Kilbane
Townland in the civil parish of Desertmore, barony of Muskerry East, Co. Cork; in Irish Cill Bhábhúin
- Area
- 107.3 ha
- 265 acres
- Land parcels
- 10
- registered freehold, median 5,651 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 21
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilbane, from 177 m² to 486,180 m² (48.62 ha, 120.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 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 Kilbane 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
24 Oct 2025Grant with conditions
1) The Retention of the office building (building 3), service building (building 4), the connection link between office and services buildings, the storage container (building 5), the pump house (building 6) and the machinery shed (building 7), all for uses ancillary to the horticultural nursery and; 2) Retention of the change of use of the existing agricultural shed to principally include light horticultural activities, storage with ancillary staff welfare facilities (building 1). 3) Permission is sought for the installation of a wastewater treatment system and pump, upgrades to the existing yard including staff car parking and loading bay, the erection of new gates at the site entrance, decorative walls, extensions of the existing internal access track, site landscaping and all other ancillary site works.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/6284
29 Jan 2025Incompleted application
Permission for: 1) the retention of the office building (building 3), services building (building 4), the connection link between office and services buildings, the pump house (building 6), the storage container (building 5), the machinery shed (building 7), all for uses ancillary to the horticultural nursery and 2) retention of change of use of the existing agricultural shed to principally include light horticultural activities, storage with ancillary staff welfare facilities (building 1). 3) Permission is sought for the installation of a wastewater treatment system and pump, upgrades to the existing yard including staff car parking and loading bay, the erection of new gates at the site entrance, decorative walls, extension of the existing internal access track, site landscaping and all other associated ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4098
27 Mar 2024Incompleted application
Permission for the retention of 1) The existing office building, services building, connection link, pump house and storage container, and 2) Installation of wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, and permission 1) The construction of a lean-to shed 2) Upgrades to the existing yard, 3) Staff car parking and loading bay, 4) Erection of new gates at the site entrance, 5) Extension of the existing internal access track to the east of the site, 6) Site landscaping and levelling works, and 7) All other associated ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4529
3 Aug 2018Conditional
Construct an agricultural building for the storage of agricultural machinery and straw along with straw bedded livestock housing and an underground effluent tank and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6071
15 Oct 2014Conditional
Dwelling house and garage (alterations to house design and site boundary to that permitted under Planning Ref. No. 13/5244)
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6213
10 Oct 2014Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and garage (alterations to house design and site boundary to that permitted under Planning Reg. No. 13/5244)
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/6186
10 Jan 2014Conditional
Construction of a dwellinghouse, domestic garage, effluent treatment system, entrance and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4034
23 Dec 2013Incompleted application
Construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, effluent treatment system, entrance and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/6471
26 Jul 2013Withdrawn
Construction of a storey and a half style dwelling, domestic garage, sewerage treatment system, site entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5456
28 Jun 2013Conditional
Construct a dwellinghouse and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5244
24 Aug 2011Conditional
Retention of dwellinghouse as constructed
Retention · Cork County Council, 11/5827
10 Aug 2011Incompleted application
Retention of alterations to elevations and size of dwelling
Retention · Cork County Council, 11/5716
20 Apr 2011Withdrawn
Construction of dwelling , detached garage, septic tank, entrance and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4834
24 Mar 2011Incompleted application
Construction of dwelling, detached garage, septic tank, entrance and assciated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4587
25 Feb 2010Conditional
Additions and alterations to existing dwellinghouse including two-storey extension to rear, detached domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4411
28 Apr 2009Refused
Dwelling house, garage, septic tank & associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5319
30 Jan 2009Withdrawn
Construction of two storey detached dwellinghouse, garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new bored well, new site entrance, landscaping and site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4270
11 Nov 2008Incompleted application
Two-storey detached dwellinghouse, garage, wastewater treatment system, entrance and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9646
22 Aug 2006Withdrawn
One and half storey dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9971
14 Jan 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/112
1 Mar 2004Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1276
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 Kilbane.
Recorded monuments
- CO084-029 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground. Shown on 1943 OS 6-inch map as mound. No visible surface trace; surrounding land reclaimed. 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
- CO084-059 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground, on N side of stream. Kidney-shaped mound of burnt material (L 7.5m; Wth 6.7m; H 1m); opening (Wth 4m) faces W. Two other fulachta fiadh c. 60m and c. 80m to E (CO084-06101-; CO084-06102-). 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
- CO084-060 Burial ground
Description
Not named on 1842 OS 6-inch map which shows field and house on location ofsite. Unnamed rectangular field (c. 50m E-W; c. 40m N-S) shown here on 1903 OS 6-inch map. In pasture, on S-facing slope. Fences enclosing field levelled except small portion of earthen bank (H c. 1m) to W. Known locally as burial ground and remembered as rectangular area enclosed by earthen bank (H c. 1m), with some "humps and hollows" in interior. 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
- CO084-061001 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground, on N side of stream. Circular mound of burnt material (L 11.5m; H 1m). Fulacht fiadh to E (CO084-06102-) and W (CO084-059---). 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
- CO084-061002 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground, on N side of stream. Horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (L 7.9m; Wth 6m; H 0.7m); opening (Wth 2.3m) faces N. Two other fulachta fiadh to W (CO084-059---; CO084-06101-). 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 Kilbane.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Kilbane.
- 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 Kilbane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Kilbane · Cill Bhábhúin
- Area
- 1,073,090 m² (107.31 ha, 265.17 acres)
- Civil parish
- Desertmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry East
- Electoral division
- Ballygroman, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballygroman electoral division: 1,789 people in 594 households; 86% of households own their home; 53% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymountain, Clashanaffrin, Kilcrea, Knockatreenane, Knocknahilan
- Placenames
- Kilbane 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.