Glancam

43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glancam, from 18 m² to 502,653 m² (50.27 ha, 124.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Glancam 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.

• 21 Aug 2026Awaiting recommendation

  Permission for construction of a proposed new single storey dwelling, proposed wastewater treatment system, and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2186

• 3 Feb 2026Refused

  Permission for the construction of a single storey modular building to the rear of the site for use as a commercial pilates/yoga studio, modifications to the existing entrance/driveway along with all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0207

• 23 Dec 2025Invalid - prepare letters

  Permission for the construction of a single storey modular building to the rear of the site, modifications to the existing entrance/driveway along with all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6975

• 16 Aug 2024Conditional

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5555

• 29 Mar 2023Conditional

  Permission to (i) construct a new easy feed slatted livestock house adjacent to existing slatted house. Proposed slatted unit to incorporate associated underground slurry storage tank with external agitation points, cubicles, easy feed & ancillary concrete, (ii) construct a new roof over existing tank. The above mentioned development to be carried out with all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4580

• 28 May 2020Refused

  Construct a dwelling house with associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5070

• 12 Jun 2017Conditional

  Permission to construct a new dwellinghouse.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5472

• 24 May 2017Incompleted application

  To construct a dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5294

• 5 Apr 2017Incompleted application

  To construct a dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4811

• 7 Feb 2008Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4609

• 4 Feb 2008Conditional

  Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4537

• 2 Nov 2006Conditional

  Construction of extension to slatted unit, surface works to yards and construction of parlour wash tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11920

• 11 Oct 2006Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11351

• 1 Jul 2003Conditional

  Bungalow, garage and proprietary treatment system

  Approval · Cork County Council, 03/3227

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Glancam.

Recorded monuments

• CO051-140 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  In level pasture. Removed; no visible surface trace. Condon (1916, 68, no. 26) recorded....'dolmen partially embedded in an accumulation of stones, earth, grass etc. The top of the capstone is level with this accumulation, and, therefore, it is impossible without implements to uncover the upright stones. The interior of the monument is filled up with rubbish. The capstone is 84 inches in length, 33 inches in average breadth, and is 8 inches in thickness'. According to de Valera and O Nualláin (1982, 44, no. 9) 'The original nature of the feature is uncertain'. 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

• CO051-141 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture. Low, roughly circular mound of burnt material (13m N-S; 15m E-W; H 0.5m); partially covered with stones from drainage works. 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

• CO051-162 Souterrain
  Description

  In pasture, on E-facing slope, overlooking stream. Small opening into cavity extending under field fence for 1.4m; according to local information, this was formerly larger but has infilled due to collapse. Inacessible. 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

• CO051-170 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture. According to local information, spread of burnt material noted here. Field under silage; no visible surface trace. 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

• CO051-171 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture. According to local information, burnt material noted here. Barely perceptible mound containing compacted dark soil, possibly fulacht fiadh material. Similar mound c. 12m to E (CO051-172----). 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

• CO051-172 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture. According to local information, burnt material noted here. Barely perceptible mound containing compacted dark soil, possibly fulacht fiadh material. Similar mound c. 12m to W (CO051-171----). 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

• CO051-173 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Visible as patch of dark soil in ploughed field in aerial photograph (Dr. D.D.C. Pochin Mould). According to local information, there was a fulacht fiadh here beside the well shown on 1939 OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace; destroyed due to roadworks. 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

• CO051-176 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In tillage, on steep SW-facing slope. Irregular spread of burnt material (10m NW-SE; 12m NE-SW). Waterlogged area to E. 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

• CO051-177 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture; discovered during land reclamation in 1960s, according to local information. Grass-covered spread of burnt material (L c. 12m; Wth c. 12m); possible spring to E; stream to W. 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 Glancam.

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).

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 Glancam.

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.

No address of the register names Glancam with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Glancam · An Gleann Cam

Area

2,124,152 m² (212.42 ha, 524.89 acres)

Civil parish

Grenagh, and its townlands

Barony

Barretts

Electoral division

Blackpool, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Blackpool electoral division: 1,103 people in 346 households; 88% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyfireen, Ballyvaloon, Gortdotia North, Gortdotia South, Grenagh South, Kilmona, Rathduff, Shanlyre

Placenames

Glancam 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.