Gurteenroe

722 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gurteenroe, from 4 m² to 235,610 m² (23.56 ha, 58.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 81 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 682 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 72 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Special Policy Area (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 20 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M4Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses (Built up area)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 18 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Green Infrastructure (Active open space)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 31 Aug 2026Awaiting admin validation

  The development will consist of permission for the change of use from retail use to retail with ancillary use as an off licence, and associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2265

• 15 Jul 2026Invalid - case closed

  The development will consist of permission for the change of use from retail use to retail with ancillary use as an off licence, and associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1884

• 8 Jul 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  Construct a two storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling, alterations to elevations of dwelling and creation of a pedestrian access gate at side boundary wall and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1834

• 12 Jun 2026Invalid - prepare letters

  Permission to construct a two storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1567

• 3 Dec 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission for construction of new single storey garage linked to existing dwelling via glass corridor and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6652

• 21 Feb 2025Conditional

  Permission for construction of a dwelling house (change of plan and orientation of the house from that permitted under 21/4189)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4265

• 14 Feb 2025Withdrawn

  Permission for alterations and extensions to an existing dwelling including the following works:- 1) An upper floor flat roof extension to the rear, 2) Raising of the existing rear upper floor flat roof forming a uniform roof over the existing & proposed rear upper floor areas, 3) A new flat roof over the remainder of the existing single storey rear element, 4) Elevational alterations – all to the rear – including adjustments to openings at ground & first floor level & removal of a chimney & 5) All other associated site works. The application relates to a development within the Macroom Architectural Conservation Area and the subject dwelling is listed on the NBHS database – Reg. No. 20852016.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4218

• 5 Feb 2025Incompleted application

  Permission for alterations to house layout, roofs and elevations of the dwelling house previously granted planning permission under planning reg no. 21/4189

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4133

• 21 Nov 2024Conditional permission

  Permission for the construction of 3 no. new dwelling houses comprising of 2 no. 3-bed and 1 no. 2-bed townhouse, connection to public sewers and services, boundary walls, public lighting, footpaths new entrance, together with all other ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6195

• 29 Oct 2024Conditional

  Retention Permission for the conversion of an existing garage into living space at the side of the dwelling house which is part of this estate.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 24/6048

• 13 Aug 2024Conditional

  Permission for the removal of existing temporary office space for Jons Civil Engineering Company Limited, along with the construction of 9 number commercial units under ‘Class 4 and Class 5’ in the current Planning and Development Regulations – Classes of use, consisting of: warehouse\office building incorporating warehouse space, canteen\kitchenette area, W.C’s, administration and offices together with all ancillary site works including public lighting, car parking and attenuation system.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5523

• 29 Jul 2024Conditional permission

  Permission for the construction of 11 no. dwelling houses comprising of 10 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached /townhouse units and 1 no. 4 bedroom townhouse unit and all ancillary site works. The proposed development is a change of plan from that previously permitted by Cork County Council planning reference 22/5853 and will replace 13 no. 3 bedroom townhouse units and 1 no. 4 bedroom townhouse unit. The proposed development also includes amendments to the permitted layout including minor alterations to the internal road layout and associated repositioning of a block of 5 no. townhouses. Access to the proposed development will be provided via the estate entrance from New Street (N22) and internal road network permitted by Cork County Council planning reference 22/5853, serving the ‘Rás An Mhuilinn’ residential development which is currently under Construction.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5433

• 31 May 2024Conditional permission

  Permission for 1) construction of five no. dwelling houses which includes 1 no. detached dwelling house and 4 no. semi-detached dwelling houses in two blocks and 2) widening of entrance road, 3) all ancillary siteworks including footpaths, site services, boundary treatments and landscaping

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4997

• 7 May 2024Withdrawn

  Permission for 1) construction of 5 no. dwelling houses which includes 1 no. detached dwelling house and 4 no. semi-detached dwelling houses in two blocks and 2) widening of entrance road, 3) all ancillary site works including footpaths, site services, boundary treatments and landscaping

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4816

• 28 Feb 2024Conditional

  Permission for the following works to existing two storey dwelling: 1) Single storey extension to rear, 2) Dormer style windows to first floor side elevation, 3) Internal and external alterations and 4) All associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4334

• 16 Feb 2024Incompleted application

  Permission for (1) Construction of five No. dwelling houses which include 3 No. detached dwelling houses and 2 No. semi-detached houses and (2) Widening and realignment of road and (3) All ancillary siteworks including footpaths, site services, boundary treatments and landscaping.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4252

• 13 Feb 2024Conditional

  Permission for the demolition of an existing rear extension to retail unit/office, construction of a two-storey extension to the rear of the property consisting of 2 no. two bedroom apartments, elevational changes including a new entrance door to the east elevation and change of use of the first floor of the retail unit to a 1 bedroom apartment and all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4227

• 17 Jan 2024Conditional

  Permission for the construction of new dwelling house, new domestic garage, new entrance, connection to existing public sewer together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4060

• 18 Oct 2023Conditional

  Construct a maintenance store and expand the existing car park. The proposed development consists of the construction of a maintenance store, consisting of 2 no. storage rooms and a welfare facility and expansion to the existing carpark to provide 13 no. additional parking spaces and 8 no. bicycle spaces.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6115

• 12 Jun 2023Incompleted application

  Permission sought for the demolition of existing rear extension to retail/shop unit, alterations to the elevations of existing retail/shop unit, the construction of new extension consisting of two number two bed apartments along with any other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5196

• 14 Apr 2023Refused

  The construction of a new 2-storey dwelling house to the side garden of the existing dwelling house and alterations to the existing vehicular entrance. (Previously refused under 22/6518)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4727

• 10 Mar 2023Refused

  Construction of 2 no. 3-bed semi-detached houses, connection to public sewers and services, boundary walls, public lighting, foot paths together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4441

• 9 Mar 2023Conditional

  Demolition of existing two-storey dwelling and the construction of a new two-storey dwelling (change of design from that approved under planning permission ref. 18/07099) and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4427

• 9 Feb 2023Incompleted application

  The demolition of existing rear extension, construction of new two storey, two number 2 bed apartment extension along with any other ancillary works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4213

• 3 Feb 2023Incompleted application

  Construction of 2 no. 3 bed semi-detached houses, connection to public sewers and services, boundary walls, public lighting, footpaths together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4164

The 25 most recent of over 100 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 Gurteenroe.

Recorded monuments

• CO070-052 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In marshy ground, on E side of stream. Oval mound of burnt material (L 14m; Wth 14m; H 0.75m). 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

• CO070-112 Burial ground
  Description

  Not shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map; named 'Burial Gd', to SW of Union Workhouse, on 1904 OS 6-inch map; marked 'disused' and incorporated into garden on 1938 OS 6-inch map. In SW corner of garden of private house. Access to site not gained. 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

• CO070-132 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture a short distance east of a stream. Low, largely levelled mound of burnt soil and heat affected stones partially exposed in test trenches. Exposed extent of mound measured c. 7.7m in length N/S x 4.4m in width E/W. The mound is unexcavated and will be preserved in situ. Compiled by: Miriam Carrol (Tobar Archaeological Services) Date of upload/revision: 14 March 2022

• CO071-048 Bridge
  Description

  In Macroom, 3-phase sandstone road bridge (overall Wth 8.2m) crossing Sullane River (E-W). Damaged by flood in 1853 (O'Keeffe and Simington 1991, 203). Seven semicircular arches over the river with two inserted wide segmental arches on W side; remains of semicircular overflow arches on W bank. Earliest part of bridge appears to be the S side (Wth 5m); roughly cut voussoirs, pointed breakwaters. Two breakwaters rise to top of parapet wall, becoming semicircular in shape; eastern one topped by recess in parapet wall, which contains memorial to An tAthair Peadar Ua Laoghaire. Bridge widened to N by 3.2m with similar semicircular arches; third arch from E has rectangular ope (3.5m x 0.5m) in crown of arch covered by slabs and modern road surface, known locally as the "Hangman's Hole" (Barry 1985,152). Wide segmental arches on W end probably inserted after flooding, cut limestone voussoirs, prominent keystone. 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

• House, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1840, also in use as shop with timber shopfront to front (south) elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack, eaves course and gable copings with cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with render sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Timber shopfront with fascia and moulded cornice, set over fixed timber-framed tripartite display window on render stall riser, flanked by square-headed door openings with timber panelled doors and overlights. Fronting directly onto street.

• D. Murray, house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay three-storey house, built c.1870, with render shopfront to ground floor, formerly also in use as public house. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with render quoins, having moulded render fascia to first floor and render sill band to second floor. Commemorative limestone plaque to ground floor. Square-headed window openings with render sills throughout, having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Render fascia board with raised lettering, decorative end consoles, and surmounted by timber cornice to shopfront. Square-headed window openings over render stall risers with fixed timber-framed tripartite display windows flanking square-headed door opening with timber panelled door and overlight. Fronts directly onto street.

• D. Murray, house, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay three-storey house, built c.1870, with render shopfront to front (south) elevation, formerly also in use as shop. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks, rendered eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with render quoins, having render sill course to second floor. Square-headed window openings with render sills throughout, having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Moulded render label mouldings to second floor window openings. Render shopfront comprising timber architrave, frieze with raised render lettering and cornice, having scroll brackets. Square-headed window openings with fixed timber-framed three-pane display windows on render stall risers flanking square-headed door opening with timber panelled door and overlight. Fronts directly onto street.

• House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house, built c.1900. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack and uPVC rainwater goods. Rendered walls with render sill course to first floor. Square-headed window openings with render sills and moulded render surrounds to front elevation, having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening having timber panelled door with overlight and moulded render label moulding with channelled scroll corbels. Fronts directly onto street.

• Post box, 1920–1960 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, installed c.1940, with raised "P&T" initials and foundry stamp "St. Johns Works Enniscorthy". Set into rendered pier.

• Macroom Courthouse, court house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached T-plan three-bay double-height courthouse, built c.1830, having pedimented central breakfront with corner pilasters flanked by entrance bays. Three-bay two-storey return to rear (west), having single-bay two-storey and single-storey extensions to side (north) elevation of return. Pitched slate roofs throughout having ashlar limestone parapets to front block with architrave, frieze and cornice. Tooled limestone cornice to pediment. Tooled limestone chimneystack to front block, rendered chimneystack to rear (west). Ashlar limestone walls to main block, having recessed panels to front elevation end-bays and plinth comprising dressed sandstone course surmounted by chamfered limestone course. Dressed rubble sandstone walls to rear blocks. Venetian window opening with tooled limestone sill to front elevation breakfront, having cut limestone surround with archivolt springing from imposts with supporting consoles. Central six-over-nine pane timber sliding sash window with fanlight to upper sash, flanked by one-over-three pane timber sliding sash sidelights. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills to rear and side (south) elevations of rear return and blocks, having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and timber casement windows. Tooled limestone surrounds and lintels to rear elevation of rear return. Square-headed door openings to front elevation, below tooled limestone pediments with consoles having double-leaf timber panelled doors and limestone stepped approaches. Located on an elevated site with rubble stone boundary wall to north.

• Sunnyside House, house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1850, having four-bay elevation to side (east) with two-storey three-bay extension to rear (north). Hipped slate roof with overhanging timber clad eaves, having rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls throughout. Square-headed window openings with painted stone sills throughout, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to main block, one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor of extension. Round-headed window openings with render sill to ground floor of extension, having render hood mouldings and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed door opening within shallow round-headed recess with timber panelled door, single-pane fanlight and tooled limestone steps. Cast-iron gates and railings to south of site.

• Saint Colman's House, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1900–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan five-bay two-storey former presbytery, built c.1920, with six-bay return to side (west), gable-fronted porch to front (south) and porch to side (east). Hipped slate roof with timber clad overhanging eaves, having rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered pediment to porch surmounted by render cross finial. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with channelled quoins front elevation and gable-fronted porch. Square-headed window openings with rendered sills throughout, having replacement six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Fixed timber-framed windows to rear (north) elevation, having arcaded round-headed double-light stained glass windows. Round-headed window openings with render sills to side entry porch, having timber-framed stained glass windows to side porch. Square-headed door openings to porches having uPVC doors. Recent outbuilding to rear with hipped clay tiled roof and roughcast rendered walls. Set within own grounds.

• Bridge, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Nine-arch road bridge, built c.1800, spanning the Sullane River. Round-headed arches with dressed limestone voussoirs, having pair of camber-headed arches to western spans with tooled limestone voussoirs and keystones. Dressed rubble stone soffits throughout, springing from rubble stone piers with V-cutwaters to both elevations. Rubble stone spandrels and parapets with rubble stone to blocked westernmost span and solider stone capping to parapets. Recent corbelled conical bartizans with wrought-iron railings to south elevation of parapets with dressed over-sailing rubble stone corbels. Weir to downstream elevation.

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house, built c.1880, with timber shopfront front (north) elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack and uPVC rainwater goods. Rendered walls with render sill course to first floor. Square-headed window openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor and uPVC casement window to ground floor. Timber shopfront comprising fascia and cornice, set over square-headed window opening with uPVC display window. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door and single-pane overlight. Fronting directly onto street.

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey with dormer attic house, built c.1880. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, gabled dormer windows and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with render sill band to first floor. Slate hanging to dormers. Square-headed window openings with render sills, having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Timber casement windows set in pointed arch opening to dormers. Square-headed door opening with glazed timber door. Fronting directly onto street.

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1880. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, timber clad eaves and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with incised sill band to first floor. Square-headed window openings with render sills and decorative render keystones, having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door with overlight. Fronting directly onto street.

• Aras Mhuire, house, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay three-storey house, built c.1900, formerly also in use as shop. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, timber clad rendered eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with incised facia panel between first and second floors. Timber cladding to ground floor with moulded render cornice above. Square-headed window openings with render sills throughout, having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Timber bipartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor. Square-headed door opening with glazed timber door and overlight. Fronting directly onto street.

• Gurteenroe House, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached double-pile five-bay two-storey house over raised basement, built c.1800, with two-storey hipped roofed projecting central bay to front (south-west). Pitched slate roof with rendered eaves course and chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Square- and round-headed window openings with two-over-two and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, having moulded render hood mouldings to round-headed windows. Round-headed door opening with rendered surround having timber panelled door and fanlight. Located within own grounds.

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; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gurteenroe.

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.

• Gurteenroe, Macroom8 sales

Name

Gurteenroe · An Goirtín Rua

Area

1,809,429 m² (180.94 ha, 447.12 acres)

Civil parish

Macroom, and its townlands

Barony

Muskerry West

Electoral division

Macroom Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Macroom Urban electoral division: 4,395 people in 1,639 households; 61% of households own their home; 45% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnacrushy, Codrum, Kilboultragh, Kilnagurteen, Lackaduff, Sleveen East, Teerbeg

Placenames

Gurteenroe 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.