Kilmichael

79 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilmichael, from 88 m² to 1,249,601 m² (124.96 ha, 308.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Kilmichael 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.

• 19 Jun 2024Conditional

  The following work to existing dwelling house: - (A) Single storey extension to front south east facing elevation, (B) Permission for 3 no. roof lights to rear north west facing elevation, (C) Upgrade of existing sewage waste water system and for all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/332

• 13 Sept 2011Conditional

  Renovation and extension of dwelling to include demolition of 3no. derelict sheds/stores abutting dwelling and construction of single storey extension in lieu of same; Install proprietary treatment system and associate site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/562

• 16 Aug 2011Incompleted application

  Renovation and extension of dwelling to include demolition of 3 no. derelict sheds/stores abutting dwelling and construction of single storey extension in lieu of same. Permission also sought to install propriety treatment system and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/506

• 12 Oct 2005Conditional

  Retention of renovations and extension to dwelling, detached garage and septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7443

• 23 Sept 2005Incompleted application

  Retention of renovations and extension to dwelling, detached garage and installation of septic tank

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6924

• 23 Dec 1999Conditional

  Installation of septic tank to serve existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 99/7229

• 9 Dec 1999Conditional

  Renovations & change of use of schoolhouse to heritage centre & installation of septic tank & puraflo treatment system

  Permission · Cork County Council, 99/6759

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Kenmare River SAC 002158
• Special Protection Area: Beara Peninsula SPA 004155
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Dursey Island 000086

Recorded monuments

• CO126-006 Standing stone
  Description

  In bog overlooking sea to S. Irregular stone aligned NW-SE (H 1.05m; 0.8m x 0.6m). 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

• CO126-007 Hut site
  Description

  On top of a terrace on S-facing slope, overlooking sea. Roughly circular area (6.1m E-W; 5.05m N-S) defined by stone wall (Wth 2.05m), one course high, with rubble core. Entrance feature covered by large slab on E side. Area generally used as dump for stones. 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

• CO126-008 Bullaun stone
  Description

  About 50m SW of Kilmichael church (CO126-009002-) lies a stone (H 0.16m; 0.58m x 0.4m) with shallow hollow (D 0.05m) on upper surface. The stone was moved elsewhere as Durell (1996, 214) failed to find it. 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 revision: 11 October 2017

• CO126-009001 Burial ground
  Description

  On E side of Kilmichael church (CO126-009002-) is area known locally as "burial ground". Series of thin upright slabs, (H c. 0.45m; c. 0.4m; c. 0.16m) set in roughly parallel lines. Trackway cuts through N end of area. 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

• CO126-009002 Church
  Description

  The church of Kilmichael is first documented in the papal taxation list of 1302-7 (Durell 1996, 213) and local tradition recorded that it was destroyed in 1602 (ibid.; SMR file). This appears to retain an element of truth as the church is mentioned in connection with the taking of the fort (CO126-012001-) on the island in that year in Stafford’s history Sir George Carew’s campaign (‘Pacata Hibernia’, published in 1633). When the English forces were in the process of besieging Dunboy (CO128-001002-) they heard that the Irish had fortified Dursey Island and placed there three pieces of ordnance and forty men. On 12 June Carew sent a body of troops in a pinnace to the island which ‘arrived there with the forces early the next morning, and being on land drew to the north point of the island, where they found the walls of a ruined chapel.’ They left a body of troops there while the remainder reconnoitred the fort from the sea and eventually took it later that day (O’Grady 1896, ii, 195). While it is possible that Carew's troop destroyed the church as an act of vandalism it should be noted that it was already in ruins. Part of the west gable was still extant until the mid-nineteenth century, where the stones were removed and incorporated into other buildings in the village (Durell 1996, 213). When inspected in 1985 only a fragment of the E gable (L 3m; Wth 0.8m; H 3.5m) with a base batter stood to the W of the burial ground (CO126-009001-); part of the N in-going of the E window and traces of a wall press also survived (Power et al. 1992, no. 3152). The E gable collapsed in 1995 (Durell 1996, 213). Revised by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 7 October 2017

• CO126-028001 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, within a network of pre-bog walls (CO126-028003-) on a break on the N-facing slopes of Dursey Island. A circular area (9m N-S; 8.3m E-W) is defined by the remains of a stone wall (T 0.9m; H 0.75m) consisting mainly of non-contiguous upright slabs set radially along the perimeter. These are best displayed W-SSE. It appears that stones from the SSE-W arc were used to make the now abandoned turf stand for stacking turf c. 5m to the W. The entrance (Wth 1m) is at N. The entire enclosure is obscured by rushes. There is a fulacht fia (CO126-028002-) c. 50m to the ENE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO126-028002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, within a network of field boundaries (CO126-028003-) on Dursey Island. A crescent-shaped heather-covered mound (8.7m E-W; 6m N-S; H 0.75m) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. The opening (Wth 3m) faces wet ground to the S. An enclosure (CO126-028001-) lies c. 50m to the W. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO126-028003 Field boundary
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on cutaway bog, on a break on the N-facing slopes of Dursey Island. Turf-cutting has exposed a series of relict stone field boundaries (T 0.6m; H 0.5m) in a roughly rectangular area (c. 70m E-W; c. 60m N-S). The relict boundaries are set on the underlying mineral soil. In places some sections of the relict boundaries have been used to make rectangular turf stands for stacking turf. These structures are now abandoned. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO126-029 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on cutaway bog on the N-facing slopes of Dursey Island. A circular area (12m N-S; 11m E-W) is defined by the remains of a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.8m; H 0.45m). Rubble is scattered in the NE quadrant of the interior and along the exterior, especially downslope to the N. Two upright parallel slabs at E indicate the entrance (Wth 0.7m). The interior has been raised (H 0.5m) at N and cut into the bank at S (D 0.3m) to compensate for the hillslope. At W and E the wall remains have been rearranged to make two, now abandoned, rectangular turf stands for stacking turf) each measuring c. 12m N-S and 2m E-W. It is known locally as 'Clochán Uí Chronacháin'. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

• CO126-039 Field boundary
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on cutaway bog, on the N-facing slopes of Dursey Island. Turf-cutting has exposed a series of collapsed, relict, stone field boundaries (T 0.5m; H 0.4m) extending in a general NW-SE direction from a cliff-top up along the side of the hillslope for a distance of c. 170m. The relict boundaries are set on the underlying mineral soil. At intermittent intervals some material from the relict boundaries has been used to construct rectangular turf stands for stacking turf. These latter structures are now abandoned. 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

• Dursey Island National School, school, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey national school, built 1891, having gabled single-bay porch with entrance (south-east elevation). Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystack, timber corbels and cast-iron rainwater goods. Exposed random rubble stone walls with decorative cast-iron vents and carved limestone plaque to porch gable. Square-headed openings with six-over-nine timber sliding sash windows (south-east elevation), timber fixed pane window with six-over-twelve arrangement (north-east elevation), rendered sills and exposed red brick voussoirs. Square-headed opening to porch with timber casement six pane window. Square-headed door opening. Carved limestone fireplace to interior. Outbuildings to north with lean-to slate roofs, random rubble stone walls and wrought-iron gates. Set within random rubble stone boundary wall.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey house with dormer attic, built c.1800. Pitched slate roof with exposed random rubble stone and rendered chimneystacks and decorative clay chimneypot (north-west). Rendered walls to front elevation (north-east), exposed random rubble stone walls to sides (north-west and south-east) and rear (south-west) elevations. Square-headed openings with two-over-two (front and rear) and six-over-six (rear) timber sliding sash windows and timber casement window (front) with painted stone sills. Square-headed door openings to front and rear elevations with timber battened doors. Dry stone boundary wall to site.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Kilmichael, 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 high, 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 Kilmichael.

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.

No address of the register names Kilmichael with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Kilmichael · Cill Mhichíl

Area

2,033,540 m² (203.35 ha, 502.5 acres)

Civil parish

Kilnamanagh, and its townlands

Barony

Bear

Electoral division

Kilnamanagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

380 people lived in 153 households in the Kilnamanagh electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 15% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 30% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynacallagh, Tilickafinna

Placenames

Kilmichael 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.