Glennakeel South
Townland in the civil parish of Clonfert, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Gleann an Chaoil Theas
- Area
- 623.8 ha
- 1,542 acres
- Land parcels
- 114
- registered freehold, median 32,395 m² (3.24 ha, 8.01 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
114 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glennakeel South, from 22 m² to 454,944 m² (45.49 ha, 112.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 46 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 Glennakeel South 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
4 Jun 2021Unconditional
(a) Construction of 2no. sections of forest road (of approx.25m and 98m in length) along with associated turning circles, to facilitate clearfelling, (b) the clearfelling, fallowing and replanting of existing conifer plantation within 5no. felling coupes on a cumulative afforested area of approximately 62.62ha to prevent turbulence effects on the permitted phase 2 of Glentanemacelligot Windfarm (Planning Ref. No. 08/10245 and An Bórd Pleanála Ref. No. 04.235930) and (c) all ancillary site works including drainage works, temporary compound and temporary spoil stockpile area, all on an overall site of 73.9ha. - Extension of duration of permission granted under planning reference: 14/06578 - An Bord Pleanala reference: PL04.245644
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 21/5575
21 Oct 2020Conditional
To construct a dwellinghouse with detached domestic garage, front boundary entrance walls, installation of mechanical aeration unit with soil polishing filter system with all associated site services and site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6316
19 May 2020Refused
To construct a dwelling house with detached domestic garage, front boundary entrance walls, installation of mechanical aeration unit with soil polishing filter system with all associated site services and site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5001
27 Apr 2020Incompleted application
Construct a dwelling house with detached domestic garage, front boundary entrance walls, installation of mechanical aeration unit with soil polishing filter system with all associated site services and site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4840
23 Nov 2015Conditional
To develop technician facilities with total gross floor area of 60sq.m. A 3.2m high, 26sq.m cabin will cater for up to four wind turbine technicians with a toilet, kitchenette and a small office for record keeping. Two ISO 20’ shipping containers will be provided alongside the cabin to store equipment, spare parts consumables and lubricants for the turbines. The development will also consist of a standalone generator room that will supply power to the cabin, a storage tank for cold water supply and a buried, sealed waste water storage tank.
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6631
2 Dec 2014Conditional
(a) Construction of 2no. sections of forest road (of approx.25m and 98m in length) along with associated turning circles, to facilitate clearfelling, (b) the clearfelling, fallowing and replanting of existing conifer plantation within 5no. felling coupes on a cumulative afforested area of approximately 62.62ha to prevent turbulence effects on the permitted phase 2 of Glentanemacelligot Windfarm (Planning Ref. No. 08/10245 and An Bórd Pleanála Ref. No. 04.235930) and (c) all ancillary site works including drainage works, temporary compound and temporary spoil stockpile area, all on an overall site of 73.9ha.
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6578
19 Oct 2012Incompleted application
Amend the permission granted under An Bord Pleanala Decision PL04.217191 (Planning Reg no. 06/4439) for 5 no. wind turbines. The amendments to consist of an increase in heights of turbines from 121m to 126.5m (ground to tip height), realignment of the permitted road layout, relocation of the electrical substation, realignment of hardstanding to Turbine no. 1 and associated site development works. The application also involves the installation of an 80m Permanent Meteorological Mast with access road.
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6194
8 Apr 2011Conditional
Modifications to the internal site tracks and site access associated with permitted Glentanemacelligot Windfarm Phase 1 (Planning Reg. Nos. 06/4077 and 02/4283) and construction and upgrading of an additional site access track and entrance from public road (utilising an existing forestry track).
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4736
24 Feb 2011Unconditional
Completion of windfarm consisting of 5 no. wind turbines, electrical control building, new internal site tracks, extension to existing tracks, storage compound and associated site works granted under reg. no. 06/4439
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/4361
21 Sept 2010Unconditional
Completion of 6 no. turbines of hub height 80m and blade diameter of 90m and blade tip height of 125m, 2 no. 80m high wind monitoring masts, ESB substation compound with control building, site tracks and associated site development works as granted under Planning Reg. no. 06/4077
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 10/8024
19 Dec 2008Conditional permission
Erection of 8 no. wind turbines with hub height of 80m, blade diameter of 90m and overall height from ground to blade tip of 125m, construction of 4 no. borrowpits and internal site tracks and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/10248
19 Feb 2008Conditional
Construction of single storey extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4850
31 Jan 2006Conditional
Construction of windfarm comprising of 6 no. wind turbines (80m hub height and 82m blade diameter), an electrical control building, new internal site tracks and extension to existing site tracks, storage compound and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4439
10 Jan 2006Application finalised
Modification to permitted development 02/4283 to include 6 no. turbines, hub height of 80m and blade diameter of 90m and blade tip height of 125m, 2 no. 80m high wind monitoring masts, ESB substation compound with control building, site tracks and associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4077
15 Dec 2005Incompleted application
An increase of the turbine hub height from 60m to 80m and an increase of the blade tip height from 100m to 125m in the existing planning permission fro a wind farm (planning reference no. N/02/4283)
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9289
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
- CO013-017 Fulacht fia
Description
In rough grazing, to E of stream. Horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (14.9m NE-SW; 12.6m NW-SE; H 1.45m); opening (Wth 4m) faces NW. Probably the fulacht fiadh recorded by Bowman (1934, 106) on T. Murphy'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
- CO013-018 Kiln - lime
Description
Remains of early 20th century lime kiln in small gravel quarry. Partially collapsed random rubble walls encase earthen core. Front elevation (H 4m; Wth 5.2m) faces W; ledge over recess to support lean-to. Stone arched recess (H 1.88m; Wth 2m; D 1.8m) with sloping slabs at rear. Stone-lined circular funnel. Disused trackway connects rear of kiln to early 20th century road 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Glennakeel South.
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 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 Glennakeel South.
- 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 Glennakeel South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Glennakeel South · Gleann an Chaoil Theas
- Area
- 6,238,248 m² (623.82 ha, 1,541.5 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonfert, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Clonfert East, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Clonfert East electoral division: 355 people in 137 households; 86% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Croanrea, Foiladaun, Glasheenanargid, Glenacarney, Glennakeel North, Glennakeel West, Glennamucklagh West, Glentanemacelligot, Taurmore
- Placenames
- Glennakeel South 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.