Haremount
Haremount is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmichael, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Cnocán an Ghiorria.
- Area
- 261.7 ha
- 647 acres
- Land parcels
- 39
- registered freehold, median 4,653 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 26
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Haremount, from 31 m² to 366,463 m² (36.65 ha, 90.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 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 Haremount 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
21 Nov 2025Grant with conditions
Permission for Retention of dwellinghouse and relocation of vehicular entrance and associated siteworks from those permitted under planning register no. 05/8335 and Permission for Retention of shed structure.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/6547
25 Jul 2025Incompleted application
Permission for retention of 1) dwelling house as constructed, 2) relocation of dwelling house and 3) relocation of vehicular entrance and associated site works from those permitted under planning register no. 05/8335
Retention · Cork County Council, 25/5502
15 Mar 2019Conditional
Construction of dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/177
16 Nov 2018Conditional
Permission for the retention of a detached garage and alterations to the rear of existing dwelling
Retention · Cork County Council, 18/686
22 Dec 2015Refused
Ten year planning permission for the construction of a wind farm of up to 5 No. wind turbines, with a maximum ground to blade tip height of up to 140m, upgrading of existing and provision of new internal access roads, provision of a wind anemometry mast (height up to 90 metres), 2 no. borrow pits, underground electricity cabling, underground grid connection electrical cabling including all associated infrastructure, junction accommodation works for the proposed delivery route, 1 no. electricity sub-station with control building and associated equipment, 1 no. construction compound, upgrading of the existing site access junction, permanent signage and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/730
31 May 2013Conditional
Preserving and enhancing the area around Kilmichael Ambush Site to include alterations to the existing monument, provision of walkways, information signs, amenity areas and provision of a lay-by for parking, upgrading of existing access track and associated landscaping works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/307
17 May 2013Incompleted application
Preserving and enhancing the area around Kilmichael Ambush Site to include alterations to the existing monument, provision of walkways, information signs, amenity areas and provision of a lay-by for parking, upgrading of existing access track and associated landscaping works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/283
26 Apr 2013Incompleted application
Permission to preserve and enhance the ambush site
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/251
16 Jun 2011Conditional
Demolition of extension to rear of dwelling house and construction of a new extension to rear of dwelling house, installation of a septic tank system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/355
20 May 2011Incompleted application
Demolition of extension to rear of dwellinghouse and construction of a new extension to rear of dwellinghouse, on site effluent treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/308
12 Sept 2008Refused
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/1669
8 Aug 2008Incompleted application
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/1473
2 Jul 2008Incompleted application
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/1232
21 May 2008Incompleted application
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/947
9 Jan 2008Conditional
Retention of extensions to existing dwellinghouse and permission to construct hipped roof to replace existing flat roof to part of dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/39
23 Nov 2007Incompleted application
Retention of extensions to existing dwellinghouse and permission to construct hipped roof to replace existing flat roof to part of dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2934
11 Nov 2005Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8335
11 Feb 2005Conditional
Extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/746
6 Aug 2004Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6009
10 Feb 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/718
5 Sept 2003Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/4472
14 Apr 2003Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/1724
31 May 2002Conditional
Demolition of extension & outbuildings & construction of extension & alterations to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/2246
27 Oct 2000Withdrawn
Construction of dwelling & relocation of septic tank serving adjoining dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 00/6500
5 Jan 2000Withdrawn
Concrete manufacturing plant & ancillary works at existing quarry
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/31
The 25 most recent of 26 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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Haremount.
Recorded monuments
- CO082-063 Ringfort - cashel
Description
In rough pasture, on W-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 41m) enclosed by partially collapsed stone wall (H 1.3m; T 2.5m), outer earthen bank (H1.8m) and outer fosse (D 0.7m). Earthen bank stands 2m outside wall; no surface evidence for intervening fosse. Outer fosse reused as drain NNW->ENE; infilled SSE->SW. Possible entrance to SE. Remains of cultivation ridges cross interior on E-W axis. 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
- CO082-064 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (28m E-W; 26m N-S) defined by earthen bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 1.2m) NW->ESE; scarp elsewhere. Evidence of external fosse survives to SSW as shallow water-filled depression. Remains of limekiln in bank to SE; cattle break across bank to NE. Field boundary skirts enclosure to NW. 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 Haremount.
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 Haremount, 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 Haremount.
- 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 Haremount with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Haremount · Cnocán an Ghiorria
- Area
- 2,617,149 m² (261.71 ha, 646.71 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmichael, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Electoral division
- Carrigboy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 536 people lived in 174 households in the Carrigboy electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Coolaclevane, Cusduff, Gorteenadrolane, Gortnalour, Johnstown, Mamucky, Shanacashelkneeves
- Placenames
- Haremount 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.