Knockacareigh
Knockacareigh is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmurry, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Cnoc an Charria.
- Area
- 82.8 ha
- 205 acres
- Land parcels
- 9
- registered freehold, median 5,536 m² (0.55 ha, 1.37 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockacareigh, from 3,320 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres) to 466,955 m² (46.7 ha, 115.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 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 Knockacareigh 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
1 Nov 2024Conditional
Permission for construction of dwelling (change of plan from that permitted under pl.reg. no. 22/5010 and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6073
4 May 2022Conditional
Permission for a dwelling house, an effluent treatment system and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5010
12 Jun 2017Conditional
(A) Construction of an overground slurry store and underground reception tank. (B) Erection of a Meal Bin. (C) Retention of Meal Bin and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5461
2 Jun 2017Conditional
Demolition of existing bungalow and construction of storey and a half dwelling together with associated site works including proprietary wastewater treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5385
17 May 2017Incompleted application
(A)Construction of an overground slurry store and underground reception tank, (B) Erection of a meal bin, (C) Retention of meal bin and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5207
6 Mar 2017Incompleted application
Demolition of existing bungalow and construction of storey and a half dwelling together with associated site works including proprietary wastewater treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4508
25 May 2016Conditional
(a) Construction of an agricultural cubicle shed with an underground slatted tank; (b) Construction of a silage slab; (c) Construction of a roof over existing silage pit; and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5246
29 Apr 2016Incompleted application
(a) Construction of an agricultural cubicle shed with an underground slatted tank, (b) Construction of a silage slab, (c) Construction of a roof over existing silage pit and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4988
14 May 2014Incompleted application
Demolition of bungalow and construction of storey and a half dwelling and associated site works including wastewater treatment unit - Extension of duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 08/9044
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 14/4975
16 Mar 2012Refused
Construction of dwellinghouse, detached domestic garage, septic tank, percolation area and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4507
30 Jul 2010Refused
Dwellinghouse, detached domestic garage, septic tank, percolation area and ancillary siteworks
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5937
9 Jul 2010Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, detached domestic garage, septic tank, percolation area and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5705
14 May 2010Conditional
Retention of domestic garage with 1st floor gym and alterations to boundaries of dwellinghouse constructed under Planning Reg. No. 03/5356
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5164
25 Sept 2008Conditional
Demolition of bungalow and construction of storey and a half dwelling and associated site works including wastewater treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9044
2 Apr 2008Withdrawn
Extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5794
12 Oct 2007Conditional
Demolition of existing derelict dwellinghouse and construction of dwellinghouse and installation of waste water treatment unit
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 07/11638
20 Sept 2007Incompleted application
Demolition of derelict dwelling and construction to new dwelling, to include new waste water treatment unit
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 07/11117
25 Sept 2006Refused
Bungalow
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/10890
26 Apr 2006Conditional
Demolition of derelict dwelling and construction of new dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/6658
22 Mar 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/5735
13 Feb 2006Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/4731
29 Oct 2003Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/5356
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 Knockacareigh.
Recorded monuments
- CO083-049 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground. Overgrown mound of burnt material (L c. 10m; Wth c. 7m; H 0.9m); small, raised, roughly square area (H 0.5m) on N side of mound. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO083-050 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on ESE-facing slope. Oval area (57.9m E-W; 48.2m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2m). Shallow external fosse to SW and NW; filled in to W between bank and N-S roadway. Bank partially stone-faced with boulders internally. Stone-faced entrance (Wth 4m) to E. Remains of cultivation ridges cross interior on E-W axis. Plan (UCC) shows fosse surviving to Wand N. Garden of house extends up to S bank. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO083-051 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on SE-facing slope. Roughly circular area (33.5m N-S) defined by earthen bank (H 2m); external fosse (D 0.65m) to W and S; outer bank (H 1m) to SW and S. Numerous cattle gaps across bank. Field clearance material dumped in fosse to W. Interior appears to be raised on S side to compensate for hillslope; crossed by remains of cultivation ridges on NW-SE axis; W half heavily overgrown. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO083-145 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, on SSE-facing slope. Oval mound of burnt material (14m SSW-NNE; 16m NNW-SSE; H 0.55m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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 Knockacareigh.
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 Knockacareigh, 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 Knockacareigh.
- 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 Knockacareigh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Knockacareigh · Cnoc an Charria
- Area
- 828,163 m² (82.82 ha, 204.64 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmurry, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Electoral division
- Warrenscourt, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 789 people lived in 280 households in the Warrenscourt electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Clearagh, Coolduff, Curraclogh, Kilbarry, Knockboy
- Placenames
- Knockacareigh 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.