Knockane
Knockane is a townland in the civil parish of Donaghmore (Macroom Ra), barony of Barretts, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Cnocán.
- Area
- 87.2 ha
- 215 acres
- Land parcels
- 18
- registered freehold, median 2,701 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 20
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockane, from 1,096 m² to 448,405 m² (44.84 ha, 110.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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 Knockane 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
14 Apr 2025Conditional permission
Permission to construct a new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4674
4 Aug 2023Conditional
Permission for decommission of existing waste water treatment unit serving dwelling, installation of new tertiary wastewater treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5593
15 Nov 2017Conditional
Retention of previous front porch extension; permission for proposed alterations to dwelling, consisting of elevational changes, extension to side and rear along with associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6962
8 Nov 2017Incompleted application
Retention of previous front porch extension; permission for proposed alterations to dwelling, consisting of elevational changes, single storey extension to side & rear along with associated site works & services.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6884
21 Aug 2017Conditional
The partial demolition of existing dwelling, the demolition of detached garage, the construction of new two storey extension, for changes to existing elevations and for ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6167
26 Jul 2017Incompleted application
The partial demolition of existing dwelling, the demolition of detached garage, the construction of new two storey extension, for changes to existing elevations and for ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5928
10 Feb 2011Conditional
Construction of a two storey and single storey extension to existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4248
17 Jan 2011Incompleted application
Construction of a two storey and single storey extension to existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4052
3 Dec 2010Incompleted application
To construct a two storey extension to side of existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/8637
25 Feb 2009Conditional
Retention of dwelling & sewage treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4570
30 Jan 2009Incompleted application
Retention of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/4273
30 Jun 2008Withdrawn
Dwelling with attic accommodation and treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7583
4 Jun 2008Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse with attic accomodation and installation of effluent treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/7087
18 Jan 2008Refused
Single storey dwelling and installation of treatment plant
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4217
21 Jun 2007Conditional
Construction of slatted cattle house, effluent tank, slatted easy feed, silage wall, silage apron and associated concrete yards
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8886
10 May 2007Refused
Single storey dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7651
15 Nov 2006Refused
Single storey dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12316
28 Nov 2005Refused
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8747
19 Dec 2003Refused
Dormer bungalow and biocycle treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6628
8 Aug 2003Conditional
Bungalow and proprietary waste water treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/3983
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 Knockane.
Recorded monuments
- CO062-014 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Circular area (36m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by earthen bank (int. H 1.3m; max. ext. H c. 3m) WSW->SSE; scarp (H 2.5m) elsewhere. Break (Wth 10m) in bank to ENE. Fosse survives as gentle slope into base of bank. Interior raised on S side to compensate for hillslope. 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
- CO062-015 Country house
Description
Two-storey double-gable-ended house of mid/late 18th-century appearance. Entrance front (SE) of 5 bays; central rectangular door approached by stone steps and flanked by one surviving side light; plate glass sash windows with shallow reveals. Brick cornice under eaves. Projecting chimney breast on all four gables. According to owner SE section built over cellar. House recently abandoned. 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
- CO062-016001 Kiln - lime
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- CO062-016002 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, on SE side of stream. According to local information, burnt material visible in stream bank, prior to widening of stream in 1988. No visible surface trace. 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
- CO062-017 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground, on E side of stream. Large overgrown mound of burnt material (H 1.3m). Named 'fulachta fiadh' on 1937 OS 6-inch map, perhaps in error as a second fulacht fiadh was not located. 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
- CO062-209 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, on NE side of stream. Grass-covered spread of burnt material noted. 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
- Bridge, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
Description
Double-span humpback road bridge, built c.1860, spanning Shournagh River. Dressed limestone walls, segmental-headed arches with margined rock-faced voussoirs. V-cutwaters to upstream (east) elevation. Concrete capping to parapet.
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 Knockane, 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 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 Knockane.
- 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 Knockane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Knockane · An Cnocán
- Area
- 871,514 m² (87.15 ha, 215.36 acres)
- Civil parish
- Donaghmore (Macroom Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Barretts
- Electoral division
- Firmount, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 735 people lived in 236 households in the Firmount electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 49% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycraheen, Ballyvodane, Bunkilla, Garraun South, Gilcagh, Kilclogh
- Placenames
- Knockane 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.