Rochfordstown

162 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rochfordstown, from 4 m² to 175,304 m² (17.53 ha, 43.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 40 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R1Town Centre/Neighbourhood Centres (New/proposed residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P5City Hinterland (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Variation No. 3 (NPF Implementation), Cork City · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

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Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Rochfordstown.

Recorded monuments

• CO085-045 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Walsh (1985, 68, 129, no. 129) records levelled mound, in pasture; according to local information, levelled during drainage c. 1975. Stream once ran E-W immediately to S (1940 OS 6-inch map). Another fulacht fiadh (CO085-046---) in adjoining field to N. 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

• CO085-046 Fulacht fia
  Description

  No visible surface trace. Walsh (1985, 68, 129, no. 130) records levelled mound, in pasture; according to local information, levelled during drainage c. 1975. Second fulacht fiadh (CO085-045---) in adjoining field to S. 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

• CO085-047 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In tillage, on gentle S-facing slope. No visible surface trace. Walsh (1985, 68, 129, no. 131) records low, irregular shaped mound (H 0.2m), partially overgrown, in marsh. Second fulacht fiadh (CO085-048---) in marsh at S end of same field. 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

• CO085-048 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Inaccessible, due to heavily overgrown marsh. Walsh (1985, 68, 130, no. 132) records irregular mound (L 10m; Wth 8m; H 0.8m) in overgrown marsh. Second fulacht fiadh (CO085-047---) at N end of same field. 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

• CO085-049 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Grass-covered spread of burnt material. According to Walsh (1985, 68, 130, no. 133) levelled during drainage c. 1975. Second fulacht fiadh (CO085-050---) lies c. 100m to ESE. 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

• CO085-050 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Grass-covered irregular spread (c. 11m x c. 11m) of burnt material clearly visible as dry ground in marshy area. Stream flowing to NW c. 4m to E of site. According to Walsh (1985, 68, 130, no. 134) levelled during drainage c. 1975. Second fulacht fiadh (CO085-049---) lies 100m to WNW. 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

• CO085-052 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  In farmyard; no visible surface trace of site known as Rochfordstown Castle, some fragments of cut stone lying about may have come from it. On wall of nearby stable is stone plaque (CO086-001----) with coat of arms of Sir Robert Travers, impaled with the arms of his wife Elizabeth Boyle (Cremin 1910, 143-146; Fitzgerald 1910, 196-8), and bearing the date 1630. The stable is part of the farmbuildings of Castlewhite House, and probably dates to the 19th century. Healy (1988, 66) considers the plaque to mark the rebuilding of the old castle of the Rochfords. Cremin (ibid., 144) also mentions a lintel cut with the initials R.T. and E.T. (T for Travers) 'recently used in the building of a drain'. 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

• CO086-001 Armorial plaque (present location)
  Description

  On the wall of a stable, c. 85m SE of the site od a castle (CO085-052----). A stone plaque (CO086-001----) with the coat of arms of Sir Robert Travers, impaled with the arms of his wife Elizabeth Boyle (Cremin 1910, 143-146; Fitzgerald 1910, 196-8), and bearing the date 1630. The stable is part of the farm buildings of Castlewhite House, and probably dates to the 19th century. 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

• Water pump, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c.1870, now disused. Fluted head and spout, banded shaft and curved cow-tail handle. Set upon concrete plinth and surrounded by concrete walls.

• Castlewhite, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1820, having single-storey two-bay recessed flanking wings to sides (east, west) with pedimented breakfront end-bays. Later two-storey pitched roof extension to rear (south) and side-entry porch to front (north). Hipped and pitched slate roofs with artificial slate hanging to central chimneystacks, rendered chimneystacks to wings. Ceramic ridge tiles to rear addition and porch with timber bargeboards and finials to gables. Timber bargeboards to wing gables. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls having cast-iron vents to plinth level of central block. Rendered plinth wall to porch having timber cladding to gable. Diminishing square-headed window openings with stone sills throughout central block, uPVC casement windows to first floor and twelve-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor. Diamond window opening to rear elevation, having rendered reveals and timber casement window. Round-headed windows with stone sills to wings having three-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with spoked fanlight to upper sashes. Oculus window openings to gables, having rendered reveals and timber casement windows. Square-headed window openings with timber sills to porch, having fixed timber-framed windows. Round-headed door opening within render doorcase to interior of porch, comprising engaged Doric columns surmounted by architrave and fanlight, having replacement uPVC door set in front of pair of timber panelled double leaf doors. Square-headed door opening to porch having glazed timber double-leaf doors and limestone stepped approach. Rubble stone single-storey pitched roof outbuilding to rear displaying family crest with date to side (north) elevation. Remains of earlier castle walls to side (north). Set within own extensive grounds having recent enclosing walls with gate piers to east along roadside.

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

At the centre of the townland of Rochfordstown, 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 the townland of Rochfordstown.

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.

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

Name

Rochfordstown · Baile an Rosfortaigh

Area

1,678,741 m² (167.87 ha, 414.83 acres)

Civil parish

Inishkenny, and its townlands

Barony

Cork

Electoral division

Inishkenny, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,084 people lived in 332 households in the Inishkenny electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinvrinsig, Ballymah, Chetwynd, Inishkenny, Knocknamallavoge

Placenames

Rochfordstown 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.