Knockanereagh
Knockanereagh is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmichael, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Cnocán Riabhach.
- Area
- 60.1 ha
- 148 acres
- Land parcels
- 10
- registered freehold, median 4,632 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockanereagh, from 1,394 m² to 324,891 m² (32.49 ha, 80.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 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 Knockanereagh 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
26 Nov 2019Conditional permission
The development consists of a lateral extension of c.4 hectares to the existing quarry area, permitted under Plan File Ref. no. 02/5740, to give an overall extraction footprint of c.10.9 hectares; deepening of the extraction area by a further 20 metre bench from the current permitted floor level of 148m AOD to a final depth of c. 128 m AOD; an overburden storage area and quarry stockpile storage area; restoration of the site to natural habitat after - uses; all related ancillary site works within an overall application area of 26.5 hectares, and all for a period of 35 years. The application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR).
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6815
18 Oct 2019Conditional
To construct a dwellinghouse and domestic garage, install a sewage treatment system and undertake all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6516
28 Jan 2019Withdrawn
To construct a dwellinghouse and domestic garage, install a waste water sewage treatment plant and undertake all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/50
2 Sept 2013Unconditional
Dwelling and garage
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/503
24 Jan 2013Incompleted application
Dwelling and domestic garage
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 13/32
11 Sept 2012Conditional
Construct a dwelling house, garage, on site sewerage treatment and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/592
17 Aug 2012Incompleted application
Construct a dwelling house, garage, on site sewerage treatment and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/532
26 May 2009Conditional
Dwelling and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/607
22 Jun 2007Conditional
Construct cattle house with slatted slurry tanks, concrete aprons and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1619
6 Feb 2007Withdrawn
Dwelling and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/312
17 Dec 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/9314
8 Dec 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/9005
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 Knockanereagh.
Recorded monuments
- CO094-130001 Boulder-burial
Description
In pasture with commanding views over the undulating countryside SE-SW, and W to Shehy More. The ground rises to the E and there is a coniferous wood to the N. A hog-backed, irregularly shaped, orange-coloured, quartz boulder (1.5m x 1.2m x 0.9m H) rests on three support-stones. A standing stone-pair (CO094-130002-) and a second boulder-burial (CO094-130003-) are c. 23m to the WSW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO094-130002 Standing stone - pair
Description
In pasture, with a commanding view over the undulating countryside S and W to Shehy More mountain. The ground rises to the E and there is a coniferous wood to the N. Two rough quartz stones, aligned ENE-WSW, measure 2.9m in overall length. The ENE stone (0.8m x 0.7m; H 1.2m) stands 1.4m from the WSW stone (0.7m x 0.6m; H 1.05m). A boulder-burial (CO094-130003----) stands 0.75m to the WSW and a second example (CO094-130001-) is c. 23m to the NNE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO094-130003 Boulder-burial
Description
In pasture with commanding views over the undulating countryside SE-SW and W to Shehy More. The ground rises to the E and there is a coniferous wood to the N. An irregularly shaped, orange-coloured, quartz boulder, with an almost flat top, rests on four support-stones. A standing stone pair (CO094-130002-) is 0.75m to the ENE and a second boulder-burial (CO094-130001-) stands 25m to the ENE. Two more orange-coloured quartz stones and a smaller sandstone block lie on the ground, a short distance to the WSW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockanereagh.
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 Knockanereagh, 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 Knockanereagh.
- 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 Knockanereagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Knockanereagh · An Cnocán Riabhach
- Area
- 600,561 m² (60.06 ha, 148.4 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmichael, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Electoral division
- Carrigboy, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 536 people lived in 174 households in the Carrigboy electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Clashbredane, Coolaclevane, Shanacashel
- Placenames
- Knockanereagh 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.