Crossmahon
Crossmahon is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmurry, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Crois Uí Mhathúna.
- Area
- 78.8 ha
- 195 acres
- Land parcels
- 30
- registered freehold, median 3,213 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 23
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Crossmahon, from 304 m² to 445,903 m² (44.59 ha, 110.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 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 Crossmahon 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
31 May 2026Awaiting f.i. response
Permission for demolition of an existing shed, construction of a proposed new detached, two-storey, four-car garage with games room for use associated with a commercial guesthouse and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1453
25 Apr 2026Invalid - case closed
Permission for the demolition of an existing shed, construction of a proposed new detached, two-storey, four-car garage with games room and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1062
21 Feb 2026Invalid - case closed
The demolition of an existing shed, construction of a proposed new detached, two-storey, four-car garage with games room and all associated site works at Ballytrasna, Lissarda, Co. Cork, P14 TW90.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0426
19 Mar 2025Withdrawn
Permission to carry out the following at their existing electrical panel manufacturing facilty. The construction of new extension to southern elevation of existing industrial building for use as storage for new electrical panels, with eaves, height and finishes to match existing adjacent building, relocation of waste water treatment plant and all associated ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4481
10 Nov 2023Conditional
Full planning permission for construction of new extension to southern elevation of existing industrial building for use as storage for new electrical panels, with eaves and ridge height to match existing adjacent building, relocation of existing staff car park to the south of proposed extension, installation of new stormwater drainage system together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6264
10 Feb 2020Conditional
The demolition of an existing conservatory and replace with a sunroom to the side of the dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4227
8 Aug 2017Conditional
Retention of existing porch to side of dwelling, garage at rear of dwelling and double door to front elevation of dwelling. Permission is sought to replace existing roof with new roof increasing the height to accommodate living area within attic space, to construct a bay window in front of dwelling and alterations to existing elevations and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6056
22 May 2017Conditional
(1) Retention of (a) Revised wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, (b) Alterations to the fire water storage tank, (c) Alterations to the yard areas (changes to that permitted under PL. Reg. No. 15/6058) and (2) Retention of (a) Alterations to surface water soakaways (changes to that permitted under PL. Reg No. 14/6777) and (b) Bypass fuel interceptor installed in existing surface water network.
Retention · Cork County Council, 17/5259
25 Apr 2017Incompleted application
(1) Retention of the following granted under planning permission no. 15/6058: (a) Revised wastewater treatment unit & percolation area (b) Alterations to the fire water storage tank (c) alterations to the areas and (2) Retention of (a) Alterations to surface water soakaways granted under planning permission no. 14/6777 (b) Bypass fuel interceptor installed on existing surface water network.
Retention · Cork County Council, 17/4989
20 Apr 2017Conditional
Retention of alterations to dwelling (minor variations to elevations and extensions as permitted under Planning Reg. No. 05/6768)
Retention · Cork County Council, 17/4959
15 Sept 2015Conditional
Construction of extension to western elevation of existing industrial building, installation of roof mounted solar panels on the south facing slope of the roof structure and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6058
10 Nov 2010Conditional
Retention of waste water treatment unit serving existing dwelling
Retention · Cork County Council, 10/8421
15 Sept 2009Conditional
Alterations including conversion of attic to habitable rooms with provision for velux rooflights & first floor gable windows to dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7045
2 Jun 2009Conditional
Construction of general purpose shed, roofing of existing uncovered silage pit & converting it to an easyfeed, reroofing of existing cubicle house, milking parlour & dairy, roofing of existing uncovered collecting yard & return yard, erection of slatted effluent tank in collecting yard, roofing of existing slurry pit & increasing its depth, and associated concrete yards
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5789
27 Sept 2007Incompleted application
Demolition and construction of dwellinghouse and installation of proprietary treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11263
23 Oct 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11675
27 Jun 2006Conditional
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8410
27 Feb 2006Conditional
2 no. dwellinghouses
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/5116
16 Sept 2005Conditional
Alterations and extensions to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6768
26 Apr 2005Conditional
Demolition of outbuildings and construction of garage and extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2742
29 Jul 2004Withdrawn
Dormer bungalow (change of plan and site layout)
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/5846
21 May 2004Conditional
1) Construction of managers domestic garage and stores, guesthouse conservatory and leisure facilities (including swimming pool and sauna) and to carry out all associated siteworks, 2) Retention and completion of 11 bedroom guesthouse and managers domestic accommodation
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/3556
28 May 2003Refused
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Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2563
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 Crossmahon.
Recorded monuments
- CO083-020001 Church
Description
In field to E of Crossmahon House (CO083-020002-). Local tradition of church mentioned by O'Donoghue (1986, 261) as 'site of an old Norman Church called Kilshinshame - Cill Sin Sheamus (church of James the Elder)'. No visible surface trace. According to landowner, during removal of E boundary fence, possible foundations of church were uncovered. According to local tradition stones from church were used to build house, including two pointed window surrounds in E gable which are now plastered over. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO083-020002 Country house
Description
Gable-ended 2-storey rectangular house of late 18th-century appearance. Entrance front (S) of 5 bays; central door with rectangular light; first floor weather-slated. First-floor windows slimmer than those below onentrance front; diamond-shaped attic windows on side elevations. Irregular fenestration on rear elevation; central half-door. Chimneys on gables. Site of church (CO083-020001-) in field to E of house; tradition that stones from church were used to build house including two pointed window surrounds in E gable which are now plastered over. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO083-021 Burial ground
Description
According to local tradition, crossroads known as "crossnaleanbh". Grassy triangle in centre of junction was said to be place of burial; this area now tarred over. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO083-133 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, c. 25m N of stream. Oval grass-covered mound of burnt material (8.7m N-S; 10m E-W; H 0.4m); surrounding ground waterlogged. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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 Crossmahon.
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 Crossmahon, 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. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Crossmahon.
- 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 Crossmahon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Crossmahon · Crois Uí Mhathúna
- Area
- 788,218 m² (78.82 ha, 194.77 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmurry, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Electoral division
- Warrenscourt, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 789 people lived in 280 households in the Warrenscourt electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymichael, Ballytrasna, Carrigdarrery, Curragh, Dunisky, Lissardagh, Shandangan West
- Placenames
- Crossmahon 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.