Courtmacsherry

144 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Courtmacsherry, from 8 m² to 422,862 m² (42.29 ha, 104.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 7 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5Special Policy Area (Tourism and related)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 24 Sept 2026Awaiting validation sro

  Permission to construct single storey extension to front of dwelling (west elevation) to include internal alterations to room layouts on ground floor, alter sunroom wall by replacing glazing with soundwall construction (north elevation), replace existing ground floor window on south elevation of dwelling with new patio doors and to construct a detached single storey building to side garden area consisting of utility and storeroom

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2481

• 18 Nov 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission for the construction of a dwelling house, a detached domestic garage also accommodating a home office/gym, a wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6510

• 17 Oct 2025Invalid - prepare letters

  Permission for the construction of a dwelling house, detached garage, wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6222

• 17 Oct 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission for the construction of a wastewater treatment system and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6212

• 7 Jul 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for the construction of a dwelling house, change of house design from that previously granted planning permission reference 17/592 and 22/6115 and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5339

• 9 May 2025Conditional

  Permission for change of design of two-storey dwelling house, as granted under planning permission reg numbers 17/592 & 22/6115 and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4880

• 4 Jun 2024Conditional

  Permission to construct a dormer type extension to the front (Northern Aspect) of our existing dwelling house and to extend the length of the existing rear facing (Southern Aspect) velux windows

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5021

• 2 Apr 2024Withdrawn

  Permission for the retention for alterations and amendments to development permitted under 16/662. Permission for the following elements: 1) Boathouse with associated meeting room, training room, toilets and changing rooms as constructed. 2) Increase to ground floor area of 64 sqm, 3) Construction of a 40m long x 3.2m high mass concrete retaining wall along the southern perimeter of the ground floor structure, 4) Construction of rock armour revetment along northern boundary, 5) Construction of ground stabilising rock armour to elevate embankment along southern boundary. 6) Retention of partially constructed external stairs on southern boundary. Permission is also sought for the following outstanding works: 7) Concrete retaining wall to southern side face of external stairs, 8) Security fencing around perimeter of external stairs, 9) Security bollards and access gate on western boundary, 10) Outstanding site finishes and landscaping of the Courtmacsherry Rowing Club boathouse (Original Permission 16/662 granted 19/05/2017).

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4555

• 8 Feb 2024Incompleted application

  Permission for retention for the following elements: 1) Construction of the first floor structure after the expiry of the 5 year planning validity period, 2) Construction of a 40m long x 3.2m high mass concrete retaining wall along the southern perimeter ground floor structure, 3) Construction of Rock Armour revetment along northern boundary, 4) Construction of ground stabilising Rock Armour to elevated embankment along southern boundary, 5) Construction of additional 64m2 floor area at ground floor level, 6) External finishes to building, 7) Alterations to aspect and elevations of structure as detailed in planning permission 16/662, 8) Retention of partially constructed external stairs on southern boundary. Permission is also sought for the following outstanding works: 9) Concrete retaining wall to southern side face of external stairs, 10) Security fencing around perimeter of external stairs, 11) Security bollards and access gate on western boundary, 12) Outstanding site finishes and landscaping of the Courtmacsherry Rowing Club boathouse (Original permission16/662 granted 19/05/2017)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4213

• 25 Sept 2023Conditional

  Permission to construct a dwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5938

• 25 Apr 2023Conditional

  Proposed renovation and extension of an existing detached dwelling house and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4799

• 26 Oct 2022Conditional permission

  Construction of 4 no. detached two storey dwellings (with access to the proposed development site being through the development site permitted under Pl.Reg.No. 17/592), and to carry out all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6399

• 24 Oct 2022Conditional

  Construction of detached two storey dwelling and detached single storey garage, (change of plan from that permitted under Planning Reg. No. 17/00592), and to carry out all ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6402

• 23 Sept 2022Withdrawn

  Construct a dwelling house and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6143

• 22 Sept 2022Conditional permission

  The construction of 9 no. two storey, dormer style, detached private houses together with 9 no. domestic garages and associated site works - Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 17/592

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 22/6115

• 26 Aug 2022Refused

  Construction of single storey dwelling, wastewater pump station including manhole, entrance gates, associated site works and gravity connection to public sewer

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5951

• 26 Aug 2022Conditional

  Change of house design and detached domestic garage and associated works at Site No. 1 Fuschia Hill, Woodpoint, Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork from previously granted planning permission ref 17/592.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5952

• 12 Aug 2022Incompleted application

  Constructdwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5881

• 24 Jun 2022Incompleted application

  Construction of a single storey dwelling, waste water pump station including header manhole, entrance gates, associated site works and gravity connection to public sewer at Meadowlands.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5478

• 20 Jun 2022Conditional

  Permission for the demolition of existing bay window to the gable and construction/replacement with a single storey extension to the gable of the existing dwelling house and incorporate it with full height windows to the front façade at ground floor level only.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5441

• 20 May 2022Incompleted application

  Construction of single storey dwelling, waste water pump station including header manhole, entrance gates, associated site works and gravity connection to public sewer.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5179

• 5 May 2022Incompleted application

  Demolition of the existing bay window to the gable and construction/replacement with a single storey extension to the gable of the existing dwelling house and incorporate it with full height windows to the front façade at ground floor level only.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5031

• 17 Nov 2021Refused

  Removal of bay window and construction of a single-storey sunroom extension to the side of existing dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7108

• 20 Oct 2021Withdrawn

  Construction of 15 no. two storey detached dwellings together with 15 no. domestic garages and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6852

• 23 Jun 2021Refused

  The construction of a single storey extension to the side of an existing dwellinghouse and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5739

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

• Special Area of Conservation: Courtmacsherry Estuary SAC 001230
• Special Protection Area: Courtmacsherry Bay SPA 004219
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Courtmacsherry Estuary 001230

Recorded monuments

• CO136-041 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Within grounds of hotel. Mentioned by Smith (1815, 246) as the seat of Robert Gookin "with Court Mac Sherry being encompassed with walls and turrets". No visible trace of structure. 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

• CO136-042 Designed landscape - belvedere
  Description

  Remains of tower on high ground to E of Court Macsherry house; commanding good view over Courtmacsherry Bay. N portion of structure survives forming three sides of octagon; central section set back. External string course between ground and 1st floor. 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

• CO136-043 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  Triangular area projecting SW from, and running parallel to, mainland. Westropp (1914-16, 107) recorded 'a deep curved fosse' across neck and 'a fenced interior', measuring '69ft in each direction being nearly circular'. Bank (H 4.7m) and fosse (D 4.1m) with counterscarp bank (H 1.3m) defend neck of promontory. Interior much eroded and collapsed into sea. 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

• CO136-109 Souterrain
  Description

  A partially exposed drystone-walled souterrain was recorded here in 1993 (pers. comm. Rose M. Cleary). The exposed section had c. 0.6m high walls and large roof lintels (exposed length 1.2m). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO136-114 Slab-lined burial
  Description

  Discovered in 1966. Remains consisted of a slab-lined grave (L 1.8m; Wth 0.48m; H 0.36m) covered by lintels containing an extended inhumation of an adult male. There were no accompanying artefacts. A radiocarbon date for the burial ranges from 545-664 AD calibrated (NMI files). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 January 2010 An account of this monument has been published in: Cahill, M. & Sikora, M. (2011) Breaking ground, finding graves- reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006. vol. 2, 15-18.

• CO136-118 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Fulucht fiadh material was found while carrying out test excavation on the north side of a large, north facing field of pasture, under licence 17E0049. Close to a field boundary and drain, this area was low lying, wet and boggy. The material extended for c3m within one trench only indicating it is relatively small in extent and could have been partially damaged by a recent land drain running through the area. Compiled by: Tony Miller Date of upload: 29 January 2018

Architectural heritage

• House, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay single-storey house, built c.1930, having gable-fronted projecting end bay to front (north-east) elevation. Pitched artificial slate roof with overhanging eaves, rendered chimneystacks and uPVC rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with rendered sills, having timber-framed tripartite windows with two-over-two pane sliding sash windows to front elevation openings. Square-headed door opening having glazed timber door with rendered stepped approach. Rendered enclosing wall with square-profile gate piers and wrought-iron gate.

• Craigie House, school, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former school, built c.1880, having lean-to addition to side (west) and two-storey addition and recent extensions to rear (south) including porch. Located on site of earlier building. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks, rendered eaves and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered chimneystack and uPVC rainwater goods to rear addition. Rendered walls throughout. Square-headed window openings with rendered and stone sills throughout, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to front elevation, two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to side (east). One-over-one pane timber sliding sash window to side (east) elevation and timber casement windows elsewhere. Round-headed window opening to front (north) elevation, having timber casement window. Square-headed door openings to rear extensions, having replacement panelled timber and glazed timber doors. Rendered rubble stone enclosing wall.

• Gate lodge, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey with dormer attic former gate lodge, built c.1820, having gable-fronted porch to front (south) and later single-storey gabled additions to rear (north). Half dormer windows with gablets to front and side (east, west) elevations. Hipped slate roof to main block with timber-clad overhanging eaves, rendered chimneystack, uPVC rainwater goods and timber bargeboards to gablets. Pitched slate roofs with timber bargeboards to porch and rear additions. Rendered walls throughout. Square-headed window openings with rendered sills, having single pointed arch window opening with rendered sill to front (north) elevation half dormer, now blocked. Square-headed door opening to front (south) elevation of porch, now blocked. Rendered boundary walls.

• Courtmacsherry Hotel, country house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding five-bay two-storey former country house, built c.1820, having glazed timber porch to front (north-west), bowed bay to side (north-east) canted bay and two-bay two-storey addition to side (south-west). Numerous additions to rear (south-east). Now in use as hotel. Hipped slate roof to main block having overhanging rendered eaves with paired timber corbels and cast-iron rainwater. Flat bitumen-clad roof to porch and side (south-west) addition, having overhanging timber-clad eaves to porch. Flat bitumen-clad roofs and pitched slate roofs to additions, having rendered chimneystacks and uPVC rainwater goods. Rendered walls with chamfered plinth throughout. Glazed timber panelled walls to porch. Square-headed window openings with stone and rendered sills throughout, having three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows to main block and side (south-west) addition. Timber-framed tripartite windows to side (north-east) elevation of northern most addition, having central two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows flanked by one-over-one pane timber sliding sash sidelights. uPVC casement windows elsewhere. Fixed margined timber-framed windows to porch over timber panelled stall risers, surmounted by multiple-pane overlights. Square-headed door opening to porch, having double-leaf glazed timber door surmounted by multiple-pane overlights. Round-headed door opening to interior of porch, having glazed timber double-leaf doors surmounted by spoked fanlight. Rendered and crenellated rubble stone enclosing walls with square-profile rendered gate piers to north-west.

• Boathouse, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay single-storey double-pile former boathouse, built c.1820, having paired crenellated rubble stone gables to front (north-west) elevation, now in use as equestrian centre. Pitched artificial slate and corrugated-iron roofs having rubble stone eaves course and rendered gable copings. Rubble stone walls throughout. Partially blocked round-headed former carriageway openings with rubble stone voussoirs to front elevation, having replacement timber-framed Diocletian windows. Square-headed window opening to rear (south-east) elevation, having timber sill, lintel and frame with timber battened shutter. Square-headed door opening to rear elevation, having timber lintel and timber battened door.

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 Courtmacsherry, about 1 in 10 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. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

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

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 Courtmacsherry with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Courtmacsherry · Cúirt Mhic Shéafraidh

Area

941,372 m² (94.14 ha, 232.62 acres)

Civil parish

Lislee, and its townlands

Barony

Ibane and Barryroe

Electoral division

Courtmacsherry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

905 people lived in 347 households in the Courtmacsherry electoral division. 63% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 31% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cullenagh, Meelmane

Placenames

Courtmacsherry 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.