Buttevant

200 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Buttevant, from 3 m² to 27,875 m² (2.79 ha, 6.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 113 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre/Neighbourhood Centres (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 92 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Green Infrastructure (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Green Infrastructure (Active open space)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 17 Apr 2026F.i. consultees/awaiting recommendation

  Permission to demolish the existing domestic store shed and to construct a new one bedroom, two-storey residential unit and all associated site and ancillary works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0971

• 13 Mar 2026Invalid - prepare letters

  Permission to demolish the existing domestic store shed and to construct a new one bedroom, two-storey residential unit and all associated site and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0625

• 18 Mar 2025Conditional

  Permission for the following:- a) Change of use of existing storage building to new ladies dressing room and an extension to the building. b) Erect a 6m high ball stop net to the eastern boundary and part of the northern boundary of soccer pitch 1 and to part of the eastern boundary and southern boundary of soccer pitch 2. c) Erect an 8m high ball stop net to the western boundary of soccer pitch 1, to part of the northern boundary of soccer pitch 2 and to the western boundary of soccer pitch 2, d) Lay a 2m wide artificial grass running track around the perimeter of soccer pitch 1. e) Erect 17 no. 5m high integrated solar powered lights. f) Resurface existing carpark with wearing coarse macadam and all other associated drainage and development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4467

• 16 Dec 2024Incompleted application

  Permission to: a) Modify and extend existing storage building to accommodate a new ladies dressing room. b) Erect 6m high ball stop nets to the eastern and southern boundaries of the site. 3) Erect 6m high ball stop nets behind the goal area on soccer pitches 1 and 2. d) Erect 8m high ball stop nets to the western and northern boundaries. e) Lay a 2m wide artificial grass running track around the perimeter of soccer pitch 1. f) Erect a series of 60 watt/4m high integrated solar powered lights. g) Re-surface existing hardstanding area with wearing coarse macadam and all other associated drainage and site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6411

• 19 Apr 2023Conditional

  The development will comprise the carrying out of development, namely the provision of 5 No. apartment dwelling units. The development will comprise a change of use of existing building (P51ABD7) to 2 No. apartment dwellings including all necessary alterations and extension. Permission is also sought for the demolition of existing outbuilding/shed and to construct a new building comprising 3 No. apartment dwellings, to include all necessary car parking, connection & reconnection to existing site services, site boundaries and all associated site development works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4755

• 16 Dec 2022Incompleted application

  Amenity works within the curtilage of Buttevant Town Defences, a recorded monument and listed in the National Sites and Monuments Record (SMR) CO017-053012. (Ministerial consent has been granted in this regard – currently awaiting an extension). The site is within an Architectural Conservation Area (ACA) and is adjacent to two protected structures, The Franciscan Friary (RPS No. 0050) and the Fever Hospital, (RPS no. 0053). Works will include alterations to existing site levels to create a wetland, construction of a raised walkway and associated seating, signage, access paths and boundary fence. The site is adjacent to the Awbeg River and carries a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) designation.. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 17/6539

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 22/6798

• 19 Jul 2022Withdrawn

  Permission to carry out development within the curtilage of a Protected Structure Ref No. 00059. Permission is sought to erect a pedestrian entrance to serve the Convent Burial Ground from Mill Lane, Buttevant and to erect a boundary fence comprising of powder coated railing on base wall and footpath linking the Burial Ground to the proposed entrance at Mill Lane, Buttevant.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5700

• 3 Dec 2020Withdrawn

  Erect an 18m high monopole telecommunications support structure together with antennas, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6713

• 6 Oct 2017Conditional

  Change of use of former retail outlet on ground floor of premises to residential.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6600

• 2 Oct 2017Conditional

  Amenity works within the curtilage of Buttevant Town Defences, a recorded monument and listed in the National Sites and Monuments Record (SMR) CO017-053012. (Ministerial consent has been granted in this regard – currently awaiting an extension). The site is within an Architectural Conservation Area (ACA) and is adjacent to two protected structures, The Franciscan Friary (RPS No. 0050) and the Fever Hospital, (RPS no. 0053). Works will include alterations to existing site levels to create a wetland, construction of a raised walkway and associated seating, signage, access paths and boundary fence. The site is adjacent to the Awbeg River and carries a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) designation.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6539

• 13 Apr 2017Withdrawn

  Works to the town defences and the construction of a raised walkway and associated seating, signage and planting. The town defences are a recorded Monument and listed in the National Sites and Monuments Record (SMR) CO017-053012. Works to town defences will be divided into tow categories as follows: (i) Works to secure the structural integrity of the Town Defences, (Ministerial consent has been approved in this regard). (ii) Appropriate treatment of boundaries along the Town Defences -where the boundary is currently absent (approx. 30 metres), to be agreed with relevant authorities. The site is within an Architectural Conservation Area (ACA) and is adjacent to two protected structures, The Franciscan Friary (RPS No. 0050) and the Fever Hospital, (RPS no. 0053). Works will also include alterations to existing site levels to create a wetland and associated planting. The site is adjacent to the Awbeg River and carries a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) designation.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4901

• 3 Mar 2017Incompleted application

  The development includes works to secure the structural integrity of the Town Defences, a recorded Monument and listed in the National Sites and Monuments Record (SMR) CO017-053012. (Ministerial Consent has been approved in this regard). The site within an Architectural Conservation area (ACA) and is adjacent to two protected structures The Franciscan Friary (RPS No. 0050) and Fever Hospital, (RPS No. 0053). Works include the construction of a raised walkway and associated seating and signage. Works will also include alterations to existing site levels to create a wetland. The site is adjacent to the Awbeg River and carries a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) designation.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4499

• 9 Mar 2016Conditional

  Alterations to the façade of existing pharmacy to include the following (a) removal of existing timber shop front, windows and doors, and (b) construction of new shop front including double doors, windows complete with limestone cladding

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4542

• 23 Jan 2015Conditional

  A two-storey domestic extension to rear of first floor residential unit/dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4114

• 26 Apr 2013Conditional

  Retention of a two-storey extension to rear of dwelling and a domestic garage to rear of dwelling

  Retention · Cork County Council, 13/4769

• 8 Mar 2013Conditional

  Historic mural on north facing gable at ball alley

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4400

• 18 Jan 2013Incompleted application

  Historic mural on the North facing gable at the Ball Alley

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4071

• 12 Nov 2012Conditional

  Construction of: (1) A new single-storey extension to the south-facing elevation of the existing school building to accommodate 3 no. classrooms with associated sanitary facilities, storage room and disabled access w.c. and 1 no. A.S.D. unit comprising of 1 no. classroom with associated sanitary facilities including disabled access w.c. and shower, linen room, small safe space room and multi-sensory room, (2) 1 no. new link corridor from existing school building to serve new extension, (3) New single-storey extension to existing front elevation (West-facing) to accommodate new Principal’s office, (4) New single storey extension to existing side elevation (North-facing) to accommodate new staff room, (5) New canopy over existing main entrance to school, (6) New sensory garden, and (7) All other material alterations to existing school building and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6319

• 30 May 2011Refused

  Change of use of an existing vacant retail unit to cafe with ancillary take-away service, construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing building, alterations to and partial change of use of existing store building to kitchen preparation area, construction of external stairs and provision of 2 no. doors to rear elevation at first floor level of existing building, change of use from open plan area on first floor level to office use and all associated ancillary development site works and services

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5162

• 20 May 2011Unconditional permission

  Completion of demolition of dwelling and sheds and construction of 2 no.dwellings, car parking area with first floor appartment over and commercial unit with first floor apartment over as permitted under planning reg 06/5872

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/5082

• 4 May 2011Incompleted application

  Change of use of an existing vacant retail unit to cafe with ancillary take-away service, construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the existing building and all associated ancillary development site works and services

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4959

• 10 Dec 2010Refused

  Alterations to the front and rear, single storey extension to the rear and change of use of existing retail unit to a fastfood takeaway outlet and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8699

• 17 Nov 2010Withdrawn

  Alterations to front and rear elevations of existing retail unit, change of use of existing retail unit to a fastfood take-away outlet and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8482

• 11 May 2010Refused

  Construction of a two-storey dwellinghouse, modifications to the existing vehicular entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5134

• 5 Feb 2010Conditional

  Change of use from disused butcher shop to post office including changes to front facade

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4202

The 25 most recent of 78 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170

Recorded monuments

• CO017-053001 Historic town
  Description

  On W bank of Awbeg River, on main Cork-Limerick road. In 1234 David de Barry obtained licence for weekly market and annual fair 'at his town of Buttevant' (O'Brien 1993, 93); there are references to burgesses from end of 13th century (Thomas 1992, vol. 2, 28); by 1310 the de Barrys had obtained a murage grant (see 14632) for the town (ibid.). Exact area enclosed by town wall uncertain (see 14632). It had a 'linear' main street (Bradley 1985, 448) between bridge (14811) to N and castle (14330) to S and probably two cross-lanes located to N and S of Franciscan friary (14382); rental of 1364 mentions 'Main Street' and 'Mill Lane' (MacCotter and Nicholls 1996, 194). Unusually, parish church (14404) appears to lie outside line of town walls, to S of castle (14330) and within its demesne. Subsequently it declined and 'suffered considerable devastation' (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, 337) in 15th century. By 1831 it contained 204 houses and consisted 'principally of one main street extending along the mail coach road' (Lewis 1837, vol. 1, 235). Lombard's Castle (14340) fronts onto W side of Main Street; 18th-century market house (14761) at S end of Main Street. (Zajac et al. 1995, 10) 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

• CO017-053002 Castle - tower house
  Description

  On W side of main street in Buttevant town (14631). Small rectangular tower (5m N-S; 4m E-W), standing to two storeys, with wall (L 15.2m) extending S from midway along S face of tower. This wall forms E wall of rectangular structure; S wall (L 8.2m) and return of W wall (L 5.6m) also survive. Only S half of ground-floor of tower accessible; this is lintelled chamber (1.1m N-S; 1.6m E-W) entered through ruinous ope in W wall; small slit window in S wall, with groove cut in E jamb acting as loop covering outside of wall to S. First-floor chamber (2.2m N-S; 1.6m E-W) entered through lintelled door in W wall, lit by single-light window in each wall except E where replaced by large rectangular ope (see photograph in Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, opp. 350); chamber covered by rounded wicker-centred vault. Wall to S of tower (T 1.2m) survives to just below height of tower for short section (L c. 1m), terminating at 1st-floor level in N jamb of window embrasure with window seat. Beyond this, central section of wall reduced in height to c. 1.5m. This section has an inserted garage door, immediately S of which is jamb of cut-stone door surround, visible in photograph of 1907 with pointed arch (Grove White ibid.). Southern section of wall (7m-15.2m S of tower) survives to near height of tower, much rebuilt. Blocked ope with pointed arch visible, sill c. 0.5m above pavement level, with blocked square window ope to S, broken end of cross-wall extending E to N; at 1st-floor level, upper part of twin-light ogee-headed window with broken hood moulding visible, also S side of embrasure at broken N end of higher portion. Present end of wall not marked by quoins; turns to W, then to N to form S end of structure. West wall has recess (H 1.7m; Wth 1.6m) towards S end, flat-arched fireplace to N. Broken end of cross wall visible on internal face of E wall; W wall of tower has broken end of cross-wall up to full height of W facade; 1st-floor doorway implies entrance from former structure to W. In early 19th century Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 236) described Lombard's Castle as 'quadrangular building flanked at each angle by a square tower' (present tower would be at NE corner of such plan); however, drawing by Windele of c. 1851 (Grove White ibid., 364) shows building much as today but with gable at S end, in line with present end of S wall, also two tall chimney stacks, one just N of S gable, where fireplace now is, and the second immediately S of tower, atop E wall. The 1842 OS 6-inch map shows tower as part of structure extending further to W (c. 18m E-W); rectangular structure extends to S of tower (L c. 40m N-S including tower; Wth c. 8m), with shallow projections to E and W towards S end (S end of projection is c. 15m S of tower). Drawing and surviving remains indicate building of late 16th/early 17th-century date, probably mansion of wealthy [Lombard] family (Brash 1852a, 96), possibly inhabited by them up to early 1730s (Grove White ibid., 364); used as school in 18th and early 19th century (Smith 1750, vol. 1, 314; Lewis ibid.); reduced and restored by Rev. Buckley in 1886 (Grove White ibid.). 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

• CO017-053004 Religious house - Franciscan friars
  Description

  In Buttevant town (CO017-053001-), on the W bank of the Awbeg River. Remains of a Franciscan friary founded c. 1251 by David de Barry (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 243), Lord of Buttevant. David I’s son, David de Barry II (d. 1278) was buried in the chancel of the church. The remains consist in the ruin of a single-aisled church (int. 46m E-W; 7.5m N-S), divided by a collapsed belfry tower into a nave (int. 22.6m E-W; 7.50m N-S) and chancel (int. 17.5m E-W; 7.50m N-S); a transept (int. 11.7m N-S; 7.8m E-W) extends to the S from the E end of the nave, with a side chapel to the E (int. 4.4m E-W; 3.3m N-S). Of the claustral buildings remains only a small square room (c. 3.75m N-S; c. 4m E-W) abutting the E end of the church to the N, interpreted as the sacristy. A crypt on two levels under the E end of the chancel has been interpreted by O'Keeffe (2012) as a possible early castle or hall (see plans: Brash 1852a, opp. 88; Cochrane 1912, 67; Monastic Ireland: http://monastic.ie/tour/buttevant-franciscan-friary/; suggested reconstruction of the entire friary plan in Cotter 2013, 12). It later became an important burial place for the Barrys, and Buttevant remained the principal residence of the senior branch of the family throughout the Middle Ages. By the 16th century the conventual buildings were in ruins, but repaired in 1604 and subsequently re-inhabited by friars (Gwynn and Hadcock, ibid.). It was a ruin again by 1750, though some of the conventual buildings still stood at that time (Smith 1750, vol. 1, 313). The interior of the church has long been used for burial and is densely packed with 18th, 19th and 20th century burials. The remains were 'repaired' in 1851, after the tower had collapsed: breaches in the N walls were built up, fallen debris removed, and fragments of tombs and cut stone were ‘built into portions of the new work’ (Brash ibid., 95-6). Further conservation work was carried out by the OPW in recent years. The friary was located within the walls of the medieval borough, in a central location, which is unusual for a mendicant friary. Buttevant is a planned borough, and the friary may pre-date the planning and may have been incorporated as part of the expansion of the town (Cotter ibid., 3-7). Research has shown that mendicant friaries became an integral part of the planning of Anglo-Norman boroughs, though most friaries were established in a more peripheral position, close to a gate for example (Lafaye 2015, 90-102). Three main phases of construction can be discerned: Phase 1: construction of the nave and chancel; O’Keeffe argues that this happened in two stages – he identified in the S elevation of the church a series of wide arches predating the lancets, that would have contained different windows, and he also suggests the church was originally longer; this would correspond to the first years after the 1251 foundation; later, possibly in the 1260s, the lancet windows were inserted along the S wall of the nave and chancel, and the church shortened (O’Keeffe 2013, 85-7). Phase 2: construction of the S transept, its projecting E chapel and the tower in the late 13th century, possibly in the 1270s or early 1280s (ibid., 87), making them some of the earliest known examples of each structure in a mendicant context. Phase 3: extensive repairs, including the insertion of door surrounds and windows with tracery into earlier embrasures, encasing of the transept, and, based on the fragments embedded in the N wall of the church, a new cloister arcade, in the 15th/early 16th century. The nave is entered through a doorway in the W wall; the door has a pointed arch and jambs in two orders, and hood moulding (see plan and elevation Cochrane ibid., 73); this is inserted into an earlier, wider and higher doorway. The nave also has a blocked doorway at the W end of the S wall, and another blocked doorway near the E end of the same wall connecting into the transept. To the E of the latter is a piscina with a pointed arch, associated with an altar-tomb which would have been inserted in the W wall of the tower at the E end of the nave. An eighteenth-century drawing of the friary completed before the tower collapsed shows that a similar altar-tomb also stood on the other side of the tower central archway (Smith 1750, vol. 1, 313). The nave is lit by six windows: two tall windows high on the W gable, each with inserted twin cusped ogee-headed lights; two similar windows in the S wall (without inserted lights) which have been blocked; and two in the N wall, one inserted at clerestory level with double pointed-arch lights under a quatrefoil, the other much ruined. The nave contains two 13th century tomb recesses, near the centre of N and S walls; both have a rounded cinquefoil moulded arch and jambs with sculpted capitals and bases (see drawings: Brash ibid., 90-1; Cochrane ibid., 74); the N tomb has an inserted covering slab with a Latin inscription and date of 1625 (Brash ibid., 90). A third recess, at the E end of the N wall, has an arch rebuilt using various moulded fragments. To the E of the latter is a low section of rebuilt wall (L c. 8m) faced with cutstone fragments including parts of cloister arcading and medieval graveslabs (see drawings: Brash ibid., opp. 94). Only a stump of the S side of the tower now stands, projecting c. 2m from the S wall of the church. The tower collapsed in 1819 or 1814 (Brash ibid., 89; Cochrane ibid., 68); The 18-century drawing (Smith ibid., 313) shows the W elevation of the intact tower, with a high, slightly pointed arch framed by banded shafts, linking nave and choir; the altar-tomb recesses with low pointed arches on either side of the tower arch; and a rectangular tower with banded angle-shafts regarded as 'unique in Irish towers and perhaps an indication of thirteenth-century date' (Leask ibid., 110-11); a sketch in Brash (ibid., opp. 85) shows a similar profile on the E side. The base of a banded shaft remains at the NW corner of the surviving portion of the tower. A narrow flight of steps on the W side leads up to the 1st-floor level, where a lancet window in the S wall survives. The latter and the ground-floor window directly below are inserted into a tall window embrasure which was partially blocked by the insertion of the tower. A wide pointed archway (Wth 3.65m), towards the E end of the S wall of the nave, leads into the S transept, called ‘St Mary’s Chapel’ by Smith in 1750 (Smith ibid.). The word ‘transept’, though convenient, is in fact not the most accurate to describe these structures, which were chapels with devotional and funerary functions where burials and private masses took place at secondary altars (Lafaye 2016, 138). Above the arch, on the S face, is blank arcading. Both the SW and SE corners of the transept have 'casing' (ibid., 71) with base batter, effectively an additional projecting facing of rubble masonry, edged with quoins, built against the outside face, which Cochrane (ibid.) considered 'necessary owing to a defect in the original foundations'. Originally the S gable had three close-set lancet windows; the 'casing' has blocked both side windows, and the central one has an inserted twin ogee-headed light. The 'casing' also blocks the window near the S end of both the E and the W walls. There are two further windows in the S wall whose embrasures are framed inside by banded shafts with foliated capitals, supporting a pointed rear arch (see drawings Brash ibid., opp. 91); the lights are damaged, but appear to have had double cusped, pointed arches. Part of the blocking of the windows in S gable is by a plaque with FitzGerald of Desmond coat-of-arms (FitzGerald ibid., 443), and a carved architectural fragment underneath. A pointed archway in the E wall of the transept opens into a side chapel which is lit by a window in the E gable, into which a round-arched tomb recess has been inserted. It has a similar 13th-century cinquefoil moulded arch as the two tomb recesses in the nave, and

• CO017-053005 Graveyard
  Description

  On E side of main street of Buttevant, on W bank of Awbeg River. Ruin of friary (14382) occupies SE corner; St Mary's Catholic Church (14735), incorporating earlier tower, occupies NW corner. Subrectangular graveyard (c. 60m N-S; c. 80m E-W); area of burial covers cloister area of friary and also extends inside friary. In use; contains 'a significant number of mid-18th century headstones' (Zajac et al. 1995, 13); memorials and gravemarkers inside friary listed by Fitzgerald (1904-6b, 233-6). 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

• CO017-053007 Religious house - unclassified
  Description

  In SE corner of Buttevant town. Forming part of S boundary wall of Convent of Mercy graveyard is older wall (L 18m; max. H 2.8m; T 1m). In centre of older wall is blocked window ope, upper part missing; inside edge of embrasure (Wth 1.3m; min. H 1.2m) formed of cut-limestone blocks. This may be all that remains of 'small trefoil-headed two-light window' noted by Brash (1852a, 87). This identified by Brash (1852a, 87) as probably remains of structure described by Smith (1750, vol. 1, 314) as 'part of another ruin' near the Franciscan friary (14382) and 'said to have been a nunnery, dedicated to St Owen; or, according to others, St John the Baptist' (ibid.); Gwynn and Hadcock (1988, 326) note Smith's reference but state that 'no supporting evidence for a nunnery at Buttevant has been found.' This wall might also be remains of RC chapel (14734). 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

• CO017-053008 Market-house
  Description

  On W side of open grassed area at S end of Buttevant. Rectangular 2-storey structure (long axis N-S) of early 18th-century appearance. Indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map as long rectangular structure named 'Market House' and on 1906 OS 6-inch map as 'Mkt. Ho.'. Front elevation (E) faces open area, rendered with chamfered stone quoins exposed and concave cornice; side elevations of random-rubble limestone construction. Front elevation 3-bay arcade with plain narrow inserted rectangular door ope at N end; arcading framed by plain ashlar limestone pillars supporting an elliptical arch. Later porch masks central bay of arcade, bays on either side infilled with small windows in blocking wall. String course divides ground and 1st floors. First floor is 4-bay with rectangular sash windows. North elevation has no openings, wall extends from E side of N elevation hiding view of rear from open area. South elevation has long low 2-storey gabled extension. Rear elevation partially overgrown with ivy, two wooden lintelled window opes on 1st floor have been recently blocked. Hipped slate roof, brick chimney rises from centre of N wall. According to Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 235), upper portion used as Court House. In use as community centre. 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

• CO017-053009 Church
  Description

  In Buttevant, forming part of S boundary wall of graveyard attached to Convent of Mercy. Named 'Old R.C. Chapel' on 1842 OS 6-inch map and shown as rectangular structure with projection on N side (off-centre to E); symbol for 'site of antiquity' marks it on 1937 OS 6-inch map. Portion of S wall of church survives (L 18m; max. H 2.8m; T 1m), of random-rubble limestone construction. Blocked window ope in central highest section, with cut-limestone edging stones visible inside may be part of an earlier nunnery (14385). Internal (N) side of wall has statue of St Joseph inserted into a blocked ope. Towards W end of wall is a blocked ope, visible on external (S) side, which appears to be part of doorway with cut stone jambs; similarly blocked ope on E side appears to be remains of window with masonry surround. Plaque on N side of wall, erected 1896, reads 'on the adjoining site stood the old thatched chapel of Buttevant and beneath are deposited the remains of the Rev James Roche P.P. (1779-1807) which were laid at gospel side of the altar, without headstone or inscription'. Second memorial stone in Latin commemorates person named Donegan who died 1774. Lane at S side of wall, named 'Chapel Lane' on 1842 OS 6-inch map and 'Mill Lane' on 1906 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps, leads to corn mill (15205). Replaced in 1830s by present church (14735) on main street. 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

• CO017-053010 Church
  Description

  In Buttevant, in NW corner of graveyard (14550), incorporating earlier tower (CO017-053003-) which is associated with nearby Franciscan friary (14382). Ornate cruciform church (long axis N-S); W and S elevations parallel to street and built of coursed limestone ashlar topped with embattled parapet and hood moulded windows; E and N elevations of random ashlar. Buttresses between bays and on corners, topped with pinnacles on W side. Nave (long axis N-S) lit by three pointed windows in each side wall. Embattled bell tower in angle formed by nave and W transept; similar in size to earlier tower (see 14382) in angle formed by nave and E transept; date plaque of 1831 in S elevation of W tower. Large pointed windows in N chancel wall and in E and W gable-ends of transepts. Interior has plaster concave roof with ornate rib groins; wooden galleries in nave and transepts. Built 1831-7 to design of Charles Cotterel of Cork (Killanin 1962, 116; though Brash (1852a, 95) suggests not yet fully completed in 1852) to replace earlier chapel (14734). Church described in detail by Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 236). 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

• CO017-053011 Fever hospital
  Description

  At E side of Buttevant town; now part of Convent of Mercy school. Named 'Fever Hospital' on 1842 OS 6-inch map, 'School' on 1906 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Rendered, rectangular 2-storey structure (long axis N-S). Gable-ended with chimneys on gables, two other chimneys off-centre. Front elevation (E) of 3 bays; central rectangular door ope with modern door; slim double sash windows with glazing bars and limestone sills. Rear elevation similar to front with addition of central porch. Inserted windows in ground and 1st floor of N gable. South gable hidden behind modern addition. 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

• CO017-053012 Town defences
  Description

  The earliest reference to town walls in Buttevant is a murage grant of 1317 which allowed John de Barry to 'enclose it with walls' under his supervision (Barry 1899, 155; Thomas 1992, ii, 28); in 1375 mention is made of the town's 'North Gate' (Thomas, ibid.). Nothing appears to survive of the town's walls nor is their exact course known (ibid.), but they had 'a rectangular circuit enclosing an area somewhere between 5 and 15 hectares...the possible line suggested by two boundaries, parallel and 25m apart...possibly suggesting an inner and outer wall' (Zajac et al. 1995, 10; see map in Thomas, ibid.). Smith (1750, vol. 1, 313) (and followed by later writers) noted 'remains of a wall that surrounded the town; and they also shew [sic] the traces of an outward wall, which enclosed the other, and took up a considerable circuit of ground'. The 1842 OS 6-inch map does not show town walls. In summary, whilst a number of suggestions have been made, notably by Thomas (1992, ii, 27-9) and Cotter (2010, 4-18) suggesting particular lines of town wall, as yet no extant wall or fragment of wall in Buttevant has been accepted as a definite surviving section of the town wall. Indeed, the exact line of the town wall(s) has yet to be established. (Thomas 1992; Power et al. 2000, 595, no. 14632; Cotter 2010) Revised by: Denis Power Date of upload: 12 March 2013

• CO017-053013 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Within the historic town of Buttevant (CO017-053001-). As part of the development of a new water mains system in Buttevant in 2001, pipeline trenches were archaeologically monitored. A pit was exposed in section underneath redeposited clay and the modern road surface in a trench immediately S of the gateway to the Convent of Mercy. The pit on the E-facing section of the trench measured 3.6m in length and 0.86m in depth while on the W-facing section the pit was 4.39m in length and 0.8m in depth. The pit had gently sloping sides and a flat base. The pit was filled with a large number of stones, oyster shells and some animal bone, however, no dateable material was recovered from the pit. According to the excavators (O'Donnell and Quinn 2002), the feature may have been a linear trench forming a ditch or a linear pit. (O'Donnell and Quinn 2002; O'Donnell 2003) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO017-053014 Wall monument
  Description

  In the N wall of the nave of Buttevant Franciscan friary (CO017-053004-). This 13th-century wall tomb consists of a slab with a plain chamfer inserted in a recess, under a cinquefoiled arch with a rounded hood-moulding, resting on clustered columns with moulded bases and capitals carved with a foliage motif. The hood moulding is decorated with a dogtooth ornament. Brash (1852a, 89; see also Plate 4) described how the hood-moulding terminated in ‘carved heads, very beautifully executed’, though one had been removed; now neither survive. A very small carved head does remain in the E-most foils of the arch, though it is unclear whether this is what Brash actually meant. The slab was either not original to the tomb or replaced in the 17th century, as an inscription in very low relief, now much worn and not visible to the naked eye, reads ‘Hic jacet Edmondus Maghery et Joana Ny Murughue et Heredes Eorum, Anno Dn. 1625’ (Here lie Edmund Magher and Joan Murphy, and their heirs, A.D. 1625. Ibid. and Fitzgerald 1904-6b, 445). According to Brash (ibid., 90) in the back of the tomb was ‘a rudely painted crucifixion’. It is not visible anymore, but traces of plaster remain in situ.    This tomb can be clearly dated to the middle of the 13th century and is likely to be coeval with construction of the church; the friary was established by David de Barry, lord of Buttevant, and became the Barrys’ main burial place. There is another, almost identical wall tomb in the S wall of the nave, while another was located in the S chapel of the church (CO017-053015- and CO017-053019-), though the arch was removed from its original position and inserted in the E wall of the small E chapel abutting the S chapel, where it forms part of an 18th-century chest tomb.   Compiled by: Anne-Julie Lafaye   Date of upload: 25 November 2025

• CO017-053015 Wall monument
  Description

  In the S wall of the nave of Buttevant Franciscan friary (CO017-053004-). This 13th-century wall tomb consists of a slab with a plain chamfer inserted in a recess, under a cinquefoiled arch with a rounded hood-moulding, resting on clustered columns with moulded capitals and moulded bases decorated with a line of nailhead ornament (Brash 1852a, 90). The hood moulding is decorated with a dogtooth ornament. This tomb is practically identical to another wall tomb in the N wall of the nave (CO017-053014-), although that tomb’s columns’ bases are not adorned with the nailhead motif, the capitals are decorated with a foliage carving, and the slab has a 17th-century inscription.    This tomb can be clearly dated to the middle of the 13th century and is likely to be coeval with construction of the church; the friary was established by David de Barry, lord of Buttevant, and became the Barrys’ main burial place. There was another near identical tomb in the S chapel of the church (CO017-053019-), though the arch was removed from its original position and inserted in the E wall of the small E chapel abutting the S chapel, where it forms part of an 18th-century chest tomb.    Compiled by Anne-Julie Lafaye   Date of upload: 25 November 2025

Architectural heritage

• Saint Mary's Church, church/chapel, 1835–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding T-plan gable-fronted Roman Catholic church, dated 1836, facing south, with three-bay nave, three-stage bell tower to street, west elevation, fifteenth-century tower to east elevation and with gable-fronted sacristy addition to west elevation. Pitched slate roof with castellated verges, pinnacles and with limestone cross finials to west and south gables. Rendered chimneystack to sacristy. Tooled cut limestone walls with plinth course, string course to upper walls, and stepped buttresses to nave and to corners. West and entrance gables have string courses, and niches to base of apex pinnacles. String courses to west tower. Entrance gable has further niches with religious statuary flanking main window, and holy water font to side of main doorway. East tower has random rubble sandstone walls, with slit window openings. Painted rendered walls to sacristy. Clock to west elevation of west tower. Pointed arch window openings throughout, with chamfered surrounds and sills and with hood-mouldings and stained glass. Multiple-light and with panelled tracery to transepts and south gable, and double light to nave. Lancet arch window openings to first stage of tower, having latticed glazing, and with timber louvers to pointed openings of top stage, all with hood-mouldings. Blind windows to south elevations of transepts. Pointed window with hood-moulding to west gable of sacristy. Square-headed six-over-six pane timber sliding sash window to north elevation of sacristy. Pointed arch chamfered door openings to entrance gable, having carved timber panelled doors, double-leaf and folding to centre and single to flanking doors, all with label-mouldings. Tudor arch door opening with label-moulding to west tower, pointed arch with hood-moulding to south elevations of transepts and to medieval tower, all having carved timber panelled doors, with Y-tracery overlights to pointed openings, accessed by limestone steps to east elevation and medieval tower. Decorative floor tiles to vestibule, with limestone threshold and half-glazed stained-glass timber panelled porch. Marble altar, altar rail and steps, with mosaic floor. Carved marble panels flanking altar backdrop and window opening above. Carved timber panelled balconies to transepts and organ loft. Ribbed depressed Tudor arch ceiling with gold-leaf render decoration. Graveyard and ruins of thirteenth-century friary to site. Tooled limestone boundary walls with double-leaf cast-iron entrance gate and wrought-iron arch.

• Coleman Brothers, house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached two-bay three-storey house and shop, built c. 1890, also in use as public house. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, clay chimneypots and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls with painted render quoins. Square-headed window openings with replacement uPVC windows, painted moulded render surrounds and painted render sill course. Shopfront to ground floor, having painted timber fascia with painted render lettering and timber framed display window. Square-headed door opening with double-leaf timber panelled door having overlight with half-glazed double-leaf timber panelled door to interior. Limestone step. Interior has shop, with public house to rear, having timber battened counters and walls, timber shelves, timber storage drawers with painted lettering, timber battened walls and timber panelled access door and four-pane timber framed windows to house part.

• Richmond House, house, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay three-storey house, built c. 1880. Artificial slate roof, pitched to south end and hipped to north, with rendered chimneystacks and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls with painted rendered quoins. Square-headed window openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Painted moulded render surrounds to front elevation, also having sill courses to upper floors, with painted limestone sills and with cast-iron railings to ground floor. Square-headed door opening having moulded render surround, timber panelled door with overlight. Doorway to north gable with replacement uPVC door, approached by rendered steps with railings.

• Coláiste Mhuire, hall, 1940–1960 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-bay former hall with pedimented gable-front and with five-bay side elevations, built c. 1950, now in use as school. Pitched artificial slate roof with some cast-iron rainwater goods and with render copings to gables. Smooth rendered wall to front elevation and roughcast rendered to side elevations. Pediment has render frieze and surround. Star motifs and raised lettering to gable elevations. Pilasters to front and rear (east) elevations. Rendered buttresses to south elevation. Niche to rear elevation, with render statue. Square-headed window openings to east and south elevations having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with render surrounds and sills. Rear elevation has triangular-headed timber casement first floor windows, with render surrounds and sills. Square-headed door opening to front elevation with replacement metal doors, and render surround. Square-headed door opening to east elevation with half-glazed double-leaf timber panelled door.

• Convent of Mercy, convent/nunnery, 1875–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-storey convent with attic, built 1879, comprising five-bay central block flanked by advanced gable-fronted two-bay ends and having six-bay side elevations. Flat roof extensions to east gable and rear elevation. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, dormer windows and eaves corbels, with cross finials to gables. Rendered walls with render quoins. Oculi with render label-mouldings to advanced ends, with louvered slit openings to roof space. Square-headed dormer window openings with replacement uPVC windows and carved timber bargeboards with timber pinnacles. Tudor arch window openings to front elevation, in triplets to ground floor of advanced ends. Mainly replacement uPVC windows to first floor, with one-over-one pane stained-glass timber sliding margined sash windows to ground, all with render sills and continuous label-mouldings. Tudor arch entrance door with timber panelled door, fanlight, limestone threshold and painted moulded render surround. Tudor arch doorway to east elevation with double-leaf timber panelled door, stained-glass fanlight and limestone threshold. Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge to west, built c. 1865, with pitched roof extension to rear. Pitched artificial slate roof with uPVC rainwater goods and roughcast rendered walls with smooth render mock-Tudor detailing. Square-headed window openings with replacement uPVC windows and painted limestone sills, and square-headed doorway with replacement timber door.

• Convent of Mercy School, hospital/infirmary, 1825–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former fever hospital, dated 1830, having single-storey extensions to west elevation. Now in use as school. Pitched slate roof with cut tooled limestone chimneystacks, some cast-iron rainwater goods and cast-iron roof vent. Roughcast rendered walls with render banding, and with limestone plaque over central doorway. Square-headed window openings with double, mainly four-over-four pane timer sliding sash windows, and some replacement windows, having render sills and surrounds. Square-headed door opening with replacement door and overlight. Flat roof porch extension to west elevation, having square-headed window openings with multipane timber framed windows and rectangular stained-glass windows. Square-headed door opening to porch having timber panelled door and render steps. Pitched artificial slate roofs to extensions with roughcast rendered walls and square-headed window and door openings, having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and replacement timber battened doors.

• Convent of Mercy, gazebo, 1860–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three-bay single-storey gazebo, erected c.1865, having artificial slate roof, replacement aluminium rainwater goods, carved timber bargeboards, open front elevation with timber posts having trellising, stained glass and decoratively carved valence, and with fixed square-headed stained glass timber windows to rear. Statue of Blessed Virgin Mary to site, on painted moulded rendered base. Grotto to site having statues of Blessed Virgin Mary and St Bernadette. Cut limestone steps to site. Gateway to road with rendered square-plan inner and outer piers, having decorative double-leaf wrought-iron gates, and curved painted rendered walls, in and roughcast rendered boundary walls having vertical limestone coping. Square-plan painted rendered piers to pedestrian entrance to school, having decorative wrought-iron pedestrian gate. Paired limestone piers with render balls having double-leaf wrought-iron gates and decorative wrought-iron arch.

• Muintir na Tíre Hall, court house, 1815–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey former court house, built c.1820, having triple-arcade to ground floor, latter now blocked to provide doorway and windows, and with single-storey pitched roof and lean-to extensions to south gable. Now in use as community centre. Hipped artificial slate roof with cut limestone eaves course and replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Painted roughcast rendered walls with chamfered tooled limestone quoins. Square-headed window openings to first floor with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and dressed limestone sill course. Cut limestone arcade with imposts and having square-headed openings with recent fixtures, and with bronze plaque to centre arch commemorating first steeplechase. Much altered interior, retaining tooled limestone staircase and internal arches.

• Maureen's, house, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1880, with public house to ground floor. Pitched slate roof having terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and tooled limestone sills. Timber shopfront to ground floor having carved cornice to painted timber fascia with painted lettering, timber tripartite perpendicular display window and painted render stall riser. Square-headed door opening to shopfront with double-leaf half-glazed timber panelled door and overlight with painted licence lettering.

• Tony O'Neill, house, 1900–1905 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced six-bay two-storey house, public house and shop with integral carriage arch, built 1901, with single-storey and two-storey extensions to rear. Pitched slate roof with brick chimneystacks and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls to first floor with moulded render eaves course, and having lined-and-ruled rendered walls to ground floor. Square-headed window openings with render band surrounds and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor, with continuous sill course, and continuous label-moulding and window guards to ground floor windows. Segmental-headed carriage arch opening having double-leaf timber battened doors with inset door. Square-headed door opening to house having replacement timber door, and moulded render surround. Replacement timber shopfront retaining half-glazed timber panelled double-leaf doors with overlight, cast-iron sign and terracotta floor tiles. Timber panelled counter and bar to interior, with terracotta floor tiles. Single-storey outbuildings to rear, having pitched and hipped slate roofs, painted roughcast rendered walls, square-headed window openings with timber casement windows and square-headed door openings with timber battened doors. Cobbled yard.

• Cobbles/flags/paving/kerbing, 1850–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Street furniture to Buttevant town, c. 1900, comprising limestone kerbing to pavements along Main Street and Barrack Place and to former carriage entrances. Limestone drains to pavements, leading from down pipe to gutter. Painted cast-iron water hydrants, having fluted shafts, acorn finials and cast-iron drains.

• Roche, house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, public house and shop with integral vehicular entrance, built c. 1890, having lean-to extension to rear. Currently not in use. Pitched slate roof with red brick and rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls with painted render quoins. Square-headed window openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, having painted moulded render surrounds and painted render sills. Replacement uPVC windows to rear. Replacement roller door to vehicular entrance. Shopfront to ground floor, having painted timber fascia and cornice with dentils and with gold lettering, timber display windows with cast-iron window guards. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled double-leaf door. Timber battened door to rear. Single-storey pitched roof and lean-to extensions and timber and corrugated-iron outbuildings to rear. Timber counter to bar interior, with timber shelving, copper sink and timber panelled screen, and half-glazed timber panelled door leading to house.

• S. McGiff, house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house and shop, built c. 1890. Pitched slate roof having brick chimneystacks and replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls, with painted render quoins to north end. Square-headed window openings to first floor, with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, painted moulded render surrounds and painted render sills. Painted timber shopfront to north end of façade, with pilasters and having painted lettering to fascia, replacement door with overlight, and limestone step. Enlarged opening with recent display window and door to south end of façade.

• House, 1890–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house and shop, built c. 1900, possibly formerly two buildings, currently not in use. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls. Square-headed window openings to first floor, having double one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, with painted moulded render surrounds and painted limestone sills. Render shopfront to ground floor, having square-headed window openings with timber framed display window and recessed timber double-leaf glazed doors with overlight and flanked by pilasters supporting timber fascia and cornice. Cast-metal latticed gate on castors to entrance. Second, more recent display window to south end of ground floor

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Buttevant, about 1 in 5 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 low.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Buttevant.

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.

No address of the register names Buttevant with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Buttevant · Cill na Mallach

Area

210,702 m² (21.07 ha, 52.07 acres)

Civil parish

Buttevant, and its townlands

Barony

Orrery and Kilmore

Electoral division

Buttevant, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,965 people lived in 758 households in the Buttevant electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castle-Land, Creggane, Knockbarry, Waterhouse

Placenames

Buttevant 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.