Aghern East

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghern East, from 354 m² to 336,445 m² (33.64 ha, 83.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Aghern 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.

• 13 Apr 2026Grant with conditions

  Permission for farm extension including: (1) Slatted Unit & Cubicles, (2) Silage Pit, (3) Dry Storage Shed, (4) Slatted Soiled Water Tank Unit, (5) Loose House, (6) Calf House, (7) Holding yard new roof, (8) Meal bin silo, (9) Slatted unit over an existing concrete tank and associated works. Works are within the curtilage of a Protected Structure RPS ID 00344.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0919

• 14 Aug 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for retention of carport structure, first floor extension and alterations to fenestration to existing dwelling, all as constructed.

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5630

• 17 Oct 2024Conditional

  Permission for renovation and extension of our dwelling house, including demolition of existing porch and shed and associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5962

• 17 Sept 2024Incompleted application

  Permission for renovation and extension of our dwelling house, including demolition of existing porch and shed and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5751

• 19 Jan 2023Conditional

  Demolish existing on-site cottage with attached garage, permission to erect a single storey replacement dwelling house, upgrade existing on site waste water treatment system, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4052

• 1 Dec 2022Incompleted application

  Permission to demolish existing on-site cottage with attached garage, permission to erect a single storey replacement dwelling house, upgrade existing on-site wastewater treatment system, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6669

• 12 Oct 2022Incompleted application

  Permission to demolish existing on site cottage with attached garage, permission to erect a single storey replacement dwelling house, upgrade existing on site wastewater treatment system, entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6293

• 11 Mar 2022Conditional

  Construction of a proposed single storey new extension to the side of the existing dwelling house (to be used as a semi detached ancillary dwelling unit ‘Granny Flat’, for permanent year round occupation), with proposed alterations to the existing dwelling house and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4543

• 9 Oct 2020Conditional

  The construction of a new side and rear extension (part single storey and part two storey), alterations to the existing dwelling house, construction of new vehicular entrance, new driveway and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6210

• 6 Aug 2020Incompleted application

  Construction of a new side and rear extension (part single storey and part two storey), alterations to the existing dwellinghouse, construction of new vehicular entrance and associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5679

• 10 Nov 2017Conditional

  Construction of a straw bedded shed and an animal house incorporating straw bedded area, slatted cubicle area, feed passage and associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6901

• 7 Nov 2014Conditional

  A single storey office attached to our existing shed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6368

• 4 Mar 2014Conditional

  Single storey office attached to shed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4430

• 27 Aug 2010Conditional

  Retention of building for tractor dismantling, storage of parts and associated office, toilet building, open storage area, depollution area, bunded oil tank area, septic tank, security fencing and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/6145

• 17 Aug 2010Incompleted application

  Retention of tractor dismantling, associated buildings and works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/6059

• 26 May 2010Withdrawn

  Demolition of dwelling, construction of 3no. storey-and-a-half dwellings, 3no. treatment systems & all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5292

• 28 Jun 2007Conditional

  Construction of stables, covered dungstead, loose house, 2 no. slatted slurry tanks, concerete aprons and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9072

• 11 Jan 2007Conditional

  Dwellinghouse & garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4124

• 20 Mar 2006Refused

  Construction of 11 no. dwellinghouses and associated site works and services including provision of a treatment plant on a separate site

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5681

• 11 May 2005Withdrawn

  Retention of proprietary bio treatment unit serving existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3198

• 22 Dec 2004Refused

  3 no. dwellinghouses

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/9567

• 29 Nov 2004Incompleted application

  3 no. dwellinghouses

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/8733

• 12 Jul 2004Conditional

  Extension of milking parlour

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/5324

• 5 Jul 2004Conditional

  Dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/5111

• 7 Aug 2003Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 03/3941

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: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170

Recorded monuments

• CO045-022 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on E-facing slope. Levelled; depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular enclosure, defined by wide bank planted with coniferous trees. 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

• CO045-120001 Graveyard
  Description

  On N bank of river Bride, close to bridge, road to W; rectangular graveyard (c. 60m E-W; c. 50m N-S), in occasional use. Headstones date from 1760s (Hopkins 1892-4b). C of I church in N half, on or near site of ancient parish church of Aghern. 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

• CO045-120002 Church
  Description

  To N of Aghern settlement; in N half of graveyard (CO045-12001-). C of I church built in 1816 on or near site of ancient parish church of Aghern (Brady 1863, vol. 2, 17). Small rectangular church with embattled and pinnacled 3-storey tower at W end. Church lit by three windows with pointed arches in S wall, switch-line glazing; E window has Y-tracery and similar glazing. Edge of E gable stepped. Plaque over door in W wall of towerinscribed 'AD 1816'. 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

• Saint James' Churchh, church/chapel, 1815–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Board of First Fruits style Church of Ireland church, dated 1816, having three-bay nave, three-stage tower to west, and single-bay single-storey lean-to vestry addition to south elevation. North elevation has no openings. Pitched slate roof, with stepped sandstone copings, and having cross finial to east gable. Slate roof to vestry addition with crenellated west wall. Carved sandstone pinnacles to tower. Coursed roughly dressed sandstone walls, with sandstone quoins and having string courses between stages of tower. Carved limestone date-stone to west elevation of tower. Pointed arch window openings to south elevation, with Y-tracery and having timber windows with quarry glazing, stained-glass to upper parts, carved sandstone surrounds to same parts with keystones, and sandstone sills. Pointed arch window openings to tower, first stage having carved sandstone surrounds to upper parts with keystones and fixed timber fittings, and sandstone sills. Quatrefoil openings to top stage of tower, having timber louvers and sandstone surrounds. Timber casement double-light window to addition, with paned overlights. Pointed arch door openings to west and north sides of tower, having Gibbsian-style cut sandstone surrounds with keystones, traceried quarry-glazed overlights, north entrance having timber panelled door and limestone step, and that to west having timber boarding. Some elaborate gravestones to graveyard including grassed-over barrel-roofed vaults. Square-profile rubble sandstone piers with recent lamp finials and double-leaf cast-iron gates. Sandstone stile to east.

• Aghern Bridge, bridge, 1825–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Triple-arch road bridge over River Bride, built 1826. Rubble limestone walls with render copings, limestone string courses over arches. Dressed limestone voussoirs to segmental arches. Ashlar limestone plinths, having U-cutwaters to both elevations, with cut limestone impost courses.

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 Aghern East, 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 Aghern 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.

No address of the register names Aghern East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Aghern East · Áth Cairn Thoir

Area

1,326,449 m² (132.64 ha, 327.77 acres)

Civil parish

Aghern, and its townlands

Barony

Kinatalloon

Electoral division

Aghern, the unit of the census

Census 2022

239 people lived in 84 households in the Aghern electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghern West, Ballybride Lower, Ballymurphy Lower, Ballymurphy Upper, Ballytrasna, Garryantaggart, Kilclare Lower, Kilclare Upper, Knocknagapple, Park

Placenames

Aghern 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.