Knockane
Knockane is a townland in the civil parish of Dromdaleague, barony of Carbery West (East Division), Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Cnocán.
- Area
- 147.6 ha
- 365 acres
- Land parcels
- 49
- registered freehold, median 3,946 m² (0.39 ha, 0.98 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 30
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockane, from 86 m² to 240,274 m² (24.03 ha, 59.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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
17 Sept 2025Approved unconditionally
Construct a cattle underpass under public road, construct a new vehicular entrance to existing farmyard and carry out associated site works
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 25/5937
19 Mar 2025Conditional
Construct a machinery storage shed and carry out all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/138
12 May 2020Conditional
Construct a cattle underpass under public road, construct a new vehicular entrance to existing farmyard and carry out associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/247
1 Feb 2016Conditional
Permission for retention of Conservatory extension to dwellinghouse. Permission for retention of domestic store. Permission for retention of timber shed used for domestic storage. Permission for retention of domestic garage and permission for extension and alterations to same and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/56
14 Feb 2014Conditional
Construction of single storey extension to the northwest elevation of an existing dwelling house and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/111
22 Jul 2011Unconditional
Dwelling house and associated site works
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/456
22 Sept 2009Conditional
Renovation and extension of existing dwelling, including demolition of back kitchen and adjoining outhouse, and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/1038
31 Oct 2007Conditional
Retention and completion of dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2765
2 Oct 2007Incompleted application
Retention and completion of dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2560
22 Aug 2007Incompleted application
Retention and completion of dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2254
31 Jul 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1491
7 Jun 2006Refused
Install new septic tank and percolation area; revise site boundaries along with all associated site work
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1064
7 Jun 2006Refused
Construct new entrance off the public road; revise site boundaries; raise roof height of existing dwelling by 400mm; modify existing front and side elevations (west) to include new windows, protecting bay and patio doors along with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1075
12 May 2006Refused
Retention and completion of dwellinghouse and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/847
17 Feb 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse & associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/241
16 Dec 2005Conditional
Conversion of existing slurry tank to slatted shed and erection of silage clamp
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9402
18 Nov 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8512
3 Nov 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse and outbuilding
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8082
30 Sept 2005Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/7120
31 Aug 2005Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and outbuilding
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6273
29 Jul 2005Incompleted application
Dwelling house and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5484
6 Dec 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/8919
19 Jul 2004Conditional
Retention of domestic garage, site boundaries and site layout
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/5520
11 Oct 2001Conditional
Dwelling
Approval · Cork County Council, 01/5585
3 Oct 2001Conditional
Extension to dwelling and retention of domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/5447
The 25 most recent of 30 applications.
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
- CO119-077 Ringfort - rath
Description
Marked as circular enclosure on OS 6-inch map (1842). Cut by boreen from Bantry-Dunmanway Road to farmhouse. Levelled, no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO119-078 Ringfort - rath
Description
Roughly circular area (diam. 30m) enclosed by scarp (H 1.8m) NW->E; earthen bank (H 1.6m) E->S; stone field fence replaces bank to W. Gap in bank to S; entrance to SE (Wth 1.2m). Possible souterrain (CO119-096---) in interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO119-079 Fulacht fia
Description
Low irregular mound (13m E-W; 12m N-S) in pasture bounded on E by drainage channel, cut by it to N. Burnt material visible in section in drain for a depth of 1.6m. Spring to W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO119-096 Souterrain
Description
In ringfort (CO119-078---). Ground collapsed to NE, within edge scarp. Some stones visible, possibly roofing of souterrain. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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 Knockane.
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 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, 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
- 1,476,403 m² (147.64 ha, 364.83 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dromdaleague, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Dromdaleague South, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 636 people lived in 218 households in the Dromdaleague South electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Angram, Caheragh, Cooradowny, Dromasta, Garranes South, Inchingerig
- 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.