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Flood risk · Co. Cork

Flood risk in Co. Cork: 1,713 recorded floods, 144 towns

1,713 floods are on the OPW register within 2 km of the centres of 144 towns in Co. Cork. 131 of those towns have at least one. Below: where, how often, and what to ask before bidding.

Figures compiled from the public records listed at the foot of this page. Data snapshot: . Updated when the records change.

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1,713 recorded floods around 144 towns in Co. Cork, 131 towns with at least one.

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1,713

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

131/144

towns with at least one recorded flood nearby

90%

of Irish towns sampled have a recorded flood nearby (959 of 1,069)

Where Co. Cork has flooded

Across 144 towns in Co. Cork, the OPW register holds 1,713 recorded floods within 2 km of a town centre. By source: river 568, coastal/estuarine waters 399, low lying land 48, other 18, runoff 15, turlough 4, lake 1. The towns with the longest record:

Ballyphehane42 events
Friars Walk42 events
Blackpool41 events
The Lough41 events
Sundays Well39 events
Greenmount39 events
Fairhill38 events
College Rd37 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.

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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.