Glenlara
Townland in the civil parish of Clonfert, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Gleann Lára
- Area
- 385.1 ha
- 952 acres
- Land parcels
- 63
- registered freehold, median 25,512 m² (2.55 ha, 6.3 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glenlara, from 37 m² to 384,802 m² (38.48 ha, 95.09 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Glenlara 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 Jul 2023Conditional
Construction of a new farmyard entrance, livestock underpass with effluent holding tank and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5543
21 Jul 2023Conditional
A single storey dwelling, garage, entrance, septic tank and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5487
17 Nov 2022Conditional permission
(1) The construction of a single storey dwelling, (2) the construction of a garage, (3) the construction of an entrance, (4) the construction of a private on-site wastewater treatment system and (5) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6552
23 Mar 2021Refused
(1) Construction of a new storey and a half type dwelling, (2) the construction of a storage garage (3) the installation of an advanced treatment system with raised polishing filter, (4) the drilling of a bored water well (5) the construction of an entrance and (6) all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4725
5 Jan 2016Refused
Construction of a new dwelling house and domestic garage served by septic tank and percolation area.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4002
27 Nov 2015Incompleted application
Construction of dwellinghouse and domestic garage served by septic tank and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6686
18 Dec 2013Withdrawn
Construct a new dwelling house, storage garage, biocycle treatment unit with raised polishing filter, entrance, bored well and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/6408
22 Apr 2009Conditional
Dwelling, entrance & septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5259
8 Sept 2008Conditional
Bungalow and septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8789
20 Aug 2008Incompleted application
Bungalow and septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8486
18 Dec 2007Conditional
Bungalow and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/13161
6 Mar 2007Withdrawn
Bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5692
25 Jul 2006Refused
Two storey dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9226
15 Jun 2006Incompleted application
Two storey dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8130
17 Feb 2006Conditional
Cubicle slatted house with underground slatted tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4873
15 Dec 2005Conditional
Construction of 2 no. dwellings
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/9307
12 Oct 2005Refused
Two storey dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7472
12 Oct 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7456
28 Jul 2005Conditional
Construction of 3 no. dwellings
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5426
27 Apr 2005Conditional
Dwelling, septic tank, percolation area and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2789
6 Aug 2004Conditional
Bungalow and proprietary treatment plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6022
31 Mar 2004Conditional
Extension to farm buildings and slatted tanks
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/2119
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 Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
- Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA 004161
Recorded monuments
- CO014-073001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In grazing land, on gentle W-facing slope. Circular, slightly raised area (22.4m E-W; 22.3m N-S) enclosed by inner earthen bank (int. H 0.3m) NE->SE; scarp elsewhere; intervening fosse; outer earthen bank (max. H 0.7m); external fosse (D 0.1m) to NW. Banks grass covered; interior surface overgrown with reeds. Souterrain (CO014-07302-) 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
- CO014-073002 Souterrain
Description
In ringfort (CO014-07301-). Bowman (1934, 116) noted that a 'Souterrain was in this fort, it is now destroyed'. 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
- CO014-074 Standing stone
Description
Not marked on 1842 OS 6-inch map. On hilltop, with commanding view in every direction. Stone (H 1.09m; 1.27m x 0.98m) is roughly triangular in plan, long axis NE-SW. 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
- CO014-075 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Grass-covered spread of burnt material under c. 0.1m of dark humic soil. Probably one of six fulachta fiadh recorded by Bowman (1934, 116) in Glenlara townland: two in Denis Murphy's land; one each in B. O'Keeffe's land, Nicholas D. Kenneally's land, Nicholas C. Kenneally's land and Daniel Kenneally's land. 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
- CO014-076 Stone row
Description
In rough pasture, on gentle NE-facing slope of Glenlara River valley. Row of six stones, aligned NE-SW, one of which is prostrate. Overall length of row is 16.5m. NE stone is 0.75m L, 0.4m T and 1.1m H. Second stone, 3m to SW, is 0.55m L, 0.3m T and 0.55m H. Third stone, 3.35m from last, is 0.6m L, 0.3m T, and 0.45m H. Fourth stone, 0.8m further to SW and transversely set to main axis, is 0.6m L, 0.4m T and 0.8m H. Fifth stone, 0.2m from last, is prostrate; it measures 0.55m by 0.4m by over 0.75m. 'M. T. LINEHAN' is carved on its upper surface. Sixth stone, 2.9m to SW, is incorporated in field fence; it measures 1.5m L, 1m T and 2m H. Bowman records two other stones as forming part of row; one in drain area between fifth and sixth stones, other between second and third stones (Bowman 1934, 116). 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Glenlara.
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 10 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 Glenlara.
- 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 Glenlara with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Glenlara · Gleann Lára
- Area
- 3,851,345 m² (385.13 ha, 951.69 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonfert, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Glenlara, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Glenlara electoral division: 429 people in 147 households; 95% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyduane West, Barnacurra, Blueford, Commons South, Glennamucklagh East, Gortnaglogh, Inchantotane, Tooreencormack
- Placenames
- Glenlara 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.