Kilruane
Kilruane is a townland in the civil parish of Ross, barony of Ibane and Barryroe, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Cill Ruáin.
- Area
- 110.3 ha
- 273 acres
- Land parcels
- 59
- registered freehold, median 5,867 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 41
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilruane, from 59 m² to 172,473 m² (17.25 ha, 42.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Kilruane 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
27 Aug 2026Awaiting recommendation
a) the construction of a light industrial building containing 3 individual units for storage. b) the construction of a light industrial building containing 3 individual units for agri retail & steel fabrication. c) 6 no. illuminated elevation signs. d) Permission to raise the ground levels of existing agricultural lands to the south of the site, the fill shall comprise of site excavated topsoil & subsoil which will arise from the stripping of the site for the 2 no. light industrial buildings. e) Permission to crush & re-use stockpile of construction & demolition waste located to the west of the site for use in the construction of roads,yard & hardstanding areas around the 2 no. light industrial buildings. f) Permission to extend the existing car park adjacent to Lisavaird co-op head offices & modifications to existing car park entrance from the public road, works shall include demolition of existing roadside hedgerow & fence & construction of a new stone faced wall & landscaping area in front of the newly constructed wall including a new concrete footpath. g) Ancillary site works including concrete yard, access roads & hard standing areas, carparking, site services, site lighting, drainage & site landscaping. h) installation of a waste water treatment plant & redesign & modification of a percolation area as permitted under planning no. 24/705. i) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/2237
26 Feb 2026Grant with conditions
a) the change of use of existing storage area to retail use, b) the construction of an extension to the rear (west) of the existing building comprising of a goods in storage area & veterinary products storage & canopy area, c) the construction of a two storey extension to the side (south) of the existing building comprising of staff amenities (toilets & sluice room) & two storey goods in unloading area, d) alterations to the front elevation (east) to include the demolition of the existing entrance porch, construction of a new glazed entrance lobby & associated entrance canopy, 2 number new windows & removal of existing roller shutter door & replacing same with glazed entrance door, e) illuminated elevation signage to the front elevation (east) & erection of two number freestanding totem signs ancillary to the filling station & retail operations on site, f) all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0473
20 Apr 2023Conditional permission
A change of plan from that originally permitted under planning reference 21/316 for the following development at the existing Lisavaird Co-Op facility comprising of the following a) revisions to the southern boundary comprising of an increase in the site area, b) construction of a lorry parking area for use ancillary to the co-op facility, c) the relocation southwards of the permitted vehicular entrance from the public road serving the permitted office building, d) modifications to the carparking layout serving the permitted office building, e) erection of totem signage ancillary to the permitted grocery shop and forecourt area, f) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/213
27 May 2021Conditional permission
(1) Demolition of existing HGV/Truck Maintenance Garage & adjoining Two Storey and Single Storey Storage Buildings (2) Demolition of existing Two -Storey & Three Storey Building comprising of Ground Floor Grocery Shop, Storage Areas & Offices, First & Second Floor Administration Offices , Meeting Rooms, Archive Storage Rooms, Canteen & Toilets (3) Demolition of Existing Open Sided Timber Storage Building (4) Demolition of existing Filling Station, Fuel Pumps and Canopy including adjoining Ground & First Floor Storage Buildings (5) Demolition of existing Single Storey Offices and Storage Building, (6) Construction of a new Two Storey Office building comprising of new Administration Offices, Meeting Rooms and Staff Facilities (7) Construction of a new single storey Grocery Shop, Fuel Pumps , Forecourt Area and Canopy (8) Material change of use of existing Storage Building to HGV/Truck Maintenance Garage & Ancillary Storage Area, (9) Relocation of existing site entrances/formation of new site entrances from the Public Road to provide for a new entrance to the proposed Office Building, new entrance to the proposed Grocery Shop and Forecourt Area, new entrance to the existing Agric & Retail Store and new entrance to the proposed HGV Maintenance Garage Area (10) All associated works including signage, new concrete and tarmac yard areas, new car parking areas, boundary treatments including perimeter fencing, footpaths & access gates, stone boundary walls, soft landscaping , drainage works all ancillary works required to integrate the proposed works with the existing facilities on the existing site
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/316
27 Mar 2013Unconditional
Permitted development comprises the construction of an enterprise park consisting of five number industrial/commercial units of approximately 7,900 square metres in total, upgrading of existing wastewater treatment plant, one number attenuation pond, two number water storage units, one number pumping station, approximately 170 car parking spaces, 10 loading bays, modifications to entrance, flood relief work to Owenahinchy River, modifications to existing Electricity Supply Board substation, boundary treatment, internal roads, landscaping and all associated site development works all on a site of 3.56 hectares (8.79 acres)
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/181
1 Sept 2010Conditional
Dwelling house and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/604
24 Jul 2008Conditional
Retention of: (a) construction of sun-room extension to front of existing dwelling, (b) construction of extension which includes self contained dwelling unit to rear of existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1382
15 May 2008Refused
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/898
3 Apr 2008Conditional
Development consists of construction of Enterprise Park consisting of 7no. industrial/commercial units of approximately 12,074sqm in total, upgrading of existing waste water treatment plant, 1no. attenuation pond, 2no. water storage units, 1no. pumping station, 241 car parking spaces, 14 loading bays, modifications to entrance, flood relief work to Owenahincy River, modifications to existing ESB substation, boundary treatment, internal roads, landscaping and all associated site development works on site of 3.56ha (8.79acres)
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/596
25 Mar 2008Conditional
Retain conversion of detached garage to ancillary living accommodation
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/531
21 Feb 2008Incompleted application
Retain conversion of detached garage to ancillary living accommodation
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/313
21 Dec 2007Incompleted application
Retain construction of sun-room extension to front of existing dwelling; Retain construction of extension to rear of existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/3198
23 Jul 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1995
27 Apr 2007Conditional
Retain relocation of existing entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1124
23 Mar 2007Withdrawn
Construct 6no. commercial/industrial units and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/836
8 Mar 2007Incompleted application
Retain relocation of existing entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/647
1 Mar 2007Withdrawn
Construct 1no. commcercial/industrial unit for light engineering and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/550
26 Jan 2007Refused
Construct 9no. commcercial/industrial units and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/195
17 Nov 2006Incompleted application
Retain re-location of existing entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2428
20 Oct 2006Incompleted application
Retain relocation of existing entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/2202
21 Sept 2006Withdrawn
Construction of dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1905
8 Sept 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1808
23 Aug 2006Incompleted application
Construction of a dwelling house and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1692
31 Mar 2006Conditional
Partial demolition and reconstruction and extension of steel fabrication workshop and construction of extension to store serving existing hardware shop and alterations to front facade of existing hardware shop and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/564
24 Oct 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7765
The 25 most recent of 41 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 Kilruane.
Recorded monuments
- CO134-058 Burial ground
Description
In rough grazing on E-facing slope. No visible surface trace. 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
- CO134-114 Burnt mound
Description
In tillage, on an E-facing slope. An irregularly shaped spread (c. 15m N-S; c. 10m E-W) of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil. There is a spring well adjacent to a field boundary, c. 20m to the SW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO134-115 Enclosure
Description
In pasture, on the E-facing slopes of a N-S ridge overlooking undulating farmland to the E. An arc (C 28m) of an earthen field boundary (max. Wth 1.2m; max. H 1.4m) with stone inclusions is evident E-W. The field boundary is covered with overgrowth and the interior is heavily overgrown with ferns, briars and bushes, and is inaccessible. This may be the remains of a circular or D-shaped enclosure. 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilruane.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Kilruane, about 1 in 5 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 Kilruane.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Kilruane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Kilruane · Cill Ruáin
- Area
- 1,103,148 m² (110.31 ha, 272.59 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ross, and its townlands
- Barony
- Ibane and Barryroe
- Electoral division
- Coolcraheen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 703 people lived in 245 households in the Coolcraheen electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Derryduff, Farranacounter, Garranecore, Lissard, Tulligee, Tullyneasky West
- Placenames
- Kilruane 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.