Barrafohona
Townland in the civil parish of Britway, barony of Barrymore, Co. Cork; in Irish Barr Fothana
Parcel 2582844
- Area
- 4,504 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it, 229 m² on the ground
- 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
- Barrafohona
Planning applications on this parcel
8 Sept 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 05/6476
28 Jul 2005Incompleted application
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5434
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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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
- 390 ha
- 964 acres
- Land parcels
- 53
- registered freehold, median 15,075 m² (1.51 ha, 3.73 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 37
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barrafohona, from 773 m² to 412,609 m² (41.26 ha, 101.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Barrafohona 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
19 May 2021Conditional
Construction of a garage for use ancillary to the existing dwelling and associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5369
1 Apr 2020Conditional
To erect a granny flat single storey extension to side of existing dormer dwelling house incorporating existing on site detached domestic garage, and permission to erect a new replacement detached domestic garage and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4669
12 Dec 2017Conditional
Construct new dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7242
10 Aug 2017Refused
Construct a dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6076
16 Mar 2016Conditional
Erect a new cubicle shed with feed passage and slatted tank and also a silage slab
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4600
22 Feb 2016Incompleted application
Erect a new cubicle shed with feed passage and slatted tank. Also a silage slab.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4377
3 Apr 2013Unconditional
Dwellinghouse, detached garage and installation of septic tank, extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 08/4213
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/4567
16 Dec 2011Conditional
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage, entrance, treatment unit and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/6626
20 Sept 2011Conditional
Construction of a single storey extension to side of dwelling and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/6014
18 Jan 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse, detached garage and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4213
28 Nov 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, detached garage and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12713
10 Oct 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, detached garage and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11581
22 Aug 2007Conditional
Dwelling and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10451
22 Aug 2007Conditional
Dwelling and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10450
3 Aug 2007Conditional
Dormer bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10101
12 Jul 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9541
12 Jul 2007Incompleted application
Dwelling and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9515
21 Jun 2007Incompleted application
Dormer bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8862
15 Jun 2007Conditional
Construction of extension to cubicle house with feeding passage and slatted tank, construction of slatted tank in existing cattle shed, extension to silage slab and resurfacing of existing slab, construction of 2 no. effluent tanks and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8721
30 Mar 2007Incompleted application
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6629
11 Dec 2006Conditional
Dwelling and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13131
1 Dec 2006Conditional
Construction of shed consisting of cubicles and strawbed, shed for easy feed and 2 no. slatted underground tanks and extension to silage slab
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12892
25 Sept 2006Refused
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10863
21 Aug 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9941
17 Jul 2006Conditional
Dormer dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8917
The 25 most recent of 37 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 Barrafohona.
Recorded monuments
- CO054-042 Fulacht fia
Description
At base of E-facing slope, adjacent to stream. Overgrown, roughly kidney-shaped mound (L 13.5m; Wth 13m; H 1m) of burnt material. 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
- CO054-043 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture at foot of N-facing slope. Burnt material visible in section in drainage channel. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO054-045 Earthwork
Description
In pasture, beside W bank of Marinahone river. Oval grass-covered mound (H c. 1m; c. 20m NW-SE; c. 10m SW-NE). Channel runs S from mound, parallel to river and separated by low bank from it; meets river short distance to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO054-046 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, with stream to E. Roughly circular mound (max. H 1.8m) of burnt material; central water-logged depression. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO054-047 Standing stone
Description
In pasture on E-facing slope. Rectangular stone (H 0.9m; 0.5m x 0.15m), long axis N-S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO054-048 Enclosure
Description
Shadow site (CASAP) shows rectangular enclosure with trace of fosse on N side. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO054-049 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on NNW-facing slope. Good view of Nagle, Galtee and Knockmealdown Mountains. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m). Levelled; no visible surface trace. Rectangular enclosure (CO054-048---) c. 140m to NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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 in the townland of Barrafohona.
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
- About 1 in 5 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Barrafohona.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Barrafohona with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Barrafohona · Barr Fothana
- Area
- 3,900,155 m² (390.02 ha, 963.75 acres)
- Civil parish
- Britway, and its townlands
- Barony
- Barrymore
- Electoral division
- Templebodan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Templebodan electoral division: 709 people in 202 households; 91% of households own their home; 46% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynona North, Ballyogaha East, Britway, Curraghdermot, Garrylaurence, Glentrasna, Glentrasna North, Glentrasna South, Gurteen, Knocknaskagh, Portavarrig, Rathorgan
- Placenames
- Barrafohona 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.