Rigsdale

160 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rigsdale, from 23 m² to 256,533 m² (25.65 ha, 63.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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 Rigsdale 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.

• 17 Aug 2026Awaiting recommendation

  Permission for the demolition of the existing 242sq.m agricultural building and the construction of new 1,075 sq.m Agricultural Storage Building for the storage of farm machinery and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2159

• 7 Jul 2026Invalid - case closed

  Permission for demolition of the existing 242sq.m agricultural building and construction of new 1075 sq.m agricultural building and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1827

• 30 Jun 2026Grant with conditions

  Permission for Retention of the following works differing from that granted previously under planning reference 07/12287:- 1) Increased size of extension at both ground & first floor levels, 2) Modifications to extension external openings & external wall finishes, 3) The addition of a chimney in the granny flat area of the extension, 4) The addition of a rooflight in the original part of the dwelling, 5) All other associated site works. Retention for an on-site domestic use detached garage structure to the rear of the dwelling.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1750

• 27 Jun 2026Grant with conditions

  Construction of an all weather horse riding arena together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1731

• 28 May 2026Invalid - case closed

  Permission for Retention of the following works – differing from that granted previously under planning reference 07/12287. 1) Increased size of extension at both ground & first floor levels, 2) Modifications to extension external openings & external wall finishes, 3) The addition of a chimney in the granny flat area of the extension, 4) the addition of a rooflight in the original part of the dwelling & 5) all other associated site works. Retention for an on-site domestic use detached garage structure to the rear of the dwelling.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1424

• 6 Mar 2026Invalid - case closed

  Permission for the construction of an all-weather horse riding arena together with all other ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0553

• 11 Jun 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for construction of dwelling house, installation of a septic tank and percolation area and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5126

• 25 Nov 2024Conditional

  Permission for retention of detached domestic garage and outhouse.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 24/6231

• 21 Aug 2024Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a 2 storey dwelling house, single storey home office and bedroom wing, and single storey garage, along with the installation of a domestic sewerage treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5586

• 21 Dec 2023Conditional permission

  Permission for the construction of a new single storey dwelling house, a detached domestic use garage, a waste water treatment system & all other associated site works. Access to site from the public road is by way of one half of a dual access as granted previously under planning ref. 22-6654.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6558

• 28 Sept 2023Refused

  Permission for the creation of a new site access with new gates and pillars, the existing site entrance is to be closed off with a new hedge

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5956

• 15 Sept 2023Incompleted application

  The development will consist of the creation of a new site access with new gates and pillars, the existing site entrance is to be closed off with a new hedge.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5874

• 4 Jul 2023Conditional

  Construction of new dwelling house and domestic garage, new entrance, waste water treatment system together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5383

• 4 Apr 2023Conditional

  Permission for the construction of stables together with all other ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4636

• 21 Mar 2023Conditional

  Detached domestic garage with attic storage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4515

• 22 Feb 2023Incompleted application

  Construction of new stables together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4308

• 29 Nov 2022Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a new dwelling house, detached domestic use garage, a waste-water treatment system, a new dual vehicular access from the roadway to both the proposed site & the remainder of the existing lands & all other associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6654

• 30 Sept 2022Conditional

  Permission for retention of : (i) elevational alterations to dwelling and attached garage granted permission under Planning Reg. 2997/74, (ii) conversion of first floor space over garage (attached to dwelling) to habitable accommodation, (iii) porch to front of dwelling and (iv) 2 no. domestic garages.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 22/6199

• 4 Jul 2022Conditional

  The demolition of the existing dwelling and two outbuildings, the construction of a new replacement dwelling with adjoining outbuilding, the creation of a new site access with new gates and pillars, a new wastewater treatment system and associated site works. The existing site entrance is to be closed off with a new hedge.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5563

• 5 Nov 2021Refused

  The construction of a dwellinghouse, detached domestic use garage, a waste-water treatment system, a new dual vehicular access from the roadway to both the proposed site and the remainder of the existing lands and all other associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7000

• 12 Jan 2021Refused

  The construction of a new dwellinghouse, detached domestic use garage, a waste-water treatment system, a new splayed vehicular access to the site from the public road and all other associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4040

• 9 Dec 2020Incompleted application

  Construction of a new dwelling house, detached domestic use garage, a waste water treatment system, a new splayed vehicular entrance access to the site from the public road & all other associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6771

• 17 Nov 2020Conditional

  Retention for 1) two storey garage to include home office and storage on floor one, 2) existing single storey extension to rear, southern eastern elevation of existing dwelling house, 3) window to front, northern western elevation of existing dwelling house, 4) alterations to site boundaries and associated site works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 20/6544

• 25 Sept 2020Incompleted application

  Retention permission for 1) existing two storey domestic garage, 2) existing single storey extension to rear, south eastern elevation of existing dwelling house, 3) window to front, north western elevation of existing dwelling house, 4) alterations to site boundaries and associated site works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 20/6095

• 6 Feb 2020Unconditional

  Retain (i) porch to front of existing single storey dwelling and (ii) sunroom to side of existing single storey dwelling

  Retention · Cork County Council, 20/4201

The 25 most recent of 99 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 Rigsdale.

Recorded monuments

• CO097-022 Earthwork
  Description

  In level rough grazing. Hachured as circular mound on OS 6-inch map (1935 ); W half now levelled. Semicircular raised platform (H 0.65m; 35m N-S; 13m E-W) with external fosse and low outer bank. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO097-023 Moated site
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle sloping hill. Excavated by Sweetman (1981, 193-205). Excavation revealed area enclosed by bank and moat (D c. 2m). Penny of Edward 1 dating to 1279-80 found under S bank gives construction date. Interior: remains of rectangular stone structure (A). Inside, trenches (L 1m - 2m; Wth 0.25m; D 0.25m) running parallel to side walls probably held wooden beams. Also numerous post-holes and eight informal hearths. Another square stone structure (B) outside NE corner of A was interpreted as a refuse collection area or garderobe. Remains of stone gatehouse (C) built against inner face of moat to E; outer face of structure battered. Finds include second penny of Edward 1, Medieval and Post-Medieval pottery, spindle whorls, net weight and pieces of iron. Overgrown. See McCarthy, M. 2002 'Rigsdale; Medieval moated site', in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 51-52. Wordwell Ltd, Bray. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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

• House, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey with dormer attic house, built c.1780, having recent single-bay single-storey addition to side (north-east) and recent lean-to addition to rear (north-west). Pitched corrugated-iron roof with rendered gable copings, chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls throughout. Square-headed window openings with limestone and render sills, having replacement timber casement and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening to front (south-east) elevation having replacement glazed timber door. Associated outbuilding to south-west, having pitched corrugated-steel roof and rendered walls. Square-headed door openings having single- and double-leaf replacement timber doors. Rubble limestone walls and hedge enclosing site having square-profile rendered gate piers with moulded rendered caps and single-leaf cast-iron pedestrian gate.

• Water pump, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water pump, installed c.1880. Banded cylindrical shaft, domed fluted cap and banded spout with plain bucket grip and curved cow tail handle. Located at road side within recent rendered enclosing wall.

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 10 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 Rigsdale.

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.

• Rigsdale, Ballinhassig10 sales

Name

Rigsdale · Oileán na Fuinse

Area

2,783,214 m² (278.32 ha, 687.75 acres)

Civil parish

Dunderrow, and its townlands

Barony

Kinalea

Electoral division

Templemichael, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Templemichael electoral division: 778 people in 243 households; 89% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annagh Beg, Ballyheedy, Ballyhooleen, Clogheenduane, Coolsheskin, Gortnaclogh, Skehanagh, Tooreen

Placenames

Rigsdale 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.