carved on upper surface of one stone at well is only indication of holy use. On a visit in 1908 Grove White (1905-25, vol. 4, 123-4) noted that a few people paid rounds there to cure sore eyes but 'it did not look as if it was much frequented'. Path beside stream known locally as 'mass path'. 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 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Island.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 5 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 Island.

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.

No address of the register names Island with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Island · An tOileán

Area

2,758,443 m² (275.84 ha, 681.63 acres)

Civil parish

Rahan, and its townlands

Barony

Fermoy

Electoral division

Rahan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Rahan electoral division: 926 people in 320 households; 95% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Burnfort, Commonage, Gortaneelig, Greenhill, Knockbrack, Monee West, Tooreen North

Placenames

Island 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.