Clooncunnig
Clooncunnig is a townland in the civil parish of Ardfield, barony of Ibane and Barryroe, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Cluain Connaidh.
- Area
- 47.2 ha
- 117 acres
- Land parcels
- 39
- registered freehold, median 3,174 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 29
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clooncunnig, from 7 m² to 162,605 m² (16.26 ha, 40.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 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
No zone of a development plan covers Clooncunnig 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
8 Sept 2025Grant with conditions
The construction of an all-weather playing pitch / ball alley with perimeter fencing floodlighting and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5820
13 Aug 2025Incompleted application
Construction of an all-weather playing pitch / ball alley with perimeter fencing, floodlighting and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/459
27 Feb 2025Conditional
Construct Dwelling, Domestic Garage, Install sewage Treatment System and for all associated site works. The development will include for the removal of the sheep shed / pen on site
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/89
27 Feb 2025Conditional
Construct dwelling, domestic garage, install wastewater treatment system and for all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/88
22 Dec 2023Conditional
Construct dwelling, domestic garage, install sewage treatment system and for all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/758
5 Jul 2022Withdrawn
Construction of a single storey dwelling and domestic garage and to carry out all associated site works, including the installation of a proprietary treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/445
9 Jun 2022Incompleted application
Construction of a single storey dwelling and domestic garage and to carry out all associated site works, including the installation of a proprietary treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/388
21 Apr 2020Conditional
1) Retention of alterations to permitted windows including new window on ground floor and two new dormer windows on first floor of existing dwellinghouse and 2) permission for new domestic garage.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/220
29 Jun 2018Conditional
Change of use of existing living room to a consultation osteopath room
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/385
26 Apr 2016Conditional
Demolition of existing dwelling house and detached garage and for construction of a new detached dwelling, waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/254
19 Apr 2016Incompleted application
Demolition of existing dwelling house and detached garage and for construction of a new detached dwelling, waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/229
2 Jun 2010Conditional
Construction of a traditional storey and a half style dwelling, installation of a proprietary treatment unit and to carry out associated site works, which shall include the provision of a combined site and agricultural entrance and the blocking up of the existing agricultural entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/385
12 Dec 2007Conditional
Construction of traditional storey and half style dwelling, domestic garage, installation of proprietary treatment unit and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/3085
30 Nov 2007Conditional
Construct a sun-room extension onto dwelling under construction and permission to retain the alterations to site boundaries
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/3007
26 Oct 2007Incompleted application
1)Construct a sun-room extension on to dwelling under construction: (2) Retain the alterations to side boundaries
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2753
24 Mar 2006Conditional
Restoration and conversion of old schoolhouse to dwelling; demolition of the attached handball alley; construction of a domestic garage and installation of a small treatment plant. This may impact on a protected structure
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/507
23 Dec 2005Conditional
Construction of sports arena to include gymnasium, changing rooms, indoor sports hall, temporary stage area, outdoor handball court and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9869
19 Dec 2005Incompleted application
Restoration and conversion of schoolhouse to dwellinghouse,demoltion of attached handball alley, construction of domestic garge and installation of treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9481
23 Nov 2005Conditional
Extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8603
27 Sept 2004Conditional
Dwelling
Approval · Cork County Council, 04/7267
24 Nov 2003Refused
Construction of a sports arena which shall include a gymnasium, changing rooms, indoor sports hall, stage area, outdoor handball court and proprietary treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/5927
6 Jun 2003Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 03/2763
26 May 2003Conditional
Erection of 8 no. floodlights and removal of existing 4 around perimeter of GAA pitch
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2483
6 Aug 2002Conditional
2 no. dwellinghouses
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 02/3508
19 Jul 2002Conditional
Dwellinghouse & garage (change of plan and site boundaries)
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/3203
The 25 most recent of 29 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 Clooncunnig.
Recorded monuments
- CO144-014 Church
Description
In marsh. Local tradition of church and graveyard in SW corner of rectangular field. No visible surface trace. 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
- CO144-015001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In grassland, on S-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 27m) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.2m) SW->NNE; scarp NE->SW. Gap in bank to NNE. West gable farm shed cuts into NE edge of enclosure. Possible souterrain (CO144-015002-) in interior. 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
- CO144-015002 Souterrain
Description
In ringfort (CO144-015001-), according to local information. No visible surface trace. 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
- CO144-016 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (27m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank W->NE, SSE->SW (H 1.6m); scarp SW->W. Interior truncated on E side by roadway running N-S; raised on S side to compensate for hillslope. 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Clooncunnig.
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 Clooncunnig, 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Clooncunnig.
- 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 Clooncunnig with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Clooncunnig · Cluain Connaidh
- Area
- 472,060 m² (47.21 ha, 116.65 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ardfield, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ibane and Barryroe
- Electoral division
- Ardfield, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 838 people lived in 287 households in the Ardfield electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 21% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Caher, Carhoo, Corrabally, Dairies, Mountain Common
- Placenames
- Clooncunnig 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.