Kilcrea

103 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilcrea, from 48 m² to 353,617 m² (35.36 ha, 87.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Kilcrea 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.

• 16 May 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for the construction of a 2 storey dwelling, with a gym, plant and store room structure together with associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4924

• 10 Mar 2025Conditional permission

  Permission to construct a dwelling house, detached domestic garage, on site sewerage treatment and all associated site works (change of house design and site layout from that granted under planning file no. 22/5543)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4405

• 21 Aug 2023Conditional

  Change of use of an existing disused dwelling to ancillary office and storage use for the adjoining farm and the construction of a 2 storey replacement dwelling, a garage, plant and storage building together with associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5694

• 30 Jun 2022Conditional

  Permission to construct a dwelling house, on site sewerage treatment and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5543

• 14 Jun 2022Conditional

  Permission for retention of works as completed to existing single storey dwelling house including; 1) Construction of single-storey extension to rear of dwelling house, 2) construction of A-roof extension over adjoining domestic garage with dormer window feature to rear accommodating existing office and storage area, 3) minor alterations to elevations of dwelling including provision of windows on east facing elevation to serve ensuite, and 4) all completed site works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 22/5374

• 13 Oct 2021Conditional

  To construct a dwellinghouse, detached domestic garage, on site sewerage treatment and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6782

• 6 Jul 2021Conditional

  Alteration to previous granted planning application (PL. Ref 19/4585) for upgrade of existing conventional septic tank system and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5871

• 20 Dec 2019Conditional

  Permission for retention of extension to existing dwelling as constructed, previously permitted under planning reference no: 18/06909.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 19/7056

• 6 Dec 2019Withdrawn

  The construction of a two-storey dwelling and all associated ancillary site development works including the provision of a new wastewater treatment system, landscaping and parking. Access will be provided via a new driveway and entrance on to the L-2216-68 local road.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6922

• 11 Mar 2019Conditional

  Works to an existing dwellinghouse to include the demolition of rear extension and portion of patio, material alterations to existing elevations and roof, construction of rear extension and all associated landscaping and site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4585

• 15 Feb 2019Conditional

  Retention of base as constructed and permission for construction of dwellinghouse on said base (change of plan from that permitted under Planning Reg. No. 11/6076 and extended under 16/4928), permission for revised site boundaries to that previously permitted together with all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4357

• 19 Dec 2018Incompleted application

  Alterations to house design (under construction – base level) permitted under planning reference number 11/6076 and 16/4928 including rear extension to kitchen and dining area, new first floor extension including wardrobe and en-Suite.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7360

• 30 Nov 2018Conditional

  Construction of a two storey extension to the rear of an existing two storey dwelling house including the demolition of a previous extension and alterations to the retained structure including internal reorganisation and the replacement of windows etc. The decommissioning of an existing septic tank and its replacement with sewage treatment system and percolation area together with associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/7146

• 2 Nov 2018Conditional

  Construction of part two-storey, part one-storey extension to side and rear of existing dwelling house, demolition of garage, alterations to existing elevations, installation of new waste water treatment unit and percolation area and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6909

• 15 Feb 2018Refused

  Construction of two-storey extension to side and rear of existing dwelling, demolition of garage, alterations to existing elevations, installation of new dormer windows to front , installation of new waste water treatment unit and percolation area all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4388

• 22 Jan 2018Incompleted application

  Construction of two-storey extension to side and rear of existing dwelling, demolition of garage, installation of new dormer windows to front, installation of new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4154

• 22 Dec 2017Conditional

  Construction of new dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary treatment unit and new entrance together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7432

• 22 Nov 2017Conditional

  Construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, percolation area, domestic well and all associated site development.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7022

• 20 Oct 2017Conditional

  Construction of a detached garage and carport and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6727

• 27 Jun 2017Conditional

  Construction of a single storey extension to existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5615

• 15 Jul 2016Withdrawn

  Construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, percolation area, domestic well and all associated site development

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5766

• 21 Jun 2016Incompleted application

  Construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, percolation area, domestic well and all associated site development.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5520

• 20 May 2016Conditional

  The construction of a two storey single private dwelling, a sewage treatment system and percolation area together with associated site works with vehicular access via the existing entrance and private laneway from abbey road

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5217

• 29 Apr 2016Conditional

  Construction of a two storey single unit dwellinghouse, a single storey garage, a new vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5006

• 25 Apr 2016Unconditional

  Construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage and new entrance – Extension of Duration of Permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 11/6076

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 16/4928

The 25 most recent of 65 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Kilcrea.

Recorded monuments

• CO084-020 Kiln - lime
  Description

  Well-preserved double kiln built against rock outcrop, in abandoned quarry. Front elevation (N) has identical segmental arched recesses (H 2.5m; Wth 2.4m), both partially filled with rubble. Front wall (H 10m) has shallow horizontal ledge just above top of arches. Top enclosed by low stone wall(H 1.5m; Wth 0.55m); two stone-lined funnels (diam. 5m). Long sloping ramp to rear (Wth 15m; L c. 50m). Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map. 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

• CO084-021 Country house
  Description

  Gable-ended, roofless 2-storey ruined house of mid-19th-century appearance, now standing in middle of large field. Entrance front (N) of 5 bays; broad central gabled breakfront with central round-headed door flanked by sidelights, central triple rectangular lights at 1st-floor level. Ground floor window opes are round-headed; paired rectangular lights on 1st floor. Rear double-gable-ended with tall central round-headed light. One-storey bow projections on side elevations. Gable ends are low pitched, two off-centre chimneys. 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

• CO084-022001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  In flat marshy area, c. 50m S of river Bride; Kilcrea friary (CO084-024002-) clearly visible c. 500m to E. Rectangular 5-storey tower (15m E-W; 11.2m N-S) with rectangular bawn attached on E side (11.2m N-S; 14.3m E-W) (see plan, Westropp 1908, opp. 175); these sit atop low rounded oval-shaped mound (53.3m E-W; 41m N-S) surrounded by water-logged fosse (Wth c. 7m); aerial photograph (Dr D.D.C. Pochin Mould) shows arc of wet ground c. 50m to S, indicating a possible outer fosse. Inner fosse traversed E-W by causeway of former railway line immediately N of tower (see photograph: ibid., opp.164). Tower entered by ground-floor door near N end of E wall; surround, recessed in two plain orders, has pointed arch. Short lobby gives access straight through to main chamber; door on S side of lobby gives access to mural stairs rising to SE corner of tower, where it continues as spiral to 4th-floor level. Main ground-floor chamber (6.1m N-S; 9.1m E-W) lit by similar windows in centre of N and W walls and by two in S wall (only one of latter pair shown on Westropp's plan, which also omits W window): inner part of embrasure square-set and covered by segmental vault; outer part smaller and shorter, covered by lintels; each has single square-headed light; lower part of lights in S and W walls now below outside ground level. First-floor chamber, attic under rounded wicker-centred vault (axis E-W), entered by door in E wall from top of mural stairs; lit by central windows in E and W walls, similar to those below. Door on N side of E window embrasure gives access to mural chamber; this contains murder hole in floor covering lobby below; in N and E walls of chamber are cruciform gun loops, the former with circular widening at base; pair of similar loops at base of spiral stairs, in E and S walls. At 2nd-floor level, door on N side of stairs gives access to mural chamber (2.55m N-S; 1.55m E-W) which gives access at N end to L-shaped mural chamber in NE corner of tower, and through door on W side to main 2nd-floor chamber (9.1m E-W; 5.75m N-S). Main chamber lit by central window in S, W and N walls, similar to those below; ogee-headed light in S window; flat-headed light in W window; N window missing light. Lintelled doors in N and S sides of W window embrasure give access to near-identical L-shaped mural chambers in NW and SW corners of tower. At 3rd-floor level access to main chamber gained from spiral stairs via short passage which leads to door on S side of window embrasure in E wall of chamber. Main chamber is attic under rounded wicker-centered vault; central windows in E and W walls; embrasures similar to those below; both have double square-headed lights, missing their mullion. Fourth-floor chamber (8.6m N-S; 11.4m E-W) entered at SE corner from top of spiral stairs; lit by central window embrasures in N, S, E and W walls; embrasures square-set, covered by tall pointed vault framed by pointed cutstone arch on inside edge; each has double ogee-headed light, all missing their mullion. N window much damaged by removal of fireplace which was a late insertion into W side of embrasure; almost entire light of S window removed. All four lights covered by hood mouldings externally. Lintelled doors in N and S sides of E window embrasure both lead to rising mural stairs; stairs to N access garderobe chamber in N wall, with three openings; stairs to S rise to SE corner of tower and then spirals before giving access to wall walk. Wall walk intact atop all four walls but battlements entirely missing. Bawn wall (H c. 6m; Wth c. 1.4m) intact except W ends of N and S walls; S wall rebuilt with thinner wall which now butts against S end of E wall of main tower; W end of N wall similarly rebuilt but final c. 3m now entirely fallen where wall once joined N end of E wall of main tower. Former presence of structures against inside of bawn wall suggested by: opening for garderobe chute on outside, and wall press on inside of N wall; window with square-headed light low down near S end of E wall; wall press at ground-floor level and slit window at 1st-floor level, on S wall. Bawn has 2-storey tower (4.2m E-W; 6.1m N-S) projecting E from S end of E wall (see plan ibid., opp. 175). Large gap in W wall at ground-floor level probably position of former door. Ground-floor chamber (2.8m E-W; 3.3m N-S) has lintelled recess in N wall (0.53m N-S; 0.49m E-W); base formed by stone with circular hole at centre (diam. 0.28m) now just below ground level. Chamber formerly covered by vault. First-floor chamber entered through doorway in SW corner from S bawn wall walk; lit by central windows in N, S, E and W walls, each with splayed and lintelled embrasure and single square-headed light, except W embrasure which is square-set with door in S side leading to spiral stairs which rise in SE corner and give access to wall walk of tower. Window in W wall flanked by gun loops, both blocked. Reputedly built by Cormac Láidir Mac Carthy about middle of 15th century (Westropp ibid., 176; O Murchadha 1985, 58), a date not inconsistent with surviving tower though bawn probably somewhat later in date; gun loops in tower probably inserted when bawn added. 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

• CO084-022002 Earthwork
  Description

  In flat marshy area, c. 50m S of river Bride; Kilcrea friary (CO084-024002-) clearly visible c. 500m to E. Rectangular 5-storey tower (15m E-W; 11.2m N-S) CO084-022001-) with rectangular bawn (CO084-022004-) attached on E side (11.2m N-S; 14.3m E-W) (see plan, Westropp 1908, opp. 175); these sit atop low rounded oval-shaped mound (53.3m E-W; 41m N-S) surrounded by water-logged fosse (Wth c. 7m); aerial photograph (Dr D.D.C. Pochin Mould) shows arc of wet ground c. 50m to S, indicating a possible outer fosse. Inner fosse traversed E-W by causeway of former railway line immediately N of tower (see photograph: ibid., opp.164). 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

• CO084-022004 Bawn
  Description

  The bawn wall (H c. 6m; Wth c. 1.4m) of Kilcrea Castle (CO084-022001-) is intact except W ends of N and S walls; S wall rebuilt with thinner wall which now butts against S end of E wall of main tower; W end of N wall similarly rebuilt but final c. 3m now entirely fallen where wall once joined N end of E wall of main tower. Former presence of structures against inside of bawn wall suggested by: opening for garderobe chute on outside, and wall press on inside of N wall; window with square-headed light low down near S end of E wall; wall press at ground-floor level and slit window at 1st-floor level, on S wall. Bawn has 2-storey tower (4.2m E-W; 6.1m N-S) projecting E from S end of E wall (see plan ibid., opp. 175). Large gap in W wall at ground-floor level probably position of former door. Ground-floor chamber (2.8m E-W; 3.3m N-S) has lintelled recess in N wall (0.53m N-S; 0.49m E-W); base formed by stone with circular hole at centre (diam. 0.28m) now just below ground level. Chamber formerly covered by vault. First-floor chamber entered through doorway in SW corner from S bawn wall walk; lit by central windows in N, S, E and W walls, each with splayed and lintelled embrasure and single square-headed light, except W embrasure which is square-set with door in S side leading to spiral stairs which rise in SE corner and give access to wall walk of tower. Window in W wall flanked by gun loops, both blocked. 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

• CO084-023 Bridge
  Description

  Hump-backed road bridge (Wth 2.9m) over Bride River. Original bridge (O'Keeffe and Simington 1991, 170-1, fig. 84) had eight round arches with triangular breakwaters topped by semi-pyramidal cappings. A post-1865 drainage scheme replaced three northernmost arches, which spanned river, with single segmental arch. Remaining five arches now blocked up; bases of pointed breakwaters survive between them. On downstream side pointed breakwater is brought up to form refuge in parapet wall. According to local tradition, earlier part built in Cromwellian times (Westropp 1908, 174-5) but O'Keeffe and Simington (ibid.) uncertain as to its date. 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

• CO084-024001 Graveyard
  Description

  Within ruins of Kilcrea friary (CO084-024002-). Friary was burial place of MacCarthy, lords of Muskerry, beginning with Cormac 'who was buried in the middle of the choir in the Franciscan habit in 1494' (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 251); Latin inscription on founder's tomb noted by Ware (Windele 1844, 262-3) but no identifiable trace remains of tombs located by Windele (ibid.) 'in the middle of the choir'. According to O'Mahony (1907-9), friary 'did not become a general place of burial until it became a ruin, in the Cromwellian period'. Almost entire area of friary has been used for burials. Extant inscriptions and locations recorded by Henchion (1968a, 1-30); earliest monuments are fragments of three early 17th-century rectangular cross slabs, one dated 1625 and another 1626 (ibid., 27, sketch 30; see photograph in JAPMDI vol. 9, 1913-16, opp. 429); amongst other notable burials, altar tomb of outlaw Arthur Leary in SE corner of nave (Henchion ibid., 48), and tomb of Mac Carthys of Ballyneadig (O Murchú 1965, 84-102). Still in occasional use. 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

• CO084-024002 Religious house - Franciscan friars
  Description

  In tillage, c. 80m S of the River Bride. Kilcrea castle (CO084-022001-) is visible c. 500m to the W, and the friary gate is aligned to the castle entrance. This friary was founded in 1465 for Observant Franciscans by Cormac Láidir MacCarthy, 6th Lord of Muskerry (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 251), on land that Cormac had recovered from the Anglo-Norman Barret family c.1420. Before the arrival of the Anglo-Norman, Muskerry had formed part of his ancestors’ original lordship, the medieval kingdom of Desmond (Lafaye 2018, 133). Cormac was killed in 1495 by his own brother, Eoghan, and by Eoghan’s sons (O’Donovan 1848-51, vol. 4, 1213), and he was buried in the friary wearing a Franciscan habit. Though Kilcrea friary was officially supressed in 1542, the friars remained at Kilcrea until the Cromwellian period, under the patronage of the MacCarthys; in the meantime the friary was sacked in 1584 and c. 1590, but repaired in 1603 and again in the 1620s (Gwynn and Hadcock ibid.). While the friary now stands in the middle of an empty field, 16th and 17th-century sources refer to grist mills, water mills and eel weirs on the River Bride, all located within the precinct of the friary, as well as gardens and houses (Lafaye ibid., 134-6). However, a geophysical survey of areas around the friary and the tower house carried out by the Discovery Programme in 2015 revealed little evidence for archaeological remains – though it is likely that the structures mentioned would have been made of timber (Dowling 2015). The main friary buildings are roughly contemporary though built in sequence: the church first, then the E range and finally the N and W ranges; all were probably erected shortly after the foundation date, and metrological analysis of the plan indicate it was carefully laid out ahead of construction (Lafaye 2016, 134; 142). At a later stage, but not long after, the two garderobe structures and the sacristy building were added. The plan of the church, with an aisled nave and a single-armed ‘transept’ (more correctly a chapel hosting secondary altars), is typical of late medieval Irish mendicant friaries. They evolved from the more ‘piece-meal’ construction of early friaries, which resulted from the growing popularity of the friars and the need to accommodate larger crowds in the nave, as well as burials and private chapels commissioned by wealthy patrons. Timoleague Franciscan friary (CO123-050002-), which may have been one of the first Irish mendicant friaries where a ‘chapel-transept’ was built from the time of its foundation in the early 14th century, may have been a source of inspiration for Cormac MacCarthy; the MacCarthy Reagh, a junior branch of the MacCarthy family, were its mains patrons (Lafaye Ibid., 144-5). The friary survives in its entirety, with the exception of the cloister arcade. The remains consist of the church, with cloister garth and surrounding ranges to the N (see plans: Westropp 1908, 169; Cochrane 1912, 58-9; Monastic Ireland: http://monastic.ie/tour/kilcrea-franciscan-friary/); most walls stand to full height. The friary is approached by an embanked avenue from the road to the W. The entire complex has been used as a graveyard (CO084-024001-) by the local community over the past four centuries, and there is an extensive number of gravestones and burial monuments throughout the remains (Henchion 1968). Among them, in the SE corner of the nave is the tomb (1.85m E-W; 0.93m N-S) of Art Ó Laoghaire (Art O’Leary), killed in 1773 following a feud with Abraham Morris, High Sheriff of County Cork. Art’s wife, Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill, an aunt of Daniel O’Connell, composed the lament in Irish Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire, which became popular during the twentieth century. The church is comprised of a nave and a chancel divided by a tower, with an aisled chapel and a lateral aisle to the S of the nave. The nave (c. 25m E-W; 7.2m N-S) is entered through a door with a pointed arch in the W gable; overhead is a large pointed window embrasure, missing its tracery. An arcade of three pointed arches separate the nave from the lateral aisle (c. 13.9m E-W; 3.2m N-S) springing from side walls and from two intermediary pillars of rounded section; a similar arcade of two arches separates the S chapel (c. 13.5m N-S; 7.15m E-W) from its own aisle (c. 13.5m N-S; 3.06m E-W) on its W side; the arch also springs across the angle of the aisle. All cut-stone details of these arcades have 'plain mouldings' (Westropp ibid., 168). The chapel is lit by a large pointed window in the S gable, missing its tracery, and by a pair of windows in the E wall, each flanked by a piscina, suggesting the position of two side altars. There is a double ogee-headed light covered by hood moulding at the S end of the chapel’s aisle. The E end of the nave is lit by two much-damaged windows in the N wall, and by one in the S wall in the angle between the tower and the S chapel; the latter has a single, wide light with a pointed arch. Under the windows in the N wall is a pair of plain tomb recesses; the recess to the E still contains a tomb with an uninscribed grave slab decorated with a cross with a stepped base and an ‘interlaced head forming a quadruple knot’ (Westropp ibid., 169 and 73). At the E end of the nave a plain, rounded wicker-centred arch (Wth 3.2m) leads to the area under the tower (4.4m E-W); a similar arch to the E gives entry into the chancel. Directly to the S of the tower is a lintelled passage (2.7m E-W; 0.9m to 1.7m N-S) leading into the transept to the W, and to outside the church though a now blocked access in its E wall. Westropp also suggests it gave access into the E end of the nave through a small doorway underneath the window there, to perhaps a pulpit – however, this corner is obscured by Art O’Leary’s tomb. The area underneath the tower also has a door with a pointed arch in the N wall leading to the cloister, and another similar door near the N end of the E wall, giving access to the tower stairs. The tower (H c. 24m) is comprised of four floors over an open ground-floor area; each floor is lit by windows with flat-headed lights except for the top floor, which has a window in the centre of each wall, with single ogee-headed lights. The spiral stairs in the NE corner of the area under the tower rises to 1st-floor level; further access is provided by stairs rising through mural passages in the W, S, and E walls before finally rising as another spiral in the NE corner to wall-walk level; the base of the parapet wall survives but the battlements are gone. Stone flashing on the E and W faces shows the angle of the nave and chancel roofs; an external string course marks the division between the 3rd and 4th floors. In the E wall, at 2nd-floor level, is a small lintelled door giving access from mural stairs to the attic of the chancel roof; a small window at the peak of the E gable of church lit the attic. According to 17th-century Franciscan historian Donatus Mooney, a magnificent rood cross, embellished with gold and silver, used to hang from the tower in the church, but it was destroyed in 1584 when the church was plundered by English soldiers (Jennings 1934, 70). The chancel (c. 14.7m E-W; 7.2m N-S) is lit by a large window in the E gable; the tracery is now missing but a reconstruction drawing (Cochrane ibid., 65) shows four bluntly pointed lights rising to swithchline tracery. The chancel is also lit by four windows in the S wall, all missing lights except the E-most one, which has a single wide light with a pointed arch; the other three appear to have contained double pointed lights. Near the E end of the S wall is a piscina recess covered by a pointed arch. At the E end of the N wall is a tomb recess, covered by a plain pointed arch. This was considered the most privileged position to be buried in a friary church, usually reserved to the founder or main benefactor; it is known as Cormac MacCarthy’s place of burial, and is now commemorated by a modern p

• CO084-025 Country house
  Description

  Overgrown ruin stands in middle of large field overlooking Kilcrea friary (CO084-024002-) to W. Only ground floor survives and much of E side totally collapsed so difficult to determine original ground plan. Surviving features of late 18th/early 19th-century appearance. House demolished subsequent to visit. 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

• CO084-026001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S side of River Bride. Hachured as oval enclosure (c. 50m E-W; c. 40m N-S) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; railway line cut through enclosure on E-W axis on 1903 and 1943 OS 6-inch maps. Irregular mound survives on each side of disused railway line. 'Known locally as a lios' (Hartnett 1939, 160). Souterrain (CO084-026002-) 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

• CO084-026002 Souterrain
  Description

  In S half of ringfort (CO084-026001-). Described in 1864 by Pitt-Rivers and Caulfield as a ' "winding gallery....50ft long running N-S, beginning 9ft from ditch on S where it is closed by a large slab" ' (Twohig 1987, 43). No visible surface trace. Second souterrain to NE (CO084-026003-). 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

• CO084-026003 Souterrain
  Description

  To E of centre of ringfort (CO084-026001-). Described in 1864 by Pitt-Rivers and Caulfield as 'a beehive chamber 4ft 6in high, lined with "lime and very small stones", with a second chamber nearby connected by a drain-like opening, with a gallery to the surface' (Twohig 1987, 43). In the Cork Constitution newspaper this is described as a ' "covered passage 2ft square, opening to south, leading to a chamber 4ft x 3ft 3in closed at the top, and another passage of same dimensions as the former with chamber 5ft broad x 4ft 8in high" ' (Twohig, ibid.). No visible surface trace. Second souterrain to SW (CO084-026002-). 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

• CO084-118 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In tillage, to E of stream. Spread of burnt material noted (8m N-S; 4m E-W). 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

• CO084-124 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In tillage, on break in N-facing slope. Roughly oval spread of burnt material (c. 18m N-S; c. 24m E-W); stream c. 30m to W. Two other fulachta fiadh in same field: one c. 52m to NE (CO084-125---); the other c. 90m to NNW (CO084-126---); possible fulacht fiadh (CO084-127---) c. 150m 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

• CO084-125 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In tillage, on N-facing slope. Oval spread of burnt material (24m N-S; 12m E-W); stream c. 80m to W. One of a group of three fulachta fiadh in same field (CO084-124---; CO084-126---); possible fulacht fiadh (CO084-127---) c. 150m 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

• CO084-126 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In tillage, on N-facing slope. Oval spread of burnt material (c. 16m N-S; c. 10m E-W); stream c. 40m to W. One of a group of three fulachta fiadh in same field (CO084-124---; CO084-125---); possible fulacht fiadh (CO084-127---) c. 70m 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

• CO084-127 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In tillage, on N-facing slope, c. 70m NW of a fulacht fiadh (CO084-126----). Roughly circular spread of dark soil containing some burnt stones. Two other fulachta fiadh in same field (CO084-124----; CO084-125----). 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

• Kilcrea Bridge, bridge, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-span humpback road bridge, built c.1780, spanning River Bride. Segmental-headed arch with rusticated and margined limestone voussoirs and rendered soffit. Snecked rusticated limestone spandrels and parapet walls with solider capping. Projecting V-profile pedestrian refuge to east elevation.

• Abbeyview, house, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1930, having two-storey lean-to additions to side (north) elevation. Hipped slate roof with timber-clad overhanging eaves, decorative ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Breaks to eaves over first floor window openings to front (east) and side (north, south) elevations. Rendered walls throughout with moulded render platband, having moulded render panels to ground floor of side (south) elevation. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills throughout, with first floor window openings to front and side elevations set to eaves level. One-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows in single, bipartite, tripartite and four-light arrangements with timber mullions. Square-headed door openings throughout, having glazed timber doors and limestone thresholds. Located within own grounds having rubble limestone enclosing walls with solider coping. Square-profile rubble limestone gate piers with plinths and solider caps to south having replacement double-leaf steel gates.

• Abbey View, house, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1870, with two-storey block to rear (south). Hipped slate roof with red brick chimneystacks, eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered quoins. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and moulded render surrounds to front (north) elevation. Round-headed door opening with moulded render surround. Two-storey outbuilding to rear having pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods and rubble stone walls. Square-headed openings with timber battened fittings. Segmental-headed opening to ground floor. Set within own grounds.

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Radon

At the centre of the townland of Kilcrea, about 1 in 5 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 Kilcrea.

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.

No address of the register names Kilcrea with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Kilcrea · Cill Chré

Area

3,911,927 m² (391.19 ha, 966.66 acres)

Civil parish

Desertmore, and its townlands

Barony

Muskerry East

Electoral division

Kilbonane, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,344 people lived in 415 households in the Kilbonane electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aherla More, Clashanaffrin, Garryhesty, Kilbane, Knockaneamealgulla, Knocknahilan

Placenames

Kilcrea 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.