Kilmore
Townland in the civil parish of Dromdaleague, barony of Carbery West (East Division), Co. Cork; in Irish An Choill Mhór
- Area
- 136.9 ha
- 338 acres
- Land parcels
- 27
- registered freehold, median 4,947 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilmore, from 27 m² to 357,213 m² (35.72 ha, 88.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 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 Kilmore 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
16 Jun 2023Conditional
Construction of dwelling house, detached domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/324
3 May 2007Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1182
5 Mar 2007Conditional
Construct animal/slatted house over existing slurry store and effluent tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/601
5 Feb 2007Incompleted application
Construct animal/slatted house over existing slurry store and construct effluent tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/296
8 Jan 2007Conditional
Construct animal/slatted house over existing slurry store
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/55
24 Nov 2006Refused
Construction of a dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2501
5 Mar 2003Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/926
11 Oct 2002Conditional
Bungalow
Approval · Cork County Council, 02/4526
23 Jan 2002Conditional
Dwelling
Approval · Cork County Council, 02/210
21 Dec 2001Refused
Dwellinghouse and attached domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/6984
21 May 2001Conditional
Construction of shed for storage & housing of horses
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/2848
21 May 2001Conditional
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 01/2825
21 Nov 2000Conditional
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 00/7022
16 Oct 2000Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 00/6209
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 Kilmore.
Recorded monuments
- CO132-029001 Standing stone - pair
Description
In grove of fir trees on rolling pasture. Stones, aligned NE-SW, stand 1.1m apart; overall length 2.6m. NE stones is 0.7m L, 0.7m T and 0.7m H. SW stone is 0.7m L, 0.65m T and 1m H. Standing stone (CO132-029006-) c. 90m to NE. (O Nualláin 1988, 248, no. 138) 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
- CO132-029002 Boulder-burial
Description
In level pasture with excellent views in all directions. The first of four boulder-burials (CO132-029003-, CO132-029004-, CO132-029005-) set in a NE-SW line (total length 8m). This example stands at the SW end and consists of an irregularly shaped boulder (1.35m x 1.3m; H 1m) with a single support-stone visible under its W side. Another boulder-burial (CO132-029003-) is 0.1m to the NE and a standing stone (410, vol. 1) is c. 8m to the SSE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO132-029003 Boulder-burial
Description
In level pasture with excellent views in all directions. The second of four boulder-burials (CO132-029002-, CO132-029004-, CO132-029005-) set in a NE-SW line (total length 8m). This stands 0.1m NE of the first (CO132-029002-) and consists of an irregularly shaped boulder (1.3m x 1.25m; H 0.9m) which narrows towards the top. No support-stones are visible. Another boulder-burial (CO132-029004-) is 1m to the NE and a standing stone (410, vol. 1) is c. 7m to the SE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO132-029004 Boulder-burial
Description
In level pasture with excellent views in all directions. The third of four boulder-burials (CO132-029002-, CO132-029003-, CO132-029005-) set in a NE-SW line (total length 8m). This example stands 1m NE of the second (CO132-029003-) and consists of a flat-topped boulder (1.65m x 1m; H 0.65m) with a support-stone visible under its SW side. Another boulder-burial (CO132-029005-) stands 0.95m to the NE and a standing stone (410, vol. 1) is c. 6m to the SE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO132-029005 Boulder-burial
Description
In level pasture with excellent views in all directions. The fourth of a series of four boulder-burials (CO132-029002-, CO132-029003-, CO132-029004-) set in a NE-SW line (total length 8m). This stands at the NE end and consists of a flat-topped, roughly square boulder (1.2m x 1.15m; H 0.65m) with a single support-stone visible under its SW side. Another boulder-burial (CO132-029004-) stands 0.95m to the SW and a standing stone (410, vol. 1) is c. 6m to the SE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO132-029006 Standing stone
Description
In pasture with good views in every direction. Rectangular stone aligned NE-SW (H 1.8m; 0.64m x 0.32m), incorporated into field fence. Four boulders arranged in a straight line running NNE-WSW lie 6m to NNW; the largest (H 0.85m; 1.6m x 1m) rests on a single support stone. 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
- CO132-030001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on break in N-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 25.5m) enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.5m) NNE->SSW; slight scarp SSW->NW (H 0.25m). Stone wall atop scarp SSW->NW, where it turns eastwards truncating interior to N. Souterrain (CO132-030002-) in NW quadrant. 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
- CO132-030002 Souterrain
Description
Maze of depressions and small openings, covering an area (L 17m; Wth 14.5m) in NW quadrant ringfort (CO132-030001-), indicates much collapsed earth-cut souterrain. Stone walling visible through one opening. Inaccessible. 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 Kilmore.
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 Kilmore.
- 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 Kilmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Kilmore · An Choill Mhór
- Area
- 1,369,478 m² (136.95 ha, 338.41 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dromdaleague, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Bredagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Bredagh electoral division: 664 people in 268 households; 72% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballaghadown North, Clashduff, Derryduff, Garranes South, Lissane Upper, Maulnaskeha
- Placenames
- Kilmore 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.