Kilcummer Upper

48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilcummer Upper, from 32 m² to 326,336 m² (32.63 ha, 80.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Kilcummer 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.

• 20 Dec 2017Conditional

  Construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, well, entrance, driveway, septic tank, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7375

• 29 Sept 2016Conditional

  Construction of a Solar PV Energy development within a total site area of up to 21.9hA, to include one single storey electrical substation building, electrical transformer/inverter station modules, solar PV panels ground mounted on steel support structures, access roads, fencing and associated electrical cabling, ducting and ancillary infrastructure

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6410

• 16 Sept 2016Incompleted application

  Construction of a Solar PV Energy development within a total site area of up to 21.9 HA, to include one single storey electrical substation building, electrical transformer/inverter station modules, solar PV panels ground mounted on steel support structures, access roads, fencing and associated electrical cabling, ducting and ancillary infrastructure

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6300

• 14 Feb 2011Conditional

  Retention of existing domestic vehicle storage shed, existing steel domestic garden shed and existing alternative entrance and associated works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 11/4267

• 21 Jan 2011Conditional

  Retention of existing storage shed, existing garden shed, changes to the front facade of the dwellinghouse incorporating a stone finish and associated works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 11/4086

• 19 Jan 2011Incompleted application

  Retention of existing storage shed, existing steel container, alternative entrance and associated works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 11/4068

• 22 Dec 2010Incompleted application

  construction of existing storage shed, existing garden shed and change to the front facade of the dwelling house incorporating a stone finish and associated works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 10/8784

• 2 Jul 2009Conditional

  Single storey dwelling, garage, treatment plant, entrance and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6202

• 6 Aug 2008Conditional

  Extension to rear of dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8275

• 19 Nov 2004Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8580

• 31 May 2004Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/3862

• 23 Oct 2003Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 03/5273

• 23 Oct 2003Refused

  Dwelling House

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 03/5278

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 Kilcummer Upper.

Recorded monuments

• CO026-096 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  In level tillage. Circular grass-covered earth and stone mound (11m N-S; 12m E-W; H 2.1m). West side sprawls outwards, possibly the result of quarrying. Known locally as "Lios". Flint scraper found nearby. 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

• CO026-127 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In tillage. According to local information, burnt material visible when field is ploughed. 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

• CO026-177 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of fosse of circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). Very diffuse cropmark immediately to NE may indicate adjacent enclosure. 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

• CO026-182 Enclosure
  Description

  Cropmark of arc of fosse (E->W) on S side of field fence, visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989); possibly remains of circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m). Ring-ditch (11921) c. 100m to SSE. 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

• CO026-183 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Cropmark of fosse of small circular enclosure (diam. c. 10m) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989); part of W half of enclosure masked by macula. Enclosure (CO026-182---) c. 100m to NNW. 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

• CO026-236 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, cropmark of circular-shaped area (diam. c. 46m) defined by a ditch (Apple Maps). Compiled by: Matt Kelleher based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère# See attached image Date of upload/revision: 28 March 2022

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilcummer 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).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Kilcummer 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.

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

Name

Kilcummer Upper · Cill Chomair Uachtarach

Area

2,658,183 m² (265.82 ha, 656.85 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcummer, and its townlands

Barony

Fermoy

Electoral division

Kilcummer, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilcummer electoral division: 283 people in 103 households; 82% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyadeen, Cloon, Connaberry, Conva, Kilcummer Lower, Parkacunna, Renny Upper

Placenames

Kilcummer 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.