Ardagh
Ardagh is a townland in the civil parish of Myross, barony of Carbery West (East Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Ardach.
Parcel 2262066
- Area
- 261,597 m² (26.16 ha, 64.64 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
- Ardagh
Planning applications on this parcel
26 Jul 2012Conditional
Construct dwelling, domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/485
11 Dec 2006Conditional
Dwelling and domestic garage
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/2674
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Myross Wood SAC 001070
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Myross Wood 001070
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 high, 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
- 110.8 ha
- 274 acres
- Land parcels
- 69
- registered freehold, median 2,058 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 61
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardagh, from 15 m² to 261,597 m² (26.16 ha, 64.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ardagh 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
23 Sept 2025Grant with conditions
Retention of development works to a detached dwelling house, and all associated site works at Ardagh, Union Hall , Co.Cork as amended from granted planning application no. 22/00330
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/6010
4 Jun 2024Refused
The construction of 3 no. detached dwellings comprising 2 no. two-storey, 4-bed dwellings (198 sqm) and 1 no. part single-storey part two-storey split level 4-bed dwelling (203 sqm). The development will also incorporate a new vehicular access roadway, onsite foul treatment systems, retaining walls, parking, boundary treatment and landscape planting, and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/290
25 Apr 2024Withdrawn
Permission to disconnect an existing dwelling house from mains public sewage system and permission to install a waste water proprietary treatment unit and filtration area an da ll associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/201
24 Apr 2024Conditional
Demolition of 2 no. existing sheds and construction of a dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/197
9 Apr 2024Incompleted application
Demolition of 2 no. existing sheds and the construction of a dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/161
8 Apr 2024Incompleted application
Permission to disconnect an existing dwelling house from mains public sewage system and permission to install a Waste Water Proprietary Treatment unit and filtration area and all associated siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/158
28 Nov 2023Conditional permission
Alterations, refurbishment and change of use of existing part two-storey and part single-storey Guest House (formerly known as Ardagh House) and ancillary agricultural out-buildings of total area c.398 sqm to a Community Arts Centre to provide Exhibition and Performance spaces, Artists Studio/Workshops, Meeting rooms, coffee/shop, and Artist-in-residence 1 bed apartment, a new glazed main entrance, relocation and repurposing of an existing cabin for use as a workshop/studio ancillary to the apartment with associated site works and landscaping, new replacement septic tank and roof mounted solar PV panel array, all on site of 0.28 ha
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/670
10 Oct 2023Incompleted application
Alterations, refurbishment and change of use of existing part two-storey and part single-storey Guest House (formerly known as Ardagh House) and ancillary agricultural out-buildings of total area c.390sqm to a Community Arts Centre to provide Exhibition and Performance spaces, Artists Studio/Workshops, Meeting rooms and Artist in-residence 1 bed apartment, with associated site works and landscaping, new replacement septic tank and roof mounted solar PV panel array, all on a site of 0.35ha
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/567
21 Nov 2022Conditional
Permission to construct a dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/710
16 May 2022Conditional
Construction of a new detached dwelling house, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/330
30 Aug 2021Conditional
Construction of a new dwelling house, adjoining carport & garden store, new domestic entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/592
25 Aug 2021Conditional
Permission for the provision of a new dwelling house with attached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, new water and foul connection and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/583
4 Aug 2021Incompleted application
Planning Permission Consdquent on the Grant of Outline Permission (Ref. 17/103) for development at Ardagh, Union Hall, Co. Cork for the provision of a new dwelling house with attached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, new water and foul connection and all associated site works
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 21/539
26 Jan 2021Conditional
Construction of domestic garage/boat store along with all associated site work
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/39
11 Dec 2020Incompleted application
Construction of domestic garage/boat store along with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/730
18 Aug 2020Unconditional
Outline permission to construct 3 no. dwellinghouses
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 20/445
19 Aug 2019Refused
To construct a new dwellinghouse and garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/546
13 Jun 2017Conditional
Construct a traditional two storey dwelling house, install a waste water treatment plant with percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/378
17 Feb 2017Conditional
Outline permission to construct 3 no. dwelling houses
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 17/103
24 Jan 2017Conditional
Permission to construct dwelling, domestic garage and install waste water system
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/27
22 Oct 2015Conditional
Construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage and to construct a new access road and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/597
6 Mar 2015Conditional
Permission for: (i) the alteration and extension of existing single storey conservatory; (ii) the installation of gable window to existing attic area; (iii) the construction of a detached domestic garage; (iv) the retention of first floor extension to rear and all associated site works at an existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/111
3 Jan 2014Conditional
(i) Demolish an existing lean-to structure and construct a conservatory to an existing dwellinghouse, (ii) constuct an extension at first floor level to a two storey outbuilding that serves the existing dwellinghouse as ancillary living accommodation and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/2
29 Nov 2013Conditional
Construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage and construct a new access road and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/655
22 Nov 2013Incompleted application
Construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage and to construct a new access road and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/644
The 25 most recent of 61 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: Myross Wood SAC 001070
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Myross Wood 001070
Recorded monuments
- CO142-021 Burial ground
Description
In heath. Marked 'Burial Ground' on OS 6-inch map (1842). Subcircular area (diam. 25m) defined by differential growth to N and scarp elsewhere. No gravemarkers noted. 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
- CO142-113 Burnt mound
Description
In level pasture, in a wet area covered with rushes. According to local information, heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil were encountered here during drainage works. There were no visible remains of this material in 2005. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Architectural heritage
- Ardagh Cottage, house, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1900, with gabled porch and two-storey lean-to to rear (north) and single-storey lean-to to side (west). Hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron and uPVC rainwater goods, bargeboards to porch and rear extension. Roughcast rendered walls with harp motif to porch. Square-headed openings with one-over-one timber sliding sash windows having concrete sills. Square-headed door opening with timber battened door and stone steps. Limestone boundary walls with wrought-iron gates. Two-storey over basement rubble stone former outbuilding to rear, now in domestic use.
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 Ardagh, 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 Ardagh.
- 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 Ardagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ardagh · Ardach
- Area
- 1,107,599 m² (110.76 ha, 273.69 acres)
- Civil parish
- Myross, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Myross, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 818 people lived in 321 households in the Myross electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 28% were holiday homes.
- Placenames
- Ardagh 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.