Killowen
Townland in the civil parish of Clonfert, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Cill Eoghain
- Area
- 141.1 ha
- 349 acres
- Land parcels
- 32
- registered freehold, median 2,827 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 26
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killowen, from 312 m² to 341,964 m² (34.2 ha, 84.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 45 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
18 Oct 2023Conditional
Permission to (1) Construct a new slatted tank & flow channel (ii) Extend milking parlour & erect new roof over existing milking parlour & collecting yard. The above development to be carried out with all associated ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6105
8 Jun 2023Conditional
Retention of as constructed dwelling house, entrance, domestic storage shed and revised site boundaries.
Retention · Cork County Council, 23/5169
8 May 2023Incompleted application
Permission to retain as constructed dwelling house, entrance, domestic storage shed and revised site boundaries.
Retention · Cork County Council, 23/4899
22 Sept 2021Conditional
Permission for retention of the rear extension to the dwelling house and domestic garage.
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/6587
18 Dec 2017Withdrawn
Construct a storey and a half style dwelling with entrance, detached domestic garage, waste water treatment plant and polishing filter and all services
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7306
29 Nov 2017Incompleted application
Construct a storey and half style dwelling with detached domestic garage, entrance, waste water treatment plant and polishing filter and all services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7116
19 Oct 2016Conditional
For the construction of 2 no. agricultural entrances with all associated site and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6606
7 Oct 2016Incompleted application
Construction of 2 number agricultural entrances with all associated site and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6491
21 Dec 2015Refused
Retention of dwelling as constructed
Retention · Cork County Council, 15/6911
13 Dec 2013Unconditional
Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank, extension of duration to permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 08/7542
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/6369
3 Dec 2012Conditional
Retention of the conversion of attic space of existing dwelling to habitable area consisting of a study, gym and store and the installation of 4 no. velux to the rear
Retention · Cork County Council, 12/6459
15 Oct 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse and installation of treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9308
27 Jun 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7542
16 Apr 2008Conditional
Extension to dwelling, detached domestic store/garage and associated works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6111
24 Jul 2007Conditional
Dwelling
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 07/9818
22 Jun 2007Conditional
Construction of underground covered slurry storage tank and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8933
13 Jul 2006Withdrawn
Construction of dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8858
15 Feb 2006Conditional
Construction of loose cattle house, flow channell and concrete yard
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4812
23 Dec 2005Refused
One and half storey dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9767
10 Jun 2005Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4046
14 Apr 2005Conditional
Silage pits with effluent channells, cattle shed, machinery shed, geomembrane lined lagoon, concrete yards, effluent tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2370
23 Dec 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/9640
10 Nov 2004Refused
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8319
6 Jul 2004Conditional
Farm buildings and stables
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/5172
6 May 2004Refused
Bungalow
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/3098
The 25 most recent of 26 applications.
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 Killowen.
Recorded monuments
- CO014-094001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on W shoulder of ridge, commanding extensive views to S, W and N. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 28m) on 1842, 1904 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps; small square structure abuts outer face of ESE bank on 1842 OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace of site; according to local information, levelled in 1972 and consisted of circular area enclosed by bank and external fosse. Bowman (1934, 136) recorded 'circular fence....diam. 28 yards', enclosing site of early church (CO014-09402-). 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
- CO014-094002 Church
Description
According to Bowman (1934, 136), 'early church site' in ringfort (12626). No visible surface trace remains. 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
- CO014-095 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, c. 60m SE of well. Grass-covered spread of burnt material; barely perceptible rise towards centre of spread. 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Killowen.
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 10 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 Killowen.
- 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 Killowen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Killowen · Cill Eoghain
- Area
- 1,410,807 m² (141.08 ha, 348.62 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonfert, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Newmarket, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Newmarket electoral division: 1,579 people in 647 households; 76% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barleyhill, Copsefield, Duarrigle, Garraunawarrig Upper, Mountkeeffe, Scarteen Lower
- Placenames
- Killowen 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.