Downing North
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcrumper, barony of Fermoy, Co. Cork; in Irish An Dúinín Thuaidh
- Area
- 133.6 ha
- 330 acres
- Land parcels
- 17
- registered freehold, median 23,124 m² (2.31 ha, 5.71 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Downing North, from 505 m² to 540,246 m² (54.02 ha, 133.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Downing North 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
5 Nov 2024Withdrawn
Permission for construction of dwelling house including attached garage, sewerage treatment system, splayed entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6091
22 Oct 2024Conditional permission
Permission to decommission existing septic tank and install a new sewerage treatment system to service existing dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5989
4 Dec 2023Conditional
Construct a dwelling house with related site works and conversion of existing dwelling house to a domestic garage and storage room and alterations to north elevation of said dwelling which is to be converted to domestic garage/storage room.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6415
10 Nov 2023Incompleted application
Construct a dwelling house and garage with related site works and conversion of existing dwelling to be used as a domestic garage and storage room and alterations to north elevation of existing dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6257
28 Apr 2022Conditional
Construction of a livestock underpass and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4972
1 Dec 2020Refused
Construction of a livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and unroofed concrete cow feeding yard to rear of existing waiting yard and all associated siteworks.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6686
3 Jul 2013Refused
Construction of cattle underpass beneath the public road and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5275
19 Aug 2011Unconditional
Completion of construction of dwellinghouse, upgrading of existing septic tank and installation of septic tank to serve existing dwelling as permitted under Planning Reg. No. 07/5647
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/5790
5 Mar 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and upgrading of existing septic tank and installation of septic tank to serve existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5647
1 Jul 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Approval · Cork County Council, 05/4682
30 Jun 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4869
2 Jul 2003Conditional
Water storage tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/3269
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 Downing North.
Recorded monuments
- CO027-062 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, on E side of stream. Shown as mound on 1934 OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace. One of a group of 10 fulachta fiadh (10256, 10257, 10258, 10259, 10260, 10261, 10262, 10264, 10265). 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
- CO027-063 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, to S of spring. Overgrown, possibly horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (L 12m; Wth 18m; H c. 1m). Opening (Wth c. 3m) faces S. Second fulacht fiadh (10733) c. 130m to 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
- CO027-064 Enclosure
Description
In pasture, on SSW-facing slope, to SE of Lismount House. Depicted as hachured oval enclosure (c. 75m NNE-SSW; c. 50m ESE-WNW) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; undulations visible in area of site form no definite pattern. 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
- CO027-121001 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, on natural rise. Spread of burnt material (8m N-S; 6m E-W). Second fulacht fiadh (10732) c. 60m to NE; third (10734) c. 50m to SE and fourth (10735) c. 20m to E. 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
- CO027-121002 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, on E side of stream. Spread of burnt material (6m x 6m) atop natural rise. One of a group of four fulachta fiadh (10731, 10734, 10735). 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
- CO027-122 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Circular mound of burnt material (11m N-S; 10m E-W; H 0.3m). Second fulacht fiadh (10730) c. 130m to 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
- CO027-150 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, on E side of spring. Low, grass-covered mound of burnt material (12m N-S; 6m E-W). One of a group of four fulachta fiadh (10731, 10732, 10735). 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
- CO027-151 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, on NW side of spring. Oval grass-covered mound of burnt material (17m N-S; 8m E-W; H 0.5m). One of a group of four fulachta fiadh (10731, 10732, 10734). 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 Downing North.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Downing North.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Downing North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Downing North · An Dúinín Thuaidh
- Area
- 1,336,471 m² (133.65 ha, 330.25 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcrumper, and its townlands
- Barony
- Fermoy
- Electoral division
- Glanworth East, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Glanworth East electoral division: 456 people in 156 households; 89% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinglanna North, Ballyclogh, Ballyvolock, Downing South, Knockanenabohilly
- Placenames
- Downing North 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.