Dunmanus West
Townland in the civil parish of Skull, barony of Carbery West (West Division), Co. Cork; in Irish Dún Mánais Thiar
- Area
- 232 ha
- 573 acres
- Land parcels
- 125
- registered freehold, median 4,666 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
125 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunmanus West, from 12 m² to 277,347 m² (27.73 ha, 68.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 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 Dunmanus West 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
26 Feb 2026Grant with conditions
To erect a dwelling house and associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0476
23 Dec 2025Invalid - case closed
Erection of dwelling house and associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6967
15 May 2024Conditional
Planning Permission for the construction of a detached ancillary boathouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/243
21 Mar 2012Conditional
Construction of a single and two-storey extension, minor elevational changes to the existing cottage and all associated site works to a dwelling at Dunmanus West, Goleen, Co. Cork. All sewerage and drainage works are to be constructed in accordance with previously approved planning application ref. 11/525.
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/176
26 Aug 2011Conditional
Construction of 2 no. single storey extensions to dwelling, minor fenestration changes to dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/525
26 Nov 2010Conditional
Retention of garage/store
Retention · Cork County Council, 10/821
14 May 2010Withdrawn
Construction of 2 no. single storey extensions to dwelling, minor fenestration changes to dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/338
12 Aug 2003Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/4028
18 Mar 2003Conditional
Dwelling
Approval · Cork County Council, 03/1173
23 Oct 2002Conditional
Dwelling and waste water treatment plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/4688
23 Oct 2002New application
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/4689
22 Oct 2002Conditional
Construction of dwelling & demolition of ruin
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/4672
22 Apr 2002Refused
Demolish ruin & construct dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/1534
9 Jan 2002Conditional
Demolition of outhouses, alterations and two-storey extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/46
22 Dec 2000New application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/7933
14 Dec 2000Conditional
Demolition of dwelling & outbuildings & construction of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/7538
6 Dec 2000Conditional
Dwelling & biocycle waste water treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/7356
1 Aug 2000Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 00/4691
3 Mar 2000Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/1166
17 Dec 1999Conditional
Demolition of garage & construction of ancillary dwelling & domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 99/6947
27 Aug 1999Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 99/4692
26 Mar 1999Conditional
Demolition of dwelling & construction of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 99/1559
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 Dunmanus West.
Recorded monuments
- CO139-015 Castle - tower house
Description
Rectangular tower (8.8m E-W; 8.15m N-S) with square tower (5.2m N-S; 5.2m E-W) at SW corner; on rocky prominence overlooking S shore of Dunmanus Bay. Main tower of four stories with five stories in corner tower. Ground and 1st floor doors in E wall. First floor doorway has straight mural stairs rising from E ingoing to SE corner, giving access to 3rd floor. Windows at lower levels have square-headed lights with splayed lintelled embrasures;higher windows have twin ogee-headed lights. Vault over 2nd floor attic axis E-W). At 1st floor level door in W wall gives access to garderobechamber in corner tower; door in S wall gives access to unlit dungeon below. At 3rd floor level, series of doorways in SW corner give access to second, third and fourth floor chambers in corner tower; spiral stairs in SE corner gives access to wallwalk. Battlements entirely fallen. Castle said to have been built by Donogh More O'Mahony about 1430 (O'Mahony 1909, 125). Taken by crown forces in 1602 and later recaptured by O'Mahonys (O Murchadha 1985, 235). Carved head, said to be likeness of Donogh More, stolen from N wall in 1972 (Healy 1988, 194). 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 Dunmanus West.
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 high, 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 Dunmanus West.
- 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 Dunmanus West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Dunmanus West · Dún Mánais Thiar
- Area
- 2,320,420 m² (232.04 ha, 573.39 acres)
- Civil parish
- Skull, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Dunmanus, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dunmanus electoral division: 251 people in 99 households; 88% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 28% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Dunkelly East, Dunmanus East, Kealfadda, Toormore
- Placenames
- Dunmanus West 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.