Glenalougha
Glenalougha is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmeen (Kanturk Ra), barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Gleann an Locha.
- Area
- 135.6 ha
- 335 acres
- Land parcels
- 39
- registered freehold, median 4,132 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glenalougha, from 51 m² to 216,951 m² (21.7 ha, 53.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Glenalougha 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
24 Aug 2016Conditional
To construct a new dwelling house and detached garage.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6131
27 Jul 2016Incompleted application
To construct a new dwelling house and detached garage.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5869
5 Oct 2010Conditional
Retention of increase in main roof ridge height of dwelling to accommodate attic storage area and inclusion of velux roof windows and gable windows to atttic area, minor modifications to first floor layout and windows to dwelling and increase in roof ridge height of garage and changes to elevations, (dwelling and domestic garage permitted under 01/4370)
Retention · Cork County Council, 10/8128
6 Nov 2006Conditional
Demolition of derelict dwelling and construction of dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12021
13 Oct 2006Incompleted application
Demolition of derelict dwelling, construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage and treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11421
25 May 2006Conditional
Construction of slatted cubicle house
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7469
1 Jun 2005Conditional
Wind farm including 2 no. turbines, access tracks, control building and anemometer mast
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3811
12 May 2005Incompleted application
Wind farm consisting of 2 no. tubines, access tracks, control building and anemometer mast
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3226
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
- Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA 004161
Recorded monuments
- CO021-002 Fulacht fia
Description
In rough grazing, adjacent to spring. Barely perceptible mound of burnt material (c. 10.5m N-S; c. 6m E-W). 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
- CO021-003 Kiln - lime
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Glenalougha.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Glenalougha, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Glenalougha.
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Glenalougha with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Glenalougha · Gleann an Locha
- Area
- 1,355,592 m² (135.56 ha, 334.97 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmeen (Kanturk Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Kilmeen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 344 people lived in 121 households in the Kilmeen electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carriganes, Glencollins Upper, Glentanefinnane, Knocknanagh Commons, Meendurragha, Shanavoher
- Placenames
- Glenalougha 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.