Glenawilling
Glenawilling is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmacdonogh, barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Gleann an Mhuilinn.
- Area
- 164.6 ha
- 407 acres
- Land parcels
- 123
- registered freehold, median 3,745 m² (0.37 ha, 0.93 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 59
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
123 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glenawilling, from 26 m² to 90,690 m² (9.07 ha, 22.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 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 Glenawilling 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
28 Mar 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for construction of an animal house incorporating a slatted tank, straw bedded area and feed passage & associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0783
18 Jul 2025Awaiting f.i. response
Permission for the alteration and elevational changes of an existing Protected Structure, to include the partial demolition of existing rear and side extensions, the construction of a new storey and a half extension, demolition of a number of ruinous outhouse buildings, the installation of a bored well, wastewater treatments system and percolation area, creation of a new site entrance and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5443
6 Sept 2024Withdrawn
Permission to construct a new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5695
22 Mar 2024Conditional
Permission for 1) demolition of the existing flat roof boiler house to the rear of the existing dwelling house, 2) construction of a proposed two storey new extension (part single storey and part two storey) to the rear of the existing dwelling house, 3) construction of extended front entrance door porch with proposed alterations to the existing dwelling, 4) construction of new replacement house roof with increased headroom for the proposed new first floor level, 5) construction of a new patio area and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4496
25 Jul 2023Refused
Permission to construct a new dwelling house, new vehicular entrance, domestic garage, install a waste water treatment system & percolation are and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5510
9 Dec 2022Conditional
Construction of a part single storey/part two storey detached dwelling with roof lights; detached single storey shed/ outbuilding; a proposed waste water treatment unit/ septic tank & associated percolation area; a new vehicular entrance from the public road along with all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6720
28 Sept 2022Conditional
Construction of a part single storey/ part two storey detached dwelling with roof lights with attached single storey car port; a single storey detached garage; a proposed waste-water treatment unit/septic tank & associated percolation area; a new vehicular entrance from the public road along with all associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6178
9 Jun 2022Conditional
Permission to erect a single storey dwelling, a detached domestic garage, an on-site sewage treatment system and all associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5334
4 Jun 2021Conditional
To construct a storey and half style dwelling house with car port, domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, install new waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5562
26 May 2021Conditional
Construction of an animal house, silage slab, concrete apron, new site entrance and associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5454
18 May 2021Conditional
The construction of a new part single storey, part two storey, detached dwelling including a detached single storey garage, a new waste water treatment unit and percolation area, a new site entrance, including all associated site works, and associated landscaping.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5355
19 Apr 2021Incompleted application
Construction of an animal house, silage slab, concrete apron, new site entrance and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5028
19 Apr 2021Incompleted application
The construction of a new part single storey, part two storey, detached dwelling including a detached single storey garage, a new waste water treatment unit and percolation area, a new site entrance, including all associated site works, and associated landscaping.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5019
26 Mar 2021Incompleted application
Construction of an animal house, silage slab, concrete apron, new site entrance and associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4773
16 Mar 2021Withdrawn
Construction of an animal house, silage slab, concrete apron, new site entrance and associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4675
9 Mar 2021Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, new domestic entrance off the public road, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works and services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4583
12 Feb 2021Incompleted application
Construction of a new dwelling house, detached domestic garage, new domestic entrance off the public road, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works and services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4342
8 Feb 2021Incompleted application
Construction of an animal house, silage slab, concrete apron, new site entrance and associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4283
12 Feb 2019Conditional
Construction of a single storey dwelling, garage, entrance road, waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4320
4 Jul 2018Incompleted application
Domestic dwelling with septic tank and percolation area and ancillary site works.
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 18/5747
22 Jun 2018Incompleted application
Construction of a new single storey dwelling, garage, entrance road, waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5624
26 Feb 2016Conditional
Construction of an extension to storage building and associated works; the building will be used for the storage and periodic use of oyster grading equipment required for the operation of the owner's oyster farm
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4441
9 Feb 2016Incompleted application
Construction of extension to storage building and associated works; the building will be used for storage and periodic use of oyster grading equipment required for the operation of owner’s oyster farm.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4235
21 Jul 2015Conditional
Construction of a single storey detached dwelling including a single storey detached garage and all associated site work.
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5611
29 Jun 2015Incompleted application
The construction of a single storey detached dwelling including a single storey garage and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5405
The 25 most recent of 59 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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Capel Island And Knockadoon Head 000083
Recorded monuments
- CO078-010 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on level ground. Depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m). Arc (C 19.4m) survives SE->W, formed by earthen bank (H 1.1m); incorporated into field fence system. Interior slopes down very gently to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO078-013 Enclosure
Description
In flat pasture. Subcircular area (15.5m N-S; 12m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.15m) NNW->ENE, low and overgrown E->WNW (ext. H 0.82m); slight rise WNW->NNW. Break in bank (Wth 1.5m) to E. Interior level. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO078-022 House - vernacular house
Description
Roadside. Front of 4 bays; off-centre doorway to left. Gable-ended thatched roof; end chimney on S gable. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO078-023 House - vernacular house
Description
Front of 4 bays; off-centre door to left concealed by porch. Hipped-roof of thatch. Off-centre chimney to right. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO078-024 House - vernacular house
Description
Roadside. Front of 4 bays. Gable-ended thatched roof; end chimney in N gable. Occupied. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO078-025 House - vernacular house
Description
Roadside. Central chimney; off-centre doorway to left. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO078-026 House - vernacular house
Description
Front (E) of 4 bays; off-centre doorway to right. Hipped-roof of thatch. Off-centre chimney to left. Occupied. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO078-038 Enclosure
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.
- CO078-041 Promontory fort - coastal
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
- Ring House, house, 1810–1830 · Regional interest
Description
Detached L-plan five-bay single- and two-storey house, built c. 1820, having single-storey front (north) block and three-bay two-storey block at right angles forming east elevation, and single-storey flat-roofed extension to rear (south) elevation of front block. Hipped and pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and bracketed eaves and recent rooflights. Rendered walls with render quoins and plinth. Square-headed openings with replacement uPVC windows to front elevation, replacement timber casement windows to other elevations. Round-headed door opening with double-leaf timber panelled doors flanked by Doric columns with frieze, dentillated cornice with cobweb fanlight over. Limestone steps.
- House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
Description
Detached four-bay single-storey thatched house, built c. 1800, having single-bay flat-roofed porch to front (west) elevation and two single-bay extensions to rear (east) elevation, having flat and single-pitched roofs. Hipped thatched roof with red brick chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings with replacement uPVC windows and doors throughout. Single-storey outbuildings to yard having hipped and pitched corrugated-iron roofs, roughcast rendered walls, and square-headed openings.
- House, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
Description
Detached multiple-bay single-storey thatched house, built c. 1800. Yard with outbuildings to front.
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 Glenawilling, about 1 in 5 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 Glenawilling.
- 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 Glenawilling with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Glenawilling · Gleann an Mhuilinn
- Area
- 1,646,168 m² (164.62 ha, 406.78 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmacdonogh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Imokilly
- Electoral division
- Kilmacdonogh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,034 people lived in 370 households in the Kilmacdonogh electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballykinealy, Ballypherode, Ballyskibbole, Knockadoon, Ring
- Placenames
- Glenawilling 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.