Kilnahulla More
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmeen (Kanturk Ra), barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Cill na hUla Mhór
- Area
- 164.3 ha
- 406 acres
- Land parcels
- 22
- registered freehold, median 3,611 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilnahulla More, from 217 m² to 756,039 m² (75.6 ha, 186.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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 Kilnahulla More 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
3 Oct 2025Grant with conditions
Permission to construct a new dwelling house (change of design from that granted under ref no. 21/6609)
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6084
28 Jul 2023Conditional
Construction of an animal and agricultural vehicle river crossing and all associated site works. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted with the application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5554
27 Jun 2023Incompleted application
Construction of an animal and agricultural vehicle river crossing and all associated works. The application will be accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5312
26 Jun 2023Conditional
To I) Demolish the extension at the side of the existing dwelling house, II) Construct extension to the side/front of the existing dwelling, install roof windows at the front and rear of the existing dwelling, III) Domestic garage, IV) Installation of new effluent treatment system with tertiary filter, V) Entrance walls and pillars & IV) All associated services and site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5303
15 Jun 2022Withdrawn
Permission for construction of an animal and agricultural vehicle river crossing and all associated works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5396
29 Apr 2022Refused
(i) Demolish an existing building and remove associated fuel and oil tanks (ii) Erect a new garage building for the repair of motor vehicles along with use of same for depollution and dismantling of end of life vehicles and use of the building for storage of vehicles and parts and (iii) Storage of end of life vehicles and parts in external yard areas (iv) Decommissioning of existing septic tank and permission to install a new wastewater treatment system and ancillary sit works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4977
21 Jan 2022Withdrawn
The development will consist of (i) Permission to demolish an existing building and remove associated fuel and oil tanks (ii) permission to erect a new garage building for the repair of motor vehicles along with use of same for depollution and dismantling of end of life vehicles and use of the building for storage of vehicles and parts and (iii) permission for storage of end of life vehicles and parts in external yard areas (iv) decommissioning of existing septic tank and permission to install new wastewater treatment system and ancillary site works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4091
21 Dec 2021Conditional
(1)Construction of new inlet works, new storm overflow and flow splitting chamber, new aeration tanks, new settlement tanks, and cloth filter structure, new storm tank, new sludge drying reed beds, new outfall pipeline together with associated tanks, chambers, pipelines, provisions of new admin and welfare modular kiosk, upgrade to boundary treatment to include 2.4m high weld mesh fence, new internal access road, public lighting and all associated site development works (2) Construction of new admin/welfare modular building. (3) decommissioning of the existing wastewater treatment plant, equipment and associated structures as part of the upgrade works. (4) Construction of 150kW photovoltaic (PV) solar panels on ground mounted frames on the south-east area of the site. The grid connected to PV panels will be arranged in 5 no. rows with an overall panel area of 745sqm approximately. Provision of a kiosk/modular unit for associated electrical equipment. (5) All associated site development works above and below ground.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7443
19 Nov 2021Incompleted application
Permission for development which consist of upgrade works at the wastewater treatment plant (WwTP). The development will consist of the following: (1) Construction of new inlet works, new storm overflow and flow splitting chamber, new aeration tanks ,new settlement tanks, and cloth filter structure, new storm tank, new sludge drying reed beds, new outfall pipeline together with all associated tanks, chambers, pipelines, provision of new admin and welfare modular kiosk, upgrade to boundary treatment to include 2.4m high weld mesh fence, new internal access road, public lighting and all associated site developing works. (2) Construction of new Admin/Welfare modular building. (3) Decommissioning of the existing wastewater treatment plant, equipment and associated structures as part of the upgrade works. (4) Construction of 150kW photovoltaic (PV) solar panels on ground mounted frames on the south-east area of the site. The grid connected PV panels will be arranged in 5 No rows with an overall panel area of 745sqm approximately. Provision of a kiosk/modular unit for associated electrical equipment. (5) All associated site development works above and below ground. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies this planning application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7133
23 Sept 2021Conditional
(A) The demolition of an existing dwelling house, (B) the decommissioning of existing septic tank (C) the construction of a new two storey dwelling house and adjacent new domestic garage (D) the installation of a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, along with all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6609
13 Aug 2021Withdrawn
(i) Permission to demolish an existing building and remove associated fuel and oil tanks (ii) Permission to erect a new garage building for the repair of motor vehicles along with use of same for depollution and dismantling of end of life vehicles and use of the building for storage of vehicles and parts and (iii) Permission for storage of end of life vehicles and parts in external yard areas (iv) Decommissioning of existing septic tank and permission to install a new wastewater treatment system and ancillary site works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6243
14 Aug 2019Incompleted application
Retention of i) existing vehicle de-polluting building and associated above ground storage tanks, ii) existing portacabin office, iii) container acting as tyre removal workshop, iv) 3 no. existing scrap storage bays, v) existing solid fuel (timber/briquettes) storage building for sale of same and vi) car baler
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/6036
15 Jul 2019Withdrawn
Demolition of an existing dwellinghouse, constructing a new dwellinghouse in replacement, decommissioning an existing septic tank and constructing a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5777
12 Jan 2018Conditional
Retention of calf house and Permission for decommissioning of slurry effluent tank and construction of slatted farm building for housing of cattle and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4057
15 Dec 2017Incompleted application
Retention of calf house & Permisison for decommissioning of slurry effluent tank & construction of slatted farm building for housing of cattle and ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/7296
10 Mar 2014Conditional
Permission for retention for the following existing structures:- (A) Existing garage/workshop for the repair of motor vehicles, (B) Existing storage building of vehicule parts, (C) Existing office portacabin, (D) Existing shed for storage of fuel (timber/coal) for sale of same and permission to change use of part of fuel storage shed to depollution/dismantling of end of life vehicles and install a silt trap and interceptor
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4487
18 Feb 2014Incompleted application
Retention of the following existing structures (a) garage/workshop for the repair of motor vehicles, (b) Storage building of vehicle parts, (c) office portacabin, (d) shed for storage of fuel (timber/coal) for sale of same, and Permission for change of use of part of fuel storage shed to depollution/dismantling of end of life vehicles and installation of a silt trap and separator
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4293
21 Mar 2007Withdrawn
Construction of geomembrane lined lagoon for slurry storage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6272
29 Jan 2007Incompleted application
Construction of 2 no. geomembrane lined lagoons for slurry storage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4570
21 Jan 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/255
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
Recorded monuments
- CO022-111 Fulacht fia
Description
In tillage. Shown on 1937 OS 6-inch map as mound. Low mound visible but site not inspected due to mature crop. 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
- CO022-113 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (12.5m E-W; 10.6m N-S; H 0.35m); opening (Wth 3.4m) faces N. Second fulacht fiadh (11088) c. 90m to E; third (11089) c. 150m to NE; fourth (11090) c. 180m to NE and fifth (11091) c. 200m to E. 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
- CO022-114001 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Irregular mound of burnt material (11.3m N-S; 12m E-W; H 0.85m); opening (Wth c. 2m) faces W. According to local information, burnt material removed from mound to infill marshy ground. One of a group of five fulachta fiadh (11087, 11089, 11090, 11091). 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
- CO022-114002 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy, rough grazing. Overgrown roughly circular mound of burnt material (c. 5.8m N-S; 5.6m E-W; H c. 0.45m). One of a group of five fulachta fiadh (11087, 11088, 11090, 11091). 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
- CO022-114003 Fulacht fia
Description
In rough grazing, on S side of stream and immediately to E of field fence. Irregular mound of burnt material (9m N-S; c. 13m E-W; H 1m). Depression (c. 2m N-S; 2.6m E-W) in W half of mound. One of a group of five fulachta fiadh (11087, 11088, 11089, 11091). 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
- CO022-114004 Fulacht fia
Description
In rough grazing. Roughly rectangular mound of burnt material (5.2m N-S; 1.5m E-W; H 0.2m). One of a group of five fulachta fiadh (11087, 11088, 11089, 11090). 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
- CO022-115 Enclosure
Description
In flat boggy ground, on S bank of stream and mostly on W side of field fence. Arc (SE->N) formed by differential growth pattern visible in aerial photograph (GSIAP, R726, May 1977). Area covered in dense high rushes; no visible surface trace. 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
- CO022-116 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on ESE-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as circular area (diam. c. 30m) defined by hachured fosse SSE->NNW, broken line elsewhere, on 1937 OS 6-inch map. Circular slightly raised area (28.6m N-S; 27.3m E-W) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.8m) S->NNE with external fosse (D 0.8m); scarp (H 0.45m) elsewhere. Bank overgrown; interior grass covered. 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
- CO022-117 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on SSE-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured arc (E->W) showing scarp on 1937 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; arc (C c. 36m) formed by low rise survives E->W. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 476) as levelled, single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 33yd) on J. O' Connor's land. 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
- CO022-118 Fulacht fia
Description
Shown on 1937 OS 6-inch map as mound adjacent to spring. Site not inspected due to hostile animal. 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
- CO022-119001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope immediately to N of Brogeen River. Roughly circular area (c. 36.5m E-W; 32.5m N-S) enclosed by inner earthen bank (max. int. H 1m); intervening fosse; outer earthen bank (ext. H 1.1m) except to NW. Interior raised on S side to compensate for hillslope; slopes gently down to S; W half overgrown with ferns. Souterrain (CO022-11902-) outside enclosure to NNE. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 475) as trivallate with 'one-sixth of the outer' rampart remaining; 'it is said, that three Kings met, and fought, and died of their wounds' here. Footpath depicted crossing site on 1904 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps was, according to local information, a shortcut to Boherboy, now disused. 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
- CO022-119002 Souterrain
Description
Immediately outside N bank of ringfort (CO022-11901-). No visible surface trace. Bowman (1934, 476) recorded a depression 'c. 12ft. by 9', said to be 'site of souterrain', about 30 yards N of the same ringfort. 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
- House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Western house of semi-detached pair of vernacular houses, three-bay and single-storey, built c. 1860, originally a single detached house. Flat-roofed extensions to rear. Hipped thatch roof having rendered chimneystack shared with neighbour to east. Painted rendered walls having render plinth course. Square-headed widened window openings having render surrounds, painted limestone sills and replacement windows, and square-headed replacement door. Painted rendered boundary walls terminating in square-profile piers having replacement metal gates.
- House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Eastern house of semi-detached pair of three-bay single-storey vernacular houses, built c. 1860, originally a single detached house. Flat-roofed extensions to rear. Hipped thatched roof having rendered chimneystack shared with neighbour to west. Painted rendered walls having render plinth course. Square-headed window openings having render surrounds, painted limestone sills and one-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed doorwaywith recessed replacement glazed timber door. Painted rendered boundary walls terminating in square-profile piers having replacement metal gates.
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 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 Kilnahulla More.
- 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 Kilnahulla More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Kilnahulla More · Cill na hUla Mhór
- Area
- 1,642,511 m² (164.25 ha, 405.87 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmeen (Kanturk Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Boherboy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Boherboy electoral division: 753 people in 308 households; 76% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Acres, Gneeves, Gortateeboy, Keel, Kilnahulla Beg, Knocklagh, Laharan East, Laharan West
- Placenames
- Kilnahulla More 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.