Knocknashannagh

62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknashannagh, from 45 m² to 119,606 m² (11.96 ha, 29.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Knocknashannagh 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.

• 23 May 2025Conditional permission

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4972

• 4 Mar 2022Conditional

  Planning permission to construct a new dwelling house and domestic garage served by septic tank and percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4467

• 24 May 2007Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8061

• 15 Dec 2006Conditional

  Construction of slatted shed with associated tanks

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13352

• 21 Sept 2006Conditional

  Construction of slatted tank with underground tank and loose house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/10798

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 Knocknashannagh.

Recorded monuments

• CO029-047 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In marshy ground. Overgrown horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (15m N-S; 11m E-W; H 1.9m); opening (Wth 6m) faces SE. According to local information, trough, composed of oak planks, measuring roughly '5ft long by 18in wide and 2-3in thick', was exposed in the past by digging. Trough area remains visible as depression with timbers partly exposed. Well in opening now dried up. Recorded by Broker (1937, 17). Second fulacht fiadh (11425) c. 150m to SW. 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

• CO029-064 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope, commanding extensive views to E, S and SW. Circular area (38.5m N-S; 38.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.8m); intervening fosse (D 0.4m) S->E; outer earthen bank (H 1.5m) S->E; external fosse (D 0.2m) to N. Break through both banks to E (Wth 4m) and to NW (Wth 4m), joined by rough trackway across interior. Interior raised and grass covered. According to Broker (1937, 52), 'quarter of it knocked about 1928'. 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

• CO029-065001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, towards top of SE-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured roughly circular raised area on 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps. Circular area (30m N-S) defined by low scarp to S, W and N. Earthen bank to E (int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.5m) incorporated into field boundary system, with shallow external fosse (D 0.2m). Broker (1937, 52) recorded fort on Pat Murphy's land which was 'levelled about 1890'. Also recorded by Bowman (1934, 260) as levelled fort with diam. c. 28yd. Cup-marked stone (CO029-06502-) at S side of interior. Second ringfort (CO029-06503-) in adjoining field c. 20m to E. 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

• CO029-065002 Cupmarked stone
  Description

  In S side of levelled ringfort (12693 )Flat slab embedded in ground with 3 cup-marks (diam. c. 0.05m) on surface. Four additional shallow depressions may be natural. May be same as stone (H 6 feet; Girth 3 feet) recorded by Broker (1937, 32) in recumbent position, 6 feet out from 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

• CO029-065003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle SE-facing slope. Depicted as hachured square enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map; as hachured circular raised area on 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps. Circular area (28m E-W; 26m N-S) defined by low scarp S->E; earthen bank (int. H 1m; ext. H 1.6m) with shallow external depression E->S, incorporated into field boundary system. Second ringfort (CO029-06501-) in adjoining field c. 20m to W. In Barry's (1981, 83, no. 56) list of moated sites for County Cork, from cartographic evidence. 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

• CO029-085 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In marshy field, c. 20m E of Athnaloingebaine River. Horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (L 12.5m; Wth 8.7m; H 0.8m); opening (Wth 5.4m) faces NW. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 510). Second fulacht fiadh (11715) c. 200m to NE. 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 Knocknashannagh.

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 Knocknashannagh, 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Knocknashannagh · Cnoc na Sionnach

Area

1,228,554 m² (122.86 ha, 303.58 acres)

Civil parish

Cullen (Millstreet Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Duhallow

Electoral division

Cullen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

443 people lived in 173 households in the Cullen electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Gortnacreha, Knockeenadallane, Laghtsigh, Lisnaboy Upper, Meenagloghrane

Placenames

Knocknashannagh 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.