Bunanumera
Bunanumera is a townland in the civil parish of Ballymoney, barony of Carbery East (East Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Bun an Iomaire.
- Area
- 94.2 ha
- 233 acres
- Land parcels
- 39
- registered freehold, median 4,952 m² (0.5 ha, 1.22 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 36
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bunanumera, from 109 m² to 151,830 m² (15.18 ha, 37.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 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 Bunanumera 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
8 May 2026Grant with conditions
Install a ballstop net at community grounds
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1213
10 Jun 2022Conditional
Construct a dwellinghouse and domestic garage, install a waste water treatment system and undertake all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/393
20 Oct 2021Conditional
Construction of 4 no. dwellings on individual sites with individual domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area, private well, individual site entrance and associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/720
17 Sept 2021Incompleted application
Construction of 4 no. dwellings on individual sites with individual domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area, private well, individual site entrance and associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/647
22 Dec 2020Withdrawn
Construction of 5 no. dwellings on individual sites with individual domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area, private wel, individual site entrance and associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/778
24 Mar 2016Conditional
Permission for retention of extension to dwellinghouse
Retention · Cork County Council, 16/172
17 May 2013Conditional
A) Construct an extension to the rear of the existing dwelling B) To install a domestic treatment plant and percolation C) Construct a vehicular entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/282
31 Aug 2012Conditional
Permission for retention of storage shed, public road entrance and relocated septic tank and percolation area
Retention · Cork County Council, 12/564
24 Aug 2012Incompleted application
Retention of storage shed, public road entrance, and relocated septic tank and percolation area
Retention · Cork County Council, 12/541
1 Aug 2012Withdrawn
Retention of storage shed
Retention · Cork County Council, 12/500
25 Jul 2012Incompleted application
Retention of storage shed
Retention · Cork County Council, 12/479
9 Jul 2012Incompleted application
Permission for retention of storage shed
Retention · Cork County Council, 12/441
13 Jun 2012Conditional
Permission to demolish existing stores and shop and to construct a building consisting of a shop and store and for the installation of a new sewage treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/387
25 May 2012Incompleted application
Demolish existing stores and shop and construct a building consisting of a shop and store and installation of a new sewage treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/344
1 Feb 2012Conditional
Demolish existing two no. disused pig houses, construct a cattle house with two no. slatted slurry tanks, construct a calf house, concrete apron and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/48
22 Apr 2008Conditional
Construct extension to side of dwelling and carry out alterations to existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/718
25 Mar 2008Incompleted application
Construct extension of dwelling and carry out alterations to existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/532
13 Jul 2007Conditional
Retain installation of roof lights and conversion of first floor area to living accommodation
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1912
14 Jun 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1558
1 Jun 2007Incompleted application
Retain installation of roof lights and conversion of first floor area to living accommodation
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1455
30 Mar 2007Conditional
Erection of 10no. stables forming 2no. extensions to existing stables and barn covered manure pit and waste water storage tank and all associated site works; Retention of barn and 5no. stables building
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/891
21 Dec 2006Conditional
Construct sportshall/community centre
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2856
24 Nov 2006Incompleted application
Construct sportshall/community centre
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2490
25 Aug 2006Refused
Construct a dwelling and domestic garage with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1720
12 Jul 2006Withdrawn
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1332
The 25 most recent of 36 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 Bunanumera.
Recorded monuments
- CO108-052 Fulacht fia
Description
Horseshoe-shaped mound (L 13m; Wth 12m; H 1.10m) in pasture on WSW-facingslope. Opening to S (Wth 3.5m). Dried-up well close by. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO108-053 Standing stone
Description
In pasture on W-facing slope. Rectangular stone in prostrate position (L 1.8m; 1.3m x 0.6m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO108-054 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on steep W-facing slope. Locally known as "lios". SE corner of field; heavily overgrown. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO108-083 Children's burial ground
Description
In an unenclosed triangular area (c. 14m x c. 14m x c. 14m) at the junction of three roads. According to local information, this area was used as a children's burial ground. It is covered with overgrowth and no grave-markers were noted. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Bunanumera.
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 Bunanumera, 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 Bunanumera.
- 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 Bunanumera with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Bunanumera · Bun an Iomaire
- Area
- 942,146 m² (94.21 ha, 232.81 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballymoney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Ballymoney, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 885 people lived in 323 households in the Ballymoney electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynacarriga, Carrigeen, Grillagh, Inchafune, Manch West
- Placenames
- Bunanumera 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.