# Keel, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilmeen (Kanturk Ra), barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish An Chill. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 840,320 m² (84.03 ha, 207.65 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,254 m² (0.33 ha, 0.8 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 19 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilmeen (Kanturk Ra), https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/kilmeen-kanturk-ra.md - Barony: Duhallow - Electoral division: Boherboy, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 753 people lived in 308 households in the Boherboy electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/10503 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 43280 - Centre: latitude 52.172629, longitude -9.086838 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Keel, from 759 m² to 411,419 m² (41.14 ha, 101.66 acres); 22 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2330266: 411,419 m² (41.14 ha, 101.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2330266.md - Parcel 2330256: 146,130 m² (14.61 ha, 36.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2330256.md - Parcel 2330262: 113,715 m² (11.37 ha, 28.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2330262.md - Parcel 2330260: 76,445 m² (7.64 ha, 18.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2330260.md - Parcel 2330263: 60,729 m² (6.07 ha, 15.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2330263.md - Parcel 2330261: 11,708 m² (1.17 ha, 2.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2330261.md - Parcel 2330257: 3,886 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2330257.md - Parcel 2330265: 3,296 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2330265.md - Parcel 5019894: 3,213 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5019894.md - Parcel 2330259: 2,126 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2330259.md - Parcel 2330264: 1,683 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2330264.md - Parcel 2330267: 1,605 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2330267.md - Parcel 2389245: 1,456 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2389245.md - Parcel 2330258: 977 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2330258.md - Parcel 5019898: 825 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5019898.md - Parcel 2153343: 759 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2153343.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Keel in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 19 applications, newest first. - 28 Aug 2025, Cork County Council 25/5724: Conditional permission. Permission. Permission to construct a new dwelling house and domestic garage served by mechanical aeration unit & soil polishing filter.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=25/5724 - 12 Aug 2025, Cork County Council 25/5621: Conditional permission. Permission for retention. Permission to Retain existing dwelling house, mechanical aeration unit and sand polishing filter and all associated site works within revised site boundaries. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=25/5621 - 11 Jul 2025, Cork County Council 25/5396: Incompleted application. Retention. Retention Planning Permission to retain existing dwelling house, mechanical aeration unit and sand polishing filter and all associated site works within revised site boundaries.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=25/5396 - 26 Mar 2025, Cork County Council 25/4524: Conditional permission. Permission. Permission for alterations and extension to existing dwelling consisting of the following: 1) Renovations to existing dwelling and the construction of a single storey extension to the side of same dwelling. 2) To install a new secondary wastewater treatment system and tertiary filter to serve existing dwelling. 3) The construction of a new site entrance to serve existing dwelling and all associated site works and services.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=25/4524 - 29 Apr 2022, Cork County Council 22/4977: Refused. Permission. (i) Demolish an existing building and remove associated fuel and oil tanks (ii) Erect a new garage building for the repair of motor vehicles along with use of same for depollution and dismantling of end of life vehicles and use of the building for storage of vehicles and parts and (iii) Storage of end of life vehicles and parts in external yard areas (iv) Decommissioning of existing septic tank and permission to install a new wastewater treatment system and ancillary sit works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=22/4977 - 21 Jan 2022, Cork County Council 22/4091: Withdrawn. Permission. The development will consist of (i) Permission to demolish an existing building and remove associated fuel and oil tanks (ii) permission to erect a new garage building for the repair of motor vehicles along with use of same for depollution and dismantling of end of life vehicles and use of the building for storage of vehicles and parts and (iii) permission for storage of end of life vehicles and parts in external yard areas (iv) decommissioning of existing septic tank and permission to install new wastewater treatment system and ancillary site works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=22/4091 - 13 Aug 2021, Cork County Council 21/6243: Withdrawn. Permission. (i) Permission to demolish an existing building and remove associated fuel and oil tanks (ii) Permission to erect a new garage building for the repair of motor vehicles along with use of same for depollution and dismantling of end of life vehicles and use of the building for storage of vehicles and parts and (iii) Permission for storage of end of life vehicles and parts in external yard areas (iv) Decommissioning of existing septic tank and permission to install a new wastewater treatment system and ancillary site works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=21/6243 - 16 Jun 2021, Cork County Council 21/5665: Conditional. Permission. Erect a 24m high lattice telecommunications support structure together with associated telecommunications equipment all enclosed in security fencing and to extend the existing access track.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=21/5665 - 14 Aug 2019, Cork County Council 19/6036: Incompleted application. Retention. Retention of i) existing vehicle de-polluting building and associated above ground storage tanks, ii) existing portacabin office, iii) container acting as tyre removal workshop, iv) 3 no. existing scrap storage bays, v) existing solid fuel (timber/briquettes) storage building for sale of same and vi) car baler. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=19/6036 - 10 Mar 2014, Cork County Council 14/4487: Conditional. Permission. Permission for retention for the following existing structures:- (A) Existing garage/workshop for the repair of motor vehicles, (B) Existing storage building of vehicule parts, (C) Existing office portacabin, (D) Existing shed for storage of fuel (timber/coal) for sale of same and permission to change use of part of fuel storage shed to depollution/dismantling of end of life vehicles and install a silt trap and interceptor. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=14/4487 - 18 Feb 2014, Cork County Council 14/4293: Incompleted application. Permission. Retention of the following existing structures (a) garage/workshop for the repair of motor vehicles, (b) Storage building of vehicle parts, (c) office portacabin, (d) shed for storage of fuel (timber/coal) for sale of same, and Permission for change of use of part of fuel storage shed to depollution/dismantling of end of life vehicles and installation of a silt trap and separator. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=14/4293 - 1 Oct 2007, Cork County Council 07/11319: Incompleted application. Permission. Dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/11319 - 26 Apr 2007, Cork County Council 07/7297: Refused. Permission. Dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/7297 - 31 Jan 2007, Cork County Council 07/4624: Incompleted application. Permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/4624 - 1 Jun 2006, Cork County Council 06/7745: Conditional. Permission. Construction of cattle shed, loose house and underground effluent tanks. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/7745 - 27 Mar 2006, Cork County Council 06/5851: Withdrawn. Permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/5851 - 24 Mar 2004, Cork County Council 04/1934: Refused. Permission. Dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/1934 - 25 Feb 2004, Cork County Council 04/1156: Conditional. Permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/1156 - 22 Dec 2003, Cork County Council 03/6684: Conditional. Permission. Dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/6684 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Keel. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CO022-112001: Burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO022-112001-. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular area defined by broken line and named 'Old Grave Yard'; shown on 1904 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps as hachured circular area and named 'Children's Burial Ground'. In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (41.5m N-S; 39.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (max. int. H 1.1m) with shallow external fosse (max. D 0.7m). Interior under silage and sloping down to S; two low stones (H c. 0.2m; 0.35m x 0.16m) noted. Bowman (1934, 474) also noted possible remains of church (14486) as well as on S side 'many headstones c. 9ins high...a large mound of stones...a depression 20ft by 16 by c. 3ft deep.' No surface evidence for any of these now. 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 - CO022-112002: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO022-112002-. In burial ground (14108). Bowman (1934, 474) recorded '8 mounds of rough stones' at N side which he surmised may be remains of church. 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Keel. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Keel, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as 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 Keel. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cork/keel.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/keel.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/keel.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Keel with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork: https://everytownland.com/cork.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Bawnaneel: https://everytownland.com/cork/bawnaneel.md - Islandav: https://everytownland.com/cork/islandav.md - Kilnahulla Beg: https://everytownland.com/cork/kilnahulla-beg.md - Kilnahulla More: https://everytownland.com/cork/kilnahulla-more.md - Knocklagh: https://everytownland.com/cork/knocklagh.md - Knocknacurragh: https://everytownland.com/cork/knocknacurragh.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/cork/keel - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/keel