Caher

84 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caher, from 43 m² to 1,115,742 m² (111.57 ha, 275.71 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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 Caher 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.

• 18 Sept 2026Awaiting admin validation

  The development will consist of the removal of extensions to front and rear of dwelling house, the removal of an outbuilding to the south east, the removal of an extension to outbuilding to the north west, the addition of a new extension to rear, elevational changes throughout the dwelling house and site works above and below ground.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2440

• 18 Dec 2023Conditional

  Permission for alterations and extension to an existing dwelling, including partial demolition and change of part of the existing flat roof section of the dwelling to an 'A' style roof, and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/727

• 17 Jun 2022Conditional

  Permission for the following: (a) installation of replacement wastewater treatment system, (b) construction of garden/storage shed, and (c) associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/406

• 8 Jun 2021Conditional

  Permission for (i) a single storey porch extension to the front (south) elevation of the existing house (ii) Fenestration changes to front (south) elevation of the existing house along with all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/384

• 4 May 2018Conditional

  (i) To construct a slatted shed (which will be adjoining the existing slatted shed) for the purpose of housing cattle, (ii) To construct an Agricultural Store and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/257

• 29 Mar 2018Conditional

  Retention of detached domestic garage ancillary in use to main dwelling house

  Retention · Cork County Council, 18/161

• 27 Feb 2018Incompleted application

  Retention of detached domestic garage ancillary in use to main dwelling house

  Retention · Cork County Council, 18/103

• 19 Aug 2016Conditional

  Permission for the following; (a) 3 no. extensions to existing dwelling house. (b) Renovations and alterations including elevational changes to dwelling house. (c) To construct an ancillary building combining domestic garage, garden store and greenhouse. (d) All associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/528

• 7 Aug 2012Conditional

  retention of dwellinghouse and vehicular entrance (alterations to permission granted under Planning Reg No: W/01/2772)

  Retention · Cork County Council, 12/508

• 14 Jun 2012Conditional

  Alterations and extensions to existing two-storey detached house including demolition of existing single-storey extensions, construction of new single and two-storey extensions, alterations to roof and other elevational changes and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/390

• 18 May 2012Incompleted application

  Alterations and extensions to existing two-storey detached house including demolition of existing single-storey extensions, construction of new single and two-storey extensions, alterations to roof and other elevational changes and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/330

• 20 May 2008Refused

  Demolish 3no. existing farm buildings and construct dwelling house with domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/939

• 26 Oct 2007Refused

  a) Demolition of existing 3 no. farm outbuildings (b) Construction of a dwelling house with domestic garage and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2735

• 28 Mar 2007Conditional

  Retention of extensions and alterations to existing two-storey dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/864

• 9 Feb 2007Refused

  Dwellinghouse, domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/343

• 31 Jan 2007Incompleted application

  Retention of extension and alterations to existing two-storey dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/258

• 21 Sept 2006Conditional

  Retention of (a) single storey sun room extension to side of existing dwelling, (b) single storey porch extension to side of existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1899

• 23 Jun 2006Conditional

  Art studio/workshop and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1199

• 23 Sept 2005Refused

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6948

• 23 Dec 2004Conditional

  Construction of a slatted house, silage slab and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/9668

• 1 Oct 2004Withdrawn

  Installation of septic tank to serve independent dwelling unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7433

• 1 Oct 2004Conditional

  Retention of extension to dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7435

• 17 May 2001Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 01/2772

• 28 Jul 2000Refused

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 00/4638

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Sheep's Head SAC 000102
• Special Protection Area: Sheep's Head to Toe Head SPA 004156
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Sheep's Head 000102

Recorded monuments

• CO138-009 Burial ground
  Description

  In pasture on S-facing slope. Irregular area (L 42m; Wth 12.8m). Bounded by stone wall N->SE; stone-faced scarp S->W. Grave markers noted in interior. 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

• CO138-010001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In garden within farmyard. Marked as sub-circular enclosure on OS 6-inch map (1842). Stony and earth bank to NW: heavily eroded (ext. H 1.70m).Tradition of souterrain (CO138-010002-) in field to S. 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

• CO138-010002 Souterrain
  Description

  Local tradition of souterrain to S of ringfort (CO138-010001-). 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

• CO138-011001 Burial ground
  Description

  In pasture. Circular area (20.8m N-S; 20m E-W) enclosed by field boundary NW->ENE; stone faced earthen bank (H 0.8m) ENE->NW. Grave markers and many loose stones in interior. Locally known as "keel". 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 in the townland of Caher.

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 Caher, 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Caher.

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

Name

Caher · An Chathair

Area

1,039,060 m² (103.91 ha, 256.76 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcrohane, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery West (West Division)

Electoral division

Sheepshead, the unit of the census

Census 2022

198 people lived in 82 households in the Sheepshead electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 37% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aughaleigue Beg, Aughaleigue More, Ballynatra, Dooneen, Letter East

Placenames

Caher 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.