Caher

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caher, from 38 m² to 453,822 m² (45.38 ha, 112.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 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.

• G3HA (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028, Waterford · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 18 Mar 2025Conditional

  to retain existing alterations to aforementioned existing storage shed b)to retain existing partially open sided link structure to between existing house and existing storage shed c) to retain detached storage shed and PLANNING PERMISSION for proposed change of use of existing storage shed to residential use b) for proposed alterations to aforementioned existing shed c)to construct and complete link structure for habitable use , between existing dwelling and aforementioned existing storage shed d) to construct a garden polytunnel and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2531

• 23 Jan 2023Refused

  (a) Retention of existing alterations to existing storage shed, (b) Permission for proposed change of use of existing storage shed to residential use, (c) Permission to retain detached storage shed, (d) Permission for proposed alterations to aforementioned existing storage shed, (e) Permission to construct covered link structure between existing dwelling and aforementioned existing storage shed, (f) Permission to construct pergola extension to existing dwelling, (g) Permission to construct a garden polytunnel and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2320

• 13 Jan 2023Conditional

  Construction of a new single storey detached dwelling with waste water treatment system & percolation area, together with new entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2360010

• 22 Jan 2021Conditional

  to retain 3 no. detached storage sheds, and 2 no. extensions to existing storage shed with alterations to their residential site and all associated siteworks at

  Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 2141

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Mid-Waterford Coast SPA 004193
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballyvoyle Head To Tramore 001693

Recorded monuments

• WA026-037 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked faintly as an oval feature (dims. c 40m E-W; c. 30m N-S) backing onto a road at S on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in pasture at the SE-facing crest of a low hill, it is not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 01 September 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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2217 (ZIP).

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. Waterford.

Name

Caher · An Chathair

Area

703,782 m² (70.38 ha, 173.91 acres)

Civil parish

Islandikane, and its townlands

Barony

Middlethird

Electoral division

Islandikane, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,707 people lived in 918 households in the Islandikane electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Garrarus, Islandikane East, Islandtarsney North, Islandtarsney South

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.