Knockacur

42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockacur, from 35 m² to 106,617 m² (10.66 ha, 26.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• G3Green Infrastructure (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4Green Infrastructure (Active open space)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1Special Policy Area (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 29 May 2026F.i. consultees/awaiting recommendation

  1) Replacement of the floodlights on the 6 no. existing poles with LED lights, to pitch no. 1, maintaining the poles as they are. 2) Construction of a hurling wall adjacent to the juvenile playing area and 3) Erecting an electronic scoreboard on the flat roof section of the existing clubhouse.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1437

• 21 Apr 2020Conditional permission

  1)Demolition of 3 no. existing agricultural buildings; 2) the construction of 22 no. semi-detached dwelling units; 3) 4 no. residential serviced sites; 4) construction of new site entrance in existing stone wall boundary and realignment of a section of the existing boundary stone wall to facilitate sightlines; 5) changing existing vehicular access to pedestrian/cyclist access; 6) all associated ancillary development and site works including wastewater pumping station, connection to existing public water main, connection to public waste water sewer, parking, landscaping and amenity areas. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with this application.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4753

• 16 Mar 2020Incompleted application

  Residential development comprising 1) demolition of 3no. existing agricultural buildings; 2) the construction of 22no. semi-detached dwelling units; 3) 4 no. residential serviced sites; 4) construction of new site entrance in existing stone wall boundary and realignment of a section of the existing boundary stone wall to facilitate sightlines; 5) changing existing vehicular access to pedestrian/cyclist access; 5) all associated ancillary development and site works including wastewater pumping station, connection to existing public water main, connection to public waste water sewer, parking, landscaping and amenity areas.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4551

• 20 Apr 2017Conditional

  Retention of change of use from agricultural building to dwelling, retention of a first floor extension, entrance, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 17/4955

• 14 Oct 2015Withdrawn

  Retention of change of use from agricultural building to dwelling, retention of a first floor extension, entrance, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 15/6299

• 23 Sept 2015Incompleted application

  Retention of change of use from agricultural building to dwelling, entrance, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 15/6130

• 29 Sept 2014Conditional

  Retention of raising of roof of a detached garage to provide a first floor area for use as a store with connecting corridor link to existing dwellinghouse at first floor level.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 14/6082

• 6 Feb 2013Conditional

  Construction of agricultural entrance

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4195

• 31 Mar 2010Refused

  Residential development of 14 no. two-storey detached dwellinghouses, entrance, woodland walk path, public footpath, visitor parking, local play area and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4743

• 17 Feb 2010Incompleted application

  Residential development of 14 no. two storey detached dwellinghouses, entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4340

• 22 Jul 2008Conditional

  Site development works for 24 no. two storey detached dwellinghouses and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8025

• 8 Feb 2007Conditional

  Construction of playing pitch, indoor hurling hall incorporating changing rooms, meeting rooms, gymnasium, outdoor hurling alley and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4880

• 20 Oct 2006Refused

  Construction of new playing pitch, indoor hurling hall incorporating changing rooms, meeting rooms and gymnasium, outdoor hurling alley and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11608

• 26 Jul 2006Conditional

  Entrance and driveway to existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9250

• 23 Jun 2003Conditional

  Alterations, attic conversion, 3 no. rooflights and two storey extension to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/3069

• 9 Jun 2003Conditional

  Dormer dwelling and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2781

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Knockacur.

Recorded monuments

• CO025-027 Quarry
  Description

  Listed as a ‘quarry’ in the SMR (1988) and the RMP (1998). The evidence is not sufficient to warrant accepting this as the location of an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 12 September 2014

• CO025-103 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Not shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map; named and shown in Dreenagh Wood on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. In heavily overgrown area. Well is set into ground with stream exiting from it; cup and some statues around edge but no indication of holy use; remembered locally as having rags and holy paraphernalia around it. According to Grove White (1905-25, vol. 3, 35), reputedly cured sore eyes and scurvy (ibid., 50). 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

• Knocknacur Cottage, house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-storey house, built c. 1830, remodelled c. 1870, and having three-bay first floor and four-bay ground floor, with projecting gabled bay to front (east) and side (south) elevations. Single-storey returns to each end at rear, and lean-to and pitched roof additions to rear. Hipped slate roof, pitched to returns, with rendered chimneystacks having terracotta chimneypots and carved timber bargeboards. Coursed limestone rubble walls with some painted render. Square-headed timber casement windows, double to first floor and tripartite and quadripartite to ground floor. Latticed window to north elevation. Square-headed door timber panelled door with latticed overlight and sidelights with render risers. Coursed limestone rubble boundary walls terminating in square-profile piers with double-leaf wrought-iron 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).

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Knockacur.

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 Knockacur with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Knockacur · Cnoc an Choir

Area

548,872 m² (54.89 ha, 135.63 acres)

Civil parish

Doneraile, and its townlands

Barony

Fermoy

Electoral division

Doneraile, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Doneraile electoral division: 1,555 people in 599 households; 67% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyandrew, Croaghnacree, Demesne, Doneraile, Lisnagrough, Richardstown

Placenames

Knockacur 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.