Cannawee
Cannawee is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmoe, barony of Carbery West (West Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Ceann Mhaí.
- Area
- 50.8 ha
- 126 acres
- Land parcels
- 64
- registered freehold, median 2,693 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres)
- Zoning
- C5
- Special Policy Area
- Planning
- 45
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cannawee, from 12 m² to 111,642 m² (11.16 ha, 27.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 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
- C5Special Policy Area (Tourism and related)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 15 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
8 Dec 2025Grant with conditions
Permission for Retention of a detached garage with WC & Sensory room and all associated siteworks
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/6703
3 Sept 2024Conditional
Construction of a flat roof and glazed windows to enclose existing open balcony on the south east of No. 12 Barleycove Apartments
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/484
22 Oct 2021Conditional
Permission for the following works to dwelling house (i) construction of single storey extension, (ii) removal of existing chimney stack, (iii) fenestration changes to existing dwelling, (iv) installation of new waste water system, in lieu of existing septic tank system and (v) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/731
15 Mar 2021Conditional
Construction of a two-storey extension to an existing dwelling house, with retaining walls and earth screening, the provision of new lower and upper terraces, provision of roof dormer to existing attic space, demolitions, internal alterations and elevational alterations, new parking courtyard area, new wastewater treatment plant, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/177
11 Nov 2019Conditional
Alterations to a dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/717
22 Feb 2019Conditional
Permission for (i) Retention of detached domestic garage incorporating habitable space to first floor, ancillary in use to existing house and (ii) permission for demolition of existing outbuilding and construction of extension to existing dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/123
30 Aug 2018Conditional
Permission for retention of alterations to ground levels and for permission for extension of farm complex to include slatted cubicle house and associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/517
29 Nov 2017Conditional
Permission to make internal alterations and to construct on the south east elevation in the roof a dormer window and a roof light and on the south west elevation a window on second floor gable with associated site works. This apartment is used for short term letting
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/752
13 Nov 2017Incompleted application
Internal alterations; and to construct in the roof on the South East Elevation a Dormer Window and a Roof Light. On the South West Elevation a window on the second floor gable with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/717
7 Jul 2017Conditional
Alterations and an extension to an existing dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/443
22 Nov 2013Refused
Demolition of existing outbuilding, construction of extension to existing dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/646
19 Dec 2011Refused
Construction of a dwelling house, installation of a sewage treatment system and all associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 11/770
7 Apr 2008Conditional
Demolition of existing dwelling and garage, construction replacement dwelling and garage, provision of septic tank, entrance walls and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/621
3 Mar 2008Incompleted application
Demolition of existing dwelling and garage, construction of replacement dwelling and garage, provision of septic tank, entrance walls and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/391
5 Sept 2007Conditional
Reduction of floor level to 37.065m from 37.74m which was granted under planning reg: 06/901
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2345
16 Aug 2007Conditional
Raising of finished floor level of Villas nos. 36 to 41 which were granted under planning application 05/3967
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2204
7 Aug 2007Incompleted application
Reduction of floor level to 37.065m from 37.74m which was granted under planning reg: 06/901
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2101
20 Jul 2007Incompleted application
Raising of finished floor level of Villas nos. 36 to 41 which were granted under planning application 05/3967
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1964
29 Jun 2007Incompleted application
The reduction of the floor level of Villa no . 4 to 37.065 from 37.74, which was granted under planning application no. 06/901
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1777
12 Feb 2007Conditional
Construct animal/slatted house
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/375
8 Jan 2007Incompleted application
Construction Animal/Slatted House
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/60
4 Dec 2006Incompleted application
Construction of animal house
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2597
13 Sept 2006Conditional
(A) Convery existing attic space to habitable accommodation, (B) construct single storey extension to front of existing dwelllinghouse, (C) install 3no. velux windows to existing roof and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1841
17 Aug 2006Incompleted application
a) convert existing attic space to habitable accommodation and b) construct single storey extension to front of existing dwelling house along with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1629
18 May 2006Conditional
Demolish existing single storey dwelling and construct a two storey dormer dwelling with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/901
The 25 most recent of 45 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
- Special Area of Conservation: Barley Cove to Ballyrisode Point SAC 001040
- Special Protection Area: Sheep's Head to Toe Head SPA 004156
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Barley Cove To Ballyrisode Point 001040
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cannawee.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cannawee.
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 Cannawee, 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 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 Cannawee.
- 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 Cannawee with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Cannawee · Ceann Mhaí
- Area
- 508,175 m² (50.82 ha, 125.57 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmoe, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Crookhaven, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 205 people lived in 94 households in the Crookhaven electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 63% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Caher, Carrigmanus, Corran More, Lissagriffin
- Placenames
- Cannawee 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.