Aghatubrid More
Aghatubrid More is a townland in the civil parish of Kilfaughnabeg, barony of Carbery East (West Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Achadh Tiobraide Mór.
Parcel 2221002
- Area
- 2,650 m² (0.27 ha, 0.65 acres)
- 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
- Aghatubrid More
Planning applications on this parcel
4 Aug 2004Conditional
Domestic store, extension to dwelling and replacement of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/5946
3 Oct 2000Conditional
Retention of windows to front of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/5954
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, moderately low, low.
- 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
- 110.6 ha
- 273 acres
- Land parcels
- 109
- registered freehold, median 3,556 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Green Infrastructure
- Planning
- 38
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
109 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghatubrid More, from 79 m² to 144,149 m² (14.41 ha, 35.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 1 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
11 Nov 2025Application withdrawn
Construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, install a waste water treatment plant and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6430
4 Mar 2025Conditional permission
Planning Permission for the demolition of existing farm buildings and associated yards/walls and permission is also sought for the construction of a dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/94
4 Mar 2025Conditional permission
Construction of a dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/95
10 Nov 2023Conditional
Construct a vehicular entrance and undertake all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/638
9 Jun 2023Withdrawn
Planning Permission for (a) demolition of existing farm buildings and associated yard and walls (b) Construction of 4 no. residential serviced sites for dwelling houses (c) Construction of a vehicular / pedestrian entrance with associated works to include: public road widening, construction of footpaths and entrance walls (all adjoining public road L-83581-0) (d) all associated site development and landscape works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/308
31 Mar 2023Conditional
Permission for retention of garage and alterations to existing dwelling house
Retention · Cork County Council, 23/177
31 Jan 2022Conditional
Permission for retention and permission for completion of partially constructed dwelling and all associated site works (Previously permitted under Pl Reg No 10/247). Temporary Permission for retention is also sought for an existing dwelling on site until the completion of the main dwelling house and for permission for use of same as ancillary accommodation thereafter (Previously permitted under Pl Reg. No. 13/62)
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/47
16 Jul 2021Conditional
Construction of a dwellinghouse, the installation of a wastewater treatment system and all associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/498
13 Jul 2021Incompleted application
The construction of a dwellinghouse, the installation of a wastewater treatment system and all associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/484
25 Feb 2020Conditional
Construction of ancillary domestic garage with lower floor garden storage
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/99
17 Feb 2014Conditional
Retention of partially constructed slatted cattle house, permission for completion of same, to include site entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/114
5 Feb 2013Conditional
Retention of unauthorised dwellinghouse and associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 13/62
30 Jan 2013Incompleted application
Retention of unauthorised dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/49
28 Aug 2012Conditional
A) Construct ground and first floor extensions to existing domestic garage (with the first floor extension to be used as a playroom) B) Replace existing septic tank drainage system with new sewage treatment system and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/558
9 Apr 2010Conditional
Construct a dwelling house, detached garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/247
7 Aug 2008Conditional
Retention of extensions to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1468
10 Jul 2008Incompleted application
Retention of extensions and alterations to dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1291
20 May 2005Conditional
Closure of vehicular entrance and provision of new entrance and retention of alterations to dwellinghouse comprising of attic conversion and elevational changes including the provision of additional windows on front elevation and retention of garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3469
10 Mar 2005Conditional
Alterations to dwellinghouse to include replacement of and alterations to existing windows and doors, additional window and alterations to veranda
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1437
10 Feb 2005Incompleted application
Alterations to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/711
1 Oct 2004Conditional
Revised site boundary for dwelling permitted under 03/3562 to accomodate revised percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7425
4 Aug 2004Conditional
Domestic store, extension to dwelling and replacement of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/5946
2 Apr 2004Conditional
Alterations and two storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/2194
18 Jul 2003Conditional
Dwellinghouse & waste water treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/3562
24 Feb 2003Conditional
Retention and completion of dwelling (change of layout and site boundaries)
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/749
The 25 most recent of 38 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 Aghatubrid More.
Recorded monuments
- CO142-022 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on NNW-facing slope, E of Glandore Harbour. Roughly circular area (diam. c. 21m) enclosed by low earthen bank (H 1.6m), with silted-up external fosse to N. Interior level, cut into hillside to S, raised slightly to N to compensate for hillslope. 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
- CO142-023 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope, E of Glandore Harbour. Roughly circular area (diam. c. 25m) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.7m). Bank lower on upslope (S). Interior and bank heavily overgrown with hawthorn bushes. 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
- CO142-024 Enclosure
Description
In rough grazing, on gentle W-facing slope, E of Glandore Harbour. Arc (C 24m) formed by earthen bank (H 0.8m) survives to N. 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
- CO142-027001 Graveyard
Description
On break in steep ENE-facing slope, overlooking narrow valley. Small, subrectangular graveyard enclosed by stone wall. Ruined church (CO142-027002-) in centre; lines of low, uninscribed headstones to S and stone-built mausoleum and pyramidal gravemarker to N. Still in occasional use. 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
- CO142-027002 Church
Description
In centre of graveyard (CO142-027001-) ruins of rectangular church (13.7m E-W; 8.1m N-S). Upper part of E gable missing. Lintelled doorway near W end of S wall. East window mostly destroyed by window near E end of S wall retains single ogee-headed light but E ingoing of enclosure fallen. Near E end of S wall remains of piscina and ambury illustrated by Webster (1932, 282). Church in repair in 1615 (Brady 1863, vol. 2, 498) but in ruins by 1693 (Webster 1932, 281). 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
- CO142-028 Country house
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- CO142-029 Church
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- CO142-030 Castle - tower house
Description
On high ground overlooking Glandore Harbour to S, remains of tower house (9.8m N-S; 12.93m E-W) now incorporated into S portion residential house; heavily modified at various times. Two storey block with late 19th century embattled parapet built around core of earlier tower. Original features include wall base batter, central pointed ground floor door in E wall, yett hole in apex of arch; at first floor level to E of door is blocked ogee-head light with recessed spandrels; remains of gable-shaped gun loops on E and W elevs; similar features at nearby Raheen castle (CO142-082---). Tall tapering tower (3m E-W) on NW corner, with gable-shaped gun glops, placed on corners. Base N wall 2m thick; E, W and S walls c. 0.9m thick. Castle of O'Donovan clan (Coleman 1924, 45-6); chief seat of Clann Lochlainn (O Murchadha 1985, 126). 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
- CO142-094 Country house
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
- Walled garden, 1800–1837 · Regional interest
Description
Walled garden, extant 1837, on a square plan with part ivy-covered boundary wall to perimeter having overgrown coping centred on single-bay single-storey pavilion on a half-octagonal plan. Half-octagonal slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, and no rainwater goods on timber eaves boards. Part ivy-covered walls. Camber-headed window openings with sills, and rough hewn rubble stone voussoirs framing timber fittings. Set in grounds originally shared with Seamark.
- Seamark, house, 1820–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house over basement with advanced end-bays, built c.1825, altered c.1920. Recent extension to side (east). Hipped slate roof with moulded eaves cornice, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat roof to extension. Roughcast rendered walls with stepped smooth rendered plinth and exposed stone quoins. Triple round-headed openings with four-over-four timber sliding sash and fixed pane windows having carved stone hood mouldings, mullions, and corbels to ground floor end bays. Triple square-headed openings with four-over-four timber sliding sash windows with stone mullions to first floor end bays. Square-headed six-over-six timber sliding sash window to central block, sides, and rear. Stone sills throughout. Round-headed door opening with timber battened door having spoked fanlight, flanking side lights comprising round-headed eight-over-six timber sliding sash windows, and approached by flight of stone steps. Round-headed eight-over-six timber sliding sash windows to ground floor central block. Outbuilding to rear. Extensive gardens to front and rear. Concrete and rendered walls with two flights of steps to front. Rubble limestone boundary walls with gate piers to front and sides.
- Stone Hall, house, 1740–1780 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey house with recessed central bay and dormer attic, built c.1760, having flanking triple arcaded wings leading to pedimented pavilions (north-east and south-west). Sprocketed hipped artificial slate roofs having rendered chimneystacks and moulded eaves course with cast-iron and uPVC rainwater goods. Flat roofs to linking wings. Rendered walls with green sandstone eaves course. Moulded cornice to pavilions. Engaged fluted Doric columns to arcades. Artificial slate hanging to dormers. Square-headed openings with nine-over-nine (ground floor) and six-over-six (first floor) timber sliding sash windows with tooled stone sills. Square-headed openings to dormers with three-over-three timber fixed pane windows. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door and overlight, flanked by fluted engaged Doric columns with entablature and pediment above, approached by flight of stone steps. Fixed timber windows to arcade. Pair of timber glazed doors to pavilions. Recessed square-headed door opening to rear (north-west) with timber glazed door. Enclosed within landscaped garden by rubble stone walls with upright coping and double-leaf gates.
- The Rectory, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house with advanced gabled end bays, built c.1800, altered in twentieth century with addition of canted bay windows and tripartite windows to front (south) and insertion of round-headed door case to side (east). Three-bay two-storey block to west. Pitched and hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Exposed coursed limestone walls with dressed quoins and moulded eaves cornice. Rendered pediments to advanced bays. Yellow brick block-and-start surrounds and render surrounds to openings. Square-headed openings with timber casement windows having overlights and stone sills. Square-headed door opening with timber glazed double-leaf doors to central canted bay. Round-headed door opening to east elevation, with timber panelled door and spoked fanlight, having roughcast and smooth rendered surround. Rubble limestone boundary walls with ashlar gate piers and wrought-iron gates to entrance.
- Christ Church, church/chapel, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding irregular-plan Church of Ireland church, designed 1859-60; built 1859-61, comprising four-bay nave, two-bay transept (south) having lean-to vestry (east), single-bay single-storey pitched roofed porch (north), chancel (east) and three-stage corner bell tower with spire (south-west). Pitched slate roofs with decorative ridge tiles to nave, transept, porch and chancel with single pitched slate roof to vestry. Tooled ashlar limestone roof to spire with pointed finial. Tooled limestone coping to gable ends with finial decoration to chancel and rendered chimneystack to transept. Cast-iron rainwater goods throughout building with tooled limestone supporting corbels. Roughly coursed limestone walls with ashlar quoins and battered plinth, deeper batter to base of tower, having tooled limestone string courses to first and second stages of tower and reeded cornice to third stage at eaves level of spire. Trefoil-headed window openings throughout building having tooled limestone block-and-start surrounds sills and over-riding arches with voussoirs. Cast-iron framed lattice windows with multi-pane margins throughout with exception of lead lined stained glass windows to chancel (east). Window openings occurring both as single openings and in pairs to nave (north/south) and lean-to (south). Multi-foil rose window to transept with tooled limestone surround and tracery with over-riding arch of stone voussoirs. Square-headed ventilation openings to first and second stages of bell tower with limestone surrounds. Bipartite trefoil-headed louvre openings to third-stage of bell tower having limestone sills and mullions with slate slats. Blind quartre-foil opening to nave gable with tooled limestone surround and sandstone fill. Trefoil-headed door opening to porch (west) having limestone block-and-start surround, paired haunch-stones and arch with voussoirs and battened timber double-leaf door with cast-iron strap-hinges. Round-headed door opening to tower (south) having ashlar limestone surround and timber battened timber door. Located over looking the bay with access gained through tunnel dug through bedrock.
- Glandore Castle, castle/fortified house, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
Description
Detached former castle, built c.1200, with various later additions and alterations, and renovated c.1850. Now in use as house. Comprising three-bay two-storey crenulated entrance block having projecting end bays, with two-bay two-storey crenulated wing to south, four-stage crenulated tower to rear (west), five-bay two-storey wing to rear having gabled porch with corner turrets to north elevation, and with four-bay two-storey block to rear, attached to main building by single-bay two-storey link. Crenulated parapet conceals roof to main block and attached wing, pitched artificial slate roofs with uPVC rainwater goods to rear five-bay block, flat roof to rear four-bay block. Roughcast rendered and rubble limestone walls to main block, rendered walls to wing, rubble limestone and smooth rendered walls to five-bay rear block, rendered walls to four-bay rear block. Square-headed openings with replacement timber and uPVC windows having concrete sills. Pointed arch tripartite fixed pane timber window having stone sill to porch. Round-headed opening with two-over-six timber sliding sash window having red brick surrounds to rear. Square-headed door openings with replacement timber doors. Rubble limestone walls and outbuildings to rear.
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 Aghatubrid More, 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 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 Aghatubrid More.
- 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 Aghatubrid More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Aghatubrid More · Achadh Tiobraide Mór
- Area
- 1,105,581 m² (110.56 ha, 273.2 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilfaughnabeg, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Kilfaughnabeg, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 615 people lived in 236 households in the Kilfaughnabeg electoral division. 67% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 30% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghatubrid Beg, Drom
- Placenames
- Aghatubrid More 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.