Kilmeen
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmeen (Clonakilty Ra), barony of Carbery East (West Division), Co. Cork; in Irish Cill Mhín
- Area
- 105.7 ha
- 261 acres
- Land parcels
- 54
- registered freehold, median 5,014 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 31
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilmeen, from 30 m² to 124,365 m² (12.44 ha, 30.73 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
No zone of a development plan covers Kilmeen 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
2 Jul 2026Awaiting f.i. response
construction of a domestic garage building and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1787
18 May 2026Invalid - case closed
construction of a domestic garage building and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1304
10 Mar 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for retention of existing dwelling house, domestic garage, site entrance, alterations to site layout and to site boundary, (alterations to plan granted permission under planning ref no. 07/1957). Permission for retention is also sought for existing wood store, concrete apron, playhouse structure, shelter, and all associated site works.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 26/0583
5 Feb 2026Grant with conditions
Permission for retention of existing cattle house with slatted slurry tank, permission to (a) construct an extension to existing cattle house, (b) extend existing slatted slurry tank, (c) construct an extension to existing machinery storage shed and carry out all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0235
29 Aug 2024Conditional
Demolition of the following: 1. Slatted livestock shed, 2. Unroofed slurry store, 3. Cubicle and straw bedded livestock housing. 4. Unroofed slatted soiled water tank, 5. Milking parlour, 6. Derelict store, 7. Store, 8. Straw bedded livestock housing, 9. Agricultural building to include farm workshop, straw and machinery store and livestock housing, 10. 2 no. silage slabs. Construction of the following: 11. Agricultural building for farm machinery, storage and farm workshop, 12. Agricultural building for straw bedded livestock housing, 13. 2 no. agricultural buildings to include cubicle and straw bedded livestock housing and milking parlour, 14. 2 no. silage pits, 15. Erection of 1 no. meal bin, & 1 no. water storage tank, 16. Installation of solar panels, 17. Upgrading of existing entrance along with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/475
19 Aug 2022Conditional
Renovate existing ruined dwelling house including raising the roof height of said dwelling house and installation of storey and a half style windows at first floor level, installation of septic tank and percolation area, construct new site entrance and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/533
17 Nov 2020Conditional
Construct a perimeter fence to existing grass training area, construct six no. flood lights to said training area, and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/660
22 Mar 2019Conditional
Demolition of existing extension and permission for a new extension to dwelling house and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/193
3 Jul 2018Conditional
Construction of a new dwelling and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/392
14 Jun 2018Incompleted application
To construct a new dwelling and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/338
27 Apr 2018Conditional
To demolish existing dwellinghouse, to construct new dwellinghouse in lieu thereof, to alter existing entrance together with all other ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/244
5 Feb 2018Conditional
Permission for retention of an existing 25m support structure which carries 3 no. aerials for the emergency service users (Garda, Ambulance and Fire Brigade) previously granted under planning ref. 07/3126, together with telecommunications equipment and fencing
Retention · Cork County Council, 18/54
27 Mar 2017Conditional
Construct a community storage building for the purpose of storing theatrical props and carry out associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/170
16 Mar 2015Conditional
Construct a community storage building for the purpose of storing theatrical props, alterations to roadside site boundary, alterations to existing site entrance, alterations to roadside to St Marys Chapel, extend existing car parking facility including removal of roadside boundary, creation of new vehicular entrance and boundary treatments and carry out associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/134
23 Feb 2015Incompleted application
Permission to construct a dry storage building, alterations to roadside site boundary, alterations to existing site entrance, extend existing car parking facility and carry out associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/74
9 Apr 2009Conditional
Demolish single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling, construct new two storey extension to rear and sun room to side of existing two storey dwelling, new septic tank and percolation area to replace existing septic tank and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/396
17 Dec 2007Conditional
Construct 25m support pole to carry 3no. 2.8m radio aerials for use by emergency services (garda, ambulance and fire brigade) together with associated equipment for new national digital radio service (NDRS)
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/3126
12 Nov 2007Incompleted application
Construct 25m support pole to carry 3no. 2.8m radio aerials for use by emergency services (garda, ambulance and fire brigade) and associated equipment for new national digital raido service (NDRS)
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2841
3 Oct 2007Conditional
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2564
31 Aug 2007Incompleted application
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2306
20 Jul 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse, domestic garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1957
29 Jun 2007Conditional
Construct roof over existing open slurry tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1736
12 Jan 2007Conditional
Construct extension to existing dwellinghouse to be used as seperated dwelling unit; alterations to existing dwelling and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/70
30 Nov 2006Incompleted application
Construct an extension to existing dwelling house to be used as a seperate dwelling unit and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2553
11 Feb 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/751
The 25 most recent of 31 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 Kilmeen.
Recorded monuments
- CO121-050 Ringfort - rath
Description
Rocky area planted with trees, locally known as "fort field". Inaccessible due to overgrowth. 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
- CO121-051 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on E-facing slope. Circular raised area (39m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (ext. H 2m; int. H 0.5m). Silted-up external fosse evident to S. Interior, heavily overgrown, slopes down to centre from eroded banks. 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
- CO121-052 Castle - unclassified
Description
On top of a wooded cliff on W side of N-S stream. Shown on OS 6-inch map (1842) as rectangular structure. Ruinous stone wall (H 1.5m; Wth 1.3m; 15m N-S) incorporated into field-fence, may have been associated with castle. No other surface trace. O Driscoll castle (Healy 1988, 262). 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 Kilmeen.
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 high, 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 Kilmeen.
- 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 Kilmeen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Kilmeen · Cill Mhín
- Area
- 1,057,332 m² (105.73 ha, 261.27 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmeen (Clonakilty Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery East (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Rossmore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Rossmore electoral division: 370 people in 131 households; 78% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinvard, Caherkirky, Clooncorban, Coolnaconarty, Glebe, Liscubba, Rossmore
- Placenames
- Kilmeen 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.