Cloonmore
Cloonmore is a townland in the civil parish of Shandrum, barony of Orrery and Kilmore, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Cluain Mór.
- Area
- 173.6 ha
- 429 acres
- Land parcels
- 25
- registered freehold, median 3,734 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 19
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonmore, from 1,282 m² to 448,933 m² (44.89 ha, 110.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
25 Apr 2024Conditional
Permission to (a) Construct a new dwelling house, (b) Modify an existing entrance and (c) Install a new septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4721
13 Jun 2019Conditional
To construct a single storey dwellinghouse, entrance, waste water treatment system, polishing filter and all other associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5555
4 Apr 2019Incompleted application
Construct a single storey dwellinghouse, entrance, waste water treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4837
11 Feb 2019Conditional
Construction of dwellinghouse, entrance, waste water treatment unit and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4291
27 Aug 2018Conditional
Construction of dwellinghouse, septic tank, percolation area and to enlarge and modify existing entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6253
21 Aug 2018Conditional
Construction of dwellinghouse, entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6203
8 Nov 2013Conditional
Retention of existing rear and side extensions to existing cottage and including front porch
Retention · Cork County Council, 13/6129
20 May 2010Conditional
Alterations, ground floor and first floor extensions to existing dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5237
26 Mar 2010Incompleted application
Alterations, ground floor and first floor extensions to existing dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4695
22 Jun 2007Conditional
Dormer style dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8912
6 Feb 2007Conditional
Construction of silage base and extension to cubicle house to include cubicles and slatted slurry tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4761
15 Jan 2007Conditional
Slurry storage tank, silage base, livestock unit with milking parlour, collection yard, calf and calving pens, feeding passage, crush and slatted feeding area
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4185
3 Jan 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4003
2 Dec 2005Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8937
30 Nov 2005Conditional
Construction of beef house and silage base
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8834
28 Oct 2005Incompleted application
Construction of beef house and silage base
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8001
29 Sept 2005Conditional
Extension to dwellinghouse and retention and completion of domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7066
21 Jul 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5205
24 Feb 2003Withdrawn
Slurry tank and farm shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/748
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 Cloonmore.
Recorded monuments
- CO002-008 Ringfort - rath
Description
In level pasture. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; circular area (32m E-W; 31m N-S) defined by low rise (H 0.2m) NE->SW; external fosse (D 0.5m) clearly visible ESE->N. 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
- CO002-009 Ringfort - rath
Description
In level pasture. Circular area (c. 38.6m E-W; c. 36m N-S) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.8m) WSW->NE; low rise (H 0.35m) NE->SSW. External fosse WSW->NE is waterlogged; shallow fosse (D 0.25m) survives elsewhere. Growth of irises at N side of interior, at centre and in fosse to NE, E and S may indicate waterlogging. Gap worn through bank to NW. 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
- CO002-010 Ringfort - rath
Description
In level pasture. D-shaped area (dim. 16.5m E-W) with straight E side (L c. 33m). Interior defined by low earthen bank (H 0.3m) S->N with shallow external fosse (D 0.1m); E side formed by field boundary. No visible surface evidence for arc extending to E of field boundary to form complete circle. Drain dug along E side of field boundary. 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
- CO002-011 Ringfort - rath
Description
In level pasture. Circular area (41m E-W) defined by earthen bank (int. H 1m) SW->SE, with external fosse (D 0.5m); truncated on S side by townland boundary (surviving diam c. 29.7m N-S). Causewayed entrance (Wth c. 4m) to E. Enclosure heavily overgrown with trees and bushes. Drain cuts through interior on N side of townland boundary. 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
- CO002-123 Moated site
Description
In wet low-lying pasture, immediately N of farmyard. Rectangular area (c. 40m N-S; c. 40m E-W) defined by earthen bank (max. int. H 0.89m; ext. H c. 2m) on W, N and E sides, with external fosse (Wth 2m). Bank highest at NW and NE corners. Interior appears to be raised above level of surrounding field; feeding stall for farm animals constructed in SE quadrant. Fosse largely silted up and overgrown with rushes and reeds. Slurry pit c. 2m outside outer edge of moat on E side. According to local information, bank levelled and fosse (shown on 1936 OS 6-inch map) infilled on S side to allow farm animals access to interior. 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cloonmore.
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 Cloonmore, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cloonmore.
- 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 Cloonmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Cloonmore · Cluain Mór
- Area
- 1,735,795 m² (173.58 ha, 428.92 acres)
- Civil parish
- Shandrum, and its townlands
- Barony
- Orrery and Kilmore
- Electoral division
- Newtown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 983 people lived in 345 households in the Newtown electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballydaheen, Coolasmuttane, Fort West (Co. Limerick), Gortroe (Co. Limerick), Rusheen, Shandrum
- Placenames
- Cloonmore 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.