Which towns in Co. Cork flood most?

By recorded events within 2 km of the town centre: Ballyphehane (42), Friars Walk (42), Blackpool (41), The Lough (41), Sundays Well (39). The OPW register counts reported floods, so a town with a long memory and a local paper scores higher than one where nobody wrote it down.

Is a house in Co. Cork hard to insure for flood?

It depends on the street, not the county. Insurers use the OPW extents and past-event register at address level. Get the exact Eircode checked and ask the seller for the current policy schedule before you go sale agreed.

Where do these numbers come from?

The OPW past flood events register on floodinfo.ie, counted within 2 km of each town centre for towns with at least 100 registered sales since 2010. Town centres are the median location of Property Price Register sales, from homeprices.ie.

Flood risk · Co. Cork

Flood risk in Co. Cork: 1,732 recorded floods around 144 towns

1,732 floods are on the OPW register within 2 km of the centres of 144 towns in Co. Cork. 130 of those towns have at least one. Below: where, how often, and what to ask before bidding.

1,732

recorded flood events within 2 km of 144 town centres (OPW)

130/144

towns with at least one recorded flood nearby

90%

of Irish towns sampled have a recorded flood nearby (955 of 1,065)

Where Co. Cork has flooded

Across 144 towns in Co. Cork, the OPW register holds 1,732 recorded floods within 2 km of a town centre. By source: river 571, coastal/estuarine waters 411, low lying land 48, other 18, runoff 15, turlough 4, lake 1. The towns with the longest record:

Ballyphehane	42 events
Friars Walk	42 events
Blackpool	41 events
The Lough	41 events
Sundays Well	39 events
Greenmount	39 events
Fairhill	38 events
College Rd	37 events

A recorded event marks the town, not the house. Two houses on one road can sit either side of an OPW extent line. The town pages below show the events with dates and OPW notes; the report puts one Eircode on the map.

Check one house in Co. Cork

The area tells you the odds. The report tells you about the house.

Enter the Eircode. The free snapshot shows which of the twenty-nine checks flag up. The full report (€24.99, one house, no account) puts the exact Eircode on the OPW flood extents, lists recorded floods within 500 m with dates, and checks groundwater and coastal erosion maps.

Or read the sample report first: a real house, 16 pages.

Other checks for Co. Cork

Flood risk by town in Co. Cork

Questions people ask

Which towns in Co. Cork flood most?: By recorded events within 2 km of the town centre: Ballyphehane (42), Friars Walk (42), Blackpool (41), The Lough (41), Sundays Well (39). The OPW register counts reported floods, so a town with a long memory and a local paper scores higher than one where nobody wrote it down.
Is a house in Co. Cork hard to insure for flood?: It depends on the street, not the county. Insurers use the OPW extents and past-event register at address level. Get the exact Eircode checked and ask the seller for the current policy schedule before you go sale agreed.
Where do these numbers come from?: The OPW past flood events register on floodinfo.ie, counted within 2 km of each town centre for towns with at least 100 registered sales since 2010. Town centres are the median location of Property Price Register sales, from homeprices.ie.

Sources

Area figures, compiled from public records. They describe the town or county, not any one house. The paid report checks the exact Eircode.