Currahevern East
Currahevern East is a townland in the civil parish of Abbeymahon, barony of Ibane and Barryroe, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Currach Uí Bhriain Thoir.
Parcel 2522036
- Area
- 174,934 m² (17.49 ha, 43.23 acres)
- 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
- Currahevern East
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.
- CO136-034 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on NW-facing slope, extensive view to SW, NW and N, overlooking sea to SW. Levelled, no visible surface trace. 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
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 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 moderately high, moderately low, 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
- 94.2 ha
- 233 acres
- Land parcels
- 38
- registered freehold, median 2,742 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Currahevern East, from 84 m² to 174,934 m² (17.49 ha, 43.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Currahevern 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
8 May 2026Awaiting clarification f.i. response
Permission for construction of a new dwelling house and detached ancillary garage. New landscape, drainage and entrance works also in connection with the dwelling and garage.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1207
2 Apr 2025Application withdrawn
Permission for the construction of a new dwelling house and detached ancillary garage. New landscape, drainage and entrance works also connection with dwelling garage.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4571
14 Apr 2020Conditional
Permission for the clearance of the RTE compound including the removal of the existing chainlink fence, the existing 9 metre high wooden structure with attached associated equipment and ground level cabinet for the development of a new palisade fenced compound including a 30 metre high lattice work tower with associated equipment attached, ground level cabinets and with off road car parking.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4732
23 Mar 2020Incompleted application
The clearance of the RTE compound including the removal of the existing chainlink fence, the existing 9 metre high wooden structure with attached associated equipment and ground level cabinet for the development of a new palisade fenced compound including a 30 metre high lattice work tower with associated equipment attached, ground level cabinets and with off road car parking.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4595
4 Mar 2020Conditional
Construction of a new detached dwelling house, waste water treatment plant and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4454
15 Apr 2013Unconditional
Dwelling house and associated site works
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/223
7 Sept 2009Conditional
Demolition of porch and outbuilding; Construction of entrance porch and two storey extension to cottage and associated site works and services
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/994
21 Aug 2009Incompleted application
Demolition of porch and outbuilding; Construction of entrance porch and two storey extension to Cottage and associated site works and services
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/938
13 Jul 2009Incompleted application
Demolition of porch and outbuilding; Construction of entrance porch and two storey extension to cottage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/779
3 Aug 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2092
29 Jun 2007Conditional
New cow house with integrated underground storage in place of existing open slurry pit and all other associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1771
28 Mar 2001Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/1637
9 Nov 2000New application
Dormer bungalow & associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/6768
16 Feb 2000Conditional
Construction of two storey extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/722
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 Currahevern East.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Currahevern East.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Currahevern 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 Currahevern East, 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 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 Currahevern 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 Currahevern East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Currahevern East · Currach Uí Bhriain Thoir
- Area
- 942,451 m² (94.25 ha, 232.88 acres)
- Civil parish
- Abbeymahon, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ibane and Barryroe
- Electoral division
- Abbeymahon, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 743 people lived in 247 households in the Abbeymahon electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 11% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Abbeymahon, Ballincollop, Curraheen, Currahevern West, Garrane, Tirnanean
- Placenames
- Currahevern 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.