Knocknagallagh
Knocknagallagh is a townland in the civil parish of Desertserges, barony of Kinalmeaky, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Cnoc na gCoileach.
- Area
- 351.3 ha
- 868 acres
- Land parcels
- 79
- registered freehold, median 4,430 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 78
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
79 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknagallagh, from 38 m² to 570,464 m² (57.05 ha, 140.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 36 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork County · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
5 Sept 2025Grant with conditions
Permission to construct a new dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5804
6 Aug 2025Conditional permission
Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling house, with access through existing site entrance, and to install a domestic waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5571
9 Jul 2025Incompleted application
Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling house, with access through existing site entrance and to install a domestic waste water treatment system and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5371
26 Jun 2025Application withdrawn
Permission for construction of a new dwelling house, construction of an associated detached domestic garage, landscaping, drainage and entrance works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5248
29 Feb 2024Refused
Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling house, waste water treatment system , percolation area and ancillary works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 24/4344
14 Aug 2023Conditional
Permission for alterations to existing dwelling house including conversion of attic space to habitable area, construction of a dormer window, provision of roof lights and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5660
21 Jul 2023Conditional
Demolition of existing domestic garage and construction of domestic garage/gym to rear of existing dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5493
13 Jul 2023Incompleted application
Alterations to existing dwelling house including conversion of attic space to habitable area, construction of a dormer window and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5450
3 May 2023Withdrawn
Construction of single storey dwelling house waste water treatment system, percolation area and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4875
8 Mar 2023Conditional
Construction of a detached single storey dwelling with carport, including the provision of a wastewater treatment system, proposed private well, closing the existing site entrance and provision of a new site entrance, and all associated site development works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4409
19 Apr 2022Conditional
The construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4881
25 Mar 2022Conditional
Permission for retention of as built 1 bed apartment also full planning permission for the partial demolition of extensions to existing farmhouse, alterations, new extensions and elevational changes to existing farm house, new wastewater treatment system, together with all ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4655
18 Jan 2022Incompleted application
Demolition of existing sunroom and projection to front elevation, construction of extension to existing dwelling to front and side elevation. Conversion of first floor attic storage to bedroom acc. Construction of carport and garage. Upgrade of treatment system and percolation area. Extension of Duration to permission granted under Planning Ref No. 16/06770
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 22/4053
28 May 2021Conditional
Construction of new extension and modifications to existing retained cottage (changes to planning granted under 18/05577). Permission for Retention of 1No. steel container, being used for domestic storage. This container is to be retained on site for the duration of the construction works only and will be removed thereafter.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5496
16 Mar 2021Withdrawn
a) Partially demolish portions of the existing dwelling house, b) construct 2 no. two-storey extensions to the side of the dwelling, c) complete construction and renovation works at the dwelling, d) construct a domestic effluent treatment system complete with irrigation area and e) construct associated ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4671
18 Feb 2021Incompleted application
a) Partially demolish portions of the existing dwelling house, b) construct 2 no. two-storey extensions to the side of the dwelling, c) complete construction and renovation works at the dwelling, d) construct a domestic effluent treatment system complete with irrigation area and e) construct associated ancillary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4386
22 Jan 2021Conditional
The construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4107
21 Dec 2020Conditional
To construct a dwelling house, domestic garage and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6930
18 Sept 2020Unconditional
Construction of a dwellinghouse, treatment system and percolation area, domestic garage and all associated site works - Extension of duration of permission granted under Planning Reference: 15/4715
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 20/6030
3 Feb 2020Conditional
Construction of two storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, waste water treatment system/polishing filter and ancilliary site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4166
18 Oct 2019Conditional
The erection of a dwellinghouse.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6517
30 Apr 2019Unconditional
Construction of single storey style dwelling house, waste water treatment system/percolation area and ancillary site works. Extension of Duration of Permission granted under planning ref: 14/4012
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 19/5077
18 Jun 2018Conditional
Construction of new extension and modifications to existing retained cottage, incorporating domestic garage, new waste water treatment system and all ancillary site works. Permission for retention for 2 number steel containers being used for domestic storage. These containers are to be retained on site for the duration of the construction works only and will be removed thereafter.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5577
10 May 2018Incompleted application
The construction of new extension and undertake modifications to existing retained cottage, incorporating domestic garage, new waste water treatment system and all ancillary site works. Retention also sought for 3 number steel containers to be retained on site for the duration of the construction works only and will be removed thereafter.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5182
3 Feb 2017Conditional
Retention sought for, as constructed storey and a half style dwellinghouse, detached ancillary structure for use as a study and gym (previously granted permission as domestic garage), revised site curtilage, floor levels etc. ancillary site works as per Planning Reg. No. 06/13079
Retention · Cork County Council, 17/4219
The 25 most recent of 78 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 Knocknagallagh.
Recorded monuments
- CO110-068 Fulacht fia
Description
Spread of burnt material according to local information. No visible surface trace. 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
- CO110-069 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, atop hill. Originally circular area; enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.55m) NE->SW (diam. 25m) truncated to NW by field fence. No visible surface trace of bank on NW side of field fence. Possible souterrain(CO110-087---) in 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
- CO110-071 Moated site
Description
In pasture on W-facing slope overlooking stream. Rectangular area (55.7m N-S; 39.6m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.4m) to E and S; by steep scarp down to stream to W. Remains of fosse (D 0.8m) outside bank. Interior slopes uphill from W to E; break (Wth 2m) in N bank to NW and in SE corner. 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
- CO110-087 Souterrain
Description
Tradition of souterrain in E side ringfort (CO110-069---). No visible surface trace. 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knocknagallagh.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Knocknagallagh, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knocknagallagh.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Knocknagallagh, Bandon5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Knocknagallagh · Cnoc na gCoileach
- Area
- 3,512,594 m² (351.26 ha, 867.98 acres)
- Civil parish
- Desertserges, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinalmeaky
- Electoral division
- Cashel, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 441 people lived in 145 households in the Cashel electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cashel Commons, Dangan More, Farran, Gaggan, Knockaveale, Knockbrown, Knocknagarrane, Meelon, Moneens, Skeaf
- Placenames
- Knocknagallagh 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.