Castlelands

237 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlelands, from 131 m² to 32,087 m² (3.21 ha, 7.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 40 neighbouring parcels touch it.

• R2Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses (Existing residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 249 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Green Infrastructure (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town Centre/Neighbourhood Centres (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M4Existing Mixed/General Business/Industrial Uses (Built up area)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N6Utility and Infrastructure (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3Special Policy Area (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 11 Feb 2026Unconditional permission

  Permission for Development on a site which will consist of the demolition of part of the existing Co-Op store, and associated garden centre, agri store, and delivery yard, and the provision of an expanded Co-Op store, and associated part-covered garden centre, agri store and delivery yard; the refurbishment of Annabella Villas (Protected Structure Reg Nos. 70-71) (Unit 1) to provide a restaurant use at lower ground floor and ground floor, to include the sale of hot food for consumption off the premises, and offices on the first floor and second floor; repair works to the Coach Houses (Protected structure Reg No. 72); 7no. new units (Units 2-8) suitable for convenience retail/comparison retail/retail warehousing/restaurant/café use, with retail use to include the sale of alcohol for consumption off the premises, and restaurant/café use to include the sale of hot food for consumption off the premises. A glazed connection, for restaurant use, is proposed between the lower ground floor of Annabella Villas (Protected Structure Reg Nos. 70-71) (Unit 1) and Unit 2. The proposed development also provides for the demolition of part of the boundary wall fronting West End; public realm works on West End; car parking; cycle parking; signage; waste management areas; ESB substation; rooftop plant, including solar panels; and all site development, infrastructural and landscaping works, including modifications to the existing access off Park Road, and improved/new pedestrian connections on West End and Park Road. The northern part of the site is located within an Architectural Conservation Area (ACA-1). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 20/4925

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 26/0299

• 13 Aug 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for the construction of an ancillary bulk storage building and all associated site development works (change of elevational treatment of the southern and western elevations of the ancillary bulk storage building previously permitted under application register reference 20/4925) on a site to the south of, and attached to, the Co-Op store at West End and Park Road, Annabella, Mallow, Co. Cork.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5629

• 14 May 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for the construction of 4 no. dwelling units and all associated ancillary development works including vehicular access, parking, drainage, landscaping and amenity areas.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4903

• 2 Dec 2024Conditional

  Permission for alterations & extensions to an existing dwelling as follows 1) a single storey flat roof side extension, 2)a pitched roof front porch extension, 3) an upper floor bay window extension to the rear, 4) alterations to sizes & positions of existing external window, door & rooflight openings to the front, side & rear - including forming new openings & blocking up existing openings, 5) the addition of concrete barges to all existing pitched roofs, 6) the removal of chimney & 7) all other associated site works. Permission is further sought for retention of the following a) a first floor extension on the western side, b) roof lights to the front & rear, c) the entire tiled roof finish - originally proposed to be slate, d) the dashed render external wall finish - originally proposed to be brick & e) a detached domestic use shed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6286

• 6 Nov 2024Conditional

  Permission for a side extension and a rear extension to an existing dwelling home with all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6101

• 4 Nov 2024Conditional permission

  A ten year Permission for the following Large Scale Residential Development (LRD) comprising of the construction of 469 no. residential units to include 305 no. dwelling houses (comprising a mix of 1,2,3 and 4 bed detached, semi-detached, townhouse/terraced and bungalow units) and 164 no. apartment/duplex units (comprising a mix of 1 and 2 bed units), 1 no. creche with a community room, part demolition and refurbishment of the former lodge to provide an interpretive centre and café and all associated ancillary development works including vehicular and pedestrian access (via the existing Castle Park residential estate), drainage, footpaths and cycle lanes, landscaping, amenity and open space areas, boundary treatments, bicycle and car parking, bin and bike storage, plant, public lighting and all other ancillary development at Castlepark, Castlelands (townland), St. Joseph’s Road, Mallow, Co. Cork. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted to the planning authority with the application. The Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy during office hours at the offices of the Local Authority. The application may be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.castlelandslrd.ie.

  Lrd permission · Cork County Council, 24/6036

• 6 Aug 2024Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a single storey retail warehouse (unit 3) to the immediate east of retail unit 2 permitted under application reference 20/4925; roller shutter door to the rear elevation; signage; rooftop plant; extension to the delivery yard area permitted under application register reference 20/4925; and all associated site development and drainage works on a site that forms part of the Mallow South Town Centre Development (under construction). The proposed development will modify condition no. 2, which omitted the proposed retail units 3 and 4, attached to application reference 20/4925. The proposed modified condition no. 2, will exclude the omission of retail unit no. 3. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5483

• 27 Mar 2024Conditional permission

  Permission for the construction of 99 no. residential units (comprising 95 no. 2-,3-,4- bed semi-detached house and townhouses and 4 no. 1- and 3-bed duplex/apartment units), creche and all associated ancillary site development works including vehicular access, parking, footpaths, drainage, amenity areas, and wastewater treatment plant. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4519

• 1 Dec 2023Conditional

  Permission for retention of changes made to roof, front and side elevations of the side extension previously granted planning permission (Pl.Reg.No. 16/7118) which was completed in 2017.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 23/6411

• 26 May 2023Conditional

  Alterations to Co-op store and café permitted, not yet constructed, under application register reference 20/4925, which will comprise: 1) the construction of a first floor internal mezzanine to the Co-op store to accommodate a staff area (offices, staff canteen and welfare facilities); 2) the construction of a first floor bulk store mezzanine to accommodate an additional bulk storage area; 3) all ancillary works including internal stairs and a lift; and 4) the construction of a ground floor extension to the café and associated extended external canopy

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5077

• 8 May 2023Conditional

  Permission for construction of a new attached domestic garage and alteration to side of existing dwelling and new extension to rear of existing dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4898

• 13 Dec 2022Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a single-floor extension to the rear of the existing dwelling to be used as a sitting room, for alterations to the layout and south side elevation of the existing dwelling associated with the construction of the extension and for the replacement of all windows nd front door entrance of the existing dwelling with more energy efficient windows and door.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6751

• 27 Oct 2022Refused

  Retention of existing warehouse and offices for use as light industry and associated concrete yards and car parking all as constructed on site.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 22/6424

• 23 Sept 2022Conditional

  Permission for construction of a single storey extension to existing school incorporating a special educational needs base and associated facilities, alterations to north east and north west elevations of existing school and all associated site works including the construction of a soft fall play area and retaining wall with fencing

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6156

• 21 May 2021Conditional

  Permission for the retention of existing domestic storage shed and plastering front façade of existing dwelling and associated site works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 21/5407

• 30 Nov 2020Conditional

  A single storey extension to an existing dwelling, alteration to rear window, and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6681

• 27 Oct 2020Incompleted application

  A single storey extension, alteration to rear window, and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6357

• 25 Jun 2020Conditional

  Extension to dwelling house to be used as a granny flat and incorporation of part of existing dwelling into said granny flat, alterations to side of existing dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5319

• 27 May 2020Conditional

  Development comprising the construction of a new Licenced Discount Foodstore with ancillary infrastructure and associated site development works (all totalling 2,254.4 sq m Gross Floor Area and ranging in height equivalent from 1 to 2 storeys), at a site of approximately 1.476 hectares. The construction of the proposed Licenced Discount Foodstore (2,215 sq m gross floor area) comprises of: A retail sales area with ancillary off-licence use and bakery (total Net Retail Sales Area of 1,420 sq m), entrance pod, public facilities (incl. lobby and toilets), staff facilities (incl. lobbies, operations office, meeting room, canteen, locker room, showers and toilets), storage (incl. cold storage), IT room, plant room, and delivery area; Rooftop photovoltaic solar panel array extending to a maximum of 907.5 sqm; Corporate signage consisting of 4 no. building mounted corporate internally illuminated signs, 1 no. free standing internally illuminated flagpole sign at the site entrance from Park Road, and 1 no. free standing externally illuminated poster display boards; 1 no. covered trolley bay structure (39.4 sq m Gross Floor Area); Surface car park providing a total of 127 no. car parking spaces (4 no. disabled, 12 no. parent and child, 12 no. EV charging spaces and 101 no. regular) and 14 no. motorcycle parking spaces and 16 no. bicycle parking spaces; Primary vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed Licenced Discount Foodstore will be provided via an existing site entrance (serving the Dairygold Co-Op Superstore) onto Park Road (N72), which is to be enhanced as part of the proposed development; Pedestrian access will be provided via a new plaza area along the northern boundary of the site with West End Road; and Boundary treatments, hard and soft landscaping, services (including 2 no. below ground attenuation tank) and all other ancillary and associated site development works above and below ground level. This Planning Application will be accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5063

• 11 May 2020Conditional permission

  Development on a site which will consist of the demolition of part of the existing Co-Op store, and associated garden centre, agri store, and delivery yard, and the provision of an expanded Co-Op store, and associated part-covered garden centre, agri store and delivery yard; the refurbishment of Annabella Villas (Protected Structure Reg Nos. 70-71) (Unit 1) to provide a restaurant use at lower ground floor and ground floor, to include the sale of hot food for consumption off the premises, and offices on the first floor and second floor; repair works to the Coach Houses (Protected structure Reg No. 72); 7no. new units (Units 2-8) suitable for convenience retail/comparison retail/retail warehousing/restaurant/café use, with retail use to include the sale of alcohol for consumption off the premises, and restaurant/café use to include the sale of hot food for consumption off the premises. A glazed connection, for restaurant use, is proposed between the lower ground floor of Annabella Villas (Protected Structure Reg Nos. 70-71) (Unit 1) and Unit 2. The proposed development also provides for the demolition of part of the boundary wall fronting West End; public realm works on West End; car parking; cycle parking; signage; waste management areas; ESB substation; rooftop plant, including solar panels; and all site development, infrastructural and landscaping works, including modifications to the existing access off Park Road, and improved/new pedestrian connections on West End and Park Road. The northern part of the site is located within an Architectural Conservation Area (ACA-1). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4925

• 15 Apr 2020Incompleted application

  Development on a site which will comprise the demolition of part of the existing Co-op store and associated garden centre, agri store, and delivery yard, and the provision of an expanded Co-op store, and associated part-covered garden centre, agri store and delivery yard; 6 no. new units suitable for convenience retail/comparison retail/retail warehousing/restaurant/café use, with retail use to include the sale of alcohol for consumption off the premises, and restaurant/café use to include the sale of hot food for consumption off the premises; the refurbishment of, and lower ground floor extension to, Annabella Villas (Protected Structure Reg Nos. 70-71) to provide a restaurant use at lower ground floor and ground floor level, to include the sale of hot food for consumption off the premises, and offices/meeting rooms on upper floors; and repair works to the Coach Houses (Protected structure Reg no. 72) The proposed development also provides for the demolition of part of the boundary wall fronting West End; public realm works on West End; car parking; cycle parking; signage; waste management areas; ESB substation; rooftop plant, including solar panels; and all site development, infrastructural and landscaping works, including modifications to the existing access off Park Road, and improved/new pedestrian connections on West End and Park Road. The northern part of the site is located within an Architectural Conservation Area (ACA-1) An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4752

• 7 Feb 2020Conditional

  Alterations and extension to rear of existing dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4209

• 30 Apr 2019Conditional

  The alteration of Mallow Sewerage Scheme to remove combined sewer overflows from the network. The proposed scheme will include: 1. The alteration of Mallow Wastewater Treatment Plant to provide for wastewater treatment capacity for 22,000pe (increased from 18,000pe) at Ballyellis, Mallow. The WWTP upgrade will comprise construction of new local pumping station, refurbishment/replacement of inlet works, distribution chambers, alteration of existing tanks, construction of plinths and kiosks, sludge import acceptance unit, sludge tanks, chemical storage tanks, associated pumps, replacement of sludge presses in existing sludge building with centrifuges, all with associated odour control facilities, electrical control panels and kiosks, standby power generation equipment and diesel tank, extensions to existing access roads and all associated site development and site excavation works above and below ground. 2. Construction of a new pump station at Bearforest Lower, Mallow, to transfer flows from the network to the WWTP at Ballyellis. The development will contain a foul sump, storm sump, valve chamber, lifting gantries, access stairs, control house with MV Substation, storm tank, interconnecting pipework and chambers, overflow pipework and chambers from storm tank to river Blackwater, twin rising mains to WWTP at Ballyellis, flow meter chambers, odour control equipment, 2.4m high boundary fence, access gate, access roads, hardstanding areas, landscaping and all associated site development and site excavation works above and below ground. Existing pump station to be decommissioned and above ground structure demolished on completion. 3. Upgrade of sections of the sewer network in Mallow comprising construction of pipelines and chambers in fields, public open spaces, roads and footpaths in the townlands of Ballyellis, Bearforest Lower, Ballydahin, Carhookeal, Quartertown Lower, Castlelands, Mallow, Annabella, Lackanalooha, Kilknockan and Spa Glen. Pipelines will include a crossing of the river Blackwater between Castlelands and Bearforest Lower east of Mallow Bridge. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5078

• 6 Apr 2017Conditional

  Retention of 1) living room extension 2) gable window on the east elevation of dwellinghouse

  Retention · Cork County Council, 17/4817

• 4 Jan 2017Incompleted application

  Retention of (1) living room extension and (2) Gable window on east elevation

  Retention · Cork County Council, 17/4007

The 25 most recent of 83 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

• CO033-007001 Kiln - lime
  Description

  Overgrown pair of lime kilns of late-19th/early 20th-century appearance, built against natural slope in quarry, on E side of Mallow. Large quarry indicated at site on 1842 OS 6-inch map with subrectangular structure at S end named 'Salt Works'. Random rubble limestone walls encase core of kilns. Front elevation (SE) staggered, with NE kiln set back c. 4m from SW kiln. SW kiln (H c. 7m; Wth c. 6.6m) has brick-arched recess (Wth c. 2.5m; D c. 1.2m), base filled with rubble; rear wall of brick with stoking hole (0.2m x 0.12m), lower portion of sloping-iron sheets, ope at base. Remains of wooden roof over forecourt, originally supported by wall on NE side of recess and by ledge along wall at SW side of recess. Outline of infilled funnel (diam c. 2m) visible on top of kiln. NE kiln (H 8m; Wth c. 5.7m) has brick-arched recess (H 2.35m; Wth 2.55m; D 1.9m) supported by iron bands, limestone arch over brick arch; rear wall of brick with stoking hole (0.3m x 0.16m), lower portion of sloping stone slab and wide sheets of iron, ope (H 0.4m; Wth 1.16m) at base. Walls extend forward from front elevation which probably supported roof cover over recess. Infilled funnel (diam 2m.) to rear, exposed upper portion lined with iron encrusted with earth, which Sleeman (1990, 97) suggests is possibly remains of iron salt pan. Top of kilns (5.2m NW-SE; c. 14.5m NE-SW) enclosed by wall on NE side with remains of structure at NW end. Roofless ruined 2-story structure to SW, possibly associated with the salt works. Forecourt area built over, top of kiln used as car park and structure to SW partially demolished subsequent to site inspection. 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

• CO033-009001 House - fortified house
  Description

  On a slight limestone eminence, overlooking bridge on the Blackwater River c. 150m to the S. These remains of a fortified house are comprised of a rectangular 3-storey house (int. 25m N-S; 8.3m E-W) with 4-storey towers projecting from the NW and SW corners and from the centre of the E and W walls; the former is polygonal in plan, while the latter have straight sides and pointed front (see plan in Leask 1944, plate 1). The plan by Leask also shows wall foundations within the fortified house but not associated with it, which may be part of the earlier castle of the Fitzgerald earls of Desmond (CO033-009004-) (ibid., 23). The house was built by Sir Thomas Norris, a senior English administrator in charge of the management of Munster, who was granted the Manor of Mallow during the Munster plantation; he first repaired and lived in the Fitzgerald castle before building the fortified house (Heritage Castles of County Cork 2017, 133). Thomas died in 1599 (Leask ibid., 24). The house was assaulted and ruined by the Confederate forces in 1645, and burned down in 1689 (Grove White 1905-25 vol. 4, 85). The country house (CO033-009002-) c. 70m to the N is said to incorporate stables associated with the fortified house (Bence-Jones 1978, 200). It is believed to be the earliest fortified house in County Cork, representing a new departure in Irish architecture: primarily designed for domestic comfort, rather than protection or defense (Heritage Castles, ibid.). The house is entered through two ground-floor doorways, located in the N wall of the central projection on the W wall and in the main E wall just S of the central projection. Both door surrounds have a three-centred arch; the W door has decorative stop chamfers (Leask ibid., plate 3), and a yett hole on the W side. The interior is divided by a cross wall in line with the S wall of the central towers; the W end of the cross wall has collapsed to foundation level but the E end stands to 1st-floor level and has ground and 1st-floor doors which connected to the N and S sections of the house. The house had wooden floors throughout, now indicated by lines of joist sockets. All floors are well-lit by windows with rectangular lights, divided by single mullion on the ground floor, by two mullions and a transom on the 1st floor and by a single mullion and transom on the 2nd floor. The NW tower contained spiral wooden stairs; there may also have been stairs in the E central tower. The latter has a partially collapsed garderobe shaft in the front angle. There is a ground-floor fireplace, extensively repaired, at the N end of the E wall; there are 1st- and 2nd-floor fireplaces at the S end of the E wall and centre of the S wall, none intact. The house was defended by a series of gun loops with stirrup openings on the main W and N walls and in the SW, central W, and NW towers; the other two sides of the house have no loops, probably because they faced into a bawn. Many of the loops are positioned directly under the window sills. Ground- and 1st-floor doorways at the E end of the S wall lead to a lean-to annexe (6.4m N-S; 8.8m E-W) against the S wall of house, a later addition. The annexe originally stood three storeys high, but the walls are now mostly reduced to ground level; there is a large fireplace in the N wall (S wall of the house); Leask's plan shows brick paving laid in herringbone pattern in front of the fireplace and a '...curious bench shaded by partition or screen...' (ibid., 22) on the E side. Inserted doorways in the E wall of the SW tower, one above the other, connected the latter with the annexe; a 2nd-floor doorway replaced the original fireplace in the tower; a replacement fireplace was inserted in the window embrasure in SE wall of tower. Leask's plan also shows a 'cellar' immediately N of the cross wall. His report also mentions 'fragments of thick, small slates, and of molten lead' found during the renovation work; these indicate that 'the timber roof was slated and had gutters of lead' (ibid., 21). His reconstruction of the roof shows a gabled roof over the main block with two subsidiary gables on each side wall, between the towers; he also suggests an attic floor in the roof. This is a National Monument in State Guardianship (no. 281). 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. See also Heritage Castles of County Cork (Heritage Unit of Cork County Council, 2017): https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2022-10/heritage_castles_of_county_cork_2017.pdf See attached photographs CO033-009001-_01: Exterior view of house from NW. CO033-009001-_02: Exterior view from SE. CO033-009001-_03: N tower from NW. CO033-009001-_04: Aerial view of the interior of the house, from SE. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Date of last revision: 24 May 2023

• CO033-009002 Country house
  Description

  On W side of Mallow, c. 100m N of fortified house (14373). Large multiperiod complex, U-shaped in plan. South range is long 2-storey block, with roughly central 3-storey embattled tower. To W of tower are 4 bays with broad gables above each bay; mullioned and transomed windows; four-centred arched door opes on return at NW end. Some internal walls are up to 1m thick in this section. This is said to be part of the earlier 16th-century stables to which the family retreated after the castle was burnt in 1689 (Bence-Jones 1978, 200). To E of tower are 6 bays with gablets of late 18th/early 19th-century appearance. Various additions built in 18th century and in 1836 house enlarged and rebuilt. Plans of 1822 by Patrick Lee (Castle Archive) show layout of new buildings proposed, incorporating some of the older structures. Stable block and cow house on N side, probably associated with 18th-century house, are indicated 'for removal', otherwise Lee's layout is more or less what survives today. New entrance front (E), added at right angle to E end of S range, is shown on Lee's plan but not executed until 1954; built in similar style with mullions, embattled towers and double gabled-fronted projection. Demesne spreads out to E along N bank of Blackwater, including deer park with herd of white deer, said to be descendants of two white deer, a gift by Elizabeth I to her godchild Elizabeth Norreys. Farm buildings to WNW, some with 19th-century neo-Tudor features. Walled garden to NW with ice house (14961). 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

• CO033-009003 Icehouse
  Description

  In level pasture, in garden of Mallow Castle (14373). Circular brick-lined chamber (diam. 2.5m) covered with domed brick roof (H 1.75m), externally covered with remains of irregular mortared rubble limestone mound; chamber infilled to c. 1m below external ground level. Remains of stone-built entrance passage (L 2.6m; Wth 0.95m) to N. Removed in advance of housing development, September 1997. (Russell 1996, 70-74). 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

• CO033-009004 Castle - tower house
  Description

  On N bank of Blackwater River. Ruined tower on cliff edge, c. 40m SE of fortified house (14373), is sole obvious surviving element of castle which predated fortified house on same site (Leask 1944, 23). South wall (int. L 7m), with return of E wall (L 3.2m) and W wall (L 1.1m), stands to max. height of c. 5m; wide breach in centre of S wall. At W end of S wall is shallow projection (D 0.5m) containing garderobe shaft and exit chute. Present remains built on foundations of earlier structure which may be part of earlier castle. Castle of the Earls of Desmond, forfeited in late-16th century after Desmond rebellion (Berry 1893, 21-5); probably destroyed soon after to make way for house. Description of buildings here in 1584 (ibid.) details a hall with tower at W end, contained within a bawn and two courtyards. Hall was two storeys high with vault over ground floor; flight of stone steps led from ground level to 1st-floor room which measured 60 ft. x 26ft. with a high thatched roof. Tower was five storeys high with vault over 3rd floor. This description suggests typical late-medieval tower house and bawn (stone-built vaulted hall not typical though similar feature at Askeaton, Co. Limerick); tower which survives probably mural tower on bawn wall. 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

• CO033-009006 Bawn
  Description

  On N bank of Blackwater River. Ruined tower on cliff edge, c. 40m SE of fortified house (14373), is sole obvious surviving element of castle which predated fortified house on same site (Leask 1944, 23). South wall (int. L 7m), with return of E wall (L 3.2m) and W wall (L 1.1m), stands to max. height of c. 5m; wide breach in centre of S wall. At W end of S wall is shallow projection (D 0.5m) containing garderobe shaft and exit chute. Present remains built on foundations of earlier structure which may be part of earlier castle. Castle of the Earls of Desmond, forfeited in late-16th century after Desmond rebellion (Berry 1893, 21-5); probably destroyed soon after to make way for house. Description of buildings here in 1584 (ibid.) details a hall with tower at W end, contained within a bawn and two courtyards. Hall was two storeys high with vault over ground floor; flight of stone steps led from ground level to 1st-floor room which measured 60 ft. x 26ft. with a high thatched roof. Tower was five storeys high with vault over 3rd floor. This description suggests typical late-medieval tower house and bawn (stone-built vaulted hall not typical though similar feature at Askeaton, Co. Limerick); tower which survives probably mural tower on bawn wall. 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

• CO033-010 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope, in demesne of Mallow Castle. Circular area (22.5m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by low earthen bank (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 1.1m); external fosse (D 0.8m). Causeway (Wth 3m) across fosse to SSE rises gently towards interior. Counterscarp bank (H 0.4m) ESE->SW, broken where causeway crosses fosse. Interior planted with trees on 1842 OS 6-inch map; numerous humps and hollows across surface appear to be result of removal of tree roots. Estate wall to N extends along base of fosse; wall to E immediately outside fosse. Enclosure clear of overgrowth. 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

• CO033-011001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In tillage, on E-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 28m) on 1842 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps; as hachured circular raised area (diam. c. 20m) on 1905 OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace of site; according to local information, levelled c. 1980. Faint soilmark visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, Jan. 1986) shows arc of N half of enclosure, remainder hidden from view by tree shadows. Circular enclosure (CO033-01102-) immediately to W. See Purcell, A. 2002 'Castlelands, Mallow; Possible ringfort', in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 50. Wordwell Ltd, Bray. See also Excavations 2001, 47-8. 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

• CO033-012 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In tillage, on gentle SSW-facing slope, c. 450m to N of River Blackwater. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1842, 1905 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps. Inaccessible due to overgrowth; interior appears to be enclosed by earthen bank with external fosse surviving all round. Revisit in 1991 noted fosse infilled and no longer evident; some dumping has taken place along line of bank to S and recently constructed trackway skirts W half. 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

• CO033-088 Kiln - lime
  Description

  Mid/late 19th-century lime kiln, in woodland on demesne of Mallow Castle (14872), built against natural slope overlooking River Blackwater to S. Random-rubble stone walls encase earthen core. Front elevation (H c. 6m; Wth 8.46m) faces S, arched recess (H 2.12m; Wth 2.76m; D c. 1.82m), rear collapsed and filled with core material. Brick-lined funnel (diam. 2m), bottom of funnel infilled, lower bricks heat-shattered. Random-rubble limestone structure c. 9m to N, built into slope: circular (diam. c. 4.4m) internal plan; wall height c. 2m; ope in S wall. 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

• CO033-090 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In tillage. Spread of burnt material (24m N-S; 18.6m E-W). Second fulacht fiadh (10457) c. 60m to SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO033-091 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In tillage. Irregular spread of burnt material (24m E-W; 14.5m N-S). Second fulacht fiadh (10456) c. 60m to NE. 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

• CO033-092 Designed landscape feature
  Description

  In gently undulating pasture, within the present deer-park of Mallow Castle (CO033-009002-). An aerial photograph (CASAP) shows a rectilinear system of low earthwork banks covering an area (c. 120m E-W; c. 90m N-S) immediately E of the 19th-century country house. This system is not shown on the 1842 OS 6-inch map and is terminated on its W side by a ha ha and on its N side by a demesne field boundary. It may be the remains of garden enclosures or small fields associated with the fortified house (CO033-009001-) which lies immediately to the SW. Access to the deer-park was not gained. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO033-094 Bridge
  Description

  In Mallow. Road bridge (long axis N-S) over River Blackwater; c. 200m SW of Mallow Castle (14347). Four wide low segmental arches (span c. 10m) span river; string course over arches. Parapet wall of large coursed limestone blocks. South arch on W side fans out to accommodate road approaching from W. This was built in 1856 to replace an earlier bridge, built in 1712 (O'Keeffe and Simington 1991, 170). Inscribed stone dated 1856, possibly recording construction of bridge, found c. 500m to NW (Crowley 1994, 115-7) is now in wall of shopping centre near where it was found. However part of 1712 bridge survives, at N end of present bridge, spanning ground which occasionally floods. That earlier bridge had 15 arches of which 4 survive (Wth 11.08m; span 6.14m): segmental arches; constructed of random roughly-shaped stonework; cut-stone voussoirs; bluntly pointed cutwaters. Later parapet of iron railing between chamfered stone piers. Inserted stone on pier under N arch bears inscription: 'M: OS: D: OS: A: M/ POS'; only surviving stone of 9 noted in 1810, all inscribed, one with date '1631', (O'Reilly 1989, 19-24)- style of lettering on surviving stone is 16th/early 17th century and may have come from an earlier bridge. According to local tradition stones came from monastery in Ballydaheen (Kavanagh 1988, 41). Road continues N from river over short causeway and crosses smaller bridge over tributary of Blackwater: two segmental arches of mid-19th-century appearance; well-dressed voussoirs, random, roughly-shaped stone construction, parapet of iron railing between chamfered stone piers. In 1628 a bridge at Mallow was swept away by flood; by 1650 there is reference to a bridge here which was too delicate to take weight of two siege guns (O'Sullivan 1985, 7). A bridge is indicated here on Down Survey (1655-6) barony map. 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

• CO033-140 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Discovered during archaeological monitoring in advance of a large-scale housing estate within the demesne of Mallow Castle. A small pit (0.45m x 0.7m; D 0.18m) was excavated in close proximity to a levelled rath (CO033-011001-). The fill was found to contain a reddish brown silty clay with moderate inclusions of charcoal flecks and small round stones. Three sherds of possible Bronze Age or Neolithic pottery were recovered from the base of the pit. (Lane 2004a, 84) 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

• Mallow Castle, gates/railings/walls, 1830–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Entrance gates, built c. 1835, comprising rubble limestone walls with dressed limestone copings, having dressed limestone square-profile piers with carved plinths, caps and ball finials and double-leaf timber battened vehicular gates. Camber-arched pedestrian entrances to either side, with brick voussoirs, dressed limestone surrounds and timber battened doors. Irregular-plan gate lodge attached to north, single-storey, but with dormer floor to entrance elevation, and having three-bay single-storey addition to east. Box-bay window to front elevation, its hipped roof continuing to form canopy to entrance. Pitched slate roof, half-hipped to front of entrance part, and having rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Timber bargeboards to front elevation supported by carved timber fluted console bracket at west end. Rubble limestone walls, with rendered walls to addition. Square-headed window openings with timber casement widnows to addition, replacement timber elsewhere, with painted stone sills, window to west elevation having red brick surround. Square-headed door opening to front elevation with timber panelled half-glazed door and timber architrave.

• Mallow Castle, castle/fortified house, 1540–1560 · National interest
  Description

  Roofless rectangular-plan three-storey fortified house, built c. 1550, with four-storey polygonal-plan towers projecting from north-west and south-west corners of front elevation, and canted-plan towers to centre of front and rear walls. Remains of castellations to corner towers. Rubble limestone walls with dressed plinth, string course and quoins, and with remains of render. Square-headed window openings with dressed limestone surrounds, having variety of transomed-and-mullioned windows, some also having dressed label-mouldings. Elliptical-headed door opening to north-east side of central tower of front façade with dressed and tooled stepped limestone surround and timber panelled door with cast-iron hinges. Flat-arched opening to east with curved corners, having dressed limestone surround and cast-iron gate. Rectangular plan castellated outbuilding to east with rubble stone walls and dressed limestone plinth course, having segmental carriage arch with cut limestone voussoirs and timber battened double-leaf doors. Rubble limestone square-profile piers to entrance gates to north with dressed limestone caps and wrought-iron gates.

• Mallow Castle, garden, 1830–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Garden complex, c. 1835, forming front gardens to Mallow Castle, having rubble limestone boundary walls with dressed copings. Flat-arch pedestrian entrance to north-east corner with dressed limestone surround and cast-iron gate, leading to paved terrace to front of house. Double flights of dressed limestone steps to centre and two flanking gravel paths, with rubble limestone parapets to ends having dressed copings, rubble limestone square-profile piers to top ends of some with dressed square caps. Circular profile fountain to centre of garden with angel statue. Octagonal-plan folly to south with pyramidal slate roof having acorn finial and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with render plinth. Square-headed openings with four-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows having round heads and timber Y-tracery. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door and overlight, approached by flight of cut limestone steps. Retains timber panelling to interior.

• Mallow Castle, house, 1530–1960 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-storey house, dated 1836, incorporating fabric of stable block of c.1550, enlargements of the eighteenth century, and later work of 1955 to south-east. House faces south-east. Long garden elevation, rebuild of medieval structures, comprises square-plan four-stage tower flanked by two-storey blocks to each side, north-western being seven-bay and having two-bay return to rear, north-west end of latter having projecting gabled bay. South-western block similar to north-western block and of six bays. Both have alternate projecting gabled bays, ground floor of south-west block being only shallowly recessed. Garden elevation terminated at south-east by square two-stage tower presenting two bays to garden and one bay to south-east. Tower connected by lower single-bay two-storey flat-roof link to four-bay two-storey T-plan block running north-eastwards, having projecting gabled centre bays and north-east gable also having attic storey and two-storey canted centre. This whole south-east elevation built 1955 with cut limestone set aside in 1836. Single-bay two-storey lean-to addition to rear of north-west block. Four-bay single-storey with dormer attic block parallel to rear of south-west front block and separated by internal courtyard. Pitched slate roofs with dressed limestone chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods, hopper heads to south-east block having date of 1955, and dressed limestone copings to gables. Dressed limestone castellations to towers. Rubble limestone walls with flush dressed limestone quoins and having carved limestone string course between floors of garden elevation and south-east block. Dressed limestone relieving arch over third stage of tower. Dressed limestone frieze forms cornice to ground floor of recessed ground floor of south-east garden front bays. Render heraldic motifs to gables of north-western projecting garden front bays. Rendered walls to rear elevations of north-western end of house. Square-headed window openings throughout, with small-pane glazing, carved limestone surrounds and label-mouldings to all elevations except for rear elevations at north-west end which lacks both features and canted-bay of south-east block which lacks hood-mouldings. Two and three-light transomed and mullioned windows to whole ground floor of garden front, first floor of its projecting bays, both towers, bays flanking central tower, and whole south-east block including canted bay. Rear of north-west end of garden front has three and six-pane timber casements and four-over-pane timber sliding sash windows, some double. First floor of all other elevations has four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows, divided by carved limestone mullions, double throughout except for recessed bays of garden front and third stage of central tower which have triple windows. Tudor arch door opening to south-east elevation with timber panelled door, carved limestone stepped surround and label-moulding, having carved lettering and floral motifs to spandrels. Four-centred arch opening to north-west elevation with timber battened door and dressed limestone surround. Pseudo-four-centred arch opening to north-eastern block with carved limestone surround, timber panelled door and carved plaque above with initials and date 1836, and having wrought-iron lantern.

• Mallow Bridge, bridge, 1855–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Eight-arch limestone road bridge over River Blackwater, four northern arches being part of bridge of 1712 and four southern arches dating to 1856 and being higher and wider. Dressed stone walls with carved string courses and dressed parapet walls with dressed copings. Rubble limestone walls to addition with metal parapet railings with concrete bollards. Segmental arches with dressed voussoirs, those to larger arches having dropped and projecting keystones. U-cutwaters, those to larger arches having dressed impost courses. Carved chamfered limestone piers with cast-iron ball finials, cast-iron railings, and Celtic cross memorial, latter sited to front of east parapet railings.

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

Name

Castlelands · Fearann an Chaisleáin

Area

1,059,240 m² (105.92 ha, 261.74 acres)

Civil parish

Mallow, and its townlands

Barony

Fermoy

Electoral division

Mallow North Urban, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Annabella, Ballydahin, Ballyellis, Bearforest Lower, Carrigoon Beg, Keatleysclose, Killetra, Mallow, Spaglen

Placenames

Castlelands on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.