Killountain
Killountain is a townland in the civil parish of Ballymodan, barony of Kinalmeaky, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Cill Fhiontain.
- Area
- 201.6 ha
- 498 acres
- Land parcels
- 42
- registered freehold, median 3,919 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 23
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killountain, from 165 m² to 371,991 m² (37.2 ha, 91.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 8 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 38 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G4Green Infrastructure (Active open space)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
10 Aug 2026Awaiting recommendation
Permission to temporarily retain mobile home. Permission is also sought to construct dwelling, detached garage & all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2108
17 Jul 2026Invalid - case closed
Permission to temporarily retain mobile home. Permission to construct dwelling, detached garage and all associated site works.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/1900
8 Aug 2025Application withdrawn
Permission to temporarily retain mobile home. Permission is also sought to construct dwelling, detached garage & all associated site works.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/5592
21 Mar 2024Conditional
Permission for the construction of a new dwelling, detached garage, treatment system, private well, domestic entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4488
5 Sept 2023Withdrawn
The construction of a new dwelling, detached garage, treatment system, private well, domestic entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5794
21 Sept 2022Refused
Permission to construct dwelling, detached garage. Permission is also sought to construct stable block, sand arena, dungstead and soiled water tank for domestic equestrian use and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6125
25 Aug 2022Incompleted application
Permission to construct dwelling, detached garage and all associated site works. Permission is also sought to construct stable block and sand arena both for domestic use.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5942
7 Jun 2022Refused
The erection of 8 no. 20m high floodlights to serve an existing playing pitch and training area and all ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5311
10 May 2022Refused
An agricultural entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5058
9 Mar 2022Incompleted application
The construction of an agricultural entrance.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4512
24 Oct 2017Conditional
Construct a new farmyard complex to include a cattle house, milking parlour, dairy, plant room, office, two no. roofed holding yards, two no. slatted slurry tanks, silage slab, concrete apron, soiled water storage tank, feed storage bin and carry out associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6752
15 Jun 2016Conditional
Extension and alterations to existing dwelling house, including demolition of existing garage/utility room, construction of a single storey extension to north-west in place of the existing garage/utility room, construction of a single storey extension to north-east end of existing house, and alteration to window openings in existing house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5451
22 Jun 2011Conditional
Construction of 2 no. Cattle under passes and all associated site works under public road
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5361
3 Jun 2011Incompleted application
2 no. cattle underpasses and all associated site works under public roads
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5199
23 Jun 2008Conditional
One and a half storey dwelling, garage & septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7429
12 Jun 2008Conditional
2 no. agricultural entrances
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7246
22 May 2008Incompleted application
One and half storey dwellinghouse, detached garage and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6860
28 Apr 2008Incompleted application
2no. agricultural entrances
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6341
31 Oct 2007Withdrawn
Two storey dwellinghouse, detached garage and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12030
29 Aug 2007Incompleted application
Two storey dwellinghouse, detached garage and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10602
7 Nov 2006Conditional
Alterations and single and two storey extensions to dwelling, construction of split level basement and installation of proprietary treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12071
15 Jun 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/8129
25 Oct 2005Conditional
Construction of extension to dwelling, domestic shed and installation of proprietary treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7820
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: Bandon Valley West Of Bandon 001034
Recorded monuments
- CO110-005 Standing stone
Description
In flat tillage c.100m S of Bandon river. Discovered 1980 during land reclaimation; only upper 0.5m of stone then visible. Stone subsequently removed from ground (H 1.9m; 0.9m x 0.5m); adjacent pit burial(CO110-006---) on S side (Shee-Twohig and Doody 1989, 5255). Stone re-erected in 1983, c. 300m to NE on river bank. 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
- CO110-006 Pit-burial
Description
In flat tillage, c. 100m S of Bandon river. Pit (D 0.15m; Wth 0.2m), covered with slab (L 0.6m), contained small quantities of cremated bone mixed with soil. Adjacent standing stone (CO110-005---). (Shee-Twohig and Doody 1989,52-55). 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
- CO110-007 Quarry
Description
Listed as a ‘quarry’ in the SMR (1988) and the RMP (1998). This is a large gravel pit which is still periodically used. The evidence is not sufficient to warrant accepting this as the location of an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 11 February 2015
- CO110-008 Church
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Slight hollow (diam. 30m) remains at N end of field, locally said to be position of church site and burial ground. According to O'Riordain (1931, 5-6), site of cill and associated holy well. O'Donoghue (1986, 133) refers to Killountain as Cill Fhionntain - St.Fintan's church. 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 Killountain.
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 Killountain, 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 Killountain.
- 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 Killountain with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Killountain · Cill Fhiontain
- Area
- 2,016,221 m² (201.62 ha, 498.22 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballymodan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinalmeaky
- Electoral division
- Ballymodan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 4,660 people lived in 1,643 households in the Ballymodan electoral division. 68% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carhoon East, Castlebernard, Curravarahane, Knockaveale, Knocknagarrane, Laragh, Shinagh
- Placenames
- Killountain 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.