Knockagarry
Knockagarry is a townland in the civil parish of Marshalstown, barony of Condons and Clangibbon, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Cnoc an Gharraí.
- Area
- 247.2 ha
- 611 acres
- Land parcels
- 32
- registered freehold, median 54,308 m² (5.43 ha, 13.42 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockagarry, from 222 m² to 398,809 m² (39.88 ha, 98.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 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 Knockagarry 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
8 Apr 2025Conditional permission
Permission for alterations to existing derelict dwelling consisting of the following works: 1) For alterations and refurbishment works of existing derelict dwelling and to construct a new single storey extension to the side and front of same dwelling. 2) To construct a new domestic garage. 3) To block up existing site entrance serving same dwelling and to construct a new site entrance and driveway to serve same dwelling . 4) The installation of a new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area to serve same dwelling and all associated site works and services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4614
12 Feb 2025Incompleted application
Permission for alterations to existing dwelling consisting of the following works: 1) Alterations and refurbishment works of existing dwelling and to construct a new single storey extension to the side and front of same dwelling. 2) Construct a new domestic garage ancillary to existing dwelling. 3) Block up existing site entrance serving existing dwelling and to construct a new site entrance and driveway to serve same dwelling. 4) Installation of a new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area to serve existing dwelling and all associated site works and services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4192
7 Jun 2024Conditional
Permission for: 1) Demolition of existing derelict storage buildings associated with the existing dwelling. 2) Construction of an extension to the existing dwelling. 3) The creation of a new vehicular entrance. 4) Decommissioning of an existing septic tank. 5) The installation of a waste water treatment system and percolation area and the carrying out of all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5048
16 Feb 2009Conditional
Alterations and two-storey extension to existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4449
19 Nov 2008Conditional
Two-storey dwelling, domestic garage, effluent treatment system, entrance & ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9740
22 Oct 2008Incompleted application
Two-storey dwelling, domestic garage, effluent treatment system, entrance & ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9393
28 Jun 2007Refused
Construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, waste water treatment plant, entrance and ancillary works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 07/9102
20 Jul 2006Refused
Dormer type dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9073
28 Jun 2006Withdrawn
Dormer type dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8451
11 Mar 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1632
8 May 2003Conditional
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/2175
17 Apr 2003Conditional
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/1804
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 Knockagarry.
Recorded monuments
- CO010-038 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (43m E-W; 42m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.65m) and external fosse (max. D 0.7m). Break in bank to NNW (Wth 7m); gaps to SSE and S. Interior grass covered; slopes gently down 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
- CO010-039 Ringfort - rath
Description
Indicated as roughly circular field (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; N half survives in field fence system to N on 1905 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps; with S half hachured as scarp on 1936 OS 6-inch map. Access to site not gained. 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
- CO010-040001 Moated site
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Rectangular area (54m NW-SE; 36m NE-SW) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.4m ext. H 1.5m) with external fosse (D 0.7m). Break roughly mid-way along NE, SE, SW and NW banks; bank densely overgrown. Fosse almost totally infilled to SE where farm track constructed; slight causeway across fosse at NW break in bank. Interior slopes down gently to SE; in S quadrant, scarp extends from SW bank c. 15m into interior; almost in line with this scarp but further to NE, 'Souterrain' (13288) marked on 1936 OS 6-inch map. Remains of cultivation ridges cross interior on NW-SE axis. Listed by Barry (1981, 83, no. 54). 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 13/1972).
- CO010-040002 Souterrain
Description
In E half of moated site (CO010-04001-). Depression (D 0.8m), with large stone slab protruding from NW side, may indicate collapsed souterrain chamber. 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 13/1972).
- CO010-056 Mound
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope in NW quadrant of subcircular field. Grass-covered, circular mound (H 3m; diam. c. 24m) with two stones set on edge (Stone 1, H 0.6m; 0.5 x 0.53m: Stone 2, H 0.58m; 0.52m x 0.38m) on S side. Bounded to N and E by disused roadways and to W by track. 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 Knockagarry.
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 Knockagarry, about 1 in 10 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 moderately high, moderately low, low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockagarry.
- 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 Knockagarry with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Knockagarry · Cnoc an Gharraí
- Area
- 2,471,632 m² (247.16 ha, 610.75 acres)
- Civil parish
- Marshalstown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Condons and Clangibbon
- Electoral division
- Kilgullane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 159 people lived in 56 households in the Kilgullane electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Booladurragha, Curraghgorm, Derrynanool, Drough, Gortnaminna, Gortroe, Killee, Toorreagh
- Placenames
- Knockagarry 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.