Knocks

25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocks, from 448 m² to 261,425 m² (26.14 ha, 64.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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 Knocks 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.

• 22 Jun 2026Invalid - case closed

  Construct a storage shed for the purpose of storing own vintage cars for own use and carry out all associated site w orks.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/1657

• 22 Apr 2016Conditional

  Permission for retention of conservatory roof and permission for installation of dormer type window to rear of existing dwelling house and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/245

• 15 Apr 2016Incompleted application

  Permission for retention of conservatory roof and permission for installation of dormer type window to rear of existing dwelling house and all associate site works.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 16/225

• 2 Jul 2012Conditional

  Construct two storey dwelling, domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/426

• 5 Jun 2012Incompleted application

  Two storey dwelling, domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/363

• 29 Jun 2007Conditional

  Construct roofed cattle feeding area with slatted slurry tanks, concrete apron, change of use of existing roofed holding yard to cattle house and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1734

• 19 Jan 2007Conditional

  Construct overground slurry storage tank, reception tank, calf house, waste silage slab, concrete aprons and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/131

• 18 Apr 2006Conditional

  Change of boundaries on planning reg no:02/881

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/657

• 30 Mar 2006Refused

  Dwelling and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/542

• 12 Sept 2005Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6584

• 1 Mar 2004Conditional

  Domestic Garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/1268

• 1 Mar 2002Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 02/881

• 16 Nov 2001Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 01/6257

• 2 Aug 2001Conditional

  Demolition of outbuilding and construction of extension to dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 01/4416

• 11 May 2001Refused

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 01/2654

• 8 Nov 2000Refused

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 00/6736

• 20 Apr 2000Conditional

  Dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 00/2336

• 14 Apr 2000Refused

  2 no. dwellings

  Permission · Cork County Council, 00/2180

• 2 Dec 1999Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 99/6577

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 Knocks.

Recorded monuments

• CO121-062 Standing stone
  Description

  In tillage on E-facing slope. Sub-rectangular stone aligned NE-SW (H 1m; 1.25m x 0.6m). Two stones indicated on OS 6-inch map (1842). 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

• CO121-063 Stone circle - multiple-stone
  Description

  In level ground in rolling pasture of headwaters of Ihernagh river of Argideen river. Ten of eleven stones survive, including axial stone and two radially-set entrance stones. Orthostats are 0.5m to 1.2m L, 0.2m to 0.7m T and 0.6m to 1.1m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned E-W, is 8.9m. (O Nualláin 1984, 20, no. 28; Roberts 1988, Ch. 6, no. 16) 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

• CO121-064 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In low-lying pasture gently rising to S. According to local information, large spread of burnt material visible when field is ploughed. 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

• CO121-065 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In low-lying pasture. According to local information, spread of burnt material is visible after ploughing. 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

• CO121-066 Standing stone - pair
  Description

  Situated to W of top of low hill overlooking Argideen river. Stones, aligned NE-SW, stand 4m apart, exposed in face of field fence; overall length 6.4m. NE stone is 0.8m L, 0.2m T and 1.5m H. SW stone is 1.6m L, 0.3m T and 2.2m H. (O Nualláin 1988, 247, no. 133) 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

• CO121-067 Stone circle - multiple-stone
  Description

  On level ground in valley and 100m N of Argideen river. Circle incomplete; may have consisted of nine, or possibly eleven stones. Five orthostats survive, including axial stone and radially-set entrance stone. These are 0.65m to 1.6m L, 0.2m to 0.7m T and 0.9m to 1.45m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned NE-SW, is 8.5m. Centrally placed standing stone (H 1.15m; 0.85m x 0.6m) is split in two pieces, aligned NE-SW. Multiple stone circle (CO121-063---) c. 1.4km to NNW. (O Nualláin 1984, 21, no. 29; Roberts 1988, Ch. 6, no. 16) 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

• CO121-068 Standing stone
  Description

  In pasture overlooking Argideen River valley to S. Rectangular stone aligned NE-SW (H 0.9m; 0.8m x 0.4m). 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 Knocks.

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 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 Knocks.

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

Name

Knocks · Na Cnoic

Area

1,252,282 m² (125.23 ha, 309.45 acres)

Civil parish

Kilkerranmore, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery East (West Division)

Electoral division

Argideen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Argideen electoral division: 382 people in 139 households; 90% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bealad West, Clashatarriff, Coolnaconarty, Farlehanes, Inchinattin, Knocks

Placenames

Knocks 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.