Knockmore

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockmore, from 27 m² to 624,339 m² (62.43 ha, 154.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 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 Knockmore 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.

• 3 Sept 2025Grant with conditions

  Permission for modifications and extension to the existing dwelling house, namely; A) The removal of all existing extensions (mix of single - storey and two-storey - totalling 248.46 SQ.M. / 2674.40 SQ.FT. floor space) to the sides and rear of the existing dwelling. B) The construction of a new extension (two- storey with single storey projection - totalling 214.84 SQ.M. / 2312.52 SQ.FT.) to the rear of the existing dwelling. C) The decommissioning and removal of the existing septic tank and associated percolation area. D) The installation of a new wastewater treatment system and associated polishing filter, and E) all ancillary works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5775

• 4 Aug 2023Conditional

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5595

• 3 Jun 2021Conditional

  The construction of a new vehicular entrance to existing house with Planning Reference 19/5591.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5553

• 18 Jun 2019Conditional

  Construction of a dwelling house, detached garage and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5591

• 19 Oct 2016Conditional

  Retention of an existing 22 metre telecommunications structure carrying associated antennae and link dishes, associated cabin and cabinet, security fencing & access track. The development forms part of Vodafone Ireland Ltd’s existing GSM, 3G and 4G Broadband telecommunications networks.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 16/6597

• 16 Dec 2015Conditional

  Demolish existing single storey cottage and construct a two storey dwelling house (change of house plan from approved application reference 15/5510), a detached single storey domestic garage, a domestic effluent treatment system, new site entrance with walls and piers and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6867

• 9 Jul 2015Conditional

  Demolish existing single storey cottage and construct a two storey dwellinghouse, a detached single storey domestic garage, domestic effluent treatment system, new site entrance with walls and piers and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5510

• 27 Feb 2015Conditional permission

  Construction of 3 no. new schools on site for education campus. The development comprises: (i) two-storey split-level gaelcholáiste for 500 pupils, including learning, administration and ancillary spaces, a physical education hall and outdoor ball courts; (ii) a 24-classroom two-storey split-level school to accommodate the existing Gaelscoil from Waterpark, including learning, administration and ancillary spaces, a general purpose hall and outdoor ball courts; (iii) a new single storey school for the existing Sonas special junior primary school from the Cork Road, including learning, administration and ancillary spaces, a general purpose hall and outdoor ball court and play areas; 2 no. new site entrances, car parking and set-down spaces, associated site development works, including culverting the Southern boundary ditch, landscaping, signage and fencing. Permission for Retention of demolition of former agricultural building

  Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 15/4388

• 17 Jun 2011Conditional

  Construction of a dwellinghouse, wastewater treatment unit and associated site works along with new septic tank and percolation area for the existing dwelling on site with all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5330

• 26 May 2010Conditional

  Retention of existing 22m telecommunications structure carrying antennae, associated equipment, fencing and access track

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5290

• 30 Apr 2010Incompleted application

  Retention of existing 22m telecommunications structure carrying antennae, associated equipment, fencing and access track

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/5039

• 3 Mar 2010Incompleted application

  Retention of an existing 22m telecommunications structure carrying antennae, equipment shelter, fencing and access track.The development forms part of the Vodafone Ireland Ltd. existing GSM & 3G Broadband telecommunications network

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4470

• 2 Oct 2003Conditional

  Bungalow

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 03/4906

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 Knockmore.

Recorded monuments

• CO086-086 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In tillage, on S side of stream. Circular spread of burnt material (diam. c. 16m). Two other fulachta fiadh (CO086-088---; CO086-087---) in same field. (pers. comm. C. Breen). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO086-087 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In tillage, on S side of stream. Oval spread of burnt material (L 18m; Wth 14.5m); spring at SE side. Two other fulachta fiadh (CO086-088---; CO086-086---) in same field. (pers. comm. C. Breen) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO086-088 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In tillage, on S side of stream. Roughly circular spread of burnt material (diam. c. 24m). Two other fulachta fiadh (CO086-086---; CO086-087---) in same field. (pers. comm. C. Breen) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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

• Knockmore House, house, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1830. Hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with stone sills to front (south) elevation, having two-over-two pane sliding sash windows. Door opening to front elevation within doorcase, obscured by foliage. Outbuildings to rear. Set within own grounds with rubble stone enclosing walls, gate piers and wrought-iron gate.

• Ballea Bridge (Upper), bridge, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch limestone road bridge, built c.1820, spanning the Owenboy River. Rubble limestone walls with recent concrete repairs, having render coping to parapet walls. Round-headed arch with ashlar limestone voussoirs. Recent mechanical sluice gate to southern bank of waterway. Operating apparatus to south-east encased in concrete block structure. Recent solar panel along southern arch.

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 Knockmore.

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

Name

Knockmore · An Cnoc Mór

Area

767,137 m² (76.71 ha, 189.56 acres)

Civil parish

Carrigaline, and its townlands

Barony

Kerrycurrihy

Electoral division

Carrigaline, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Carrigaline electoral division: 13,249 people in 4,497 households; 80% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnacloghy, Ballea, Ballinrea South, Carrigaline West

Placenames

Knockmore 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.