Killountane
Townland in the civil parish of Inishannon, barony of Kinalea, Co. Cork; in Irish Cill Fhiontain
- Area
- 99.7 ha
- 246 acres
- Land parcels
- 37
- registered freehold, median 3,962 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killountane, from 209 m² to 325,520 m² (32.55 ha, 80.44 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Killountane 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
14 Feb 2025Conditional permission
Permission to construct a new dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4215
19 Jan 2023Conditional
Permission for (a) demolition of part existing dwelling house, (b) demolition of existing domestic shed and (c) permission for modifications and two storey extension to existing single storey dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4050
15 Dec 2022Incompleted application
Permission to (a) demolish part of existing dwelling house, (b) demolish existing domestic shed and (c) permission to modify and extend existing dwelling house and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6779
6 Oct 2022Withdrawn
Permission to (a) demolish part of existing dwelling house, (b) demolish existing domestic shed and (c) permission to modify and extend existing dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6250
21 Sept 2016Conditional
(a) Construction of a single storey extension to the south-east and south-west elevations to provide for ancillary toilet and staff accommodation to the light industrial warehouse and food ingredient manufacturing unit, (b) Retention of single storey extension to the north-west elevation of the light industrial warehouse and food ingredient manufacturing unit providing warehouse, packaging, wash room and services accommodation, (c) Retention of first floor ancillary office accommodation and entrance foyer and stairwell to the south-west elevation of the light industrial warehouse and food ingredient manufacturing unit (d) Retention of the covered loading bay on the south-east elevation of the light industrial warehouse and food ingredient manufacturing unit, (e) Retention of air handling and chiller units and associated ducting externally to the north-east corner of the light industrial warehouse and food ingredient manufacturing unit, (f) Retention of the electricity sub-station building together with permission for the off-site disposal of industrial effluent.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6337
28 Apr 2014Conditional
Dwellinghouse and associated site works, and replacement of existing septic tank serving existing dwelling house with a proprietary treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4865
29 Nov 2013Refused
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/6266
22 Feb 2011Unconditional
Completion of dwellinghouse and garage permitted under Planning Reg. No. 05/5874
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/4333
20 Mar 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse and installation of effluent treatment unit
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 08/5554
24 Sept 2007Conditional
Extension to dwellinghouse and installation of treatment plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11181
3 Sept 2007Incompleted application
Extension to dwellinghouse and installation of treatment plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10681
25 Jun 2007Conditional
Construction of slatted house over existing slurry tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8957
15 Jun 2007Conditional
Installation of proprietary treatment unit to serve existing dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8710
14 Mar 2007Conditional
Construction of extension to existing cattle shed, concrete silage slab, underground slurry tank and underground silage effluent tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6054
22 Nov 2006Conditional
Installation of proprietary treatment unit to serve existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12548
16 Jun 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/8153
16 Aug 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5874
17 Dec 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/9275
12 Nov 2004Conditional
Installation of treatment plant to serve existing dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8385
12 Nov 2004Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse and wastewater treatment unit
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/8395
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Killountane.
Recorded monuments
- CO097-034 Burial ground
Description
In tillage on S-facing slope. Marked 'Killountane Grave Yard' on 1842 OS 6-inch map; 'disused' on 1902 OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO097-035 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage, on S-facing slope. Circular area (40m N-S; 41m E-W) enclosed by low remains of levelled bank. Road truncates line of bank to NE. A souterrain (CO097-035001-) was discovered here in 1996. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO097-035001 Souterrain
Description
In the N half of a rath (CO097-035----). According to local information, a souterrain was discovered here in 1996 when the ground collapsed under the weight of a tractor. It was described as a N-S stone-lined passage. It was subsequently filled in. 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 Killountane.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, 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 Killountane.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Killountane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Killountane · Cill Fhiontain
- Area
- 997,373 m² (99.74 ha, 246.46 acres)
- Civil parish
- Inishannon, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinalea
- Electoral division
- Inishannon, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Inishannon electoral division: 2,094 people in 721 households; 81% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barna, Coolcullitha, Farnahoe, Killaminoge, Knockmullane
- Placenames
- Killountane 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.