# Killowen, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Drishane, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork; in Irish Cill Eoin.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 739,772 m² (73.98 ha, 182.8 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,368 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): G3 Greenbelt1, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Drishane, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/drishane.md
- Barony: Muskerry West
- Electoral division: Rathcool, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 563 people lived in 201 households in the Rathcool electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/12747
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 43491
- Centre: latitude 52.077544, longitude -9.011676 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killowen, from 2,113 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres) to 465,468 m² (46.55 ha, 115.02 acres); 11 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2329032: 465,468 m² (46.55 ha, 115.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2329032.md
- Parcel 3566570: 235,111 m² (23.51 ha, 58.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3566570.md
- Parcel 2329031: 19,165 m² (1.92 ha, 4.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2329031.md
- Parcel 2154738: 4,409 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2154738.md
- Parcel 2154737: 4,368 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2154737.md
- Parcel 2329030: 3,056 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2329030.md
- Parcel 5141260: 3,054 m² (0.31 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5141260.md
- Parcel 2154736: 2,960 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2154736.md
- Parcel 2445713: 2,113 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2445713.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- G3 Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape): Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County; 2 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2022-06/volume-4-south-cork.pdf

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

8 applications, newest first.

- 21 Sept 2020, Cork County Council 20/6051: Conditional. Permission. (1)Permission to construct a new single storey side extension to existing dwellinghouse (2.) Permission for completion of alterations to existing vehicular access to comply with Planning Register No. 13/6289 (3.) Permission for retention of revised site boundaries (4.) Permission for retention of minor alterations to elevations of dwellinghouse and (5.) Permission for retention of roof light.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=20/6051
- 6 Mar 2020, Cork County Council 20/4466: Incompleted application. Permission. (1) To construct a new single storey side extension to existing dwellinghouse (2) Retention of revised site boundaries (3) Retention of minor alterations to elevations of dwellinghouse and (4) Retention of roof light.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=20/4466
- 12 Feb 2020, Cork County Council 20/4253: Incompleted application. Permission. (1) To construct a new single storey side extension to existing dwellinghouse (2) Retention of revised site boundaries (3) Retention of minor alterations to elevations of dwellinghouse and (4) Retention of roof light.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=20/4253
- 19 May 2015, Cork County Council 15/5039: Conditional. Permission. Permission for retention of shed, carport and extension to existing dwelling. Permission is sought also for alterations and extensions to dwelling and raising of roof to provide additional first floor living accommodation and construction of new domestic garage and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=15/5039
- 21 Apr 2015, Cork County Council 15/4799: Incompleted application. Permission. To raise the existing roof and for the construction of extensions to existing dwelling and the construction of new domestic garage and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=15/4799
- 3 Dec 2013, Cork County Council 13/6289: Conditional. Permission. Construction of new dwelling house and garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=13/6289
- 6 Mar 2007, Cork County Council 07/5693: Conditional. Permission. Construction of slurry storage tower, underground reception tank, underground soiled water tank, milking parlour to include dairy, change of use of existing loose house to cubicle house, change of use of existing silage pit shed to cubicle house, calving house, loose house, easy feed shed and silage slab. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/5693
- 18 Jul 2005, Cork County Council 05/5141: Conditional. Permission. Construction of slatted unit, calving house and soiled water tank. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/5141

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Killowen.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CO039-023: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO039-023----. In pasture. Depicted as pair of standing stones on 1842, 1904 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps. Single stone (H 1.7m; 1.2m x 0.4m) survives, roughly rectangular in plan and leaning slightly to ENE; long axis NNE-SSW. Some large stones including field clearance stones lying to SW. Broker (1937, 25) recorded 'two galláin 10 feet apart, one standing 8 feet high....the other thrown down, 10 or 12 ft long and 5ft in girth, rather flat....'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO039-170: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO039-170----. 'Fort with public road going through it, levelled, partly in Pat Sullivan's' (Broker 1937, 44). Located beside holy well (9281), called 'Cill Eoghain' and was used as a burial place for children (9345) (ibid.,25, 34). No visible surface trace; waste ground to N of roadway. May be site of ringfort later used as burial ground. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO039-171: Burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO039-171----. According to Broker (1937, 25, 34), 'old baby cemetery' within possible ringfort (8730). In waste ground to N of road. No visible surface trace. Located beside holy well (9281). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO039-172: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO039-172----. On E side of N-S field fence. Located, according to Broker (1937, 34), 'just outside verge of old baby cemetery [(9345)] and fort' (8730).Enclosed on three sides by dry-stone wall (H 0.7m; diam. 0.75m) and toppedby capstone. Opening (H 0.55m; Wth 0.5m) to E with steps down into interior. Last recorded in holy use c. 1876 (ibid.). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Killowen.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Killowen, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Killowen.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cork/killowen-43491.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/killowen-43491.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/killowen-43491.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Killowen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork: https://everytownland.com/cork.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballinkeen: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballinkeen.md
- Coole: https://everytownland.com/cork/coole.md
- Coolnagillagh Lower: https://everytownland.com/cork/coolnagillagh-lower.md
- Coolnagillagh Upper: https://everytownland.com/cork/coolnagillagh-upper.md
- Drishane Beg: https://everytownland.com/cork/drishane-beg-42336.md
- Laght: https://everytownland.com/cork/laght-43989.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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