Knockacummer

63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockacummer, from 8 m² to 145,339 m² (14.53 ha, 35.91 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

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.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 17 Aug 2016Conditional

  To construct a new agricultural entrance and access passage to existing farmyard

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6057

• 11 May 2016Conditional

  (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

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5115

• 9 Jun 2011Conditional

  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.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5246

• 18 May 2010Unconditional

  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)

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 10/5211

• 29 Jan 2008Conditional

  Extension to dwellinghouse and construction of stone pier entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4427

• 11 Nov 2004Conditional

  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.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8354

• 30 Jun 2003Conditional

  Windfarm including 29 no. wind turbines (80m high),electrical substation with control building, 2 no. 60m meteorlog- ical masts & assoc works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/3220

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Stack's to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hills and Mount Eagle SPA 004161

Recorded monuments

• CO014-001001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  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
  Description

  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

Architectural heritage

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

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).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.

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: 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.

No address of the register names Knockacummer with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Knockacummer · Cnoc an Chomair

Area

1,634,343 m² (163.43 ha, 403.85 acres)

Civil parish

Clonfert, and its townlands

Barony

Duhallow

Electoral division

Glenlara, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Glenlara electoral division: 429 people in 147 households; 95% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Commons North, Commons South, Cummerduff, Knockacluggin, Meentinny West, Tooreendermot, Tooreennamire

Placenames

Knockacummer 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.