Castlelishen

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlelishen, from 1,894 m² to 439,342 m² (43.93 ha, 108.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Castlelishen 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.

• 4 Feb 2026Grant with conditions

  Permission for construction of (i) Loose shed (ii) extension to agricultural storage shed with loose area and slatted tank and all associated site works. Permission for retention of (i) Walled Dung Stead with effluent tank (ii) loose shed (iii) two slatted sheds and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0219

• 30 Nov 2018Withdrawn

  To construct a Poultry Shed, with feed storage bin, underground discharge tank and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7133

• 25 Mar 2015Refused

  Construction of dwelling house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/4565

• 5 Oct 2009Conditional

  Dwelling house & septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7235

• 27 Mar 2008Conditional

  Dwelling and installation of septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5689

• 14 Feb 2007Conditional

  Construction of domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5037

• 23 Jul 2004Conditional

  Extension to farm building for use as machinery shed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/5699

• 18 Dec 2003Conditional

  Relocation of entrance to dwelling permitted under reg. no. N/03/2603

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6541

• 29 May 2003Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2603

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Castlelishen.

Recorded monuments

• CO006-018 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In rough grazing, to E of stream. Overgrown kidney-shaped mound of burnt material (14.2m N-S; H 1m); opening faces W. Area outside of opening (max. Wth 3.6m) bounded on W side by narrow curving mound of burnt material (L c. 14.2m; H 0.4m), 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

• CO006-019 Architectural fragment
  Description

  This stone, with a spiral motif carved in relief, is set into a gate pier c. 200m to SW of tower house (CO006-020001-) and probably originally came from it. 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

• CO006-020001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  In farmyard, on level pasture, c. 200m W of stream. Rectangular tower (c. 15.2m E-W, 9.3m N-S) standing to three storeys but originally higher. Entered through wide round-arched ope (Wth 2.1m) at W end of N wall; ope not original. This leads into small lobby from which similarly rebuilt ope leads S to ground-floor chamber; second doorway leads E to straight mural stairs. Ground-floor chamber (6.45m E-W; 4.8m N-S) lit by double-splayed lintelled slit windows in W and S walls. Breach (Wth 2.2m) in E wall probably former window, now partially built up with modern wall; breach (Wth 1.2m) at E end of S wall similarly built up. Straight stair rises to 1st-floor level at NE corner where it rises further as spiral stairs. Main 1st-floor chamber entered from top of straight stairs via pointed-arch door; chamber lit by slit window in W wall and E walls; latter much damaged; wide breach in wall at SE corner. At surviving E end of S wall, W side of a recess, with lintelled slit window, may have been mural chamber; possibly with garderobe. Pointed-arch door at W end of N wall gives access to vaulted mural chamber over doorway; chamber turns into thickness of W wall; breach in W wall. First-floor chamber covered by rounded vault (long axis E-W). Little survives above vault except for slender section of N wall which rises one further storey; E side of window embrasure survives. Three architectural fragments found locally probably came from castle: rectangular slab (0.8m x 0.6m) 'on which is carved the coat of arms of the Fitzgerald family' (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 2, 110), now built into roadside wall beside castle, formerly placed over front door of adjacent country house (14873); stone with spiral motif carved in relief set in gate pier c. 200m to SW of tower house; stone with foliated decoration found in Curra townland c. 1.6km to WNW. Castle of the Fitzgeralds who were in possession until the present century (Ó Murchadha 1985, 150). 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

• CO006-020002 Country house
  Description

  Three-storey late 18th/early 19th-century house. Front (SW) of 5 bays; central rectangular door ope obscured by modern porch; central Venetian window ope on 1st floor with modern frame. Steeply pitched hipped roof, slightly projecting eaves; two off-centre chimneys. Central 2-storey gabled addition to rear. According to Grove White (1905-25, vol. 2, 110), sill in drawing room window formerly gargoyle from castle with carved head; second carved stone (18in x 15in) with bird standing in Celtic spiral built into stair wall of farm building behind house. Tower house (14384) of the Fitzgeralds adjacent to farm buildings to ENE. Rectangular slab (0.8m x 0.6m) carved with the coat of arms of Fitzgeralds (ibid.) now built into roadside wall beside house, formerly over front door of house, but originally from adjacent tower house. Ornamental tower (14953) short distance to SE. 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

• CO006-020003 Designed landscape - belvedere
  Description

  Square tower, attached to farm building to ESE of Castle Lishen (14873). Two-storey, with rectangular door ope on SW elevation flanked by small rectangular ope. Window opes in 1st floor elevations. Pyramidal-type hipped roof with finial in centre. Known by owner as 'the tea house'. 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

• CO006-020004 Armorial plaque
  Description

  This is the record for the original location of CO006-129----, an armorial plaque carved with the Fitzgerald coat of arms. It is now inserted in the N-most wall return of a semi-circular gate wall of 19th-century appearance, the entrance to a late 18th-century country house, Castle Lishen (CO006-020002-). When the plaque was first recorded, it was said to be lying in the garden, and to have previously been placed over the front door to the house (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 2, 110); it may have originally come from the adjacent tower house; its exact original location is not known.   Compiled by: Anne-Julie Lafaye

• CO006-129 Armorial plaque (present location)
  Description

  Rectangular slab (H 0.63m; Wth 0.80m) carved with the Fitzgerald coat of arms . It is inserted in in the N-most wall return of a semi-circular gate wall of 19th-century appearance, the entrance to a late 18th-century country house, Castle Lishen (CO006-020002-). It is unknown when exactly the gate was built or when the armorial plaque was inserted, but when the plaque was first recorded it was said to have originally been placed over the front door to the house (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 2, 110), but was then lying in the garden; it may have originally come from the adjacent tower house (CO006-020001-; see CO006-020004- for record of original location). The plaque is richly carved in relief with a shield bearing the Fitzgerald coat of arm, a hachured saltire cross, ornamented with six fleur-de-lis in between each arm. Above the shield is a helmet of 16th-century style, above which is a knight on horseback, dressed in 16th-century armour, including a similar helmet, and holding a sword pointing upward. Emanating from below the helmet, carvings of elaborate vine-like motifs cover the remaining of the plaque on either side of the knight and the shield. The plaque is also framed on both sides by a line of carved leaves and rosettes hanging from a tassel, while the base of the plaque is decorated with what appear to be snake-like creatures, one of each side of the shield.   Compiled by: Anne-Julie Lafaye

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Castlelishen.

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 Castlelishen, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_651 (ZIP).

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

Name

Castlelishen · Caisleán an Lisín

Area

1,149,949 m² (114.99 ha, 284.16 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbolane, and its townlands

Barony

Orrery and Kilmore

Electoral division

Tullylease, the unit of the census

Census 2022

412 people lived in 162 households in the Tullylease electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Acres, Ballagharea, Carroward East (Co. Limerick), Carroward West (Co. Limerick), Cloonsillagh, Curra, Delliga, Knocknavorahee, Sheskin

Placenames

Castlelishen 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.