Bishop's-Island

407 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bishop's-Island, from 0 m² to 709,533 m² (70.95 ha, 175.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R3Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Residential, mixed residential and other uses)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 360 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre/Neighbourhood Centres (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 36 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C6Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses (Mixed/general commercial/industrial/enterprise uses)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

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Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Bishop's-Island.

Recorded monuments

• CO053-028 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, beside well. According to local information, spread of burnt material visible when field is ploughed. No visible surface trace. 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

• CO053-040 Standing stone
  Description

  In pasture on E-facing slope. Rectangular stone (H 1.6m; 0.8m x 0.5m), long axis NE-SW. 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

• CO053-041 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on W -facing slope. Circular area (30m N-S; 29m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.25m) with shallow external fosse SSW -> NW. Bank overgrown with briars and ferns; interior grass-covered. 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

• CO053-043 Standing stone
  Description

  In pasture on SW-facing slope. Rectangular stone (H 1.9m; 1.05m x 0.3m), long axis NE-SW, leaning slightly to E. 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

• CO053-044 Enclosure
  Description

  In tillage. Circular area (29.5m E-W; 29m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2m). Bank and interior planted with coniferous trees. Depicted as tree ring on 1842 OS 6-inch map; hachured circular enclosure on 1902 and 1935 OS 6-inch map. 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 Bishop's-Island.

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 Bishop's-Island, 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 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 Bishop's-Island.

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 Bishop's-Island with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Bishop's-Island · Oileán an Easpaig

Area

2,339,790 m² (233.98 ha, 578.17 acres)

Civil parish

Ardnageehy, and its townlands

Barony

Barrymore

Electoral division

Watergrasshill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,930 people lived in 640 households in the Watergrasshill electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 65% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnageehy East, Ballinlegane, Bishop's-Island, Meenane, Mitchellsfort, Tinageragh

Placenames

Bishop's-Island 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.