Ardagh East
Ardagh East is a townland in the civil parish of Ross, barony of Carbery East (West Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Ardach Thoir.
Parcel 2346239
- Area
- 59 m²
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Ardagh East
Planning applications on this parcel
21 Mar 2003Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/1277
21 Sept 2001Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/5241
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.
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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
- 174.1 ha
- 430 acres
- Land parcels
- 90
- registered freehold, median 3,986 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres)
- Zoning
- G4
- Green Infrastructure
- Planning
- 88
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
90 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardagh East, from 42 m² to 188,888 m² (18.89 ha, 46.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G4Green Infrastructure (Active open space)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 1 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
14 Nov 2025Conditional permission
Construction of an extension to the side of existing dwelling including associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6468
3 Oct 2025Invalid - case closed
Construction of an extension to the side of existing dwelling including associated siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6103
20 Jun 2024Conditional
Retain works to previously existing car parking area (refurbishment and extension of same) to include public lighting, electric vehicle (EV) charging station, footpaths, bicycles parking stand, car parking surfacing / lining, site fencing and all other associated site works. The development is located within the curtilage of a protected structure RPS ID No. 793
Retention · Cork County Council, 24/334
9 May 2024Withdrawn
Retain works to previously existing car parking area (refurbishment and extension of same) to include public lighting, electric vehicle (EV) charging station, footpaths, bicycles parking stand, car parking surfacing / linings, site fencing and all other associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 24/235
15 Mar 2023Conditional
Single storey extension to the side and rear of an existing dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/134
14 Nov 2022Conditional
Construction of a ground floor single storey side and rear extension, alterations to elevations to the North East of the dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/691
18 Oct 2022Incompleted application
Construction of a ground floor single storey side and rear extension, to the North North East of the dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/646
9 Sept 2022Incompleted application
Permission to retain; (i) extraction of rock within an overall extraction footprint area of 3.74 hectares down to extraction floor established under planning permission ref no. 668/89. (ii) aggregate processing, stockpiling & loading on an area of 0.7 hectares within the existing extracted floor & 0.17 hectares adjacent to access roadway, near extraction area. (iii) facilities building & associated works (iv) use of existing storm-water control management & drainage system. (v) use of entrance & access roadway and associated works of 0.26 hectares all for a period of less than five years. And permission to continue; (i) extraction of rock within an overall extraction footprint area of 3.74 hectares, down to extraction floor established under planning permission ref no 668/89 (ii) aggregate processing, stockpiling & loading on an area of 0.7 hectares within the existing extracted floor & 0.17 hectares adjacent to access roadway, near extraction area (iii) use of facilities building & associated works (iv) use of existing storm-water control management & drainage system. (v) use of entrance & access roadway and associated works of 0.26 hectares. All for a period of less than five years. Permission is also sought for Landscape and restorative measures across the overall site of 4.91 hectares over a period of five years
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/568
10 Jun 2022Conditional
a.) Demolition of an existing prefab unit b.) construction of 2 no. S.E.T rooms and ancillary circulation space c.) internal alteration to the existing school building to accommodate a new disabled toilet and d.) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/392
31 Mar 2022Incompleted application
(a) demolition of an existing prefab unit (b) construction of 2 no. S.E.T. rooms and ancillary circulation space (c) internal alteration to the existing school building to accommodate a new disabled toilet and (d) all associated siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/219
25 Feb 2022Conditional
Permission for construction of garden room incorporating endless pool, also for permission for retention of conversion of garage space to be incorporated as part of the overhead accommodation an alteration to condition number 6 of planning reference number 13/466, along with all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/122
19 Jul 2021Conditional
Permission for retention of sunroom extension to side of existing dwellinghouse
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/501
9 Jul 2021Conditional permission
Permission for a dwelling house, a domestic garage, installation of a septic tank and percolation area, a new vehicular entrance and to undertake all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/474
30 Jun 2021Conditional
Part single storey, part storey and half dwellinghouse, domestic garage, provision of waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/455
21 Jun 2021Conditional
Permission for 1) Demolition of the existing central dwelling block and connecting barn and main dwelling porch, 2) Construction of new pitched roof central block replacement extension with internal amendments and alterations to external elevations, 3) Change of use of detached outbuilding to an ancillary games room unit including alterations to same, 4) Proposed new wastewater treatment system to serve both and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/427
18 Jun 2021Incompleted application
Permission to retain: (i) Extraction of rock within an overall extraction footprint area of 3.74 hectares down to extraction floor established under planning permission ref no 668/89. (ii) Aggregate processing, stockpiling and loading on an area of 0.7 hectares within the existing extracted floor and 0.17 hectares adjacent to access roadway, newar extraction area. (iii) Facilities building and associated works (iv) Use of existing storm-water control management and drainage system. (v) Use of entrance and access roadway and associated works of 0.26 hectares. All for a period of less than five years. Permission to continue; (i) Extraction of rock within an overall extraction footprint area of 3.74 hectares, down to extraction floor established under planning permission ref. no. 668/69. (ii) Aggregate processing, stockpiling and loading on an area of 0.7 hectares within the existing extracted floor and 0.17 hectares adjacent to access roadway, near extraction area. (iii) Use of facilities building and associated works (iv) Use of existing storm-water control management and drainage system. (v) Use and improve entrance and access roadway and associated works of 0.26 hectares. All for a period of less than five years. Permission is also sought for Landscape and restorative measures across the overall site of 4.91 hectares over a period of five years
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/418
18 Mar 2020Withdrawn
1) Demolition of 2 no. farm buildings, extension and attached stores to dwelling, 2) construction of extension and alterations to dwelling, 3) change of use of detached outbuilding to ancillary living unit including extension and alterations to same, 4) installation of a new wastewater treatment system to serve both and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/149
25 Feb 2020Incompleted application
Demolition of existing farm buildings, construction of new extensions to sides of existing dwelling house and existing outhouse, alterations to elevations of existing dwelling house and existing outhouse, installation of new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/98
1 Mar 2019Withdrawn
Permission to a) retain and continue working existing quarry, b) remove & relocate facilities building on site, c) install waste water treatment system & Percolation area d) install weigh bridge, wheel-wash & oil interceptor trap and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/129
25 Jan 2019Conditional
a dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/39
28 Nov 2017Refused
Dwelling house and associated site development works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 17/749
9 Jan 2015Conditional
Extension to existing dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4
18 Dec 2014Incompleted application
Extension to existing dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/723
7 Aug 2013Conditional
Retention of detached building consisting of garage on ground floor and self contained living accommodation on first floor ancillary to existing building and associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 13/466
12 Jul 2013Incompleted application
Permission for retention of detached building consisting of garage on ground floor and self contained living accommodation on first floor ancillary to existing building and associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 13/412
The 25 most recent of 88 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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ardagh East.
Recorded monuments
- CO143-020 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Roadside on N side of gateway into Convent of Mercy, Rosscarbery. Survives as rectangular depression lined with stone slabs and cement. No longer in holy use. 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
- CO143-021 Burial ground
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
- St Faughna's Roman Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding cruciform-plan gable-fronted double-height Roman Catholic church, built c.1820, having three-bay entrance front (south), two-bay nave, three-bay transepts to sides (west, east) and single-bay chancel to rear (north). Recent flat-roofed extensions to rear. Hipped and pitched slate roofs having wrought-iron ridge cresting, dressed limestone eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Tooled limestone bellcote surmounted by wrought-iron cruciform finial to front gable, set on tooled limestone corbels. Dressed rubble stone walls. Pointed niches with stone sills and rubble stone voussoirs to entrance front and transepts. Statues set on rendered plinths to upper level niches, front elevation, and carved limestone fonts to lower level niches, front and transepts elevations. Dressed limestone string course and quatrefoil to front elevation gable. Rendered walls to chancel. Pointed arch window opening with carved stone hood moulding, chamfered sill and block-and-start surround to front elevation, having tripartite reticulated tracery with lead-lined stained glass windows. Pointed arch window openings with stone sills and tooled limestone voussoirs to nave and transepts, having tripartite multiple-pane timber sliding sash windows within intersecting and reticulated timber tracery. Pointed arch window opening with rendered sill and block-and-start render surround to rear elevation of chancel, having multiple pointed arch lights with lead-lined stained glass windows. Pointed arch door openings with dressed limestone voussoirs and stone steps throughout, having replacement double-leaf timber panelled doors. Moulded Tudor arch set on engaged colonettes to chancel interior, having ornate marble altar, reredos, lectern, and altar railings. Extensive mosaics to chancel walls. Panelled plaster ceiling with heavy cornices. Carved marble memorials. Carved timber stations of the cross. Timber galleries set on columns with carved timber arches between columns and having decorative panelling above, to transepts and nave, retaining fitted timber pews. Organ to east transept. Set within own grounds having rubble and rendered enclosing walls with capped square-profile gate piers.
- Sisters of Mercy Convent, building misc, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
Description
Terrace of five three-bay single-storey houses, built c.1895, having later corrugated-iron extension to north gable. Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks, gable copings, ceramic fleur-de-lis ridge cresting and cast-iron rainwater goods. Dressed coursed rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, red brick block-and-start surrounds and timber casement windows. Square-headed door openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds having timber panelled doors surmounted by overlights. Extension having pitched corrugated-iron roof, corrugated-iron and rubble stone walls, and timber windows and doors. Set within convent grounds and backing onto road.
- Sisters of Mercy Convent, house, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
Description
Attached L-plan six-bay two-storey former house, built c.1870, now in use as convent. Various recent flat roof extensions to rear (north). Interior now accessed via neighbouring convent block. Hipped slate roof having rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods, pitched slate roof to rear return. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with render sills throughout, having replacement one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to front elevation. uPVC casement windows to side (west) and rear elevations. Square-headed door opening with stone step and replacement double-leaf glazed timber door to side (west) elevation. Set within extensive convent grounds.
- Sisters of Mercy Convent, convent/nunnery, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
Description
Attached fourteen-bay two-storey with dormer attic convent, commenced 1894, having three projecting bays to front, comprising central entrance bay with flanking full-height bay windows. Projecting central stairwell block to rear (north). Later full-height pitched roofed extension surmounted by bellcote to side (west) with recent porch to front. Later single-bay two-storey pitched roofed extension to side (east) with recent lean-to porch to front. Hipped and pitched slate roofs having dressed limestone chimneystack, eaves course set on corbels, rooflights, fleur-de-lis ceramic ridge cresting and cast-iron rainwater goods. Render cruciform finials to eastern canted bay and rear stairwell block. Timber bargeboards to eastern connecting extension and rear dormer windows. Dressed roughly coursed stone walls with render quoins, having string course between ground and first floors. Pointed arch niches with stone sills and dressed voussoirs to central canted bay with render statues. Camber-headed window openings with stone sills, red brick block-and-start surrounds having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Replacement lead-lined stained glass windows to first floor of western canted bay. Square-headed window openings to dormers with single and bipartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Pointed arch window opening with stone sill to side (west) extension, having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window with intersecting tracery to overlight. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and red brick block-and-start surrounds to first floor of side (east) extension, having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed window opening with stone sill and red brick block-and-start surrounds to rear elevation, having timber-framed tripartite window with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and spoked fanlight. Camber-headed door opening to side (east) elevation of central entrance bay, having glazed timber door with overlight. Square-headed door openings to recent porches having glazed timber doors. Set within own extensive grounds, having rubble stone enclosing walls with capped square-profile gate piers and wrought-iron gates.
- Sisters of Mercy Convent, convent/nunnery, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Attached six-bay two-storey convent, built c.1910, having hipped roof extensions to rear (north) and recent flat-roofed extension to side (west). Main entrance accessed through central convent block to side (west). Hipped slate roofs with eaves course on corbels, having dressed limestone and red brick chimneystacks, ceramic fleur-de-lis ridge cresting and cast-iron rainwater goods. Coursed rubble stone walls with render quoins and plinth. Recent render band between ground and first floors. Camber-headed window openings with stone sills, red brick block-and-start surrounds, having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Set within extensive convent grounds.
- Bridge, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding single-span rubble stone road bridge, built c.1820, spanning river. Segmental-arch having dressed rubble limestone voussoirs. Rubble stone spandrels and parapets with solider coping.
- School, 1830–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay double-height former school, dated 1835, with single-pitch roofed dance hall extension to rear (east), added c. 1965. Now in use as parochial offices. Pitched slate roof with dressed limestone chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble limestone walls. Oval limestone date plaque surmounted by dressed limestone voussoirs, rectangular stone name plaque and round-headed niches to south gable. Roughcast render walls to extension. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and fixed timber-framed multiple-pane window to central bay. Square-headed door opening with stone step to front elevation, having replacement double-leaf timber battened door. Rubble stone enclosing wall to side (south). Rubble stone retaining walls to side (north).
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 Ardagh 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 high, 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 Ardagh 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 Ardagh East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ardagh East · Ardach Thoir
- Area
- 1,741,334 m² (174.13 ha, 430.29 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ross, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Rosscarbery, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,160 people lived in 442 households in the Rosscarbery electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 31% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardagh West, Barleyhill East, Burgatia, Cahermore, Derry, Froe, Tinneel, Townlands
- Placenames
- Ardagh 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.