Killaneer
Killaneer is a townland in the civil parish of Murragh, barony of Kinalmeaky, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Coill an Aoire.
- Area
- 189.3 ha
- 468 acres
- Land parcels
- 22
- registered freehold, median 8,817 m² (0.88 ha, 2.18 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killaneer, from 1,026 m² to 402,337 m² (40.23 ha, 99.42 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Killaneer 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
30 May 2025Conditional permission
Construction of a new agricultural development consisting of new slatted unit shed which will be partly attached to existing agricultural shed and new dung pit together with all other ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/295
24 Oct 2023Refused
A two storey detached dwelling, domestic garage and treatment unit along with associated site and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/598
15 Sept 2023Incompleted application
Two storey detached dwelling, domestic garage and treatment unit along with associated site and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/526
26 May 2023Conditional
The retention of a) 2 no. silage pits, b) the associated concrete aprons and c) all the associated site works
Retention · Cork County Council, 23/280
27 Jan 2022Conditional
Extension to milking parlour, dairy washings tank, cow shed with underground slurry storage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/36
30 Dec 2021Conditional
Permission to A) demolish existing rear extension and to construct a new two storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling B) carry out alterations to the front elevation of existing dwelling C) To replace existing septic tank system with a treatment plant and percolation area.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7525
19 Feb 2021Conditional
Construction of new dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new entrance, waste water treatment system together with all other ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/120
7 Jan 2021Conditional
a) Construction of an agricultural building comprising livestock cubicle housing, slatted slurry storage tanks and feeding area, b) construction of two silage pits, c) construction of ancillary concrete, d) and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/9
1 Jul 2019Conditional
Permission for retention of converted attic space to living accommodation and relocated velux roof windows, all to existing dwelling house and to retain altered site boundaries
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/438
25 Apr 2019Incompleted application
Retention of converted attic space to living accommodation and relocated velux roof windows all to existing dwelling house and to retain altered site boundaries.
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/5035
14 Mar 2019Incompleted application
Retention of converted attic space to living accommodation and relocated velux roof windows and to retain altered site boundaries.
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/4633
31 Jul 2017Conditional
The construction of a cattle house with slatted slurry tank and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5975
18 Aug 2016Conditional
Demolition of existing dwellinghouse and construction of dwellinghouse in lieu thereof along with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6069
22 Sept 2008Conditional
Dwelling, garage and septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8985
28 Sept 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11280
2 Sept 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/6377
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killaneer House Glen 001062
Recorded monuments
- CO095-062 Country house
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- CO095-063 Standing stone
Description
In pasture. Rectangular stone aligned NNW-SSE (H 3.2m; 1.3m x 0.3m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO095-064 Anomalous stone group
Description
In rough grazing. Described in O.S. Name Book (1842) as 'three large blocks of stone, each erected upon three lesser ones '. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO095-065001 Ringfort - rath
Description
Tradition of ringfort; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO095-065002 Ringfort - rath
Description
Tradition of ringfort. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO095-066 Megalithic structure
Description
In tillage. Described in O.S. Name Book for 1st ed. map as 'a very large irregular shaped stone erected upon 5 lesser ones'. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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 Killaneer.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Killaneer, about 1 in 10 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 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 Killaneer.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Killaneer with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Killaneer · Coill an Aoire
- Area
- 1,893,356 m² (189.34 ha, 467.86 acres)
- Civil parish
- Murragh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinalmeaky
- Electoral division
- Bengour, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 318 people lived in 107 households in the Bengour electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Coolanagh, Courtleigh, Farranthomas, Kilnacranagh East, Laravoolta, Lissarourke, Sranaviddoge
- Placenames
- Killaneer 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.