Canalough

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Canalough, from 17 m² to 276,053 m² (27.61 ha, 68.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Canalough 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.

• 22 Aug 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for the construction of extension to dwelling house, for use as granny flat ancillary to main dwelling house, and for all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/482

• 10 Jul 2024Conditional

  To construct an extension to an existing private domestic residence and all associated ancillary site development

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/373

• 12 Jun 2024Incompleted application

  Construct an extension to an existing private domestic residence and all associated ancillary site development as per the documents and drawing submitted with this application

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/312

• 5 May 2023Conditional

  Construction of dwelling house and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/241

• 24 Jul 2012Unconditional

  Dwelling house, installation of mini-treatment plant system and associated site works

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/473

• 18 Feb 2011Conditional

  For the construction of stables

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/89

• 9 Jul 2007Conditional

  Dwellinghouse, installation of mini-treatment plant system and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1857

• 26 Mar 2007Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse and installation of mini-treatment plant system

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/843

• 3 Jul 2006Conditional

  Permission for the following: (A Extension; (B) Modifications to layout of dwelling and to elevations and (C) relocation of septic tank system

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1256

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Beara Peninsula SPA 004155

Recorded monuments

• CO127-028002 Signal tower
  Description

  Situated adjacent to c. 100m N of Black Ball Head (OD c. 85m). Located on a small flat rocky outcrop with moderately sloping ground adjacent to the S that gives way after a short distance at the steep sea cliffs that forms the coastline. The surrounding area consists of unenclosed rough pasture with a small number of disused fields, defined by irregular earthen banks, located adjacent to the NW. The adjacent stations in the signal tower\station chain are found at Dursey Island (CO126-005----), located c. 11.63kms to the W, and to the W side of Bere Island (CO128-013----), located c. to the 10.7kms to the E\ENE, now largely collapsed. The signal tower\station at Black Ball Head is located c. 750m SSW of a megalithic structure (CO127-052----) located adjacent to the coastline at Blackball Harbour. An early-nineteenth-century (c. 1804-5) two-storey over partial raised basement square-plan signal tower\station (ext. dims. c. 5.85m N-S x c. 5.85m E-W; int. dims c. 4.22m N-S x c. 4.28m E-W), built with roughly coursed rubble stone masonry. The walls of the signal tower face, N, E, S, and W. The signal tower is well-preserved and survives to its full height (H c. 11.5m). Sections of lime render surviving to the exterior with surviving patches of slate-cladding evident to much of the tower at the upper levels, which indicates that this tower was originally weatherclad. The N elevation bulges at the centre externally to house an internal chimney flue. There is a square-headed doorway to the centre of the S elevation at first floor level, which retains a cut stone sill\threshold to the base. This doorway would have been originally been accessed via a retractable ladder. The doorway is protected by a rectangular rubble stone machicolation supported by three squared rubble stone corbels. There are pairs of square-headed window openings to the E and W elevations at ground and first floor levels. Most of the cut stone sills have now been removed. A door opening has been formed at ground floor level to the N elevation. Bartizans are located on the NE and NW corners; these are built with brick and each is supported by three squared rubble stone corbels. Much of the cut stone coping survives over the parapet walls. A freestanding single-storey rectangular-plan rubble stone structure (ext. dims. c. 5m E-W x c. 3.5m N-S) is located adjacent to the N elevation of the signal tower\station. This structure formerly had a mono-pitched roof, now removed\collapsed. Cultivation ridges are evident in the landscape adjacent to the tower\station. The signal tower is set at the NE corner of an irregular sub-rectangular enclosure (ext. dims c. 40m NE-SE x c. 15m SE-NW) with a triangular protrusion to the NE corners. Enclosure defined by rubble stone walls that are collapsed in places. The E end of the enclosure deviates from the usual rectangular pattern found at signal tower\station sites in order to avoid a rock outcrop. Kerrigan established that the signal mast had been erected and the signal tower completed by 1805 (Kerrigan 1995, 278). The Ordnance Survey first ed. six-inch map, surveyed 1841-2, shows the signal tower\station set in the triangular protrusion with a small freestanding structure located adjacent to the N, and a larger freestanding rectangular-plan structure in the SE corner of the enclosure. The Ordnance Survey third ed. six-inch map, surveyed 1897-1904, indicates that the structure to the SE of the enclosure had been removed by this time but the small square building N of the signal tower is still indicated. The signal tower was part of a system of over 80 signal stations constructed by the British Board of Ordnance in the first decade of the nineteenth century to warn of the approach of a French invasion fleet. Signalling between sites was accomplished using a naval signal post. The system formed a continuous chain from Dublin Bay running clockwise all the way around the coast to Malin Head in County Donegal. It was abandoned by the mid-1810s when the threat of a French invasion diminished (Kerrigan 1995, 157-66). Compiled by: Stuart Rathbone Uploaded on: 15/09/22

• CO127-029001 Standing stone
  Description

  In bog with commanding view E along Cloghane River valley. Fallen rectangular stone (L 4.07m; 1m x 0.57m). Socket (D 0.36m; 1.17m x 0.75m) still visible at S end of stone. Immediately to E is small upright stone (H 0.5m; 0.95m x 0.21m) aligned NE-SW. 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

• CO127-029002 Standing stone
  Description

  In bog with commanding view E along Cloghane River valley. Fallen rectangular stone (L 4.07m; 1m x 0.57m). Socket (D 0.36m; 1.17m x 0.75m) still visible at S end of stone. Immediately to E is small upright stone (H 0.5m; 0.95m x 0.21m) aligned NE-SW. 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

• CO127-050001 Hut site
  Description

  On an E-W rough pasture ridge with occasional outcropping rock, at the edge of the seashore on the S side of Blackball Harbour. The remains of a rectangular hut site (6m E-W; 2m N-S) defined by a grass-covered bank (Wth 1m; H 0.5m) of earth and stone at the W and N and with a short return (L 0.5m) at the E. Elsewhere the bank is eroded leaving a scatter of stones in the interior. Another hut site (CO127-050002-) is c. 40m to the E. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO127-050002 Hut site
  Description

  On an E-W rough pasture ridge with occasional outcropping rock, beside the seashore on the S side of Blackball Harbour. The poorly preserved remains of a D-shaped hut site (4.1m N-S) defined by intermittent stretches of a curving bank (Wth 0.9m; H 0.15m) with a straight N side (L 4.3m). Some stones protrude occasionally above the surface of the bank. There is a hut site (CO127-050001-) c. 40m to the W and another hut site (CO127-050003-) is 5m to the E. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO127-050003 Hut site
  Description

  On an E-W rough pasture ridge with occasional outcropping rock, beside the seashore on the S side of Blackball Harbour. The poorly preserved remains of an oval hut site (6m N-S; 3.2m E-W) defined by intermittent stretches of a bank (Wth 0.8m; H 0.2m). Some stones protrude occasionally above the surface of the bank. Grass-covered stones occur within the interior. There is a hut site (CO127-050002-) 5m to the W and another hut site (CO127-050004-) is c. 10m to the NNW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO127-050004 Hut site
  Description

  On an E-W rough pasture ridge with occasional outcropping rock, beside the seashore on the S side of Blackball Harbour. The remains of a rectangular hut site (6.1m N-S; 2.9m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth 0.9m; H 0.25m) of earth and stones. Some of the stones appear to have been large base stones. Several partially grass-covered stones are scattered in the interior. There is a hut site (CO127-050003-) c. 10m to the SSE and another hut site (CO127-050005-) is c. 20m to the ENE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO127-050005 Hut site
  Description

  On the N side of an E-W rough pasture ridge with occasional outcropping rock, beside the seashore on the S side of Blackball Harbour. The poorly preserved remains of a rectangular hut site (5m N-S; 2m E-W) defined by intermittent stretches of a bank (Wth 0.9m; H 0.25m) of earth and stones. The uneven-surfaced interior of the hut site contains several partially grass-covered stones. An outcropping rock shelters the hut site at the S. There is a hut site (CO127-050004-) c. 20m to the WSW and another hut site (CO127-050006-) is c. 28m to the E. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO127-050006 Hut site
  Description

  On the N side of an E-W rough pasture ridge with occasional outcropping rock, beside the seashore on the S side of Blackball Harbour. The remains of a rectangular hut site (5m N-S; 2m E-W) defined by an intermittent earthen bank (Wth 1m; H 0.2m) from which stones occasionally protrude. The interior, which slopes gently to the N, is raised (H 0.1m) above the outer ground level and contains several indentations. There is a hut site (CO127-050005-) c. 28m to the W and another hut site (CO127-050007-) is c. 55m to the E. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO127-050007 Hut site
  Description

  On a level terrace, on the N side of an E-W rough pasture ridge with occasional outcropping rock, beside the seashore on the S side of Blackball Harbour. The grass-covered remains of a D-shaped hut site (4.6m E-W) defined by a curving earthen bank (Wth 0.9m; H 0.25m) with a straight E side (L 4.3m). Occasional occurrences of stone are visible in the bank. The interior is obscured by long grass. There is a hut site (CO127-050006-) c. 55m to the W and another hut site (CO127-050008-) is c. 6m to the E. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO127-050008 Hut site
  Description

  On a level terrace, on the N side of an E-W rough pasture ridge with occasional outcropping rock, beside the seashore on the S side of Blackball Harbour. The remains of a rectangular hut site (6.4m N-S; 2.5m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth 0.9m; H 0.35m) of earth and stone, which slopes down gradually on both the E and the W sides. The entrance (Wth 0.4m) is near the N end of the E bank. An E-W bank (Wth 0.3m; H 0.2m) of earth and stone divides the interior into two similar-sized compartments. Rubble obscures the S compartment. There is a hut site (CO127-050007-) 6m to the W and another hut site (CO127-050009-) is 7m to the E. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO127-050009 Hut site
  Description

  On a level terrace, on the N side of an E-W rough pasture ridge with occasional outcropping rock, beside the seashore on the S side of Blackball Harbour. The poorly preserved remains of a rectangular hut site (6.4m N-S; 2.5m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth 0.85m; H 0.2m) of earth and stone at the E and S and elsewhere by only intermittent traces of the bank. An entrance (Wth 0.5m) is located at the centre of the E bank. There is a hut site (CO127-050010-) 6m to the E and another hut site (CO127-050008-) is 7m to the W. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO127-050010 Hut site
  Description

  On a level terrace, on the N side of an E-W rough pasture ridge with occasional outcropping rock, beside the seashore on the S side of Blackball Harbour. The remains of a rectangular hut site (5.1m N-S; 2.7m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth 0.9m; H 0.35m) of earth and stone. Some of the stones protrude above the top of the bank. There is an entrance (Wth 0.4m) near the N end of the E bank. An E-W bank of earth and stone (Wth 0.4m; H 0.15m) divides the interior into two similar-sized compartments. The interior of both compartments is uneven. There is a hut site (CO127-050009-) 6m to the W and another hut site (CO127-050011-) is c. 15m to the E. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO127-050011 Hut site
  Description

  On a level terrace, on the N side of an E-W rough pasture ridge with occasional outcropping rock, beside the seashore on the S side of Blackball Harbour. The remains of a rectangular hut site (5m N-S; 2.2m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth 0.8m; H 0.4m) of earth and stone. The W side of the bank is almost vertical on the inside of the hut site and slopes down gradually externally. An upright slab set radially in the centre of the E bank may indicate the entrance location. There is a hut site (CO127-050010-) is 15m to the W and another hut site (CO127-050012-) is 20m to the E. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO127-050012 Hut site
  Description

  On a level terrace, on the N side of an E-W rough pasture ridge with occasional outcropping rock, on the seashore on the S side of Blackball Harbour. The remains of a rectangular hut site (5.6m N-S; 2.4m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth 0.8m; H 0.4m) of earth and stone, which is largely obscured by long grass. The entrance (Wth 0.3m) is in the centre of the E bank. A large, mainly grass-covered, slab lies on the S half of the interior of the hut site. The sea is eroding the exterior of the N bank. There is a hut site (CO127-050011-) 20m to the W and another hut site (CO127-050013-) is 7m to the E. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO127-050013 Hut site
  Description

  On a level terrace, on the N side of an E-W rough pasture ridge with occasional outcropping rock, on the seashore on the S side of Blackball Harbour. The remains of a rectangular hut site (5.5m N-S; 3m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth 0.5m; H 0.5m) of earth and stone, which survives best at the S. The banks along the E and W sides vary in height and have several gaps. The bank along the N side is largely eroded by the sea, especially at the NE corner. There is a hut site (CO127-050012-) is 7m to the W and another hut site (CO127-050014-) is 10m to the E. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO127-050014 Hut site
  Description

  On a level terrace, on the N side of an E-W rough pasture ridge with occasional outcropping rock, near the seashore on the S side of Blackball Harbour. The remains of a rectangular hut site (5.2m N-S; 2.7m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth 0.9m; H 0.35m) of earth and stone, which is largely obscured by long grass. The bank has several gaps, especially at the E. Some stones, which are partially obscured, lie on the S half of the interior. There is a hut site (CO127-050013-) 10m to the W and another hut site (CO127-050015-) is 15m to the E. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO127-050015 Hut site
  Description

  On a level terrace, on the N side of an E-W rough pasture ridge with occasional outcropping rock, near the seashore on the S side of Blackball Harbour. The remains of a rectangular hut site (7.2m N-S; 3.2m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth 1m; H 0.55m) of earth and stone, which varies in height and is largely obscured by long grass. A stone slab (L 1.2m; T 0.14m; H 0.5m) stands on edge to form the SW corner. Rubble and earth are piled against the S bank internally and may indicate part of a collapsed E-W internal division. There is a hut site (CO127-050014-) 15m to the W and another hut site (CO127-050016-) is 12m to the S. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO127-050016 Hut site
  Description

  On an E-W rough pasture ridge with occasional outcropping rock, near the seashore on the S side of Blackball Harbour. The remains of a rectangular hut site (3.2m N-S; 2.5m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth 0.75m; H 0.35m) of earth and stone, which is largely obscured by long grass. The level interior is raised (H 0.1m) at the N and cut (D 0.2m) into the upslope at the S to compensate for the hillslope. Another hut site (CO127-050015-) is 12m to the N. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO127-050017 Hut site
  Description

  On an E-W rough pasture ridge with occasional outcropping rock, on the seashore on the S side of Blackball Harbour. The remains of a rectangular hut site (3.5m N-S; 1.7m E-W) defined by a grass-covered bank (Wth 0.7m; H 0.45m) of earth and stone, which is almost vertical internally and slopes outwards externally at the W and S. The E bank is gapped and the sea has totally eroded the N bank. There are traces of internal stone facing in the SE corner. The entrance (Wth 0.3m) is near the N end of the E bank. There is a hut site (CO127-050015-) 20m to the W and another hut site (CO127-050018-) is 17m to the E. A sheep dipping tank is immediately to the W. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO127-050018 Hut site
  Description

  On an E-W rough pasture ridge with occasional outcropping rock, on the seashore on the S side of Blackball Harbour. The poorly preserved remains of a rectangular hut site (4.4m N-S; 3m E-W) defined by a grass-covered bank (Wth 0.8m; H 0.4m) of earth and stone. Several sheep gaps occur through the bank causing variations in bank height. The sea has eroded the N bank and the N extremities of the E and W banks. The interior is uneven and some grass-covered stones occur at its S end. There is a hut site (CO127-050017-) 17m to the W and another hut site (CO127-050019-) is 25m to the E. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO127-050019 Hut site
  Description

  On the E extremity of a rough pasture ridge with occasional outcropping rock, on the seashore on the S side of Blackball Harbour. The remains of a square hut site (5m N-S; 4.7m E-W) defined by a grass-covered earthen bank (Wth 0.8m; H 0.4m) which slopes gradually to the interior giving it a saucer-like appearance. Sheep paths cross the site causing the height of the banks to vary, especially at the E. There is a hut site (CO127-050018-) 25m to the W and another hut site (CO127-050020-) is 16m to the SSW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO127-050020 Hut site
  Description

  On the E extremity of a rough pasture ridge with occasional outcropping rock, on the seashore on the S side of Blackball Harbour. The remains of a rectangular hut site (4.9m N-S; 2.6m E-W) defined by a grass-covered bank (Wth 0.8m; H 0.6m) of earth and stone along the W, S and E sides and by the face of outcropping rock at the N which is topped with a drystone wall. A vertical slab (L 0.8m; T 0.15m; H 0.2m), which forms an internal facing for the bank at S, stands on the edge of the seashore. A break in the W bank may indicate the location of the entrance. The hut site is sheltered by the outcropping rock at N. Another hut site (CO127-050019-) is 16m to the NNE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO127-052 Megalithic structure
  Description

  In rough pasture on a W-facing slope beside the seashore overlooking Blackball Harbour to the W. An irregularly shaped stone slab (1.9m NW-SE; 1.8m N-S; T 0.17m) is raised (H 0.8m) at N where it rests on an E-W stone (H 0.4m; 0.95m x 0.2m) and slopes down to the S. At SE the slab appears to rest on the ground and it is obscured. A rounded stone supports the slab at the S-SW end keeping it c. 0.08m above ground level. 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 Canalough.

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 Canalough, 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 high, 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 Canalough.

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 Canalough with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Canalough · Ceann Locha

Area

1,843,261 m² (184.33 ha, 455.48 acres)

Civil parish

Kilnamanagh, and its townlands

Barony

Bear

Electoral division

Kilnamanagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

380 people lived in 153 households in the Kilnamanagh electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 15% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 30% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Knockroe East, Knockroe Middle, Lickbarrahane, Loughane Beg

Placenames

Canalough 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.