Ardmore
Ardmore is a townland in the civil parish of Timoleague, barony of Ibane and Barryroe, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An tArd Mór.
- Area
- 89.7 ha
- 222 acres
- Land parcels
- 42
- registered freehold, median 4,218 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 40
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardmore, from 63 m² to 126,348 m² (12.63 ha, 31.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ardmore 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
10 Feb 2025Conditional permission
Permission for the renovation of existing dwelling, including demolition of existing single-storey extensions, construction of new single storey extensions, new on-site wastewater treatment system, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4177
17 May 2024Conditional
Permission for the removal of condition No. 3 of Pl. Reg No. 09/896 (and extended under Pl. Reg. No. 14/493) which restricted the use of the 6 buildings to 2 dry sow houses, 2 weaner houses and 2 farrowing houses to now allow for the 6 number houses to be used to house pigs. The following development is being carried out on a site which comprises of an activity requiring an Integrated Pollution Control Licence.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4881
19 Apr 2024Incompleted application
Permission for the following: a) Removal of Condition 3 (restriction on use of buildings) under Pl.Reg.No. 09/896 and extended under Pl.Reg.No. 14/493. The proposed development is being carried out on a site which comprises of an activity requiring an Integrated Pollution Control Licence.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4677
8 Feb 2021Conditional
(A) retention of 2 No. outhouses (for domestic use) and (B) retention of 1 No. window in lieu of 2 No. windows to front of extension at side of dwelling house.
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/4281
21 Dec 2020Incompleted application
(A) retention of 2 No. outhouses (for domestic use) and (B) retention of 1 No. window in lieu of 2 No. windows to front of extension at side of dwelling house.
Retention · Cork County Council, 20/6918
20 Mar 2015Conditional
Construction of a domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/142
24 Feb 2015Incompleted application
Construction of a domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/80
20 Aug 2014Unconditional
Construct 6no. pig houses (2no. dry sow houses with attached service houses, 2no. weaner houses, 2no. farrowing houses) with 6no. meal bins, loading bay, feed mill house, storage tank, servicing concrete and hardcore yard, with complete storm and foul water collection systems and associated site works for new sow breeding unit to fully comply with new Animal Welfare Regulations
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 14/493
4 Jul 2012Conditional
Demolition of part of dwelling, construction of extensions alterations to same and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/434
25 Jun 2012Incompleted application
demolition of part of dwelling, construction of extensions and alterations to same and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/413
5 Jun 2012Incompleted application
Single storey extension to existing dwelling and all associated siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/365
19 Oct 2011Conditional
Permission to alter site boundaries, site layout plan and design of domestic garage as granted under PL Ref. No. 09/2142
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/641
30 Sept 2011Incompleted application
Change of site boundaries, plan and layout to development permitted under PL. ref No. 09/2142
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/604
7 Feb 2011Conditional
Construct a mill, dry sow house, internal roadways and associated site works to fully comply with new Animal Welfare Regulations
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/56
27 Jan 2011Incompleted application
Construct a mill, dry sow house, internal roadways and associated site works to fully comply with new Animal Welfare Regulations
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/37
15 Nov 2010Conditional
Construction of single storey extension to side of dwelling, construction of domestic garage with loft and adjust site boundaries
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/786
27 Sept 2010Conditional
Domestic garage and alterations to site boundaries
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/651
15 Sept 2010Withdrawn
Mill, dry sow house and to improve an existing entrance to fully comply with new Animal Welfare Regulations
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/639
6 Sept 2010Incompleted application
Construction of domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/617
23 Mar 2010Conditional
Construction of dwelling house and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/205
24 Feb 2010Incompleted application
Construction of dwelling house and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/119
14 Jan 2010Conditional
Construct a cattle house with two no. slatted slurry tanks, three no. concrete aprons, extend existing walled silo, upgrade existing site entrance from public road, and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/16
4 Dec 2009Conditional
Construction of a single storey dwelling house and a domestic garage, with wastewater treatment system and percolation area, alterations to existing site entrance, associated site works and site landscaping
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/2142
16 Nov 2009Incompleted application
Construction of single storey dwellinghouse and domestic garage, with wastewater treatment system and percolation area, alterations to existing site entrance, associated site works and site landscaping
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/2098
10 Aug 2009Conditional
Construct 6no. pig houses (2no. dry sow houses with attached service houses, 2no. weaner houses, 2no. farrowing houses) with 6no. meal bins, loading bay, feed mill house, storage tank, servicing concrete and hardcore yard, with complete storm and foul water collection systems and associated site works for new sow breeding unit to fully comply with new Animal Welfare Regulations
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/896
The 25 most recent of 40 applications.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ardmore.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Ardmore.
Architectural heritage
- Glebe House, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1805–1815 · Regional interest
Description
Detached L-plan three-bay two-storey over basement former glebe house, built c.1810, having single-bay single-storey lean-to extension to side (north-west), three-bay two-storey over basement flat-roofed extension to rear (north-west) and recent flat-roofed extension to rear (south-west) of return. Now in use as house. Attached via screen walls to outbuilding to north-west. Hipped slate roofs, having central valley to return, timber-clad overhanging eaves with paired timber brackets. Rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods with some uPVC replacements. Roughcast rendered walls with lined-and-ruled rendered wall to side (south-east) elevation. Rendered walls to extensions. Rubble stone retaining wall lining basement area having stepped approach to eastern corner. Diminishing square-headed window openings with stone sills throughout. Six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor of front elevation and six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows to first floors of front, side (south-west) and rear elevations and basement level of side (south-west) elevation. Tripartite timber-framed windows to ground floors of side (south-west) and rear elevations, and basement level of rear elevation, having central six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows flanked by two-over-two pane timber sliding sash sidelights. Two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, fixed six-pane timber-framed window and one-over-one timber sliding sash windows to rear extension. Round-headed stairwell window opening to south-eastern bay of second floor having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash window with fanlight to upper sash. Timber casement windows to lean-to extension. Square-headed door opening with stone doorstep to front elevation with approach bridging basement area. Render surround surmounted by timber-braced entablature. Timber panelled door with three-pane overlight. Square-headed door opening to basement of rear extension, having timber battened door. Six-bay two-storey outbuilding to north-west creating enclosed yard with house and screen wall. Hipped slate roof with remnants of cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings to first floor of front (south-east) elevation having replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed window opening with stone sill to side (south-west) elevation, having four-pane timber casement window. Square-headed door openings to front elevation having timber battened doors. End bay door openings having five-pane overlights. Segmental-headed carriage openings to front elevation with exposed rubble stone voussoirs having double-leaf timber battened doors, timber battened tympanum to north-eastern opening. Square-headed door opening to side (south-west) elevation, having timber battened door. Cobbles to yard. Roughcast rendered screen walls to front (north-east) and rear (south-west) of yard with slate coping. Square-headed door openings to front and rear walls having timber battened doors. Segmental-headed carriage arch to front wall comprising square-profile gate piers surmounted by parapet with slate coping. Double-leaf timber battened doors surmounted by tympanum. Located within own grounds with avenue approach from east. Rubble stone enclosing wall to roadside (north-east) with render coping, having square-profile capped gate piers with wrought-iron gates.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Ardmore, about 1 in 10 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 Ardmore.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ardmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ardmore · An tArd Mór
- Area
- 897,415 m² (89.74 ha, 221.76 acres)
- Civil parish
- Timoleague, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ibane and Barryroe
- Electoral division
- Timoleague, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 702 people lived in 249 households in the Timoleague electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Castle Lower, Castle Upper, Cooligboy, Killavarrig, Lettercollum, Timoleague, Ummera
- Placenames
- Ardmore 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.