Cloghleafin
Cloghleafin is a townland in the civil parish of Kilgullane, barony of Condons and Clangibbon, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Cloch Liafuine.
- Area
- 276.5 ha
- 683 acres
- Land parcels
- 104
- registered freehold, median 1,744 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 45
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
104 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloghleafin, from 19 m² to 359,118 m² (35.91 ha, 88.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Cloghleafin 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
18 Aug 2022Conditional
Retention of existing silage slab, demolition of existing silage pit and construction of open cubicles, two feed passages, open slurry tank, addition of ring to existing round slurry tank, collecting yard, 3 proposed soak pits and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5909
25 Mar 2022Conditional
Retention of existing store building, demolition of existing silage pit and permission for construction of open cubicles, two feed passages, open slurry tank, silage slab and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4644
6 Aug 2021Conditional permission
Permission for development at end of life vehicle and metal recovery / recycling facility. The development will consist of the retention of a 479.5m2 extension that is used for non-ferrous metal and rack storage and permission for an increase in the quantity of end of life vehicles and metals that can be accepted annually to 18,500 tonnes.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 21/6151
15 Mar 2021Conditional
(1) To demolish portion of existing dwelling and shop and to remove existing septic tank and services serving same and to keep a portion of the building at the rear and for a change of use of same for use as a storage area for school equipment. (2) For new site development works consisting of the construction of 2 no. new site entrances (One to enter and the other to exist the school premises) to serve as part of a new one way set down internal road system, a new staff parking facility and bus set down area, new site perimeter boundaries, new footpath and internal wall arrangements and a new grassed extension area to the existing playground and all associated drainage and site works in accordance with plans and documents submitted.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4647
18 Nov 2020Conditional
Retention for detached domestic garage and sheds
Retention · Cork County Council, 20/6549
2 Nov 2020Withdrawn
Permission for development at end of life vehicle and metal recovery / recycling facility. The development will consist of the retention of a 479.5m2 extension that is used for non-ferrous metal and rack storage and permission to increase the quantity of end of life vehicles and metals that can be accepted annually to 18,500 tonnes.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6398
21 Aug 2020Conditional
Alterations and construction of two number extensions, a) extension to rear of dwelling, b) extension to side of dwelling and permission for construction of a domestic garage and associated siteworks.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5810
24 Feb 2020Incompleted application
Development at end of life vehicle and metal recovery/recycling facility. The development will consist of the retention of a 270m2 extension that is used for non-ferrous metal and rack storage and permission for an increase in the quantity of end of life vehicles and metals that can be accepted annually to 18,500 tonnes.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4368
2 Dec 2019Conditional
Retention of detached domestic garage and store/boiler house extension to the side of the dwellinghouse.
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/6865
25 Oct 2017Conditional
An agricultural entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6765
13 Oct 2017Conditional
A single classroom extension and installation of 3 new rooflights to the existing school and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6674
2 Oct 2017Incompleted application
New agricultural entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6561
29 Sept 2017Conditional
New entrance and alterations to site boundary.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6527
29 Sept 2017Incompleted application
Single classroom extension and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6522
18 Jul 2014Conditional
Retention of garage, entrance and boundary walls and all associated work for domestic use
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/5550
25 Jun 2014Refused
Dwellinghouse, entrance and waste water treatment system
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 14/5345
25 Jun 2014Incompleted application
Retention of garage, entrance and boundary walls
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/5346
14 May 2014Conditional
Construction of a single storey extension to the side of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4987
8 Aug 2013Conditional
Alterations to elevations and porch extension to the front elevation of existing two storey farm house and construction of a new two storey extension to rear and single storey side and rear extension, upgrading of existing septic tank to a new waste water treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5557
18 Jul 2013Incompleted application
Alterations to elevations and porch extension to the front elevation of existing two-storey farm house and construction of a new two-storey side extension and single storey side and rear extension, upgrading of existing septic tank to a new waste water treatment unit.
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5393
5 Jul 2013Incompleted application
Refurbishment and renovation of existing 2 storey farm house, construction of a new 2 storey side extension and single storey side and rear extension, and upgrading of existing septic tank to a new waste water treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5292
13 Sept 2012Conditional
Construction of a common entrance, septic tank, percolation area and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5954
5 Aug 2011Conditional
Construction of extensions to main farm building to provide straw storage area, general purpose area and cover over easy feed area, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5684
23 Feb 2011Conditional
Widen existing gates and entrance to existing commercial premises in order to improve road access to and from the N73 and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4347
18 Apr 2008Conditional
Extension to dwelling and relocation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6159
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Cloghleafin.
Recorded monuments
- CO019-039 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, atop W-facing slope. Depicted as hachured roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. 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
- CO019-040 Enclosure
Description
In pasture, near top of hill, on E-facing slope. Depicted as hachured oval enclosure (c. 25m N-S; c. 15m E-W) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. 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
- CO019-041001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, immediately to S of E-W field boundary. Levelled; field boundary kinks to respect site. Circular enclosure visible as cropmark of fosse in aerial photograph (CUCAP, BDS 18). Burial cist (CO019-04102-) found short distance to E in same field. 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
- CO019-041002 Cist
Description
Discovered short distance W of ringfort (CO019-04101-) in 1950s when field ploughed (Doody 1986, Cork No. 23). According to local information, landowner unearthed a stone slab, under which was small 'undecorated urn' (H c. 6in; diam. c. 4in), packed full of cremated bone. Pottery vessel thrown onto nearby field fence, which has since been levelled. 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
- CO019-042001 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, c. 10m S of moated site (14193). According to local information, burnt material surrounded stone-lined pit (D 0.45m), which was filled with charcoal. No visible surface trace. 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
- CO019-042002 Moated site
Description
In pasture. Rectangular area (int. diam. 30m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.6m; ext. H 2.8m); shallow, dry, external fosse to S, W and N. Enclosure skirted by road to N and E; truncated on E side due to road widening and bank replaced by stone wall. Break in bank to S. Interior level and clear of overgrowth. Listed by Barry (1981, 82, no. 19). 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
- CO019-043 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage, on gentle N-facing slope, overlooking River Funshion. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured bivallate circular enclosure on 1905 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps. Circular low platform (50m N-S; 50m E-W) defined by deep, wide fosse. Narrow, stone-faced, earthen bank surrounds fosse; incorporated into field fence system to N and E. Much of W quadrant and half of E quadrant of interior quarried. Site levelled in June 1989. Cloghleafin is equated with 'Liathmuine', said to have been the home of St Molaga (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, 15). According to Power (1932, 27, 85) 'the great lios near the N.W. angle of Cloghleafin townland was, most likely, princely Cuana's residence', a local chieftain, named 'Cuana mac Calchine, renowned through all Ireland for his prodigal hospitality'. St Molagga and his parents are said to have been 'brought to the royal dun at Cloghleafin, where the child grew to adolescence'. 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
- CO019-044 Ringfort - rath
Description
In level pasture. Roughly circular area (diam. 29m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by band of differential growth (Wth 3.5m). Visible as cropmark of bank and external fosse in aerial photograph (CASAP, August 1984). Circular enclosure (CO019-141---) immediately to W; possible ringfort (CO019-045---) c. 100m 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
- CO019-045 Ringfort - rath
Description
In level pasture. Roughly oval area (diam. 29m N-S; 24m E-W) enclosed by slight scarp (H 0.2m) N->S; truncated by laneway to W. External fosse visible as cropmark in aerial photograph (CASAP, August 1984). Possible ringfort (CO019-044---) c. 100m to SW and circular enclosure (CO019-141---) c. 200m to W. 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
- CO019-046 House - vernacular house
Description
On S side of road. Front (S) of 4 bays; off-centre door to left; various-sized plate glass sash windows, some with iron bars, attic window in W gable. Recently re-roofed; roof was half-hipped with thatch, off-centre chimney to right. 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
- CO019-047 Kiln - lime
Description
In pasture, on S bank of River Funshion. Random-rubble limestone walls encase core. Overgrown front elevation (E) has stone-arched recess (H c. 1.8m; Wth 2.4m), rear of recess collapsed. Partially collapsed limestone-lined funnel. Ramp to rear. 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
- CO019-048 Standing stone
Description
In level pasture, c. 150m NNW of ringfort (12308). Stone (H 1.25m; 0.4m x 0.3m) is subrectangular in plan, long axis N-S. 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
- CO019-049 Ringfort - rath
Description
In level pasture. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, with limekiln in SSE bank; as hachured arc SW->NE on 1905 and 1935 OS 6-inch maps, with kink in field boundary defining SE side. Arc formed by earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.3m) survives S->NNE, with shallow external fosse (D 0.1m). Quarrying on line of bank and fosse to S. Interior, enclosed by arc, is slightly raised. 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
- CO019-141 Enclosure
Description
Faint cropmark of fosse of circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, August 1984). Possible ringforts (12985, 12986) immediately to E and c. 200m to ENE respectively. 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
- CO019-181 Enclosure
Description
Conjoined pair of circular enclosures (CO019-181----, CO019-181001-) with an E-W diameter of c. 75m visible on lidar imagery (https://dcenr.maps.arcgis.com). Information supplied by Colm Chambers. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 8 May 2018
- CO019-181001 Enclosure
Description
Conjoined pair of circular enclosures (CO019-181----, CO019-181001-) with an E-W diameter of c. 75m visible on lidar imagery (https://dcenr.maps.arcgis.com). Information supplied by Colm Chambers. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 8 May 2018
Architectural heritage
- Cloghleafin Lodge, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey with dormer attic vernacular house, built c. 1800. House faces into yard, with back wall to road. Half-hipped thatch roof with rendered chimneystack. Painted roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, those to rear wall having decorative wrought-iron bars, and two-over-two pane window to upper east gable, with painted render sills throughout. Square-headed door opening having recent halved timber battened door. Name plaque to rear (south) elevation. Painted roughcast rendered square-plan gate piers with wrought-iron double-leaf vehicular gates.
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 Cloghleafin, 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 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 Cloghleafin.
- 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 Cloghleafin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Cloghleafin · Cloch Liafuine
- Area
- 2,764,507 m² (276.45 ha, 683.12 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilgullane, and its townlands
- Barony
- Condons and Clangibbon
- Electoral division
- Marshalstown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 412 people lived in 144 households in the Marshalstown electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballindangan, Ballydeloughy, Broomhill, Castleterry, Commons, Derrynanool, Glennahulla, Johnstown, Killee, Marshalstown
- Placenames
- Cloghleafin 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.