Flemingstown
Townland in the civil parish of Kilgullane, barony of Condons and Clangibbon, Co. Cork; in Irish Baile an Phléimeannaigh
- Area
- 220.3 ha
- 544 acres
- Land parcels
- 61
- registered freehold, median 4,056 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 35
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Flemingstown, from 59 m² to 241,806 m² (24.18 ha, 59.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 8 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
27 Apr 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for construction of a revised domestic extension to the existing thatched dwellinghouse (a Protected Structure) and the demolition of the existing kitchen/bathroom extension. This application relates to previously granted Planning Permission Ref. No. 21/5040.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1071
26 Mar 2026Invalid - case closed
I, Ciarán Cotter, intend to apply for permission for development at Ballindangan Cross, Flemingstown, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork. The development will consist of the construction of a revised domestic extension to the existing thatched dwellinghouse (a Protected Structure) and the demolition of the existing kitchen/bathroom extension. This application relates to previously granted Planning Permission Ref. No. 215040. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of Cork County Council during its public opening hours and a submission or observation may be made in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within 5 weeks of receipt of the application by the Planning Authority.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0761
24 Oct 2024Conditional
Permission to alter and to extend existing dwelling, incorporating the following works, a) to demolish rear existing domestic extension and domestic sheds (total floor area circa 51.5sq.m, which includes c.10.0sq.m rear domestic extension, b) to construct new extension to rear and side of existing dwelling, and permission for 1) to construct a domestic garage, 2) to construct a new vehicular entrance and 3) install a new septic tank with percolation area and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6021
9 Oct 2024Incompleted application
Permission to alter and to extend existing dwelling, incorporating the following works: a) to demolish rear existing domestic extension and domestic shed (total floor area circa 51.5sq.m, which includes c 10.0 s.qm rear domestic extension), b) to construct a new extension to rear and side of existing dwelling, and permission for 1) to construct a domestic garage, 2) to construct a new vehicular entrance and 3) to install a new septic tank with percolation area and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5894
1 Feb 2023Conditional
Construction of a two storey dwelling house with attached carport and domestic garage, to upgrade the existing entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4146
28 Oct 2021Conditional
Installation of a cattle underpass, soiled water tank and associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6935
20 Apr 2021Conditional
Works to existing thatched dwellinghouse and protected structure, including: new domestic extension; renovations and alterations to elevations of dwellinghouse; alterations to elevations and conversion of two out-buildings – one consisting of two sheds and one store, the other consisting of a store for habitable purposes/residential use and incorporation into dwellinghouse; demolition of existing kitchen/bathroom extension; replacement of existing septic tank with new wastewater treatment system, and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5040
25 Mar 2021Incompleted application
Works to existing thatched dwellinghouse and Protected structure including: new domestic extension; renovation and alterations to elevations of dwellinghouse; alterations to elevations and conversion of two attached out-buildings one consisting of two sheds and one store, the other consisting of a store for habitable purposes/residential use and incorporation into dwellinghouse; demolition of existing kitchen/bathroom extension, replacement of existing septic tank with new wastewater treatment system, and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4752
9 Feb 2021Incompleted application
An extension to existing thatched dwelling thatched dwelling (RPS no. 01150), conversion of two attached out-buildings, demolition of existing kitchen/bathroom extension, replacement of existing septic tank with wastewater treatment system, and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4290
19 Feb 2020Conditional
To construct a two storey dwelling, the installation of a domestic wastewater treatment system, new site entrance with walls and piers and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4327
14 Mar 2018Withdrawn
Demolish derelict creamery buildings and to construct 5 no. dwellings effluent treatment system and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4619
10 Dec 2014Conditional
Demolition of existing cottage and shed on site, construction of a two-storey dwelling house, storage shed to rear of site, installation of a waste water treatment system with polishing filter, new entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6655
8 Jun 2011Conditional
Construction of a single storey extension and glazed link, refurbishment of existing thatched cottage and conversion of existing adjoining out-building into bedroom and bathroom, alterations to existing south-west elevation to include the provision of two new windows, demolition of existing kitchen and bathroom extension, new lime render to exterior elevations and replacement of existing septic tank and all associated landscaping and site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5232
18 May 2011Incompleted application
Construction of a single storey courtyard extension and glazed link, refurbishment of existing thatched cottage RPS ID: 01150 and conversion of existing adjoining out-building into bedroom, alterations to existing south-west elevation to include the provision of new windows, demolition of existing kitchen and bathroom extension and replacement of existing septic tank and all associated landscaping and site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5062
20 Sept 2010Conditional
Modifications to dwelling and garage previously approved in Planning Ref. No. 09/7475, change in size of gable and rear windows in dwelling and incarease in site area
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8010
21 Jul 2010Incompleted application
Modification to dwelling & garage (previously permitted under planning ref.no. 09/7475) to consist of change in size of gable & rear windows of dwelling, & increase in site area
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5833
28 Oct 2009Conditional
Dwellinghouse, garage, entrance, treatment system and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7475
23 Sept 2009Incompleted application
Dwelling, garage, entrance, treatment system & precolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7135
24 Jun 2009Conditional
Retention of existing proprietary effluent treatment plant & associated percolation area to serve dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6072
29 Sept 2008Conditional
Alterations and construction of 2 no. single storey extensions to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9084
23 Mar 2007Conditional
Dwelling and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6405
20 Jul 2006Conditional
Construction of cattle shed with slatted tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9063
25 May 2006Incompleted application
Construction of cattle shed with slatted tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7478
29 Mar 2006Conditional
Construction of milking parlour, dairy, collecting tank, silage slab, calf house, extension to cubicle house and easy feed house
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5935
21 Dec 2005Conditional
Bungalow and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9546
The 25 most recent of 35 applications.
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 Flemingstown.
Recorded monuments
- CO019-059 House - vernacular house
Description
Part of roadside settlement at Ballindangan cross roads, mid/late 19th-century house. Front (SE) of 4 bays, off-centre door to right. Roof hipped to left with chimney on end wall; gable-ended to right with similar house attached which has thatched roof and off-centre chimney to right. Roadside addition to rear. 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
- CO019-060001 Fulacht fia
Description
In reclaimed pasture. Irregular mound of burnt material (L 16m; Wth 16m; H 1.5m). Second fulacht fiadh (10792) c. 40m to ENE; third (10791) c. 40m to ESE; fourth (10794) c. 80m to SE and fifth (10793) c. 90m to SE. 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
- CO019-060002 Fulacht fia
Description
In reclaimed pasture. Horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (L 18m; Wth 14m; H 0.8m); opening (Wth 8m) faces W. One of a group of five fulachta fiadh (10790, 10792, 10793, 10794). 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
- CO019-060003 Fulacht fia
Description
In reclaimed pasture. Irregular mound of burnt material (L 14m; Wth 12m; H 1m). One of a group of five fulachta fiadh (10790, 10791, 10793, 10794). 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
- CO019-061001 Fulacht fia
Description
In reclaimed pasture. Mound of burnt material (L 12m; Wth 18m). One of a group of five fulachta fiadh (10790, 10791, 10792, 10794). 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
- CO019-061002 Fulacht fia
Description
In reclaimed pasture. Low, irregular mound of burnt material (L 18m; Wth 12m). One of a group of five fulachta fiadh (10790, 10791, 10792, 10793). 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
- CO019-062001 Standing stone
Description
In pasture, c. 18m WSW of ringfort (12486). Stone (H 1.2m; 0.4m x 0.5m) is irregular in plan and section, long axis N-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
- CO019-062002 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on break in SW-facing slope. Circular area (54m N-S; 53m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank with stone core (int. H 1.5m; ext. H 2.5m); external fosse (max. D 1m). Break in bank to NE; causewayed entrance (Wth 4.5m) to W; bank quarried to SSW. Possible souterrain (CO019-06203-) in 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
- CO019-062003 Souterrain
Description
In ringfort (CO019-06201-). According to local information, evidence of cavity within interior of ringfort noted in past. No visible surface trace. 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
- CO019-063 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, on W side of stream. Kidney-shaped mound of burnt material (L 16m; Wth 11m; H 0.9m); opening faces 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
- CO019-107001 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Fulacht fiadh noted on N side of stream (pers. comm. J. Monk). No visible surface trace. Second fulacht fiadh (11097) c. 30m 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
- CO019-140 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, c. 160 m E of stream. Grass-covered circular spread of burnt material (diam. c. 18m). According to local information, in 1950s surrounding land drained and 'oak beams' found; mound recently levelled. Also according to local information, two other spreads of burnt material noted in same field, one to W and the other to SW, though these could not be precisely located. 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
- House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Attached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1800, having two-bay return to west end of rear elevation, with addition to north end of same. Four-bay vernacular house attached to east. Hipped thatched roof, pitched to east end, with rendered chimneystack and red brick chimneystack in facer bond with terracotta chimney pot. Pitched corrugated-iron roof to rear extension. Some cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with painted tooled stone sills and replacement two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with replacement glazed aluminium door. Multiple-bay single-storey outbuildings to east, one along road, with pitched corrugated-iron roof and roughcast rendered walls. Painted roughcast rendered boundary wall to rear terminating in square-plan piers with curved caps having double-leaf wrought-iron gate. Boulder built into south-west corner as wheel guard.
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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Flemingstown.
- 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 Flemingstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Flemingstown · Baile an Phléimeannaigh
- Area
- 2,202,672 m² (220.27 ha, 544.29 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilgullane, and its townlands
- Barony
- Condons and Clangibbon
- Electoral division
- Kilphelan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilphelan electoral division: 557 people in 195 households; 89% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballindangan, Ballyadack North, Castleterry, Curraghbowen, Curraheen, Dromleigh, Kilgullane, Kilphelan, Nutgrove
- Placenames
- Flemingstown 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.