Kilclare Upper
Townland in the civil parish of Knockmourne, barony of Kinatalloon, Co. Cork; in Irish Coill an Chláir Uachtarach
- Area
- 199.7 ha
- 493 acres
- Land parcels
- 58
- registered freehold, median 4,689 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 21
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
58 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilclare Upper, from 255 m² to 263,770 m² (26.38 ha, 65.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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 Kilclare Upper 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
3 May 2023Conditional
Construction of a new single storey dwelling house with an integrated granny flat, a wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter, a new gate and piers forming a vehicular entrance to the south of the site and to include landscaping and all site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4870
24 Feb 2023Conditional
Permission for retention of a domestic sun room annex to existing dwelling with all associated site development works. (Change of plan from that permitted under PL Reg No n/00/0377)
Retention · Cork County Council, 23/4318
22 Jun 2022Conditional
Construction of proposed single storey new extension to the side of the existing dwelling house, with proposed alterations to the existing dwelling house, construction of a new patio area, construction of a new car port to the rear of the proposed new extensions and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5459
20 Aug 2021Conditional
The construction of a dwellinghouse, detached domestic use garage, a waste-water treatment system, a new shared vehicular access to the site from the public road which is to include a new agricultural entrance to the farmlands on which the shared entrance is to be located and all other associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6304
26 Jul 2021Incompleted application
The construction of a new dwellinghouse, detached domestic use garage, a waste-water treatment system, a new shared vehicular access to the site from the public road & all other associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6054
20 Oct 2020Refused
The construction of a new dwellinghouse, detached domestic use garage, a waste-water treatment system, a new splayed vehicular access to the site and all other associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6302
2 Jul 2018Conditional
Demolition of existing extension and construction of new extension to side of existing dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5711
24 Sept 2015Conditional
Construct a detached one and a half storey dwellinghouse, detached private garage, new entrance, install a waste water treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6139
7 Nov 2012Conditional
Demolition of existing dwellinghouse and ancillary structures, permission for construction of dwellinghouse, detached garage, septic tank and percolation area, modification of existing entrance, internal site works, site boundary treatments and all ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/6297
30 May 2012Conditional
Raise roof ridge level of existing farm machinery storage shed by 1000mm and extend the rear of shed by 1.2 metres and extend northern side of shed by 5.2 metres
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5164
15 Jul 2010Conditional
Sunroom extension to side (south) elevation , & single storey extension to side (north) elevation of existing single storey dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5770
20 Dec 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse, detached garage and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/13279
13 Dec 2006Refused
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13252
4 Sept 2006Conditional
Retention of dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10311
30 Nov 2005Conditional
Two storey dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/8812
8 Aug 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/5674
9 Mar 2005Conditional
Alterations and extensions to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1433
25 Aug 2004Conditional
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6466
30 Jun 2004Conditional
Dwelling and proprietary treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4886
30 Jun 2004Conditional
Domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4884
22 May 2003Conditional
Demolition of dwelling, construction of dwelling & garage & retention & completion of extension & incorporate same into dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2421
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
Recorded monuments
- CO045-029 Ringfort - rath
Description
On edge of forestry, on N-facing slope. Circular area (27.3m N-S; 27.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.6m), except to N where enclosed by scarp with slight internal lip (H 0.2m). External fosse (D 1.2m) NNE->NW; heavily overgrown. Interior raised on N side to compensate for hillslope; possible souterrain (CO045-128---) in N half. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO045-030 Ringfort - rath
Description
On level pasture, at S side of Bride river. Depicted as circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO045-033 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage atop E-W ridge. Hachured as circular enclosure on all three OS 6-inch maps (diam. c. 35m); fosse shown E->W on 1904 and 1935 maps. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO045-034 Fulacht fia
Description
On E-facing slope overlooking stream. Low mound of burnt material. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO045-122001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on a high plateau overlooking the valley of the river Bride. Indicated as a circular enclosure, named 'Danish Fort', on a 1773-4 map (no. 6) by B. Scalé (NLI MSS 7216-18). It is not visible at ground level. A rath (CO045-029----), similarly depicted on the Scalé map, is located 120m to the WNW and has an associated possible souterrain (CO045-128----). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO045-125 Fulacht fia
Description
In tillage, on E side of ringfort (CO045-029---). Spread of burnt material (16m N-S; 12m E-W) visible in ploughed field. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO045-128 Souterrain
Description
In N half of ringfort (CO045-029---). Hollow (L 3m; Wth 3m; D 0.3m); second hollow 4m to NW (L 4m; Wth 3m; D 0.3m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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 Kilclare Upper.
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 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 Kilclare Upper.
- 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 Kilclare Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Kilclare Upper · Coill an Chláir Uachtarach
- Area
- 1,996,523 m² (199.65 ha, 493.35 acres)
- Civil parish
- Knockmourne, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinatalloon
- Electoral division
- Knockmourne, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Knockmourne electoral division: 1,415 people in 481 households; 78% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghern East, Clashaganniv, Conna, Garryantaggart, Kilclare Lower, Killavarilly, Monagoun, Park
- Placenames
- Kilclare Upper 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.