Killough East
Killough East is a townland in the civil parish of Kilnamanagh, barony of Bear, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Cill Achaidh Thoir.
- Area
- 152.9 ha
- 378 acres
- Land parcels
- 45
- registered freehold, median 7,998 m² (0.8 ha, 1.98 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killough East, from 34 m² to 229,051 m² (22.91 ha, 56.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 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 Killough East 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 Aug 2017Conditional
Construction of an extension and alterations to an existing dwelling house and the construction of a boat shed and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/565
9 Aug 2017Incompleted application
Construciton of an extension and alterations to an existing dwelling house and construction of a boat shed and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/519
17 Jun 2014Conditional
Permission for Retention of Alterations to domestic property to include: (A) alterations to fenestration, (B) construction of garage, (C) alterations to site boundary and (D) relocation of septic tank system
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/368
23 Dec 2010Refused
Dwellinghouse, Detached Domestic Garage, Waste Treatment System & all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/879
23 Dec 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse, detached domestic garage, waste treatment unit and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/2263
14 Jun 2007Conditional
Retention of detached ancillary dwelling unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1566
30 Nov 2005Conditional
Renovation and extensions to dwellinghouse, installation of biocycle unit and widening of entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8840
7 Oct 2005Incompleted application
Renovations and extensions to existing dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7359
30 Jan 2004Conditional
Construction of conservatory extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/453
13 Mar 2001Withdrawn
Demolition of dwelling & construction of dormer dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/1276
31 Jan 2001Refused
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 01/357
15 Sept 2000Refused
Reconstruction & extension of ruined dwellinghouse & installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/5622
14 Jul 2000Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 00/4321
7 Dec 1999Refused
Reconstruction & extension of ruined dwelling & installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 99/6698
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: Kenmare River SAC 002158
- Special Protection Area: Beara Peninsula SPA 004155
Recorded monuments
- CO127-003 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Description
Near head of little valley opening to sea, on S side Beara peninsula. Ruined chamber (L 3.2m; Wth 1.2m) aligned NE-SW, represented by two sidestones covered by single roofstone. Two large slabs rest against W end. Slight traces of mound. (de Valera and O Nualláin 1982, 36, Co. 53) 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 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume IV. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982)
- CO127-048 Bullaun stone
Description
On a cliff-top, on the E side of Bealbarnish Gap. A smooth-sided bowl-shaped depression (0.62m N-S; 0.55m E-W; D 0.3m) carved in the bedrock is filled with water and contains coins and stones. According to local information, this bullaun stone is known locally as a holy well named 'Tobairín Beannaithe' and rounds were formerly made here at the end of September. Its water is reputed locally to cure ailments. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Killough East.
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 Killough East, 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 Killough East.
- 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 Killough East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Killough East · Cill Achaidh Thoir
- Area
- 1,529,350 m² (152.94 ha, 377.91 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilnamanagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bear
- Electoral division
- Kilnamanagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 380 people lived in 153 households in the Kilnamanagh electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 15% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 30% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballydonegan, Kilkinnikin West, Killough West
- Placenames
- Killough East 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.