Knockmacool

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockmacool, from 107 m² to 271,510 m² (27.15 ha, 67.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Knockmacool 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.

• 14 Jan 2025Conditional

  Permission for the retention of a sun-room to the side of an existing dwelling house and the retention of an extension to the rear of an existing garage/storage building which includes a garage and office, all ancillary to the use of the existing dwelling house and all associated site works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 25/4018

• 13 Dec 2024Incompleted application

  Permission for retention of a sun-room to the side of an existing dwelling house and the retention of an extension to the rear of existing garage/storage building which includes a garage and office, all ancillary to the use of the existing dwelling house and all associated site works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 24/6390

• 8 Feb 2024Conditional

  Permission for change of use of former school to dwelling house, permission for retention of 1 no. existing prefabricated building granted under 01/6414 to be used as storage/home office ancillary to the main dwelling house and also permission for conversion of former school to dwelling to include changes to internal layout and elevational changes to existing elevations together with all other ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4195

• 29 Dec 2023Incompleted application

  Permission for change of use of former school to dwellinghouse, permission for retention of existing prefabricated buildings granted under planning ref no 01/6414 and also full planning permission for conversion of former school to dwelling house to include changes to internal layout and elevational changes to existing elevations together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/6639

• 2 Jul 2018Conditional

  Retention and completion of dwellinghouse (change of plan to that permitted under planning permission Reg No. 06/10223). Permission sought for construction of detached garage and all associated site works, alterations to site boundary, construction of waste water treatment system and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5710

• 28 Jun 2011Unconditional

  Completion of dwellinghouse and garage permitted under Planning Reg. No. 06/10223

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/5399

• 21 Mar 2011Incompleted application

  Completion of dwellinghouse and garage permitted under Planning Reg. No. 06/10223

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 11/4550

• 14 Dec 2009Conditional

  Retention of dwelling and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7894

• 10 Nov 2009Incompleted application

  Retention of dwelling & associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7591

• 2 Oct 2009Incompleted application

  Retention of dwelling & associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/7228

• 14 Jul 2009Conditional

  Retention of outbuilding, permission for change of use of outbuilding, plus part of adjoining outbuilding for use as a dwelling house including minor alterations to the elevations

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6345

• 18 Jun 2009Incompleted application

  Retention of outbuilding, Change of use of same plus part of adjoining out building to use as a dwelling , works include minor alterations to the elevations

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5992

• 8 Oct 2008Conditional

  Installation of bored well and alterations to site boundaries permitted under Pl. Reg. No. 04/6881 and retention of dwellinghouse and detached two-storey garage/storage building (alteration of design) and retention and completion of conservatory extension to dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/9188

• 10 Sept 2008Incompleted application

  Installation of deep bored well and alteration of site boundaries and retention of (a)dwellinghouse and detached domestic garage/storage building as constructed (Change of design from that permitted under Pl. reg. No. 04/6881), (b) relocation of septic tank and percolation area, (c) retention and completion of single storey conservatory extension to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8831

• 19 Feb 2007Conditional

  Construction of extension to school and new site entrance

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5183

• 20 Oct 2006Conditional

  Construction of slatted house with underground tanks

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11606

• 1 Sept 2006Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10223

• 26 Jun 2006Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/8365

• 26 Jun 2006Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 06/8359

• 22 May 2006Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7380

• 15 Feb 2006Conditional

  Dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4828

• 10 Feb 2006Conditional

  2 no. dwellinghouses with garages

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/4693

• 3 Jan 2006Incompleted application

  2 no. dwellinghouses

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/4020

• 10 Sept 2004Conditional

  Dwellinghouse, garage/loft for domestic purposes, treatment plant and associated works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6881

• 1 Sept 2004Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse with garage/loft

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6662

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.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Knockmacool.

Recorded monuments

• CO109-029001 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, at base of N-facing slope, in valley of Bandon river. Arc of earthen bank (H 1.6m; C 200m) to NW of Desertserges graveyard (CO109-02902-) only surviving portion of large circular enclosure part of early ecclesiastical site (Hurley 1980, 58). 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

• CO109-029002 Graveyard
  Description

  Within early ecclesiastical enclosure (CO109-02901-). Sub-rectangular area (50m N-S; 90m E-W), on steep N-facing slope; enclosed by stone wall on S side, elsewhere by stone-faced earthen bank. Headstones date from mid 18th century to present day with gravemarkers and family vaults. C of I church (CO109-02903-) and church (site of) (CO109-02904-) in S half of 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

• CO109-029003 Church
  Description

  In S half of graveyard (CO109-02902-). Built in 1805 to S of earlier church (CO109-02904-) (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 77). Slender pointed windows in N and Swall of nave; vestry on N wall; embattled tower at W end; apse added to E end. 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

• CO109-029004 Church
  Description

  In graveyard (CO109-02902-), indicated on OS 6-inch map (1842) just NE of C of I church (CO109-02903-). Medieval parish of Desertserges in repair 1615 (Brady, vol. 1, 77). No surface remains. 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

• St Mary's Church of Ireland Church, church/chapel, 1800–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding single-cell double-height gable-fronted Church of Ireland church, built c.1805, comprising four-bay nave with four-stage bell tower to west, canted chancel added to east and transept added to south, c. 1865. Vestry to north. Pitched and hipped slate roofs, having tooled limestone gable copings and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered crenellated parapets to tower having tooled limestone corner pinnacles. Rubble stone walls with tooled limestone quoins throughout, having tooled limestone string courses separating tower stages. Tooled limestone string course to chancel below sill level. Pointed arch window openings with tooled limestone sills and chamfered limestone surrounds throughout set in single and paired arrangements, having lead-lined stained glass and quarry-glazed windows. Trefoil-headed lancet window openings with tooled limestone sills and surrounds to chancel, having lead-lined stained glass and quarry-glazed windows. Group of three quarry-glazed windows to south elevation, below relieving arch with dressed rubble limestone voussoirs. Round-headed louvre openings with stone sills and rubble limestone voussoirs to upper-stages of bell tower. Camber-headed door opening with rendered archivolt and stone step to bell tower, having timber battened door. Set within graveyard with rubble stone enclosing walls, having square-profile tooled limestone gate piers and wrought-iron gates.

• Church Hill House, house, 1790–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, built c.1810. Hipped slate roof having central valley, rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered overhanging eaves. Rendered walls to front (north) and side (east, west) elevations with slate hanging to rear (south) elevation. Diminishing segmental-arched window openings with render sills to front elevation. Timber-framed tripartite windows, having six-over-six pane sliding sash windows flanked by two-over-two pane sliding sash side lights to first floor and nine-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows flanked by three-over-two pane sliding sash sidelights to ground floor. Diminishing camber-headed window openings with render sills to side (east, west) elevations, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor and nine-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor. Camber-headed window openings with render sills elsewhere, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and uPVC casement windows. Round-headed stairwell window opening with render sill to rear elevation, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash window with spoked fanlight to upper sash. Round-headed door opening having engaged Ionic colonettes flanking sidelights and double leaf timber panelled door with spoked fanlight above. Limestone steps leading to door. Single-storey pitched roofed rubble stone outbuildings to rear. Square-profile gate piers and wrought-iron gates to north-east.

• Kilcolman Rectory, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1850–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey over basement former rectory, built 1855, having three-bay elevations to sides (east, west) and rear (north)Full-height stairwell block and recent single-storey lean-to to rear. Now in use as guest house. Hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Exposed rubble stone walls throughout. Diminishing square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills, having yellow brick block-and-start surrounds and voussoirs throughout with raised render surrounds and replacement six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed stairwell window opening with stone sill to rear elevation of stairwell block, having yellow brick voussoirs and rendered reveals to nine-over-nine pane timber sliding sash window. Round-headed door opening to front elevation, having rendered surround, stone stepped approach and double-leaf timber panelled doors surmounted by spoked fanlight. Square-headed door opening to side (west) elevation having rendered surround and glazed timber door. Two-storey rubble stone pitched roof outbuilding and rubble stone courtyard walls to rear having square-profile gate piers. Set within own extensive grounds having recent rubble stone square-profile gate piers.

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

At the centre of the townland of Knockmacool, 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 Knockmacool.

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.

No address of the register names Knockmacool with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Knockmacool · Cnoc Mhic Cumhaill

Area

983,442 m² (98.34 ha, 243.01 acres)

Civil parish

Desertserges, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery East (East Division)

Electoral division

Boulteen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

695 people lived in 237 households in the Boulteen electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 43% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Boulteen, Farrannasheshery, Kilcolman, Kilcolmanpark, Kilrush, Maulbrack West, Murragh

Placenames

Knockmacool 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.