Rathfootera
Rathfootera is a townland in the civil parish of Dungourney, barony of Barrymore, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Ráth Fuataire.
Parcel 2321822
- Area
- 370,089 m² (37.01 ha, 91.45 acres)
- Buildings
- 4 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,544 m².
- Zoning
- G1 Green Infrastructure (Cork County Development Plan 2022) The objective
- Townland
- Rathfootera
Planning applications on this parcel
30 Jan 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for the demolition of: 1) Existing single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling, 2) Existing single storey shed to the side of existing dwelling and 3) Existing single storey outhouse. Permission for the construction of a part single-single storey/part two-storey extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling, alterations to the elevations of the existing dwelling, construction of new detached single storey domestic garage, proposed relocation of the vehicular entrance to the site, a new wastewater treatment unit/ septic tank and associated percolation area and all necessary site services and associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0197
12 Jun 2024Conditional
Construction of an extension to rear of existing dwelling including elevational changes and associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5087
4 Apr 2023Conditional
To construct a dwelling house, new vehicular entrance, domestic garage, install a new wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4644
10 Dec 2021Conditional
To construct a new dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7312
18 May 2018Conditional
Construct a grainstore building and ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5278
2 Jun 2015Conditional
Renovation and extension to existing dwelling, new site entrance and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5146
4 Mar 2015Conditional
Construction of hay barn and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4418
24 Apr 2013Unconditional
Construction of grainstore building and ancillary works, extension of duration to permission granted under planning Ref. No. 08/7970
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/4752
18 Feb 2011Withdrawn
Single storey dwelling, septic tank, percolation area, well and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4314
18 Jul 2008Conditional
Construction of grainstore building and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7970
3 Mar 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/5233
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 this parcel.
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 low.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
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
- 72.8 ha
- 180 acres
- Land parcels
- 13
- registered freehold, median 2,193 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres)
- Zoning
- G1
- Green Infrastructure
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathfootera, from 451 m² to 370,089 m² (37.01 ha, 91.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G1Green Infrastructure (Open space, park)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
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 Jan 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for the demolition of: 1) Existing single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling, 2) Existing single storey shed to the side of existing dwelling and 3) Existing single storey outhouse. Permission for the construction of a part single-single storey/part two-storey extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling, alterations to the elevations of the existing dwelling, construction of new detached single storey domestic garage, proposed relocation of the vehicular entrance to the site, a new wastewater treatment unit/ septic tank and associated percolation area and all necessary site services and associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0197
12 Jun 2024Conditional
Construction of an extension to rear of existing dwelling including elevational changes and associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5087
4 Apr 2023Conditional
To construct a dwelling house, new vehicular entrance, domestic garage, install a new wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4644
10 Dec 2021Conditional
To construct a new dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7312
18 May 2018Conditional
Construct a grainstore building and ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5278
2 Jun 2015Conditional
Renovation and extension to existing dwelling, new site entrance and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5146
4 Mar 2015Conditional
Construction of hay barn and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4418
24 Apr 2013Unconditional
Construction of grainstore building and ancillary works, extension of duration to permission granted under planning Ref. No. 08/7970
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/4752
6 May 2011Conditional
Single storey dwelling, septic tank, percolation area, well and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4978
18 Feb 2011Withdrawn
Single storey dwelling, septic tank, percolation area, well and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4314
18 Jul 2008Conditional
Construction of grainstore building and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7970
3 Mar 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/5233
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Rathfootera.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rathfootera.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathfootera.
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 Rathfootera, 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 Rathfootera.
- 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 Rathfootera with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Rathfootera · Ráth Fuataire
- Area
- 727,529 m² (72.75 ha, 179.78 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dungourney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Barrymore
- Electoral division
- Dungourney, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 818 people lived in 238 households in the Dungourney electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 45% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymartin, Ballynagaul, Dungourney, Glebe, Glenbeg, Sheepwalk
- Placenames
- Rathfootera 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.