Loughane East
Loughane East is a townland in the civil parish of Matehy, barony of Muskerry East, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Lochán Thoir.
Parcel 2293124
- Area
- 59,192 m² (5.92 ha, 14.63 acres)
- Buildings
- 4 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 659 m².
- 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
- Loughane East
Planning applications on this parcel
27 Apr 2022Conditional
To erect a new dormer/storey and a half dwelling, domestic waste treatment unit and polishing filter.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4968
20 Jun 2013Conditional
Construction of a two-storey farm dwelling and domestic garage, the installation of a septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5182
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Shournagh Valley 000103
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, partly inferred.
- 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
- 203.2 ha
- 502 acres
- Land parcels
- 56
- registered freehold, median 3,485 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 35
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Loughane East, from 41 m² to 312,517 m² (31.25 ha, 77.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Loughane East 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
30 Apr 2025Conditional permission
Permission to construct a dwelling house and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4799
4 Oct 2024Refused
Permission to construct a new dwelling house and detached domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5858
14 Sept 2023Conditional
Permission for the construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage, with all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5865
5 Sept 2023Conditional
Permission to erect a new two storey dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5760
31 Jul 2023Incompleted application
Erect a new two storey dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5560
30 Jun 2023Conditional permission
Planning Permission for completion of dwelling house which was partially constructed on site under Planning Reg. No. 03/4298. Works to include: 1) Alteration to the house design from that granted under Planning Reg. No. 03/4298 to comprise a 2 storey detached dwelling house; 2) Construction of new site entrance and associated driveway; 3) Installation of new wastewater treatment system and new bored well on site to serve dwelling; 4) Construction of new domestic garage; 5) All associates site works including boundary treatment and landscaping.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5342
27 Apr 2022Conditional
To erect a new dormer/storey and a half dwelling, domestic waste treatment unit and polishing filter.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4968
28 Jul 2021Conditional
Permission for retention for a single storey extension to the front of dwelling
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/6076
5 May 2021Conditional
Retention of a single storey detached ancillary garden/study room constructed to the side of dwelling.
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/5195
24 Feb 2021Conditional
To erect a new two storey dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4446
21 Mar 2018Conditional
Demolition of the following: 1. Derelict dwelling house, 2. 3 no. derelict dwellings along with associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4691
23 Mar 2015Refused
Dwelling house and domestic waste treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4552
20 Jun 2013Conditional
Construction of a two-storey farm dwelling and domestic garage, the installation of a septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5182
21 Feb 2012Refused
Construction of a two storey dwelling, domestic garage, installation of a septic tank and all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4295
29 Sept 2011Unconditional
Completion of dwelling as permitted under Pl. Reg. No. 06/5287
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/6082
21 Jul 2010Conditional
Dwelling house, domestic garage & wastewater treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5834
8 Jul 2010Incompleted application
Dwelling house, domestic garage & wastewater treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5699
16 Oct 2007Conditional
One and half storey dwellinghouse, detached garage and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11691
27 Jun 2007Conditional
Garage and car port adjacent to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9066
14 Aug 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9723
11 Aug 2006Conditional
Demolition of existing cubicle shed and construction of American Barn stable and shed consisting of slatted cattle house and hay/straw store
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9698
6 Mar 2006Conditional
Dwelling
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 06/5287
6 Mar 2006Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/5284
8 Feb 2006Incompleted application
One and half storey dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/4644
27 Jan 2006Incompleted application
Dwelling
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 06/4372
The 25 most recent of 35 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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Shournagh Valley 000103
Recorded monuments
- CO062-128 Mass-rock
Description
Beside laneway, in area of rock outcropping. Precise location not found; flat-topped rock outcrop noted, which may be site. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO062-129 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Circular area (diam. 19.5m) defined by two low concentric rises with intervening shallow depression. Possible entrance to WNW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO062-130 Standing stone - pair
Description
On flat patch of ground, in rolling pasture, on N side of Shournagh River basin. One stone remains, long axis NE-SW; it is 2.2m L, 0.65m T and 3m H; second stone, standing in 1934, stood c. 2.6m to SW (O Nualláin 1988, 245, no. 99). According to local information, second stone fell during storm on Christmas Eve 1966. Twelve stones found in 'immediate locality' of stone pair, 'some much larger, lying on the ground partly buried in the boggy soil of the place' (Caulfield 1866, 293). Local tradition that there were at least 7 stones in this field. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO062-131 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture. Circular area (diam. 34.5m) defined by earthen bank (H 2.1m) with shallow external fosse. Entrance to W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO062-132 Standing stone
Description
Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. Marked as single standing stone on 1937 OS 6-inch map. Removed; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO062-133 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture. Hachured arc E->W depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map at S side of laneway, truncated on N side by laneway to form D-shaped area. Indicated on 1903 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps by curve in laneway to N and field fence to E. Levelled; circular area (diam. c. 20.3m) defined by slight rise to S and SW; curve in laneway to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO062-134 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground close to spring. Mentioned by Hartnett (1939, 289). No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO062-135001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Circular area (91.4m N-S; 90.4m E-W) enclosed by substantial earthen bank (int. H 3.4m) with external fosse (D 2.65m). Low earthen field boundary (H 0.4m) at outer edge of fosse, stone faced externally. Gap (Wth 3m) in bank to SSW. Second gap (Wth 4.8m) to E with causeway across fosse; sides of gap cut back by machinery, giving vertical sections through bank. Fosse waterlogged to E; according to Hartnett (1939, 288), spring in fosse to S of entrance (causewayed gap). Possible souterrain (CO062-135002-) in interior; interior ploughed c. 1984. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 12/1972).
- CO062-135002 Souterrain
Description
In ringfort (CO062-135001-). Caulfield (1866, 292) discovered a small earthen chamber c. '2ft 11in high' and '2 feet wide at the part where it formed an arch'. Debris from the chamber contained 'charcoal and small fragments of bones'. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 12/1972).
- CO062-136 Standing stone
Description
In pasture, c. 35m NNE of Lisnaraha ringfort (8491). Removed. Condon (1916, 137) recorded 'reddish stone' (H 5ft 5ins; Wth 24ins; T 12ins). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO062-137 Moated site
Description
In pasture, commanding extensive view to W and NW. Depicted as hachured rectangular enclosure (110m N-S; 110m E-W) on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps; on 1937 OS 6-inch map only fosse depicted on W side, bank and fosse elsewhere, entrance shown halfway along E side. Earthen bank (int. H 1m) with external fosse (D 1.16m) survives on E and S sides. Slight scarp on S half of W side and low rise at W end of N side, appear to indicate erased line of defences. Recent break (Wth 4m) in E bank 19m from SE corner, with concrete bridge across fosse. Entrance with causeway recorded by Hartnett (1939, 289) at centre of E bank described as a 'modern break'; now blocked by narrower section of bank (L 7m). Fosse (D 0.7m) recut to depth of 1.6m for use as drainage ditch. Bank on S side, heavily overgrown with bushes, survives for 64m incorporated into field fence system; remaining c. 20m levelled. Fosse (D 1.2m) on S side survives for 76m. Interior grass-covered; natural rise in SW quadrant with some rock outcropping noted. Hartnett (ibid., Fig XLVI no. 2) recorded fosse enclosing W side with causeway c. 20m from SW corner; bank and fosse on N side. According to Hartnett (ibid.) name Monaster 'locally applied to this fort, but there is no tradition to account for its origin'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO062-138 Standing stone
Description
In pasture, c. 60m to W of levelled rectangular enclosure (CO062-137---). Removed. Hartnett (PJH) recorded stone measuring 69ins x 27ins x 12ins. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO062-139 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Barely perceptible mound of burnt material; opening faces S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO062-206 Standing stone
Description
In pasture, on SW-facing slope, c. 100m to E of possible standing stone (6980); stone pair (6563) c. 150 to ENE. According to local information, stone originally stood in this position; now lying prostrate (L 2.46m; Wth 1.74m) and partially grass-covered. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO062-207 Standing stone
Description
In pasture, on SW-facing slope, c. 100m to W of possible standing stone (6797); ringfort (8490) c. 100m to W. According to local information stone was originally standing. Now lying prostrate and large portion is grass-covered. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Loughane East.
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 Loughane East, 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, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Loughane East.
- 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 Loughane East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Loughane East · An Lochán Thoir
- Area
- 2,031,592 m² (203.16 ha, 502.02 acres)
- Civil parish
- Matehy, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry East
- Electoral division
- Matehy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,518 people lived in 495 households in the Matehy electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Dawstown, Dawstown, Killowen, Loughane West
- Placenames
- Loughane East 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.