Barleyhill
Townland in the civil parish of Clonfert, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Cnoc na hEorna
- Area
- 337.7 ha
- 834 acres
- Land parcels
- 38
- registered freehold, median 27,360 m² (2.74 ha, 6.76 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barleyhill, from 983 m² to 541,029 m² (54.1 ha, 133.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
3 Sept 2025Grant with conditions
Permission For (1) The construction of (i) A new cattle shed, (ii) A new slatted underground slurry tank, (2) The Retention of (i) A cattle shed (ii) A slatted underground slurry tank, (3) All associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5769
7 Aug 2025Incompleted application
Permission for 1) the construction of a) a new cattle shed, b) a new slatted underground slurry tank, 2) the retention of a) a cattle shed, b) a slatted underground slurry tank, 3) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5587
11 Mar 2020Conditional
To construct a two storey extension to south east side of existing two storey dwelling house comprising of a 2 bedroom self contained apartment unit along with septic tank & percolation area.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4528
7 Dec 2011Conditional
(A) Adjust/widen existing agricultural entrance onto the public road, (B) construct a cattle shed with underground slurry and effluent storage tank and (C) pump house
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/6555
7 Nov 2011Conditional
Retain as constructed domestic garage with carport, shed for storage of construction machinery and retain house in revised location
Retention · Cork County Council, 11/6358
19 Oct 2011Incompleted application
(A) Adjust/widen existing agricultural entrance onto the public road B) construct cattle shed with underground slurry and effluent storage tank and C) pump house
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/6244
6 Oct 2011Incompleted application
Permission to retain as constructed domestic garage with car port, storage shed & permission to retain house in revised location
Retention · Cork County Council, 11/6140
19 Aug 2011Incompleted application
Retain as constructed domestic garage, agricultural shed and retain house in revised location
Retention · Cork County Council, 11/5773
15 Jul 2008Conditional
Dwelling and septic tank
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/7880
21 May 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/6836
21 May 2008Conditional
Demolition of existing derelict dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6835
14 May 2008Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/6702
26 Jun 2007Incompleted application
Construction of a slatted cattle house and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9020
26 Mar 2007Incompleted application
Construction of slatted shed and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6452
28 Feb 2007Conditional
Retention of hay shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5506
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Priory Wood, Lismire 001072
Recorded monuments
- CO014-069 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, immediately N of stream. Kidney-shaped mound of burnt material (9.5m NW-SE; 6m NE-SW; H 0.9m); opening faces SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO014-070001 Fulacht fia
Description
In rough grazing. Overgrown horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (7.5m x 7.2m; H 0.4m); opening (Wth 3m) faces S. Second fulacht fiadh (10376) c. 20m to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO014-070002 Fulacht fia
Description
In rough grazing. Undulating kidney-shaped mound of burnt material (L 12m; Wth 8m; H 0.5m); opening faces N. Grass-covered area (c. 12m x c. 6m) of dark soil immediately N of mound. Second fulacht fiadh (10375) c. 20m to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO014-071 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Grass-covered spread of burnt material. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO014-072 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, c. 30m N of stream. Horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (L 20m; Wth 17.8m; H 0.65m); opening (Wth 8m) faces N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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
- Barleyhill Bridge, bridge, 1800–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Single-arch limestone road bridge over the River Owenanare, built c. 1830. Coursed rubble walls and parapets, terminating in square-plan piers with caps. Tooled cut-stone string courses above round arch with tooled cut-stone voussoirs. Replacement stone walling to west end of south parapet. Nationalist monument to south-east.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Barleyhill.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Barleyhill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Barleyhill · Cnoc na hEorna
- Area
- 3,377,056 m² (337.71 ha, 834.49 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonfert, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Barleyhill, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Barleyhill electoral division: 561 people in 193 households; 87% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrigcastle, Copsefield, Gooseberryhill, Killowen, Lismire, Meeneeshal, Mountkeeffe
- Placenames
- Barleyhill 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.