Derryleigh

72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derryleigh, from 996 m² to 256,340 m² (25.63 ha, 63.34 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Derryleigh 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.

• 21 May 2021Conditional permission

  The proposed development includes the provision of: 1. Up to 3 no. wind turbines with a maximum overall ground to blade tip height of up to 176.5 metres along with the associated foundations and hard-standing areas, serviced/accessed via the existing Carrigarierk Wind Farm infrastructure, permitted under An Bord Pleanála Planning References 04.246353 and 301563-18 ( Cork County Council Planning References 15/730 and 17/431); 2. An operational life of the proposed development aligned with that of the existing Carrigarierk Wind Farm (25 years from 2021); 3. Underground electrical (33kV) and communication cabling connecting the proposed turbines to the existing 110kV substation in the townland of Carrigdangan; 4. Upgrade of existing tracks and provision of new site access roads and hardstand areas; 5. 1 no. borrow pit; 6. A temporary construction compound; 7. Forestry felling; 8. Operational stage site signage; 9. Site drainage; and, 10. All associated site development works and apparatus. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement and Environmental Impact Assessment Report.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5372

• 26 Jul 2019Conditional

  Construction of new dwellinghouse, domestic garage, packaged waste water treatment system, new entrance together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5890

• 21 Jun 2019Incompleted application

  The construction of new dwellinghouse, domestic garage, septic tank, percolation area, new entrance together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5623

• 22 Dec 2015Refused

  Ten year planning permission for the construction of a wind farm of up to 5 No. wind turbines, with a maximum ground to blade tip height of up to 140m, upgrading of existing and provision of new internal access roads, provision of a wind anemometry mast (height up to 90 metres), 2 no. borrow pits, underground electricity cabling, underground grid connection electrical cabling including all associated infrastructure, junction accommodation works for the proposed delivery route, 1 no. electricity sub-station with control building and associated equipment, 1 no. construction compound, upgrading of the existing site access junction, permanent signage and all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/730

• 8 Dec 2006Conditional

  Construct covered slatted unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2642

• 3 Nov 2006Incompleted application

  Construct covered slatted unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2308

• 3 Feb 2006Conditional

  Dwellinghouse & domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/134

• 26 Jan 2006Incompleted application

  Dwelling house and domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/75

• 20 May 2005Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3440

• 13 Sept 2001Conditional

  Demolition of ruined dwellinghouse and construction of one and half storey dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 01/5127

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 the townland of Derryleigh.

Recorded monuments

• CO081-028001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on level patch of ground, overlooking Lough Allua to N. Circular raised area (38m N-S; 38m E-W) defined by stone-faced scarp (H 1.8m); external fosse (D 0.6m) NW->ENE. Immediately outside fosse is narrow stone bank NW->ENE, most likely remains of field boundary (see 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps). Stone field fence extends at right angles from scarp across fosse to end of outer stone bank at ENE side. Interior covered in ferns; crossed by remains of cultivation ridges on E-W axis; souterrain (CO081-028002-) in NW quadrant. Roadway skirts enclosure to NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO081-028002 Souterrain
  Description

  In NW quadrant of ringfort (CO081-028001-). Hollow with exposed entrance to creepway which slopes downwards to NW; not explored. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO093-020 Standing stone
  Description

  Shown on 1842 and 1902 OS 6-inch maps as single standing stone. In young forestry. Removed; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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 Derryleigh.

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 Derryleigh, 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 Derryleigh.

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

Name

Derryleigh · Doire Liath

Area

1,633,327 m² (163.33 ha, 403.6 acres)

Civil parish

Inchigeelagh, and its townlands

Barony

Muskerry West

Electoral division

Bealock, the unit of the census

Census 2022

279 people lived in 103 households in the Bealock electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clogher, Derrygortnacloghy, Gortatanavally, Gortnahoughtee, Gurteen, Scrahan

Placenames

Derryleigh 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.