# Dooneen Lower, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilroan, barony of Courceys, Co. Cork; in Irish An Dúinín Íochtarach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 657,051 m² (65.71 ha, 162.36 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,229 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 12 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilroan, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/kilroan.md - Barony: Courceys - Electoral division: Ballymackean, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 398 people lived in 138 households in the Ballymackean electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 11% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/10901 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 42307 - Centre: latitude 51.653145, longitude -8.546591 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dooneen Lower, from 75 m² to 262,584 m² (26.26 ha, 64.89 acres); 22 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2336877: 262,584 m² (26.26 ha, 64.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2336877.md - Parcel 2128810: 199,869 m² (19.99 ha, 49.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2128810.md - Parcel 2128811: 61,844 m² (6.18 ha, 15.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2128811.md - Parcel 2336878: 48,922 m² (4.89 ha, 12.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2336878.md - Parcel 4955149: 29,566 m² (2.96 ha, 7.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4955149.md - Parcel 4955212: 23,315 m² (2.33 ha, 5.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4955212.md - Parcel 2336768: 7,623 m² (0.76 ha, 1.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2336768.md - Parcel 2336770: 4,447 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2336770.md - Parcel 3626900: 3,662 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3626900.md - Parcel 2128809: 3,229 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2128809.md - Parcel 2336769: 3,152 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2336769.md - Parcel 4955189: 2,835 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4955189.md - Parcel 2128807: 2,792 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2128807.md - Parcel 2336876: 2,531 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2336876.md - Parcel 2336875: 1,238 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2336875.md - Parcel 2128808: 840 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2128808.md - Parcel 4955040: 265 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4955040.md - Parcel 2128806: 115 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2128806.md - Parcel 6153002: 75 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6153002.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Dooneen Lower in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 12 applications, newest first. - 5 Dec 2025, Cork County Council 25/6679: Grant with conditions. Permission. Permission for the demolition of the remains of an existing shed, the construction of a new shed for use as domestic storage and recreational space, and all associated site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=25/6679 - 28 Feb 2025, Cork County Council 25/4335: Conditional. Permission. Permission for the construction of a new side and rear extension to existing house, with minor elevation and height alterations and refurbishments to the existing house. Alterations and internal refurbishment including the addition of toilet area of the existing stone barn for use as domestic storage and recreational space and construction of a single storey art studio (Private Use) attached to existing stone barn, new vehicular entrance and car park turning area, new biofiltration treatment unit and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=25/4335 - 7 Feb 2025, Cork County Council 25/4162: Incompleted application. Permission. Permission for the construction of a new side and rear extension to existing house, with minor elevation and height alterations and refurbishments to the existing house, new vehicular entrance, new biofiltration unit and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=25/4162 - 16 Oct 2023, Cork County Council 23/6087: Conditional. Permission. Permission the construction of a new detached dwelling house, detached garage and all associated site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=23/6087 - 14 Apr 2023, Cork County Council 23/4722: Incompleted application. Permission. The construction of 6 glamping pods, 1 communal kitchen area, car parking area and all associated site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=23/4722 - 16 Dec 2021, Cork County Council 21/7382: Incompleted application. Extension of duration. Construction of a new front, side and rear extension to existing house, with minor alterations and refurbishment of the existing house. Alterations and internal refurbishment, including the addition of toilet area, of the existing stone barn, for use as domestic storage and recreational use and the construction of a single storey art studio (private use), attached to existing stone barn, the construction of a detached garage, new vehicular entrance, new bio filtration treatment unit and all associated site works. (Change of plans granted under planning ref no. 15/4649) - Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 17/5363.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=21/7382 - 2 Jul 2021, Cork County Council 21/5833: Withdrawn. Permission. The construction of 6 glamping pods, 1 communal kitchen area, 1 communal social area, car parking area and all associated site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=21/5833 - 1 Jun 2017, Cork County Council 17/5363: Conditional. Permission. Construction of a new front, side and rear extension to existing house, with minor alterations and refurbishment of the existing house. Alterations and internal refurbishment, including the addition of toilet area, of the existing stone barn, for use as domestic storage and recreational use and the construction of a single storey art studio (private use), attached to existing stone barn, the construction of a detached garage, new vehicular entrance, new bio filtration treatment unit and all associated site works. (Change of plans granted under planning ref no. 15/4649).. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=17/5363 - 11 May 2017, Cork County Council 17/5148: Incompleted application. Permission. Construction of a new front, side and rear extension to existing house, with minor alterations and refurbishment of the existing house. Alterations and internal refurbishment, including the addition of toilet area, of the existing stone barn, for use as domestic storage and recreational use and the construction of a single storey art studio (private use), attached to existing stone barn, the construction of a detached garage, new vehicular entrance, new bio filtration treatment unit and all associated site works. (Change of plans to planning ref no. 15/4649). File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=17/5148 - 18 Apr 2017, Cork County Council 17/4922: Incompleted application. Permission. Construction of a new front, side and rear extension to existing house, with minor alterations and refurbishment of the existing house. Alterations and internal refurbishment, including the addition of toilet area, of the existing stone barn, for use as domestic storage and recreational use and the construction of a single storey art studio (private use), attached to existing stone barn, the construction of a detached garage, new vehicular entrance, new bio filtration treatment unit and all associated site works. (Change of plans to Planning Ref No. 14/6672).. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=17/4922 - 2 Apr 2015, Cork County Council 15/4649: Conditional. Permission. Construction of new front, side and rear extension to existing house, with minor alterations and refurbishment of the existing stone barn for use as domestic storage and recreational use and construction of a single storey art studio (for private use), attached to existing stone barn. Construction of a detached garage, new vehicular entrance, new bio filtration treatment unit and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=15/4649 - 10 Mar 2015, Cork County Council 15/4461: Incompleted application. Permission. Construction of a new front, side and rear extension to existing house with minor alterations and refurbishment of the existing house. Alterations and internal refurbishment, including the addition of toilet area of the existing stone barn for use as domestic storage and recreational use and the construction of a single storey art studio attached to existing stone barn, the construction of a detached garage, new vehicular entrance, new bio filtration treatment unit and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=15/4461 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Dooneen Lower. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CO124-040: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO124-040----. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as subcircular enclosure (c. 40m SW-NE; c. 40m NNW-SSE); abutted to S by E-W field fence. Levelled; low rise traces line of bank. Cropmark (CUCAP, BGP 60) shows circular enclosure, truncated on S side by field boundary. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dooneen Lower. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Dooneen Lower, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Dooneen Lower. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cork/dooneen-lower.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/dooneen-lower.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/dooneen-lower.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Dooneen Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork: https://everytownland.com/cork.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Crohane: https://everytownland.com/cork/crohane-41963.md - Dooneen Upper: https://everytownland.com/cork/dooneen-upper.md - Kilcolman: https://everytownland.com/cork/kilcolman-43339.md - Killowny: https://everytownland.com/cork/killowny.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/cork/dooneen-lower - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/dooneen-lower