Knockmanagh

9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockmanagh, from 2,233 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres) to 500,219 m² (50.02 ha, 123.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Knockmanagh 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Knockmanagh in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170

Recorded monuments

• CO022-078 Standing stone
  Description

  Not marked on 1842 OS 6-inch map. In pasture, with commanding view in all directions. Stone (H 1m; 1.4m x 0.75m) is rectangular in plan and irregular in shape, long axis NE-SW. Probably one of 4 standing stones (10076, 10077, 10078) recorded by Bowman (1934, 480) on R. Sheehan's land; possibly stone (d), '3ft 9in by 11ft 11in girth'. 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

• CO022-079 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, atop E-W ridge. Circular area (44.8m E-W; 44.6m N-S) enclosed by two earthen banks (inner bank: int. H 3m; outer bank: H 2.15m) with intervening fosse and external fosse (D 0.65m). Entrance (Wth 4m) to E. Interior mainly grass covered, except for patch of briars in N half. Standing stones (CO022-078---; CO022-080---) in nearby field c. 140m to NW and c. 120m to ENE respectively. 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

• CO022-080 Standing stone
  Description

  Not marked on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on gentle W-facing slope. Removed, no visible surface trace. Probably one of four standing stones (10075, 10077, 10078) recorded by Bowman (1934, 480) on R. Sheehan's land: stone (a) 3ft 3in by 8ft 9in girth; stone (b) 2ft 11in by 7ft 3in girth; stone (c) 3ft 8in by 2ft 2in by 1ft 8in; stone (d) probably located (10075). 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

• CO022-081 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, immediately N of well. Grass-covered spread of burnt material. 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

• CO022-082 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture. Shown on 1937 OS 6-inch map as mound. No visible surface trace. According to local information, mound of burnt material levelled c. 1967. 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

• CO022-083001 Burial ground
  Description

  Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps; shown on 1937 OS 6-inch map as square hachured area (c. 10m square) with church site (14516) in interior. In pasture, on NE-facing slope. No visible surface trace remains. Bowman (1934, 480) noted 'surrounding fence...levelled but the site is c. 2ft higher than the surrounding field level and measures 17yds by 11...Many grass-covered mounds are strewn over the site.' 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

• CO022-083002 Church
  Description

  Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps; shown within burial ground (14140) on 1937 OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace remains. Bowman (1934, 480) noted church dedicated to St Lasair; 'the foundation of the early church is easily distinguished in Northern end [of burial ground], it measures 21ft by 14'. 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

• CO022-083003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In pasture, on NE-facing slope. According to Bowman (1934, 480), holy well dedicated to St Lassar was situated c. 20 yds S of church (14017) and 10 yds W of townland boundary. He also records that 'An aged resident, P. McCarthy remembers crutches to have been left at this well. There was no particular day for paying rounds, but large crowds used come during the month of May' (ibid. 482). There appears to be no visible remains of this site. 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

• CO022-268 Souterrain
  Description

  In ringfort (CO022-079---). According to local information, souterrain in this fort, S of entrance, dug down into within living memory. No visible surface trace. (pers. comm. Raymond O'Sullivan) 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 Knockmanagh.

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 Knockmanagh, 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Knockmanagh · An Cnoc Meánach

Area

1,296,335 m² (129.63 ha, 320.33 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmeen (Kanturk Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Duhallow

Electoral division

Ballyhoolahan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

295 people lived in 102 households in the Ballyhoolahan electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Acres, Gortateeboy, Gortearagh, Killasseragh, Kippagh, Lisdangan

Placenames

Knockmanagh 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.