Killee

44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killee, from 22 m² to 213,444 m² (21.34 ha, 52.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 25 Aug 2026Invalid - case closed

  (i) the installation of two ground-mounted solar photovoltaic arrays with a combined output of approximately 500kW, comprising Phase 1 of approximately 200kW (320 no. solar panels) and Phase 2 of approximately 300kW (500 no. solar panels), mounted on concrete ballast block foundations, together with wall-mounted inverters on an existing farm building, underground cable ducting alongside existing internal farm roads, fencing and all associated site works, for the purpose of generating renewable electricity for use within the existing agricultural holding, and (ii) the construction of a dry feed store (approximately 521m²) with roof-mounted solar panels (approximately 138 no. panels), for the storage of dry feed and agricultural inputs. The proposed development is for the purposes of an activity requiring an industrial emissions licence (EPA Reg. No. P0374-01).

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2211

• 30 Jan 2024Conditional

  Permission for retention of (A) Detached domestic garage (B) Attic Conversion to living area (C) Stone cladding to front elevation of dwelling house.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 24/4140

• 23 Nov 2020Conditional

  Construct (i) a geomembrane covered manure storage lagoon, (ii) dry store with roof mounted solar panels for the storage of agricultural inputs and all associated site works. (The structures previously had the benefit of planning approval ref 07-4171 on the same footprint)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6602

• 30 Sept 2020Incompleted application

  Construct a covered storage lagoon, dry store with roof mounted solar panels and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6138

• 11 Jul 2018Conditional permission

  Demolish existing rear extension and to construct new single storey extension at rear of dwellinghouse, to construct domestic garage, to install sewerage treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5793

• 21 Jun 2018Withdrawn

  Demolish obsolete fattening houses 1,2,3,4 and part of House 22, construct 3 new weaner houses on the same footprint, construct 2 no. replacement fattening houses, a new superstructure over feedmill and bins, an extension to the existing out-loading pens for animal welfare purposes. The development comprises of an activity in relation to which an Industrial Emissions Directive Licence (formally IPPC Licence) is operated.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5611

• 23 May 2018Incompleted application

  Demolish obsolete Fattening Houses 2,3,4 and part of House 22, Construct 3 new weaner houses on the same footprint, Construct 2 no replacement Fattening Houses, a new superstructure over the feedmill and Bins, an extension to the existing out-loading Pens for animal welfare purposes.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5331

• 27 Jun 2016Unconditional

  Dwellinghouse with integral domestic garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment unit with percolation area, connection to public water main and all other associated site works – Extension of Duration of Permission granted underPlanning Reg. No. 11/4210

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 16/5572

• 17 Aug 2015Unconditional

  Material change of use of thatched cottage to consist of conservation, refurbishment and internal modification of existing cottage, new mechanical and electrical services and new wastewater treatment plant to provide self catering holiday accommodation – Extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Reg. No. 10/4703

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 15/5812

• 26 Jun 2014Conditional

  ESB Substation

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5360

• 19 Sept 2013Conditional

  Construction of 2 no. fattening houses 45 and 46 for animal welfare purposes

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5821

• 3 Jul 2012Conditional

  Construct 2 no. gilt houses 43 and 44 to comply with the requirements of Welfare Regulations as per SI No. 48 of 2003. The development of these houses will not increase stock numbers on the facility.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5447

• 5 Jan 2012Incompleted application

  Completion of 2 no. dry-sow houses as permitted under planning reg 06/11093

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 12/4006

• 8 Feb 2011Conditional

  Dwellinghouse with integral domestic garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment unit with percolation area, connection to public water main and all other associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4210

• 2 Sept 2010Conditional

  Construction of 1 no. dry sow house Ref.42 for animal welfare purposes

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/6195

• 20 Aug 2010Incompleted application

  Construction of 1 no. dry-sow house ref. 42 for animal welfare purposes

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/6094

• 25 Jun 2010Incompleted application

  Construction of 1 no. dry-sow house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5567

• 15 Jun 2010Incompleted application

  Construction of 1 no. dry-sow house Ref 42 for animal welfare purposes

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5486

• 31 May 2010Incompleted application

  Construction of 1 no. dry-sow house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5337

• 29 Mar 2010Conditional

  Material change of use of thatch cottage to consist of conservation, refurbishment & internal modification of existing cottage, new mechanical & electrical services & new waste water treatment plant to provide a new use as self catering holiday accommodation

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4703

• 22 May 2009Incompleted application

  Construction of weighbridge and wheel wash facility with pump room, roof over the existing loading ramp, a boot changing room, bio security boundary wall, and new staff car park with entrance

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5682

• 28 Jun 2007Refused

  Construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, waste water treatment plant, entrance and ancillary works

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/9102

• 22 Mar 2007Conditional

  Retention and completion of domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6326

• 25 Jan 2007Conditional

  Dwelling and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4434

• 15 Jan 2007Conditional

  Revision of the type and location of 2 no. mixing tanks, 4 over-ground storage tanks, a primary digester with gas purification system, an integrated gas storage system on a secondary digester, partial rmoval of hedge to facilitate an entrance to the digester, a machine shed, fibre store, 2 new geomembrane lined manure storage basins, weighbridge and associated site works to process pig manure and other organic material to produce renewable energy and fertilizer

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4171

The 25 most recent of 36 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 Killee.

Recorded monuments

• CO019-012 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on break in slope above steep incline facing S over River Funshion. Subcircular area (39m E-W; 34m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.6m; ext. H 1.6m); external fosse (max. D 0.45m) NE->SE. Bank planted with trees; inner face slopes gently down to interior; outer face is steep sided. Interior slopes gently down to S. Field named 'Paddock' on 1842 OS 6-inch map. 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

• CO019-013001 Graveyard
  Description

  In level pasture. Graveyard depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map as oval enclosure (c. 28m N-S; c. 35m E-W) defined by broken line, with rectangular structure (c. 12m E-W; c. 7m N-S) in centre defined by broken line and named 'Killee Church (site of)' (CO019-013002-). No visible surface trace of either church or graveyard except perhaps for some stones protruding through grass. 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

• CO019-013002 Church
  Description

  No visible surface trace of church. This church is mentioned in the Inventory entry for the graveyard (CO019-013001-). 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

• CO019-158 Country house
  Description

  Late 18th/ Early 19th-century, 2-storey house, with basement to rear. Hipped roof with central valley, large central chimney, deeply projecting eaves. Entrance front (E) of 5 bays: central porch entrance, with iron steps up to doors on both sides of porch; sash windows. Rear elevation (W) of 4-bays. One-storey farm buildings extend from side elevations, east elevations treated like curtain wall with ornate round-headed niches connecting to pavilion-like end bays with tall round-headed niches in shallow breakfront, N end hipped, S end gabled. End bays return as farm buildings into yard at rear. Mid-19th-century gate lodge beside piered entrance at end of long avenue approaching from E; avenue crosses single-arched bridge adjacent to site of Killee church and graveyard (14592). 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

Architectural heritage

• House, 1780–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey direct-entry vernacular house, built c. 1800, easternmost bay being addition. Pitched corrugated-iron roof to older part and pitched slate to addition. Rendered chimneystack. Painted rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with painted sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening with timber battened door. Single-bay single-storey outbuilding to west with lean-to corrugated-iron roof, painted rendered walls and square-headed timber battened door. Painted rendered boundary walls to front garden, having wrought-iron pedestrian gate with rendered piers.

• House, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Four-bay single-storey direct-entry vernacular house, built c. 1800, with projecting gabled porch to front (north) elevation. Pitched thatched roof with low rendered chimneystacks. Pitched corrugated-iron roof to porch. Painted roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with painted sills and having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, and some aluminium windows. Square-headed replacement aluminium door to porch. Lower three-bay single-storey outbuilding attached to east, having pitched corrugated-iron roof, rendered walls and square-headed timber battened doors. Painted rendered boundary walls to front of house having square-plan piers to decorative wrought-iron pedestrian gate.

• Killee House, country house, 1770–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Five-bay two-storey country house, built c. 1780, having projecting flat-roofed porch and flanked by Palladian-style three-bay single-storey curved service wings to north and south sides linking house to outbuildings to rear (west) presenting articulated gables to balance composition. Hipped overhanging slate skirt roof with rendered chimneystack to centre having terracotta chimney pots. Flat roof to porch with rendered parapet having cast-iron railings. Painted rendered walls to house and wings, with tooled limestone plinth course to house façade. Porch has rendered plinth, and pilasters to ends of all walls, with moulded capitals. Square-headed diminishing window openings having tooled limestone sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door openings to each side of porch, having double-leaf timber panelled doors, approached by cast-iron steps with tracery detailing and cast-iron railings. Round-headed niches to curved wings having tooled limestone sills. Outbuildings have hipped and pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks, painted rendered walls, round-headed recesses with limestone sills to south gables, with recessed round-headed surrounds, and having pediments, that to northern having roundel to pediment. Rendered external staircase to north wall of northern building. Some square-headed window openings to buildings, with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Entrance and gate lodge to east at roadside, built c. 1820, gate lodge now disused. Curved painted rendered entrance walls terminating in square-plan piers with rendered caps having decorative wrought-iron detail, flanking single- and double-leaf wrought-iron gates. Freestanding two-bay single-storey gate lodge to south side has hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles and rendered chimneystack, painted rendered walls, and square-headed openings with timber fittings and painted sills to windows and timber battened door.

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

At the centre of the townland of Killee, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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 Killee with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Killee · Cill Liath

Area

2,550,806 m² (255.08 ha, 630.32 acres)

Civil parish

Marshalstown, and its townlands

Barony

Condons and Clangibbon

Electoral division

Kilgullane, the unit of the census

Census 2022

159 people lived in 56 households in the Kilgullane electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Broomhill, Cloghleafin, Cloonkilla, Derrynanool, Drough, Knockagarry

Placenames

Killee 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.