# Knockacummer, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Clonfert, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Cnoc an Chomair.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,634,343 m² (163.43 ha, 403.85 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 12,173 m² (1.22 ha, 3.01 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Clonfert, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/clonfert.md
- Barony: Duhallow
- Electoral division: Glenlara, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 429 people lived in 147 households in the Glenlara electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/10614
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 43640
- Centre: latitude 52.25959, longitude -9.087251 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockacummer, from 8 m² to 145,339 m² (14.53 ha, 35.91 acres); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2155723: 145,339 m² (14.53 ha, 35.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155723.md
- Parcel 2328075: 124,879 m² (12.49 ha, 30.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328075.md
- Parcel 2155628: 115,316 m² (11.53 ha, 28.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155628.md
- Parcel 2155633: 90,509 m² (9.05 ha, 22.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155633.md
- Parcel 2155616: 88,039 m² (8.8 ha, 21.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155616.md
- Parcel 2328076: 77,710 m² (7.77 ha, 19.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328076.md
- Parcel 2155627: 66,492 m² (6.65 ha, 16.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155627.md
- Parcel 2155617: 65,584 m² (6.56 ha, 16.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155617.md
- Parcel 2155619: 62,212 m² (6.22 ha, 15.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155619.md
- Parcel 2155618: 57,844 m² (5.78 ha, 14.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155618.md
- Parcel 2328071: 55,879 m² (5.59 ha, 13.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328071.md
- Parcel 2328168: 46,919 m² (4.69 ha, 11.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328168.md
- Parcel 2328072: 44,232 m² (4.42 ha, 10.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328072.md
- Parcel 2328079: 42,826 m² (4.28 ha, 10.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328079.md
- Parcel 2328078: 37,659 m² (3.77 ha, 9.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328078.md
- Parcel 2155614: 34,363 m² (3.44 ha, 8.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155614.md
- Parcel 2155625: 30,089 m² (3.01 ha, 7.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155625.md
- Parcel 2328166: 29,189 m² (2.92 ha, 7.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328166.md
- Parcel 2155610: 29,169 m² (2.92 ha, 7.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155610.md
- Parcel 2155624: 26,505 m² (2.65 ha, 6.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155624.md
- Parcel 2328074: 26,066 m² (2.61 ha, 6.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328074.md
- Parcel 2328162: 23,538 m² (2.35 ha, 5.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328162.md
- Parcel 2155611: 18,324 m² (1.83 ha, 4.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155611.md
- Parcel 2328165: 16,558 m² (1.66 ha, 4.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328165.md
- Parcel 2328160: 15,954 m² (1.6 ha, 3.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328160.md
- Parcel 2155722: 15,196 m² (1.52 ha, 3.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155722.md
- Parcel 2133471: 14,658 m² (1.47 ha, 3.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2133471.md
- Parcel 2328066: 13,269 m² (1.33 ha, 3.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328066.md
- Parcel 2328068: 12,655 m² (1.27 ha, 3.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328068.md
- Parcel 2328167: 12,555 m² (1.26 ha, 3.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328167.md
- Parcel 2328172: 12,511 m² (1.25 ha, 3.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328172.md
- Parcel 2328069: 12,173 m² (1.22 ha, 3.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328069.md
- Parcel 2328164: 11,923 m² (1.19 ha, 2.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328164.md
- Parcel 2328070: 11,620 m² (1.16 ha, 2.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328070.md
- Parcel 2155622: 10,534 m² (1.05 ha, 2.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155622.md
- Parcel 2155612: 10,491 m² (1.05 ha, 2.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155612.md
- Parcel 2155621: 10,135 m² (1.01 ha, 2.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155621.md
- Parcel 2328169: 9,089 m² (0.91 ha, 2.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328169.md
- Parcel 2155623: 8,919 m² (0.89 ha, 2.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155623.md
- Parcel 2328159: 8,772 m² (0.88 ha, 2.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328159.md
- Parcel 3495291: 8,576 m² (0.86 ha, 2.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3495291.md
- Parcel 2328175: 7,878 m² (0.79 ha, 1.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328175.md
- Parcel 2155613: 7,834 m² (0.78 ha, 1.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155613.md
- Parcel 2328161: 7,679 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328161.md
- Parcel 2328067: 7,611 m² (0.76 ha, 1.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328067.md
- Parcel 2155626: 7,172 m² (0.72 ha, 1.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155626.md
- Parcel 2155620: 5,740 m² (0.57 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155620.md
- Parcel 2328065: 5,313 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328065.md
- Parcel 2155629: 4,987 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155629.md
- Parcel 2155615: 4,193 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155615.md
- Parcel 2328171: 4,033 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328171.md
- Parcel 2328170: 4,011 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328170.md
- Parcel 2133474: 3,960 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2133474.md
- Parcel 2488938: 3,920 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2488938.md
- Parcel 5436437: 2,515 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5436437.md
- Parcel 2328163: 2,383 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328163.md
- Parcel 2328073: 1,264 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328073.md
- Parcel 2328174: 528 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328174.md
- Parcel 2155630: 356 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155630.md
- Parcel 2155631: 138 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155631.md
- Parcel 5436430: 19 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5436430.md
- Parcel 2328173: 10 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328173.md
- Parcel 2155632: 8 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155632.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Knockacummer in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

7 applications, newest first.

- 17 Aug 2016, Cork County Council 16/6057: Conditional. Permission. To construct a new agricultural entrance and access passage to existing farmyard. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=16/6057
- 11 May 2016, Cork County Council 16/5115: Conditional. Permission. (1) Construction of single storey extensions to the north, south and west of the existing dwelling, (2) Elevational alterations to the north, south and east of the existing dwelling, (3) Change of material to pitch roofs of existing dwelling from cladding to slate, (4) Installation of a rooflight on the northern elevation and installation of a rooflight on the southern elevation of the existing dwelling, (5) septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=16/5115
- 9 Jun 2011, Cork County Council 11/5246: Conditional. Permission. The development will consist of amendments to the permitted Knockacummer Windfarm (PL.Reg. Reg. 04/8354; Pl.04.210685 and Pl.Reg.10/5211) to comprise of modifications to the permitted internal access road network including a)omission of sections of previously permitted internal road, b) upgrade and change of use of existing forestry roads and c) construction of new sections of road; modifications to underground internal cable route; extension of and modifications to permitted on-site substation compound (to consist of 2 no. separate control buildings for ESB and BGE and electrical equipment etc.) and provision of on-site water and wastewater storage tanks and associated infrastructure.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=11/5246
- 18 May 2010, Cork County Council 10/5211: Unconditional. Extension of duration. Completion of construction of 29 no. wind turbines, 2 no. meteorological masts, electrical substation, construction and upgrading of internal site tracks and associated works granted under pl.reg.no. 04/8354 (New permission to expire on 22/12/2014). File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=10/5211
- 29 Jan 2008, Cork County Council 08/4427: Conditional. Permission. Extension to dwellinghouse and construction of stone pier entrance and associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=08/4427
- 11 Nov 2004, Cork County Council 04/8354: Conditional. Permission. 29 no. wind turbines (hub height 80 m, blade diameter 90 m), electrical sub station with control building, 2 no. 80 m high meteorological masts, construction and extension of internal site tracks and associated works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/8354
- 30 Jun 2003, Cork County Council 03/3220: Conditional. Permission. Windfarm including 29 no. wind turbines (80m high),electrical substation with control building, 2 no. 60m meteorlog- ical masts & assoc works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/3220

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA, site code 004161, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004161

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CO014-001001: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO014-001001-. In pasture. Oval mound of burnt material (11.2m N-S; 9.4m E-W; H 0.8m); central depression denuded by cattle. Second fulacht fiadh (11114) immediately to S. 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
- CO014-001002: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO014-001002-. In pasture, on N side of stream. Horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (L c. 13.8m; Wth c. 8.5m; H 0.9m); opening (Wth 5.7m) faces NW. WSW 'arm' of mound lower than other. Second fulacht fiadh (11113) immediately to N. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockacummer.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Knockacummer, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockacummer.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cork/knockacummer.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/knockacummer.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/knockacummer.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Knockacummer with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork: https://everytownland.com/cork.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Commons North: https://everytownland.com/cork/commons-north.md
- Commons South: https://everytownland.com/cork/commons-south.md
- Cummerduff: https://everytownland.com/cork/cummerduff.md
- Knockacluggin: https://everytownland.com/cork/knockacluggin.md
- Meentinny West: https://everytownland.com/cork/meentinny-west.md
- Tooreendermot: https://everytownland.com/cork/tooreendermot.md
- Tooreennamire: https://everytownland.com/cork/tooreennamire.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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