Knockilly
Townland in the civil parish of Clonfert, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Cnoc Coille
Parcel 2132608
- Area
- 132,894 m² (13.29 ha, 32.84 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it, 205 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Knockilly
Planning applications on this parcel
14 Nov 2017Incompleted application
New easy feed livestock unit with cubicles and slatted tank with 2 external agitation points adjoining existing cow unit and also a slatted tank adjoining existing tank in milking parlour yard. Retention of bull pen with slatted tank and extension of calfhouse.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6940
23 Dec 2005Conditional
Extension to milking parlour and associated holding yard and construction of new slatted tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9740
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_654 (ZIP).
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 275.4 ha
- 680 acres
- Land parcels
- 40
- registered freehold, median 5,440 m² (0.54 ha, 1.34 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 26
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockilly, from 280 m² to 623,649 m² (62.36 ha, 154.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Knockilly 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
3 Dec 2025Grant with conditions
Planning Permission to (01) Construct a new farm machinery storage shed. (02) Construct an extension to an existing farm machinery store/work shop and make alterations to the existing structure to accommodate the proposed extension, including all associated ancillary site works. At Knockilly, Freemount, Charleville, Co. Cork.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6660
22 Feb 2023Conditional
(i) Construct a new easy feed slatted livestock house adjacent to existing slatted house. Proposed slatted unit to incorporate associated underground slurry storage tank with external agitation points, cubicles & scrapers, covered feed passages & ancillary concrete (ii) Demolish existing shed roof and construct in its place a new roof. The above development to be carried out with all associated ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4306
21 Aug 2020Conditional
To construct a new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/5803
30 May 2017Conditional
(01) Construct a cattle underpass under public road. (02) Construct a farm machinery store. (03) Construct a loose housing shed for over wintering cattle, including all associated ancillary site services and site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5344
26 Apr 2017Incompleted application
(01) Construct a cattle underpass under a public road. (02) Construct a farm machinery store. (03) Construct a loose housing shed for over wintering cattle, including all associated ancillary services and site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5007
14 May 2014Conditional
Construction of (a) slatted house with ancillary underground tank, (b) dry store, and (c) all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4979
19 Oct 2010Conditional
Consrtuction of dwellinghouse with septic tank, percolation area and associated site works
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 10/8258
16 Apr 2010Conditional
Dwellinghouse, entrance, bored well and wastewater treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4896
25 Nov 2009Conditional
Dwelling house and septic tank & percolation area
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 09/7740
30 Sept 2009Conditional
Construction of milking parlour and attached dairy, creation of a new agricultural entrance and increasing the width of an existing agricultural entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7197
22 Jul 2008Refused
Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/7996
18 Jul 2008Refused
Dwelling and septic tank
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/7947
19 May 2008Application finalised
Demolition of dwelling and construction of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6791
16 Jan 2008Refused
Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/4173
6 Dec 2007Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12905
24 Aug 2007Conditional
Construction of vehicular entrance for future domestic use
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10497
12 Jul 2007Incompleted application
Vehicular entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9543
9 Aug 2006Conditional
Extension to existing calving shed and extension to cattle shed
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9613
26 Jul 2006Conditional
Two storey dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9255
1 Jun 2006Conditional
Extension and conversion of slurry tank to slatted cow unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7747
5 Jan 2006Withdrawn
One and half storey dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4034
24 Nov 2005Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8627
21 Jul 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/5220
18 Mar 2005Conditional
Slatted cubicle house
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1648
16 Dec 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/9259
The 25 most recent of 26 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 Knockilly.
Recorded monuments
- CO015-002 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground, immediately W of well. Grass-covered spread of dark soil noted though no heat-shattered stones were uncovered. 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
- CO015-003 Enclosure
Description
In pasture, on W-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; no visible surface trace. Possibly fort described by Bowman (1934, 148) in 'Patrick O'Connor's land, levelled, rectangular, 13 yds. by 16 yds.' with souterrain (13406) 20 yards W of fort. 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
- CO015-004 Fulacht fia
Description
Shown on 1937 OS 6-inch map as circular mound c. 10m N of stream. Permission to inspect site refused. 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
- CO015-005 Fulacht fia
Description
Shown on 1937 OS 6-inch map as roughly oval-shaped mound on N side of stream. Permission to inspect site refused. 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
- CO015-006 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
Depicted on 1842, 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 19m). According to Bowman (1934, 149), 'single-ramparted, c. 31/2ft high. Diam. 19 yards' with 'fosse, now practically filled in...inside the rampart'. Permission to inspect site refused. 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
- CO015-007 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Shown on 1937 OS 6-inch map as circular mound. No visible surface trace. 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
- CO015-160 Souterrain
Description
Bowman (1934, 148) noted that 'a Souterrain now filled in, was 20 yards West of fort' (CO015-003---). No visible surface trace. 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 Knockilly.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_603 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Knockilly with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Knockilly · Cnoc Coille
- Area
- 2,753,558 m² (275.36 ha, 680.42 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonfert, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Bawncross, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Bawncross electoral division: 358 people in 135 households; 80% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Curraheen, Glanycummane Lower, Glanycummane Upper, Gortnascregga, Kilknockane, Knockawillin, Toorard
- Placenames
- Knockilly 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.