Knockglass

10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockglass, from 314 m² to 384,664 m² (38.47 ha, 95.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Knockglass 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.

• 30 Apr 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  The construction of a two storey extension to side and rear of existing dwelling house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1121

• 1 Apr 2026Invalid - prepare letters

  the construction of an extension to side and rear of existing dwelling house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0826

• 14 Jul 2023Conditional

  Permission to retain 1) general purpose storage shed as constructed, 2) machinery storage shed as constructed and 3) slatted house with underground effluent storage tanks as constructed and all associated site works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 23/5458

• 20 Jun 2023Incompleted application

  Permission to retain; 1) general purpose storage shed as constructed, 2) machinery storage shed as constructed and 3) slatted house with underground effluent storage tanks as constructed and all associated site works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 23/5262

• 13 Jul 2021Unconditional

  Solar PV Panel array consisting of up to 33,000sq.metres of solar panels on ground mounted steel frames, 2 no. electrical control cabins, 5 no. inverter units, underground cable ducts, hardstanding area, boundary security fence, site entrances, access tracks, CCTV and all associated site works. - Extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Reference: 15/5424, An Bord Pleanala Appeal reference: PL04.245862.

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 21/5941

• 1 Jul 2015Conditional permission

  Solar PV Panel array consisting of up to 33,000sq.metres of solar panels on ground mounted steel frames, 2 No. electrical control cabins, 5 No. inverter units, underground cable ducts, hardstanding area, boundary security fence, site entrances, access tracks, CCTV and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5424

• 15 Dec 2005Conditional

  Dwelling

  Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 05/9299

• 22 Nov 2005Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 05/8576

• 8 Sept 2005Conditional

  Alterations and extension to dwelling and installation of septic tank and percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6495

• 26 May 2005Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/3616

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 Knockglass.

Recorded monuments

• CO060-127 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  On gentle SW-facing slope overlooking River Laney valley to W. Monument incorporated in field fence comprises E end of gallery (L estimated 4.2m; Wth 0.55m at E end) aligned ENE-WSW, represented by three opposing sidestones to N and S and backstone outside gallery walls at E end; four outer-wall stones along N side of gallery and two to S at E end. Displaced roofstone rests above gallery. Traces of low mound around structure merges with fence to W. Field fence removed subsequent to site inspection. (deValera and O Nualláin 1982, 15-6, Co. 20) 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 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume IV. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982)

• CO060-128001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough grazing land. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, with souterrain (CO060-128002-) inside E bank and limekiln in E bank. Levelled; according to Hartnett (1939, 63) 'outline is barely traceable and the diameter is approximately 80 feet'. Wedge tomb (CO060-127----) c. 120m to WSW. 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

• CO060-128002 Souterrain
  Description

  In levelled ringfort (CO060-128001-). Hartnett (1939, 63) recorded opening to souterrain in centre of ringfort revealing stone-lined chamber (long axis E-W) roofed by six lintels. Opening midway in N wall leading to second chamber; inaccessible due to infill of rubble. 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

• CO060-128003 Kiln - lime
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope; kiln built into slope. Front elevation (S) (H c. 4m; Wth 6.65m), has lintelled recesses (H 1.85m; Wth 2.15m; D 2.3m) with sloping slabs to rear. Stone-lined circular funnel with rough paving surrounding top. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map. 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

• CO060-129 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture. Levelled; depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Faint outline of levelled bank, fosse and possible second bank visible, due to differential growth of vegetation. 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

• CO060-130 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In coniferous plantation. Inspected in 2012 it consists of a U-shaped mound (max. dims. 13.7m ENE-WSW, 9.4m NNW-SSE; max. H 1.55m) of burnt stone and charcoal-rich soil with an opening to the NNW. The opening in the centre of the mound is c. 4.5 wide (pers. comm. E. Byrnes). Revised by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 02 August 2012

• CO060-177 Souterrain
  Description

  According to local information, 'underground passage covered in timber' was found in early 1980s during land reclamation immediately S of levelled ringfort (8426) and souterrain (8908). 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

• CO060-197 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, on E side of stream/drain. Grass-covered spread of burnt material (c. 12m N-S; c. 12m E-W). 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

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockglass.

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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockglass.

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

Name

Knockglass · An Cnoc Glas

Area

1,178,102 m² (117.81 ha, 291.12 acres)

Civil parish

Aghabulloge, and its townlands

Barony

Muskerry East

Electoral division

Kilberrihert, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilberrihert electoral division: 806 people in 265 households; 79% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Deelish, Kilberrihert, Rusheen

Placenames

Knockglass 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.